💀 Family-Friendly Skele-fun 💀
Zoo Boo
The Upside Down has taken over the zoo this Halloween, so grab your boo crew, costumes, and trick-or-treat bags to make sure you score some hallowed sweets.
Memphis Zoo, select nights through October 31, 6-9:30 p.m., $13-$18
Halloween Campfire Storytelling: Marshmallows and Mayhem
Families will be treated to folktales and fables while roasting marshmallows with local radio personality Mother Wit and Park Ranger Jessica Gossett. All stories will come from the diversity of people who make up the face of America and Tennessee. Marshmallows and roasting sticks will be provided.
T.O. Fuller State Park, Friday, October 28, 6-8 p.m., $5-$10
Magic Carpet: Mighty Souls Monster Mash
Little ones will be transported through the wonder of their imaginations as they learn all about the fascinating instruments and styles that give this Memphis mainstay its signature soulful sound.
Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School, Saturday, October 29, 10 a.m., pay what you can with donations accepted
Halloween Hike
Get an active start to your Halloween celebrations by taking a not-so-spooky walk through the Memphis Botanic Garden. Special treat and activity stations along the way will feature Alice in Wonderland activities and crafts, pumpkin story time, bat crafts, a bone dig, and much more! Plus there’ll have family-friendly food trucks on-site for a picnic lunch.
Memphis Botanic Garden, Saturday, October 29, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., $10-$15
Día de los Muertos Parade & Festival 2022
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, along with the Cazateatro Bilingual Theatre Group, invites you and your family to honor your ancestors and celebrate the cycle of life and death. The parade will begin at 11:30 a.m. in the Tower Courtyard at Overton Square with floats and performers making their way to the Brooks. The festival at the Brooks will offer art-making activities, face painting, music, costumed performers, dance performances, and more!
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Saturday, October 29, 11:30 a.m., free
Halloween Family Story Time
The bewitching hour is here at last. Join the library for stories and songs. Attendees will receive trick-or-treat goodies and a Halloween take-home craft. Costumes are encouraged.
Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, Saturday, October 29, 1-2 p.m., free
Fun Fall Bash
This fun day will have games, activities, Halloween prizes, face painting, food, a costume contest, candy, and trick-or-treating.
Kroc Center, Saturday, October 29, 1-3 p.m., free
Trunk or Treat at The Edge Triangle
Bring your family and friends for an afternoon of fun, with costumes, food trucks, photobooth, music, and a screening of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
Edge Triangle, Saturday, October 29, 2-5 p.m., free
Pumpkin Carving Contest
Join the Lodge for a good ol’ fashioned pumpkin carving competition with prizes. Your ticket price will get you one pumpkin and a kit you can use to carve the pumpkin. Halloween favorites, appropriate for all ages, will be screening throughout the contest.
Black Lodge, Sunday, October 30, noon-6 p.m., $25
👿 Eat, Drink, and Be Scary Adults 👿
Fright at the Brewery
Join Wiseacre Brewing Company on Broad Avenue for a Halloween fundraiser benefiting United Housing’s many housing-focused programs in Memphis. There’ll be a costume contest, live entertainment provided by the one and only DJ Stan Bell, a wine pull, and so much more.
Wiseacre Brewing Company, Thursday, October 27, 5-9 p.m., $25
Dystopia Nights: Halloween Party
Join the Lodge for a night of music and dancing, complete with a costume contest! DJs Evonech and St. Faust will bring you music ranging from classic goth club hits to current artists in goth, darkwave, industrial, and dark electro!
Black Lodge, Friday, October 28, 10 p.m.-3 a.m., $12, 18+
Women and Witches in Beer: Halloween Candy Pairing
Did you know that the original beer brewers were women or that for the vast majority of history women ran the beer world? Did you also know that Halloween candy and beer are actually a delicious combo? Well, this is the class to find out as you embark on a tour of Wiseacre’s Downtown HQ to learn about beer history, women in beer, and where witches come into play. The class will also include a special Halloween candy/beer pairing.
Wiseacre HQ, Saturday, October 29, 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m., $25
Fright Night
Take a trip to Midtown for Memphis’ newest Halloween Party! This spectacular soiree will have unlimited cocktails all night, a $500 grand prize costume contest, and two DJs in two different rooms, so you can pick your vibe for the night. Arrive early for light bites from 7-9 p.m.
Collage Dance Collective, Saturday, October 29, 7-11 p.m., $20-$40
21st Annual Black Lodge Halloween Masquerade Ball
Join the Lodge for a night of mirth and mischief, of costumes and chaos, as a devilish mix of music, drinks, dancing, and debauchery is unleashed. Featuring hoop and flow dancers, fire performers, sideshow performances, and more.
Black Lodge, Saturday, October 29, 7:30 p.m.-3 a.m., $25, 18+
Loflin Graveyard
Party with your ghouls and jam to DJ Bassventura in the Haunted Coach House. Compete in an adult costume contest at 9 p.m. with singles, couples, and group cash prizes for winners.
Loflin Yard, Saturday, October 29, 9 p.m.-midnight, no cover
Costumes and Cocktails on The River VI: The Halloween Happy Hour Edition
A multi-cultural event including an open bar, live entertainment, vendors, and costume contest in a mature adult atmosphere.
