Halloween weekend means that there’s plenty of things to do in Vancouver right now! From early-day trick-or-treating to partying all night long, here’s how you can make this Halloween one to remember.
29 Fun Things To Do in Metro Vancouver This Weekend
Cougar Creek’s House Of Horrors
October wouldn’t be complete without a visit to Cougar Creek’s House of Horrors. These eerie haunted houses invite only the bravest through their doors, with 5 adventures for intrepid folks to journey through. Surrey’s most horrifying experience is coming to life this month, and you won’t want to miss it.
📅 Date: October 3 – November 8, 2025
📍 Location: Cougar Creek’s House of Horrors
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Cougar Creek’s House of Horrors 2025
BC Water Bikes Fall Rides
Vancouver’s BC Water Bikes is keeping the season alive a little longer, offering the chance to explore False Creek on their unique water bikes every Saturday and Sunday through October.
This is your last chance to get out on the water before winter hits, and it’s not an experience you’ll want to miss. The bikes are incredibly stable, so you won’t get wet, and they make for a relaxing, scenic ride unlike anything else in the city.
Their popular sunset rides are especially breathtaking this time of year. Picture yourself pedalling across calm water with a hot drink in hand, taking in golden hour views of the Vancouver skyline and the changing fall colours. Whether you’re looking for a unique date idea or just want to enjoy some peaceful time outdoors, this activity is a standout fall tradition in the making.
Availability is very limited as the season winds down, so be sure to book your spot early.
📅 Date: Weekends through October (from 2 pm Saturdays & Sundays)
📍 Location: BC Water Bikes, False Creek, Vancouver
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: bcwaterbikes.com
Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025
Vancouver is coming to life with Fall Food Fest 2025, featuring tons of limited-time, fall-inspired drinks and treats. This is the ultimate fall food crawl across the city, with participating restaurants from Vancouver, Richmond, and Burnaby bringing their seasonal A-game. Don’t miss your chance to try these exclusive goodies!
📅 Date: October 3 – November 9, 2025
📍 Location: Various locations across Metro Vancouver
🎟️ More Info: Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025
Artemis Space Adventure With LEGO® Bricks
Produced by Flying Fish and supported by Science World, kids can go in their own galactic adventure with this space-themed exhibition. Guests will be able to enjoy hands-on engineering challenges and workshop stations that are inspired by the creative problem-solving that real astronauts have to do.
📅 Date: June 26, 2025 – April 6, 2026
📍 Location: Science World
Canyon Frights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
The Capilano Suspension Bridge is about to be decked out in Halloween lights as Canyon Frights returns for another year. Guests are invited to step inside a frightful forest where spirits haunt the corners and pumpkins glow eerily in the dusk. From children’s activities to live entertainment, Canyon Frights is a great place for the whole family to get into the spooky mood. And don’t forget: B.C. residents are eligible for B.C. Resident Annual pass for free with purchase of a ticket!
📅 Date: October 10 – November 2, 2025
📍 Location: Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Canyon Frights
The Haunt-Inn
Step into the spirit of the season at The Haunt-Inn, a free, family-friendly Halloween walk-through. This unique outdoor event transforms the hotel’s historic grounds into a glowing Halloween wonderland filled with light, sound, and spooky charm — a celebration designed for all ages to enjoy. Guests are invited to wander through four themed zones, each offering a distinct experience.
📅 Date: October 19 – November 2, 2025
📍 Location: Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites North Vancouver
🎟️ More Info: The Haunt-Inn
Verdi’s Rigoletto
Set against a backdrop of decadence and dark intrigue, Verdi’s Rigoletto tells the tale of a father’s desperate love for his daughter—and the dangerous double-edged sword of vengeance. Built in partnership with Pacific Opera Victoria, this new production will push the tense tragedy’s boundaries. At the same time, it will stay true to Verdi’s timeless story of love and revenge.
