Your Halloween Plans Sorted! Spooky Gigs & Events Coming Soon
Posted on Monday 20th October 2025 at 14:28
Written by
Jodie Averis
Spooky season is here! If you're in the mood for some frighteningly good shows, you've come to the right place!
From family-friendly events to raucous live comedy and beyond, these shows are all treat, no trick.
Don't forget, you can find the best in gigs, festivals, family fun, theatre and comedy on our website. Click the link below to browse, and sign up for our newsletter to stay in the know about all the latest announcements.
Ghost House with Phil Wang
Stacked line-up of frighteningly good comedy
Take a trip to the gorgeous Union Chapel for a night of frighteningly good comedy!
Joining Phil Wang on the line-up is Mike Wozniak, Sarah Keyworth, John Tothill and Amy Gledhill, this star-studded night will certainly be one to remember.
Tickets are flying, so be sure to grab them fast!
📅 Ghost House with Phil Wang Date
- Friday 31st October 2025: Ghost House with Phil Wang - Union Chapel, London
Halloween Fair
Spooky fun for all the family
Fancying some good old-fashioned fairground fun? This is the perfect way to get a thrill from the rides with some unexpected Halloween surprises!
Think pirate ship, tea cups, bumper cars, and all the classics, with some spooky additions such as the Terror Tower. Who knows what lies within!
Grab your ticket and tokens for a fright night to remember with the family.
📅 Halloween Fair Dates
- Saturday 25th October - Sunday 2nd November 2025: Halloween Fair - The Trafford Centre, Manchester
Arch Enemy
Swedish melodic metal are back for Halloween
Swedish melodic metallers Arch Enemy are back in the UK over the Halloween period, bringing their signature thrashing sound on their Blood Dynasty Tour!
The beloved premier band are celebrated in the metal community for their melodic guitars mixed with aggressive, powerful vocals. After becoming regulars on the outdoor festival circuit such as Download and Wacken Open Air, the band have cememted themselves as a formidable live act.
Joined by Amorphis, Eluveitie, and Gatecreeper, what better way to spend Halloween than with some spooktacular metal?
📅 Arch Enemy Dates
- Thursday 30th October 2025: Arch Enemy - Blood Dynasty Tour 2025 - University of Wolverhampton at The Civic Hall
- Friday 31st October 2025: Arch Enemy - Blood Dynasty Tour 2025 - O2 Apollo Manchester
- Saturday 1st November 2025: Arch Enemy - Blood Dynasty Tour 2025 - Eventim Apollo, London
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
See the world of Stranger Things like you've never seen it before
Experience the spine-chilling horror of television sensation Stranger Things like you've never seen before!
With stunning special effects, extraordinary performances, and a storyline that will keep you on the edge of your seat, this gripping, stand-alone adventure will take you right back to the beginnings of the Stranger Things story.
With tickets from £31, don't miss out on tickets to one of one of the West End's best theatre events!
📅 Stranger Things: The First Shadow Dates
- October 2025 - April 2026: Stranger Things : The First Shadow - Phoenix Theatre, London
Ghost Stories with Simon Entwistle
Spine-chilling stories in the heart of Rossendale
In the mood for something spine-chilling? Ghost Stories with Simon Entwistle is the event for you!
Simon Entwistle is an award-winning tour guide, with a difference. Having a gift for story-telling, over the years he has amassed a battery of stories - of heroes, villains, ghosts, murders and mysteries - and will bring them all to life in Rossendale, with stories spanning centuries
With a delicious pie dinner included in the price, experience the beautiful St Mary's Chambers with an event to remember.
📅 Halloween Ghost Stories with Simon Entwistle Date
- Thursday 30th October 2025: Halloween Ghost Stories with Simon Entwistle - St. Mary's Chambers, Rossendale
Ghost Stories
Truly terrifying theatrical experience
Ghost Stories is a worldwide phenomenon more spine-tingling and exhilaratingly haunting than ever, and is coming to London's Peacock Theatre!
When Professor Goodman, arch-sceptic out to debunk the paranormal, embarks on an investigation of three apparent hauntings – as recounted by a night-watchman, a teenage boy, and a businessman awaiting his first child - Goodman finds himself at the outer limits of rationality, and fast running out of explanations.
Are you brave enough to book?
📅 Ghost Stories Date
- October - November 2025: Ghost Stories - Peacock Theatre, London
Meet The Ghosts - Evening House Tours at Newstead Abbey
Explore the house at night and meet some of its most famous spectral residents!
Experience the enchanting Meet The Ghosts evening house tours at Newstead Abbey, where you can explore the historic house by night and encounter some of its most famous spectral residents!
