The month of October is here, so you should be getting ready for some scares because Halloween will be here before you know it.
Credit: Nightmare Project
New Brunswick hosts haunted houses and is home to truly haunted locations across the province, so there are quite a few places for you to get ‘your scare on.’ To help you decide where to go to have a lot of eerie fun, listed below, you will find 25 Halloween activities in New Brunswick.
Nightmare Project
Explore this haunted trail with a spine-chilling zombie section, a creepy arachnophobia zone, and more. Experience terrifying sections and thrilling trails that promise to deliver a hauntingly unforgettable fright, immersing visitors in a world of horrors hidden along its eerie pathways. Details
Select dates, October 17 to 31, 2025
251 Howard Road, Upper Blackville
Donations appreciated.
Bad Moon Rising – Halloween Concert
Halloween Concert Event features “REVIVAL” CCR TRIBUTE! Details
Saturday, October 18, 2025 | 8:00 PM
Saint John Trade & Convention Centre, 1 Market Square, Saint John
$28.08 – $40.22
Halloween Party
Get ready for a kick Axe Halloween Party—a spooktacular night of music, food, and family fun at the brewery! Join early (5–8 PM) for kid-friendly treats and decorations, then rock out with Resurgence Band as we turn up the 80’s vibes with spooky cocktails, great eats, and all your favorite drinks on tap. Details
Friday, October 31, 2025 | 9:00 PM
Big Axe Brewery, 537 Otis Drive, Nackawic
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
Enjoy a screening of the 1922 silent film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, presented with a brand-new original score performed with a live orchestra. Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is one of the silent era’s most influential masterpieces. Details
October 24, 2025 | 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Saint John High School, 200 Prince William Street,
Saint John
General Admission $20; Students $10
The Director’s Cut – A Haunted House
Hidden away on the East Side of the city lies a forgotten movie studio, shrouded in mystery for years. Legendary filmmaker Vincent Bryce has been toiling in secret, transforming nightmares into reality right under the noses of Saint Johners. Now, at last, he’s opening the doors and inviting you inside for a studio tour that will haunt your imagination long after the credits roll. Details
October 25 – 30, 2025
Latimore Lake, 615 Latimore Lake Road, Saint John
$17.25
Howl-O-Ween Hysteria
Dare to walk through the darkness where shadows whisper and creatures stir… Join us for four fright-filled nights of thrills, chills, and screams — where every step supports a great cause!! Details
October 23 – 26, 2025
Market Square, Saint John
All proceeds go towards BGC Greater Saint John
Trunk or Treat
Join the 5th annual Trunk or Treat at TD Station. Details
Sunday, October 26, 2025
TD Station, 99 Station Street, Saint John
A Nightmare on Water Street
It’s back from the dead… A Nightmare on Water Street returns this Halloween, featuring DJ J-Demi + DJ Mike RedBlue. Costumes, drink specials, & prizes. Details
October 31, 2025 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Area 506, 85 Water Street, Saint John
$25
Boo at the Zoo
This family-friendly Halloween event features decorations throughout the Zoo’s 40-acre park and mild, moderate, and scary Halloween venues. Enjoy a variety of Halloween activities and visit with the animals. Details
October 18, 19, 25, and 26, 2025 | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Zoo de Magnetic Hill Zoo, 125 Magic Mountain Road, Moncton
$17
Fletchers Farm Haunted Corn Maze – Miramichi
Can you get out of the scary haunted maze? Visit Fletchers Farm for Low-Level Scare/Kids Daytime Haunted Corn Maze Trail and High-Level Scare/Night Haunted Corn Maze Trail.