📅 Date: October 25 – November 2, 2025
📍 Location: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Verdi’s Rigoletto
Arts Club Theatre Company: DISNEY’S FROZEN
Disney’s FROZEN has touched the hearts of children of all ages, including adults, since the film’s release in 2013, followed by the Broadway premiere of the musical in 2018. This production promises to reawaken the wonder and magic within us all. Families, fans of the film, theatregoers, and newcomers alike will adore this show. Experience the magic of the beloved animated movie and revel in show-stopping favourites such as “Let It Go,” “For the First Time in Forever,” and “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” and delight in enchanting new ones.
📅 Date: October 30, 2025 – January 4, 2026
📍 Location: Stanley BFL Canada Stage
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Disney’s FROZEN in Vancouver
Our Connection To Hockey
Hockey is more than just a sport in Canada. It’s part of our culture, our history, and it’s played an important role in bringing people from all walks of life together under one game. The Museum of Surrey’s newest free exhibit is showcasing exactly that, highlighting the integral part hockey has played in Canada’s past and present. Excitingly, it also shines a light on Surrey’s local hockey heroes, as well as having plenty of interactive activities that will get the whole family hooting and hollering for a goal.
Visitors will have the chance to learn all about how hockey is part of the glue that keeps Canada together. Alongside the national icons on showcase, Surrey’s own athletes and game-changers will be under the same spotlight, as well as the untold stories of diversity in hockey. Women’s hockey, para hockey, and Punjabi broadcasters have all played some amazing parts in making the sport what it is today– especially locally.
📅 Date: October 16, 2025 – April 26, 2026
📍 Location: Museum of Surrey
🎟️ More Info: Our Connection to Hockey
Metro Vancouver Croissant Crawl
For all the croissant lovers, this one’s for you. Grab your friends and fellow pastry enjoyers for a day (or days!) to remember. All you need to do is pick a route and then walk, bike, or drive from one limited edition croissant to the next. Over 30 vendors are participating in this year’s Croissant Crawl, so that means you’re absolutely spoiled for choice.
📅 Date: November 1 – 16, 2025
📍 Location: Various locations across Metro Vancouver
🎟️ More Info: Metro Vancouver Croissant Crawl 2025
Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Life, Legacy, and Community
Join Nahualli Folklore Society for an unforgettable night of culture, connection, and celebration. This year marks their 15th anniversary, and they invite you to be part of this milestone experience filled with tradition, emotion, and joy. You can expect beautiful performances from a variety of artists who will be dazzling audiences with passionate dance and song for this year’s Day of the Dead.
📅 Date: November 1, 2025
📍 Location: The Vancouver Playhouse
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Día de Muertos
Las Mujeronas
Organized by STAND Festival, Las Mujeronas brings together a collective of Flamenco Latinas in Vancouver to explore the impact of immigration on identity, memory, and cultural expression. Performed in both Spanish and English, with select texts translated for accessibility, the work seamlessly fuses flamenco dance, poetry, song, and storytelling to reflect the complex and layered experiences of migration.
📅 Date: November 1, 2025
📍 Location: The Annex
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Las Mujeronas | Stand 2025
The 2025 West Coast Wedding Show: Red Carpet Event
The third West Coast Wedding Show is here — and this year it is bigger, bolder, and more inspiring than ever! With over 75 amazing vendors, an expanded space, and unforgettable experiences, this is the ultimate event for anyone planning their dream wedding. This is not your typical wedding fare. Think couture bridal gown fashion shows, live music, visionary design concepts, and a hand-picked selection of products and services designed to spark ideas, fuel your creativity, and help you craft the wedding you have always imagined.
📅 Date: November 2, 2025
📍 Location: Paradox Hotel
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: The West Coast Wedding Show 2025
Open House of the Undead
You’re invited to step inside the Open House of the Undead at Inlet District! This is a one-of-a-kind haunted escape experience that encourages friends and family to collaborate to escape the frightening halls. Work together to solve the mystery, follow the trail, and make your way through this immersive, theatrical encounter.
