Halloween is just a few days away on Friday, October 31! If you're looking for some SPOOK-tacular fun, put on your couples' costumes and have date night at one of these fantastic Halloween events in Tampa Bay.
Don't miss out because this week is the last chance to celebrate with the spirits!
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LAST CHANCE—HALLOWEEN EVENTS IN TAMPA THIS WEEK
A Nightmare on Franklin Street
Select nights in October 2025
711 N. Franklin St., Tampa
Tampa’s most historic—and most haunted—movie palace is proud to present its most sinister series, A Nightmare on Franklin Street. The hair-raising historic landmark goes 100% Halloween with classic horror movies, ghost tours, and family-friendly frights! General admission is $10, $7 for ages 12 and younger.
2025 Lineup:
- Wednesday, October 1: The Invisible Man (1933) 7 p.m.
- Thursday, October 2: Carrie (1976), at 7 p.m., and Prom Night (1980), at 9:30 p.m.
- Friday, October 3: House of Blood (2025), 6 p.m., Sorority of the Damned (2025), 9:15 p.m.
- Saturday: October 4: Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), at 1:45 p.m., Teen Witch (1989) at 4:30 p.m., Death Becomes Her (1992) at 7 p.m., and House (1977) at 9:45 p.m.
- Sunday, October 5: Haunted Mansion (2023), at 1:30 p.m., The Cabin in the Woods (2011) at 4:30 p.m., The Evil Dead (1981) at 7 p.m.
- Monday, October 6: The Birds (1963), 7 p.m.
- Tuesday, October 7: Alien (1979), 7 p.m.
- Wednesday, October 8: The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951), 7 p.m.
- Saturday, October 11: Blade (1998), 6 p.m., Spawn, 9 p.m.
- Monday, October 13: Scary Movie (2000), 7:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, October 14: Candyman (1992), 7:30 p.m.
- Wednesday, October 15: Frankenstein (1931), 7 p.m., Doctor X (1932), 8:45 p.m.
- Thursday, October 16: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985), 7:30 p.m., Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (2019), 9:45 p.m.
- Friday, October 17: Young Frankenstein (1974), 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday, October 18: Hokus Pokus Live! Starring Ginger Minj, Jujubee, and Sapphira Cristál
- Sunday, October 19: Scooby-Doo (2002), 1:30 p.m., An American Werewolf in London (1981), 4 p.m., The Thing (1982), 6:30 p.m.
- Monday, October 20: Re-Animator (1985), 7:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, October 21: Tales from the Hood (1995), 7:30 p.m.
- Wednesday, October 22: Forbidden Planet (1956), 7 p.m.
- Thursday, October 23: Clue (1985), 7 p.m., Final Destination 3 (2006), 9:30 p.m.
- Friday, October 24: The Phantom of the Opera (1925), 7 p.m.
- Saturday, October 25: Hocus Pocus (1993), 3 p.m., Rocky Horror Picture Show, 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.
- Sunday, October 26: Phantasmagoria XVI, 2 p.m., Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror (2025), 6 p.m.
- Monday, October 27: Sinners (2025), 7 p.m.
- Tuesday, October 28: Campfire Stories LIVE ON STAGE, 7 p.m.
- Wednesday, October 29: King Kong (1933), 7 p.m.
- Thursday, October 30: The Conjuring (2013), 7 p.m., The Exorcist (1973), 9:45 p.m.
- Friday, October 31: Halloween (1978), 7 p.m., Halloween II (1981), 9:30 p.m.
READ MORE: Where to See Halloween Movies in Tampa Bay
Pumpkins & Pythons
September 25-November 3, 2025
2606 Fairfield Ave. S bldg. 6, St. Pete
FloridaRAMA is your destination for amazing indoor spooky and strange Florida fun! Wander into Python Alley at the Mermaid Star Motel, where giant snakes slither through art and lounges. From sea divas to watchful hedges, surprises lurk around every corner. Are you up for an art-venture?
