Hip in Detroit's Guide to Celebrating Halloween in Metro Detroit

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Here are all the ways you can celebrate Halloween in Metro Detroit this month!

P.S. Have something you want added to the list? Email it to hipindetroit@gmail.com.

Multi Weekend Events:

Canterbury Village Halloween Stroll - October 7th - 30th: 

Take a spooky stroll through the spooked-out setup @ Canterbury Village. This is a family-friendly event.

Detroit Zoo Boo - Weekends, October 8th - 24th:

A merry, not scary event @ The Detroit Zoo for the whole family.

Cider in the City - Saturdays, October 3rd - 24th from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.:

Cider & Donuts

Make & Takes

Food Trucks

Lawn Games

Live Music

Hayrides

Multi-Night Events:

The Detroit Spook Show Halloween Sale - October 9th & 10th

Head to The Sanctuary to shop all things spooky! Admission is free!

Creepy Cheapy - October 29th & 30th

Two nights of Detroit's best artists covering some of the biggest artists in the world. This includes Ladysse as Britney Spears, Carmel Liburdi & Friends as Josie & The Pussycats, and No Vision as AFI.

One Night Only Events:

Friday 10/8

Beetlejuice Shadowcast - 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Audiences will watch Beetlejuice on the big screen at The Redford Theatre while performers expertly act out every element of the movie on stage in front of the screen with film-accurate costumes, props, and precision.

Saturday 10/9

Detroit Harvestfest & Food Truck Rally - 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

More than 60 of Metro Detroit’s most popular food trucks, trick or treating, pumpkin patch @ the Detroit Riverfront.

Scream 25th Anniversary Screening - 8 p.m.

Do you like scary movies? Don't miss your chance to see Scream on the big screen at the Senate Theater.

Saturday 10/16

The Mega 80's Halloween Spooktacular - 8 p.m.

Rock the Casbah like it's 1982 in spooky style @ The Magic Bag.

Thursday 10/2l

Edo Halloween Party - 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Art, music, psychic readings, and pho!

Friday 10/22

Punk Rock Halloween Show @ PJ's Lager House - 8 p.m. - 2 a.m.

Music by The Zotz, Nuke & the Nightshift and Freakbox. 

Saturday 10/23

Corktown Children's Pumpkin Festival - 3 - 6 p.m.
An afternoon of outdoor spooky fun with Costumes, Spooky photo booth, Fortune Telling, Trick or Treating and Games. 

Monster's Ball Detroit 2021 - 8 p.m. - 2 a.m.

DJs, live performers, and stage entertainers.

Sunday 10/24

Annual Halloween Psychic/Holistic Fair @ the Royal Oak Farmers Market -30 vendors including psychics, mediums, aura photos, shop crystals, and holistic products.

Thursday 10/28

The Suicide Machines' Hallowhiskey Masquerade @ Detroit City Distillery
The Suicide Machines will be taking over Detroit City Distillery along with Mephiskapheles, Bars of Gold, and DJ Mean Dean. There will also be drag performances, vendors, and food trucks. Costumes are mandatory!

Transgender Michigan Halloween - 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Come as you are and celebrate Halloween @ 215 West with the transgender Michigan community. 

Friday 10/29

Puppy Happy Hour on the Tin Roof Patio - 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Celebrate Halloween with your best friend!

Underwater Disco Halloween Party - 9 p.m.
Wave Point with Ancient Mermaids, Walter  Glasshouse, Cait Von Tres and Drop Catch

Spooky Halloween Battle to the Death
Party with The Cult of Spaceskull, Steve Harvey Oswald, and more.

An Intimate Affair With The Theatre Bizarre Orchestra - 9 p.m. - 12 a.m.
The Theatre Bizarre Orchestra presents an evening of live music in an intimate setting. Hosted by Valentine Distilling Co.

Saturday 10/30

B. Nektar's HallowMead Party - 2 p.m. - 11 p.m.
Horror movies + Metal + Cider and Mead + Taco Truck + Tap Room Exclusives
Don't forget your costume, they are having a contest with prizes. 

"KISS" @ Outer Limits Lounge - 7 p.m. 
Heavy & Beyond brings KISS Dead to Outer Limits Lounge on the most evil night of the year!

215 West's Halloween Party - 8 p.m.
DJ + costume contest + all the proceeds support LCGTQ candidates running for office.

Carnevale di Venezia | The Grand Masquerade Ball - 9 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Get dressed up and keep it mysterious at this masked masquerade inside the Townsend Hotel.

The Crow @ The Senate Theatre - 6 p.m. - 11 p.m.
Fire it up and watch Eric set the city on fire.

Thirst Wave + Industrial Is Not Dead Halloween Bash - 9 p.m.

Retro, New Wave, Industrial, Dark 80's and 90's, and costume contest.

Halloween at The Mansion - 8 p.m.

"Detroit's Most Exclusive Halloween Costume Party" at the Detroit Club. 

Sunday 10/31

A Very Tiki Halloween Party - 4 p.m.

Lost River will have Happy Hour all night and spooky specially themed cocktails. Roland Remington is supplying the tunes and Gajiza Dumplings will be serving terrifying delights. 

The Phantom Emporium! Halloween Market - 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
For one day 15 spooky makers will take over the center of The Rust Belt Market for a Halloween showcase. Don't forget the 40 + staple makers that occupy The Rust Belt will also be open and they have a bar. Make it a spooky shopping experience!

Naughty Halloween on Wheels @ the New Rink - 10 p.m.
Two DJs will be spinning tunes while you skate your heart out in your favorite costume @ The New Rink in Shelby.

~ S + C