Halloween is next week (Thurs, Oct 31), which, as tradition rules, means it’s also this weekend. If you don’t have plans yet and/or you’ve already shelled out a wad of cash on bulk bags of candy, we’ve got your back. Below, you’ll find all the last-minute things to do that won’t cost more than $15, from scary stuff like the Nightfall Orphanage haunted house to trick-or-treat happenings like Costumes on the Cobblestones at Pike Place Market, and from special beer releases at Lucky Envelope to Spellbound: A Halloween ’80s Themed Dance Party. Saving up your Halloween spirit until the actual day? Don’t worry, we’ll be back next week with another guide to cheap & easy events on Halloween proper. In the meantime, you can always check out our complete Halloween calendar for even more options, including this year’s biggest and best Halloween events and spooky movies to see in theaters.
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- The Honey Roasted Hams: Halloween Hams
Holly Taylor and Danny Bracy will roast each other to a tasty crisp at this seasonally themed improv show.
(Greenwood, $10/$14)KIDS & FAMILY
- Halloween Bounce and Pirate Pool Party at Green Lake!
This glow-in-the-dark pirate pool party promises bounce houses, healthy snacks, and more “parent-approved fun.”
(Green Lake, free) - Loyal Heights Community Center Halloween Carnival
Candy-craving youngsters can enjoy carnival games, a cupcake walk, bounce houses, arts and crafts, and lots of sweets (pumpkin baskets and other trick-or-treat receptacles not provided).
(Ballard, free) - South Park Freaky Fiesta
Candy, games, and prizes will abound at this wholesome hootenanny.
(South Park, free)FOOD & DRINK
- Alexandra’s Macarons Spooktacular Open House
Get a glimpse behind the scenes of how spooky macarons are made at a Ballard bakeshop, and enjoy Halloween-themed treats, hot drinks, salted caramels and caramel apples from Jonboy Caramels, and a costume contest.
(Ballard, free)HAUNTS
- Halloween in the Haunted Peat Bog
With the power to preserve bodies for years and years, a peat bog is an underrated destination for anyone who loves a good ghost story. On this tour, you’ll get to hear about the Shadow Lake Nature Preserve’s particularly haunted bog, which is also home to creepy critters like spiders and bats.
(Renton, free)MUSIC
- 5th Annual Wreckage Halloween Bash with Woodshed, Celia, Virginia St Revival
Billing itself as the “spookiest party of the year,” this night of music will feature hard-rock sets from local bands Celia, Woodshed, Wyatt Olney & the Wreckage, and Virginia St Revival.
(Shoreline, $10/$15) - The Best You’ve Ever Seen: The Addams Family with Dark Smith, Da Qween, T.Wan
Every month, Parliament Tavern hosts The Best You’ve Ever Seen, a mash-up event that brings together one band and one DJ to collaboratively reimagine a score for whatever movie they’ve chosen to screen that night. For October, the TBYES crew is pulling together queer punk group Dark Smith, TUF standout T.Wan, and hard femme wordsmith Da Qween to breathe new life into the spooky classic The Addams Family. This rowdy costume party and live show will also host the visuals of Morty Arts and Blazinspace.
(West Seattle, $10/$12) - Bleeps+Loops: Spooky Synth Spectacular!
The classic vampire flick Nosferatu will get a new live score courtesy of local modular synth artists.
(Downtown, $10-$15) - Devilwood, New Rose, Intisaar Jubran, Velveteen Rabbit
Dark and heavy Northwest groovers Devilwood will headline a night of shadow-laden psychedelia with support from the Damned tribute band New Rose, Intisaar Jubran, and Velvet Underground tribute band Velveteen Rabbit.
(Eastlake, $10) - Latin Night Halloween Party
La Clave Cubana and Salsa Tropical invite you to a Latin-centric dance night with DJs Reinier and Ro. Wear a costume.
(Sodo, $15) - Platinum Spandex Rockin’ Halloween Party!
Rewind all the way back to the ’80s with hair metal and butt rock cover band Platinum Spandex as they celebrate Halloween the only way they know how—shellacked with hair spray.