Take part in the Python Challenge where you can track clues, solve puzzles, and explore an artist made world!
Pemberton Haunted Acres
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 26-November 2, 2025
4802 W Knights Griffin Rd., Plant City
Step into their haunted houses packed with thrilling surprises! Dubbed the “goriest haunted house in Plant City,” each room within the haunted attraction is unlike anything you've seen before. Experience Hillbilly Mayhem and this year's all-new haunted house, Backwood Bayou. There is also an all new scare zone, Krow's Revenge.
Jurassic Haunt Halloween Mammoth Mayhem at Dinosaur World
Select nights, September 27 – November 1, 2025
5145 Harvey Tew Rd., Plant City
Are you brave enough to face the curse of Dinosaur World's first haunted house? Head to the park after hours to hear the tales of a group of explorers who have unearthed something they shouldn't have. The curse is spreading and it's up to you to break it! Tickets start at $15.
Harvest Days
Every Saturday and Sunday in October 2025, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Keel Farms
Get your fall-fun on with hay rides, a corn maze, a pumpkin patch and pumpkin painting, camel rides, pie pie-eating contest, local vendors and food trucks, along with some of Keel Farms' great seasonal wines and ciders!
Admission is free, and parking is $10. Hay rides are $5 with a wristband that is good for all-day use!
Boos & Brews at The Sail Plaza
Every day in October 2025
333 S. Franklin St., Tampa
The monsters are waking up! Halloween is taking over The Sail Plaza and Big Ray's Fish Camp Riverwalk all season long.
Tampa Theatre Ghost Tours
October 27, 29, 30, 2025, various times
Tampa Theatre
Round up a few of your friends or family members for a private ghost tour through Tampa Theatre. This is your ticket to experience one of Tampa's most haunted buildings in a new light. During the 90-minute tour, your guide will take you through all three levels of the historic movie palace while sharing haunted tales sure to get you in the spooky spirit. $15 for non-members, Free for members
Related: Experience Tampa’s Haunted History on These Chilling Ghost Tours
A Pirate's Halloween
October 3-31, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
33 S Franklin St., Tampa
This October, set sail aboard The Lost Pearl Pirate Ship for a Halloween adventure! The 1.5-hour Halloween pirate cruise blends spooky fun with swashbuckling excitement. Costumes are encouraged for kids AND adults. Activities include Halloween and Pirate Games: Pumpkin Toss, Water Cannon Battles, Mummy Wrap, Spooky Dance Party, and Captain Patchy’s Pumpkin Patch.
Shimmering Lights Fall Festival
October 4-30, 2025, 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Location: 2302 N. Dover Rd., Dover
This is a unique way to celebrate the fall season on the farm! Sun Kisses Acres is teaming up with Nights of Shimmering Lights to create a 1/3 mile walk-through trail featuring beautiful lights, music, games, hay rides, pumpkin patches, a foam play area on select nights, and more! The light trail is not-so-scary and suitable for kids of all ages! *The walking trail is not suitable or accessible for wheelchairs or strollers.
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County
October 15-November 9, 2025, select days
The Straz Center
A shadowy figure known only as The Troubadour introduces the audience to an eerie cabin in the woods where a young couple come across its caretaker. He reveals to them an almost Biblically violent story that took place in that very house, about a set of brothers who are in love with the same woman and the ensuing rivalry that sparks between them.
Whispers – After Dark
Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
Water Street Tampa
Water Street Tampa transforms into a world where elegance meets the unexpected. As night falls, the entire district transforms with performances, ghostly dancers, and fantastic visual moments.
For those looking to add an extra layer of adventure, experience the Spirit Walk, a tasting trail that winds through Water Street Tampa’s signature dining and retail destinations, featuring eight stops of frightfully delicious fun!
Halloween Trick or Trot Run
Saturday, November 1, 2025, 7:30 a.m.
