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Pittsburgh Halloween Events & Haunted Activities
From haunted houses to escape rooms, corn mazes and family friendly trick or treating at the Zoo, Pittsburgh has plenty of Halloween fun!
Are you a wanna-be ghost hunter? Like to be creeped out? Want to get your scare on? Then you’re going to love Pittsburgh's spookiest Halloween events and attractions.
2024 updates are in progress. Please check back often as more dates and times are announced.
Phantom Fall Fest
Select Dates Sept. 20-Oct. 27, 2024
Phantom Fall Fest at Kennywood Park is a must for ghouls and goblins of all ages. During the day, take in the fall views and enjoy festive foods and a family-friendly Halloween including kids rides being open. After 6 p.m., the terror begins as guests try and survive haunted houses and scare zones throughout the park. The nerve-racking roller coasters and devilishly delicious food make for spine-tingling Kennywood fun.
The Basement, The Chipped Fang and Escape Rooms | ScareHouse
Select Dates Sept. 13-Nov. 3, 2024
While their haunted house experience is closed until 2025, the masters of horror at ScareHouse are offering up three times the frights with signature experiences throughout the city.
The Basement is the ultimate horror experience as you and one other guest try to survive this intense, R-rated attraction in Etna. Meanwhile, their Strip District location is offering The Chipped Fang, a secret vampire lair full of interactive experiences and delicious mocktails, and Stalked by a Killer escape room.
Ghost Tours
Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m., May-Nov. 2024
Haunted Pittsburgh Ghost Tours capture Pittsburgh's historic nightmares and share all things that go bump in the night. From Station Square, the tour travels up to Mt. Washington on the iconic – and purportedly haunted – Monongahela Incline. Then, you'll explore one of the city's most haunted neighborhoods as storytellers reveal the chilling tales of Pittsburgh's spectacularly macabre past. This particular dalliance with the dead is offered from May to early November on Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m., with extra tours added in October.
Make sure to book tickets fast for the spookiest season of them all!
Hundred Acres Manor
Opens Friday the 13th, Sept. 13-Nov. 2, 2024 on Select Dates
Offering five different haunted experiences including alien, voodoo and folklore themes, Hundred Acres is a must for Halloween lovers looking for a thrill. Plus, there’s an escape room, maze, and for the truly brave, a buried alive simulator that will test your willpower. If you need to calm your nerves, the Scream Bar has four taps nightly of "brews before boos."
Portals of Fear
2024 Dates and Times TBD
Located in West Mifflin, this newer haunt is serving up tons of scares to the greater Pittsburgh community, and is constantly nominated for one of the best haunted attractions in the region. Nightmarish creatures and hair-rising special effects will prey on your deepest fears at their main attraction while everyone can enjoy the family hay ride and kids' area or grab a snack and a drink at their midway.
Halloween Cruises
Fridays-Sundays Sept. 27-Oct. 27 plus Oct. 30 & 31, 2024
Halloween means big fun on the rivers aboard these themed Gateway Clipper cruises. Returning in 2024 is the popular Haunted Pittsburgh Cruise, a spooky evening trip along the Three Rivers accompanied by ghost stories, spooky crewmates and Tarot card readings at 6:30 and 8 p.m. The adults-only Moonlight Dance happens Sept. 27 and Oct. 25. For kids, the Halloween Fun Cruise is family friendly with fun prizes, music and a costume party during the day (date and time for 2024 TBD).
Evil Dead the Musical
Sept. 27-Oct. 20, 2024
Groovy. Both jazz hands and dismembered hands will be flying at Evil Dead the Musical, a comedic show combining the cult classic films into an off-the-wall production. With songs such as "All the Men in My Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons," you'll be toe-tapping through the massacre as Ash tries to save the day with his trusty chainsaw. The show runs select dates at West End Canopy and sells out quickly, so don't wait to get your tickets.
More Theatre With Halloween Vibes
Besides Evil Dead, there's plenty going on in the Cultural District with stage shows, symphonies, magic and more performances with spooky overtones:
- Miguel Muñoz in What is Magic for You? | Oct. 2-Nov. 3, 2024 | Liberty Magic - Miguel Muñoz, World Champion of Magic brings us an intimate and magical show where the surprise, the impossible, the poetry and the absurd will be present at all times.
- Ghosted: Tales from Carson | Oct. 24-Nov. 2 | The Lillie Theatre - A brand new Halloween celebration straight from the South Side. Beverage (cocktail/mocktail/etc) included in price of ticket.
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ in Concert | Oct. 26-27 | Heinz Hall - For the first time ever, audiences can rediscover the magic of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ while a live symphony orchestra performs Nicholas Hooper’s unforgettable score and Harry Potter™ soars across the big screen in high-definition.
- Mike Super - Magic & Illusion | Oct. 26 | Byham Theater - Mystifier Mike Super is the WINNER of NBC’s Hit TV Show PHENOMENON and a Top Finalist on AMERICA’S GOT TALENT!
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: An Out of the Box Theatrical Experience | Nov. 1-24 | Unions Trust Building | Quantum Theatre - Come experience this sinister carnival inspired equally by German Expressionism and America’s current political landscape.
Haunted Museum After Dark
TBD for 2024
Carnegie Museum of Natural History will dive deep into the weird and wonderful with this special October event that tackles the mysteries still out there and which animals are scarier than the monsters we invent.
Zombies of the Corn
Select Dates Sept.27-Nov. 2, 2024
Stop the Zombie Apocalypse in Pittsburgh! That’s right, this is your chance to “open fire” and protect our city. Have you ever wanted to play paintball but didn’t like the idea of getting shot or getting dirty? At Zombies of the Corn, you ride the specialized Zombie Fighting Vehicle to eliminate these creatures that have an insatiable hunger for human flesh. The hunt begins Fridays-Saturdays starting Sept. 27, then adds Sundays starting Oct. 13.
Family Friendly Halloween Activities
Jack O'Lantern Extravaganza & ZooBoo
Oct. 3-Nov. 3, 2024
Oh my gourd! Thousands of artistically carved pumpkins will glow as you walk through Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium during their all new Jack O’Lantern Extravaganza!
Daytime trick-or-treating will continue at ZooBoo during the last two weekends in October.
Hallowboo
Saturdays and Sundays Sept. 14-Oct. 27, 2024
Throughout October, Idlewild hosts Hallowboo, a series of family-friendly Halloween activities like trick-or-treating through Story Book Forest, not-so-scary mazes, costumed characters, live shows and more.
Owl-O-Ween
Oct. 19–20; 26–27
PLUS, anyone can wear their costume and join the Halloween festivities: getting the chance to meet an Animal Ambassador Owl while learning about what makes them unique from a National Aviary Expert in a Sp-OO-ky Meet and Greet!
Pumpkin Palooza
Oct. 26, 2024
Tricks, treats and groovy beats will have your whole family doing the Monster Mash at Kelly Strayhorn Theater Oct. 26 from 1-4 p.m. Dress up in your favorite costume for spooky make-and-take crafts and pumpkin decorating, then come into the theater to enjoy family-friendly performances from Pittsburgh artists.
Bump in The Night
Head to Frick Park for Halloween fun with your little ones. Perfect for ages 3-9, Bump In The Night offers night hikes, a campfire, pumpkin carving, music and more.
Registration opens in early October, so make sure to book in advance as these events always sell out.
