Film festivals, fright nights and fresh beats: discover Halloween 2024
Dust off your costume and prepare for the last-minute dash to the corner shop because SOMEONE already ate the sweets for the trick-or-treaters. That’s right, Halloween in Manchester 2024 has arrived. Whether you’re looking for a terrifying Halloween ghost tour or to hit the dance floor at some of Manchester’s biggest club nights, we’ve got covered. Discover what’s on in Manchester this Halloween.
Oh and remember, we'll be updating this page with all of the best Halloween events as and when we spot them.
For Halloween activities for children, check out What's on Manchester: Halloween activities for kids 2024.
Halloween Party
1 November
Trick or treat!? Head to Pen and Pencil where - if you're one of the first fifty to arrive - you can bag yourself a free shot by Trick or Treating at the bar. And, don't worry if you miss out. Gareth Brooks will be filling the floor with plenty of tunes to keep you busy for the rest of the evening.
Murder Mystery Train
Various dates
Tickets from £89
All aboard! Hosted by the award-winning After Dark Entertainment, climb aboard East Lancashire Railway's steam train murder mystery evening. With a three-course meal, delivered by your own personal waiter or waitress, you'll uncover the secrets to a deadly murder.
GRIMMFEST 2024
Odeon Great Northern
3-6 October
Tickets from £7.50
Calling all horror fans, Manchester’s biggest genre and horror film festival is back for 2024. You can expect four days of terrifying horrors, gripping thrillers, mind-bending sci-fi, and even a little bit of (dark) comedy. Plus a few special guests, Q&As and premieres.
Scare City
Scare City, Camelot Abandoned Theme Park, Chorley
4 October - 3 November
Tickets from £26.95
After scooping the award for Best Scare Attraction of 2023, Scare City is back for another terrifying year. With sites like Slaughter House - home to Camelot’s resident cannibal and Arakhne - the spider queen's web, you can expect a spine-chilling experience.
Manchester Scare Factory presents: Time To Die
4 October - 2 November
Tickets from £32
Prepare to be petrified. Deep in the dark heart of Manchester lies a quarter of a million square feet of deserted industrial metalworks; forgotten, boarded up and consigned to history decades ago… Until now. Created by the award-winning Area 51 team (who were responsible for the terrifying Whatton House of Horror) expect a terrifying evening of incredible special effects.
WARNING: These are extreme-level scare attractions designed to unsettle and terrify - recommended for adults only, the minimum age is 14 years old and above
Nightmare on Nelson Street 2
Pankhurst Museum
24 October
Looking for something a bit different this Halloween? Nightmare on Nelson Street 2 returns to the Pankhurst Museum for its suffragette-inspired sequel, Emmeline’s Revenge. Head to the Pankhurst Museum for a walking tour of the area around the Pankhurst Museum, followed by spooky suffragette stories shared over hot drinks.
Manchester Halloween Monsters
Across the city
25-31 October
Manchester knows how to do Halloween. And if you're looking for something free to do in Manchester city centre this October then the Halloween monsters are a great place to start. The inflatable street art by Filthy Luker and Pedro Estrellas has been a Halloween staple in Manchester for the past few years and everyone's favourite monsters will be cropping up again in 2024.
The Silence of the Baths: Back from the Dead
26 October
Tickets from £16
Returning after a sell-out 2023 debut, Victoria Baths will resurrect three of Manchester’s legendary nightclubs for a silent disco in this once abandoned building. Travel back in time to South, Jilly’s Rockworld and The Tiger Lounge with Clint Boon (South), Mikee Diablo (Jilly’s Rockworld) and Max Oblivion (The Tiger Lounge).
Want to loop us in on the best things happening this Halloween in Manchester? Email Charleym@confidentials.com
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