Upper Tampa Bay Trail, Tampa
Fit and frightful fun meet for this 5k, 10k, or 13.1 half-marathon!
Day of The Dead
Saturday, November 1, 2025, 9 p.m.
1909 N 15th Street, Tampa
Dress in Day of the Dead-inspired outfits and honor the spirits at SpookEasy Lounge with glowing candles, colorful calaveras, and great music to celebrate life, love, and remembrance! Ages 18+ only.
Halloween Day Events in Tampa Bay
Haunted Fest St. Pete 2025
- October 31 and November 1
- St. Pete Pier
From the creators of Breakaway Music Festival and the Rise Up St. Pete concert series comes a premier Halloween weekend electronic music experience featuring international superstar headliners, curated artist lineups, a silent disco, and more!
Haunted Hollywood at Meat Market
- October 31, 2025
- Meat Market Tampa
Hollywood comes to life at Meat Market this Halloween! Dress in your best or spookiest costume for a night of festive dishes, drinks, decor, and a DJ spinning the best jams all evening long.
Tampa Theatre Ghost Tours
October 31, 2025, 10 a.m.
$15 for non-members, Free for members
Round up a few of your friends or family members for a private ghost tour through Tampa Theatre. This is your ticket to experience one of Tampa's most haunted buildings in a new light. During the 90-minute tour, your guide will take you through all three levels of the historic movie palace while sharing haunted tales sure to get you in the spooky spirit.
Tampa Official Bar Crawl
Friday, October 31, 2025 5 p.m.
1717 East 7th Ave., Tampa
The creepies will crawl their way through Tampa Bay bars during this haunted bar crawl!
Trunk-or-Treat
Friday, October 31, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
Fenway Hotel, Dunedin
The front lawn of Fenway Hotel will be transformed into a dazzling showcase of gleaming show cars, with their Halloween-themed trunks filled with treats. Vendors will also be on site to add to the Halloween night fun!
Mind Magic: An Intimate Evening of Mind Reading, Magic, and Mystery with Award-Winning Mentalist Joshua Seth
Friday, October 31, 2025, shows at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
1412 E. 7th Ave, Tampa
Head to Hotel Haya and prepare to be amazed as award-winning mentalist, Joshua Seth, delves into the unknown – reading minds, making predictions come true, and performing mind-boggling psychic experiments while blindfolded. Ages 18+ only.
Halloween Anniversary Party
Friday, October 31, 2025, 9 p.m.-2:30 a.m.
1909 N. 15th St., Tampa
Come dressed in your best Halloween costume for a costume contest and celebrate with them for a memorable and spooky night! $10 cover. Ages 18+ only.
First Annual Halloween Ball
- Friday, October 31, 2025, 9 p.m.
- Aloft/Element Midtown
Enjoy a red carpet night filled with glamour, mystery, drinks, and tasty bar bites available for purchase! Come dressed in your Halloween best for the costume contest. Prizes include cash, a free weekend stay at Aloft/Element Hotel, and dinner for two at Sal Y Mar!
TAMPA HAUNTED HOUSES AND EXPERIENCES
Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Weekends September 5 – November 2, 2025 at 6 p.m.
10165 McKinley Dr., Tampa
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay's annual Halloween production is so awesome. Make your way through new and revamped haunted houses, uniquely themed scare zones, and hop on your favorite roller coasters after dark. This is a separately ticketed event that is not included with general park admission.
Important tips can be found in our guide to The Perfect Date Night at Howl-O-Scream Busch Gardens
Sir Henry's Haunted Trail
Select weekend nights Fri, September 26 – November 1, 2025
2837 S Frontage Rd., Plant City
Make your way to Plant City to visit this outdoor haunt comprised of three separate haunted trails. Each trail has its own backstory, plus you can test your skills in an escape room and haunted laser tag. Tickets must be purchased in advance for the 2024 season.
