Halloween Events in Hamilton: Family & Adults – 2018

Things to do in Hamilton this Halloween 2018

A list of family Halloween activities, haunted houses & adult Halloween events/parties in and around Hamilton.

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Trick or Treat

• Halloween Hunt – Kids can spot the pumpkins and receive a ‘trick or treat’ from the merchants and market vendors. Saturday, October 27, 2018 | 10:00 AM @ Ottawa Street
• Concession Fallfest on Saturday, October 27, 2018 @ Concession Street
• Safe Trick or Treat at Eastgate Square on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM | $2

Bizarro’s Factory Of Fear 2018

Hamilton’s scariest haunted house park, built inside two 40 foot tractor trailers, The Factory of Fear combines live actors, pneumatics, high quality set design and crazy special effects to give you an immersive in your face horrifying experience like never before! Details

$10

Halloween Ho-Down

 Live Entertainment, Children’s Village, Food & Wind/Cider pairings, Halloween Train Rides, Campfire & Marshmallow Roast, Kids Bouncy Fun, Trick or Treat around the farm, Halloween Craft and more! Pick~Your~Own Pumpkins Available. Details

Pay as You Play

Halloween at the Library

From Halloween themed games, crafts, storytime to family Halloween party there is something for kids of all ages at Hamilton Public Library. Details

Few programs require registration

Spooktacular Stroll

This family event invites you to bring your kids in full Halloween Costume so they can enjoy a night of Trick or Treating around the Binbrook Fairgrounds track. Food Vendors and other family friendly entertainment will also be offered. Details

Free

PumpkinFest

Enjoy a beautiful fall day at this 176 acre farm with a long winding laneway and rolling hills. It is truly spectacular! Take a hay wagon ride to the pumpkin patch and search for the perfect pumpkin. Details

$9/person; Under 2 years old are free

Ghost Tours

Ian Thompson leads brave souls through Caledonia’s historic downtown on guided, lantern-lit walking tours. Details

All Ages $5; Children under 3 free

Haunted Evening at Dundurn

$30/person

Stories in the Stones

Many of Hamilton’s colourful characters and history lie buried in our cemeteries. The cemetery tour – The Stories In The Stones – tells their fascinating stories through free guided walking tours at Hamilton Cemetery. Details

Free

The 5th Annual Kate Andrus Pumpkin Prowl

Pumpkin Prowl starts with kids games. This year’s event will also include bouncy castles, a travelling zoo with live animals, and a raffle to win a free week of winter break camp courtesy of Les Petites Pommes and more! After the games and activities, the Pumpkin Prowl gang will prowl the neighbourhood in costume in search of participating trick-or-treat homes indicated by a Pumpkin Prowl window sign. Details

Free

Hamilton Zombie Walk

Celebrate Halloween early by walking the streets of downtown Hamilton with the 12th annual Hamilton Zombie Walk. Bring a food donation and dress as if killed and join us for a scary good time. If you can’t do make up we have a make up station running 10-12 at the Hamilton Public Library downtown location.

Details

FREE

Harvest Witches Brew

Join Catherine Switzer Holistic Nutritionst while she inspires young chefs to incorporate local healthy food everyday, develop safe kitchen skills, while gaining confidence & independence.

In this class our Junior chefs will be utilizes local harvest foods to make soup that the whole family can enjoy! Age 4-10. Details

$30

Harvest Festival

Springridge Harvest Festival fun for the whole family! Details

$13.00 (includes HST) per person, ages 2-92; Optional Pony Rides $5 per ride

The Lost Boys

Presenting the winner of our Facebook Halloween poll – it’s The Lost Boys from 1987! It’s Corey, Corey and Kiefer in this vampire-fighting classic film.

And of course, it wouldn’t be right without some Zoetic-style excitement, like our Costume Contest, and Signature Cocktail. Details

Advanced Tickets $12; At The Door $14

Spooky Double Feature

Casper (1995) & The Craft (1996). Details

$10 – $20

Ghost Walks: Hamilton

Details

Varies with the tour

Halloween Howl and Hocus Pocus

Dress your little ghouls and goblins up and enjoy a frightfully good family fun time!

