Halloween Events Across Florida
Get ready for a spooky season across the Sunshine State! From haunted trails and ghostly adventures to pumpkin patches, trick-or-treat celebrations, costume parties and family-friendly Halloween fun, Florida is packed with ways to celebrate Halloween 2026. Explore events happening throughout the state, and check back often as we add newly announced events throughout the season.
North Florida Halloween Events 2026
The Florida Ballet: Dracula — Jacksonville
October 8, 2026 | The Florida Theatre
A Halloween-season performance bringing the classic Dracula story to the stage through dance.
Spooktacular — Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens
Select nights in October 2026 | 6–9:30 PM
Jacksonville’s family-friendly Halloween tradition features trick-or-treat stations, festive lights, interactive displays, a 400-foot light tunnel, Skeleton Disco and Halloween surprises throughout the Zoo.
The Great Pumpkin Bash — Gainesville
October 17, 2026 | Bo Diddley Plaza
A Halloween celebration in downtown Gainesville centered around spooky-season fun at Bo Diddley Plaza.
Halloween Trick-or-Treat Festival — St. Augustine
October 24, 2026 | 1–4 PM | Ximenez-Fatio House Museum
A free family-friendly Halloween celebration with trick-or-treating at one of St. Augustine’s historic properties.
Murray Hill-O-Ween — Jacksonville
October 24, 2026 | Murray Hill
Jacksonville’s Murray Hill neighborhood gets into the Halloween spirit with its annual Halloween-themed community celebration.
Rocky Horror Picture Show — Jacksonville
October 24, 2026 | The Florida Theatre
A Halloween-season presentation of the cult classic hosted by Karrissa Wade, with live music by Dakar.
Gainesville Street Rods Trunk or Treat — Gainesville
October 24, 2026 | Home Depot, NW 4th Boulevard
A community trunk-or-treat hosted by Gainesville Street Rods with decorated vehicles and Halloween treats.
EstuScary Haunted Trail — St. Augustine
October 29–31, 2026
A nighttime haunted trail bringing three evenings of Halloween scares to St. Augustine.
A Night Among Ghosts — St. Augustine
October 30–31, 2026 | 9 PM–9 AM
An overnight paranormal investigation for Halloween weekend in historic St. Augustine.
Treats No Tricks Trunk or Treat — Jacksonville
October 31, 2026 | Downtown Jacksonville
A Halloween-day trunk-or-treat offering a family-friendly alternative to scarier Halloween attractions.
Florida Panhandle Halloween Events 2026
Haunted History Happenings — Pensacola
Select dates October 2–31, 2026 | Historic Pensacola
Historic Pensacola goes spooky throughout October with haunted trolley tours, haunted-history walks, ghost stories and other seasonal events.
Downtown Fort Walton Beach Zombie Walk — Fort Walton Beach
October 10, 2026 | 4–8 PM | Downtown Fort Walton Beach
A lively downtown Halloween tradition with trick-or-treating, zombie costumes and a community “Thriller” dance.
Beach-O-Ween — Pensacola Beach
October 16, 2026 | Pensacola Beach Boardwalk
A family-friendly Halloween celebration with costumes, games, candy and activities along the Pensacola Beach Boardwalk.
Terror of Tallahassee — Tallahassee
Select nights in October 2026
A longtime haunted-house attraction offering a much scarier Halloween experience for those who like their spooky season intense.
Zoobilee — Tallahassee
October 23, 2026 | 7–10 PM | Tallahassee Museum | 21+
An adults-only Halloween fundraiser featuring costumes, live music, food and seasonal fun at the Tallahassee Museum.
HarborWalk Village Halloween Spooktacular — Destin
October 24, 2026 | 3–8 PM | HarborWalk Village
A waterfront Halloween celebration with trick-or-treating, games, activities and family fun along Destin Harbor.
Halloween Family Fun Day — Tallahassee
October 25, 2026 | 3–5 PM | Goodwood Museum & Gardens
A family Halloween afternoon with costumes, crafts, storytelling and activities for children.
Spirits of Goodwood — Tallahassee
October 30, 2026 | Goodwood Museum & Gardens | 21+
An atmospheric evening of ghost stories, local legends and Halloween entertainment at historic Goodwood.
Halloween Symphony Spooktacular — Tallahassee
October 30, 2026 | Cascades Park
A Halloween celebration featuring costumes, activities and a spooky outdoor concert by the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra.
Trick or Treat Street — Miramar Beach
October 31, 2026 | 6–8 PM | Village of Baytowne Wharf
A Halloween-night celebration with trick-or-treating, live entertainment and festive activities throughout Baytowne Wharf.