Don't miss your chance to see the stunning Newstead Abbey after dark, when the ghostly inhabitants come out to tell their tales of dark happenings, hauntings and times gone by!
📅 Meet the Ghosts - Evening House Tours Dates
- Saturday 25th October 2025: Meet the Ghosts - Evening House Tours - Newstead Abbey, Ravenshead
- Thursday 30th October 2025: Meet the Ghosts - Evening House Tours - Newstead Abbey, Ravenshead
Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Halloween Spectacular
Prepare for a scarily good evening of circus and more
Prepare for a scarily good evening with Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Halloween Spectacular!
In celebration of the Halloween season, the in Earls Court will transform into a haunted hall of hidden illusions, oddities and eerie delights. The matinee show is family-friendly, featuring games, trick or treats and more, and the evening performance is one for the grown-ups, including a complimentary Halloween themed cocktail, over the top, scary, special pre-show performers, and more thrills and chills around every corner.
Don't forget to dress up!
📅 Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Halloween Spectacular Dates
- Friday 31st October 2025 - Matinee: Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Halloween Spectacular - The Empress Museum, London
- Friday 31st October 2025 - Evening: Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Halloween Spectacular - The Empress Museum, London
Halloween 2025: De'Lour/Chaos Reigns & More
Bringing the mosh with nu-metal and hardcore
Want some spooktacular music? You're in the right place!
De'Lour are a quintet from South Wales playing 2000s-esque nu-metal with heavy grooves and big choruses, and Chaos Reigns are a warp-speed hardcore band hailing from London.
If you're ready to give Halloween a mosh, grab your tickets now!
📅 Halloween 2025: De'Lour/Chaos Reigns & More Date
- Friday 31st October 2025: Halloween 2025: De'Lour / Chaos Reigns & More - The Bunkhouse, Swansea
Garage Nation Halloween Festival
Biggest basslines and even bigger spooky fun
Brought to you from the iconic Ministry of Sound, Garage Nation Halloween Festival is bound to bring those fun and spooky vibes!
Fancy dress is strongly encouraged for this full venue takeover - expect ghoulish garage, eerie RnB and haunting house for a party like no other!
This event will sell out, so get your dancing shoes on fast!
📅 Garage Nation Halloween Festival Date
- Saturday 25th October 2025: Garage Nation Halloween Festival - Ministry of Sound, London
West End Musical Halloween
A spooktacular night of the West End's haunted hits
The West End’s number one concert series returns to the Lyric Theatre with another ghoulishly good night for musical theatre lovers!
Expect songs from the darker side of musicals such as Sweeney Todd, Little Shop Of Horrors, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Phantom Of The Opera, Hadestown and Beetlejuice! Get ready for a host of tricks and treats at this Spooktacular celebration!
Get your tickets now!
📅 West End Musical Halloween Date
- Monday 27th October 2025: West End Musical Halloween - Lyric Theatre, London
Love the 90s Festival Halloween
Spooky Halloween themed bash with dance music icons
Ready to wear fancy dress on the dancefloor? Look no further!
This line-up for Love the 90s Festival Hallloween is stacked with frighteningly good music, from garage icons Artful Dodger to rave queen Ultra Naté, and much more.
Stilt walkers & roaming entertainers will also be bringing the festival to life, as well as a stunning spooky stage production. This isn't one to miss!
📅 Love the 90s Festival Halloween Date
- Saturday 1st November 2025: Love the 90s Festival Halloween - The Nest, Nottingham
Martin Kemp - 80s Gold! The Ultimate Back to the 80s DJ Party! - Halloween!
All your favourite 80s tunes on Halloween night
Dancers, we have the best event for Halloween night!
Join Spandau Ballet's Martin Kemp as he spins all of your favourite 80s tunes to take you back to one of the best eras of music.
If you're looking to dance the spooky night away, this is the event for you!
📅 Martin Kemp - 80s Gold! The Ultimate Back to the 80s DJ Party! - Halloween! Date
- Friday 31st October 2025: Martin Kemp - 80s Gold! The Ultimate Back To The 80s DJ Party! - Halloween! - Salisbury City Hall
Drag-O-Ween for Palestine
A drag and games bonanza to raise aid for Palestine
Join in for a drag and games bonanza to raise money for Palestinian aid this Halloween!
As well as raucous entertainment from talented drag artists such as Eura Freak, PannDEMON!iaa, and many more, this event in Nottingham will also have a vegan bake stand and a stall for a spooktacular event to remember!
📅 Drag-O-Ween for Palestine Date
- Friday 31st October 2025: Drag-O-Ween For Palestine - The Model, Nottingham