UnDead in the Water
Multiple dates available for 2025
705 Channelside Dr., Tampa
Moored in the Port of Tampa, the American Victory has been repurposed for a chilling new mission. As a floating fortress housing the most dangerous criminals: murderers, traitors, and the utterly unredeemable, will you brave the wrath of both prisoners and guards, and become the first to escape?
Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights – Orlando
Select nights August 29 – November 1, 2025
Universal Studios Orlando
Step into some of Hollywood's most notorious horror films and TV shows. Enjoy themed scare zones, select rides open during the event, live entertainment, and specialty food and drinks. Admission to Halloween Horror Nights is NOT included in theme park admission and must be purchased separately. $83.99 and up
2025 Haunted Houses include:
- Fallout
- Terrifier
- Jason Universe
- Five Nights at Freddy's
- Hatchet and Chains: Demon Bounty Hunters
- El Artista: A Spanish Haunting
- Dolls: Let's Play Dead
- Grave of Flesh
- Gálkn: Monsters of the North
Our guide to Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights – Orlando includes the full lineup, tips to save time, and date ideas.
Related: The Best Halloween Events in Orlando
SplatterQuest Blacklight Paint Experience — Orlando
September 4, 2025, though the holiday season
Oviedo Mall
Step into vibrant blacklight rooms, grab brushes, squirt guns, paint balloons, and other creative tools, and let your imagination explode in color with music playlists to set the mood, seasonal add-ons like pumpkins and ornaments, and private rooms to enjoy with your spooky group!
Check out these fall date night ideas:
- Pumpkin Patches, Fall Festivals and Foodie Events for Couples
- Oktoberfest Events in Tampa Bay
- Adults Only Halloween Parties in Tampa
- Experience Tampa's Haunted History on These Chilling Ghost Tours
- Family Friendly Pumpkin Patches and Halloween fun in Tampa Bay
Plus, Halloween in Orlando date ideas
Past 2025 Halloween Events
Busch Gardens Sweetacular
Every Saturday & Sunday from September 6 to October 26, 2025
Busch Gardens Tampa
Join Kandy, Busch Gardens’ charming witch-in-training, for a brand-new family-friendly Halloween celebration full of fun and enchantment. Every Saturday & Sunday from 12 p.m.–4 p.m. on the Festival Pathway, little ghouls and goblins can explore Trick-or-Treating, Spooky Kooky Science, Magical Storytime, Kandy’s Costume Parade, and more!
MOSI Fall Into Science
September 12, 2025, 6-9 p.m.
MOSI, Museum of Science and Industry
It's fall season at MOSI, and they're celebrating with an adults-only night! Sip on a curated selection of beer and wine samples, indulge in a variety of delicious appetizers throughout the event, and treat yourself to liquid nitrogen ice cream. This event is 18+ and tickets can sell out quickly, so be sure to get them in advance!
Creatures of the Night
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from September 26 to October 26, 2025
1001 W. Sligh Ave., Tampa
Ghouls and goblins of all ages can enjoy howling entertainment, eerie characters, creepy culinary treats, and more! Take a spin on the Carousel de los Muertos, embark on a journey through a secret lab in Mesozoic Mayhem that ends with face-to-face encounters with dinosaurs, join the party at the Dancing Dead disco, and other fun interactions! Returning favorites are Pirates Paradise, Troll Cave, and Vampire Ball with Lucilla Lumpkin. It’s a Halloween adventure you won’t want to miss!
Tickets for Creatures of the Night start at $29.99 for after 4 p.m. event admission. Creatures of the Night is included with a ZooTampa Membership or a Pay For A Day ticket.
Sunday Harvest Market at The Grove
Sunday, September 28, 2025, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Grove at Wesley Chapel
Featuring more than 100 local merchants with a variety of decor, clothing, treats, accessories, jewelry, produce, and more!