(Shoreline, $15) - Rogue Nation Halloween
Burning Man enthusiasts can take their wild Halloween energy to this DJ dance party with Irlando Vesna, Chronus, Adam Starr, and Andy Demetriou.
(Pioneer Square, $10-$15) - Silent Trap Party Seattle: Halloween Edition
Throw on a pair of wireless headphones and enjoy the company of your friends without actually having to talk to them at this silent trap disco. It’s a Halloween affair, so wear your costume.
(Pioneer Square, $8) - SLAY
Wear a fabulous costume to capture in a Halloween-themed photo booth at this DJ dance party geared toward LGBTQ+ people of color.
(Capitol Hill, $5-$10) - Slims Cramps Tribute Night
Go nuts for your favorite songs by ’70s punk rockers the Cramps (and probably some Cramps-like originals) at this tribute night with local acts Damned I’m Cramped, Wildcat Rose, Dead Man, and DJ Hubba Hubba.
(Georgetown, $10)PARTIES
- First Annual Howl O Ween Party
Drink special Halloween beers while your pooches prance around in their costumes to win prizes and paint masterpieces with their paws.
(Kent, free) - Halloween Bash at Larry’s
Wear a costume to win prizes, sip drink specials, and dance into the night.
(Pioneer Square, free)QUEER
- Pigs Fly Freaky Fetish Night
Queer kinksters, bust out your fetish gear for a freaky party with hot go-go dancers and DJs Alfonso Tan and Pavone.
(Capitol Hill, free)SEX
- Season of the Witch: Tarot Readings and Steamy Sips with Opulent Witch
Opulent Witch (aka tarot reader Kiki Robinson) will tell you your future while you sip warm drinks and snack on sweet treats with your coven. If you want to know what your very near future is going to look like, pick up some sex toys for 10% off.
(Capitol Hill, free)FRIDAY-SATURDAY
COMEDY
- Campfire: Improvised Ghost Stories
Your personal experiences with creepy happenings will fuel the campfire at this improv show.
(Downtown, $12–$15) - Slick Tarp: No Guts, No Gory
The nerdy and anarchic improv talents of Samantha Demboski, Jeffrey Nickels, and Sophie Schwartz will be put to use in a scary sketch horror-show.
(Ballard, $15)HAUNTS
- Mr. Black & Easy Street Music Present: Nightfall Orphanage
Think you can handle the ghosts that lurk in this haunted orphanage crawling with sinister children? If so, you will be rewarded with candy.
(West Seattle, free) - Spooky Night!
Family-friendly ghouls and other kooky residents will lurk around the gardens amidst cobwebs and fog machines and spooky sounds.
(Shoreline, $10 suggested donation)MUSIC
- Twerk or Treat
Shake your booty into the wee hours to hits spun by DJ 100PROOF, Boombox Kid, Momlyn, and more.
(Capitol Hill, $5/$10)PERFORMANCE
- Conjuring Nightmares
Jared Molton’s magic will have a sinister cast this time around.
(Greenwood, $10/$14) - Murderlesque: An Evening of Killer Burlesque
Reveling in rather bad taste, burlesque artists will perform numbers based on murderers like Aileen Wuornos, John Wayne Gacy, Lizzie Borden, and other ax-, gun-, and knife-wielders.
(Belltown, $10/$15)FRIDAY-SUNDAY
HAUNTS
- Seattle Chocolate Haunted Factory Tour
If you’re too squeamish for a traditional blood-and-guts haunted house, check out this interactive, family-friendly option with a sweet twist. You’ll traipse through the Seattle Chocolate factory in the dark, encountering a series of costumed characters, hunting for clues, and solving puzzles, all with the goal of determining why the factory is haunted in order to oust the unwanted resident. There will be plenty of candy to be eaten along the way, of course.
(Tukwila, $12)SATURDAY
COMEDY
- Blood Squad Halloweekend 2019
Blood Squad is an improv group that’s been around for more than a decade. You give them a title, and they improvise an entire horror/sci-fi/noir flick on the fly: “No blood, no props, no costumes, no mercy.”RICH SMITH
(Greenwood, $15)FILM
- Halloween Matinee: I Was A Teenage Frankenstein
Temper the fear of the campy 1957 horror flick I Was a Teenage Frankenstein by watching it during the day.
