125 Halloween Events (for Grown-ups) around Boston

By: Jim Martinho - Thursday, Oct 27, 2016 - 10:10am

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

What’s the difference between Halloween as a kid and Halloween as an adult? There’s alcohol, for one thing. And more creative costumes. But most importantly: Halloween as a kid lasted one day, but now you get at least three or four nights to party. Here’s our ultimate list of everything happening over Halloweekend in Boston.

Bars + Clubs

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

10.27 Daddy Jones Toga Party
10.27 Boston Grown-Ups Museum
10.27 to 10.29 The Lansdowne Pub Halloween Blowout Weekend
10.27 to 10.29 Halloween Hoedown Weekend at Loretta’s Last Call
10.27 The Independent Pumpkin Carving Contest
10.27 BOOkowski Halloween Bash
10.27 Night of the Living Booms at Boomerangs
10.27 College Night Halloween Party at the Middle East
10.28 Spooky Carnival at Night Shift
10.28 The Horror Hotel at Hyatt Regency
10.28 Bootie Boston Halloween Bash at Good Life
10.28 Halloween on the Harbor at the Seaport Hotel
10.28 to 10.31 ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ Halloween at River Bar
10.28 The Independent ‘90s Teen Halloween
10.28 Raven LGBT Halloween Costume Ball
10.28 Blood Moon at Storyville
10.28 Dance Yourself Clean Halloween Edition
10.28 Kush Groove Halloween Party
10.28 BSSC Halloween Party
10.28 Halloween By Shameless at House of Blues
10.28 Scarehouse at Warehouse
10.28 HalloKween at Dillon’s
10.28 Scanners Post-Apocalyptic Techno Costume Party
10.28 Dancelujah Halloween Bash at the Middle East
10.28 Baseball Tavern Tower of Terror
10.28 + 10.29 Devil’s Carnival at Whiskey Saigon
10.29 Halloween Ghost Ship Party Cruise
10.29 Haunted Boston Halloween at the Intercontinental
10.29 Ghoulelujah at ZuZu
10.29 Trick or Treat Block Party at Night Shift
10.29 Black Cat Ball at Towne
10.29 True Blood Halloween at the W Hotel
10.29 Halloween Murder Mystery at Brass Union
10.29 American Horror Story-ville
10.29 Halloween Freak Show at Royale
10.29 Back Bay Social Club Haunted Tiki Party
10.29 The Great House of Frankenstein at Castle Hill
10.29 Faneuil Hall Costume Crawl
10.29 HallowScream Costume Bash at Doyle’s
10.29 The Haunted Church at Villa Victoria
10.29 Titanic Masquerade on Spirit of Boston
10.29 Field of Screams at Game On
10.29 Dia de los Muertos at Masa
10.29 Break the Chains Queer Dance Party Halloween
10.29 Walk the Plank Halloween Costume Fashion Show
10.29 Some Like It Hott at the Lilypad
10.30 Silent Halloween Skate Party
10.30 Hojokoween at Hojoko
10.30 Dia de los Muertos at Naco Taco
10.31 Shipwrecked Halloween Costume Cruise
10.31 Halloween at Harpoon
10.31 Night of the Living / Day of the Dead at Lord Hobo
10.31 LuLu’s Allston Monster Mash
10.31 Old School Party at the Milky Way
10.31 Brick & Mortar Halloween
10.31 The Druid Costume Party
10.31 Ceremony 20 Halloween Night at Wonder Bar

Live Music + Tribute Shows

Shaq crossdressing for halloween in Boston. That is all.