Pirate Water Taxi Tampa Haunted River Tours
Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in October until October 26, 2025, multiple times available
Convention Center/ Marriott Water Street (Stop 7 location)
The Pirate Water Taxi is one of our favorite ways to get around downtown Tampa, and during the Halloween season, the water taxi gets a haunted twist. This year, there's even more to be excited about!
Pirate Water Taxi is hosting Haunted River Tours on select evenings, with a new boat and adult beverages! Get ready for spooky stories about Tampa's haunted landmarks and history with creepy vibes.
Scaradise
October 3-5, 2025, 1 p.m.-6 p.m.
Florida State Fairgrounds
Florida's horror and pop culture convention is back for all you loves of ghouls, ghosts, and goblins!
Fall Festival at Dade City Farms
Saturday, October 4, 2025, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
17143 Lake Iola Rd., Dade City
Celebrate fall at Dade City Farms' Fall Festival! Snap family photos with your loved ones in our pumpkin patch as you pick out the perfect pumpkin. Meet the friendly animals in the petting zoo, get creative with face painting, and shop for unique treasures from local craft vendors. Savor fall treats like apple cider donuts and other delicious snacks from food trucks, with yard games and activities for the whole family, it’s the perfect fall day on the farm!
Spooky and Gay: A Queer Horror Storytelling Cabaret
Monday, October 6, 2025, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Book + Bottle
Spooky and Gay: A Queer Horror Storytelling Cabaret is written and performed by award-winning solo performing artist Bruce Ryan Costella.
Halloween Trivia
Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
Keel Farms
Think you know your haunted history, classic horror films, and Halloween traditions? Grab your spooky friends and test your knowledge at Keel Farms’ Halloween Trivia Night, where the top 3 teams will win a prize!
‘Lil Succulent Pumpkins Workshop
Thursday, October 9, 2025, 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
1502 E. Sligh Ave., Tampa
Gather your partner or your GHOUL-friends for a fun night making pumpkin succulent planters! All supplies are included with your ticket purchase.
Candy Crawl
Saturday, October 11, 2025, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
28211 Paseo Drive, Wesley Chapel
Gators, Ghosts and Goblins
October 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, and 26, 2025, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Gatorland Orlando
Join Cyrus the Gravedigger as he trespasses into an abandoned movie theater to teach you about the movie monsters of yesteryear! Visit the “Cryptids vs. Aliens” Hauntzone where you can help Skunk Ape save the world from some extra-terrestrial beings. Then hop aboard the Cryptid Express and seek out hidden beasties like Moth Man, Chupacabra, Jersey Devil, and more!
Witchy Wellness
Monday, October 13, 2025, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
Sparkman Wharf
Enjoy spooky candlelit yoga on the lawn, magical beats from a live DJ, and a screening of Practical Magic for a mystical Halloween experience designed to relax, recharge, and enchant!
Wild N' Wicked Nights
October 17-18, and 24-25, 2025, 7 p.m.-11 p.m.
Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Swim into spooky season at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park with The Black Button Underwater Show, The Other Side Manor Haunted House, The Dark Realm Haunted Maze, a peek-a-boo pumpkin path, carnival games, bounce houses, and a costume contest! If you're looking for a bit of extra fun, consider a boat ride for Dead Bay Excursion haunted boat ride.
Fourth Annual Witches Ball
Friday, October 17, 2025, 9 p.m.
SpookEasy Lounge
Calling all witches! Join SpookEasy Lounge for their Fourth Annual Witches Ball with a costume contest, drink specials, prizes, and other fun!
The Haunted Pearl: An Adult Pirate Party
Canceled for 2025
333 S Franklin St., Tampa
This adults-only pirate party is a one-and-a-half-hour cruise featuring DJ entertainment, a fully stocked bar, and spooky fun cruising through downtown Tampa! The cruise on October 18 is a PJ Party, and the cruise on October 25 is a Halloween Bash with a costume contest.