Robinson Gallery, Monday, October 31, 6:30 p.m.-10 p.m., $40-$250, 25+
Black October
Just in time for spooky season, TONE is bringing back its infamous Black October Halloween party for all the girls, goblins, and everything in between. Taking you through the night are DJs Breezye, Nico, Qemist, and Space Age. There will also be a BOOty shaking contest, so secure the wigs and bring ya knees!
Orange Mound Tower, Monday, October 31, 9 p.m., $15-$20
👻 Eerie-sistible Performances 👻
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mortimer Brewster is a drama critic who must deal with his crazy family as he debates whether to marry the woman next door whom he loves. Two spinster aunts “lace” their wine to poison lonely old men and engage the help of one brother (who thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt) and digs locks for the Panama Canal in the basement. And then there is the murderous other brother who has altered his appearance to conceal his identity. How will it all end? See for yourself! Performances run Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.
Theatre Memphis, performances run through October 30, $25
Spillit Slam: Spooky
Join Spillit for an evening of your stories about the time when things got spooky. Spillit is live storytelling told in front of an audience. This is a Slam event. Come prepared to share a story. If your name is picked, you have seven minutes to tell a tale of all true personal narratives (well, mostly true). After 10 stories the audience will judge and a Slam winner will be picked for the evening.
Black Lodge, Wednesday, October 26, 7-10 p.m., $10
Phantom Phavorites: A Halloween Concert
Revel in the music! St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral is decorated for Halloween with ghouls and spirits. The Phantom Phavorites concert features vocal selections from Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, the Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Funeral March of a Marionette, Danse Macabre, and many other spooky selections.
St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Friday, October 28, 7 p.m., free
Dracula
Ballet Memphis launches the season with the suspenseful and gripping thriller, Dracula. Reimagined by Artistic Director Steven McMahon, this version of the chilling classic will be sure to tantalize and mesmerize in equal measure. Recommended for audiences 12 years and older. Performances run Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Orpheum Theatre, Friday-Sunday, October 28-30, $28-$78
Evil Dead: The Musical
This hilarious show takes all the elements of the cult classic films The Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness and combines them into one of the craziest theatrical experiences of all time, complete with a Splash Zone, where guests will get (fake) blood on them from the stage’s ongoings. Performances run Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m.
Theatre Works, Friday, October 28- November 13, $25-$35
What’s Scarier Than Halloween? Poetry Slam
Poets will be tasked in round one to share an original poem surrounding the theme “What’s Scarier Than Halloween?” in which they must pay tribute to a celebrity who has passed. The audience is tasked to come rocking a celebrity look of their choosing. The celebrity can be living or no longer with us.
Butterific Bakery, Saturday, October 29, 7 p.m., $20
Scheidt at the Shell: Frankenstein in Concert
The University of Memphis Wind Ensemble will play the 1931 classic movie score as the film plays on giant screens. So grab your picnic baskets, chairs, and spookiest costumes, and join in on the fun. Come early for the costume contest, Monster Mash dance party, and instrument petting zoo.
Overton Park Shell, Sunday, October 30, 5:30-8 p.m., free
🎃 Fa-boo-lous Films 🎃
Halloween Forever: A Michael Myers Triple Feature
Get your holiday fright fix and join Lodge for a triple feature of one of the greatest horror series of all time — with Halloween (1978) at 9:30 p.m., Halloween (2018) at 11 p.m., and Halloween Kills (2021) at 12:30 a.m.
Black Lodge, Wednesday, October 26, 9:30 p.m., free, 18+
Overton Square Movie Series: Edward Scissorhands
Bring a blanket or chair for a screening of this fantasy romance film directed by Tim Burton.
Overton Square, Thursday, October 27, 7 p.m., free
The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch
When a girl named Sayuri is reunited with her family after years in an orphanage, she’s plagued with phantasmagorical visions involving a fanged demon, wild monsters, and murder by snakes. This theremin-fueled gothic nightmare is easily the most traumatizing movie ever aimed at a kids audience. Rated PG-13.
Crosstown Theater, Thursday, October 27, 7 p.m., $5
S**TFEST Halloween Marathon: Best Worst Horror Movies Ever
The Lodge has an especially painful triple feature for Halloween: The Gingerbread Man (5:30 p.m.), Troll 2 (6:30 p.m.), and Shock Em Dead (8 p.m.). This is no silent screening. Razzing, riffing, and drunken yelling at the screen is highly encouraged!
Black Lodge, Friday, October 28, 5:30 p.m., free
Fright-tober
A kid-friendly matinee screening of Hocus Pocus at 2:30 p.m., followed by a slightly spookier screening of Return of the Living Dead at 6:30 p.m. Register in advance.
Crosstown Theater, Saturday, October 29, free
Cemetery Cinema Double Feature: Soul of the City & Hocus Pocus
Cemetery Cinema is back with a special double feature showing of Elmwood Cemetery’s original film, The Soul of the City: Memphis Music, and Hocus Pocus. Films are projected onto the roof of the historic 1852 cottage, a National Register Landmark since 1978. Lawn chairs and coolers are welcome. Children aged 9 and up will be permitted.
Elmwood Cemetery, Friday, October 28, 6-8 p.m., $18