📅 Date: October 18 – 31, 2025
📍 Location: Inlet District Presentation Centre
🎟️ More Info: Open House of the Undead
After Dark: Bloody Science — Halloween Edition
Get ready for a frightfully fun night at After Dark: Bloody Science — Halloween Edition! This 19+ event turns Science World into a spooky playground where science gets a sinister twist. For a Halloween experience that’s equal equal parts spooky, scientific, and unforgettable, this is going to be your event!
📅 Date: October 30, 2025
📍 Location: Science World
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: After Dark: Bloody Science — Halloween Edition
Wickedly Wonderful Trick-or-Treating at Capilano Mall
This Halloween, follow the Yellow Brick Road straight to Capilano Mall for an afternoon of Wickedly Wonderful Trick-or-Treating! This event is perfect for those looking to get some early Halloween goodies before setting out into the night. So click your heels, bring your crew, and get ready for a spellbinding afternoon of candy, characters, and a dash of Oz magic.
📅 Date: October 31, 2025
📍 Location: Capilano Mall
🎟️ More Info: Wickedly Wonderful Trick-or-Treating | Halloween At Capilano Mall
Robson Street Halloween Treat Trail
This Halloween, head to Robson Street for the Halloween Treat Trail, an early evening of free family fun and trick-or-treating! After last year’s massive success, even more businesses will be participating in the celebrations, ready to welcome all the trick-or-treaters. This safe, fun, and festive afternoon is a fantastic way to get in some early-day Halloween treats for the whole family. Don’t miss your chance to celebrate the spooky season with the Robson community!
📅 Date: October 31, 2025
📍 Location: Robson Street
🎟️ More Info: Robson Street Halloween Treat Trail
Halloween Fireworks Festival
On Halloween night, bring friends and family to the free Halloween Fireworks Festival at Minoru Park from 6:30 to 9:15 p.m. There will be stage performances, trick-or-treating, and other family-friendly activities taking place throughout. The event will end with a huge fireworks finale, dazzling the skies.
📅 Date: October 31, 2025
📍 Location: Minoru Park
🎟️ More Info: Halloween Fireworks Festival
The Maze of Monsters
Bring your little ghouls to a spooky walk-through experience at Guildford Town Centre! The Maze of Monsters is a standalone attraction that invites folks to weave through an immersive maze, seeking thrills and haunted surprises in every corner. Guests can even spot some spooky animatronics in the experience, so be prepared to have a fright!
📅 Date: October 1 – 31, 2025
📍 Location: Guildford Town Centre
🎟️ More Info: The Maze of Monsters
Alouette Cemetery
The Alouette Cemetery is an award-winning Halloween display located in Maple Ridge. Decorated in handcrafted moving animatronic skeletons and whimsical tombstones, this haunt is completely homemade with all the charm of the spooky season. It’s a fantastic place to take in the sights and gets some awesome pics in your costumes!
📅 Date: October 1 – 31, 2025
📍 Location: 12795 227A St., Maple Ridge
🎟️ More Info: Alouette Cemetery
Chilliwack Corn Maze
This year’s maze design is a buzzing tribute to the unsung heroes of agriculture: bees. Celebrating 27 years, this iconic corn maze at Greendale Acres includes classic favourites like the sunflower field, hayrides, jumping pillows, and a brand-new barnyard ball zone. Whether you’re solving the maze or just snapping some golden hour pics, it’s peak fall preview content in early August.
📅 Date: August 1 – October 31, 2025
📍 Location: Greendale Acres, 41905 Yale Rd W, Chilliwack
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Chilliwack Corn Maze
Taves Family Farm: The Magic of Fall
Located in Abbotsford, Taves Family Farm has it all if you want a fantastic fall day. The farm has three corn mazes to explore, as well as a magical pumpkin patch with a fairy-tale carriage and enchanting hut made of pumpkins. There are plenty of other autumn attractions to check out there, too!
