Join us at Acland Court for this free Halloween Hunt with a difference! Find and match our spooky characters to claim your lollies. Ask our security guard for instructions and join in the fun!

Click here for details on this free event.

Join us for a Nightmare on Fitzroy Street on Fri, Oct 25 between 3.30 and 6.30pm for all the freaky (and free) fun kids can have for Halloween in St Kilda!

We’re running a Halloween Hunt (Where’s Wally style) where kids have to spot Halloween items hidden in nearly 60 participating businesses, mark them on a Hunt map and then, when they’ve found 25, turn it in for a lolly bag at the lolly bag station.

While you’re on the hunt, you’ll also be able to enjoy roving Halloween characters, princesses, superheroes, circus trick artists, bubble artists and more! There will also be a free Halloween craft station, free face painters and a free spooky tattoo station!

Click here for details on this free event and to download the Hunt map.

Visit Iddy Biddy Bar for a ghastly good time with decorations, costumes and kids can trick or treat, plus, enjoy a burger and pint for just $25 or Happy Hour specials until 8pm inc $8 all pints, $6 house spirits, $5 house wine and bubbly, $10 selected cocktails and a $15 Halloween-themed cocktail for the occasion!

Live music from 7pm – Jamie MacDdowell

Melbourne’s biggest costume party is back for double the screams. Luna Dark 2024: Carnivale of Screams will show you a side to Luna Park you never knew existed. Night sessions feature three, spine-tingling scare attractions, SFX Make-Up, live music, roving ghosts and ghouls, plenty of tricks and treats, PLUS the ultimate VIP CarnEvil Halloween Party. Gather your ghouls, get your costumes ready, and join us for a seriously spooky Carnivale of Screams experience.

Head here for details on this event and to book tickets.

Ownsound returns to 29th Apartment Friday, October 25. The last event was nuts and this will be no different. Slide in early for the Cocktail Soiree (bookings essential) and get 3 experiential cocktails for just $39 to kick your night off.

After that, head along for FREE ENTRY, $6 taps and $8 vodka till 11pm, 2 for $22 vodka redbull and 6 DJs – Adam Clayton, AND E, Chris Hayes, Bill-E, Cub & Makr

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Join us for La Fiesta Costume Dance Party! A free dance class at 8pm and from 9pm until late, our DJs will have you up on the dance floor dancing till the early hours of the night. Come down beforehand and enjoy the taste of Latin America with a gluten free menu; sip on a chilled beer, then work it all off with a night of dancing and fun, plus prizes for best costume and giveaways.

Head here for details on this event and to book a table.

Join Euphoria Social for their final social gathering of 2024 in the heart of St Kilda! On October 25th, they’re transforming Ellora into a night of enchantment and celebration. Hosted by the fabulous DILONCÉ, get ready for an unforgettable night filled with dancing, prizes, and captivating entertainment. The incredible Cassidy La Crème will be spinning the decks, with more surprises in store!

Event is being put on by Euphoria Social, an LGBTQIA+ organisation, for community, allies and people who looove a fun party!

Don’t miss out on this magical night — head along to celebrate and make a difference! While it’s a Halloween event, everyone is welcome — dress up or go as you are!

Get $5 off tickets at here.

Families up to 10pm

Over 18s after 10pm

Join us for a hauntingly good time for:

Doors open 2pm

7 – 9pm – live music in the main bar with – Band TBA

9pm – 11pm – Bowls of the Damned – a dark o’ night bowls event with glow in the dark bowls

11pm – 12:30am – film screening of The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, a German silent horror film, released in 1920, that is widely considered the first great work in the genre

Plus, Halloween cocktail specials all night! All free, first in, best dressed!

Head here for more details on this free event.

Halloween in the Cellar takes St Kilda Cellars’ long-running weekly free show, Comedy in the Cellar, and gives it a spooky twist! The horrifiyingly hilarious rising stars of the Melbourne comedy scene are dying to tell you some of their most ghoulish gags, bone-jangling jokes and spine-chilling stories. Get into the spirit of the evening by coming in your creepiest costume. The comedians are too….some may just come as themsleves, but honestly that is terrifying enough (you’ll agree once they start talking into the mic!!)

Head here for details on this event, to register for stand up or to book your seat.

Join us at Acland Court for this free Halloween Hunt with a difference! Find and match our spooky characters to claim your lollies. Ask our security guard for instructions and join in the fun!

Click here for details on this free event.

For a regular entry price, littlies get all that Luna park usually offers, in addition to face painting, meeting the Wizz Fizz monsters and getting FREE treats (without the tricks). Bring the little monsters dressed up in their Halloween outfits for a costume competition.

Head here for details on this event and to book tickets.

Join us at Readings St Kilda for a seriously spooky Storytime! We’ll have a a fabulous storyteller in costume to read some spooky stories and themed Halloween treats (and maybe some tricks . . . ), so come down to Scare Kilda for a scary good time!

Head here for more details on this free event.

This Halloween, join us at Linden New Art for a creatively eerie workshop where kids can craft their very own spooky cobweb baskets! In this hands-on activity, young artists will transform simple materials into charmingly creepy baskets perfect for holding Halloween treats or treasures.

