Did you just google things to do for Halloween in Brisbane? Or Halloween ideas near me? I know I’ve done that before!
We’ve gone and created a list of places to go and things to do for Halloween in Brisbane and got just about every Brisbane suburb covered!
At the top of this article is the places to go trick or treating in Brisbane and below this list is a calendar of Brisbane events for Halloween…
If we have missed anything, let us know in comments!
Haunted Houses / Trick or Treat addresses
Looking for the BEST in haunted houses and trick or treat experiences in Brisbane? We are busy updating for 2019, but remember if you plan to take the kids ‘out of your local area’ you may like to consider taking some ‘treats’ to replenish the supplies of the houses you visit. It can get busy in the popular areas.
This list is compiled from various sources including ‘Brisbane Halloween Lovers 2019’ Facebook group (with permission from group owner), emails directly to us, comments on our website and PM’s to our own Facebook page asking to be included in this public list.
These homes welcome you to come trick or treating in Brisbane:
Northern Suburbs
Albion
26 Lever Street
Annerley
63A Emperor Street
Ashgrove
10-12 Boon Street
Aspley
Poison Pumpkin Patch – 14 Arcola St
15 Wynford Street – Ghouls in Wynford Street
Bald Hills
2-8 Rothbury Street (Halloween Charity Event)
Bellmere
46 Belvedere Crescent – Belvedere Boo Grew
Tara Grove
Bracken Ridge
20 Geraint Street
16 Barrabui Street
Brighton
5 Gordon Street
176 Lascelles Street
Caboolture
67 Ronald Court (annual Halloween Spooktacular Maze!)
Clontarf
1 Camellia Street
Chermside West
51-55 Kenna St (Neighbourhood party! Wooooooo!)
Deagon
50 Biarra street – House of Death (note: this one will be SPOOKY)
Ferny Hills
35 Ferny Way
4 Dya Place – Higgins Haunted Mansion
Grange
Howard St – The Howard Haunt
Mitchelton
Blackwood Street – This is a highly organised street party with rides and other attractions
Morayfield
64 Mellino Drive
Narangba
24 Glorious Avenue – Haunting in Narangba
36 Waterway Crescent – Waterway Skeletons
Nudgee
Overlea Street Nudgee – Decorated houses, tons of neighbourly love and up to 100 trick or treaters in frightening costumes!
Nundah
54 Imbros Street – Nightmare in Nundah!
North Lakes
22 Pinnock crescent – Nightmare on Halloween Street
Paddington
40 Hayward Street
Redcliffe
2 Meredith Street
9 John Street
31 Davis Street
Sandgate
107 Clayton Street
Sippy Downs
Mid 200’s on University Way
Strathpine
45 Melaleuca Drive – Creepy Haunt
Taringa
48 Woodstock Avenue
Wilston
Munna Street – Wilston Spooktacular
Zillmere
1 Slessar Street
42 Alexander Street
Southern Suburbs (including Logan and Redlands)
Acacia Ridge
34 Harden street – Harden Street Haunted House
Alexandra Hills
30 Garter Street
Birkdale
4 Pigeon Court – Ghoulicious
Blackstone
85 High St – Howling at the Moon
Boronia Heights
3 Ferndale Street (You can find this special house on Facebook here! Definitely a great Halloween spot if you’re on the southside!)
Bulimba
Oxford Street. Hocus Pocus in the Park is the launching place and then there’s tons of trick or treating in streets nearby
Camp Hill
26 Lewis street – Arachnophobia (argh!)
Calamvale
29 Lewis Place
31 Lewis place
Camira
43 Wilson Drive – The Graveyard
Carindale
Kidwelly Street – surrounding streets also get involved – take a stroll to find the best places!
Capalaba
Capalaba Park Shopping Centre has a trick or treat event that’s best suited to smaller kids. It kicks off from 4pm.
9A Kaye St
Collingwood Park
69 Lawrie Drive – Gorey on Lawrie
Coopers Plains
93 Nyleta Street – A Nightmare on Nyleta Street
Coorparoo
36 Amelia Street – Cheers Witches!
Crestmead
8 Ochna Street – Pirate Party
20 Trulson Drive
Ellen Grove
38 Stephen Street
Greenbank
55 Crest Road – Creepy Trees Manor
Logan Reserve
Cobblestone Avenue
Manly
Many Harbour Village, Cambridge Parade. The Manly street party is a highly organised event. Learn more about it here.
