Halloween What's On Guide 2022
Updated: Sep 24, 2022
I absolutely love this time of the year, Autumn is making an entrance and there's a bit of a chill in the air. Lots of people have been asking me if I know what is on for Halloween, so I thought I would get my guide ready. This guide includes Ideas for October Half Term, I will also share a roundup of Half Term events on Social media too. Click on the PURPLE links to find out more. *Please double check as some events may have already sold out*
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Here is out mega What's on guide for Halloween across the North East
Ford & Etal
Various dates from 1st Oct Make your own Pumpkin pot with Ravn Clay
22nd - 23rd - Fungi Festival
24th - 31st The Famous Scarycrow Trail
Find Out More HERE
Beamish Open Air Museum
22nd - 30th - Half Term Fun - Enjoy lots of family activities, all included in your unlimited entry
28th, 29th & 30th - Beamish Halloween evenings are back! We have been going ever since they started doing them and it is lots of fun. I would say suitable for ages 7+ you can take younger kids but some parts can be quite scary.
Find out more HERE
Whitehouse Farm
22nd - 30th - Halloween Spooktacular - Lots going on including: Witches & Wizard school, Magic shows, fancy dress competition, Pumpkin patch & Carving station, Tractor stop, Critter encounters and lots lots more. Find out more HERE
Ormesby Hall NT
22nd - 30th - Gothic Tales Trails, step inside the decorated house and take part in the garden trail. Witches Dance will take places throughout the day.
All included in your entry ticket - members go free
We love Ormesby hall, it is one of my favourite places to head too and have a wander. We think they do a fangtasitic job when it comes to Halloween (& Christmas) the decorations are fab. Find out more HERE
Rainton Arena
24th - Hocus Pocus Halloween Show - ‘join the ghosthunters as they try to stop mr skellington and his friends from casting a wicked spell over us all. we need you to wear your spookiest costumes and bring all the magic you have to try and stop these evil villains. the ghosthunters will be looking for the best costume, the best dancers and the scariest faces to help save the day! come on everyone .. the ghost hunters need you!’ Find out more HERE
Woodhorn Museum
22nd-30th -The Pumpkin Trail
Find Out More HERE
Hexham Old Gaol
22nd-30th Skull Trail
Find out more HERE
Berwick Bat Trail
22nd-30th
Find Out More HERE
The Bowes Museum
29th Halloween Family Fun Day - Find out more HERE
29th Halloween Adventures - Find out more HERE
Hexham Spook Night
29th 2pm-9pm - The town comes to life with all things frightful and fearsome. Fair ground rides, hot food, pumpkin & turnip carving, witches den and spooky dancing. You can also enjoy the shop windows that have been decorated and lots more. Find out more HERE
Belsay Hall, Castle & Gardens - English Heritage
22nd - 30th - Join the family fun quest. Follow Dennis, Gnasher & Friends to solve the clues, meet costumed performers and lots more. Find out more HERE
28th-31st - Spooky woodland walks
Seven Stories | The National Centre for Children's Books
22nd- 30th - Daily Story Times
22nd-30th - You Choose! An interactive musical show for the family to enjoy
22nd - Beastly creative writing with Author Jack Meggitt Phillips
22nd-30th - Monster Making activity at 10.15 Daily activity
22nd-30th - The Wolves in the Walls - Story time performance
22nd-30th - Ugly Monster workshop - Daily activity 11.30
Life Science Centre
5th-31st - Spooky Science this Autumn
Find Out More HERE
Head Of Steam Darlington
23rd - Pop along to see the spookily decorated museum
26th - October Half Term Fun with Creation Station
27th - Animal Story with petting zoo
28th - North East Play Bus (This is included in admission but does need to be pre-booked)
Find out more HERE
Preston Park & Musuem
27th (until run out of pumpkins) Pop Up Pumpkin Patch
23rd - 29th Meet North Yorkshire Moors Birds Of Prey
30th Halloween Spooky Walk
You can also enjoy Twisted Fairy Tales and spooky crafts.
