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Top Halloween Events for Kids in Melbourne 2025
Melbourne is full of spooktacular Halloween events for kids in 2025. From thrilling theme park experiences to museum adventures and historic family-friendly activities, there’s Halloween fun for little ghouls and goblins across the city. Enjoy kid-friendly haunted experiences, interactive shows, costume parades, trick-or-treat zones, and themed entertainment designed for families. Whether it’s a daytime outing or an evening adventure, this guide highlights the top Halloween events in Melbourne for 2025, offering endless fun, festive thrills, and memorable experiences for kids and families.
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Luna Dark 2025: Carnivale of Screams
Tame by day, terrifying by night – Luna Dark 2025: Carnivale of Screams returns to Luna Park this Halloween with six spooky night sessions and two family-friendly day sessions. Kids and families can enjoy Halloween fun without the frights, including the all-new Wizz Fizz Treat Zone, complimentary face painting, circus entertainment from the award-winning Trash Test Dummies, roaming Wizz Fizz Monsters, unlimited rides, and Melbourne’s biggest kids’ costume parade with prize packs to be won.
With themed photo ops, games, and plenty of sherbet treats on offer, Luna Dark’s daytime sessions are the perfect way for little ghouls to join in the Halloween fun before the scares begin at night.
Date: Saturday 25 October 2025 & Saturday 1 November 2025
Time: 11 am – 5 pm
Location: Luna Park, St Kilda
Price: Starting at $45
Halloween at the Museum
Halloween at the Museum 2025 returns on Friday, 31 October at Melbourne Museum, with even more thrills for families, making it Melbourne’s ultimate Halloween dress-up party destination. Expect spooky music, themed food and drinks, creepy spaces, terrifying talks, and plenty of activities and entertainment for all ages.
Kids can dance the night away at the Monster Halloween Disco, gather around the campfire for spooky science stories, or take part in mad science experiments featuring slime, fog fountains and hair-raising tricks. Wander through the Frog Fog Garden to hunt for hidden frog skeletons, transform with Halloween face painting, or take on the cuddly serpents in the Snake Pit.
Date: Friday 31 October 2025
Time: 5:30 pm to 7 pm/11 pm
Location: Melbourne Museum
Price: Adult $39 | Child $24.90 | Child U3 $10
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Halloween at The Old Cheese Factory
Get your scariest costumes ready and head to one of Casey’s oldest sites as the Old Cheese Factory transforms into a Halloween playground! Families and kids can enjoy an evening filled with spooky fun, exciting activities, and entertainment in a historic setting that makes the perfect backdrop for Halloween.
Date: Friday 31 October 2025
Time: 5 pm to 9 pm
Location: Old Cheese Factory, Homestead Road, Berwick
Price: $7-$17. Under 2 years of age FREE.
Boroondara’s Halloween Boo-nanza
Dress up and celebrate the spooky season with Boroondara’s Halloween Boo-nanza! Enjoy haunted houses, scavenger hunts, trick-or-treating, Howl-o-ween pet photos, and more — there’s something for the whole family to enjoy.
What’s on this year
Check out the variety of free and community-run Halloween events happening across Boroondara:
Union Road Spooky Halloween Scavenger Hunt
18 October 2025, 10 am | Free | Union Road
Halloween on High
25 October 2025, 9:30 am | Free | High Street
Halloween in Camberwell Junction
25 October 2025, 10 am| Free | Camberwell Junction
Halloween at the Market
25 October 2025, 10 am | Free | Camberwell Fresh Food Market
Glenferrie Road Halloween Trick-or-Treat Trail
30 October 2025, 3:30 pm | Free | Select businesses on Glenferrie Road
Halloween Street Party
31 October 2025, 4 pm | Free | Burwood Village
Greythorn Halloween Festival
30 October 2025, 4 pm | Free | Greythorn Central shopping strip
Halloween Flying Fox Flight Night for Families
30 October 2025, 5 pm | Free | Bellbird Picnic Area
Spooktacular 2025: Halloween at Maling Road
31 October 2025, 4 pm | Free | Maling Road
Dress up, explore, and get into the Halloween spirit with these spooky, family-friendly activities across Boroondara!
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Halloween at Wyreena
Fly on over for magical family fun this Halloween at Wyreena!
Halloween in the Gardens
Enjoy live music, roving performers, and creepy craft activities for all ages in the Wyreena Gardens and playspace.
Date: Friday 31 October 2025
Time: 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Price: Free. No bookings required.
Halloween House: An Adventure for Witches & Wizards
Explore the historic Silver Birches transformed into a magical, immersive experience for children aged 5–12. Each room offers a unique themed adventure with gentle thrills and magical lessons.
Date: Friday 31 October 2025
Time: 4 pm – 8 pm
Price: $20 per person | $89 per group of five
Bookings: Essential, limited places. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Halloween at Old Melbourne Gaol
This Halloween, the Old Melbourne Gaol is getting a spooky, family-friendly twist — filled with eerie surprises, ghostly laughter, and a touch of cheeky fun. Step through the shadowy corridors of the Old Melbourne Gaol and the Old City Watch House, transformed for one night only into a playful haunt of costumes, candy, and curious characters.
Highlights include:
• Eerie Cell 17 – take a peek inside… if you dare.
• Lantern-lit Guides – uncover strange stories and curious tales.
• Roaming Sergeants – sharing tall (and slightly spooky) stories from Melbourne’s past.
• Monstrous Mugshot Station – capture your best Halloween pose.
Trick-or-Treat Trail – sweets for every ghoul and goblin brave enough to explore.
Date: Friday 31 October 2025
Time: 6 pm – Midnight
Location: Old Melbourne Gaol
Price: Adult $30 | Concession $25 | Child $20 | National Trust Members $25
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We try our best to provide accurate information on kid-friendly events around Victoria but do recommend parents check details directly to confirm dates, times, prices as some details may be subject to change.
