Halloween 2026
The horrors persist, and so do we.
Fri, Oct 23
🎭🧸 6pm: Movie in the Market - Hocus Pocus (and children's activities; movie begins at dusk) // Market Square // free ↝
🎨🍷 7–9pm: Halloween Paint Night // Lucid Dreams // $30+ ↝
🏳️🌈♫ 7:30pm (doors 7): My Chemical Bromance (drag show) // Starr Hill Brewery // $10 ↝
Sat, Oct 24
✮🍔 8am–noon: Harvest Fest // Grandin Village Farmers Market // free ↝
🏆🐾🧸 8:30am (race at 9): Spooky Sprint 5K + costume contest // Rivers Edge North Park // $45 adult, $20 child ↝
🎨 10:30am–12:30pm: DIY Creepy Cottage // Taubman Museum // $30 ↝
✮🧸 11am–4pm: Spooktacular Saturday (pumpkin carving, mini golf, bounce house, Halloween crafts, & more!) // Explore Park // free ↝
💃🎭 2pm (doors 1:30): Roanoke Ballet Theatre Presents: Dracula - early show // Shaftman Performance Hall @ Jefferson Center // 🎟️ $38+ ↝
✮🧸 5–10pm (parade 7:30): Old Southwest Lantern Parade & Festival // Historic Gish House Lawn // free ↝
✮🏳️🌈 6pm: GAL-OWEEN with Enya Salad (tarot, potion station, trinket swap, red flag séance, and more!) // Starr Hill Brewery // free ↝
💃🎭 7pm (doors 6:30): Roanoke Ballet Theatre Presents: Dracula - early show // Shaftman Performance Hall @ Jefferson Center // 🎟️ $38+ ↝
🎭 7–9pm: Outdoor Movie Night (Ghostbusters Afterlife) // Big Lick Brewery // free ↝
💃🏳️🌈 7pm–2:45am: The Vampire's Ball // The Park Dance Club // $20+; 18+ ↝
Sun, Oct 25
🏳️🌈🎲 noon (doors 11): Drag Bingo: Spooky Witches Edition // Starr Hill Brewery // $10 ↝
🎲 1–4pm (doors 12:30): Murder at the Mansion (murder mystery event) // Fishburn Mansion // $45; 18+ ↝
🎨 2–4pm: Potions & Pints (DIY magnesium spritzers) // Twisted Track Brewpub // $12 adv. $15 door ↝
♫ 8–11pm (doors 7:30): Charming Disaster, Raised by Sheep (goth folk, experimental rock) // Art Rat Studios // free, BYOB ↝
Tue, Oct 27
✮🍔 3–6pm: Harvest Fest // West End Farmers Market // free ↝
Wed, Oct 28
🛍️🐾 5–8pm: Halloween Mid-Week Market (dog costume contest @ 6!) // Golden Cactus // free ↝
♫ 7pm (doors 6): Freak Rangers - Night of the Double Album Release // Grandin Theatre // $16 adv. $19 day of ↝
Thu, Oct 29
🎲 6:30–8:30pm: Halloween Trivia // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝
🎭💃🍷 7–9pm: Fortunes Told & Made (dance performance) // Taubman Museum - Black Box Theatre // $15 ↝
Fri, Oct 30
🏆 10am–10pm: Costume Climb // River Rock Climbing Gym // $17 for day pass + gear ↝
✮♫ 5:30–8:30pm: 26th Annual Pumpkinfest (Halloween activities & live music) // Salem Farmers Market // $5 adult, <15 free ↝
🎲 6pm: Halloween Murder Mystery // Stoney Brook Vineyards - Troutville // $35 ↝
♫💃 6pm: K92 Boo Bash // Sidewinders // $24; 21+ ↝
✮💃 7–9pm: Masquerade at the Mansion // Fishburn Mansion // $10 cash only ↝
♫ 7:30pm (doors 7): Blackwater Drowning, Human Infection, Purulency, & Dying Oath (death metal, metalcore) // The Spot on Kirk // $15, all ages ↝
🎭💃🏳️🌈 8pm (pageant @ 10): Mr. & Miss Trick-or-Treat (drag competition fundraiser night) // The Park Dance Club // 21+ free ↝
♫💃 8pm–1:30am: Halloween Block Party w/ Not Drew, Merbax, Sagrado, & Braxxx (EDM) // 202 Social House // free ↝
♫ 8:45pm: Candlelight: Halloween Classics (string quartet) // Taubman Museum // $53+ ↝
Sat, Oct 31
🧸 10am–noon: Downtown Candy Crawl // Downtown Roanoke // free ↝
✮🏆 10am–3:30pm: The Great Coffin Race // Downtown Boones Mill // free ↝
🏆🧸 10am–5pm: Halloween Bash (feat. Monster Mash dance-off & candy scramble) // Firehouse Skate 'N Play // reg. admission ↝
🧸🎨 10:30am–12pm: Halloween Storytime & Craft // Canvas & Coffee // $25 ↝
✮🍺🛍️ 2–6pm: Brews & Boos (live music, outdoor games, & vendors) // Parkway Brewing - Roanoke // free ↝
🍷 4–6pm: Wine & Candy Pairing // Stave & Cork - Salem // free ↝
♫💃 4–10pm: Night on Elm (DJs, games, vendors, cash prizes) // Elmwood Park // $42+ adult, children free ↝
🏆 5–9pm: Free Skating! // Firehouse Skate 'N Play // free; skate rental $5 ↝
♫💃 6–9pm: Halloween Hootenanny (line dancing & costume contest) // Twisted Track Brewpub // free ↝
♫💃 7pm: El Diablo Verde (The Festival of the Green Demon | Macabre Masquerade Ball) // Dorothy & Frank's // $10+ ↝
♫💃 7pm: 14th Annual Halloween Hoedown // Sidewinders // $24; 21+ ↝
♫ 7pm: Halloween Street Party feat. GAK!, Eric Wayne Band, & Soul Patch // Martin's Downtown // $15 ↝
♫💃 7–11pm: Transmutin, Sagrado, & Aperture Sound (EDM) // Big Lick Brewing // $13 ↝
♫💃 7pm–midnight: Goth Night // Starr Hill Brewery // free ↝
♫💃 7pm–midnight: Night of the Living Bass Heads (block party) // Fork in the Market // free ↝
