The Spookiest Events Around Perth To Hit For Halloween This Year
Maddie Wallman
Contributor | Urban List
The costume can be last-minute. The plans, ideally, shouldn’t be. A Saturday Halloween is a rare beast: after this year, it won’t creep around again until 2037. So naturally, our sunny, spooky city is conjuring up everything from dress-to-distress parties and late-night dance floors to creepy crafts, haunted happenings and family-friendly fun.
Rally the coven, recruit the tiny terrors and prepare for a Halloween that’s anything but dead boring — here’s where to celebrate Halloween in Perth, with events listed by date so the frights can be planned accordingly:
Halloween Quiz At The Galway Hooker
Tuesday 27 October
Put the group chat’s most useless knowledge to good use at The Galway Hooker’s Halloween quiz night. Scarborough's Irish pub is putting a spooky spin on quiz night, with Halloween brain-teasers, prizes for the winning team and extra treats for the best-dressed ghouls in the room. Assemble the brains trust, summon a suitably sinister outfit and book a table for a Tuesday night with a few tricks up its sleeve.
Prison Island’s Horror Story
Wednesday 28 October - Saturday 31 October
The cells are open, the clock is ticking and the dead are being terrible team players. For a limited run this October, Prison Island’s Horror Story adds roaming ghouls, eerie soundscapes and live supernatural encounters to its usual team challenge experience. Gather two to four mates and take on 30-plus cells of physical, mental and strategic tests in 60 minutes, with the added complication of a few ghostly gatecrashers.
Hall Of Shadows At Baillie Hill
Thursday 29 October - Saturday 31 October
In 1942, a nurse fell from a balcony at Baillie Hill. The question is whether she jumped, slipped or was helped along. Hall of Shadows invites amateur sleuths inside historic Ed Millen House for an after-dark mystery from Hunted Interactive, following paranormal investigator Willow Lazenby through hidden clues, ghostly encounters and a house full of unanswered questions. Ages 16+, with 10% off food and drinks to help settle any rattled nerves.
Halloween Clairvoyance At The Claremont Hotel
Thursday 29 October
The veil between worlds is getting a little thinner at The Claremont Hotel this Halloween, with psychic medium Shirley Barroy back for an evening of readings and otherworldly insight. From tarot and numerology to mediumship, the 90-minute session explores what might be lurking beyond the everyday, before wrapping with a Q&A on spirituality, signs and manifestation. Tickets are $45 and include a welcome drink and nibbles, because even a brush with the beyond calls for a little sustenance.
Spookiaco: Halloween Takes Over Subiaco
Friday 30 October - Sunday 1 November
Subiaco is getting a monster makeover this Halloween, with three days of free, all-ages festivities taking over Market Square Park, Rokeby Road and the surrounding laneways. The star attraction is MONSTERS CAN’T FLY, a larger-than-life installation by artist Matthew Aberline and The Beautiful and Useful Studio, featuring oversized, colourful creatures that glow to life after dark. There’s also eerie laneway art, a Subi Fright Market serving ghoulish eats, an outdoor movie, haunted history tours and a spooky cocktail crawl for the grown-ups. Add themed menus and costume competitions at local venues, and you’ve got a whole suburb’s worth of Halloween plans without spending a cent.
Halloween at Joe’s Juice Joint
Saturday 31 October
Joe’s Juice Joint is mixing a little witchcraft with its usual late-night antics this Halloween, with tarot readings, a live séance to contact the Ghosts of Joes' and DJs taking over from 10pm until 4am. For the brave, there are Monkey Brain shots, a potent conconction of vodka, lime, Baileys and grenadine. Come dressed to impress, distress or generally unsettle the room, and you could score a $50 bar card for best costume. Just make sure you’re still there at midnight to be in the running.
Full Service: Halloween Bottomless At The Camfield
Saturday 31 October
Forget trick-or-treating; this Halloween, we’re here for cocktails. The Camfield is serving up a two-hour bottomless feast of free-flowing cocktails and bubbles, paired with a three-course menu and a costume competition worth dressing up for. Gather your witches, ghosts and vampires for an afternoon of spooky sips, seriously tasty bites and just the right amount of Halloween mischief. Go With The Flow for $95pp, or opt for the Desi Driver package for $65pp, kicking off at 3pm.