(Georgetown, free)FOOD & DRINK
- Beer Garden Trick-or-Treating!
Parents who get a little jealous of all the treats their kids are given on Halloween can sip brews in a beer garden while their little ones run around collecting candy.
(West Seattle, free) - Big Pumpkin 2019
Swill Lantern Brewing’s “Veldfest” Pumpkin Ale tapped from a gigantic hollowed-out gourd cooled with dry ice. Pours of the beer will be available for $5 during happy hour.
(Fremont, free) - Halloween at Lucky Envelope
The Ballard bar will release special themed beers just for Halloween, including the Erma Gourd Pumpkin Barrel-Aged Imperial Porter and two other secret brews. Bring the whole family; there will be candy and Panda Dim Sum on the premises.
(Ballard, free) - Halloween Bash and Bottle Release
Get your Halloween sweet tooth and beer tooth satisfied in one night by trying Outlander’s new limited-release Peanut Butter Stout. DJ Keith will spin.
(Fremont, free) - Molly Moon’s Pop Up at Theo
Take a jaunt to Fremont’s resident chocolate factory Theo for spooky treats, like pumpkin-shaped chocolate marshmallows, “full moon” white chocolate bars, and a free Black Cat sundae: Molly Moon’s chocolate caramel pretzel ice cream, Theo 70% dark chocolate sauce, and organic pretzel “cat ears.”
(Fremont, free)GEEK
- Halloween ComicFest 2019
Scoop up free Halloween-themed comics (and lots of sale items for as little as a buck a pop) and wear a costume to win prizes. There will be cake.
(Ballard, free)KIDS & FAMILY
- Auburn Halloween Harvest Festival
Enjoy games, crafts, rides, and “trunk-or-treating” in the park at this family-centric festival.
(Auburn, free) - Boo in Burien
Kids and families can trick-or-treat, make Halloween crafts, walk through a haunted house, watch Weiner dog races, see dogs parade around in costumes, and eat lots of candy.
(Burien, free) - Costumes on the Cobblestones
Wrangle your children and/or pets for this Pike Place harvest celebration with no fewer than eight autumnal pop-up murals to interact with, as well as live music, a costume parade, organic apple cider pressing, acorn necklace making, pumpkin decorating, a haunted landscape by guest artist Lynn Rosscamp, and other family-friendly activities.
(Downtown, free) - Creeptacular 2019
Wear a costume and meet furry, scaly, and feathered creatures at this family-friendly Halloween party. Plus, learn about the pet adoption process.
(Interbay, free) - Free Family Day: BAM-O-WEEN
Ghouls and goblins between the ages of four and 10 can make Halloween crafts at the Bellevue Arts Museum.
(Bellevue, free) - Halloween Carnival
Traditional carnival games, prizes, inflatable structures, a not-so-scary haunted house, and more are promised at this family Halloween affair.
(North Seattle, free) - Hilloween Carnival
Bring your kids to an indoor carnival with music and games at Seattle Central’s Mitchell Activity Center, plus performances by local drag queens and musicians. In the late afternoon, lead the tykes on a trick-or-treat expedition to Broadway businesses.
(Capitol Hill, free) - Halloween Kids Party
Have a German-style beer while your kids make crafts and eat candy.
(Phinney, free) - Issaquah Zombie Walk
Issaquah’s Front Street will close to make way for a sea of the undead at this annual crawl, ending with a flash mob dance to “Thriller” at City Hall.
(Issaquah, free) - KEXP Halloween Kids Dance Party
KEXP DJs Atticus and Abbie will play music for the whole family to enjoy, and Patchwerks will show you how to make creepy sounds on synths and theremins. Costumes are encouraged.
(Seattle Center, $10) - Kitsap 911’s Spooky Spectacular 2019
Kids can snack on treats while they walk through “movie-inspired” rooms at this sixth annual event.