Details
October 17 – 18, 24 – 25, 2025
Night Time Trail | 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Daytime low-level scare | 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Fletchers Farm, 99 Rashe Street, Miramichi
Night Time Trail is $26.99 – $36.99; Day time scare is Regular weekend Prices
Haunted Corn Trail at The Green Pig Country Market
At night, for only three days, the corn trail at the Green Pig Country Market becomes haunted. You are never sure what will jump out and scare you once you enter the trail. Ensure you are on-site and in line by 9 pm to guarantee you get to see the haunts. Details
October 23 – 25, 2025 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
2927 Fredericton Rd, Salisbury
$20 per person; cash only
APEGNB Freddy Fright Fest
The 5th annual Freddy Fright Fest collaborates with Paramedic’s Association of NB Nightmare for a downtown Fredericton Halloween event, supporting the Charlotte Street Art Centre and Fredericton Hospice. Experience a haunting house-style tour with diverse themed stations and manifold terrors, benefitting local organizations. While the thrilling tour, encompassing jump scares and eerie ensembles, isn’t age-restricted, caution is advised. Running every 15 minutes, the 10-20 minute adventures warmly welcome pre-bookings and walk-ins. Encounter unforeseen frights yet depart with joyful fright!
October 23 – 31 & November 1, 2025
Low Scare Haunted Tour | October 25 – 26 | 11 AM – 4 PM
575 Queen Street, Fredericton
$21.87
Science East’s Low Scare Haunted Tour 2025
Enjoy family fun without the fright! Join Science East’s Low-Scare Haunted Tour from October 25 to 26 at Officers’ Square.
October 25 – 26, 2025 | 11 AM – 4 PM
Officers’ Square Provincial Heritage Place, 575 Queen Street, Fredericton
$7.66
Stay At The Algonquin Hotel in St. Andrews
The Algonquin is another haunted hotel that you can stay at in New Brunswick. The hotel has attracted guests from around the world, but some never left. Room 473 is claimed to be haunted by a ghostly bride who was abandoned at the altar. The Algonquin Tower has been closed for years, but the lights come on, and a woman dressed in white has been seen looking out of the windows. Book a stay and find out whether the rumours are true. Details
184 Adolphus Street, St. Andrews
Dare the Dark: The Headless Nun Experience
Venture into Halloween Horror at the Cove. Navigate a self-guided, time-staggered experience through a cove inhabited by over twenty specters from its dark past. Follow the lights, but beware: straying into the deep darkness may offer no escape from these disturbed spirits. Details
October 17, 2025 | 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM
French Fort Cove, 1111 King George Hwy, Miramichi
$22.63
Rockwood Park Haunted Campground IV
Join us for a spine-chilling experience at Rockwood Park Haunted Campground IV! Get ready to be scared out of your wits as we bring you a night of frights and thrills. Prepare yourself for a night filled with eerie encounters, terrifying trails, and bone-chilling surprises. Walk through the darkness and face your deepest fears as you navigate our haunted trails. Encounter ghouls, ghosts, and other spooky creatures lurking in the shadows. This event is not for the faint-hearted! Details
October 15 – 19, 22 – 26, 2025
Low scare | 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
High scare | 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Rockwood Park Campground, 142 Lake Drive South, Saint John
$0 – $17.25
FEARFest
Details
October 22 to 26, 2025
Various locations, Grand Falls, NB
Free and ticketed events
The Pumpkin Trail
Save the dates for the 2025 pumpkin trails.
Details
October 24 – 25, 2025
Falls & Gorge Camping, 120 Manse Street, Grand Falls
Free entry
Haunted Trails
Your favorite Halloween activity is happening on October 25, 2025, at Daly Point Nature Reserve!
Families are invited to walk the trails in costume and receive Halloween treats during the daytime Family Halloween Walk.
Join us after dark to get frightened in the trails at Daly Point! Dressed-up volunteers are there to scare you throughout the trails! Come alone or in a group, must sign in before accessing the trails! A flashlight/headlamp will be required. Please be advised that the after-dark Haunted Trails are not recommended for young children under the age of 13. Details
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Family Halloween Walk | 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Haunted Trails | 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Daly Point Nature Reserve, 2105 Carron Drive, Bathurst
The registration fee will be a donation in the amount of your choice.
