Get your fright on – Sydney is turning up the spook factor for Halloween 2025! From ghost trails and Halloween discos to haunted wonderlands and hands-on Halloween craft, there’s something for every little ghoul, ghost and goblin.
Explore family-friendly Halloween events across Sydney and make this October frightfully fun for everyone. There’s plenty of kid-friendly fun at iconic locations including The Rocks, Luna Park and Centennial Parklands.
K-Pop Demon Hunters Kids Disco
Dress up and hit the floor for a spooktacular K-Pop Demon Hunters dance party, with high-energy beats, fan chants, and idol-worthy moves. Dress up as your favourite demon hunter, idol or Halloween character and show off your best dance moves on the dance floor. Plus a spooky movie to follow.
Date: Friday 24 October 2025
Time: From 5pm
Location: Hornsby RSL
Age Group: All ages
Cost: $10 per child
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Lithgow Halloween
Lithgow’s iconic Halloween celebration is now in its 12th year, and 2025 is set to be the most unforgettable yet! What began as a one-day street party has evolved into a week-long festival filled with music, cultural experiences, food, film, and spooky fun.
From Friday 24th to Friday 31st October, the Lithgow region will come alive with a dynamic mix of free and ticketed events for all ages. Whether you’re into cosplay, great food, family-friendly fun, or eerie tales, there’s something for everyone.
Date: Friday 24 – Friday 31 October 2025
Time: Various
Location: Various venues in Lithgow
Age Group: All ages
Cost: A mix of free and ticketed events
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Museum of Fire Halloween Celebration
Celebrate Halloween at the Museum of Fire in Penrith. Visit website for further details.
Date: Saturday 25 – Friday 31 October 2025
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm
Location: Museum of Fire, Penrith
Age Group: All ages
Cost: Free
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The Nicho Halloween Festival
Celebrate Halloween at the iconic Nicholson Street Halloween Festival! At Nicho, they’ve been crafting incredible Halloween Festivals for over thirty years. They delight in the excitement on kids’ faces as they arrive and dive into the games, activities, and spooky thrills. It’s a fantastic family day out, held annually on the last Saturday in October.
Date: Saturday 25 October 2025
Time: 1 – 6pm
Location: Nicholson Street Public School, Balmain East
Age Group: All ages
Cost: Free entry. Pre-purchase tokens to use on attractions, food and drinks.
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Little Park of Horrors at Centennial Parklands
Join Centennial Parklands for some good old-fashioned Halloween fun at their Little Park of Horrors in Centennial Parklands. Kids can dive into spooky stories, tackle a ghoulish obstacle course, and even help craft a Halloween-inspired scarecrow. Encourage your child to dress up in their spookiest Halloween-inspired outfit and enjoy a treat at the end.
Date: Sunday 26 October 2025
Time: Event sessions at 8.45am, 10am, 11.15am, 12.30pm, 1.45pm & 3pm
Location: Centennial Parklands, Sydney
Age Group: 4 – 10 (Adult participation required)
Cost: $22.50 per child
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Spookfest at Paddy’s
Families can enjoy face painting, trick-or-treat adventures, spooky photo opportunities, and treasure hunts with fang-tastic prizes, while also picking up last-minute costumes and spooky treats from the markets. With free admission, costumes, and a festive atmosphere, there’s something hauntingly fun for everyone!
Date: Wednesday 29 October – Sunday 1 November 2025
Time: 10am – 6pm
Location: Paddy’s Market, Haymarket
Age Group: All ages
Cost: Free
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Festival of Fisher’s Ghost
This iconic community celebration, inspired by the legendary tale of Fred Fisher’s ghost, has been a beloved tradition since 1956. In 2025, the festival will run from 30 October to 9 November. From ghostly tales to glowing lanterns, live performances to family-friendly activities – there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Whether you’re a local or a visitor, come and experience the magic, mystery, and joy that make this festival a true Campbelltown tradition.
Date: Thursday 30 October – Sunday 9 November 2025
Location: Various locations
Age Group: All ages
Cost: Mix of free and paid activities
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Luna Park Halloscream
Get your scare on at Luna Park this Halloween. Halloscream, Sydney’s scariest Halloween event at Luna Park is celebrating Halloween with a light and sound horror attraction, an immersive horror experience under the big top, unlimited rides, and a tempting array of spooky food and beverages. A night of unforgettable Halloween fun.
Date: Thursday 30 October – Saturday 1 November 2025
Time: 6 – 10pm
Location: Luna Park, Sydney
Age Group: Recommended for ages 14+
Cost: From $113
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The Rocks Ghost Tour
The Rocks Ghost tours were created to explore the darker side of the Rocks that many people have never known about. This area has been inundated with a history that is fun, fascinating, tragic and strange. Come join us on the tour as well delve into the macabre and haunted houses in the birthplace of Sydney, The Rocks. with a touch of the bizarre and the theatrical. With access into some of Sydney’s most haunted buildings, it’s a night to remember!
