If you’re looking for fun yet spooky Halloween things to do, then Vegas will reward your greatly. From escaping haunted corn mazes to exploring the spookiest spots in the city, Sin City is a fantastic place to celebrate the much awaited holiday that gives us enough heebie-jeebies to last a lifetime. If you listen closely enough, you may even hear the cries of the unlucky souls who’ve just lost another game of poker at the local casino.
1. Catch Sphere of Fear
Catch a Halloween-themed show on the world’s largest LED screen, the Exosphere. The venue will bring spooky visuals to Las Vegas and online viewers through XO Stream. The show will run daily between 6 PM – 12 AM PT, but only until November 2, 2024. Each hour, a new show starts. Expect eerie eyeballs, slithering snakes, and more, plus custom audio designed to give you a spine-tingling experience!
2. Go pumpkin picking
Nothing screams Halloween quite like a pumpkin. They provide the perfect canvas to bring a spooky jack-o’-lantern to life, and going out to pick them is all part of the fun. Gilcrease Orchard is home to hundreds of pumpkins that are ready and waiting to be taken home, and the farm is only an hour’s car ride from downtown Las Vegas. Bring all the family along for a bit of pumpkin picking mania or enjoy a romantic date for two as you scour through the fields to find the perfect pumpkin. Visit their veggies garden and pick your favorites, or grab a delicious apple cider donut, while you’re there!
📍Location: 7800 N Tenaya Way, Las Vegas, NV 89131
📆 Date: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays 7am-2pm
3. Step into a spooky VR experience
Feeling like you’re over dark rooms full of screaming teens in fake blood? Well, thanks for VR and amazing tech, this Halloween, there’s a thrilling new way to experience fear. Sandbox VR, the world’s most interactive and immersive virtual reality platform, features a custom, high-quality system that lets you and your friends see and physically engage with a whole new reality. Fight your way through a creepy, abandoned medical facility filled with mind-bending horrors or survive in a small town overrun by zombies in the midst of an apocalypse.
📍Location: Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, 3663 S Las Vegas, Boulevard, Suite 185, Las Vegas, NV 89109
📍Location: Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian, 3377 Las Vegas Blvd S #2235, Las Vegas, NV 89109
4. Pay Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum a visit
Zak Bagans’ The Haunted Museum takes creepy to a whole new level. Expect to find furniture taken from haunted houses and the belongings of convicted serial killers as you pass through dark corridors and secret passageways. For $54 a ticket, you can get up close and personal with the original staircase from the Indiana “Demon House” which was infamous for its strong paranormal activity and ghostly happenings before it was demolished. Don’t forget to check out the Dybbuk Box, also known as the world’s most haunted object. This place was voted America’s nr. 1 haunted destination 4 years in a row – definitely deserves a spot on your Halloween things to do list.
📍Location: 600 E Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89104
5. Enjoy a haunting evening of iconic Halloween songs under candlelight
Switch things up a bit this spooky season and spend a hauntingly boo-tiful evening enjoying all your favorite Halloween classics with Candlelight. Local, classically trained musicians will give you their take on spooky season favorites, including the themes from Psycho and Halloween, and eerie compositions such as Gounod’s “Funeral March of a Marionette”. Listen to these chilling melodies and more at The Industrial, as you’re bathed in the glow of candlelight. Get your tickets here – they’re selling fast!
📍Location: The Industrial, 2330 South Industrial Rd
📆 Date: Oct. 25 2024
6. Have the fright of your life in a haunted corn maze
This one really isn’t for the faint-hearted. Located a 45-minute drive from the Strip, Moapa Valley Corn Maze[/trackLink] offers one of the most terrifying activities to do in the area. As you venture through the labyrinth of fear at nightfall, the tall stalks of corn will rustle and the faint screams and cries of visitors that have come before you can be heard in the distance. Ghouls, goblins, clowns, zombies and more all lurk in the shadows, ready and waiting to jump out and give you the fright of your life. Some have a great adventure, some don’t make it through the first 5 minutes. Which one are you? Tickets are $12 for the maze only.
📍Location: 1500 Lewis Ranch Rd, Moapa, NV 89025
7. Have your mind blown at a magic show
What better way to ring in the spooky season than with an utterly bewitching magic show. From Mat Franco to David Copperfield, Vegas hosts some of the most illustrious magicians of our time, and there’s really no better city to catch them in than this one. The masters of magic defy the laws of logic and science and have us question reality all for our viewing pleasure. Prepare to be swooned by mystical spells, mind-blowing illusions, daring stunts and staggering visual effects that will have you wondering – did that just really happen?
Grab your tickets to some of the best magic shows in town here.
📍Location: Various locations
8. Drop in for a spell on a Halloween bar crawl
Swap out the candy for a selection of devilish drinks at a Halloween bar crawl this Halloween season. You’ll be provided with a wrist band that will get you delicious drink specials all night, and grant you free entry to a selection of cool bars and clubs. You can choose between their events on October 25, 26 and 31 or attend all three! Just make sure to pick up your wristband and meet your fellow bar hoppers during the registration time at Pinches Tacos before the fun begins.
Get your tickets to Trick or Drink Las Vegas Halloween Bar Crawl (3 Days) here.
📍Location: 707 East Fremont Street #5, Las Vegas, 89101-5615
9. Visit the most haunted spots in Sin City
Halloween in Las Vegas can be spent like any other time of year – placing your bets at the casinos, visiting iconic landmarks and partying until the early hours of the morning. But when All Hallows’ Eve approaches, there’s a strange, eerie feeling in the air, and many people like to explore the city’s most haunted spots.. From La Palazza Mansion to Hotel Apache, Vegas is full of haunted hot spots that people tend to frequent at Halloween time for a good fright. In fact, many TV shows that track paranormal goings-on have filmed in these locations while on the search for demons and spirits. Happy Haunting!
📍Location: Various locations