7 ways to shake your bones and celebrate Halloween in Liverpool

Halloween is set to be a bone-fide biggie in Liverpool city centre this year, with loads of spooktacular events and activities to help you celebrate this scarily good season.

From story times to a carnival parade and a fiendishly fab trail, you’ll not be stuck for ideas for ghoulishly great things to see and do.

Chloe Gaughan, marketing manager for Liverpool BID Company, says:

“Halloween is such a great time for families in the city centre and we’ve been working to get animation through shops, hospitality and cultural venues, as well as public spaces, to bring a spooktacular celebration to everyone. 

“Autumn is so beautiful in Liverpool, so it’s the perfect time to get out and about.”

Check out the brand-new Skeleton Storywalk

Wander through the city centre this Halloween to find skeletons hidden in windows in a new bone-tingling trail. Not only can you discover the spooky skeletons created by artists as you walk through town, but you can also grab a ‘skelfie’ with three skeletons along the trail and share it with @liverpoolbidcompany for the chance to win a special Halloween bundle.

Spooky story sessions

The ghouls at Arts Groupie are hosting two spooky story sessions, one at Liverpool Library on Thursday, October 30, and another on the first floor of the Museum of Liverpool on Friday, October 31.

On each day there will be three 45-minute storytelling sessions – at 12.15pm, 1.30pm and 2.45pm – which will be free, completely family friendly, and fun for all ages. You need to book and, to get you into the spirit of things, if you want to you’re invited to dress up too!

Find out more here.

Meet the Skeletons at Williamson Square

Between 12pm and 3pm on Monday, October 27, you can join the skeletons as they head to Williamson Square to shake their bones and get you feeling a Halloween chill with some spooky performances. 

Enter Williamson ‘Scare’ if you dare

The skeletons might not be there but there’ll still be a ton of free activities in Williamson Square on Wednesday and Thursday, October 30-31, between 12pm – 4pm.

On Wednesday you can:

* Meet spooky friends the Ghoulish Goblins at 12pm, 1pm and 2pm
* See the Stilt-walking Wicked Witches at 1.15pm, 2.15pm and 3.15pm

And on Thursday, you can:

* Discover pumpkin carving tips & tricks

* Enjoy creepy craft sessions

Find out more here.

See the Katumba Halloween Carnival Parade

Feel the drums and celebrate the spirits as you watch the popular city centre parade with a theme this year of ‘Ancestral Spirits, Ritual Fire’.

Also marking 10 years of Katumba, the parade starts at 7pm on Friday, October 31, beginning at Bold Street and leading to an unmissable finale at Liverpool ONE.

Find out more here.

Spooky food and drink offers

You can enjoy some horrifyingly good food and drink offers at bars and restaurants across the city this Halloween, including Monster Specials at Fat Hippo and a Halloween brunch and cauldrons of cocktails at Slug and Lettuce.

Find out more here.

And there’s so much more!

You can take part in The City of Curses murder mystery afternoon tea downstairs at the Everyman Theatre, on Friday, October 31 and Saturday, November 1; see The Science of Light-themed River of Light Festival, and enjoy a Fright Night Halloween Party at Novotel Liverpool Centre on Friday, October 31, and more.

Find out what else you can get up to this Halloween across Liverpool here.

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