Quirky Halloween Events In London

• Why we recommend: we love how this event transports you seamlessly back to the 1920s. Plus, there are options for everyone: choose a simple entry ticket for drinks and dancing, upgrade to a three-course set dinner, or splash out on your own private table with Champagne for your friends
• Location: secret location 
• When: 31st October & 1st November
• Price: from £33 per person

Hidden away in a secret South London location (revealed only two days before the event), The Candlelight Club is London's most enchanting pop-up speakeasy - lit entirely by flickering candlelight. This clandestine soirée invites you to slip into your finest 1920s attire (jeans and trainers strictly forbidden) and step into a world where Prohibition agents can't find you.

Live 1920s and 30s swing from Elise Roth and her band the High Spirits leads the main room, flanked by burlesque numbers from Suri Sumatra, host Champagne Charlie, and vintage vinyl sets from the Bees Knees. Between tarot readings from resident seer Lucius, vintage glitter at the Krausz Jewellery pop-up, and optional three-course dining or Champagne table service, it's a moody, high-society haunt running until 1am.

• Why we recommend: we love how the team behind London's biggest festive pop-ups are bringing their signature over-the-top styling to autumn. Plus, there's incredible attention to detail: expect immersive, character-driven bartenders, bespoke sinister glassware like skulls and ravens, and a wildly creative cocktail menu featuring ingredients like matcha, absinthe, and roasted pear
• Location: 9 Russell Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2B 5HZ
• When: 1st October - 1st November
• Price: drinks priced individually (booking recommended)

Taking over the former RedFarm space in Covent Garden, The Haunting on Russell Street is London's newest immersive Halloween pop-up from Experimental Group, the mastermind crew behind the hit Miracle at Henrietta.

Spanning two floors transformed into a sinister, shadow-drenched haunted house, this month-long takeover ditches cheap plastic cobwebs for flickering lights, unsettling soundscapes, and costumed bartenders ready to jump-scare you as they shake. Sip eerie concoctions like the vodka and absinthe-laced Widow's Whisper or the mezcal-fueled Clown Pear-anoia served in spooky bespoke glassware, alongside a menu of thematic bite-sized eats.

• Why we recommend: from inclusive non-alcoholic options to simple online dietary requests, everything is tailored so you can focus entirely on enjoying the party
• Locations: Bloomsbury, Islington, Shoreditch, and Victoria
• When: 31st October
• Price: from £43 per person

If you're looking to kick off Halloween with serious style and playful competition, Flight Club has curated the ultimate daytime destination. Enter a fully dressed haunted house where live DJs set the rhythm for an afternoon of social gaming.

You can sip on devilish welcome cocktails, enjoy endless pizza sourdough, and test your precision at the dartboards before joining the final elimination round. Put on your finest costume, gather your favorite people, and settle into a competitive and fun afternoon. 

• Why we recommend: you'll enjoy 90 minutes of bottomless Prosecco, beer, and pizza, all while being serenaded by live vocal performances of spooky classics and cult hits like The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Grab your ghoul-friends... if you dare
• Location: Soho and Clapham
• When: 31st October
• Price: from £55 per person

On 31st October, from 2pm to 5pm, Archer Street in both Soho and Clapham are transforming into a delightfully eerie stage for its Halloween Immersive Brunch - the perfect fusion of brunching and theatrical thrill. For £59.40 per person, guests can sink their teeth into a bottomless 90-minute feast of prosecco, beer, and piping-hot pizza.

The true enchantment lies beyond the food and drink. Between sips and slices, you'll be treated to live vocal performances of spooky classics and cult favourites - think bone-chilling renditions from The Rocky Horror Picture Show - by a cast of polished West End–trained performers, making the proceedings feel like a mini musical cabaret. And if you're looking for a family event, they're hosting a child-friendly version on 25th October too.

• Why we recommend: nodding to the beloved TV game, this is a haunted hall of deceit, perfect for testing your nerves this Halloween. You'll really feel like you're on the show, and what could be more seasonally appropriate than murder?
• Location: 60 Short's Garden, Covent Garden, WC2H
• When: 27th October - 2nd November 2025
• Price: from £35 per person

Enter a castle of shadows where secrets lurk behind every velvet curtain. At The Traitors Live Experience, you'll be assigned a secret role and challenged to navigate a series of twisted missions, strategic votes, and tense betrayals. Can you sniff out the deceivers… or will you be outwitted in the dark?

Post-game, haunt The Cloak & Dagger for a Berried Alive cocktail, featuring a floating eyeball and blackberry liqueur - the perfect end to a night of suspense, scheming, and Halloween thrills.

