Pumpkin picking, fancy dress, toffee apples, scary films, pumpkin spice – bloody everything and of course, Halloween…I feel like every year we are getting more “American” and wanting to celebrate this spooky holiday, and why not? It’s great fun! There are plenty of events on, from running from chainsaws in mazes to cuddling up to each other at night watching Hocus Pocus but with so much on, it’s hard to keep up, right? So, I put together this very handy Halloween guide for you all to find a lot of events in Birmingham and Beyond in one place! Just call me…Babenstein? (Insert akward face)
This blog will be updated weekly! and if you would like your event to be featured on here just let me know!
FUN ADULT EVENTS
THE CROWN HALLOWEN QUIZ NIGHT – DIGBETH
WEDNESDAY 26TH OCTOBER
Test your knowledge on all things Halloween, from classic horror to the history behind the spookiest holiday at The Crown pub in Digbethl. Quiz starts at 7pm and teams of maximum six people, £5 per person.
CASTLE AFTER DARK – WARWICK CASTLE
22ND, 23RD, 28TH – 31ST OCTOBER 2022
The castle courtyard transforms into a frightful festival of entertainment as you prepare for an evening you’ll never forget. There’s terror at every twist and turn across three thrilling scare attractions within the Castle and grounds. Tickets are from £20.
HALLOWEEN SIP AND PAINT PARTY: PAINT THE SCREAM – SUTTON COLDFIELD
SUNDAY 30TH OCTOBER 2022
Paint Edvard Munch’s iconic painting The Scream in this spooky Halloween-themed Sip & Paint party! In this arty experience, you will recreate a famous piece of artwork with a glass of wine in one hand and a paintbrush in the other. Priced at £36 per adult.
FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD – FORUM
SATURDAY 29TH AND SUNDAY 30TH OCTOBER
Europe’s biggest touring halloween show returns with its high octane mashup of circus, clubbing & carnival set to a blazing live soundtrack. Tickets from £29.99
THE SCREAM TRAIN – SEVERN TRENT VALLEY
27TH TO 29TH OCTOBER
Calling all passengers – The Scream Train is waiting in platform 1 for what could be your final destination. There’s something roaming the train in the cover of darkness – hold on to your handrail and lock your compartment door because they’re coming to get you! Start your night at The King & Castle pub at Kidderminster Station, before boarding the train into your reserved seats for a ride out into the night. Petrifying ghouls sneak through the train’s corridors as you pass through haunted stations to Arley – but will you make it back alive? The experience lasts approximately 75 minutes.
MORE ADULT EVENTS
The Cocktail Club – Birmingham – OO’s Bottomless Brunch – 1pm – From £50
Dracula with wine tasting experience – The Crescent Theatre – Saturday 29th October – £26
Drink and draw: Tarot card edition – Trentina – Monday 31st October 2022 – £15
Bingo Lingo – Luna Springs – Friday 28th October – £6
UKG Halloween Brunch – The Mill Digbeth – From £11.25
ADULT HALLOWEEN PARTIES
THE NIGHT OWL
FRIDAY 28TH AND SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER
The Night Owl in Digbeth are throwing TWO Halloween parties on 28th and 29th October. We Have Killer Klub B-Movie costume theme party and Scorsese Hallowen Party – Both are ticketed events with live music, themed cocktails and more.
DEAD WAX DIGBETH
SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER 2022
Cloud 9 is back with ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ Halloween fancy dressed theme full venue take over! Expect Funk, Soul, Disco and party banners all night long! Fancy dress option is totally up to you! Tickets are £3 advance.
THE FLAPPER – BIRMINGHAM
SATURDAY 22ND AND SUNDAY 23RD AND SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER 2022
The Flapper are hosting some great spooky events this year! On 22nd and 23rd they are hosting a Stranger Things Bottomless Brunch that is very popular so be quick to book! On 29th October they are hosting their famous fancy dress Halloween party – Tickets are £5 and available now.
THE FLAPPER HALLOWEEN PARTY TICKETS
LUNA SPRINGS HALLOWEEN FEST
SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER 2022
Mind The Gap & Luna Springs present Halloween Fest, Digbeths biggest Halloween festival! Headline acts, haunted arena, freaky performers, 3000 zombies and more! Tickets from £16.
THE OLD CROWN ZOMBIE DISCO – FREE ENTRY
SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER
On Saturday 29th October, The old Crown is hosting another FREE daytime disco party with DJs in The Old Crown’s gardens playing deathly disco classics til late.