Central Florida Halloween Events 2026
Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party — Orlando
Select nights August 7–October 31, 2026 | Magic Kingdom
A family-friendly after-hours Halloween celebration with trick-or-treating, Disney characters in costume, the Boo-to-You parade, fireworks and seasonal entertainment.
Halloween Horror Nights — Orlando
Select nights in Fall 2026 | Universal Orlando Resort
Universal’s signature Halloween event returns with elaborate haunted houses, scare zones and live entertainment for guests looking for a much more intense Halloween experience.
SeaWorld Orlando Spooktacular — Orlando
Select dates August 29–November 1, 2026 | SeaWorld Orlando
A daytime family Halloween celebration with trick-or-treating, Sesame Street dance parties, crafts, seasonal treats and colorful under-the-sea Halloween fun.
Brick-or-Treat Monster Party — Winter Haven
Select dates September 5–October 31, 2026 | LEGOLAND Florida Resort
A kid-focused Halloween celebration with trick-or-treating, LEGO monsters, live shows, interactive activities and select-night drone shows.
Screamin’ Green Hauntoween — Orlando
September 19–November 1, 2026 | Crayola Experience
A colorful Halloween celebration featuring monster crafts, scavenger hunts, slime activities, seasonal photo opportunities and weekend trick-or-treating.
Gators, Ghosts and Goblins — Orlando
Select weekends in October 2026 | Gatorland
A family-friendly Halloween event mixing spooky entertainment, costume fun, themed attractions, animal encounters and candy giveaways.
Annual Boo Skate — Kissimmee
October 23, 2026 | 7–10 PM | The Ice Factory
A Halloween night on the ice with spooky music, games, trick-or-treat stations, themed treats and a costume contest.
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror — Orlando
October 31, 2026 | 7 PM | Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
A Halloween-night live-to-film performance of the classic silent horror film featuring musical accompaniment by Cameron Carpenter.
The Lillie After Dark — St. Cloud
October 31, 2026 | 8–11 PM | Old Florida Riverboat Company
A Halloween-night cruise on East Lake Toho with music, dancing, costume contests, themed snacks and spooky fun aboard a historic paddlewheel boat.
Mount Dora Halloween Treats — Mount Dora
October 31, 2026 | Downtown Mount Dora
Downtown Mount Dora gets into the Halloween spirit with seasonal treats and community Halloween activities on Halloween day.
Space Coast Halloween Events 2026
Beware the Night — Melbourne
September 10–October 31, 2026 | 6–10 PM | Brevard Zoo
The Zoo transforms after dark with glowing jack-o’-lanterns, eerie pathways, foggy forests and spooky displays, with extra scares on Friday and Saturday nights.
Boo at the Zoo — Melbourne
October 3–31, 2026 | Saturdays & Sundays | Brevard Zoo
A family-friendly Halloween celebration featuring trick-or-treat stations, festive decorations, special activities and plenty of Zoo animals.
Family Fall Festival — West Melbourne
Weekends in October 2026 | The Platt’s Patch
A family fall outing featuring pumpkins, seasonal activities, photo opportunities and the animals at the rescue and sanctuary.
Halloween Pub Crawl — Cocoa Beach
October 17, 2026 | 5–10 PM
Costumes take over Cocoa Beach for an adults’ Halloween pub crawl featuring multiple stops, costume contests and door prizes.
Downtown Melbourne Trick or Treat — Melbourne
October 24, 2026 | 11 AM–2 PM | Historic Downtown Melbourne
Families are invited to dress up and trick-or-treat throughout Downtown Melbourne during this free daytime Halloween celebration.
EGAD Halloween in the District — Melbourne
October 24, 2026 | 4:30–8 PM | Eau Gallie Arts District
Halloween takes over the district with trick-or-treating, spooky vendors, costumes and hayrides through EGAD.
Halloween Pub Crawl — Cocoa Village
October 24, 2026 | 6–11 PM | Historic Cocoa Village
Costumed ghouls and goblins haunt Cocoa Village during this annual adults’ Halloween pub crawl and costume celebration.
Trick or Teeing — Viera
October 25, 2026 | 5–8 PM | Duran Golf Club
A fun twist on trick-or-treating where families make their way around the PAR 3 course collecting Halloween treats.
Space Coast State Fair Halloween Spooktacular — Viera
October 31, 2026 | Space Coast Daily Park
Halloween night at the fair features costumes, a haunted house, live entertainment, a Michael Jackson “Thriller” tribute and the midway.