📅 Date: September 13 – October 31, 2025
📍 Location: Taves Family Farms
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: The Magic of Fall
Richmond Country Farms Pumpkin Patch
A crisp autumn day at Richmond Country Farms is perfect for a charming family outing. Hop on a hay wagon and make your way over to their spectacular pumpkin patch. The farm band, “The Country Pumpkins,” will serenade guests along the ride. Sights along the way include duck ponds, waterfalls, corn stocks, and sunflowers. The farm boasts an array of adornments such as cornstalks, sunflowers, playful embellishments, and structures that have been moved from Transylvania, lending an almost genuine ambiance.
📅 Date: September 27 – October 31, 2025
📍 Location: Richmond Country Farms
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: The Pumpkin Patch
Art’s Nursery Scarecrow Festival
Keep those pesky crows away from your field with Art’s Nursery’s Scarecrow Festival. Featuring over 60 scarecrow scenes and a pop-up pumpkin patch, this is a fantastic place to get some inspiration for your own straw creations.
📅 Date: September 20 – October 31, 2025
📍 Location: Art’s Nursery Garden & Home
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Scarecrow Fest 2025
Maan Farms Halloween Fright Festival
B.C.’s most terrifying corn maze is returning for another frightening year! But this time, it’s a completely new festival that brings together family-friendly treats and those ever-horrifying tricks. Check out Fright Festival’s haunting mazes and pumpkin patch, complete with some scares you won’t be forgetting!
📅 Date: September 27 – November 1, 2025
📍 Location: Maan Farms
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Maan Farms Halloween Fright Festival
Bear Creek Park’s Halloween Mini Train
The little ones will love this thrilling Halloween train that takes the family through Bear Creek Park. The experience comes in two forms, with the Pumpkin Train being for the younger kids and the Haunted Forest Scream Train for those looking for a more frightening experience. Both are a fantastic way to get into the spooky season.
📅 Date: October 1 – November 2, 2025
📍 Location: Bear Creek Park
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Bear Creek Park’s Pumpkin Train and Scream Train
Pumpkins After Dark
Featuring over 10,000 hand-carved pumpkins is Burnaby’s Pumpkins After Dark. This spectacular display is a local favourite for plenty of folks, and invites everyone to take in the sights of illuminated pumpkins, monster sculptures, and Halloween characters from blockbuster films. Other attractions include live entertainment, live pumpkin carving demos, and plenty of fall sweets and treats.
📅 Date: October 3 – 31, 2025
📍 Location: Swangard Stadium & Central Park
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Pumpkins After Dark 2025
Petey’s Pumpkin Patch & Reapers Corn Maze
Known for their sprawling pumpkin patch and exhilarating horror attraction, Fantasy Farms’ Petey’s Pumpkin Patch is absolutely worth the visit this October. While the pumpkin patch is perfect for all ages, the Reapers Maze of Terror is for older guests that like being frightened out of their mind. Only the courageous should enter as something haunting lurks around every corner.
📅 Date: October 4 – November 1, 2025
📍 Location: Fantasy Farms Inc.
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Petey’s Pumpkin Patch and Reapers Haunted Attraction
Rabbit Festival 2025
Snuggling with bunnies is the best seasonal depression cure. This Fall, you can hang out with tons of these adorable critters with Vancouver Rabbit Rescue and Advocacy’s (VRRA) Rabbit Festival in Vancouver! The event will be centered around rabbit health, with special programming teaching featuring some amazing rabbit vets. And for those of you looking for a fuzzy friend, the bunny meet & greet will be the place to be. You can meet all of the adoptables available and hang out in the Hoppy Hour mingle pen! Do note that the Hoppy Hour is BYOB– Bring Your Own Bunny! See if your rabbit wants a buddy to chill with.
📅 Date: November 1, 2025
📍 Location: Scottish Cultural Centre
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Rabbit Festival 2025
Make the most of the spookiest of weekends as Halloween descends upon the city. Whether you’re keeping it full of treats for the little ones or if you’re looking to get scared out of your mind in a haunted house, this Halloween is all about creating memories to last a lifetime.
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