Manly West
11 Carnation Road – Witches Greenhouse
Marsden
18 Avalon Street
Meadowbrook
Lakes Entrance
Middle Park
103 Horizon Drive
Moorooka
1 Dunstan Street – The Witches in the Woods
24 Wallace Street
Nathan
2/17 Ivymount – Scarington Alley
Redbank
8 Bloodwood Place
Regents Park
65 Estramina Road
Richlands
71 125 Orchard road – The Ghoulish Graveyard
Seventeen Mile Rocks
46 Carlyle Street
Tarragindi
161 Ekibin Road (East)
Tingalpa
Ranch Street – This is a highly organised event that has a gold coin donation entry to raise money for research into rare cancers. It’s been happening for nearly a decade and has extra scary stuff for bigger kids. The legendary Halloween House is a must do for Brisbane families!
Wakerley
Daphne Place (there are a number of displays to check out in this street!)
Wishart
127A Merrick Street
Western Brisbane and Ipswich
Augustine Heights
Streets around Catherine Morgan Park – organised event in the park and then trick or treating for all!
Barellan Point
525 Junction Road
Brassall
1 Bottomley Street – Maze of Terror
Blackstone
85 High Street
Eagleby
8/39-41 Fryar road
Graceville
Mortlake Road – This is a well known and highly organised one. Kids will have a ball!
Oakey
31 Milligan street
Raceview
14 Mark Court – Creepy Carnival
5 Lisa Court
Hilldean Drive
8 Raceview Street
Redbank
Bloodwood Place
Redbank Plains
Norton Sands Drive
Milford Street – Kozij Krazy House
Springfield Central
1 Zen Court
Springfield Lakes
12 Moonbeam Street
South Ripley
Tamborine Street
Wulkuraka
3 Caspian Court
50 things to do for a great kids Halloween in Brisbane 2020
We’ve been swamped with emails and messages from places that want us to tell you about their events. So here is a huge list of things to do for Halloween in Brisbane with kids. We will update the list as them come in!
Tuesday 1 October
Medieval plant magic workshop for kids | Toowong
Join in for some medieval magic fun these holidays and get in early for Halloween. In dispensing herbs and other plant products for use, the medieval apothecary used a fascinating mix of magical beliefs and fact-based medicinal science. In this workshop, use a feather quill to write your own magical spell using special Dragon’s Blood ink to power it. Learn about the magical properties of different herbs and then pop your spell and herbs into a decorated potion bottle to take home. Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha.
Thursday 3 October
Halloween Disguises Workshop | Wooloongabba
Rummage through the baskets of treasures to create the most ghoulish or bedazzling monster at the Halloween Disguises eco art workshop. There are no limits to what you can create or who you can become in the ‘Masks and Headpieces’ workshop. Suitable for 4 to 12 year olds (children under 6 must have a parent/carer stay with them to assist). Reverse Garbage. Bookings essential.
Medieval plant magic workshop for kids | Toowong
Join in for some medieval magic fun these holidays and get in early for Halloween. In dispensing herbs and other plant products for use, the medieval apothecary used a fascinating mix of magical beliefs and fact-based medicinal science. In this workshop, use a feather quill to write your own magical spell using special Dragon’s Blood ink to power it. Learn about the magical properties of different herbs and then pop your spell and herbs into a decorated potion bottle to take home. Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha.
Thursday 17 October
CRANK’Enstein Halloween Party | Macgregor
Beware! The beast has been unleashed…Crankenstein! Head to Crank Indoor Climb for social games, prizes, best dressed competitions, scary spooks, Halloween treats and free candy!
Saturday 19 October
Halloween maker space | Toowong
Join in for spooky stories and games, and stay to make Halloween-themed craft. Go dressed as your favourite scary or mysterious book character. Ideal for children aged 5-12 years. Toowong Library.
