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Halloween Rainy-Day Activities in Vancouver

October 5, 2025

Don’t worry if it’s rainy around Halloween. There are great indoor things to do in Metro Vancouver during the spooky season, 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 2026 include the following.

Nightmare Before Christmas Market – an indoor Halloween-themed artisan market at the Maritime Labour Centre in Vancouver that runs on October 9th to 11th.
FlyOver at Canada Place – the multi-dimensional theatre presents HowlOver Canada from October 15th until November 1st.
Vancouver Horror Show – the horror movie film festival has shows at Cineplex International Village in Vancouver from October 14th to 18th.
Silent Movie Mondays – Vancouver Civic Theatres hosts a classic movie night at the Orpheum about once a month. In 2026, on Monday, October 26th, the film is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Hologram Zoo Vancouver – an indoor attraction with special Halloween displays throughout October. There’s also a scary experience for older youth and adults on select dates, plus a Halloween Party on October 31st. (TIP: Use the promo code BESTPLACES15 and you’ll save 15%.)
Vancouver Mysteries – the company hosts different indoor murder mystery games at a downtown Vancouver hotel, including The Case of the Hotel Detective, Suite 1313 and The Legend of the Gastown Gold.
Halloween at the Roundhouse – there’s a Halloween Spooktacular event at the Roundhouse Community Centre in Yaletown on October 31st. There is also a magic show on November 1st.

Dry Latin American Heritage Month Event

In addition to the above, there are the following Latin-themed events around Halloween.

Day of the Dead Latin Market – a Mexican-themed event full of market vendors, food and live music. It operates outdoors on the weekend of October 24th and 25th at The Amazing Brentwood in Burnaby. It also happens on Granville Island, however, mostly indoors, on October 31st and November 1st.

Langley Indoor Venues

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’s a lot to see outside, but the house itself is all indoors. In 2026 Brinkworth Dungeon operates from October 19th until November 15th.

North Vancouver Indoor Attractions

Candy Hunters at Capilano Mall – located at 935 Marine Drive, visitors can enjoy Trick-or-Treating with a K-pop theme on the afternoon of October 31st.
Dovercourt Crypt – a community haunted house at 3637 Maginnis Avenue from October 16th to 31st. They typically offer tents and umbrella stations to help avoid the rain, but lines and waiting areas are outside, so the event is not fully indoors.
Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Festival – a series of events at various North Vancouver breweries from late October until mid-November. This year’s Launch Party on October 30th has a Halloween theme. On October 31st there’s also Halloween Night at Copperpenny.

Indoor Squamish Region Activities

Monsters, Machines and Mischief – in 2026 the Britannia Mine Museum celebrates Halloween on October 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th and 31st. The museum isn’t all indoors, but much of it is, and the Monsters, Machines and Mischief activities are all inside.

Dry Surrey 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 were indoors. The place is open on select dates between October 2nd and November 1st in 2026.

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 Halloween weekend, 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 or visit VancouverHalloweenEvents.ca.

For more ideas on things to do in the fall in the Lower Mainland at other times, check out the following: