Home Special Events Vancouver Adult Halloween Activities and Events

Vancouver Adult Halloween Activities and Events

September 28, 2022

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

This article contains information about the following topics:

Walking Tours | Haunted Houses | Nightclub Parties | Other Events

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.

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.

In addition to the above tours with Forbidden 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 4th and 27th in 2024. There are also special youth edition tours on the Thursdays of October 17th and 24th. The adult tours are quite scary, hugely popular and sell out well in advance.

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, Dreadworks Haunted House and 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.

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

FlyOver Canada 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 nearly every day of the month in October. Canyon Frights is also a family-friendly attraction, as well as a great romantic date destination.

A few of the above are suitable for older children, but most 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.

Halloween Adventure Games

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.

The games take place daily. For Halloween there is one where you get to solve a crime and another where you get to go on a secret mission. To learn more see the Vancouver Mysteries website.

Nightclub Halloween Parties & 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 is at least one and sometimes more Halloween Boat Party events each Halloween. In 2024 there is the Halloween Havoc Boat Party on November 1st with Vancouver Boat Parties. This dance party cruise departs from downtown Vancouver at 8:00 pm and returns at midnight.

Halloween Pub and Nightclub Events

Below is a list of some of the options for last year. Dates and other details for 2024 are TBD as of August.

Undead Disco – the 8th annual Halloween-themed dance party at The Fox Cabaret nightclub. There were two floors of fun, a selfie station and a costume contest. The event began at 10:30 pm and tickets started at about $20. (Friday, October 27th, 2023.)
The Dark Eighties Halloween Party – a costume dance party with dark ’80s music took place at The Wise Hall in Vancouver. Tickets started at $10 each and the party ran from 8:00 pm until 1:00 am. (Friday, October 27th, 2023.)
Brazilian Halloween Party – a fun event at The Pint Public House in Vancouver that featured samba music with two DJs, plus Brazilian food and a costume contest. The event ran from 9:00 pm to 3:00 am and tickets started at about $15 each. (Saturday, October 28th, 2023.)
Sunwave Halloween – A Haunting at Heritage Hall II was a techno party at the Vancouver Heritage Hall. The rave kicked off at 6:00 pm and continued until midnight. Tickets started at about $20 per person. (Saturday, October 28th, 2023.)
Coffin Club Halloween – socializing and dancing at The Red Room in Vancouver from 9:00 pm until 2:00 am the next day. There was alternative, ’80s and post-punk music. Tickets cost as low as $21 each. (Sunday, October 29th, 2023.)

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 $5 are encouraged. This year, the parade is on Friday, November 1st.
Vancouver Horror Show – the horror movie film festival took place in 2023 from October 13th to 15th at the Scotiabank Theatre in Vancouver. It also happened the following weekend, from October 20th to 22nd, at Metrotown in Burnaby.
Silent Movie Monday – Vancouver Civic Theatres hosts the film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari at the Orpheum Theatre on October 28th, 2024. The 1920 black and white film is one of the most famous German films of its era.
The Woman in Black – a scary production showing at the Metro Theatre in South Vancouver on select dates between October 12th and November 2nd.
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. For a list of family-friendly and only-moderately-spooky fun check out Vancouver Children’s Halloween Activities.

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