However you choose to spend your Halloween night out, know that you are already in the esteemed company of those that celebrate the holiday accordingly. You don’t eat turkey the weekend before thanksgiving, do you? This list is for October 31 ONLY, a menagerie of spooktacular parties, group events and old haunts that can bring you closer to the afterlife.
Dance all night under strobe lights and pulsating music, roam the streets with strangers in search of your next drink [and maybe human brains], solve a murder mystery during your 3-course meal or get fancy and dance the charleston to live big band music alongside gilded age revelers. Choose your own adventure and make memories that start with “Remember that Halloween we were dressed up as a ..”
If you’re drinking libations to inspire your Thriller-dance moves or warding off evil spirits, don’t drive and instead jump in a rideshare. Please plan accordingly and get home safe.
Dallasites ‘Chills & Thrills’ Halloween Night
Echo Lounge & Music Hall (Design District)
1323 N Stemmons Fwy, Dallas, TX 75207
Dallasites101 is back again with their third annual Halloween party, for those that want to celebrate on actual Halloween. Come early for easier check-in and to enjoy the myriad of activities, instagram-worthy photo ops and a mummy wrap contest.
Be sure your costume can compete with this crowd. Previous parties have featured an ‘Alice’ inspired tuxedo-clad bunny rabbit, the great Beetlejuice and a flawless Elvira in a high-slit black dress and stilettos.
Live DJ spinning all your favorite spooky music in a room with great ambiance at Echo Lounge & Music Hall in the Design District.
Buy Tickets: $24.95 all-in fee ticket + 1 drink. $18.58 early bird price until sold out
Costume: Yes
Fancy: No
Dancing: Yes
‘The Church’ Annual Halloween Party
It’ll Do Club
4322 Elm St., Dallas, TX 75226
The Church, an industrial social group in Dallas, is once again hosting their annual Halloween party at It’ll Do in Deep Ellum. Make sure you’re in costume, you want to impress bcause you’ll be joining the best-dressed goths in Dallas.
A pulsating dancefloor will scare away ghosts until 2am, while DJ Virus spins spooky classics. High-energy crowds always follow, come find your tribe of goblins.
Buy Tickets: $19.52 all-in fee ticket GA. Bottle service booth tickets sold out
Costume: Yes
Fancy: No
Dancing: Yes
Babou’s Halloween Party
Hotel Swexan (Downtown Dallas)
2575 McKinnon St, Dallas, TX 75201
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Step into the glamor and mystery of a Great Gatsby-themed soiree at Babou's Halloween Party at the Hotel Swexan, for the old souls and the young at heart. Premium open bar from 9pm to the witching hour of midnight. Dance the night away in 1920s-inspired elegance, and pretend again the party never really has to end.
Buy Tickets: $205 all-in fee ticket, incl. gratuity. Table bottle service minimum $2500
Costume: Yes
Fancy: Yes
Dancing: Yes
Dallas Lingo Halloween
Playhouse (Uptown Dallas)
2923 Fairmount St, Dallas, TX 75201
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Lingo Events throws their popular Halloween bash with DJ Camilo Espinosa having you bump to the beat all night. Come in costume and take pictures on the dance floor of the Playhouse, an uptown private social club formerly occupied by Citizen.
Buy Tickets: $28.52 all-in fee ticket
Costume: No
Fancy: No
Dancing: Yes
Pegasus Peepshow
Four Day Weekend (Lower Greenville)
5601 Sears St, Dallas, TX 75206
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Will your Halloween night feature world-class burlesque performed in life-sized martini glasses or stunning feats with fire? It will if you’re at Pegasus Peepshow, hosted by the renowned Delilah Dubois. She’s joined by Isabelle Marie, Bela Von Gosi, and Minxie Mimieux. [Adherents will know that Mimieux was responsible for bringing back the iconic Carousel Club, once owned by Jack Ruby]
Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm.