Guided by facilitator Anna Zobel, participants will weave sturdy baskets from natural fibres, with the option to use a variety of spooky embellishments—like glitter, glow-in-the-dark paint, and faux spider webs—to give their baskets a ghoulishly delightful makeover.

Head here for details on this event and to book your free place. Limited places available.

The St Kilda Bar Crawl is back for a Halloween edition! 👉🏼 5 Bars – 🍻 5 Free drinks + Free entry into the After party!!

Join a 100+ backpackers, students and everything in-between on an absolutely loose day! Games, costumes, giveaways and everything in between! Plus, best dressed prizes!!

Bar Crawl Leaves the first bar at 4:00pm so don’t be late! 🍾 Tickets will be sold from Nomads at 17 Carlisle Street or ONLINE

Visit Iddy Biddy Bar for a ghastly good time with decorations, costumes and kids can trick or treat, plus, enjoy a burger and pint for just $25 or Happy Hour specials until 8pm inc $8 all pints, $6 house spirits, $5 house wine and bubbly, $10 selected cocktails and a $15 Halloween-themed cocktail for the occasion! Visit us with kids between 1 – 3pm for free Halloween transfer tattoos.

Live music from 7pm – Wilson Blackley

Collect your glow sticks and follow your undead tour guide as they take you on a journey through the dark and untold side of Acland Village. From iconic venues like Luna Park and Abbey Road Cafe to the hidden local gems, you’ll be taken on a journey into the untold stories of the past.

Meet the local ghosts and ghouls from days of old as they reveal their gruesome, gory, and wholly untrue, tales and sometimes even ask for your help! Can you fix their curse? Can you help complete their unfinished business? Children steely enough to get to the end of this tour of terror will collect a well-deserved sweet treat!

With jokes and larger than life characters played by the actors from Melbourne Actors Guild this interactive tour is fun for the whole family.

Tickets only $5pp – for both adults and for kids. Non walkers free. Head here for details on this event and to book your tickets.

Melbourne’s biggest costume party is back for double the screams. Luna Dark 2024: Carnivale of Screams will show you a side to Luna Park you never knew existed. Night sessions feature three, spine-tingling scare attractions, SFX Make-Up, live music, roving ghosts and ghouls, plenty of tricks and treats, PLUS the ultimate VIP CarnEvil Halloween Party. Gather your ghouls, get your costumes ready, and join us for a seriously spooky Carnivale of Screams experience.

Head here for details on this event and to book tickets.

Get your costumes ready for the ultimate Halloween experience – this is Melbourne’s BIGGEST Halloween party for backpackers! Party all night with live DJs, an awesome costume contest, and super fun games like Wii Sports and Giant Jenga ! Our friendly MWHG hosts will make sure everyone’s having a blast, so even if you’re new to Melbourne, you’ll feel right at home 🥳! Join our group chat before the event to meet or travel with others 🚍👯‍♀️, and don’t miss the girls-only meet-up an hour before the party! 💃💕

The first 50 people to arrive get a FREE shot. 🎫 Tickets: Get your Early Bird tickets for just $15! 🎟️

Join us at Acland Court for this free Halloween Hunt with a difference! Find and match our spooky characters to claim your lollies. Ask our security guard for instructions and join in the fun!

Click here for details on this free event.

Dress up your pup, grab a lead and join us at the Wolf Pack Dog Treat Walk, as part of Scare Kilda weekend – Melbourne’s biggest Halloween celebration!

You’ll meet at The Banff in Fitzroy Street and parade with your costumed doggies down Fitzroy Street, along the Esplanade Market and then across to Acland Street, finishing at Blessington Street.

PLEASE NOTE: the ticketing for this event is capped at 40 dogs, however, others can join for free for the walk and the fun of it (just not the treats).

It is $5 for a dog to attend and get treats. It is free for humans to attend and multiple humans can attend per dog! if tickets are sold out for the Wolf Pack Dog Treat Walk, then click through and register on the waitlist and we may schedule another if there is enough interest.

It is a requirement that dogs are in costume, it is optional for owners.

Click here for details on this event, the places you’ll be stopping, treats pup will be getting and to book your ticket.

Bookings close on Sat, Oct 26 at 8pm

What better way to celebrate Halloween than with The Rocky Horror Picture Show Original Soundtrack Live! Released 47 years ago, its glam rock and pop sounds remain timeless. With empowering lyrics that resonate across generations, the soundtrack continues to inspire fans to embrace individuality, cementing the film’s cult classic status. Performed by a kick arse band with a line up of artists not to be forgotten. Let’s do The Time Warp Again!!

Click here for details on this event and to book your tickets.

Visit Iddy Biddy Bar for a ghastly good time with decorations, costumes and kids can trick or treat, plus, enjoy a burger and pint for just $25 or Happy Hour specials until 8pm inc $8 all pints, $6 house spirits, $5 house wine and bubbly, $10 selected cocktails and a $15 Halloween-themed cocktail for the occasion! Visit us with kids between 1 – 3pm for free Halloween transfer tattoos.

Live music from 6pm – Nevermind Musik