• Why we recommend: Sonic's award-winning sleight of hand, mind-reading and theatrical storytelling feel even more spellbinding inside the atmospheric hidden Masonic Temple for Halloween
• Location: 40 Liverpool Street, City of London, EC2M 7QN
• When: 31st October, from 8pm 
• Price: from £52.92

Give spooky season a sophisticated twist at Magic at the Temple, staged inside the spectacular concealed Masonic Temple at Andaz London near Liverpool Street. Tickets range from £52.92 to £79.50, covering a spellbinding 8pm performance from Magic Circle member Sonic and a same-day 10% discount at Rake's Café Bar.

The Halloween special explores witchcraft, occult secrets, Freemasonry and hanging through immersive storytelling, sleight of hand and a gallows illusion.

• Why we recommend: this immersive horror experience is for Halloween-head who prefer tricks to treats come the spooky season
• Location: 123 Grays Inn Road, Clerkenwell, WC1X 8WD
• When: from 17th October
• Price: £38.50

COLAB Theatre's brand new venue The Dentist presents a terrifying storyline that involves a fungal mutation that's taken over an abandoned dental school.

SPORE is a one-of-a-kind interactive mystery where you get to be the decision maker. With help from evidence, sample collections and communications with the organism itself, you'll navigate the multi-room scene and figure out your next move. 

• Why we recommend: it abandons standard haunted house tropes for glamorous dark cabaret and immersive secret-society vibes. Combining passwords, high-calibre live performance, and optional pre-show burlesque masterclasses, it delivers a uniquely theatrical show
• Location: QT at The Middle Eight Hotel, 66 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 5BX
• When: every Saturday
• Price: from £15 per person

Hidden in an exclusive subterranean lair beneath Covent Garden, House of Burlesque... SPEAKEASY is trading its usual glamour for a wickedly seductive twist with its Hallowe'en Spookeasy Special.

Held at QT inside the Middle Eight Hotel, this secrets-and-passwords event invites you to whisper a secret code at the door before descending into a gin-soaked cabaret realm. Led by 'Burlesque Queen' Tempest Rose, the night serves up fan-dancing divas, tassel-twirling temptresses, and high-energy Halloween choreography. You can even pre-order chilled Prosecco directly to your table or arrange a hilarious 'Crown Your Queen' package complete with a crown, confetti shower, and signed cast poster.

• Why we recommend: a truly unique way to spend Halloween, Hexmoor is putting a spooky twist on their beloved immersive experience, where you'll get to enter a cocktail-fuelled world of potions and wizardry
• Location: 127 Hackney Road, Unit 11, London, E2 8GY
• When: throughout the week
• Price: from £48

Step into the mystical world of Hexmoor this Halloween, where you'll be immersed into their wizarding prison story. This is an interactive, theatrical experience, where you'll be locked up in a cell and explore their magical potions as you converse with the characters.

Tickets include three Halloween-themed cocktails or mocktails, as well as a prison jumpsuit that you'll receive on arrival. Plus, there'll be plenty of photo opportunities along the way.

Halloween at Kew is creeping back into the Royal Botanic Gardens, transforming its famous landscape into a glowing world of haunting scenes and spine-tingling twists. Tickets begin at £19.50 for adults, or £16.75 with membership, granting timed access to an illuminated adventure featuring supernatural characters, fiery displays and secrets buried within a mysterious tomb.

Choose an earlier slot for gentler family fun or brave an after-7.30pm arrival when the darkness makes everything deliciously spookier.

• Why we recommend: promising a truly dark take on Halloween entertainment, this life drawing event allows you to get creative while soaking up the heavy metal vibes
• Location: 174 Camden High Street, Camden, NW1 0NE
• When: 27th October 2026
• Price: from £18.70 per person

A monthly event that's hosting a Halloween special this October, Corpse Paint Life Drawing takes place at The World's End in Camden. Here, you'll sketch live models who have been transformed with dramatic corpse paint, gothic styling, and occult-inspired looks.

Expect black metal, vampiristic and ritual influences on their look, making for a unique drawing when you're done. There'll be a soundtrack of heavy music and striking visuals too, perfect for a cool and creative Halloween.

• Why we recommend: Crouch End Cabaret is bringing you all kinds of weird and wonderful performers this year - you'll be spoiled for choice with the comedy, music and burlesque routines
• Location: multiple venues
• When: 10th and 31st October
• Price: £19.25 per person

North London's historic Old Dairy on Crouch Hill, alongside Hornsey Town Hall, is hosting several Halloween events by Crouch End Cabaret this October. Expect to see all kinds of talented performers, all for an affordable price.

The stacked lineup features world-class variety acts, including award-winning Latin belly dancer and burlesque artist Kiki Noir, biting vintage comedian Aletia Upstairs, and slapstick clowning from Enrico Touché. Music legends also join the mix, headlined by special guest Tony Moore (former member of Iron Maiden and Cutting Crew).