Buy Tickets: $28.52 all-in fee ticket. $92 front row VIP. $172 VIP Sofa-For-Two
Costume: No
Fancy: No
Dancing: No
The Statler Hotel Halloween Party
The Statler (Downtown Dallas)
1914 Commerce St, Dallas, TX 75201
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Dance under the glow of the downtown Dallas skyline and your photos will have the best backdrops, plus you’ll show off the 19th floor view. The Statler is partying hard this year and going late until 2am, howl at the moon while you sip their expertly made themed cocktails or take shots with new friends.
Point at the old buildings and tell ghost stories of the men and women who lived there. Or maybe the ghosts that some say still occupy the very building you’re in–first built as a Hilton in the 1950s. Parking will be hellish and you may be tipsy, plan rideshares appropriately.
Buy Tickets: $25.09 all-in fee ticket, $42.42 skip the line ticket. $233 VIP Cabana with $750 min.
Costume: No
Fancy: No
Dancing: Yes
Improvised Slasher Movie
Dallas Comedy Club (Deep Ellum)
3036 Elm St, Dallas, TX 75226
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Have you ever wanted to direct your own slasher flick? Well now you can! Well, sorta, if you consider the shouts you’ll join in when asked for audience suggestions worthy of a producer credit.
This immersive audience experience will result in a completely improvised bloody direct-to-DVD horror movie. Hold on close to your date, you’re at the Dallas Comedy Club but this won’t be for the faint of heart. Come early to grab drinks from the cash bar to steel your nerves. And remember the rules, never separate from your co-stars. 9pm start time.
Buy Tickets: $19.32 all-in fee ticket
Costume: No
Fancy: No
Dancing: No
Lower Greenville Halloween Pub Crawl
Dubliner and various bars (Lower Greenville)
2818 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75206
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You’re guaranteed costumed crowds in lower Greenville on Halloween night, so join the crawl that includes all your favorite bars. Check in at Dubliner from 6pm - 11pm. Also included with no cover will be: Christies, Hide Bar, High Fives, Swizzle, The Whippersnapper, Stan’s Blue Note and Meyboom Brasserie. Too many specials to name, all running from 6pm - 2am.
Added benefit will be late-night food options like GAPCO, Velvet Taco and Voodoo Donuts. Or a quick rideshare to Cosmo’s to soak up your libations with vietnamese food served past midnight.
Buy Tickets: $26.58 all-in fee ticket. $77 all-in fee 4-pack
Costume: Yes
Fancy: No
Dancing: Yes
Midnight at the Masquerade
Southfork Ranch (Parker)
3700 Hogge Dr, Parker, TX 75002
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Dress to impress as one of the spooky participants in this glamorous interactive whodunit, a murder mystery at the iconic Ewing Mansion. [fans of the classic tv show will appreciate the tie-in to the “Masquerade” episode”]
Mingle with strangers then sit at long 10-person tables for your elegant 3-course dinner. Was that stranger you just met really a third-generation rancher from Fort Worth? Or was he hiding the real small town he grew up in? Piece together the clues you find in real-time and solve this crime before the killer evades justice.
Buy Tckets: $135.31 all-in fee ticket, 3-course dinner incl.
Costume: Yes
Fancy: Yes
Dancing: No
Costumes and Cocktails Halloween Party
Lofty Spaces (The Cedars)
816 Montgomery St, Dallas, TX 75215
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You must be 25+ and wearing a costume to enter, then let the open bar fuel your dance movies all night at a 6000 sf industrial loft space that will ensure the Halloween vibes are just right. Photo booth, games and local vendors will all be on hand to ensure a fun fun night in groups.
You’ll love the R&B, hip hop and afro beats DJ Traened is spinning. Meet a stranger and sit down for a couples reading from Michelle the Astrologer, she may help predict where the night takes you. Doors at 8pm, open bar until 12am.
Buy Tickets: $55.20 all-in fee ticket incl. open bar. $130 reserved table, open bar and four tickets, plus complimentary bottle of champagne
Costume: Yes
Fancy: No
Dancing: Yes
Deep Ellum Halloween Bar Crawl
Trinity Cider and various Bars (Deep Ellum)
2656 Main St #120, Dallas, TX 75226
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Join the hordes in costume invading Deep Ellum, where you won’t quite know if the zombies roaming the streets portend the apocalypse or just the artsiest crowd in town. Check in at Trinity Cider from 5pm - 9pm for a detailed custom digital bar crawl map.
