125 Halloween Events (for Grown-ups) around Boston

By: Jim Martinho - Thursday, Oct 22, 2015 - 1:38am

Kids get one night to party on Halloween — you get all week. (Image source.)

Great news! Halloween falls on a Saturday this year. Even better news? We’re still partying for the whole week. Dress up in a different costume every night (or wear the same one over and over, nobody cares) to as many costume parties, band tribute shows, and horror movie marathons as you can handle.

Bars + Clubs

Not a costume: The Boston Yeti stocks up for winter at Somerville’s Aeronaut Brewing Co.

10.25 Aeronaut Brewing Co. Pumpkins and Pints
10.27 dBar Spooky Tunes Tuesday
10.29 Haunted Castle Bash at Stage Nightclub
10.29 Halloween Costume Party at GEM
10.29 Nervo Halloween at Royale
10.29 to 10.31 Halloween Pub Crawl in Faneuil Hall
10.29 Equinox Angels and Devils Halloween Party
10.30 Halloween Eve at the W Hotel
10.30 Monster Halloween Costume Party at Naga
10.30 Dracula’s Crypt at Stage
10.30 Devil’s Carnival at Whiskey Saigon
10.30 Halloween on the Harbor in the Seaport
10.30 Nightmare on Broad Street at Warehouse
10.31 Cambridge Brewing Co. Great Pumpkin Festival
10.31 Haunted W Hotel Costume Party
10.31 Halloween 2015 at Aeronaut
10.31 Southie Gets Spooky at Coppersmith
10.31 Halloween Bash at the Brahmin
10.31 Dyke Night Raven Costume Ball at Bella Luna
10.31 Halloween Glow Party at Highball Lounge
10.31 Ghoulelujah at ZuZu
10.31 Bloodfeast Halloween 2015 at Machine
10.31 Halloween Bash at Short Path Distillery
10.31 Night Shift Brewing Halloween
10.31 Goosebumps 2.0 at Good Life
10.31 Green Briar Halloween Bash
10.31 Fear at the Revere Hotel
10.31 Bastille Kitchen Masquerade Ball
10.31 6B Lounge Thriller ‘80s Halloween Party
10.31 RadioBDC Halloween Ball at the Hall
10.31 Spooky Danse Party at Middlesex
10.31 Halloween Party at the Living Room
10.31 Howl at the Moon Howl-o-ween
10.31 Thriller at Wonder Bar
10.31 Black Cat Ball at Towne
10.31 Haunted Manor Halloween at Royale
10.31 Ned Devine’s Halloween Party
10.31 Walking Dead Halloween Party at Stage
10.31 Mija Cantina & Tequila Bar Halloween
10.31 Naughty or Nice? Bash at Mast’
10.31 Halloween at the Harp
10.31 #BadBlood2015 at Sterlings
10.31 Magic Hat Costume Crawl
10.31 Halloween Party at ester
10.31 Shipyard Pumpkinhead Bash at Park Plaza
10.31 Halloween Bar Crawl in Faneuil Hall
10.31 Slumbrew Beer Garden Halloween Bash
10.31 BYPA Mayhem and Madness Halloween Bash
10.31 SalsaWEEN and BOOchata Dance Party

Live Music + Tribute Shows

Shaq crossdressing for halloween in Boston. That is all.

10.23 The Burren Halloween Extravaganza with Dr. Gasp
10.28 Jukebox the Ghost: HalloQueen at the Sinclair
10.29 to 10.31 Loretta’s Last Call Halloween Hoedown Weekend
10.29 to 10.31 Lansdowne Pub Halloween Blowout Weekend
10.29 Wings, B-52s, Minutemen at the Lilypad
10.30 Vanyaland Halloween: Music of Trainspotting, Garbage, CHVRCHES
10.30 + 10.31 Pink Talking Phish: Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, and Phish at the Middle East
10.30 Gunpowder Gelatine (All-female Queen Tribute) at the Bella Luna
10.30 Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror with the Boston Pops
10.30 Scared for Good Halloween Organ Concert
10.31 Trick or Treat Yo Self at Firebrand Saints: Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, The Velvet Underground
10.31 Atwood’s Sesame Street Halloween with Vapors of Morphine
10.31 O’Brien’s Halloween Cover Show: Hole, The Smiths, PJ Harvey, The Pretenders
10.31 The Polyphonic Spree at Johnny D’s
10.31 Halloween Hangover X at Cuisine en Locale
10.31 Lizard Lounge Night of the Lizard with Ryan Fitzsimmons
10.31 LoVeSeXy Prince Tribute at Thunder Road
10.31 Bluegrass: The Band at State Park
10.31 Adios Huevos EP Release at Club Bohemia
10.31 Michael Jackson’s Thriller at Club Passim