There are also souvenirs, a grog bar, and snacks available for purchase on each cruise. IDs will be checked. Tickets start at $39.95 per person
Spook & Serve: Halloween Pickleball Showdown
Saturday, October 18, 2025, 9 a.m.
13120 Vonn Rod, Largo
Come dressed in your best costume and hit the courts for some frightfully good competition. All levels are welcome and dressing up is a requirement to participate.
Tall Tales of Old Florida at Cracker Country
Saturday, October 18, 2025, 6:45 p.m.-9 p.m.
4800 Hwy 301 N, Tampa
Explore Tampa’s 19th-century living history museum by night! Along the way, meet storytellers who will spin wild yarns about a few of Florida’s unexplained oddities. A little scary, a little funny, and always family-friendly, the Tall Tales tour is a Florida history adventure by lantern light.
Hell on Heels Rocky Horror Live Show
Saturday, October 18, 2025, 8 p.m.
Woodwright Brewing Company
If you haven’t seen Hell on Heels before, buckle up, buttercups, it’s a wild ride. They're absolutely shivering with antici….pation! Tickets are only $20, and there are a few 4-top tables available for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis for $80. This is a 21+ only event.
Hocus Pokus Live! Starring Ginger Minj, Jujubee, and Sapphira Cristál
Saturday, October 18, 2025, 8 p.m.
Tampa Theatre
Sisters, behold! Hokus Pokus Live! conjures up a wickedly spooky, fully scripted theatrical experience starring Ginger Minj (global drag superstar, actress, comedian, singer, and RuPaul’s Drag Race icon), Jujubee (RuPaul’s Drag Race and DRAG: The Musical), and Sapphira Cristál (RuPaul’s Drag Race) as the legendary Sanderson Sisters and featuring Landon Cider (Dragula) as Billy.
Drink + Draw with Bre!
Sunday, October 19, 2025, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Book + Bottle
Partake in a spooky and fall-themed drawing class with Bre!
Howl-O-Ween
Sunday, October 19, 2025, 12 p.m.-3 p.m.
Sparkman Wharf
Tampa’s favorite dog costume contest is back with prizes for best-dressed pups and human-dog duos! Registration begins at 12 p.m. at The Modern Paws.
Spooky Tea
Sunday, October 19, 2025, 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
Fenway Hotel, Dunedin
Spooky costumes are encouraged for a spine-chilling afternoon tea at HEW Parlor & Chophouse! Guests will enjoy delicious tea and snacks such as Dark Charcuterie, Blackberry Rhubarb & Serrano Grilled Cheese, and Red Velvet & Blackberry Chocolate Cupcakes. Costumes are welcome. $60 per person, and reservations can be made online.
Island Witches Dance Troupe
Sunday, October 19, 2025, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Fenway Hotel, Dunedin
The dance troupe will conjure up a phantasmic display of flames, dazzling lights, and choreography on Fenway’s scenic front lawn for the Annual Bewitching Fire Performance! Donations from this family-friendly event support Hope Villages of America in providing essential services to those in need in our communities.
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
September 19-October 26, 2025, select dates
The Straz Center
A new comedy you can really sink your teeth into! Filled with clever wordplay and anything-goes pop culture references, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors is a 90-minute, quick-changing, laugh-out-loud reimagining of the gothic classic!
Bonfire Poems
Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Book + Bottle
Enjoy a spooky-themed open mic with poetry reading by featured poets!
The Rocky Horror Picture SHow 50th Anniversary Spectacular Tour
- Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
- Morsani Hall, The Straz Center
Let's do the time warp again! Celebrate the Rocky Horror Picture Show with an anniversary tour including a Q &A with three of the film's original cast members, Barry Bostwick (Brad), Nell Campbell (Columbia), and Patricia Quinn (Magenta).
Haunted Carnival
- October 23-26, 2025
- Armature Works
From October 23rd-26th, guests of all ages can enjoy a weekend of frightful fun, including an unforgettable family-friendly concert experience on Sunday and full carnival access every day!
