Call it Goth Christmas. Call it the happiest time of the year. Whatever you call it, Hallowe’en is a magical holiday. And, contrary to popular belief, it’s not just one day.
Hallowe’en is a season.
With so many amazing events celebrating the strange and spooky around this time of year, it can be hard to keep track! So we’ve put together a list of film festivals, conventions, and other horror-related gatherings happening all over North America!
Of course, we’re bound to have missed a few — if you know of an event that should be on the list, leave a comment with a link to the event or contact us on Twitter or Instagram: @aoas_xx!
CANADA
ALBERTA
Aspen Crossing
Train of Terror October 6 – 31
Bon Accord
The Haunted Pumpkin Festival Weekends, September 30 – October 31
Calgary
Ghouls’ Night Out October 26 – 19
Ghosts and Gourmet October 30 – November 1
Edmonton
Edmonton Creepy-Con October 13 – 15
Edmonton Ghost Tours Year-round
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Coquitlam
Heritage Halloween October 28
Mr. I’s Slightly Spooky Songs & Stories concert October 29
Sooke
Haunted Zipline Tour October 27 – 31
Vancouver
Vancouver Halloween Parade & Expo October 12 – 15
Stanley Park Ghost Train October 13 – 31
Victoria
Festival Of Fear October 13 – 31
MANITOBA
Brandon
Grim Acres October 27 – 30,
Selkirk
Halloween Haunt 2017 October 20 – 29
Winnipeg
Haunted Forest September 29 – October 29
Six Pines Haunted Attractions October 6 – 31
Spooky Barn Fridays and Saturdays in October
Terror Garage October 27, 28, 29, 31
Frankenstein October 31
NEW BRUNSWICK
Dorchestor
Keillor House Museum Haunted House Tours Starts October 14
Fredericton
Haunted Hikes Year-round
NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR
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NWT
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NOVA SCOTIA
Dartmouth
Bluenose Ghosts Festival Weekends in October
Halifax
Halifax Ghost Walks Assorted dates
Citadel Ghost Tour Thursdays – Saturdays, July – October
NUNAVUT
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ONTARIO
Caledonia
Creepy Caledonia Ghost Walks October 21, 28
London
London Comic Con October 13 – 15
Niagara Falls
Frightmare in the Falls November 11 – 12
Ottawa
Haunted Walks Year-round
Toronto
Legends of Horror at Casa Loma Sept 29 – Oct 31
AGO: Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters Starting September 30
AGO’s October First Thursday: Enter Darkness October 5
Haunted Market October 6
Screemers Starts October 7
Queer Fear: Carrie at The Royal October 12
Toronto After Dark Film Festival October 12 – 20
Ladies of Burlesque: Susiria 4K Restoration screening at The Royal October 18
Howling Hootenanny & Ghost Walks at Black Creek Pioneer Village October 21 – 29
Toronto Silent Film Festival Vampyr screening October 28
Rue Morgue: The Night We Turn 20 Halloween Anniversary Party October 28
Rue Morgue CineMacabre: Dead Alive 25th Anniversary screening October 31
Horror-Rama Canada November 4 – 5
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Kensington
Halloween: Nights of Fear October 14 – 30
Orwell Corner
Horror at the Corner October 13 – 14
QUEBEC
Montreal
Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies Fall/Winter Semester Starts September 26
Rocky Horror Picture Show Halloween Ball October 27, 28, 31
SASKATCHEWAN
Battleford
Halloween Haunted Fort October 28
UNITED STATES
ALABAMA
Huntsville
The Most Hallowed Halloween II Oct 28
ALASKA
Fairbanks
Halloween Trick or Treat Town Oct 28
ARIZONA
Tucson
Tucson Terror Fest October 26 – 28
ARKANSAS
Fayetteville
Halloween Monster Dash Oct 29
CALIFORNIA
Hollywood
Screamfest Horror Film Festival October 10 – 19
Long Beach
Long Beach Zombie Fest October 20 – 22
Los Angeles
Shriekfest Horror Film Festival October 5 – 8
Sacramento
Sinister Creature Con October 14 – 15
San Diego
FANtastic Horror Film Festival October 27 – 29
San Francisco
Another Hole in the Head Film Festival October 25 – November 8
San Jose
Winchester Mystery House September 5 – May 28, 2018
Famous Monsters Halloween Bash October 27 – 29
COLORADO
Telluride
Telluride Horror Show October 13 – 15
CONNECTICUT
Fairfield
Legends of Fear Oct 1 – Oct 29, weekends only
DELAWARE
Middletown
Frightland Sept 29 – Nov 4, weekends only
FLORIDA
Orlando
Freak Show Horror Film Festival October 13 – 15
Spooky Empire October 27 – October 29
GEORGIA
Atlanta
Netherworld Oct 1 – 31
Atlanta Horror Film Festival October 19 – 22
Little 5 Points Halloween Parade Oct 21
Walker Stalker Con Oct 27 – 29
Athens