Halloween Party At The Woodbridge Hotel
Saturday 31 October
Have your apple-bobbing skills survived the years, or are they about to become a public embarrassment? The Woody is bringing back the old-school Halloween classics, with snap apples, pumpkin grading and best-dressed prizes before The Pointy Heads hit the stage at 8pm. There’s a Halloween quiz on Friday 30 October, too, for anyone keen to get the fright-night festivities started early.
Séance: A 393 Halloween Takeover at Magnet House and Amps
Saturday 31 October
A little black magic, a lot of after-dark mischief. Séance is taking over Magnet House from 8pm, before crossing over to Amplifier Bar at 11pm. The dress code is hauntingly gorgeous, the atmosphere candlelit and the bottle service ready for crews who like their spirits in liquid form. Choose your alter ego accordingly.
Halloween Monster Mash At The Claremont Hotel
Saturday 31 October
Every parent knows the true horror of Halloween is the sugar-fuelled aftermath. The Claremont Hotel is keeping little monsters busy from 2pm to 5pm with free Build Your Own Monster crafts, a slime workshop and ghastly face painting. Book a table for lunch or dinner, let the kids get messy, and leave the clean-up to someone else.
Halloween At The Bassendean Hotel
Saturday 31 October
Kids in costumes by day, live tunes and tipples by night. The Basso is keeping Halloween going from 1pm, with kids’ entertainment, best-dressed prizes and giveaways to kick off the afternoon. Once the little ghouls have had their fun, head to the Sports Bar for live music from 8pm and a few more hours of Halloween mischief.
The Dead Decades With TDK90 At The Claremont Hotel
Saturday 31 October
Your favourite old-school bangers are clawing their way back from the grave this Halloween, courtesy of TDK90’s The Dead Decades takeover at The Claremont Hotel. That means wall-to-wall anthems from the 80s, 90s and 2000s, from the songs that raised an entire generation to the dance-floor fillers that still go off at every wedding. Dig out the double denim, resurrect that Y2K fit or come as you are — tickets are $20 plus booking fee, with doors opening at 8pm.
Oíche Shamhna At J.B. O’Reilly’s
Saturday 31 October
There’ll be no shortage of ghoulish goings-on at J.B. O’Reilly’s this Halloween, where Rob Black takes to the stage from 7pm and the costume competition rewards those who commit to the bit. Baby Guinness shots are $10, but keep one ear out for the manager’s bell: when it rings, Black Sambuca drops to $9 for one full song. Miss it and you’ll have to wait for the next summons. Costumes encouraged, brave drinking buddies essential.
Halloween Family Day At The Parkerville Tavern
Saturday 31 October
For little monsters who love getting messy, Parkerville Tavern is hosting a free Halloween afternoon from 1pm to 3pm, with a Witches Slime Workshop, face painting and playtime. The grown-ups can settle into the beer garden while the kids get stuck into the spooky stuff.
Halloween Bottomless Brunch At The Aviary
Saturday 31 October
Witching hour is getting a midday makeover at The Aviary, where $80 scores two hours of bottomless cocktail jugs, mimosas, house wines and tap beer, plus a brunch dish of choice. Round up the coven, dial up the costume drama and settle in for a rooftop session with a suitably spooky twist.
Hospo Halloween: Spooky Island At Amplifier Bar
Sunday 1 November
Ruh-roh, Perth’s hospo crowd has one more night of costume-fuelled chaos up its sleeve. Spooky Island is bringing Scooby-Doo to Amplifier Bar, complete with a full-size Mystery Machine, appearances from Scooby and Shaggy, DJs and exclusive flash tattoos from Main St Tattoo. Tickets start at $13.60, but hospo workers can get in for just $5 with code ‘scoobydoo’ (plus booking fee). Jinkies!