10+ spook-tacular places to haunt this Halloween week
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An eerie-sistible night of costumes, candy and celebrations has been showing up a lot in our crystal ball recently.
Halloween is just around the corner, so we’ve created a list to show you witch way to go (get it?), no matter what your celebration style here in Canberra.
Boo-zey options
Leave the car at home and jump on your broom (or in an uber) to head to these four bars that have gone the extra mile to make it your haunt for the night.
Zoo Bar
Hosting Canberra’s Biggest Halloween Party, round up your guys and ghouls to dance through the night. Receive a special treat as you walk through the door and trick your friends with some epic make-up from one of the free Halloween make-up artists.
Don’t forget to boo-k your tickets and create a costume that would make Dracula proud.
Friday 28 October | Zoo Bar, London Circuit | facebook.com
Reload Bar and Games
It’s a Nightmare on Northbourne at Reload Bar and Games on the Saturday night. Reload and Token will be transformed for spooky sessions of ghostly good times that will rattle your bones.
Token will become a dark, smoke filled dungeon serving up Emo, Pop Punk, Rock, Indie, Metal and Goth hits with DJ Black Temple while Reload will be a spooky spiders liar with non stop dance floor fillers.
Prizes will be given out on the night for best dressed and special hell raising Halloween cocktails will be served throughout the night.
Saturday 29 October | Reload Bar and Games, Northbourne Avenue | allevents.in
Paint and Sip at the Social Creative
Want something a bit less crowded and noisy? Treat or tequila yourself at the Social Creative.
You will be lead through a workshop to create a Halloween Sugar Skull masterpiece. Whilst your sipping on a cheeky tequila and enjoying the banter, the creative workshop leaders will guide you through a fun acrylic painting session where you can get creative with colour and style of your very own to paint a day of the dead portrait!
Thursday 28 October| The Social Creative, Northbourne Avenue | allevents.in
Burlesque Brunch at Flazeda
Recover from your Friday night revelries with a Burlesque Brunch at Flazeda. Expect gorgeous ghouls, sexy skeletons, a touch of class and a whole lotta (s)ass! There are also games, trivia and best dressed competitions with prizes to be won, just to maintain the excitement and keep the audience on their toes.
Read more here.
Saturday 30 October | Flazeda, Belconnen | humantix.com
A good scary-tale ending
Consider yourself a movie buff? Check out these spooky screenings…
Jennifer’s Body screening NFSA
Is it truly the spooky season if you don’t spend the night goblin down some candy and screaming at the screen. This Halloween, it’s time to reclaim a truly under appreciated, over-the-top and fun-as-hell feminist horror film, Jennifer’s Body.
This 2009 hidden gem featuring Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried is playing at the ARC cinema this Halloween.
Friday 28 October | National Film and Sound Archives, Acton | allevents.in
Homely Halloween
Just want to stay curled up at home? Or be able to hand out treats to the trick or treaters? Check out our list of favourite horror films here.
Fa-boo-lous Family Fun
Trick or Treat
It is the one time of year that having cobwebs over your house is celebrated and we have taken the hard work out of finding the best streets to trick or treat this year.
Get prepared for the biggest sugar rush and crash your little ones will have had since Easter, with our list of the best place to haunt this year.
National Zoo and Aquarium Spooktacular
Celebrate howl-oween at the National Zoo and Aquarium for their spooktacular event. There will be frighteningly fun games, scavenger hunts, costume prizes, arts and crafts, delicious treats and of course, endless amounts of candy.
Grab your scariest costume and head along to partake in pumpkin bowling, the cauldron toss, ghost races, a very scary scavenger hunt, guessing competitions, spooky contests, a frighteningly delicious bake sale and more.
Friday 28 October | National Zoo and Aquarium, Yarralumla | allevents.in
Canberra Miniature Railway
Jump aboard the scary express at the Canberra Miniature Railway. Head along for two nights of spook journeys for when it gets dark the decorations will spark.
Buy a meal from the canteen and enjoy a picnic as you watch the night trains go by.
Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 October | Canberra Miniature Railway, Symonston | trybooking.com
Lollipops Playground and Café
Enjoy three days of Halloween happiness at Lollipops Playground and Café. Head along to a Freaky Friday family disco or their Spooktacular Saturday night of dancing. Monday will descend into madness as the weekend wraps up.
Enjoy music, crafts and yummy food to cater for the whole weekend and family.
Friday 28, Saturday 29 and Monday 31 October| Lollipop’s Playground and Café, Majura Park Shopping Centre| Canberra.lollipopsplayland
Haunted House
Would it truly be Halloween if you don’t brave a haunted house at least once? Canberra has no shortage of haunts that ghosts have decided to call home, but one to check out is Blundell Cottage. Nestled on the shore of Lake Burley Griffin, the ghost of Florrie Blundell still resides within the little stone cottage. Head along and see if she’ll show herself to you.
Saturday and Sunday’s 10am – 2pm | Blundell Cottage, Kings Park |nca.gov
