28 Things to Do for Halloween in Calgary in 2026
As the leaves turn crisp, a chill fills the air throughout Calgary, where you can feel the spooky thrill of Halloween right around the corner. Why not make Halloween in Calgary creepy, spooky and terrifying by spending the season going on ghost tours, haunted pub crawls, wandering a corn maze at night, and visiting some of Calgary’s scary haunted houses?
In this guide, we will explore enchanting, family-friendly Halloween events and spine-tingling activities for you and your friends. No matter what kind of Halloween you love, Calgary has something for everyone.
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28 Spooky Things to Do for Halloween in Calgary
1. Listen to Halloween Music by Candlelight
Spend a haunted evening listening to Halloween classics by candlelight and take a nostalgic trip back to your childhood. Nothing will prepare you for Halloween in Calgary faster than a night of Halloween Classics by Candlelight.
Lit by candlelight, you will be surrounded by the best Halloween songs, including the Ghostbusters theme, Halloween, Psycho, Beetlejuice, This Is Halloween, and many more spooky songs.
Classical music, but make it spooky? You will get that when you spend Halloween in Calgary at the Lantern Community Church.
Join a live string quartet this October and make your Halloween extra memorable. The Haunted Halloween Classics performance is on October 30th, so book now to secure your seat!
Book here: Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
2. Take a Ghost Tour
Visit Calgary’s most haunted locations with an experienced guide on a Calgary Ghost Tour.
Depending on which night you book, you can visit the most haunted places in Inglewood, where you will learn about a local curse and mischievous ghosts that cause havoc in nearby businesses.
Throughout October, special Inglewood Halloween Ghost Walks are held on October 23rd, October 24th, October 30th, and Halloween night, October 31st. If you prefer a spooky ghost tour that isn’t Halloween-specific, they also have haunted Inglewood Pub Walks, Inglewood Ghost Walks, and private ghost hunting nights.
Other ghost tours take you to Downtown Calgary, where you will hear the spooky tales at Firehouse 1. Or visit Kensington, where you will learn the history of the many spirits that haunt the street.
So, if you want a terrifying and unique night, the best thing to do for Halloween in Calgary is to take a spooky ghost tour.
Book here: Ghost Tour in Calgary
3. Halloween in Calgary at Calgary Zoo
Want to spend Halloween in Calgary exploring the zoo? This October, adults and families can enjoy a few seriously spooky and mysterious events.
On October 2nd, head to the zoo for an adult-only Halloween event called ZooDunnit. The evening features a spooky murder-mystery dinner with drinks, food, and a mystery! It’s loads of fun and one of the best things to do with your friends for Halloween.
Later in the month, on October 31 and November 1, the zoo will host one of Calgary’s best Halloween events—ZooBoo! This family-friendly event lets you dress up in your favourite Halloween costume and enjoy tasty sweet treats while wandering around the zoo.
Find out about both events here: Halloween at Calgary Zoo
4. Spend Halloween at Lougheed House
History has never looked so haunted at Lougheed House in Calgary. Spend this Halloween in Calgary exploring extra-spooky events, including pranks and wickedly fun Halloween parties, dating back to the late 1800s.
Creep through all three floors of the Lougheed House with the Pranks, Parties, and Pumpkins: A Halloween History Tour, running on Oct 13, 20, 22, 25 & 27th, 2026. You will learn about the house and Calgary’s spooky history, and try a trick once played by Lougheeds House’s former children.
The second event is the Tricks, Treats, & Traditions: A History of Halloween in Southern Alberta, running from September 25th to Nov 5th. This free outdoor event at the Beaulieu Gardens features an exhibit that uncovers Halloween’s prairie roots.
Find out more: Lougheed House
5. Killer Psyche at Telus Spark Science Centre
The paranormal is back at Telus Spark in Calgary for Halloween. Something lingers in the darkness. On October 9th, 2026, head to Telus Spark to experience creepy illusions, eerie experiments and a ghostly interactive experience which dives deeper into the world of the paranormal.
This adult-only event takes place on October 9th from 6:00 p.m. to Midnight. If you are looking for things to do in Calgary for adults but with a creepy twist, you must visit Spark After Dark this Halloween.
Telus Spark has other fun things to do at Halloween, including science activities where you learn about bugs, bats, and all things creepy-crawly. This year also features a Halloween workshop where you create a taxidermy vampire rat!