MORE ADULT PARTIES
Twisted Circus – Sector 57, 21 Milk St, Deritend, Birmingham – Friday 28th October 2022
Quentin Tarantino’s HALLOWEEN Disco FREE PARTY – 29th October 2022 – The Clifden Birmingham
This Is Tmrw Halloween All Dayer – Hare and Hounds Birminbgham – 29th October 2022
Roller Jam Digbeth – Halloween roller disco -Sunday 30th October 2022
The Boogie Shed x Pamela’s – Saturday 29th – Sunday 30th October 2022
CHILDREN AND FAMILY EVENTS
THINKTANK HALLOWEEN EVENTS – BIRMINGHAM
MONDAY 24TH – 28TH OCTOBER
Thinktank have a great selection of spooky events for your children to enjoy this Halloween. From monster mayhem family shows to monster modelling to spooky science nights!
CHECK OUT THINKTANK EVENTS HERE
SEALIFE CENTRE BIRMINGHAM – ASCARIUM TRICKS OR TREATS
15TH TO 31ST OCTOBER 2022
Follow an immersive trail to help the witches and warlocks find their missing potion ingredients and discover some of the spookiest creatures of the sea as you explore our underwater world! Make your way to the Witch’s lair where they will cast their spell to open the treasure chest revealing a special reward! You can even discover spooky sharks after dark! Tickets are from £20.65
DOBBIES GARDEN CENTRE – LITTLE SCARE-LINGS
Children are encouraged to come wearing their scariest fancy dress costume and will get stuck into terrifying treats before taking part in some frightfully fun activities. They’ll perfect their startling scare and learn all about the horrors of Halloween and monster plants, before creating their own monster plant pot to take home. Plus, every child will leave with a certificate showing they are now an official Little Scare-ling. Tickets for children are £8.99 and for adults are £6.99 – includes meals.
NATIONAL FOREST ADVENTURE FARM – BURTON UPON TRENT
15, 16, 22 – 30 October 2022
All the fun of the farm plus a day packed with hair-raising Halloween activities! Pick a pumpkin (1 per child), Magical Maze Quest with spells, potions and broomstick flying, Marvellous Magic Shows, Circus Skills Workshops & Frighting Face Paint!
HALLOWEEN EVENTS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
THE GREAT WESTERN ARCADE HALLOWEEN FAMILY FUN
SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER 2022
Lots of FREE activities to keep the whole family entertained this Halloween. Have your fortune told by their HUMAN ‘ZOLTAR’ MACHINE, Settle down for STORY TIME with Betty the Friendly Witch Plus FACE PAINTING and fun craft activities. Some of their shops will also be offering special treats on the day, so make sure you look out for them in the Arcade.
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CASTLE AFTER DARK – WARWICK CASTLE
22ND, 23RD, 28TH – 31ST OCTOBER 2022
The castle courtyard transforms into a frightful festival of entertainment as you prepare for an evening you’ll never forget. There’s terror at every twist and turn across three thrilling scare attractions within the Castle and grounds. Tickets are from £20 – 10 years and older (recommended)
OUTSIDE CINEMA SHOWING HOCUS POCUS AT MOSELEY CRICKET CLUB
FRIDAY 28TH OCTOBER 2022
Showing the timeless classic “Hocus Pocus” there will be two showings of this on the 28th October 2022 6pm and 9pm. There will be a catering unit on site and tickets are £34 for a family ticket, £14 for adults and £9 for children.
THE BIG BIRMINGHAM BAKE
OCTOBER 3RD TO NOVEMBER 13TH
This Halloween bakers will learn how to create gooey marshmallow webs, draped over three tiers of fluffy sponges, coated in smooth, delicious Swiss meringue buttercream, all while getting creative with fondant to bring their eerie-sistible cake to life!
STRANGER THINGS FAMILY SESSION AT ROLLER JAM
SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER 2022
Back by popular demand following their recent sold out series of events! Roller Jam presents the return Stranger Things for this Halloween! Join them in their upside down skating world as they present their biggest themed event to date, featuring huge immersive stage production, themed dancers, character skaters and their very Demogorgon. They have a ‘watered down’ Stranger Things family session between 4-7pm, there is a huge selection of skates for hire but also you are welcome to bring your own quads or inlines!
WEST MIDLANDS SAFARI PARK SPOOKY SPECTACULAR
22ND TO 30TH OCTOBER 2022
West Midlands Safari Park will be putting on some great spooky activities for the whole family to enjoy such as pumpkin picking, a spooky magic show, rides, safari and more. Bookings are advised!