Halloween Pet Photo Shoot at Pets Unleashed Brisbane | Morningside
Hear No Evil Deaf Dog Rescue have teamed up with Gayle Marie Photography and Pets Unleashed at 630 Wynumm Rd Morningside 4170 to help raise money our deaf & special needs dogs in care. Come and have a professional photo of your pet. It will be a halloween theme so bring your cat, dog or chicken along in their best Halloween costume or use one of ours on the day. Cost is only $20 and you will receive a professional digital photo of your pet. Discounts for multiple pets available. Bring your family and your pets along (on a lead) and come have some fun and enter our best dressed competition.
Happy Halloween | Coomera
Get ready for a fam-tastic spooky event! Complete with all things fun and mysterious, families can join their favourite characters Kenny and Belinda as they take part in the largest trick-or-treat extravaganza on the Gold Coast, with an unimaginable amount of candy at every corner of the park. Tickets are limited so boo-k now. Dreamworld.
Friday 25 October
A Night at the Museum: Halloween | South Brisbane
It’s a fang-tastic night of family fun! Ideal for witches, wizards, whimsical creatures and children 5 to 12 years old. Enjoy family friendly entertainment including science shows, hula hooping, droid racing, children’s disco and more. Explore the Museum and get hands on in SparkLab. Meet our experts and get up close to specimens brought out of the collection for this special night. Queensland Museum.
Brisbane Fright Market | Rocklea
This year Brisbane Night Market will feature a Trick or Treat Trail, Haunted House, competitions for best-dressed child and adult, wickedly good cocktails and live bands. Brisbane Night Market is the city’s first fully-undercover outdoor market and is held at Brisbane Markets®, the home of Queensland’s largest fresh fruit and vegetable wholesale hub. The completely undercover venue has been designed with families in mind, featuring hundreds of free parking spaces, multiple seating hubs and a dedicated children’s zone offering a range of activities and entertainment for kids.
Halloween Ghost Tours | Brisbane
This year, Halloween itself falls on a Thursday, so Brisbane Ghost Tours have decided to declare the whole weekend prior Halloween Weekend! They will have all of your favourite tours running, as well as special occasion tours, (Nundah Cemetery, Ipswich Cemetery, Lutwyche Cemetery, Haunted Redlands), so there will be plenty of tours running to choose from!
Numbers are limited for each tour, bookings are essential, and places fill fast for such an occasion, so get your booking in quickly to try and avoid disappointment!
Thrillers and Chillers | Dutton Park
A ghostly invitation from Brisbane Symphonic band as they prepare to scare and delight you with a Halloween concert amongst the ghosts of Boggo Road Gaol Join them for an early evening concert of ghost-busting tunes to set the tone for the ghost tour that follows.
Trick or Treat Little Stanley Street | South Bank
Calling all monsters, goblins and ghouls! The spooktacular celebration of all things scary is back, as South Bank’s Little Stanley Street is set to come alive with traditional Halloween activities where family and friends can come together to eat, trick and treat!
Saturday 26 October
Anywhere, Anyhow, Just Garden: spooky container garden | Toowong
Create your own ‘spook-tacular’ container garden to celebrate Halloween. This month’s container garden display combines spooky succulents, freaky fronds and creepy carnivorous plants in the ultimate fright-fest gardening experience. Many carnivorous plants are eerily beautiful and can be surprisingly easy to care for, with the bonus that many of the most amazing carnivorous plants are Australian natives. Learn how to create this amazing display and take home a starter plant for your own container garden. Tips, tricks and care advice also provided. Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha.
Earnshaw State College Halloween Festival | Banyo
The Earnshaw State College Halloween Festival has it all. This is a fun filled day for all ages to enjoy. Rides, animals, games, stalls, food and drink, face painting, sporting fun, raffles, books, art, craft, clothing, sweets, entertainment, music and so much more.
Halloween Fete | Brirkdale
The fete is Halloween themed, there will be a Haunted House, Mummy Races and loads of other Halloween fun including a best dressed competition. There will also be the fete stalls, food stalls and coffee. There will be amusement rides and musicians will be performing all day to keep everyone entertained. Birkdale State School.