Halloween in Historic Cocoa Village — Cocoa
October 31, 2026 | Historic Cocoa Village
A Halloween-day celebration in one of the Space Coast’s most popular historic districts, with costumes and seasonal fun for families.
Tampa Bay Halloween Events 2026
Howl-O-Scream — Tampa
Select nights September 11–October 31, 2026 | Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Busch Gardens transforms after dark with haunted houses, scare zones, live entertainment and nighttime thrill rides for a seriously scary Halloween experience.
Halloween Spooktacular — Tampa
Saturdays & Sundays, September 12–November 1, 2026 | Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
A not-so-scary daytime celebration featuring trick-or-treating, a costume parade, story time and colorful Halloween characters.
Creatures of the Night — Tampa
Select nights September 26–October 31, 2026 | ZooTampa
A family Halloween event with eerie characters, animals, entertainment, seasonal treats and spooky adventures throughout the Zoo.
MOSI Spooktacular Science — Tampa
October 17, 2026 | 6–9 PM | MOSI
A Halloween evening combining hands-on science, discovery and spooky carnival-style fun.
Dunedin Spooktacular Halloween — Dunedin
October 24, 2026 | 5:30–9:30 PM | Dunedin Community Center
A community Halloween celebration packed with family-friendly spooky fun and seasonal activities.
Tarpon Springs Trick or Treat — Tarpon Springs
October 24, 2026 | 10 AM–1 PM | Tarpon Springs Sports Complex
A free family event with trick-or-treat booths, inflatables, games and Halloween activities.
Halloween on Central — St. Petersburg
October 25, 2026 | Noon–5 PM | Central Avenue
Twenty-two blocks of Central Avenue go car-free for one of St. Pete’s biggest celebrations, featuring costumes, trick-or-treating, vendors, entertainment and family activities.
Palm Harbor Halloween Carnival — Palm Harbor
October 30, 2026 | 6–9 PM | The White Chapel
A community Halloween carnival with trick-or-treating, games and family-friendly activities.
Haunted Music Festival — St. Petersburg
October 30–31, 2026 | St. Pete Pier
A Halloween-weekend electronic music festival featuring major performers, a silent disco and plenty of spooky atmosphere.
The Halloween Party — Ybor City
October 31, 2026 | 8 PM–Midnight | Cuban Club
The historic Cuban Club becomes a Halloween-night party with DJs, costumes, entertainment and a suitably haunted Ybor City setting.
Southwest Florida Halloween Events 2026
Spooktacular Celebration — Cape Coral
October 3, 2026 | 5–8 PM | William “Bill” Austen Youth Center
Kids ages 5–13 can enjoy costumes, music, games, prizes and a mini Halloween maze during this spooky evening celebration.
Farmer Mike’s Fall Festival & Corn Maze — Bonita Springs
Beginning September 26, 2026 | Farmer Mike’s U-Pick
A family fall tradition featuring a five-acre corn maze, pumpkin and sunflower picking, games, food and seasonal activities.
Venice Nights Halloween Market & Music — Venice
October 17, 2026 | 5–10 PM | Maxine Barritt Park
A free waterfront Halloween evening with live music, vendors, food trucks, costume fun and a pet costume parade.
Sharktoberfest — Sarasota
October 17, 2026 | Mote SEA | 21+
An adults-only after-hours fall celebration featuring tastings from breweries, wineries and distilleries in a distinctly Florida setting.
Cape Coral Trunk or Treat & Halloween Movie — Cape Coral
October 23, 2026 | Cape Coral City Hall
A free family celebration featuring trunk-or-treating, inflatables, a costume contest, train rides, a Halloween movie and a nighttime drone show.
“R.I.P.” Halloween Night — Naples
October 23, 2026 | 6–8 PM | Big Corkscrew Island Regional Park
A Halloween evening with games, costume contests, prizes, bounce houses, food vendors and family-friendly festivities.
Trunk or Treat Halloween Event — Immokalee
October 23, 2026 | 6–9 PM | Immokalee Community Park
A free community Halloween celebration with trick-or-treating, music, face painting, games and costume contests.
Spooktacular Fall Fest — Punta Gorda
October 24, 2026 | 10 AM–2 PM | Punta Gorda
A daytime fall and Halloween celebration offering seasonal activities and family-friendly fun.
Downtown Venice Halloween Strut — Venice
October 31, 2026 | 4–6 PM | Downtown Venice
Families can dress up and trick-or-treat along Venice, Tampa and Miami avenues, with music and a downtown trunk-or-treat.
Downtown Halloween — Punta Gorda
October 31, 2026 | Downtown Punta Gorda
Punta Gorda celebrates Halloween downtown with a community event hosted by the Punta Gorda Police Department.