(Bremerton, free) - Pumpkins in the Park and Trick or Treating
Journey to Kirkland to pick up last-minute pumpkins, shop from a pop-up farmers market, admire cute farm animals, and play carnival games. Kids can trick-or-treat from local merchants starting in the afternoon.
(Kirkland, free) - Snohomish Zombie Walk
Once again, this Snohomish event will provide an excuse to zombify yourself and stomp down the street with equally dead-looking individuals. Don’t have adequate makeover materials at home? Stop by the face-painting station to get that corpse pallor. You can also help prepare for a potential zombie apocalypse by bringing food for the Snohomish Food Bank.
(Snohomish, free) - Youth Halloween Party
The Duwamish Longhouse will host an evening of fun for kiddies, including treats, music, and multiple costume contests.
(West Seattle, free)MUSIC
- Bass Cave VI: Very Spooky Cave Edition
Shake your bones to bass music with live DJs (who will disperse themselves among three rooms) and take a breather on a spooky patio.
(Ballard, $10/$15) - Dance Yourself Scream
For a Halloween filled with laser beams, fog machines, and indie bangers by the likes of LCD Soundsystem and Toro Y Moi, get your costumed butt to this spook-ified edition of Dance Yourself Clean.
(Capitol Hill, $12) - Funkadelic Halloween Latin & Cuban Night
Get yourself down to funkytown for a freaky night of Latin and Cuban music.
(Wallingford, $10) - Underworld Scum, The Gods Themselves, Killer Workout
Disguise yourself in a Halloween costume (there will be a contest with prizes) and submit to the dancing spells cast by local rockers Underworld Scum, the Gods Themselves, and Killer Workout.
(Eastlake, $10/$12) - Halloween ’80s Video Dance Attack and Costume Contest
Portland’s longest-running weekly dance party will come to Tacoma for a special Halloween edition. Flail your body around to the hits of yesteryear in your best costume.
(Tacoma, $10) - Haunted Sauce
DJs Erok, Swervewon, Catch 24, and Famous will be your DJs at this Halloween edition of “Seattle’s home for hip-hop and dance music.” The party guest in the best costume will win $666.
(Capitol Hill, $15) - The Kings Halloween Party with The Heebie Jeebies!
Local bands the Kings and the Heebie Jeebies will freak things up in Ballard.
(Ballard, free) - Reggaeton Halloween Party
Dance to reggae with DJ Flow206 and try to be one of three people to win the costume contest at this party “aimed at the young generation.”
(White Center, $10) - Scareoke! 4th Annual Halloween/Costume/Karaoke Party
Sing the “Monster Mash” (or any song you want) in your costume at this annual Halloween karaoke party. You could win a year-long membership to Populuxe’s Mug Club, merch and gift certificates, and growlers.
(Ballard, free) - Spellbound: A Halloween ’80s Themed Dance Party
Add an ’80s-inspired element to your Halloween costume (free idea: Go as yourself 30 years in the past) and bop around to hits of the big-hair decade with DJs Evan Blackstone and Micheal & Michael – The Mike Drop. There will be a costume contest.
(Beacon Hill, $10/$12) - Spellbound: Helloween
Join DJ Voodoo for a scary-fun night of old-school goth, industrial, and post-punk. This is a Halloween edition, so wear a costume.
(Downtown, free) - TCGhostParty: Hitgirl Halloween
Train Car House Party will get a Halloween makeover, courtesy of local DJ collectives TCHP and HITGIRL.
(Sodo, free)PARTIES
- 10th Annual Halloween ER Costume Crawl
Get your chills and thrills at this evening of mystery, music, dancing, libations, and undead hospital patients at the Hideout, Vito’s, and Hotel Sorrento. Start gluing some sequins, buying some fake teeth, and brewing some potions, because the winner of the costume contest will come away with a $500 cash prize.
(First Hill, free) - Bon Voyage Vintage 8th Anniversary Party!
Pioneer Square’s gem of a vintage shop will celebrate eight years of business with tarot readings, snacks, slices from Guerilla Pizza Kitchen, and tunes. Costumes are welcome.
