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Spooky Halloween events in and around Bournemouth

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Halloween in Bournemouth

As the leaves fall from the trees and the nights draw in closer, what better time to experience Bournemouth’s sense of frightful fun than at Halloween?
From after dark museum tours, twisted circus of freaks and monsters to spook-takular events for children; There’s lot of spooky and goulish goings on across the town that are sure to give you a fright! Come down and visit if you dare...

October Half Term: Halloween Fun at the Russell-Cotes

The Victorians loved this time of year, and so do we! Join us for spooktacular crafts, workshops, trails and a ghoulish treasure hunt. Full schedule of crafts and workshops coming soon.
Join us for an other-wordly audio tour through the Russell-Cotes historic house. A chilling combination of Gothic tales and ghostly sightings washed down with drinks from Annie’s Unearthly Apothecary. Do you dare to explore the secrets in the shadows at the Russell-Cotes by night? Come in costume and enjoy the rare chance to roam the house after dark but beware, you may not be alone!

Wicked music and scary trails

With a huge DJ line up, plus spooky immersive theatre production, circus performers, amazing décor and so much more, you’ll be mad to miss out. Join us on the streets of Lansdowne this Halloween as 2,500 monsters descend for The Block Party. With over 40 DJs & artists performing across 5 venues - you can expect 8 hours of the best cutting edge sounds and art at Bournemouth’s metropolitan electronic music festival.. These streets are ours!

At Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre join artist John House for a session of pumpkin carving with a difference. Take home your unique pumpkin once you have finished. Or follow our very popular Halloween trail, solving clues along the way, and then collect a small prize. Starts and finishes at the Visitor Centre. From the age of 4, visit Kingfisher Barn to style and decorate paper hats and stick wands and become Witches and Wizards! Make some fluffy spiders from ordinary pompons. Then cut out and decorate their webs to take home: Pompon Spiders and Wispy Webs.

The Shelley Frankenstein Festival

At the end of October The Shelley Frankenstein Festival is coming to Bournemouth! The Shelley Frankenstein Festival was established to celebrate the life and works of the Shelley family, some of whom lived in the Boscombe / Bournemouth area and many of whom are buried in Bournemouth.

Frightful Family Fun

On 27^th October, be sure to head over to Southbourne’s Frankfest this Halloween for an abundance of devilish fun. Enjoy music and entertainment throughout the day including arts and crafts, fire displays, a parade and best dressed competitions! Get your pumpkins ready, come along to carve and decorate some scary Halloween pumpkins, fun for the whole family!

Spooky events

Low key, silly, spooky fun for little ones? It’s got to be Halloween Half Term at Farmer Palmer’s. There’s a whole kooky cast of characters to entertain your 'mini monsters' down on the farm! Extra fang-tastic activities added to the timetable plus all your favourite farm park demon-strations and play!

Adventure Wonderland is the Home of Halloween this half term, 20^th-28^th October. Witches, ghouls and ghosts will haunt the Witches of the Woods scary maze (weather permitting) and there’s a spooktacular new Halloween show, Spellbound, daily in the Happydrome Theatre.

Have a spook-tacular time at Monkey World this Halloween! The Kid’s activity centre is open throughout half-term with spooky sand art, creepy crafts and a terrifying. Also, on October 31^st, kids in full Halloween fancy dress gain entry for free!

Award-winning amusement park, Paultons Park, is getting ready for Happy Halloween, its biggest seasonal event ever, which includes several new themed shows and attractions, and new late-night opening hours for the whole family to enjoy the frighteningly fun festivities after dark.

Spooktacular half term fun and award winning soft play! Saturday 27th October Lemur Landings has a Halloween Trick or Treat party! Fun and games with a themed diso and entertainment, fancy dress contest, children's picnic box and appearance from Lewey Lemur.

Celebrate Halloween at Mr Mulligans Adventure Golf! On 27th October adults dress up for a free drink! Enjoy Halloween games, cocktails, pizza and music. 28th October children dress up for 50 percent off golf! There will be face painting, competitions and Halloween drinks and pizzas.

Have a spooky adventure at Corfe Castle. See if you can find all of the missing pumpkins at our Creepy Creatures quest. Bring your brave teddy to rescue one of our knights and help them escape down the zip wire from the castle keep, and come and see how far a missile launch from Corfe Castle's resident medieval siege engine will go!