Halloween themed activities include: Bewitching bouncy castle, Spooktacular Bonfire & Marshmallow Roast, Creepy Crawly Creatures to view and touch, Howling Hayrides, Hocus Pocus movie screening and more. Details

$15 or FREE with HCA Membership Pass

Fright in the Forest and Ghostbusters

Enjoy an evening of outdoor Halloween family fun in the Dundas Valley! The event will feature many frightfully fun activities!!! Details

$15 or FREE with HCA Membership Pass

Pumpkin Sunday

Come out to Westfield and enjoy pumpkin-themed games, activities and a craft, all within the village’s beautiful, historic setting. Bring your camera!! Details

Regular admission

Pumpkin Walk

Join us for slightly spooky trail walk through the grounds of Fieldcote Park, illuminated by hand-carved pumpkins both comical and creepy. Details

Free

The Great Pumpkin Trail

It’s a magical evening on the Pumpkin Trail!
Hundreds of jack-o-lanterns light your way along our garden and South Bridle Trail. Enjoy live entertainment, face painting and pumpkin-themed activities and games. Details

Adult $19, Ages 3-12: $12; Under 3: Free

Halloween Classic Draft Dodgeball Tournament

7″ Cloth Dodgeball. Details

$20 registration

Haunted Halloween: Night Circus

Lit by lanterns, candles and pumpkins, the village is a beautiful and unique place to explore at nighttime. Details

Adults $12, Seniors (65+) $10, Youth $6.50, Children 5 and under are free. Family $30.

Halloween Spooktacular

Find your way through the hay maze, try your hand at the Halloween prize wheel, personalize your own sugar cookie, and dare yourself to explore the Witches Den.

Glitterbug Face Painting will be onsite working their magic as well as Urban Zoo’s reptile tent where you’ll find some creepy crawlers. Don’t forget to brave a visit through The Spiritorium’s exhibit of creepy finds. You’ll even find a traveling magician that will amaze and enchant you during your adventure. Make your way through this funhouse featuring all your favourite Avengers. And many more. Details

FREE

Halloween Spooktacular Drop-In

Come on out to Blossom Musik Drop-in for a fun Halloween themed morning. We will be having a Halloween party so make sure to wear your costumes! There will be a Halloween craft, treat & of course a spooky Kindermusik time with Miss Amy for your boys & ghouls. Details

Regular drop-in cost of $5 per child (siblings under 1 are free) applies, however $2 donations will be accepted for the local food bank.

Halloween Comicfest

Get Free Comics during Halloween Comicfest. Head to a participating comic shop on October 28 to get free comics! Also be on the look-out for mini-comic packs that will be available in comic shops which are great to pass out to trick-or-treaters on Halloween! Details

Free

Kids Halloween Party

Calling all boys and girls, ages 4-9! You’re invited to a Halloween party at the Erland Lee Museum. Put on your costume and get ready for a spooky, silly and fun-filled time, including games and activities, crafts, prizes, healthy snacks, and lots more!! Details

$5 per child, accompanying adults are free

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Halloween Lock-In Party

Unlimited laser tag w/ complimentary pizza and pop! During the lock-in party you will be subject to play all of our different laser tag game modes such as: Zombie Infection, Elimination, Man Hunt, King of the Hill, Capture the Flag, Stealth mode (no lights), and of course our regular team and solo games! Details

Advance $35; Door $40

Wicked Halloween Run

Join the spookiest running race in Hamilton! Expect a wonderfully flat course, pro chip-timed race, medals to all finishers, free beer, PAPA JOHNS pizza, long sleeve shirts to all pre registered runners, t-shirts for the kids & plaques to age group winners! Register today with friends and family. 5km Race & kids 1km. Details

Free

Concession Fallfest

Join us for a day of Fallfest family fun. Children are invited to come out and Trick or Treat along Concession Street (between Upper Wentworth and East 25th). Live music performer and artisanal vendors for the community to enjoy. Details

Free

Annual PumpkinFest

Pumpkin Sale, Games. Costume Contest. Family Fun All Ages. Details

Free

Monster Bash

4th Annual Halloween Dinner & Dance in support of Golfi Indoor Playroom of Dreams for McMaster Children’s Hospital. Details

Adult $50; Child 12 and under: $25

Halloween Spooktacular

Enjoy a one-hour full orchestra concert of fun and spooky orchestral favourites. Be sure to dress up in your favourite costume, our musicians will too! Selections include Michael Jackson’s Thriller, The Imperial March from Star Wars and familiar orchestral favourites! Details

