100 Halloween Events (for Grown-Ups) in Boston
By: Jim Martinho - Thursday, Oct 19, 2017 - 1:33am
Halloween’s pretty great as a kid: Your whole objective in life is getting candy, and it’s the one day a year everyone is giving it away for free. But as an adult? It’s an excuse to party extra hard and put on a mask. (I mean, besides the figurative mask you wear every day just go get through life in 2017.) Here’s 100 ways to celebrate Halloween around Boston.
Above photo via reddit Boston.
Bars and Clubs
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10.26 Boston Grown-Ups Museum: Fright Night
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10.27, 10.28 + 10.31 3-Day Halloween Pub Crawl
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10.27 Raven Queer Halloween Bash at The Bella Luna
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10.27 Devil’s Carnival at Whiskey Saigon
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10.27 Haunted Tiki Party at Back Bay Social
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10.27 Cheat Codes Halloween at Royale
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10.27 Binary x Rabbit Revolution Halloween at Wonder Bar
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10.27 A Stranger Evening ’80s Halloween Party
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10.27 Dancelujah Halloween Bash at the Middle East
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10.28 Haunted Mansion at the Greatest Bar
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10.28 Carrie Halloween Party at the Liberty Hotel
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10.28 American Horror at Yotel
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10.28 Zombie Apocalypse at Cask ‘n Flagon
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10.31 Rumble at the Rat at Eastern Standard
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10.31 Halloween Party at Howl at the Moon
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10.31 Hobo Halloween at Lord Hobo
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10.31 The Druid’s Halloween Costume Contest
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10.31 Halloween House of Horrors at Bijou
Music
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10.26 to 10.28 Halloween Weekend Blowout at the Lansdowne Pub
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10.26 to 10.28 Loretta’s Halloween Hoedown Weekend
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10.27 Air Traffic Controller Halloween Dance Party at ONCE
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10.27 Halloween Hangover XIII at the Middle East
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10.27 Halloween Hangover XIII at Sally O’Brien’s
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10.27 All Souls Ball 2 at the Lilypad Inman
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10.28 Ghoulelujah at ZuZu
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10.28 Murder Ballads at the Love Shack on Mars at ONCE
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10.28 Growing Up Spooky at O’Brien’s
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10.28 Break the Chains Queer Dance Party at Make Shift Boston
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10.28 Misfit Love, Moxa + More at PA’s Lounge
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10.28 Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Babashook Spooky Ball at Great Scott
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10.30 + 10.31 The Boston Pops: The Nightmare Before Christmas
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10.30 Rad Castle Halloween Freakout with Electric Street Queens
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10.30 Goblin with Morricone Youth at the Sinclair
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10.30 Brook Pridemore, Billy Bragg, Ted Leo, Alanis Morissette at Charlie’s Kitchen
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10.31 Speedy Ortiz at the Sinclair
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10.31 Vapors of Morphine at Atwood’s
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10.31 Noble Dust: A Twin Peaks Halloween at the Lizard Lounge
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10.31 Sym-o-ween at Sally O’Brien’s
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10.31 Zillaween at Thunder Road
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10.31 Overdrive: A Retrowave Electropop Dance Party at ZuZu
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10.31 The Lily Black Halloween Party at the Middle East
Scary Movies + Marathons
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10.25 ‘The Haunting’ at the Somerville Theatre
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10.27 Winona Ryder Double Feature at the ICA
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10.27 to 11.2 The Cinematic Origins of ‘Stranger Things’ at the Brattle
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10.27 ‘Frankenstein’ + ‘Bride of Frankenstein’ at the Somerville Theatre
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10.28 Halloween Horror Marathon at the Coolidge Corner Theatre
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10.31 ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ at the Somerville Theatre
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10.31 ‘Pet Sematary’ at the Coolidge Corner Theatre
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10.31 ‘Halloween Pussy Trap! Kill! Kill!’ at the Regent Theatre
Performing Arts
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10.19 to 10.31 GoreFest XV at ImprovBoston
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10.20 to 10.31 Boston Circus Guild: ‘Cirque of the Dead’
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10.20 to 10.31 WholeTone Opera: ‘The Werewolf’
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10.20 to 10.28 Tomes of Terror: ‘Lenore’
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10.22 Boston League of Women Wrestlers BLOWWloween
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10.25, 10.26 + 10.31 Laughing in the Dark Halloween Standup Showcase
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10.28 ComedySportz Halloween Mash-up Show
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10.28 House of Freakz at the Inner Sanctum
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10.28 The Boston BeauTease: Pantie’s Inferno
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10.28 Comedycazi: ZombedyCazi
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10.29 + 10.30 Strangest Things: A Murder Mystery Dinner Party
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10.29 Odds Bodkin Storytelling: Heartpounders
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10.29 Dragapalooza Paint Party and Costume Contest
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10.29 Drag Me to Brunch Halloween Special
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10.29 SalsaWeen Boochata Halloween Spectacular
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10.31 Bridge Repertory Theater: The Marvelous Party
Arts + Flea Markets
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10.28 Go to the Light: Black Light Party at the Distillery Gallery
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10.28 SoWa Spooktacular
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10.28 Brookline Arts Center Halloween Party
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10.29 Central Scare at the Central Flea
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10.29 Boston Hassle Black Market
Breweries
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10.27 Pre-Halloween Bash at Aeronaut Brewing Company
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10.27 Arch-enemies Halloween Bash at Bone Up Brewing
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10.28 Howloween at Night Shift Brewing
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10.28 Trick or Beer Bash at Dorchester Brewing
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10.28 Great Pumpkin Fest at Cambridge Brewing Company
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10.28 Lamplighter After Dark: Turn Out the Lights
Puppies Wearing Costumes
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10.22 Canine Promenade on the Esplanade
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10.27 Downtown Crossing Doggone Costume Parade
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10.28 Faneuil Hall Halloween Pet Parade
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10.28 Seaport Howl-o-ween Costume Party
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10.29 BarkHappy Boston Halloween Costume Pawty
Pumpkins
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10.20 Frog Pond Fall Pumpkin Float
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10.28 Lawn on D Pumpkin Palooza
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10.28 to 10.30 Ghoolidge Corner Pumpkin Festival
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10.31 Pumpkin Carving Party at Back Bay Social
Haunted Houses + Tours
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Through 11.4 Haunted Houses Near Boston
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Through 11.5 Salem Ghost Tours
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Through 11.5 Harvard Square Ghost Tours
Candy + Food
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10.28 Taza Chocolate Dia de los Muertos Block Party
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10.28 Grown-Up Trick or Treating: Back Bay Chocolate Tour
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10.30 The Automatic Hell’s Night
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10.31 Truffle Making Workshop with Taza at the Public Market
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10.31 Scary Cheeses at Formaggio
Fitness + Yoga
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10.28 The Boston Costume Dash
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10.28 Halloween Yoga at Dorchester Brewing
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10.29 Costumes for Cancer 5K Run
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10.29 Horror Yoga Flow + Cocktails at Bully Boy
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10.31 Halloween Yoga at Society of Arts + Crafts