Book here: Spark After Dark
6. Take a Haunted Pub Walk
Take a haunted pub walk with Calgary Ghost Walks. Head to two of Calgary’s most haunted pubs with a tour guide who will captivate you with tales of the ghosts that haunt each pub. You will drink spirits while hanging out with spirits!
Or at least hear the spooky and terrifying stories behind their haunts. Drinking spirits with the spirits is the best way to spend Halloween in Calgary. Who else loves drinking with a side of spooky stories?
Book here: Haunted Pub Walk
7. Spend the night at a Haunted Hotel
What is the best way to spend Halloween in Calgary? Spending a night at a haunted hotel! The Fairmont Palliser is haunted by the ghost of a phantom railway conductor! He is often spotted wearing a full conductor’s uniform and is known to haunt the upper floors. Guests report hearing echoes coming from empty event rooms.
Why not pack some ghost-hunting equipment and spend the night talking to the spirits?
Book here: The Fairmont Palliser
8. Watch The Evil Dead – The Musical on Halloween in Calgary
Head down to Alberta Theatre Projects on Halloween to enjoy a party and watch the campy cult-classic musical The Evil Dead.
It follows 5 friends who unleash evil in a cabin in the woods when the star of The Evil Dead shows up with his chainsaw hand.
The musical runs from October 13th to November 14th, 2026, but they will have a special Halloween presentation on October 31st, which includes a Halloween party in the lobby an hour before the show begins.
Find out more here: The Evil Dead – The Musical
9. Take a Ghost Tour at Heritage Park
If you’re hunting for Halloween in Calgary, head to Heritage Park, where the ghosts of historic buildings whisper back. Heritage Park’s Fall Ghost Tours lead you on a 90-minute guided outdoor walk through the Park’s most haunted locations after dark.
Spend the evening with spooky storytellers who share true haunted tales passed down through generations of visitors and staff. You will hear stories about specific historic buildings in Heritage Park with paranormal activity tied to them, including the Sam Livingston House.
The ghost tours are a wonderfully unsettling way to experience the park after the sun goes down and guests go home, but the mysterious spirits continue to linger.
Dress for the weather, wear comfy shoes, and know that ghosts don’t do daycare (16+ only). It’s easily one of the spookiest ways to spend a night out for Halloween in Calgary.
Find out more here: Fall Ghost Tours at Heritage Park
10. Go Ghost Hunting at Mystic Manor
This Halloween, explore the haunted Mystic Manor with three spooky experiences. They have The Haunted Tour, where you will be guided through the manor, exploring every haunted corner with psychic and ghost-hunting equipment.
So, prepare to spend Halloween in Calgary hunting for the paranormal with top-of-the-line ghost-hunting equipment.
Other tours include the Flashlight Tour, where you are let loose in the manor with only the light from a flashlight. You won’t experience a ghost hunt or ghost tour – you walk around in the darkness exploring.
The third spooky experience is the Seance Experience, where you step inside the shadowy manor for an unforgettable hour under the glow of candlelight, as a medium helps open the world between the living and the dead.
Mystic Manor is located an hour away in High River.
Book here: Mystic Manor Tours
11. Walk Through the Field of Screams at Cobbs Adventure Park
Head to Cobbs Adventure Park for its annual, horrifying Field of Screams Halloween event in Calgary. This outdoor event spans 20 acres, where you will walk through the scariest haunted houses.
The 2026 haunted houses are some of the most terrifying places you will ever experience. Some houses include visiting your own funeral at Buried Alive, a haunted mansion, a madhouse, and more.
This year’s events take place on October 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th, 22nd (Adults Night), 23rd, and 24th. If you prefer to enjoy the event without children, the 22nd is an adults-only evening.
Book here: Field of Screams
12. Scream at Calgary’s Screamfest
Spend this Halloween season at Screamfest Calgary. The insanely scary fright will be held at Stampede Park, where fearless (who are we kidding, we will all be scared) visitors can wander through terrifying haunted houses that will send a shiver down your spine.
The 2026 season brings seven terrifying haunted houses, so spend your night wandering through some of the scariest haunted houses, including the sinister Clowntown, Bates Motel, and Reapers & Grimm.
Expect live actors waiting for you, lurking around every dark corner and ready to pounce at any moment. ScreamFest is a Halloween attraction in Calgary you won’t want to miss.
Other attractions include Nightmare Links Mini Golf, Spooky carnival rides at the Thrills & Rides, and haunted games at the Midway of Mayhem.
The dates for 2026 are October 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 29th, 30th and the 31st with October 22nd being an adult only night.