HATTON COUNTRY WORLD
22ND TO 30TH OCTOBER 2022
It’s that time of year when things get a little bit spooky at Hatton, not to be missed! They have a SPOOKTACULAR programme planned for you this Halloween. Take a Bewitching Ride on their Trailer, with some fun surprises along the way. Pick your own Pumpkin* from their Pumpkin patch, brave the Haunted House, be thoroughly entertained at their Magic & Mayhem Illusion show.
HALLOWEEN FARM AT CATTOWS FARM
1ST OCTOBER TO 31ST OCTOBER 2022
The whole of October Cattows Farm will be transforming into a HALLOWEEN FARM! Enjoy the UK’s best Pick Your Own Pumpkin Experience with over 300,000 Pumpkins of all colours, shapes & sizes plus spooky experiences such as haunted maze, trick or treat street, the lost fantasy world and more.
SEVERN TRENT VALLEY – GHOST TRAIN
27TH TO 29TH OCTOBER 2022
Are you brave enough to ride the Ghost Train? There will be tricks, treats and fun for the whole family as you start your night of frights at Kidderminster Station, before boarding the train into your reserved seats for a ride out into the night. Scary characters sneak through the train’s corridors as you pass through haunted stations to Arley – but will you make it back alive? The experience lasts approximately 75 minutes, with each child receiving a goodie bag.
ON THE BREADLINE HALLOWEEN CHARITY EVENT
31ST OCTOBER 2022 5PM TO 8.30PM
On the breadline will be serving their famous Sourdough, Cakes and Pastries plus plenty of treats on the street – Spooktacular Street Food from Full Flavour Behaviour, delicious desserts from Cakes a Daisy, Ghoulish grazing cones and charcuterie from Foodie Feast box, Steaming hot drinks Strawberry farm. Plus entertainment DJ, photobooth and performances from All round theatre school.
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MORE EVENTS FOR THE FAMILY
Hocus Pocus outdoor cinema at Coombe Abbey Park – Saturday 22nd October
Halloween at Kenilworth Castle – 22nd to 30th October 2022
Black Country Museum – Halloween nights – 26th to 29th October 2022
Drayton Manor – Plenty of family Halloween events – Throught out October
Mary Ardens farm – Stratford Upon Avon – 25, 27, 29 October
Cadbury World – 15th to 30th October – Circus Spooktacul
PUMPKIN PICKING
LOWER DRAYTON FARM – STAFFORDSHIRE
LOWER CLOPTON FARM – STRATFORD UPON AVON
PROPER SCARES/AFTER DARK TOURS
ALTON TOWERS SCAREFEST
7th – 9th, 14th – 31st October 2022
This Halloween celebrate 15 years of Scarefest. As the nights get longer, tiptoe into Alton Towers Resort for all sorts of creepy scares, shocks and thrills. Expect spines to be tingled!
IAB TOURS GHOST TOURS IN BIRMINGHAM
MONDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2022 – 7PM
Visit the city’s most haunted locations, from the city centre to the cemeteries of the Jewellery Quarter, and telling you their favourite ghost stories. Find out about the darker side of Birmingham.The tour will last for around 2 hours. It will begin in Chamberlain Square, outside the main entrance to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. The tour will end in the Jewellery Quarter, close to the haunted Red Lion pub on Warstone Lane. The tour will run in any weather so please dress appropriately or bring an umbrella!
ASTON AFTER DARK: TORCHLIT GHOST TOUR
21, 22, 23 October and 28, 29, 30 October
This is an exclusive opportunity to venture into Aston Hall at night as you will be guided around the dimly lit mansion by torchlight. Prepare for a scare and be sure to book your ticket. Pre-booking is essential. We’ll provide you with torches.Tours last approximately 1 hour. The first tour is at 5pm and the last at 9.30pm. Tickets for adults are £15 and children (8 to 15) £12.
KENILWORTH CASTLE – AFTER DARK GHOST TOUR
THURSDAY 27TH TO MONDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2022
Do you dare explore the haunted Kenilworth Castle in the dark this Halloween? Join their storytellers as they guide you on a journey through the past. With tales of ghosts, supernatural sightings and horrors from history. This is an outdoor early evening tour lasting around 45 minutes. Please wear suitable clothes and shoes. These tours are suitable for those aged 16+
MORE TOURS/SPOOKY EVENTS
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