Hocus Pocus Fall Social
Thursday, October 23, 2025 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
1646 West Snow Ave., Tampa
Grab some brews with your boo and enjoy experience stations.
An Eerie Evening at the Tampa Bay Hotel
October 24-26 and 29-30, 2025, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
Henry B. Plant Museum
Step inside the moonlit halls of a Gilded Age hotel as Victorian-era Halloween traditions are brought to life! Meet the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe, view a collection of late 19th century horror movies including Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and comb through exhibit rooms to decode a monstrous mystery! Tickets are $25 for nonmembers and $20 for members.
Don't miss it, as this is a rare opportunity to visit the Museum after dark.
Haunted Illusions Live
Friday, October 24, 2025, 8 p.m.
Central Park Performing Arts Center
Master illusionist David Caserta brings his Halloween spectacular, Haunted Illusions, to the Central Park Performing Arts Center! As seen on America’s Got Talent and Penn & Teller’s Fool Us, Caserta’s show includes original illusions, jaw-dropping tricks, and more than a few treats. Tickets for the show start at $30.
Halloween Costume Contest
- Saturday, October 25, 2025
- Tampa Bay Brewing Co.
There's a costume contest happening on October 25th at both of the Tampa Bay Brewing Co. Taprooms, with prizes to be won! The Weschase location will be hosting a costume contest for all ages and dogs! The kids contest begins at 4 p.m., pets at 5 p.m., and adults at 6 p.m. The Ybor location will be hosting a 21+ adults and pets costume contest beginning at 8 p.m.!
MOSI Ghoulish Gala
Saturday, October 25, 2025, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
MOSI
Calling all ghosts and ghouls! Prepare for a night of spine-tingling fun as MOSI transforms into a haunted haven with a carnival twist for the Ghoulish Gala: Twisted Carnival. This eerie 18+ event promises thrills, chills, and unforgettable memories!
Guests can expect Interactive Science Demos, Tarot readings, a silent auction, live entertainment, planetarium shows, food, drinks, and a costume contest!
Don’t miss the opportunity to have a howling good time with your friends at this eerie 18+ event.
Fourth Annual vampire Ball
Saturday, October 25, 2025, 9 p.m.-2:30 a.m.
1909 N 15th Street, Tampa
Alright, vampires, dress in your most spooky, beautiful attire for a dark and elegant evening of dancing beneath the crimson lights. Ages 18+ only.
Spooktacular Market
- Sundat, October 26, 2025, 12 p.m.-4 p.m.
- 6930 Clark St., Hudson
Take a day trip to Hudson, Florida, for the Spooktacular Market packed with vendors, candy, and more at Hudson Beach Ice Cream Parlor!
2025 Voodoo Vendor Village
Sunday, October 26, 2025, 12 p.m.-5 p.m.
1600-2400 Central Ave., St. Pete
Shop everything spooky and freakish at the Voodoo Vendor Village! This event will feature more than 150 local makers, small businesses, artists, and more.
Halloween on Central in St. Pete
Sunday, October 26, 2025, 12 p.m.-5 p.m.
Central Ave. – MLK to 31st St., St. Pete
22 blocks in St. Pete will be closed to traffic for a chance for families to trick or treat in the street! There will also be costume contests, festival activities, entertainment, and live music.
Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
Sunday, October 26, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
1913 N. Nebraska Ave., Ste. 2, Tampa
Halloween-inspired music at Centro Asturiano de Tampa under the gentle glow of candlelight. Tickets $35-$55, select your timeslot when booking.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show 50th Anniversary
Sunday, October 26, 2025, 7 p.m.
105 Central Park Drive, Largo
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show! Guests are encouraged to dress up, sing along, and join in on the chaos with the on-stage shadow cast. This show is recommended for ages 18+. Tickets are $20.