💃🏳️🌈 7pm–4am: Halloween Bash: Twisted Circus // The Park Dance Club // $25+; 18+ ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 6:30): The Dead Reckoning: Extra-terrestrial Halloween Party // 5 Points Music Sanctuary // $32+ ↝
♫ 8pm (doors 7:30): Clover-Lynn, Ramona Martinez, & Lamplight (gothic bluegrass, Mexi-tonk, indie folk, Americana) // The Spot on Kirk // $12 adv. $18 door ↝
♫💃 8pm–1am: Halloween Discotheque w/ Star City Soul Club // Golden Cactus // free; 21+ ↝
♫ 9pm: Halloween Party // The Front Row // free ↝
♫💃8pm: Last Call Halloween Party // Corned Beef & Co. // free ↝
♫💃 10pm–1am: NYA Nightmare on 2nd St. // Kirk & Soul + One City Plaza // $25+ ↝
Sun, Nov. 1
✮🎨 1–4pm: Día de los Muertos Festival w/ Latinas Network (arts & crafts, food truck, live mariachi, & more!) // Taubman Museum // free ↝
🎲 5pm: Halloween Murder Mystery // Well Hung Vineyard // $35 ↝
Ongoing/Multiple Dates
🎭 Oct 23–25: Death by Design// Exit, Pursued by a Bear // "When retirees Fern and Wilbur open their haunted Appalachian B&B to guests, a storm strands a mysterious hiker, Abby, who may not be who she claims. Then the real booking arrives—not a skincare retreat, but washed-up actor Demerest Excelsior and his backstabbing entourage: a ruthless producer, a bitter screenwriter, and staff who despise each other. Cut off from help, the group starts dying one by one. Someone here is a killer—and everyone's a suspect before dawn." // $18 ↝
🦓 Oct 24 & 25: Zoo Boo // Mill Mountain Zoo // "Join us for trick-or-treating throughout the zoo, festive fall decorations, and the chance to show off your fun, frightening, or fancy costumes. Enjoy creepy crafts, engaging keeper chats, and vendor booths featuring local organizations where you can learn something new and collect some treats along the way. And returning this year, our fan-favorite Costume Contest!" // $11—15 (senior & child discounts available) ↝
🧟♂️ Oct 28–30: Haunted Rec Center // Grandin Court Recreation Center // "Something went terribly wrong here long ago, and the guests never left. Creep down dim hallways where the doors don’t stay shut. Listen for footsteps that don’t belong to you. And whatever you do, don’t ring for room service." Designed for guests ages 16 & up. // free ↝
🎭 Oct 29–Nov 1: Halloween Screams! (live theatre) // The June Bug Center - Floyd // "When a theatre group in Chestnut Hollow agrees to transform the community center's basement into a Halloween spook house, little do they know that the basement is already haunted! Phantom laughter, flying skulls, ghostly photographs and other worldly voices are just some of the clues that help the troupers unearth the grisly secret that has been buried in the basement for over 200 years. // $12 adult, $10 child ↝
👻 thru Oct 30: Roanoke Ghost Tour // Olde Salem Brewing - Downtown // $25 ↝
🖼️ Oct 30 & 31: Spooky Tours at the Taubman // Taubman Museum // "Follow your guide through the Taubman for a special Halloween-themed tour filled with eerie details, strange stories, and works of art that reveal a slightly darker side after you take a closer look. Costumes are highly encouraged, so come dressed to impress (or distress)." // $15 adult, $5 child ↝
🎭 thru Nov 1: Zombie Prom: The Musical // Smith Mountain Lake Center (Westlake Cinema) // $37+ ↝
🎃 thru Nov 1: Sinkland Farms Pumpkin Festival // Christiansburg // "Recognized as Virginia's Favorite Fall Festival...Sinkland Farms welcomes more than 40,000 visitors each fall to celebrate everything that makes autumn in Southwest Virginia so special." // $20+; free for children <3 ↝
🎃 thru Nov 1: Blue Ridge Pumpkin Fest // Layman Family Farms // "Celebrate the 2026 fall season at Layman Family Farm with pumpkins, flowers, family attractions, live entertainment, seasonal food, and plenty of opportunities to make unforgettable memories." // $20 adv. $25 door ↝
🌽 thru Nov 1: Jeter Farm Fall Festival // Jeter Farm // "If you are young or just young at heart you will enjoy getting lost in the corn maze, visiting the farm animals, or playing in the barnyard. Visit our Country Store that is stocked with all locally made, VA Grown, and VA finest products and crafts. Enjoy ice cream, local apple cider, fresh kettle corn, and on Saturday and Sunday grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, and, roasted corn!" // $15 ↝
🧟♀️ thru Nov 7: Terror Manor // "...Roanoke, Virginia’s largest and most terrifying haunted house! Nestled in the heart of the city, our spine-chilling attraction boasts over 40 meticulously designed rooms that promise an extended experience of sheer terror." Fridays & Saturdays only. // $30+ ↝