Austin Halloween & Día de los Muertos Guide 2025
Get ready for a spooktacular season in Austin! Here's your guide to the best Halloween events, haunted houses, and Día de los Muertos celebrations happening in 2025.
Live Music & Festivals
Levitation Halloween Freakend feat. Stereolab
Location: The Far Out Lounge (8504 S Congress Ave, Austin)
Date & Time: Oct. 31, 2025 (5:00 PM – 12:00 AM)
Details: The legendary UK band Stereolab headlines the first night of this two-day psychedelic, garage, and experimental rock mini-festival. The Friday lineup also includes Viagra Boys and The Black Lips. The festival is All Ages, but Deluxe tickets offer a 21+ private bar. Tickets are available online for single days or a 2-day pass, starting around $51.
Levitation Halloween Freakend (Night 2)
Location: The Far Out Lounge (8504 S Congress Ave, Austin)
Date & Time: Nov. 1, 2025 (4:00 PM – 12:00 AM)
Details: The second night features bands like Machine Girl, Clown Core, and Black Moth Super Rainbow.
Haunted Attractions
House of Torment
Location: 2632 Ridgepoint Dr, Austin, TX
Dates: Select nights through Nov. 9, 2025
Details: A nationally recognized haunted house featuring multiple brand-new, elaborate attractions each year, including "Blood Stained" and "Cursed: Pharaoh's Tomb." Ticket prices vary, starting around $29.99-$32.99.
Scream Hollow Wicked Halloween Park
Location: 149 Split Rail Ln, Smithville, TX
Dates: Select nights through Nov. 2, 2025
Details: Located on 20 acres of dense forest, this park features five distinct haunted attractions, live music, bonfires, and themed bars. Recommended for ages 12 and up. Ticket prices start around $22.95.
UNDEAD: Haunted House of Dances
Location: East Side Performing Arts, 979 Springdale Rd, Austin, TX
Dates: Starts Oct. 23, 2025 (repeats daily)
Details: An adults-only immersive dance show presented by Ventana Ballet that blends performance art with a haunted house experience.
Movies & Performances
Panic at the Paramount
Location: Paramount Theater (713 Congress Ave, Austin)
Dates & Times: Select dates including Oct. 31, 2025
Details: Catch classic Halloween and horror thrillers on the big screen in the historic Paramount Theater. This year's screenings include movies like Halloween and Pet Sematary. Tickets and full schedule available on their website.
Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
Location: St. David's Episcopal Church (301 E 8th St, Austin)
Dates & Times: Oct. 30, 2025
Details: The Austin Camerata String Quartet performs eerie classics like Michael Jackson's “Thriller,” the Stranger Things theme, and The Exorcist theme, surrounded by flickering candlelight.
Halloween Children's Concert
Location: The Long Center (701 W Riverside Dr, Austin)
Dates & Times: Sun, Oct. 26, 2025; 3:00 PM
Details: The Austin Symphony Orchestra's annual, all-ages concert is a themed adventure (e.g., pirate lore) with music and costumes. Tickets start around $25.
Family-Friendly Fun
Pumpkin Nights
Location: Pioneer Farms (10621 Pioneer Farms Dr, Austin)
Dates & Times: Sep. 18 – Oct. 31, 2025
Details: Walk through a half-mile trail featuring over 7,500 hand-carved and custom-designed pumpkins in themed "Lands" like Spider Alley. Tickets range from free to $36, and often sell out.
Disney Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' Light Trail
Location: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (4801 La Crosse Ave, Austin)
Dates & Times: Sep. 25 – Nov. 30, 2025
Details: An immersive, 8,300+ sq ft light trail experience based on the classic movie. A unique nighttime spectacle.
Spooktacular at the Bullock Museum
Location: Bullock Texas State History Museum (1800 Congress Ave, Austin)
Dates & Times: Fri, Oct. 24, 2025; 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Details: A free, family-friendly event featuring slimy, spooky science and STEM activities in partnership with Girlstart, live music, and a scavenger hunt.
Boo at the Zoo
Location: Austin Zoo (10808 Rawhide Trail, Austin)
Dates & Times: Select nights, including Oct. 24 & 25, 2025; 5:45 PM – 9:00 PM
Details: The zoo transforms with festive lights and decorations, including a Haunted Train ride and a Haunted House. Admission is $24.
Halloween Carnival
Location: Neill-Cochran House Museum (2310 San Gabriel St, Austin)
Dates & Times: Sun, Oct. 26, 2025; 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Details: A free Halloween carnival featuring a bouncy castle, Trunk-or-Treat, scavenger hunts, and games.
Sweet Eats Adventure Farm Fall Festival
Location: 14400 E State Hwy 29, Georgetown, TX
Dates & Times: Sep. 20 - Nov. 7, 2025
Details: A large-scale fall festival with a 4.5-acre corn maze, massive pumpkin patch, petting zoo, pig races, and pony rides. General admission is $14.50-$18.50 online.
Bars & Pop-Ups
Black Lagoon Pop-Up Bar
Location: King Bee Lounge (1900 E 12th St, Austin)
Dates & Times: Oct. 1 – Oct. 31, 2025
Details: An international, goth, and horror-inspired pop-up bar returning to Austin for the season. Features themed cocktails like "Book of Blood" and "Night Crawler."
Twisted Carnival Pop-Up Bar
Location: Gibson Street Bar (1109 S Lamar Blvd, Austin)
Dates & Times: Oct. 1 – Nov. 2, 2025
Details: Gibson Street Bar’s annual Halloween pop-up, featuring carnival-inspired decor, sinister DJs, and wickedly twisted cocktails.
Moe's Tavern Pop-Up
Location: Nickel City (1133 E 11th St, Austin)
Dates & Times: Oct. 9 – Oct. 31, 2025
Details: Nickel City transforms into the famous bar from The Simpsons, complete with themed cocktails, decor, and a food truck serving Krusty Burgers.
Halloween Bar Crawl
Location: Starts at Parlor & Yard (601 W 6th St, Austin)
Dates & Times: Oct. 31, 2025; starting at 4:00 PM
Details: A costumed bar crawl where participants move between various bars, enjoying themed cocktails. Tickets start around $5.
Upstairs at Scareoline
Location: Upstairs at Caroline (109 E 7th St, Austin)
Dates & Times: Oct. 31, 2025; starting at 8:00 PM
Details: A Halloween-themed pop-up bar takeover featuring themed cocktails, a live DJ, and a costume contest.
Día de los Muertos
Viva La Vida Festival & Parade
Location: Downtown Austin (Parade starts at 4th St & Congress Ave)
Date & Time: Sat, Oct. 25, 2025; 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Details: Austin's largest and longest-running Día de los Muertos event, presented by the Mexic-Arte Museum. Features a grand procession, hands-on art activities, traditional food, an artisan market, a low-rider exhibition, and live music. The event is free and family-friendly.
Día de los Muertos at Waterloo Park
Location: Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park
Date & Time: Nov. 1 & 2, 2025; 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Details: An expanded, two-night celebration featuring a community ofrenda (altar) open to public contributions, music and dance performances, an artisan marketplace, and family-friendly crafts and face-painting in the Familia y Niños zone.
Dia de los Muertos Celebration
Location: Pan American Neighborhood Park (2100 E 3rd St, Austin)
Date & Time: Sat, Nov. 1, 2025; starting at 2:00 PM
Details: A family-friendly outdoor event hosted by the ESB Mexican American Cultural Center. Features community altars, face painting, sugar skull making, food trucks, and live music.