$10 – $20

PumpkinSHED

Join us for some Halloween fun! The whole family is invited to carve pumpkins for the SHED!! Details

$3 + HST per pumpkin, carving tools are supplied

Halloween Thriller Concert

Acclaimed jazz / hip-hop trumpet playerBrownman Ali will lead an all-star quartet through his popular annual Halloween Thriller concert. Details

$15.00, $10 students

Halloween Walk

Dress up your little one and bring them to a Spooktacular time at the 3rd Annual Halloween Walk at the Burford Community Centre!

Geared towards toddlers – this is a candy-free, trick or treating event. Come and meet community partners! Details

This is FREE Drop-in event.

Adult Halloween Events & Parties in Hamilton 2018

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• Speqtrum Hamilton: Pumpkin Carving on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM @ YWCA Hamilton
• Candlelight Spirit Walk on October 26 & 27, 2018  on Erland Lee Museum

2018 Enchanted Witch’s Ball

$40

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

It’s here! We’re proud to present The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a one-of-a-kind movie experience just in time for Halloween!

Costumes and traditions are encouraged, of course. Don’t dream it, be it! Be sure and do it up with our Signature Prop Bags and Cocktails! What a night! 19+. Details

$16 – $21 + HST

Haunted Ghost Tour

Join your host Stephanie Lechniak for a Ghostly Haunted Tour through the historic & haunted streets of Downtown Hamilton like you’ve NEVER seen before… through the eyes of the one-and-only, “Spooky Steph!” Details

$10/person

Drive-In Double Feature

The third annual Hamilton Trash Cinema Drive-In Double Feature Extravaganza. Movies: Kingdom of the Vampire (1991) & HauntedWeen (1991). Details

$10/carload

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

We continue our Halloween Thrills at the Zoetic with a family-friendly Steven Spielberg masterpiece, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Take a break from violent superhero sequelmania and introduce this loveable, uplifting friendship story to your children… or just enjoy it for yourself.

And of course, it wouldn’t be right without some Zoetic-style excitement, like our Costume Contest, and Signature Cocktail. 19+. Details

Advance Tickets $12; At The Door $14

Haunted Evening at Paletta Mansion

Spend the evening EXPLORING the MANSION and grounds of one of Burlington, Ontario’s MOST HAUNTED Places! Join Haunted Hamilton Founder, Stephanie “Spooky Steph” Dumbreck and the Spooky Misfit Crew for a historic evening at one of Burlington, Ontario’s most haunted mansions. Located on the waterfront property originally gifted to Laura Secord, the mansion now claims home to two of it’s former residents, Edythe & Dorothy. Care to join us? Details

$30/person

Kingston Penitentiary Haunted Bus Trip

Haunted Hamilton presents a Haunted Bus Trip to Canada’s OLDEST Maximum Security Prison, the Kingston Penitentiary, located in historic Kingston, Ontario! Also includes a Visit to the Canadian Penitentiary Museum, Free Time to explore Downtown Kingston and an evening HAUNTED WALK of Kingston too! Details

$139/person

Ghostly Legends, Folklore & Superstitions of the Sea with Spooky Steph

The Great Lakes with its dramatic and mysterious past, span thousands of miles and sometimes cross through the veil into the spirit world, creating a rich legacy of myth, folklore, legend and tales of the unexplained. Journey at twilight through time, across the waters of Hamilton Harbour with Haunted Hamilton as we celebrate our 5th Year running our Haunted Cruises!! Details

$40/person

All Killer No Filler: 2000’s Tribute Spooktacular w/ Boozetown

A post-Y2K tribute night, ALL KILLER, NO FILLER – Halloween edition. Dedicated to the scariest and best in 2000s Rock/Punk/Emo featuring a live set by Boozetown and DJ sets of all your favourite 2000s hits. 19+. Details

$5.00

BOOS & CRUISE: Halloween Party Cruise

Goblins, jackals, and ghouls OH MY! Boos and cruise with the Hamilton Harbour Queen on the Harbour of Horrors! It will be a monsterous mash of a good time. Enter the Costume Contest for chances to win free cruises and goodies. Spooky snacks included. 19+. Details

$40.00

80s Halloween Party

Stranger Things 80s Halloween Party Hamilton. 19+. Details

$5.00

Spooky Souk

Gracing our stage at the Staircase Theatre this year we have Invoketress, BellyUp, Wild Orchid, Shades of Araby, Troupe Obskurah, Passion for Bellydance, Raqs Mahasti & more!

