Halloween 2025: What To Do, See And Scream At This Spooky Season

Boys, ghouls, and spectres in between—Halloween 2025 is creeping closer, and the city is bubbling over with bone-chilling events. From immersive screenings to ghostly festivals, and true crime tours, here’s how to get your spook on this season.

Whether you’re in your finest monster regalia or keeping it lowkey, Sydney has something to suit every vibe and get you into the spirit of All Hallows Eve.

Frightful screenings

Horror lovers, your time to shine is here. Dendy Newtown’s House of Horror is a one-day Halloween takeover that’ll have you spoilt rotten for choice from cult classics to modern thrillers. The series is perfect for a solo scare or a date-night fright.

For those craving something extra, Mystery Popcorn presents a secret-location screening of Wes Craven’s Scream in Chippendale. Expect scares beyond the screen, Ghostfaces in the crowd, and hold on to your popcorn for dear life. Don your best as costumes are encouraged for max fun.

Bonus round: Pubs across Sydney are hosting Halloween-themed trivia nights with prizes for the scariest costumes and most horror-devoted fans.

Special spooky events

Sydney Zombie Walk, CBD

The undead rise again! The family-friendly Sydney Zombie Walk returns bigger than ever with thousands joining the horde for a good cause. Shuffle through the CBD in your creepiest zombie attire, enjoy cosplay comps, a screening of Zombie Plane, special guests, photo ops, and more.

Be sure to pack an appetite for BRAINNNS (and food stalls!), and remember: the deader you look, the better.

For true crime junkies, step into Sydney’s gory past with Murders Most Foul‘s spine-tingling walking tours of Surry Hills and Newtown. Led by local historian and archaeologist Elliot Lindsay, you’ll uncover Surry Hills’ infamous 19th century history, Sydney’s underworld and take a crack at cold case murders.

In Newtown and surrounding suburbs, uncover grand Victorian mansions, long forgotten crimes and the scandals that shaped Sydney. From the Macdonaldtown Baby Farm Massacre to the Dunbar shipwreck disaster, it’s more than a history tour–it’s a journey into the city’s dark side with tales of mystery, crime and intrigue as as well as the radicals and criminals who haunt its laneways.

Halloween festivals and family fun

Not to be missed, Ghost in the Rocks transforms Sydney’s historic quarter into a haunted playground with a lively parade, street shows, immersive dining, DJ sets, and Halloween markets brimming with treats across four thrilling nights.

For the younger goblins, Entertainment Quarter’s Halloween Family Fest is perfect for trick-or-treaters with fun, winding trails, playgrounds, and plenty of activities.

From haunted alleys to immersive cinema and full-blown street-fest thrills, Sydney has heart-racing fun for all this Halloween. As darkness falls across the land, check local haunts for even more ghostly delights—and make this spooky season one for the (undead) books.