Spooky Season:
Boston Halloween Events 2026
Boston’s Halloween is bigger than ever! Explore top Halloween picks:
haunts, festivals, cruises, and spooky nights everyone’s talking about.
Halloween season is taking over Greater Boston, and there’s a lot more happening than haunted houses. From glowing pumpkin trails and ghost tours to costume parties, interactive experiences, live shows, and Halloween cruises, October is packed with ways to get into the spooky spirit.
Planning a date night, getting a group together, celebrating a birthday, or looking for something genuinely terrifying, these are the best Halloween experiences around Greater Boston in 2026.
Haunted Attractions
Ready to test your nerves? These haunted attractions deliver dark trails, terrifying sets, live characters, and more than enough reasons to scream.
👻 Hysteria at Connors Farm | Danvers
Haunted Attraction • Outdoor • Group Pick
Take a 45-minute journey through haunted cornfields, dark woods, a swamp, and authentic 17th-century burial grounds at one of the region’s most intense outdoor haunts.
🏚️ Barrett’s Haunted Mansion | Abington
Haunted Attraction • Two Experiences • Group Pick
Take on two scares in one night at Barrett’s Haunted Mansion and Burial Hill Motel, where immersive sets, live characters, and dark surprises turn a night out into a full-on fright experience.
Immersive Halloween Experiences
Step inside Halloween with glowing landscapes, theatrical environments, and larger‑than‑life seasonal worlds made for exploring after dark.
🌙 Halloween on the Hill | Beverly
Immersive Experience • Outdoor • Date Night Pick
Wander through an enchanting woodland filled with glowing jack-o’-lanterns, eerie graveyards, a haunted pirate ship, oversized seasonal displays, and plenty of spooky photo moments.
🎃 The Great Halloween Festival | Seekonk
Immersive Trail • Nighttime • Photo-Worthy
Step into a half-mile Halloween world filled with theatrical scenes, glowing lights, characters, games, seasonal treats, and unexpected moments around every corner.
Festivals & Celebrations
Looking for more than a scare? These Halloween celebrations bring together costumes, live entertainment, hands‑on activities, great food, and all the spooky‑season energy you’re craving.
🧹 Boston’s Wicked Haunt Fest | Charlestown | Seekonk
Halloween Festival • Haunts • Food & Drinks
Hood Park becomes a Halloween playground with haunted walkthroughs, themed environments, photo opportunities, seasonal food and drinks, and festival-style entertainment right in Boston.
👹 SomerStreets: Monster Mash | Somerville
Halloween Festival • Costumes • Free
Somerville Avenue transforms into a Halloween street festival filled with live music, interactive art, food vendors, performances, hands-on activities, and costumed fun.
Ghost Tours & Mysteries
Follow Boston’s darker side through haunted history, eerie legends, centuries‑old burial grounds, and chilling stories that may have you glancing over your shoulder.
👻 Ghosts & Gravestones | Boston
Night Tour • Historic Cemeteries • Date Night Pick
Board the “Trolley of the Doomed” for a journey into Boston’s darker history, with costumed guides, haunted landmarks, chilling stories, and nighttime visits to historic burying grounds.
🍺 Boston Ghosts: Boos & Brews Haunted Pub Crawl | Boston
21+ • Ghost Tour • Drinks • Group Pick
Mix ghost stories with a night out as you explore haunted streets and historic pubs while uncovering some of Boston’s darker tales along the way.
Shows & Entertainment
From cult classics to unconventional late‑night performances, these Halloween shows bring theatrical energy and something different to the spooky season.
💋 The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Boston
Cult Classic • Live Shadow Cast • Costume Contest
Experience Rocky Horror with original “Magenta” Patricia Quinn, a live shadow cast, audience participation, a costume contest, and a 4K screening at the Emerson Colonial Theatre on October 27 at 7:30 PM.
💜 The Poetry Brothel Boston: MONSTERS! | Cambridge
Immersive Cabaret • 21+ • Halloween Show
Step into a dark Halloween cabaret filled with live poetry, jazz, tarot readings, dancing, typewriter poets, and intimate performances as The Poetry Brothel transforms Sonia into a world of monsters and miscreants.
Interactive & Group Experiences
Grab your crew and get involved. These Halloween experiences are about creating, competing, exploring, and doing — not just watching.
🔎 AERONAUT’s Halloween Scavenger Hunt | Somerville
Interactive • 21+ • Group Pick
Hunt your way through Union Square as you tackle spooky clues and neighborhood challenges before finishing back at AERONAUT for Halloween festivities.
🎃 Halloween Edition Pottery Workshop | Cambridge
Hands-On • Brewery • Date Night • Group Pick
Sip and sculpt at Lamplighter Brewing Co. while creating Halloween-inspired pottery, from ghost tea-light holders to pumpkin pinch pots — no pottery experience required.
Costume Parties & 21+
Dress up, go all out, and take Halloween into the night with costume contests, DJs, dancing, drinks, and parties made for celebrating with friends.
🍻 Boston Halloween Bar Crawl | Faneuil Hall
21+ • Group Pick • Birthday Pick • Costume Party
Turn Halloween into a full night out with a costumed bar crawl through Faneuil Hall featuring DJs, drink specials, Halloween energy, and plenty of opportunities to show off your costume.
💄 Trixie & Katya’s Halloween Dance Party | Royale
21+ • Costume Contest • Drag • Dance Party
Dress up and take over Royale on October 31 for a Halloween club night featuring Trixie Mattel, Katya, Boston drag performers, dancing, and a $1,000 costume contest.
Halloween on the Water
Take Halloween onto Boston Harbor with costumes, DJs, dancing, drinks, and skyline views aboard two of Boston Event Guide’s biggest Halloween cruises.
😈 Sinners & Saints Halloween Party Cruise | Boston Harbor
21+ • Costume Party • DJ • Skyline Views
Kick off Halloween weekend aboard the Provincetown II with DJ TWINEM, three decks of dancing, cash bars, costumes, and nighttime views of the Boston skyline.
📅 October 30 | 7:00–9:30 PM
🧟 Witches & Zombies Halloween Party Cruise | Boston Harbor
21+ • Halloween Night • DJs • Costume Party
Spend Halloween night on Boston Harbor with DJ Artie V & Friends, three decks of music and dancing, full-service bars, skyline views, and a ship full of witches, zombies, and creative costumes.
📅 October 31 | 7:00–9:30 PM
Make the Most of Halloween in Boston
Whether you want to scream your way through a haunted attraction, wander beneath thousands of glowing pumpkins, solve clues with friends, dress up for a night out, or celebrate Halloween on Boston Harbor, there’s no shortage of ways to make October memorable.
Pick your experience, grab your crew, and make your Halloween in Greater Boston unforgettable.