(Pioneer Square, free) - Crescent ’80s Camp Horror Halloween
The Pacific Northwest’s “oldest gay dive bar” will screen classic campy horror movies for those who aren’t fixated on the karaoke side of the bar.
(Capitol Hill, free) - Dogwood Play Park and Bar’s 4th Anniversary/Halloween Costume Party!
This canine-friendly establishment will celebrate four years of providing a space for people to get sloshed in the company of dogs with drink specials, a photo booth, Seattle Barkery and Chavoyas Hot Dogs pop-ups, and a Halloween costume contest.
(Lake City, free) - Half Lion Halloween Party & Costume Contest
Dance to a live DJ, eat food, and enter a costume contest.
(Sumner, $10/$15) - Halloween Bash at Targy’s
DJ Vega will spin party beats at this prize-bearing costume contest.
(Queen Anne, free) - Halloween at Lucky Strike
Show up in a killer costume for the chance to win $10,000, as well as other prizes from Don Julio Tequila, and dance to DJs Hype and Phase at the Bellevue bowling alley’s biggest party of the year.
(Bellevue, free) - Halloween Party at the Admiral Pub
Enter to win raffle prizes every hour, sip drink specials, and enter a costume contest at midnight.
(West Seattle, free) - Halloween Party at Lumber Yard
The lumberjack-themed LGBTQ bar will have drink specials, a live performance from extremely tall drag queen Dolly Madison, music from Video DJ Andy, and a costume contest with cash prizes.
(White Center, free) - HalloQueen Karaoke Spooktacular
Sip a themed drink special to work up the liquid courage to sing a duet with a local drag queen (in your costume, duh). Don’t forget to tip!
(Columbia City, free) - Halloween Spooktacular Milonga!
Join milonguerxs for a night of tango, including a lesson, a demo by Miriam Larici and Lenardo Barrionuevo, and a milonga (tango social). There will be prizes costume prizes for best overall, best couple, scariest, and “sexiest (with good taste).”
(Capitol Hill, $10/$15) - Hellbent Halloween Party
Don a costume and enter a costume contest to benefit Solarize Puerto Rico, a local nonprofit that “promotes environmental resiliency in infrastructure.” There will be a silent auction, Puerto Rican-inspired bites, and a haunted house.
(North Seattle, free) - Meownster MASH Halloween Party-Official Sea-Meow afterparty
Wear your cat costume to receive $5 off admission to this Sea-Meow afterparty.
(Downtown, $10/$15) - Obec Howl-o-Ween
Does your dog like treats and other dogs? Treat them to a night of socializing, tennis ball-bobbing, photo-posing, and other fun activities. You, a human, can enjoy tasty beers.
(Ballard, free) - Rumba Notes Halloween Birthday Party Presented by Daniel Daboss and Manny Sosa
Your inventive Halloween costume could win you a bottle of 1942 Don Julio at this DJ dance party.
(Columbia City, $15) - Samba das Caveiras
Celebrate the season the Brazilian way with sweet and savory treats, caipirinhas (Brazil’s national cocktail), a costume contest, and samba music.
(Chinatown-International District, $10) - Seattle Gaymers 4th Annual Halloween Party
DJ Ben Traxx and local drag queen Daddy Issues will team up with the Seattle Gaymers for a night of queer, spooky, geeky fun with additional performances by Londyn Bradshaw, Mercury Divine, and Dutchess Drew Nightshade.
(Downtown, $15) - Trick or Treat Costume Bash at the Eagle
Get sexy and head to a night of dark synth, goth, industrial, and acid wave with DJ Dana Dub. A ghoulish go-go dancer will be present.
(Capitol Hill, free)PERFORMANCE
- An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe
The macabre author will return from the dead especially to grace your ears with terrifying tales and poems, from classics like The Raven to some lesser-known works.
(Renton, $10) - Halloween with Tess Turbo: Treats for Tricks!
“Seattle’s Premier Drag Rock Diva” Tess Turbo will give her first solo performance. If you don’t have a costume, ransack Palace Theatre’s closet for an impromptu creation.