Halloween Ghost Tours | Brisbane
This year, Halloween itself falls on a Thursday, so Brisbane Ghost Tours have decided to declare the whole weekend prior Halloween Weekend! They will have all of your favourite tours running, as well as special occasion tours, (Nundah Cemetery, Ipswich Cemetery, Lutwyche Cemetery, Haunted Redlands), so there will be plenty of tours running to choose from!
Numbers are limited for each tour, bookings are essential, and places fill fast for such an occasion, so get your booking in quickly to try and avoid disappointment!
Halloween maker space | Wynnum
Drop in and be crafty. Make your selection from a range of Halloween themed art and craft activities. Ideal for children aged 5-12 years. Wynnum Library.
Halloween movie: Goosebumps 2 | Brisbane
Join us for the second movie instalment of R.L. Stine book series, Goosebumps. (2018) (100min). Bookings essential. Brisbane Square Library.
Halloween Street Party | Manly Village
Dress up and join in at this FREE, family friendly and alcohol-free community event with over 13 hours non-stop entertainment on 2 stages! street parade, market stalls, amusements rides, water entertainment, displays, fabulous food and much more! 11am to 9pm. Manly Harbour Village.
Happy Halloween | Coomera
Get ready for a fam-tastic spooky event! Complete with all things fun and mysterious, families can join their favourite characters Kenny and Belinda as they take part in the largest trick-or-treat extravaganza on the Gold Coast, with an unimaginable amount of candy at every corner of the park. Tickets are limited so boo-k now. Dreamworld.
Trick or Treat Little Stanley Street | South Bank
Calling all monsters, goblins and ghouls! The spooktacular celebration of all things scary is back, as South Bank’s Little Stanley Street is set to come alive with traditional Halloween activities where family and friends can come together to eat, trick and treat!
Sunday 27 October
Batty Boat Halloween Cruise | East Brisbane
Go dressed for Halloween… prizes for best costumes – young and old! Back by popular demand! Join all the SPOOOOKY action on our fun-filled Halloween Batty Boat Cruise. Watch the bats fly over the Brisbane River at sunset, interact with orphaned baby bats on board and listen to live commentary on the species! You’ll also learn some fascinating facts about Brisbane. Cruise duration is approximately 3.5 hours. Don’t miss out! Book your tickets TODAY.
Blackwood Street Halloween Festival | Mitchelton
You’re invited to a Halloween scare. Come and join us if you dare. It’s our way of saying thanks to all of our friends without pulling pranks. Don’t be lame, don’t be naughty, creep, float or crawl to our Halloween party! Haunted house – market stalls – creation stations – live music, food & beverages – street parade -face painting – best costume prize – best dressed trophy and much more!
Brisbane – Halloween – Peewee Ferris BeXta Binary Finary | Fortitude Valley
Brisbane’s family rave is back for a Halloween themed afternoon full of amazing music, bubbles, craft, chill out room, lights, lasers and of course the volume turned down and checked for your little ravers precious ears. The Met.
Monster High Halloween Party & Mini Market | South Brisbane
Free Monster Fun for everyone. Dark Magician Pop Culture Superstore.
A fangtasitc time for fans of all ages. The Halloween party and Mini Monster High market will be a fun all ages event.
Go dressed as your favourite Monster High character to compete in the costume competition.
Shop at the mini market stalls and dance to our spooky D.J.
There will be plenty of Mint in box dolls to purchase as well as customs and second hand selections.
They will be decorating spooky not scary for this event as they don’t want to alarm small children.
Think chubby ghosts, not gory zombies.
The ticket prices are there for stall holders to book in. Entry to the event is free for the public.
Sunday 29 October
Batty Halloween | Logan West
Celebrate all things batty, including a special furry visitor from Wildlife Queensland – Bat Division. Dress in your best batty outfit for the best-dressed bat competition. Children must be accompanied by a parent. Logan West Library.
Monday 30 October
Halloween Activity Night | Holland Park
Dress-up in your scariest costume to enjoy Halloween inspired spooky tales and ghoulish games. Ideal for children aged 6-12 years. Bookings essential. Holland Park Library.
Spooky After School @ the Library | Victoria Point
Join in for a spooky craft afternoon getting ready for Halloween! Ages: 6+ years. No bookings required. Victoria Point Library.