Find Out More HERE
Hullabaloo Darlington
26th - Weird Wednesdays - Story telling
28th - Freaky Friday Silent Disco
31st - Monster Monday - Messy Play
Find out more HERE
Ushaw Historic House, Chapels & Gardens
28th, 29th, 30th - Halloween Illuminated Trail, tunnel of doom, Kingdom of Spiders and lots more. Find out more HERE
Stephenson Steam Railway
Heritage steam train rides, Sunday & Thursday during October Half term
Find out more HERE
Aln Valley Railway
29th - 30th Halloween Train rides and Bat trail
Find out more HERE
WWT Washington
24th - 26th Pond Dipping
29th - 31st Nature Fright Nights
Find out more HERE
Bamburgh Castle
20th, 26th Uhtreds School Of Warriors
Find out more HERE
Adventure Valley
22nd - 30th - Pumpkin Festival- Pumpkin carving, corn catapult, daily shows and lots lots more Find out more HERE
Hall Hill Farm
15th - 30th Spooky Half Term Fun - Lots of extra activities including: Giant scarecrows, Haunted Sheep Race, monster maze, treasure hunt and lots lots more
Find out more HERE
Down At The Farm
22nd-30th Pumpkin Week - Outdoor pumpkin patch, barrel rides, haunted barn, carving, quad bikes and lots lots more.
Find out more HERE
Holmside Park
28th - 30th Forbidden Forest - Magical activities, complete tasks to become a qualified wizard and lots more.
Find out more HERE
Discovery Museum
22nd-30th Ghostly Trail
25th - Creepy Crafts at the Museum
26th - Discover a Story
27th - Stories & Spells with Moss Troopers
28th - Spooky Silent Disco
Find out more HERE
Tynemouth Park
22nd-30th Maze & Pumpkin Trail - Meet & Greet, spooky maze, pumpkin patch, Trick or Treat and lots more
Find out more HERE
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
22nd - 31st Spooky Museum Trail
26th Halloween Badge Monsters
Find out more HERE
National Glass Centre
25th - 26th Glass Fusing workshops
28th - 29th Glass Painting
Find out more HERE
Sunderland Festival Of Light
22nd- 30th Various walk about entertainment
Find out more HERE
Tynemouth Priory
28th-31st Ghost Tours
Find out more HERE
People theatre
25th - 29th Around the world in 80 days
Find out more HERE
Stockton Globe
26th - 27th Jurassic Live
Find out more HERE
Shipley Art Gallery
25th - 27th October half term fun - Various activities
Find out more HERE
Laing Art Gallery
For the rest of the year have Lindisfarne Gospels and various family activities to run along side. Find out more HERE
North Pennines Star Gazing Festival
21st - 30th events taking places across various locations
Find out more HERE
Queen Vic Hotel Sunderland
31st October - Little Monsters Halloween Party
Find Out More HERE
Northern Stage
25th-30th The Gingerbread Man
Find out more HERE
Birtley Community Centre
29th Harry Potter Halloween Party
Find out more HERE
The Arcade Warehouse North Shields
28th - 31st Halloween Weekender
Find out more HERE
High House Barn
26th Family Fun Haunted House Barn - Craft and activity sessions, ghost story, Halloween woodland trail and hot drinks and food included in ticket price.
Find out more HERE
Souter Lighthouse NT
22nd/23rd/29th Halloween Crafts
Find out more HERE
17nineteen
28th Halloween crafternoon
29th Pumpkin Party
29th Immersive screening of The Witches ( 1990)
Find out more HERE
The Mountain Daisy - Sunderland
29th - Kids Halloween Party (daytime)
Find out more HERE
Holy Trinity Church
22nd - Not So Spooky Halloween Princess Party
Find out more HERE
Adventure Sunderland
22nd - Halloween Spooktacular disco
23nd - Halloween Spooktacular Messy Play
Find out more HERE
Castle Eden Dene
28th - Autumn Guided Walk
Find out more HERE
Pop Recs
23rd - Family Art sessions - Make a Halloween Mask
Find out more HERE
Durham Markets
24th/25th - Bugs at the Market
Find out more HERE
Jarrow Hall
27th - Pumpkin Patch & Halloween Crafts
Find out more HERE
Cullercoats Crescent Club
30th Little Movers Halloween Spooktacular
Find out more HERE
Pelton Community Centre
24th Halloween themed Baby Yoga
Find out more HERE
Watergate Café
27th - Halloween family crafts - paint your own pottery party
Find out more HERE
South Causey Inn
25th Kids Halloween Art Workshop
Find out more HERE
Alnwick Castle
24th-30th Medieval Alchemist Show
Find out more HERE
Dobbies Garden Centre (Birtley)
27th-30th Little Scare-lings
October Little Seedlings club
Find out more HERE
Newham Grange Farm
22nd-30th Halloween Fun
Find out more HERE
Arc - Stockton
27th Pinocchio
Find out more HERE
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