This year’s lineup: Electric Shuffle, Nines, Rodeo, Off the Cuff, Cheapsteaks, Serious Pizza, Dot’s Hop House, Revolver Taco Lounge. Too many specials to name.
Buy Tickets: $31.91 all-in fee ticket until sold out, $43.28 thereafter
Costume: No
Fancy: No
Dancing: No
Enchanted Masquerade Halloween Party
On The Marquee (Star Center)
6560 John Hickman Pkwy Ste 100, Frisco, TX 75034
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Show up to this Frisco Halloween party in a frightful costume and plan for a fun night dancing to DJ spun tunes. Snacks and treats included, ghouls are invited to order drinks from the cash bar. Once you work up the courage, sit down for a reading with a fortune teller and peer into your future.
Costume contest includes prizes for most creative and best couple/duo. 21+. 8pm-12am.
Buy Tickets: $25.63 all-in fee ticket, food/drink available for purchase. $102 VIP ticket includes 5 cocktails and entree
Costume: Yes
Fancy: No
Dancing: Yes
“Inside Out 2” - Movies on The Lawn
AT&T Discovery Center (Downtown Dallas)
308 S Akard St, Dallas, TX 75202
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Head to this outdoor movie on the lawn of the AT&T Discovery Center and end an exhausting month’s worth of activities with the fantastic “Inside Out 2”. This free screening starts at 7:15pm, arrive early for prime seats.
Great eats available at the Exchange Food Hall include Easy Slider and Chilango’s. Plus grab cocktails or beer & wine at The Exchange Bar. Don’t forget to treat yourself to a scrumptious scratchmade Halloween confection from The Flour Shop.
Bring blankets and other appropriate snacks/distractions that will make an emergency exit less likely. Parking at 1212 Jackson St garage is complimentary if validated with purchase from the food hall or Cowboy Chow.
Tickets: FREE for all ages
Costume: No
Fancy: No
Dancing: No
Lights & Frights! A Halloween Diwali Fusion Singles Party
Elegance Ballroom (Plano)
8740 Ohio Dr A1, Plano, TX 75024
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Plan a one-of-a-kind experience in Plano and head to this Halloween night singles party in a spooky costume or in elegant Diwani flair. Yes, you read that right, singles only. The organizers kindly ask that those partnered or married attend a future event, this one is strictly for those goblins looking for a soulmate.
Light bites and entrees available for purchase, along with beer and soda. Grab drinks with a stranger from their Bollywood inspired cocktail menu and giggle at past costume pictures. Is that a spark you feel or just a haunted spirit working the room?
21+. Doors open at 8pm and last call at 2am, plan a rideshare accordingly if you’ll be celebrating late with libations.
Buy Tickets: $25.63 all-in fee ticket, food/drink available for purchase. $102 VIP ticket includes 5 cocktails and entree
Costume: Yes
Fancy: Yes
Dancing: Yes
Bottled Blonde Good Latimer Bar Crawl
Bottled Blonde plus others (Deep Ellum)
505 N Good Latimer Expy, Dallas, TX 75204
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Make the rounds at five different bars this Halloween, quite literally make the rounds. Complimentary shots await you at each of five included venues, though everyone will start their night at Bottled Blonde [must check in from 4-7pm]. Free cover and drink specials from Backyard, Electric Shuffle, Trinity Cider.
After party at Truth & Alibi, though the music stops at 11:30pm. Plan for another spot if you were imagining ending your night late.
Buy Tickets: $30.87 all-in fee ticket
Costume: No
Fancy: No
Dancing: Yes
6th Annual Trick or Treat Downtown
Main Street Garden Park (Downtown Dallas)
1902 Main St, Dallas, TX 75201
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Bring your superhero kids to a family friendly trick-or-treat along with spooky decorations and a Halloween-themed photo op. Map provided by Downtown Dallas, Inc. of participating businesses handing out candy to exuberant children, no tricks please.