Tuesday 31 October
All Hallows Eve | Banyo
Celebrate with them this Halloween at the library with scary stories and spooky craft! Dress up in your best gruesome book character costume for a whole lot of Halloween fun! Ideal for children aged 5-12 years. Banyo Library.
Batty Halloween | Logan Central
Celebrate all things batty, including a special furry visitor from Wildlife Queensland – Bat Division. Dress in your best batty outfit for the best-dressed bat competition. Children must be accompanied by a parent. Logan Central Library.
Family Halloween Night | Sunnybank
Why didn’t the skeleton go to the ball? Because he had no BODY to go with.
Forget trick or treating around the block – instead, kick your feet up and relax while the kids dance away their energy and enjoy the Halloween Disco!
All witches, wizards, ghosts and monsters welcome
to our family fun Halloween disco night! Sunnybank Community and Sports Club.
Free Community Halloween Event | West Chermside
This Halloween there will be a free community event for families to dress up and enjoy the spirit of All Hallows Eve with their community.
With a movie on the greens, face painting, jumping castle, best dressed competition, trick or treat trail and fundraiser food and drinks, this event is sure to have something for every family member.
Ghoulies and Ghosties | The Village Halloween Party | Caboolture
Looking for a family-friendly Halloween event? Caboolture Historical Village has opened its doors for some spooky fun on Halloween night. Enjoy hours of fun with games for adults and children in a gated safe environment for children. Everyone is encouraged to dress up as your favourite spooky character.
Take a self-guided haunted tour of the Caboolture Historical grounds into the Old Hospital, Old Morgue, Professional Weirdo’s Secret Lab and if you dare… explore the Haunted House, Graveyard, Saw Mill and the Enchanted Forest; Spooky Hollow.
Halloween at Albany Creek Tavern
Celebrate Halloween at this family friendly dining event. Kids Eat for $5. There will be prizes for Best Dressed and lollies for all kids 12 and under as well as face painting. Bookings essential.
Halloween at Australia Zoo | Beerwah
Australia Zoo is gearing up for a spooktacular day this Halloween on Thursday 31 October celebrating with games, competitions and the always-in-costume characters, the Tasmanian DEVILS!
Halloween Disco | Strathpine
Kids into Halloween, but you’re less into traipsing the streets begging your neighbours for candy? Enjoy a coffee or some dinner while the kids dance the night away. They’re starting earlier, so you can still get them to bed on a school night! An awesome night of music, dancing, games and prizes, and of course, dressing up! Lollipops Strathpine.
Halloween Fun | Strathpine
Take the kids along for a fun filled evening of activities. They have a face painter from 5.30pm , spooky movies night from 6.30pm, colouring competition and prizes for the best dressed child. Treat bags with every kids meal purchased. Four Mile Creek Hotel.
Halloween Fun and Games | Kenmore
Join your library in a fun-filled afternoon, with stories, makerspace and face-painting. Ideal for all ages. Bookings essential. Kenmore Library.
Halloween Fun at Redbank Plaza
Make your own SPOOKY OREO SPIDER then join the TRICK OR TREAT TRAIL around the Plaza. Go dressed up in your favourite costume and take a photo in the SPOOKTACULAR PHOTO ZONE! Redbank Plaza.
Halloween Fun | Garden City
Discover some thrilling reads at the library and prepare for Halloween by making creepy decorations to take home, inspired by our favourite scary books. Ideal for children aged 5-12 years. Bookings required. Garden City Library.
Halloween Ghost Tours | Brisbane
This year, Halloween itself falls on a Thursday, so Brisbane Ghost Tours have decided to declare the whole weekend prior Halloween Weekend! They will have all of your favourite tours running, as well as special occasion tours, (Nundah Cemetery, Ipswich Cemetery, Lutwyche Cemetery, Haunted Redlands), so there will be plenty of tours running to choose from!
Numbers are limited for each tour, bookings are essential, and places fill fast for such an occasion, so get your booking in quickly to try and avoid disappointment!
