Don’t worry if it’s rainy around Halloween in 2025. There are lots of great indoor things on October 31st in Metro Vancouver, both for kids and adults.
Below is a description of some of the best ways to celebrate Halloween indoors.
Vancouver Rainy Day Activities at Halloween
Below is a list of Halloween-ish activities that are indoors, or at least mostly indoors. Also, be sure to check out Vancouver’s October Events Calendar or Vancouver’s Best Rainy Day Activities for the best indoor things to do in general. For nightclub activities, see our article about Halloween Activities for Adults. For a list of both indoor and outdoor Halloween activities, click Vancouver Halloween Events.
Vancouver Rainy Day Halloween Activities
Great rainy day Halloween-themed things to do in the City of Vancouver in 2025 include the following.
- Nightmare Before Christmas Market – an indoor Halloween-themed artisan market at the Maritime Labour Centre in Vancouver on October 11th and 12th.
- FlyOver Canada – the multi-dimensional theatre at Canada Place has a Halloween theme in the late afternoons and evenings. In 2025 the HowlOver Canada film runs from October 9th until the 31st.
- Fright Nights – the haunted houses and rides are back at the PNE in 2025! That means that there are both indoor and outdoor things to do at the popular Halloween attraction. You’ll still get wet as you go from one house to the other, but just think – the line ups won’t be as long as if the weather was good!
- Halloween Cruises with Vancouver Boat Parties – a fun place to be on a rainy night around Halloween is on a party boat in the waters of False Creek and Coal Harbour. You’ll want to be on an inside deck though, or wear a waterproof costume if it’s raining. This year there’s the Halloween Boat Party and Halloween Havoc Boat Party on October 31st, followed by the Bollywood Halloween Boat Party on November 1st.
- Vancouver Horror Show – the horror movie film festival has shows at Cineplex International Village in Vancouver from October 15th to 19th.
- Silent Movie Mondays – Vancouver Civic Theatres hosts a classic movie night at the Orpheum about once a month. In 2025, on Monday, October 27th, the film is Phantom of the Opera.
- Vancouver Mysteries – the company hosts different indoor murder mystery games at a downtown Vancouver hotel, including The Case of the Hotel Detective and The Legend of the Gastown Gold.
Langley Indoor Venues
- DreadWorlds Realm of Horror – new for 2025, DreadWorlds takes place between October 3rd and November 1st at 3987 232nd Street. It’s an immersive haunted house designed by film professionals. Some areas of the attraction are outdoors while others are indoors.
- Brinkworth Dungeon – located at 22260 48th Avenue, this is an impressive indoor haunted house. Inside you can expect to see a variety of wax museum-quality scenes including a number of them from famous horror movies. There is a lot to see outside, but the house itself is all indoors.
Indoor Squamish Region Activities
- Dia de Los Muertos at Britannia Mine – in 2025 the museum celebrates Mexican culture with their Day of the Dead event on Saturdays and Sundays between October 18th and November 2nd. It’s not all indoors, but much of it is.
Dry Surrey Halloween Places
- Cougar Creek’s House of Horrors – a few of the Lower Mainland’s best and scariest haunted attractions are at 12530-72nd Avenue in Surrey. Formerly known as Potter’s House of Horrors, the lineup area is under cover and the houses are indoors. The place is open on select dates between October 3rd and November 8th this year.
Other Halloween and Fall Activities
In addition to the above, other recreation and community centres put on special Halloween swimming and skating events over the weekend before Halloween, and many shopping malls and districts offer fun trick-or-treating opportunities to dress up at too. Check the websites of centres near you.
There are many more great haunted houses scattered throughout the region as well. Check out our full list of Lower Mainland Haunted Houses for more information.
For a list of other things to do at Halloween with children, including outdoor trains and haunted museums, see Vancouver Children’s Halloween Activities.
For more ideas on things to do in the fall in the Lower Mainland at other times, check out the following:
- Vancouver’s Best Places in Autumn
- Vancouver Halloween Events
- Halloween for Adults
- Vancouver’s October Calendar
- Vancouver’s November Calendar
- Vancouver Shows and Entertainment
