As the once kids-oriented All Hallow's Eve has become increasingly popular among adults, the number of creepfest-related events have accordingly mushroomed over the years. Instead of just binge-watching fright flicks while handing out freebies to overgrown trick-or-treaters, there's plenty to do, see, hear, eat, wear, and scream at to get you out and about around town. 

If you're all dressed up with no one to scare, ditch that clown costume and check out our coverage of what's going on in Hallocouver this year.

Music

Dancehall night 'A Davie Village Monster Mashup' doesn't care that Halloween is on a Monday

Oct 31

Sure, it might be a Monday, but that’s not stopping Davie Street’s 1181 from throwing open its doors for a Halloween-themed bash.

Music Features

Get the Halloween party started with the Straight's spooktacular playlist

Oct 28

Ah, Halloween—that brown-leafed vertigo where skeletal life is known. The ghosts will spook, the spooks will scare.

Music Choices

The best Halloween parties inside the downtown core

Oct 27

For when you know those classic venues are going to deliver a great night out.

Music Choices

The best Halloween parties outside the downtown core

Oct 27

Why not try something different this Halloweekend?

Food Notes

11 spooky treats in Metro Vancouver to celebrate Halloween with

Oct 26

Think airbrushed chocolate pumpkins and photogenic ghost cookies.

Arts Features

Skulls at International Day of the Dead exhibit bring artful interpretations of death to Granville Island

Oct 26

Sugar skulls may be a Mexican tradition, but over the next few weeks, an exhibition on Granville Island will see the medium crossing inte

Music Features

SoManyDJs: DJ Del Stamp likes to push people’s buttons

Oct 26

The veteran spinner discusses his best gig ever, his top track right now, his oddest request, and his tactical use of offensive flyers.

Dining Features

Vancouver Weekend: We're Thinking....Halloween Treats

Oct 20

Trick-or-treat.

Arts Features

Indie theatre troupes offer up frightening array of Halloween treats

Oct 19

From a show that takes place in a pitch-black room to an interactive adventure that chases over land and water, productions become a new October tradition

LifeStyle Features

Vancouver Weekend: We're Thinking....Halloween

Oct 13

Boo!

LifeStyle Features

Have a ghoulishly good Halloween at VanDusen Botanical Garden

Oct 12

There will be a light show, some creepy music, and memorable carvings by extreme pumpkin specialists Clive Cooper and Bruce Waugh.

LifeStyle Features

Top five scariest Vancouver escape rooms to give you pre-Halloween chills

Sep 28

With games ranging from the gruesome to the downright terrifying, these escape rooms serve as a great reminder that Halloween is all about blood, gore, and claustrophobia.