Book here: Screamfest Calgary
13. Spent Halloween in Calgary at Ghouls’ Night Out
Enjoy Heritage Park’s Ghouls’ Night Out on October 22nd through October 25th this Halloween. The historic village transforms into a spooky and magical Halloween wonderland that features dazzling lights, a twisty maze and loads of terrifying photo ops for you and your friends to enjoy.
Enjoy an eerie haunted house, decorate Halloween cookies, shop the Halloween Market, and meet the Ghostbusters! The event is family friendly but they do feature an adults only night on October 22nd.
Find out more here: Ghouls’ Night Out
14. Spend the night with Haunted Calgary
If you love haunted houses, you’ll want to spend Halloween with Haunted Calgary.
Haunted Calgary has so much happening throughout October 2026, including Zombie Makeup Classes, Friends at First Fright, Ghost Walks, Haunting Hour Inglewood, Paranormal Investigations, a Zombie Walk, and more.
For Halloween events, they offer activities like Hell Night, which plunges you right into the middle of a zombie outbreak! The Halloween event is immersive as it challenges you to outrun the dead. If you get infected, you join the other side and go after the remaining humans. It’s such a fun way to spend Halloween in Calgary.
They also offer prop rentals if you want one hell of a Halloween party.
Find out more here: Haunted Calgary
15. Halloween Horror Movie Marathons
If you love Halloween, you surely love Halloween movies. Visit movie theatres like the Globe Cinema and the Plaza Theatre and spend the evening watching your favourite classic Halloween and horror films.
The Calgary Underground Film Festival hosts a 12-Hour Halloween Movie Marathon each Halloween, and this year’s will take place on October 26th at the Globe Cinema. All night, they will screen seven under-the-radar and classic horror movies.
The Confluence will also host Halloween movies throughout October, including one on Halloween night!
Find out more here: Halloween Horror Movie Marathon
16. Spend Halloween at The Confluence
Head to The Confluence this Halloween in Calgary for various spooky and scary events. The first Halloween activity is Classics & Crafts: Sleepy Hollow on October 14th. Head down to the Burnswest Theatre with your latest craft project and watch Sleepy Hollow with a bunch of other crafters.
The second Halloween related event will be How True Is a True Story?: The Conjuring 2 on October 24th. You will get to watch a 15 minute presentation before the film and learn about the truth behind the story.
And finally, on October 30th and October 31st, Frights & Delights: Halloween takes over The Confluence with two very different flavours of frightful events. Friday night offers an adults only Boos & Brews evening which turns the historic site into an adult only market complete with true crime tours, tarot readings and horror movies. Saturday turns The Confluence into a Frightful Family Fest, which offers family friendly games, crafts and trick or treating.
17. Calgary’s Ultimate Halloween Party with Menagerie Halloween
Get excited for a night of frightful fun at the Menagerie Halloween Party in Calgary. This adults-only Halloween bash is at Mount Royal University in Wyckham House.
The Halloween Party takes place on Saturday, October 24th, 2026 and includes a live DJ spinning spooky tunes, old-school Halloween party games, a costume contest, Halloween-themed cocktails, trick-or-treat stations, a fortune teller, and plenty of other spooky surprises throughout the evening.
The party also includes black cat adoption care at the AARCS Safe Haven that helps some of the cutest overlooked cats around Halloween.
Find out more here: Menagerie Halloween in Calgary
18. Ride the Train of Terror (18+)
Hop aboard the Train of Terror this Halloween for a night of screams and surprises. This is one of the best adult-only Halloween activities in Calgary this year.
The train takes you on a scary journey into the unknown, featuring two hours of maze haunts (indoor and outdoor), eerie freight cars, delicious food and drinks, and live entertainment that will send shivers down your spine.
What makes the Train of Terror so scary is that the performers will touch, grab, and follow you, so be prepared for an extra spooky evening this Halloween!
The Train of Terror begins on October 2 and runs once every Friday and Saturday, with the final ride on Halloween night. It departs at 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm, and the experience lasts about 2 hours.
Book here: The Train of Terror
19. Celebrate Halloween in Calgary at Deer Foot Inn
Spend Halloween weeked at the Deer Foot Inn by putting your fishnet stockings and doing the time warp for the Rocky Horror Picture Party on October 30th. The event features big screens, live performers and the full cult classic chaos you expect with the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Then, head back on October 31st for the 80s Halloween Dance Party where you can bring back your shoulder pads and that big 80s hair (or a mullet… those were around in the 80s, right?!). The night features Silly Wrabbit and a live video DJ.
