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Vancouver Adult Halloween Activities and Events

October 16, 2025

Halloween activities for adults in Metro Vancouver include nightclub events, haunted houses, costume parties and other fun yet spooky stuff.

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Halloween for Adults in Metro Vancouver

Below is a list of fun Halloween things to do for adults. Activities include walking tours and haunted houses, plus other fun events. Fun activities for adults that take place include Halloween Boat Parties. There are also lots of amazing haunted houses in the Lower Mainland as well as a number of nightclub-themed events.

Another place to look for things to do is our article about Vancouver on the Halloween Weekend.

Spooky Adult Walking Tours

Walking tours aren’t only for tourists. They are also a fun way for adults to have fun, especially at Halloween. There are spooky tours in both Gastown and Stanley Park with Forbidden Vancouver. There are also Grave Tales walking tours in Fort Langley as well as The Haunting of Vancouver Film Tour.

Lost Souls of Gastown Tour (with Forbidden Vancouver)

Forbidden Vancouver Walking Tours is a local family-owned company that offers a selection of guided walking tours throughout the year, including fabulously spooky ones in October. Small groups are guided through the streets and back alleys of downtown Vancouver, or along the Seawall and forested trails of Stanley Park, all depending on which tour you select.

Forbidden Vancouver’s Lost Souls of Gastown tour makes for an exceptional Halloween-themed activity. It’s one of the most popular tours in the city and highly recommended. With it, a professional actor in period costume leads the group through the streets of Gastown, describing the neighbourhood as if the tour took place in the 1880s.

Other exceptional yet non-scary tours with this same company include the Forbidden Vancouver Tour, Dark Secrets of Stanley Park, Sinners & Sweets Tour and Really Gay History Tour, all of which also happen in October. This month is the last opportunity to experience the Dark Secrets of Stanley Park tour before it’s retired after Halloween!

See the forbiddenvancouver.ca website for tickets and to learn more.

The Haunting of Vancouver Film Tour

The Haunting of Vancouver Film Tour is presented by Storyboard Experiences as part of its Vancouver Film & TV Tours series. All of this company’s various walking tours look at the history of Vancouver, but with a focus on movies that have been filmed in the city. With The Haunting of Vancouver Film Tour, the guide leads guests around neighbourhoods, and shows them where various Hollywood North horror movies have been filmed. It’s a popular tour for fans of ghost stories, architecture, history and scary films.

Visit the storyboardexperiences.ca website for tickets and to learn more about this company and its tours.

Grave Tales in Fort Langley

In addition to the above walking tours in Vancouver, there is also an exceptional walking tour in Fort Langley. Hosted by the Fort Langley National Historic Site, the Grave Tales tours happen on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays between October 16th and 30th in 2026. The adult tours are quite scary, hugely popular and sell out well in advance each year. There are youth edition tours too.

See the parks.canada.ca website for more information about Grave Tales.

Haunted Houses at Halloween

There are dozens of great haunted houses in the region. Places that offer exceptional haunted experiences include Brinkworth Dungeon in Langley, Cougar Creek’s House of Horrors in Surrey, the Haunted Corn Maze at Maan Farms in Abbotsford, and Reaper’s Maze of Terror in Chilliwack. There is also Dovercrypt Court in North Vancouver.

In Vancouver there is Fright Nights at Playland, which features amusement rides, haunted houses, midway games and other entertainment.

Flyover at Canada Place isn’t a haunted house, but it’s a fun place to visit in its own right. The attraction offers an awesome family-friendly experience at Halloween. The HowlOver Canada film shows from mid-October until Halloween weekend. Canyon Frights takes place at Capilano Suspension Bridge from early October until Halloween. It’s also a family-friendly attraction, as well as a great romantic date destination. (An annual pass at the bridge attraction is the same price as a single day ticket for BC residents.)

A few of the above are suitable for older children, and a couple are good for little kids too. Most, however, are best for older teens and young adults.

Click Lower Mainland Haunted Houses to learn about the above and other spooky places in Vancouver and the surrounding region during Halloween month in October. There are lots of them!

City Drop Motherland: Fort Salem

City Drop is a convention for fans of the television series Motherland: Fort Salem. Guests can meet the cast, explore exclusive exhibits, and connect with other fans of the show. The convention runs on October 17th and 18th in 2026 at the Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront in Vancouver. For more details, see our article about City Drop or visit confuzedevents.com.

Halloween Adventure Games

At Halloween there are fun games to play with Vancouver Mysteries. There are also terrifying virtual reality ones to play at Zero Latency game centres.

Detective, Superhero & Other Games with Vancouver Mysteries

Vancouver Mysteries offers games for groups of between two and six friends in downtown Vancouver. The games are like escape room challenges, but ones where everything is outside in the streets and on the sidewalks of the city. There’s also the Case of the Hotel Detective and Suite 1313, both of which take place inside the Delta Hotel Vancouver Downtown Suites.