(Georgetown, $10) - Thrill the World
Every October, teams from around the world (composed of amateur dancers of all ages) perform the dance to Michael Jackson’s scary song “Thriller” at the same time as other groups around the world. Show up to watch the flash mob, or join in the fun yourself.
(Various locations, free) - West End Ghouls: A Drag Spooktacular
Drag gets creepy at this family-friendly Halloween show starring Betty Wetter, Fraya Love, Londyn Bradshaw, Old Witch, and Whispurr Water-Shadow and hosted by the great Cookie Couture.
(West Seattle, $10/$13)QUEER
- Generations: An All-Ages Queer Halloween Party
The Seattle-Tacoma Chapter of Black and Pink, an “open family of LGBTQ prisoners and free-world allies who support each other,” will host this all-ages Halloween get-together with sips, bites, and music.
(Central District, free)READINGS & TALKS
- A TNEBS Halloween
Local authors will read the scariest stories in their arsenals while you eat snacks and try not to disturb the Neverending Bookshop’s resident ghost.
(Edmonds, free)SEX
- Feelin’ Kinky n’ Gettin’ Freaky! Sex Tips and Halloween Costume Contest
Quaff complimentary sips and get inspired by kinky role-playing ideas for Halloween night. Show up in a costume for the chance to win a bag full of sexy treats.
(Capitol Hill, free)SATURDAY-SUNDAY
KIDS & FAMILY
- Halloween Costume Carnival
Kids are invited to dress up as their favorite character from a children’s book for a full day of readings from local authors, spooky science experiments, and trick-or-treating.
(Seattle Center, free)VISUAL ART
- Halloween Tour 2019
Step inside a world of temptresses and enchanting occultists in Unsettling Femininity: Selections from the Frye Art Museum Collection in the Frye’s special Halloween tour, which also includes Pierre Leguillon’s exhibition Arbus Bonus.
(First Hill, free)SUNDAY
ART
- Glitter Pumpkins for Grown-Ups!
Bedazzle your very own gourd at this Halloween craft workshop.
(Crown Hill, $15)COMEDY
- Stephen King Unexpected
Expect to see (we’re guessin’) gruff Northeasterners battling clowns, vampires, sentient cars, and/or the undead in this improv tribute to the horror maestro Stephen King, a perfect show for Halloween.
(Downtown, $10)FILM
- Scarecrow Video Presents: The Naked Kiss
Charles Mudede described one of The Naked Kiss director Samuel Fuller’s other films as “at once ridiculous, impressive, funny, sinister, shameless, shocking, sad, and beautiful.” The Naked Kiss is much the same: This story is about a mentally scarred ex-prostitute who becomes a nurse to children with disabilities in a suburb. But when her incipient romance with a philanthropist comes to a shocking end, she’s in danger for her life. Don’t miss this late-period noir by a master of lurid cinema.
(Ballard, free)FOOD & DRINK
- Halloween Costume Party & Potluck at OmCulture
Bring your favorite October treat to this potluck and costume party.
(Wallingford, $9-$15)KIDS & FAMILY
- Fauntleroy Fall Festival
Classic fall activities abound at this family-oriented festival. Kids can paint pumpkins, make salmon hats, ride ponies and pet baby animals, sip cider and gobble up cookies, jump through an inflatable obstacle course, and much more. Meanwhile, acts like classical guitarist Tim Cashman and the Jump Ensemble Jazz trio will play live music.
(West Seattle, free) - The Fright on 44th
Taking a turn from their previous “haunted hospital” haunts, this free Columbia City fright invites brave bookworms to enter a “haunted library” filled with chilling tales like IT, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Goosebumps, and other classics. Tonight’s event is a less-scary kids’ night, but head back on Halloween for the real deal.
(Columbia City, free) - Halloween Party at Broadview Tap House
Expect Halloween-themed beer specials, kids’ crafts, a dog costume contest, and trick-or-treating at this all-ages affair.
(North Seattle, free) - Halloween Costume and Cider Pressing
Kids in costume can get a taste of Halloween and Día de los Muertos at this cider-pressing and cultural display and bake sale.
(Beacon Hill, free) - Halloween at Future Primitive
Kids, adults, and dogs alike will find something to their liking here, be it candy, beer, apple cider, or face-painting (or in your dog’s case, words of positive affirmation).
(White Center, free) - Halloween Party at Hill City
Adults can drink beer, kids can make crafts and eat candy, and dogs can shine in a costume contest.
(Hillman City, free) - Halloween Spooktacular
Face-painters, balloon-makers, and candy suppliers will abound at this kids-centric Halloween happening.
(Renton, free) - Harvest Fest
California Avenue will make way for a parade, vendors selling seasonal wares, a hot cocoa and cider garden, a chili cook-off, and trick-or-treating at this West Seattle fall family event.
(West Seattle, free) - Haunted Farmers Market 2019
Show off your costume to win cool prizes in categories like “Best Costume,” “Most Timely Concept,” and “Laziest Costume” and scoop up harvest goodies.
(Ballard, free) - The Museum of Fright
To celebrate Halloween, the Museum of Flight will turn into the Museum of Fright, where there will be carnival games, an obstacle course, interactive activities in Frankenstein’s Lab, and more.
(Tukwila, $10) - Pooches in the Patch
For one day only, you can take your dog along to the farm so they, too, can enjoy the fun of bounding through a pumpkin patch.
(Snohomish, free) - Rat City Trick or Treat Festival!
Neighborhood businesses will hand out candy to little ones dressed as ghouls, goblins, Al Pacino, kitty cats, robots, and so on.
(White Center, free) - Trick or Treat on the Waterfront 2019
Costumed kids and their families can galavant to various businesses between Pier 52 and Pier 67 in search of sweets.
(Downtown, free)MUSIC
- The Heebie Jeebies with the Heebie Jeebie Jrs
The Heebie Jeebie Jrs. will rock out for all ages at this fourth annual Halloween dance party.
(West Seattle, free) - John Paul Sharp’s Journey of Souls
Enjoy an evening of songs about the afterlife with John Paul Sharp, plus poetry from Rachel Tyrrel.
(Capitol Hill, free) - Littlefield Organ Series: Halloween Concert
Join the students of UW professor Carole Terry as they perform a free, all-ages set of spooky organ classics, including Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor on the famed Littlefield Organ.
(University District, free) - SwampHouse Presents: $eattle Halloween Drip 19 with Sunny Fritz & BigHomie$lim
Seattle MCs Sunny Fritz & BigHomie$lim will keep the beats going all night long at this party that includes a costume contest and an entire plate of food in the ticket price.
(Columbia City, $12)PARTIES
- Belltown Exposed! – A Free Party Celebrating the History of Belltown!
From being a Hollywood hub in the ’20s to a haven for artists in the ’60s and ’70s, Belltown has a rich history. Learn about its evolution over the past century by checking out a series of “living pictures” by photographer Staci Bernstein, drinking special drinks, dancing to live music, and winning prizes.
(Belltown, free) - Howl-O-Ween Dog Party
Dogs can impress each other with their costumes in an off-leash area while you drink pints and shop from doggie-focused vendors.
(Ballard, free)PERFORMANCES
- Monster Mash: A Spooky Night at the Movies
Gothic Barbie Drag Haus will honor their favorite horror movies with a night of freaky drag and ghosts-a-plenty.
(Downtown, $12)READINGS & TALKS
- Booktoberfest: Ales from the Crypt
David Wright, who hosts the Thrilling Tales: Story Time for Grown-Ups series, will narrate some of the most spine-tingling stories by perhaps the most famous 20th-century horror writer, Stephen King. Fortify your nerves with a drink and listen to this Booktoberfest reading.
(Beacon Hill, free) - Stephen Chbosky: Imaginary Friend
The author of the popular YA book The Perks of Being a Wallflower has turned his sights to horror for adults in this story of a beleaguered single mother, her son’s mysterious disappearance and reappearance, and a sinister treehouse.
(Lake Forest Park, free)SHOPPING
- TapeGod Halloween Market
This Halloween edition of VHQuest’s monthly cult media market and swap will have tapes, records, clothing, art, and more collectibles.
(Capitol Hill, free)
FRIDAY
COMEDY
