Get your jack-o-lanterns lit and your candy at the ready, because Halloween is finally here! This weekend we’re bringing you Edmonton’s best ways to celebrate, from surefire scares to family-friendly frights—and a few options to take a break from the spooky festivities mixed in! As YEG officially moves into winter, don your best costumes with friends and end October with a bang.
1) Downtown Dining Week | through Nov 8
Experience a haven of Downtown dining this weekend, as restaurants in the city centre open up to offer special deals for some of Edmonton’s best eats. Downtown Dining Week offers the opportunity for foodies to find their new favourite spots, rediscover old ones, experience the creativity folded into each bite, and ultimately help to support restaurants that always strive to bring Edmontonians their best in high-quality dining.
2) Final Weekend of Pitched Perfect Golden Girls | through Nov 1
Warm-up your vocals and leave room for dinner, because Jubilations Dinner Theatre is back! In this closing weekend, guests have the chance to enjoy a thrilling meal as the ladies of the Maple Oak Senior’s Home rock the campus scene and show their co-eds that there’s no age limit to killing it on stage.
- 3) Alt After Dark- Halloween Market | Oct 30
This alternative culture market brings spooky souvenirs from 25 unique vendors to Old Strathcona, featuring local artists like Nat Jones, Not Candy, Ivaldian Sons, and more. Grab a friend and your best costumes, because Alt After Dark is offering 1 entry for their door prizes to every guest that reps their Halloween spirit!
4) A Very Bootanical Halloween | Oct 30-Nov 1
There’s something spooky going on at the University of Alberta Botanical Gardens this Halloween… and it’s fun for the whole family! The U of A offers a safe and fun way to kickstart this weekend’s festivities with the “It’s Alive” scavenger hunt and outdoor activities perfect for all ages. Plus, you can grab their shareable treat box to get a head start on that Halloween sugar rush!
5) Halloween Adventure at Galaxyland | Oct 31
Add some adrenaline to your plans this Halloween with a night of scares at Galaxyland! Guests will be able to enjoy a fair of delicious treats, including some seasonal classics like caramel apples and pumpkin spice mini doughnuts, alongside a full array of the park’s best blood-pumping rides. Hold on tight, and enjoy the fright!
6) Final weekend of The Haunted Hike | through Oct 31
Do you have what it takes to survive this haunted house? Come on down to Vegreville’s Haunted Hike to find out, navigating around terrifying twists with ghouls hiding at every turn. Tickets are available for those brave enough to face the scares ahead, but we recommend grabbing a few friends to help.
7) Halloween Bash with Gogo and ILONA | Oct 30-31
Spotlight Cabaret is serving haunted realness this Halloween with Edmonton’s Sweetheart Queen Gogo Fetch and Canada’s Drag Race alumni Ilona Verley. Guests will be thrilled by the drag legends turning it out on stage, alongside cocktails, candy, and a costume contest giving you the chance to serve your own spooky looks. Corset up and costume up for this drag extravaganza!
8) Halloween at RAM | Oct 31
Come to the Royal Alberta Museum for family-friendly Halloween activities! Wearing costumes is encouraged, and all activities are included in the price of admission. Grab a (sanitized) flashlight to venture into the roundhouse for the Flashlight Expedition, catch the Bug Encounters in the lobby, and solve riddles during the photo scavenger hunt. Bonus: if you complete the scavenger hunt, you get 10% off at the Museum Shop!
Looking for even more ways to up the spook factor this weekend? Take a peek at our list of the best activities to do in Edmonton with your friends and family this Halloween.