Wild Rumpus Halloween Parade and Spectacle Oct 27 – 28
Jekyll Island
Jekyll Comic Con & Hyde Horror Alley December 9 – 10
HAWAII
Oahu
Spook Life Park Oct 21
IDAHO
Shelley
Lost Souls Attractions Sept 29 – Oct 31
ILLINOIS
Chicago
13th Floor Haunted House Sept 29 – Nov 4
INDIANA
Fort Wayne
Fright Night Oct 21
IOWA
Asbury
Halloween Parade Oct 21
KANSAS
Junction City
Zombie Toxin Haunted House Sept 29 – Oct 31
KENTUCKY
Louisville
Waverly Hills Sanatorium Haunted House September 22 – October 28
LOUISIANA
New Orleans
New Orleans Vampire Ball Oct 29
MAINE
Kittery
Night Terrors Haunted Woods Oct 1 – 31
MARYLAND
Hunt Valley
Monster-Mania Con September 29 – October 1
Ocean City
Ocean City Screams October 6 – 31
Olney
Field of Screams September 22 – November 4
Poolesville
Markoff’s Haunted Forest September 29 – October 31
Silver Spring
Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival October 5 – 8
MASSACHUSETTS
Salem
Salem Horror Fest September 22 – October 15
Festival of the Dead October 1- 31
Paraween October 21
MICHIGAN
Midland
Code Breakers Escape and Puzzle Rooms Presents: Zombie Escape Sept 29 – Oct 31
MINNESOTA
Shafer
Shafer Corn Maze Sept 9 – Oct 29, weekends
MISSISSIPPI
Raymond
House of the Haunted Fields Sept 29 – Oct 31
MISSOURI
Kansas City
The Beast Haunted House Oct 1 – Oct 31
MONTANA
Missoula
The Missoula Haunted House October 13 – 31
Victor
Field of Screams September 29 – October 28
NEBRASKA
Nebraska City
Vintage Halloween Oct 21
NEVADA
Las Vegas
Sin City Horror Fest October 27 – 29
NEW HAMPSHIRE
East Madison
Halloween Town Oct 21
NEW JERSEY
Glen Mills
Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride Sept 22 – October 31
NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe
Santa Fe Comic Con Oct 20 – 22
NEW YORK
Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow Halloween Oct 1 – Nov 4
NORTH CAROLINA
Kill Devil Hills
Halloween International Film Festival October 26 – 28
NORTH DAKOTA
Williston
Dark Acres Haunted House & Corn Maze Sept 29 – Oct 31
OHIO
Chippewa Lake
Slaughterhouse Haunted House September 22 – October 31
Columbus
The ScareAtorium September 29 – November 4
HorrorHound Weekend November 3 – 5
OKLAHOMA
Nowata
The Asylum Haunted House September 29 – October 29
OREGON
Portland
H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and Cthulhucon October 6 – 8
PENNSYLVANIA
Eerie
Eerie Horror Film Festival October 13 – 15
Malvern
Terror Film Festival October 19 – 22
RHODE ISLAND
Hope
Scary Acres at Confreda Farms September 22 – October 29
Providence
Rhode Island Comic Con November 10 – 12
SOUTH CAROLINA
Blacksburg
Fear Farm Haunted House October 6 – 31
Fort Mill
SCarowinds September 15 – October 28
Greenville
Nightmare Dungeon Haunted Attraction September 15 – November 5
SOUTH DAKOTA
Brookings
Fear Asylum Haunted Attraction October 6 – November 4
Deadwood
Deadweird October 27 – 28
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga
Hallowcon October 27 – 29
TEXAS
Austin
Death By Festival October 28
San Antonio
San Antonio Horrific Film Fest October 20 – 22
Alamo City Comic Con Halloween Edition October 27 – 29
Rockula Rock and Roll and Horror Expo October 27 – 29
UTAH
Salt Lake City
Fear Con October 27 – 28
VERMONT
Essex Junction
Nightmare Vermont October 20 – 21, October 27 – 28
Proctor
Dead North Haunted Attraction October 6 – 7, October 13 – 14
VIRGINIA
Ashland
Red Vein Haunted House October 6 – 31
Centreville
Blood and Guts Run Oct 14
Chesapeake
Monster Fest October 7
Dumfries
The Death Trail Oct 1 – 31
Leesburg
Shocktober at Paxton Manor Oct 1 – 31, weekends only
Luray
Darkwood Manor Haunted House October 6 – November 4
Radford
St. Albans Sanatorium Haunted House September 29 – November 4
Salem
The Meek’s Manor September 28 – November 4
WASHINGTON
Seattle
48 Hour Film Horror Project October 20 – 22
Snohomish
Stalker Farms Haunted Attraction October 7 – 31
WASHINGTON DC
Boo at the Zoo October 20 – 22
Night of the Living Zoo October 27
Nightmare on M Street October 28
WEST VIRGINIA
Weston
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: Asylum After Dark Haunted House September 29 – November 4
WISCONSIN
Green Bay
Green Bay Fear Haunted Attraction September 29 – October 29
Manitowoc
Windigo Fest October 6 – 7
Oconomowoc
The Dark Carnival September 30 – October 28
Oshkosh
Northeast Wisconsin Horror Festival October 14 – 15
Waukesha
The Wisconsin Fear Grounds October 6 – 28
WYOMING
Cheyenne
Nightmare on 17th Street Haunted House October 6 – 31
Have a safe and happy Hallowe’en season, ghouls!
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