Dress up in a scary or a silly costume, enjoy the arts and crafts booth and artisan markets. Hours 4pm-7pm. Show up early and grab a complimentary trick-or-treat bucket at check-in.
Tickets: FREE for all ages
Costume: No
Fancy: No
Dancing: No
Live Band ‘Scary-oke’: Third Rail Nightmare on Main Street
Harvest Hall (Grapevine)
815 S Main St, Grapevine, TX 76051
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Forget the free candy and live out your rockstar dreams singing live band karaoke at Nightmare on Main Street, organized by Harvest Hall in Grapevine. Rock out to your high school favorites or pick a spooky tune to leave the audience haunted. You’ll be backed up by professional musicians and a cheering crowd, no matter your skill level.
Tickets: FREE for all ages
Costume: No
Fancy: No
Dancing: No
Alcatraz Dallas Halloween Party
Alcatraz (Downtown Dallas)
3300 Ross Avenue Dallas, TX 75204
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Slink into this downtown speakeasy for a night of fun and thrills with spooktacular strangers. Impress the herd with your sultry costume or a creative group effort with your friends. ostume contest with a chance to win $1000. Perfect for all your procrastinating friends, this party starts late and goes late. Doors at 10pm, ends at 2am.
Buy Tickets: $25.09 all-in fee ticket, $42.42 skip the line ticket. $233 VIP Cabana with $750 min
Costume: Yes
Fancy: No
Dancing: Yes
Treat Street Stockyards Spooktacular Halloween Festival
Fort Worth Stockyards (Downtown Fort Worth)
121 E. Exchange Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76164
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Are the young scarecrows, witches and lions in your life eager to showcase their costumes and score some free candy? Round up your littles and head to the Fort Worth Stockyards for a family friendly Halloween festival featuring a spooky Legends of Texas live show, face painting, and hayrides.
Trick-or-treating throughout Mule Alley at participating shops for kids 12 & under in costume. 5-7PM
Get Tickets: Free
Costume: No
Fancy: No
Dancing: No
Ghost Dance Band Live at Rusty Nickel
Rusty Nickel IceHouse (Downtown Fort Worth)
2836 Stanley Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76110
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If you don’t want to pay for a nearby bar crawl and plan to haunt just one dance floor all night, arrive in your best group costume and jam out to a free Halloween show from Ghost Dance Band. Join the costumed denizens who already know Rusty Nickel is always home to a good time with a great dance floor and stiff drinks. Specials all night include $5 Modelos and $5 Ketel One.
Event: Free
Costume: No
Fancy: No
Dancing: Yes
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Stage West Theater (Bricktown Fort Worth)
821 W Vickery Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76104
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Everyone knows “Rocky Horror Picture Show” is the best drag movie ever made, so why not experience the cult classic again on Halloween night? The Reel House Cinema is already Fort Worth’s go-to theater for art house flicks or indie releases and this promises to be a thrilling night featuring audience participation. Ticket price also includes a spectacular performance by Salem Moon.
The creative crowd will surely be decked out in inspired looks, best to include a few makeup tutorial tiktoks in your plans if you want to compete with the person in the seat next to you. Costumes or character lookalikes encouraged, but please no props allowed inside. Doors at 6:30pm, show at 7:00pm.
Buy Tickets: $15.38 all-in ticket
Costume: Yes
Fancy: No
Dancing: No
With so many thrills and chills to choose from, Halloween night in Dallas promises something for everyone, whether you're drawn to elaborate themed parties, immersive mysteries, or the classic chaos of a bar crawl. So, dust off your best costume, make a plan, and get ready to roam the night with fellow revelers. Remember, the spirit of Halloween is about embracing the unexpected, enjoying the wild mix of eerie and fun, and creating memories that’ll make you smile long after October fades. Above all, stay safe and savor the spooky—happy haunting! 🎃