20. Dr. Giggles House of Pain
If you want to experience a terrifying haunted house just 30 minutes outside of Calgary, head to Dr. Giggles House of Pain in Chestermere this Halloween. The Halloween event includes a Costume Bash and an evening in a spooky haunted house.
Find out more here: Dr. Giggles House of Pain
Family-Friendly Things to Do for Halloween in Calgary
21. Harvest Pumpkin Fest
If you are looking for family-friendly events for Halloween in Calgary this year, you must spend a day at the Butterfield Acres farm.
Not only do you get to find the perfect pumpkin to take home to carve, but you also get to see animals, which makes it the perfect way to welcome the Halloween season with the family.
There are so many autumn activities, including pony rides for the kids, drinking apple cider by a cozy fire pit and taking a wagon ride on a tractor!
The festival runs every weekend throughout October for the 2026 Halloween season.
Find out more here: Harvest Pumpkin Fest
22. Spend Halloween at Calaway Park
Celebrate Halloween with the family at Calaway Park’s Halloweekends. The family-friendly event is not too scary and includes Halloween-themed activities such as strolling through Hallotown, watching spooky shows with character meet-and-greets, and enjoying the Halloweekends Parade.
It’s loads of fun and the perfect way for the entire family to spend Halloween in Calgary. Come dressed in a Halloween costume and enjoy a full day of Halloween fun.
Find out more here: Halloween at Calaway Park
23. Pumpkins After Dark
Walk through a display of over 10,000 pumpkins at Calgary’s Pumpkins After Dark. The pumpkin-lined pathway is enchanting and the perfect way to spend Halloween in Calgary.
You will also enjoy a celebration of all things Halloween, live pumpkin carving, sweet treats, and perfect photo opportunities.
The 2026 event takes place at Winsport from September 25th to October 31, 2026.
Find out more here: Pumpkins After Dark
24. Spend Halloween on 17th Avenue*
Every year, the businesses on 17th Avenue join together to give you a Halloween you won’t forget.
Head to Tomkins Park on October 25 and 26 to enjoy the spooky season in Calgary, including classic Halloween movies like The Haunted Mansion, The Shining, Hocus Pocus, Sleepy Hollow, and more.
Other Halloween activities the whole family can enjoy include a trip to the Sugar Cube Candy Truck, a stop at the Photo Booth, trick-or-treating, and more.
It’s tonnes of fun and the perfect place to take your kids trick-or-treating.
25. Escape from Where Dark Things Dwell at Heritage Park
Explore the historic Heritage Park after dark this Halloween with Where Dark Things Dwell. The outside escape room combines mystery and horror as you try to solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and try to break an ancient curse.
The villagers of Heritage Park have been overtaken by a dark entity through strange rituals and will guide you through the park. The Halloween event in Calgary is the perfect blend of an escape room and scary supernatural storytelling.
Where the Dark Things Dwell runs throughout October, Wednesday through Sunday.
Find out more here: Where the Dark Things Dwell
26. Harvest Lights at Calgary Farmyard
Start the spooky season at Calgary Farmyard’s Harvest Lights by wandering through a spooky corn maze under the cover of darkness, with the light of your flashlight leading the way at Harvest Lights.
The farm is covered in loads of twinkling lights, which create a magical atmosphere while you can enjoy Halloween activities for the entire family, including a petting farm, pig races, rat rollers, and so much more.
Harvest Lights run every Friday and Saturday evening starting September 11th, 2026.
Find out more here: Harvest Lights at Calgary Farmyard
27. Watch the Pumpkin Drop*
Want to watch a giant pumpkin drop from the sky and smash into a million pieces on the ground? Well, on October 31st, you can witness the pumpkin drop at Alice Sanctuary. This is a ticketed event, so book tickets as soon as possible!
28. Go Halloween Shopping & Costume Shopping
Head to shops like Winners and Michaels and browse their high-quality Halloween items, including skeleton dishes, pumpkin pillows, and ghost blankets.
You should also hit up the classic Halloween stores like Halloween Alley and Spirit Halloween to check out the hilarious animatronic decorations and try on a few spooky Halloween costumes. Calgary is also home to two fabulous shops I recommend for your Halloween costume shopping this year are The Costume Shoppe and Don’s Hobby Shop & Theatrical Supplies.
I also recommend checking out how to spend Halloween in Edmonton this year!