Halloween Spooky hunts around The Blue Pool on Saturday 20th to Saturday 27th October. Free admittance for children under 16. A special 15 percent off all refreshments in the Teahouse all week. And between 20th - 21st October a 20 percent discount in the gift shop.

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October Half Term: Halloween Fun at the Russell-Cotes

Bournemouth

The Victorians loved this time of year, and so do we! Join us for spooktacular crafts, workshops, trails and a ghoulish treasure hunt.

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20 Oct 2018to28 Oct 2018
Halloween in Southbourne - Southbourne's Frankenfest

Bournemouth

Southbourne’s Frankenfest! On Saturday 28th October - Join the spectacular spooky fun taking place in Southbourne this Halloween!

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27 Oct 2018Open 12:00 - 22:00
The Shelley Frankenstein Festival

Bournemouth

Around the Halloween period this year, there will be The Shelley Frankenstein Festival. To celebrate the life and works of the Shelley family, many of whom are buried in Boscombe and Bournemouth.

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Halloween Trail at Kingfisher Barn Visitor Centre

Granby Road, Muscliff, Bournemouth

Solve the clues and win a fang-tastic sur-prize!

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Paper Plate Monsters - Saturday 20th October

Granby Road, Bournemouth

Use our imagination and create your own Halloween monsters! £2 donation. Suitable for ages 4+. No need to book.

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20 Oct 2018Open 13:00 - 15:00
Witches and Wizards - Sunday 21st October

Granby Road, Muscliff, Bournemouth

Style and decorate paper hats and stick wands! £2 donation. Suitable or ages 4+. No need to book. Also taking place Friday 26th October 1-3pm.

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21 Oct 2018Open 13:00 - 15:00
Pompon Spiders and Wispy Webs - Monday 22nd October

Granby Road, Bournemouth

Make some fluffy spiders from ordinary pompons. Then cut out and decorate their webs to take home. £2 donation. Suitable for ages 4+. No need to book. Also taking place Saturday 27th October 1-3pm.

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22 Oct 2018Open 13:00 - 15:00
Make Your Move - Frankenstein Fun

Bournemouth

Look out, Frankenstein’s about! And he’s cooking up a medley of activity for this October half term break.

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23 Oct 2018Open 10:00 - 16:00
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25 Oct 2018Open 10:00 - 16:00
Paper Plate Monsters - Wednesday 24 October

Granby Road, Muscliff, Bournemouth

Make paper plate monsters at Kingfisher Barn Visitor Centre.

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24 Oct 2018Open 13:00 - 15:00
Pumpkin Carving

Bournemouth

Join artist John House for a session of pumpkin carving with a difference at Hengistbury Head

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25 Oct 2018Open 11:00 - 13:00
Halloween Trail

Bournemouth

Enjoy a Halloween Trail at Hengistbury Head.

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26 Oct 2018Open 10:00 - 15:30
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27 Oct 2018Open 10:00 - 15:30
Witches and Wizards - Friday 26 October

Granby Road, Muscliff, Bournemouth

Style and decorate paper hats and stick wands at Kingfisher Barn Visitor Centre.

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26 Oct 2018Open 13:00 - 15:00
Ghostly Whispers... an eerie audio tour

Bournemouth

Join us for an other-wordly audio tour through the historic house.

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27 Oct 2018Open 19:00 - 22:00
Pompon Spiders and Wispy Webs - Saturay 27th October

Granby Road, Muscliff, Bournemouth

Make some fully spiders from pompons and whispy webs at Kingfisher Barn Visitor Centre.

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27 Oct 2018Open 13:00 - 15:00
The Block Party Halloween Festival

Bournemouth

Join 2,500 party people and over 40 artists at Bournemouth's metropolitan electronic music Halloween festival.

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27 Oct 2018to28 Oct 2018Various Opening Times
Metropole Street Market - Day of the Dead

Bournemouth

Back by popular demand and returning to Holdenhurst Road for the second time, our final market of 2018 will embrace a vibrant Day of the Dead theme.

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28 Oct 2018
The Nightmare Room

Poole

A contemporary thriller adapted from a story by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Helen regains consciousness, bound and blindfolded in a locked room.
Her captor is her best friend Catherine.
A deadly game of Russian roulette ensues.
But the game – like the...

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1 Nov 2018to3 Nov 2018Open 19:45 -

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