Date: Thursday 30 October 2025
Time: 7:45pm – 9:45pm
Location: Starting from Cadman’s Cottage, The Rocks
Age Group: Recommended for ages 12+
Cost: Child $45, Adult $55
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Ghosts in the Rocks
Over Halloween weekend, Sydney’s most haunted neighbourhood, rich with tales of mysterious sightings, restless spirits, and shadowy figures will transform into a ghost town. Over four days, this historic district will host Ghost in The Rocks, a FREE Halloween street festival for all. Get ready for ghostly encounters, pulse-raising entertainment, family-friendly fun, and after-dark thrills, along with four out-of-this-world ticketed experiences.
Date: Thursday 30 October – Sunday 2 November 2025
Location: The Rocks, Sydney
Age Group: All ages
Cost: Mix of free and paid events
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Frights and Bites Night at The Australian Reptile Park
Join The Australian Reptile Park for Frights and Bites Night. A one night only family-friendly evening of trick-or-treating, reptiles, and fun. Have a spooky adventure with all this included FREE with entry! Trick-or-treat stations, hands-on reptile meet n’ greets, face painting, inflatable obstacle course, costume prizes, special “Frights & Bites” reptile show, extended opening hours!
Date: Friday 31 October 2025
Time: 3 – 7pm
Location: Australian Reptile Park, Pacific Highway, Somersby
Age Group: All ages
Cost: Adult tickets are $25 which includes one FREE child (3-15 years). Additional child tickets are $15 each. Annual pass members and children under 3 enter FREE.
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Halloween at the Boo! Factory
Calling local zombies, witches, monsters, goblins, robots, yetis – and every creature that goes bump in the night! You’re invited to embark on a ghostly Halloween adventure at Bondi Junction.
Enter the Boo Factory, if you dare, and discover giant spiders, creepy cobwebs, loaming skeletons, bewitching bats and ghastly ghouls lurking in the shadows. Keep your eyes peeled, you may stumble upon some terrifying treats. Make sure you join in the frightfully fun festivities!
Strut your stuff in a Chills & Thrills Costume Parade, then show off your scariest – or silliest – moves at the Spooky Silent Disco. Settle in for tales that tickle and tingle at Witchy Waverley Storytelling and get hands-on at Creepy Craft Corner with badge-making, Halloween mask-making, and our gloriously gooey slime station.
Date: Friday 31 October 2025
Time: You can drop into the Boo Factory anytime from 3-7pm
Location: The Boo! Factory, 27-33 Spring St, Bondi Junction
Age Group: 3-12 and their family
Cost: Free
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Halloween Festival in City of Canada Bay
Join City of Canada Bay on Friday, 31 October for a night of thrills and chills at their Halloween Festival on Majors Bay Road. From 5–9pm the street will come alive with a trick or treat trail, face painting, roving performers, live music, street games, and more. Grab a costume and get ready for a frightfully good time.
Date: Friday 31 October 2025
Time: 5 – 9pm
Location: Majors Bay Road in Concord
Age Group: All ages
Cost: Free
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Halloween Family Fest
Sydney’s biggest family friendly Halloween celebration is back and this year it’s spookier, sillier and more fun than ever! The Halloween Family Festival at The Entertainment Quarter is the ultimate place to celebrate all things Halloween in Sydney. The Entertainment Quarter will be transformed into a haunted wonderland filled with trick or treating trails, spooky shows, thrilling rides, live entertainment and plenty of surprises around every corner.
Date: Friday 31 October – Sunday 2 November 2025
Time: Friday 4 – 9pm, Saturday 10am – 9pm, Sunday 10am – 4pm
Location: 122 Lang Road, Moore Parke, The Entertainment Quarter
Age Group: All ages
Cost: Entry from $10, add-ons extra
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Mosman Halloween Cinema
Get into the spooky spirit at a Halloween outdoor cinema night! Enjoy eerie pre-movie entertainment, tasty movie snacks and pizza before settling in for a screening of the classic ‘Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit’, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. It’s a family-friendly fright night full of fun, food and a little Halloween magic.
Date: Friday 31 October 2025
Time: 7pm – 9:30pm
Location: Mosman Square and Village Green
Age Group: All ages
Cost: Free
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Halloween Spooky Spotlight at Parramatta Park
Dress up as your favourite Halloween character and join Greater Sydney Parklands for a spook-tacular evening exploring the hidden world of Parramatta Park after dark! With special guests from North West Sydney WIRES, you can watch the breathtaking fly-out of bats and flying foxes as they fill the sky and set the perfect spooky scene. This is a fun and educational program where kids (and adults!) can discover nocturnal wildlife, learn from local experts, and experience the magical transformation of Parramatta Park as night falls. While you won’t encounter ghosts, you just might spot a bat, a possum, or a creepy crawly!
Date: Friday 31 October 2025
Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: MISC Parramatta, Parramatta Park
Age Group: 5+
Cost: $21
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