Embrace the spooky season & dress up if you wish, or simply come as your fabulous self! Details

$30; All proceeds from the night go to WELNepal – a charity that does amazing work for women’s literacy in Nepal.

Halloween Gala

The strange Halloween party is back! A night dedicated to you ~ Twisted and creative folks who love everything ghosts and Halloween. All inside a truly haunted building – Grand ballroom of the mysterious Scottish Rite of Freemasonry! Details

$45

Paranormal (Halloween)

The city’s largest annual Halloween event. Music by BIJOU (Night Bass) + many more. Details

The Beach Bats Halloween Special

Halloween Party with Jumble. Details

A Redhot Halloween

This Halloween (oct 26th) the “Beelays” have a whole new bag of tricks and treats for you Hamiltonians!!! Not only will we be putting on Da Funkiest, Sweatiest and Spookiest show in the steel city…..we’re going to play a BONUS SET of music from THE RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS!!!

ALSO! There will be a HOT PEPPER EATING contest AND of course a BEST COSTUME contest!! Details

$10 – $15

Funkhaus Halloween

Funkhaus Halloween Edition! Details

$15

A Place to Bury Strangers

The Casbah is over the moon, excited to announce an afternoon matinee performance for Dead Oceans artists, A Place To Bury Strangers. Details

$20

Halloween BALL

Sumo Cyco’s 3rd Annual Halloween BALL. Details

$15 Cover or $12 in advance

EMERGE presents: Zombie Prom

Zombie Prom is a ghastly, campy blend of nostalgic high school memories and the living dead. Shamble your way over with your horde to dance the night away with DJ Osito, watch a freakishly-awful horror film with Hamilton Trash Cinema, get your prom-tastic photo taken at the photo booth, and visit the zombie-fying station to up your costume game! There will be prizes for the best costumes, with a Zombie Prom Court, just like prom days of old! 19+. Details

General: $15; AGH Members: $10; EMERGE Members: Free
Ticket includes one free drink! Cash bar.

The Mad Tea Party

THE MAD TEA PARTY is Black Rabbit own Halloween…well, Party! Dress to impress! Show us what you got in the closet Hamilton! Details

$35

Whose Cat is Dead & Fat Cats

Fat Cats have a long standing tradition of Halloween shows in Hamilton and these long-time jambassadors have decided to step it up a notch this year by adding friends Whose Cat Is Dead. It will be a fantastic night of music for those familiar with either of these bands.

And if you’re so inclined, arrive in full costume for the chance to win great prizes. Details

$20

Ale House Halloween Party

If you were there last year you know it was a great party, so good we’ve been asked to do it again. The costumes last year were fabulous as well as all in attendance, you don’t want to miss it! Details

Halloween Horror Movie Monday

Double feature. Details

$5 admission

Zombies Invade Pittsburg Presented by HTC

Another free screening of the lost VHS classic, Zombies Invade Pittsburg. Plus, it is Hamilton Trash Cinema’s 4th birthday. Details

Halloween Bash at Doors Pub

Neurotic Entertainment and Doors Pub Present the Ultimate Heavy Metal Halloween Bash. 19+. Details

Devil’s Night Haunt

This Ain’t Hollywood will be hosting a demonic celebration, featuring Hamilton’s ROACHCLIP, MR. MULE, and RED ROOM. We’re ready to spook your souls grey!

Undead demons will be manifesting and looking for a party, so make sure to come dressed as your favourite ghoul to blend in. Details

Door $10

Halloween Night EP Release

RatParade/BadComm/NoOrphans/SURGES. Rat Parade is going to host a god damned HALLOWEEN PARTY with spooky surprises, records, and bands!

We’re releasing a 4 song EP on a real, physical 7″ vinyl record that night. It’s called OUR PLAGUE, and you should give us your money for one! There’s gonna be a costume contest! Best costume as chosen by the audience gets the record for free! So bring a costume!! Details

$5

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