Get ready for a spook-tacular time in the Richmond Region and discover the best ways to celebrate the season. Let the Halloween fun begin and mark your calendars for these upcoming events and activities.
Richmond Halloween Lights Tours
Various Dates & Locations (public and private tours available)
Join Discover Richmond Tours for a spooky adventure through Richmond’s best Halloween displays! This customizable, BYOB bus tour offers a fun-filled ride to the creepiest and most over-the-top decorations in town. Whether you’re booking a private tour or have an individual ticket, this is the perfect way to experience the spookiest sights with friends, family, or co-workers!
Haunted Ghost Tours
Various Locations & Dates
Explore the dark side of Virginia’s capital city on a Haunts of Richmond Ghost Tour, celebrating over 20 years of frights, or a Strange Richmond Tours walking tour. Dare to embark on an after-dark guided experience including the Haunted Capitol Hill tour, the Shadows of Shockoe tour, the Hollywood Cemetery tour, and more.
Richmond True Crime Tour
Downtown Richmond | Friday Nights
Add a little mystery and mayhem to your Friday night by taking a walk on Richmond’s dark side. This historian-guided journey will take you through some of downtown’s most infamous true crime locations. Hear chilling stories of serial killers, unsolved mysteries, forensic breakthroughs, and more as you uncover a side of the city’s history you won’t find on your typical sightseeing tour.
Tricks and Treats
Kings Dominion | Select Dates through November 1
Looking for a not-so-scary Halloween experience? Look no further than Kings Dominion’s family-friendly Tricks and Treats! Everyone is sure to have a boo-tastic time with Halloween activities, live shows, a costume contest, seasonal food and drinks, and of course, candy! You can also enjoy your favorite rides and attractions throughout the park.
Halloween Haunt
Kings Dominion | Select Dates through November 1
Terror lurks around every corner at Kings Dominion’s Halloween Haunt. From thrilling rides and haunted mazes to terrifying scare zones and frightening live shows, you’re in for some extreme screams. Hundreds of monsters will descend on the park for a chilling night you won't forget!
Creepy Hallow Scream Park
Creepy Hollow Scream Park | Select Dates in October
Dare to experience the Scream Forest at Creepy Hollow Scream Park! Wander through the ultimate Halloween destination with more monsters, more frights, and more fun. Each night features live actors, monsters, animatronics, and acres of screams for a truly thrilling night.
Terror on the Farm
Ashland Berry Farm | Friday–Sunday, October 2-31
Haunts and horror await this season at Ashland Berry Farm during this year's Terror on the Farm event. Enter this haunted farm if you dare and venture through their newest and scariest additions including Revenge of the Scarecrow, Ghost Town 3D, and VOODOO: Blood & Bones.
Vampire Bar Crawl
Arts District of Richmond | October 2
Sink your teeth into spooky season with a night of drinks, costumes, and vampire-inspired fun in Richmond’s Arts District. Dress in your best vampire attire and crawl your way through participating neighborhood bars during this special First Fridays event.
Chesterfield PAL Haunted Woods
Mid-lothian Mines Park | October 3
Are you brave enough to venture into the Haunted Woods? Follow a ghostly guide along a half-mile trail through Midlothian Mines Park, where live actors and unexpected scares are waiting in the darkness. Not ready to face the woods? Stick around for a DJ, vendors and a food truck while the braver members of your crew take on the trail.
Lakeside Halloween Market
Lakeside Farmer’s Market | October 4
Get into the spooky spirit with a day of shopping, treats, and Halloween fun at this festive community market. Browse local vendors for seasonal finds and handmade goods while soaking up all the frightfully fun vibes. Throw on your favorite costume, bring the whole crew, and celebrate spooky season in Lakeside!
Dead Allen's CarnEvil
Ed Allen's Campground | October 16, 23, and 30
Get ready for a fright-filled getaway as Dead Allen’s takes over Ed Allen’s Campground in New Kent for three spooky weekends this October. The annual Halloween celebration brings plenty of thrills to the campground, with festivities including its haunted tent and Saturday night block parties. Book a stay, embrace the scares, and make a whole weekend out of the Halloween fun.
Murder, Mayhem, and the Marshalls
John Marshall House | October 17, 24, and 30
Step inside the historic John Marshall House after dark for a candlelit tour filled with murder, mystery, and mayhem. Hear chilling tales of Marshall family secrets, tragic events from early Richmond history, and even swashbuckling pirates as you explore the city’s oldest surviving brick home. Offered three nights in October, this special evening tour is a fitting way to uncover Richmond’s darker history during spooky season.
Halloween UnHappy Hour
Poe Museum | October 22
Embrace the macabre at one of the Poe Museum’s most anticipated events of the year. Spend an eerie evening in the museum’s Enchanted Garden celebrating spooky season in a setting perfectly suited to the master of mystery himself.
Trick or Treat at VMHC
Virginia Museum of History & Culture (VMHC) | October 23
Grab your costumes and treat bags for a family-friendly Halloween celebration at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture. Little ghosts and ghouls can trick-or-treat their way through the museum while enjoying festive activities and plenty of seasonal fun. It’s a sweet way for the whole family to get into the Halloween spirit!
Ghosts Walk at Night Progressive Dinner
Hanover Tavern | October 23
Get ready for a spine-chilling adventure at Hanover Tavern’s Ghosts Walk at Night! Tour the haunted tavern while hearing eerie tales of real paranormal activity in this special edition for America’s 250th. Will you be brave enough to discover what haunts these historic grounds and face the spirits?
Richmond Zombie Walk
Carytown Shopping District | October 24
Watch the undead take over Carytown Shopping District during this only-in-RVA spooky season experience! Zombies of all ages will shuffle through the neighborhood in their creepiest costumes and gruesome makeup, putting on a spectacle that’s just as fun to watch as it is to join.
Fancy Me Mad!
Historic St. John’s Church | October 24
Embark on a spine-tingling spirits tour at the historic St. John’s Church, weaving your way through its centuries-old graveyard. Encounter captivating characters from Richmond’s past as they share their stories in the city’s first cemetery, and if you’re lucky, you may even hear a chilling tale from Edgar Allan Poe himself.
Candlelight: Halloween Classics
John Marshall Ballrooms | October 30
Set the mood for Halloween with a live concert experience featuring haunting melodies performed in the glow of candlelight. Hear eerie favorites and spine-tingling classics reimagined by live musicians inside the elegant John Marshall Ballrooms.
Richmond Symphony: Halloween Spooktacular
Dominion Energy Center for the Performing Arts | October 31
Add a little music to your Halloween celebrations with the Richmond Symphony’s Halloween Spooktacular! Dress up in your favorite costume and enjoy a family-friendly concert filled with festive tunes and plenty of Halloween spirit. It’s a frightfully fun way for ghosts and ghouls of all ages to celebrate the spookiest day of the year.
The fun doesn't stop here! Looking for more fall activities?
READ MORE: RVA FALL FESTIVAL AND EVENT GUIDE
For even more things to do in the Richmond Region this season, check out our full regional calendar of events!