Costume Party Harbor Cruises

10.30 Sinners & Saints Halloween Cruise
10.31 Haunted Ghost Ship Party Cruise
10.31 Titanic Masquerade Costume Party Cruise

Live Performances + Arts

The Lilypad’s Edgar Allan Poe Party includes a Poe look-a-like contest.

Through 10.28 The Woman in Black: A Ghost Play
Through 10.31 Boston BeauTease Burlesque: The Wrathskellar
Through 10.31 Golden Girls Live Drag Parody Charity Benefit
10.23 to 10.31 Post-Meridian Radio Players: Monster in the Mirror
10.23 HarborArts Shipyard of Shadows
10.24 danger!awesome Leather Mask Workshop
10.25 Fresh Ink Theatre Halloween Party
10.27 Dark Arts at the Armory
10.28 to 10.31 Boston Circus Guild: Cirque of the Dead
10.28 Dead Sexy Burlesque at the Beehive
10.29 The Paint Bar Halloween Craft and Costume Party
10.29 Paint Nite Blacklight Halloween Party
10.30 Edgar Allan Poe Party at the Lilypad
10.30 Bridge Rep Spooky Brews Trivia Hosted by Edgar Allan Poe
10.30 Mischief Night Party at LaughBoston
10.30 SambaViva Halloween Spectacular
10.31 For All Souls: Music, Art, Dance and Spoken Word

Scary Movies + Marathons

Never watch The Shining by yourself.

10.23 + 10.24 Tales of Halloween Anthology at the Brattle
10.23 + 10.24 The Coolidge After Midnite: Halloween III
10.24 Nosferatu Free Screening at Mudflat Studios
10.26 The Coolidge Big Screen Classics: Bride of Frankenstein
10.29 SCATV Classic Halloween Movie Night
10.30 The Coolidge After Midnite: Rosemary’s Baby
10.31 The Coolidge 15th Annual Halloween Horror Movie Marathon
10.31 Somerville Theatre Halloween Horror Marathon

Puppies in Costumes

Dog in a box. (Image source.)

10.24 Faneuil Hall Halloween Pet Parade
10.25 Canine Promenade on the Esplanade
10.25 Dog Costume Contest at Assembly Row
10.30 Doggone Halloween Costume Parade in Downtown Crossing
10.31 Seaport Hotel Howl-o-ween Costume Party

Festivals, Outdoor Events + More

Photo via @stevegarfield.

10.23 + 10.30 Frightful Fridays at Gore Place
10.24 Zombie March X
10.24 Zoo Howl at Franklin Park Zoo
10.24 Black Cat Culinary: Six Feet Under
10.25 Assembly Row FallFEST
10.25 South End Open Market @ SoWa: It Came from the South End!
10.25 Boston Public Market Pumpkin Patch
10.29 A Night in the Crypts of the Old North Church with ONEin3
10.29 Yoga & Cocktails at Bully Boy Distillers: Halloween Edition
10.30 Peabody Museum Day of the Dead Celebration
10.30 Fright Factor at the MIT Museum
10.30 Tour of the Crypt at King’s Chapel
10.31 Taza Chocolate Day of the Dead Celebration
10.31 Rave Yoga Halloween at Oberon
10.31 Boston Common Costume Dash 5K
10.31 Run Wild 5K at Franklin Park Zoo
10.31 Halloween at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute
10.31 Truck-r-Treat Food Truck Festival at City Hall Plaza
10.31 Kush Groove Halloween Costume Party
10.31 Beacon Hill with a Boo
Through 12.31 Trapped in a Room with a Zombie
Haunted Houses Around Boston

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