10.27 Queeraoke Halloween Bash
10.27 Groupmuse Halloween Concert
10.28 Ladyfest Boston Benefit Concert at O’Brien’s
10.28 Summer Villains Halloween Show
10.29 to 10.31 ONCE Ballroom of Horror
10.29 OldJack’s Halloween Bash at the Lizard Lounge
10.29 Heartbreak Disco Sideshow Halloween Party
10.29 Growing Up Spooky at Plough and Stars
10.29 Too Punk for Halloween Cover Show at Out of the Blue Too
10.29 Weird Folktoberfest at Aeronaut
10.29 Halloween Hangover XI at Sally O’Brien’s
10.29 Girls Rock Campaign Halloween Cover Band Fundraiser
10.29 Psychic Dog Halloween Party at Club Bohemia
10.29 As the Sparrow Spooktacular at Bull McCabe’s
10.30 Highland Kitchen Halloween Eve Scaryoke
10.31 Aeronaut Live Band Karaoke Costume Throwdown
10.31 Rad Castle Halloween Freak-Out
10.31 Wizards & Warriors Halloween with The Silks at Atwood’s
10.31 Trick or Treat Yo Self at Charlie’s Kitchen
10.31 La Brasa Live Halloween
10.31 Skunk Jesus and The Van Burens Halloween Dance Party at the Lizard Lounge
10.31 HEROES Halloween at the Middle East Upstairs
10.31 Passim Lamplighter Sessions: Tom Waits’s ‘Rain Dogs’

Live Performances + Arts

10.27 to 10.30 RISE of the Jack O’Lanterns
10.27 to 10.29 Boston Circus Guild: ‘Cirque of the Dead’
10.27 to 11.5 ‘Twelfth Night of the Living Dead’
10.27 Dead Sexy Burlesque at the Beehive
10.27 to 10.30 Boston BeauTease: ‘The Wrathskellar Tales’
10.27 to 11.6 Gorefest XIV at ImprovBoston
10.27 to 10.29 Post-Meridian Radio Players: Tomes of Terror
10.28 to 10.30 Nasty Nightmares Before Christmas at Laugh Boston
10.28 The Dance Complex Haunted Ball
10.28 ComedySportz Halloween Spectacular
10.29 Black Mass III at Eridanos Gallery
10.29 Haunted Art House at Inner Sanctum
10.29 ‘For All Souls’ at Cambridge Community Television
10.29 Boomstick! Gore-Burlesque + Army of Darkness
10.30 Online Dating Meets Vampires at the Rockwell
10.31 Comedy from the Crypt at ImprovBoston
10.31 Halloween Mystery Theater at the Rockwell

Scary Movies + Marathons

Never watch The Shining by yourself.

10.27 ‘Troll 2’ with Troll 2 The Band at Night Shift
10.28 ‘The Fly’ at the Coolidge
10.29 ‘Pet Sematary’ at the Brattle
10.30 ‘Nosferatu’ with Live Score at the Brattle
10.29 Coolidge Corner Theatre Halloween Horror Marathon
10.31 ‘Bride of Frankenstein’ Free Screening
10.31 Disasterpiece Theatre’s Creature Double Feature
10.31 Halloween Double Feature at the Coolidge

Puppies in Costumes

Dog in a box. (Image source.)

Fitness, Festivals + More

Photo source.

10.28 BU Pumpkin Drop
10.28 Inman Square Inmanween
10.29 Taza Chocolate Day of the Dead Festival
10.29 Cambridge Brewing Co. Great Pumpkin Festival
10.29 + 10.30 Day of the Dead at Peabody Museum
10.29 Costume Dash 5K
10.29 Fit U Halloween Beer Dash
10.29 + 10.30 Franklin Park Zoo Howl
10.29 East Somerville Halloween Block Party
10.29 Day of the Dead at Villa Mexico
10.29 Zumba with Jess Halloween Monster Bash
10.29 Boss Chick Dance Workout Halloween Event
10.29 Dante Festival at the Gardner Museum
10.30 SoWa Spooktacular
10.30 Haunted Off the Wall Graffiti + Block Party
10.30 Dia de Los Muertos Parade
10.30 Halloween Chocolate Workshop
10.30 Assembly Row FallFEST
10.30 Costume Yoga + Pilates Fundraiser
10.31 Halloween Bike Ride
10.31 Pokemon Go Halloween Walk
10.31 Spooky Flips and Tricks Aerial Yoga
10.31 Halloween Hip Hop Yoga
10.31 Spook-tacular Flow at Coolidge Corner Yoga
10.31 Halloween Candlelight Flow at Some.Yoga.Studio

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