Southeast Florida Halloween Events 2026
Not So Scary Halloween Bash — Miami
October 4, 2026 | 1–5 PM | Miami Children’s Museum
A family-friendly Halloween celebration with trick-or-treating, pumpkin decorating, crafts, character meet-and-greets and a lightly spooky haunted house.
Roars, S’mores and Snores Campout — Miami
October 10–11, 2026 | Zoo Miami
A spooky overnight zoo adventure with a guided night tour, animal encounters, activities, a costume contest and camping among the sounds of the Zoo.
Monster Masquerade — Miami
October 17, 2026 | 7–11 PM | Zoo Miami | 21+
An adults-only Halloween party with costumes, music, food, drinks, after-hours animal encounters and a nighttime dance party.
Zoo Boo — Miami
October 24–25, 2026 | Zoo Miami
A family Halloween weekend with trick-or-treating, magic shows and special Halloween treats for some of the Zoo’s animals.
LauderBOO — Fort Lauderdale
October 24, 2026 | 1–4 PM | Snyder Park
A free family Halloween celebration with trick-or-treat stations, carnival games, arts and crafts, bounce houses, contests, music and prizes.
Harvest Festival Halloween Party — Davie
October 24–25, 2026 | Flamingo Gardens
The final weekend of Flamingo Gardens’ fall festival turns to Halloween with family activities, seasonal entertainment and festive fall fun.
The Haunt — Davie
Select nights in October 2026
A large outdoor haunted attraction featuring terrifying trails through hundreds of thousands of square feet of natural forest.
Nightmare Village — Fort Lauderdale
Select nights in October 2026 | Xtreme Action Park
A frightening Halloween attraction featuring haunted-house experiences filled with killer clowns, creepy characters and plenty of jump scares.
Hocus Pocus — Miami
October 30–November 1, 2026 | Factory Town | 18+
A three-night Halloween weekend music festival featuring house and techno performances across multiple outdoor stages.
Halloweek: Halloween Night — Miami
October 31, 2026 | Club Space Miami | 21+
A late-night Halloween celebration with electronic music and dancing stretching into the early morning hours.
Florida Keys Halloween Events 2026
Fantasy Fest — Key West
October 16–25, 2026 | Key West
Key West’s legendary 10-day celebration returns with the 2026 theme “Musical Icons and Iconic Musicals,” bringing costumes, parties, parades, street celebrations and wonderfully over-the-top Key West energy.
Royal Coronation — Key West
October 16, 2026 | Coffee Butler Amphitheater
Fantasy Fest kicks off with the crowning of the 2026 King and Queen during a stage show featuring performances and local personalities.
Bahama Village Goombay Festival — Key West
October 16–17, 2026 | Bahama Village
A family-friendly island celebration featuring music, food, arts and crafts throughout historic Bahama Village.
Witches in the Hammock — Marathon
October 17, 2026 | Crane Point Museum & Nature Center
A distinctly Keys-style seasonal event bringing Halloween fun to one of Marathon’s best-known nature and history attractions.
Fantasy Fest Pet Masquerade — Key West
October 21, 2026 | 6:30 PM | Truman Waterfront Park
Pets and their people take the stage in creative costumes for one of Fantasy Fest’s most playful traditions.
Fantasy Fest Street Fair — Key West
October 23–24, 2026 | Duval Street
Duval Street becomes a mile-long celebration filled with food, artisans, costumes, entertainment and plenty of Key West personality.
Captain Morgan Masquerade March — Key West
October 23, 2026 | Old Town Key West
Known as the locals’ parade, costumed revelers march through Old Town before spilling into the Fantasy Fest Street Fair.
Fantasy Fest Parade — Key West
October 24, 2026 | 7 PM | Duval Street
Fantasy Fest’s signature parade fills Duval Street with elaborate floats, costumed groups, performers and thousands of spectators.
Fantasy Fest Costume Promenade — Key West
October 23–24, 2026 | Duval Street
Visitors and locals turn Duval Street into their own runway during a weekend filled with imaginative and outrageous costumes.
Fantasy Fest Finale Weekend — Key West
October 24–25, 2026 | Key West
The final weekend brings together the biggest Fantasy Fest celebrations, parties and costumes for one last blast before the festival wraps up.
Halloween Fun Across the Sunshine State
From haunted houses and ghostly trails to pumpkin patches, costume parties and family-friendly trick-or-treating, there’s no shortage of ways to celebrate Halloween in Florida.
More events are announced as Halloween gets closer, so check back throughout the season as we continue updating our 2026 Florida Halloween events.
Have a safe, spooky and fun Halloween, Florida!