Halloween Costume Skating Party
Enjoy a Halloween Costume Skating Party with family-friendly fun for all! This free event offers face painting, hot chocolate, treats, and more alongside spirited skating. Details
Sunday, October 26, 2025 | 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Rothesay Arena, 65 Hampton Road, Rothesay
Free; Non-perishable food items in support of the KV Food Basket will be accepted
Hallowe’en on the Common
The Rothesay Common will become a special trick-or-treating zone, with stations set up all around. This is a fun and safe way for kids of all ages to fill their treat bags and show off their awesome costumes. It’s a fantastic chance to celebrate Hallowe’en with friends and neighbours. Details
Friday, October 31, 2025 | 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Rothesay Common, 24 Gondola Point Road, Rothesay
Retro Film – Rocky Horror Picture Show
In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon), stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker (Meat Loaf) and a creepy butler (Richard O’Brien). Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named “Rocky.” Details
Saturday, October 25, 2025 | 7:00 PM
Imperial Theatre, 12 King Square South, Saint John
$15
The Deeds of the Dungarvon
Step into a night of haunting tales and local legends as you cross the bridge into the park for an evening of chilling suspense and folklore brought to life. Meet unforgettable characters like Fiona Finnegan, Tom Hunter, and George Brown—and beware who (or what) you might encounter before you make it safely back across before midnight! Details
Friday, October 17, 2025 | 7:00 PM & 9:00 PM
168 Main Street, Blackville
$22.63
Horror at the Cove
This isn’t just a walk in the woods—it’s a plunge into one of history’s darkest corners. Expect more scares, more characters, and more carnage than ever before. You’ll be thrust face-to-face with the restless spirits who haunt the Cove: soldiers fallen in forgotten battles, victims of plague and starvation, and the desperate treasure seekers who were consumed by their own greed. Details
Saturday, October 25, 2025 | Half-Hourly 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
French Fort Cove, 1111 King George Hwy, Miramichi
$27.96
Dia de los Muertos
Dia de los Muertos celebrates Mexican culture, honoring ancestors through vibrant festivities and art. The event is a welcoming experience that is built on diversity and inclusion and will add a new layer to the urban vibrancy that Saint John has come to be known for. Details
Saturday, October 25, 2025 | 6:00 PM
Grannan Street, Saint John
Free
The Skyway Lodge in Miramichi
The Skyway Lodge may be the most haunted apartment building in New Brunswick. It is said that around 100 ghosts haunt the building, with the most notable one being a girl named Lily, who committed suicide after finding her mother dead and still walks the halls to this day. There is also rumoured to be a ghost axe murderer in the basement.
Details
5 Cole Crescent, Miramichi
Find Rebecca Lutes’ Grave in Moncton
The story of Rebecca Lutes is one of Moncton’s most popular ghost stories. Rebecca Lutes was said to be a witch because it was rumoured that she was able to tell the future. In 1876, she was found guilty of sorcery and hung from a branch of a large poplar tree. She was claimed to be buried upside down and her grave was covered in concrete. Her grave has been the spot of many unusual occurrences, including strange lights, mysterious fires and more.
Details
Gorge Rd, Moncton’s
Free
Explore the Grey Island Cemetery
In the Grey Island Cemetery, there is a white stone statue that looks like a woman, who is claimed to be the woman in the grave. The story goes that she was murdered and her husband spent hours every day talking to the statue. When he died, his body was found at the base of the statue. Today, it is said that the statue will tap your shoulder if you walk around it three times and stand with your back to it. The hand of the statue has been removed but people still claim to feel the tap.
Details
Grey Island Rd, Hillsborough
The Dungarvon Whooper
At one of the many logging camps in the 1800s, an Irishman named Ryan was murdered by another logger for the money belt Ryan had been wearing. The night after the murder, loud whooping noises and screaming were heard. The sound is still said to be heard today on the banks of the Dungarvon.
Blackville
Capitol Theatre
The Capitol Theatre is one of Moncton’s most iconic buildings and is also the most famous for being haunted. It is said to be haunted by the spirit of Alexander ‘Sandy’ Lindsay, a volunteer firefighter who was killed in 1924 when battling a fire on the main stage. He causes cold winds to blow through the theatre and even appears seated when the auditorium is empty.
Details
811 Main St, Moncton
Charlotte Country Court House
The Charlotte Country Court House was built in the 1840s and is the oldest courthouse in Canada. It is right across the street from the country gaol, which was used up until the 1870s. The Court House is said to be haunted by the convicts who were hung at the gaols. Some people have reported cold spots and feeling watched when they visited the courthouse.
123 Frederick St, Saint Andrews