Hallowe’En High Jinks At The Gardens | Toowong
What’s Hallowe’en all about? Who was Jack O’Lantern? Why pumpkins? Find out the answers to these questions, search for scary spooky plants and make or carve your own pumpkin lantern. Join us at the Gardens for some spooky Halloween fun. Location: Enter via the Botanic Gardens Cafe entry and follow the signs to the Arid Zone Shelter Shed. Bookings required.
Halloween Kids Party | Middlepark
They are ready to get spooky for Halloween at the Tavern! Bring the kids for a night full of fun.
👻 Jumping Castle
👻 Face Painting from 6pm
👻 Prizes for the Best Dressed
👻 Trick or Treat
👻 Spooky Cotton Candy & Freaky Milkshakes
👻 $10 off all Main Steaks
Book now to secure a table on 07 3376 811. Centenary Park Tavern.
Halloween Pool Party | Cleveland
Celebrate the spooky season at The Cleveland Aquatic Centre from 4:30pm till 7:30pm Thursday 31st October. Adventure pool open late for the event. Jumping castle, popcorn and balloon artist. Plenty of games for the kids and take home plasters to paint. $5 per person. FREE ENTRY to all Learn to Swim families.
Halloween spooktacular | Wynnum
Go dressed in your creepiest costume and join in for an afternoon of spooky stories and freaky fun. Ideal for children aged 5-12 years. Bookings essential. Wynnum Library.
Hocus Pocus Halloween! Bulimba
Bulimba’s annual Halloween bash is back! This family friendly festival is designed for groovy ghouls and spooky funksters who like to get down to some sick zombie beats with their squad. The fun doesn’t stop there – you can enjoy FREE rides, bouncy castles and craft activities all thanks to our fabulous local sponsors.
Halloween Spooktacular | Carindale
Go dressed in your creepiest costume and join in for an afternoon of spooky stories and freaky fun. Ideal for children aged 5-12 years. Carindale Library.
Spooktacular Halloween | Sunnybank
Halloween is coming, so grab your mask or your broom and head to Sunnybank Hills Shoppingtown for a night of family fun for all! Bring your little monsters aged 2 to 12 years between 4pm and 8pm for some Spooktacular Family Fun!
Spooky After School @ the Library | Capalaba
Join in for a spooky craft afternoon getting ready for Halloween! Ages: 6+ years. No bookings required. Capalaba Library.
Friday 1 November
Zombieland Skate | Albany Creek
Zombieland Skate is coming to Skateway Albany Creek. There will be prizes for the best Halloween costume. Head on down for some active Halloween fun! Albany Creek Skateaway.
Saturday 2 November
Halloween FestEvil | Palmview
Aussie World’s Halloween FestEvil is back for its sixth year! Returning to its spooky roots, this year promises to be the best yet. SIX hours of creepy fun, with a jam-packed program full of shows, mazes and even more rides than ever before, including the all-new SX360! Kids can grab a free trick or treat bucket and join in on the massive trick or treat around the park, taking home their share of half a tonne of lollies! Meet the witches, ghouls and spooks, watch the wrestler showdown in the shed, explore the enchanted castle or test your guts on one of the unique halloween treats.
Halloween Spectacular | Kingston
Go and celebrate Halloween in style, it’s the 5th car show and this year you will see more cars, bikes and hot rods on display.
Plus burn out cars, stunt bikes and drift cars on track putting one a hell of a show.
There are prizes for the best dressed in the zombie march so ensure you dress up. Kingston Park Raceway.
Howl-o-ween 2019 | Fig Tree Pocket
Ghosts and Witches and Creatures of Fright, don’t miss the call of Lone Pine’s Howl-o-ween Night! Join in on Saturday, 2nd November for a spooktacular evening to celebrate our annual Howl-o-ween event. Go dressed in your animal best, and enjoy a FREE screening of Zootopia, a haunted maze, family games, and more. Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary.
Find out how to get discounted entry every day to Lone Pine – click here.
Best trick or treating in Brisbane is in Wilston on Munna St./Edmonstone St. Based on 2018, most houses give out candy, one house does a full on haunted house and another does spectacular decorations and Halloween themed entertainment. Lots of trick or treaters, costumes and fun. Definitely worth a look.
The Greatest Showman Halloween in Sandgate 👻🧡👻