You can play most of their games pretty much any time of the year. On Thursdays to Saturdays between mid-October and Halloween night, however, the company offers Halloween Mystery Nights. That’s when teams can compete for prizes by playing Secret Mission, Crime in Downtown and Ghost Patrol. The Heroes & Villains game is also popular this time of year.

In addition to the above, there’s also The Castle Confidential on October 22nd and 23rd, 2026. It’s a special event game and cocktail reception at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver.

See the Vancouver Mysteries website to learn more.

Virtual Reality Games & Experiences with Zero Latency

Zero Latency is a VR gaming company. It has locations in Vancouver, at Kingsgate Mall, and in Langley, at Willowbrook Shopping Centre. At both venues you can play a variety of games where you get to battle your choice of enemy combatants, from pirates to zombies, aliens and more.

You can play games at Zero Latency throughout the year. Games involving zombies, however, are especially fun during the Halloween season. Whereas most of the other games involve shooting monsters with guns, and for players ages 12+, Haunted is a virtual reality experience where you walk around in a haunted house. It’s also only recommended for folks ages 16+ who want to get freaked out. You don’t battle anyone with this game. You simply hope to survive!

To learn more about Haunted, battling zombies and other games, see the our article about Zero Latency or visit the zerolatencybc.com website.

Halloween Movies and Music

There are some great films to see during the Halloween season, and a spooky play too.

Vancouver Horror Show – the horror movie film festival usually takes place from October 14th to 18th, 2026, at various venues in Vancouver.

In addition to the above, there is also the family-friendly HowlOver Canada film which runs daily at Flyover in downtown Vancouver.

Nightclub Halloween Parties and Cruises

On the weekend and week leading up to Halloween various adult-only events take place in Metro Vancouver. They include boat parties and nightclub events.

Halloween Boat Parties

There are two Halloween Boat Party events hosted by Vancouver Boat Parties in 2026. The Freaky Friday Halloween Boat Party is on October 30th while the Halloween Havoc Boat Party is on Halloween night. Both of these events are dance party cruises on multi-level boats with DJs and licensed bars. Halloween costumes are encouraged.

Halloween Pub and Nightclub Events

Monster’s Ball at Mansion – this two-night event is held at Mansion Nightclub inside the Paradox Hotel at 1161 West Georgia Street on October 30th and 31st, 2026. Costumes and masquerade masks are encouraged at the parties which run from 9:00 pm to 3:00 am. Admission costs between $35 and $65.
CHAOTICA: Normie Halloween – this event takes place on October 31st, 2026, from 10:00 pm onwards. It’s held at The Skylight Warehouse at 1800 Main Street. There are multiple DJs, drag performers and plenty of dancing. Tickets cost around $25
PLUR Halloween – the longest running night club in Vancouver hosts its annual Halloween celebration on October 25th, 2026, with costume contests, two bars, DJs and exotic entertainment. Admission starts at about $35 per person and the event opens at 9:00 pm.
Sunwave Halloween: Night at the Museum of Vancouver – unlike most of the other events on this list, this party isn’t happening downtown. Instead it’s at the Museum of Vancouver at 1100 Chestnut Street. On October 31st, 2026, the museum turns into an electronic dance party with a full bar. Tickets to this unique event cost between $30 for early bird and $50 for general admission.
A Nightmare on Granville Street – Cabana Nightclub hosts a haunted Halloween party on October 31st beginning at 10:00 pm. Expect plenty of music and dancing with tickets costing around $30 each.
Cancun Halloween Party – advertised as the biggest Latin Halloween party in Vancouver, this event is held at the RedRoom Nightclub at 398 Richards Street. It’s a haunting party with dancing, Latin and reggaeton music, and more. Admission costs anywhere from $10 to $40 depending on how early you buy tickets.
The Rocky Horror Music Show – an event at the Hollywood Theatre on October 25th, 2026, starting at 7:00 pm. The soundtrack from the classic movie is performed live, plus the Crypt Keepers play Halloween-themed songs. Tickets cost about $30 if purchased in advance.

Other Halloween Events for Adults

There are a number of other Halloween events that are great for people of all ages, but especially for adults. These include the following:

Parade of Lost Souls – a grassroots Halloween parade event starting at 7:00 pm where the exact location isn’t revealed until midnight on the Friday before Halloween. Donations of $10 are encouraged. In 2026 the parade is on Saturday, October 31st.
North Shore Craft Beer Festival Launch Party – the great annual craft beer festival has its Launch Party event on October 30th, 2026 at the Pipe Shop in North Vancouver. It features a Halloween theme, costumed fun, and the opportunity to sample a wide variety of great drinks.
Click Vancouver Haunted Houses for a list of more spooky places in the Lower Mainland.

Halloween Activities for Children

Of course, Halloween isn’t just for adults. Check out Vancouver Children’s Halloween Activities for a list of family-friendly and only-moderately-spooky fun.

Activities you’ll find here include miniature train rides and attractions designed especially for children and young families.