Everything you need to know about Halloween in Liverpool 2024

There’s only a couple of weeks to go before Halloween’s set to happily haunt us with ghoulishly great goings-on in the city.

From ghost hunts to musical treats (and tricks?!) and racing fun, there’s tons to help the kids and grown-ups celebrate this spooktacular season – so if you’re scared of missing out, here’s what we know so far.

Halloween Party at Liverpool ONE

Get ready for a spooktacular Halloween Party at Liverpool ONE on Sunday 27th October, from 11am to 5pm, for a fang-tastic day of thrills and chills. Little ghouls can enter the Children’s Fancy Dress Competition for a chance to win a £200 Liverpool ONE Gift Card for the best costume!

Expect wicked performances from Katumba, adding a spine-chilling twist to their energetic routines. Brave souls can even join their workshops to learn their haunting moves and drum along during one of their eerie performances. Plus, with Zombie Dancers, spooky characters, and eerie entertainment, it’s a Halloween event the whole family will love!

More info here.

Murder Mystery evening at Knowsley Hall

Knowsley Hall invites you to an unforgettable Murder Mystery Evening filled with suspense, glamour, and intrigue on Saturday 26 October. Hosted by the UK’s leading murder mystery company, Murder 57, this spine-tingling event promises to make your Halloween weekend one to remember.

The evening kicks off at 7pm with a sparkling welcome drink, followed by a decadent three-course meal in the State Dining Room. Guests will then dive into a fully interactive murder mystery experience, unravelling a chilling plot of deceit and danger.

After the mystery is solved and the culprit unmasked, the night continues with dancing and celebration. For those wanting to extend the magic, Knowsley Hall offers the option of an overnight stay in their stunning en-suite bedrooms.

The plot revolves around the Kirk-Moulding family’s local tradition, overshadowed by a serial killer’s deadly rampage. With two deaths already and more to come, no one is safe… not even the police!

More info here.

Mersey Ferries Halloween cruise

Get your ghoulish make-up at the ready for a very special Halloween Evening Cruise!  

The live DJ will be blasting blood-curdling beats from the 60s to now as Mersey Ferries welcome monsters of the Mersey onto their dance floor deck, so get practising your best ‘Thriller’ moves, as they put a spell on you.  

Fancy dress is highly encouraged, so be prepared to rub shoulders with some very peculiar passengers on this creepy cruise! 

More info here.

Carnevil of Souls at PINS Social Club

Join PINS Social Club on 2 November for a night at the carnival with the Lost Boys House Band, live carnival performances, aerialists, candy floss, games & more.

Fancy dress is encouraged, do your worst!

More info here.

Camp and Furnace – Bingo Lingo’s Carnival of Horrors

Step right up and get eyes down for Bingo Lingo Liverpool’s Carnival of Horrors. Dare to enter the twisted circus for a frightfully fun night of music, dancing, games and prizes on Friday and Saturday, October 25 and 26. 

More info here.

Spooky Welly Walk – Sefton Park

On Saturday, October 19, the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation is turning Sefton Park spooky with its Halloween-themed two-mile fundraising walk, and they’ll be keeping your little monsters entertained with games, creepy crafts, a freaky funfair, and more. The Spooky Welly Walk event opens at 10.45am and the fun doesn’t stop until 4.30pm.

More info here.

Aintree Racecourse – Jewson Halloween Family Day

Make it a Halloween day to remember on Sunday, October 27, with a full racing card and loads of fun for kids.  There’ll be face painters transforming little ones into their favourite spooky creatures, eerie characters roaming the racecourse, a ghost train, and loads more spooktacular surprises, along with all the action on the course.

More info here.

Scream Park at Newsham

Newsham Scream Park is back this Halloween with four new scare experiences which will wind through the historic and haunted building’s claustrophobic corridors and dilapidated dormitories. There’s also a Horror Selfie Museum, street entertainment, stage acts, live music, and more from Friday, October 4 to Saturday, November 2.

More info here.

Asylum at Level

Level nightclub presents one of the favourite Halloween events in the city with amazing music from RnB to the best house and hip hop, scarily good decs, and some very unusual partygoers! Enter if you dare, on Thursday, October 31.

More info here.

Farmageddon

The annual horror fest is back from Saturday, September 28 with tons of terrifying attractions that’ll have you quivering in your boots. Brave The Beast of Terror, The Meat Locker, the Fear Go Round, and the Maze of Death before heading to The Zombie Arms for a pint of ‘Freakston’.  You’ll need it to calm your nerves! 

More info here.

LJMU Halloween Secret Rave 

New students can enjoy some scarily good tunes with deep house, disco, hip hop and house and a yet-to-be-revealed headliner. It’s on at the uni on Thursday, October 31, and be warned, it’s usually a sell-out.

More info here.

Krazyhouse Halloween Party at Electrik Warehouse

The Halloween All-Nighters at The Krazyhouse were legendary so here’s hoping the day party Halloween reunion special from 3-10pm on Saturday, October 26, can bring back some memories of those iconic nights. Fancy dress is encouraged with a competition for the best dressed plus they’re bringing back loads of old K DJs from the past.

More info here.

Halloween Lakeside Trail and Lakeside Terror Trail

The Halloween Lakeside Trail is an enchanted walk and wickedly-fun family friendly experience at Patridge Lakes in Warrington, with friendly ghosts and woodland spiders, and a magical witches lair. But the Terror Trail is definitely for the grown-ups (or brave teens from 14+) with unstable prison inmates and zombies on the loose, and the quest to survive on this treacherous path. The fun – and fear – starts from Friday, October 4.

More info here.

Cirque du Soul

Arts Club Liverpool is hosting a Cirque du Soul Halloween Special which promises the ‘scariest circus rave’. Step into the abandoned theatre of nightmares – and if you get past the killer clowns, rabid bats and marauding zombees you’ll be in for ‘one hell of a party with DJs pumping out the biggest and baddest in jackin’ house, breaks, garage, techno and club bangers’.

More info here.

Vibe X Sersa

VIBE and SERSA unite for one of the biggest shows of the year at the Invisible Wind Factory on Saturday, October 26. Loads of special guests are set to be announced for a night in the ‘haunted warehouse’.

More info here.

Farmer Ted’s Pumpkin Festival

Get ready for a bewitching tedventure at the annual Farmer Ted’s Pumpkin Festival, with dinosaurs, a dead scary maize maze, a pumpkin carving zone, fancy dress competitions, spooky stories and more, between Saturday, October 5, and Thursday, October 31.

https://www.farmerteds.com/pumpkin-festival

Southport Pleasureland – Day of the Dead Festival 

The traditional Mexican celebration Day of the Dead is back again for 2024 on Saturday, November 2.  The park will be festooned with brightly coloured sugar skulls creating a fabulous fiesta atmosphere, and there’ll be unlimited rides all evening along with a stunning firework finale.

More info here.

Raver Tots Halloween Special at Invisible Wind Factory

Raver Tots are returning to Liverpool for a massive Halloween Party and fancy dress is encouraged!

The most Spooktacular indoor family dance party will be playing the best in house, garage & drum and bass.

There’ll be a huge effects show throughout the event with dancers, performers, cold pyro, bubbles, multi coloured lasers and lighting, parachute games, giant balloons, licensed bar and face painting!

Babies under 18 months are free of charge and do not require a ticket. All other children require a kids ticket.

More info here.

Plaza Cinema Halloween movie nights

The Plaza Community Cinema are celebrating Halloween this year with two special events which will cater for everyone.

Horror film fans will love their Plaza 80s Halloween Special with ‘A Nightmare On Elm Street’ on Saturday 26 October at 7pm, which has just celebrated it’s 40th anniversary.

And the family will love ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ which will be showing on Thursday 31 October at 6pm.

More info here.

Find out more about Halloween in Liverpool by checking out our calendar HERE.