By The Editors By The Editors | October 17, 2024 | Lifestyle, Feature, Guides,
Here are all the best Halloween events in Scottsdale for a spooky good time.
Spooktacular Hot Air Ballon Festival, 10/25-27
THROUGH 10/27
MORTIMER PUMPKIN FEST & CORN MAZE
Wind your way through Mortimer Farm’s expansive corn maze, then pluck your perfect pumpkin. Other offerings include farm-inspired rides, food trucks, train and hay rides, a bustling marketplace and fire dancers and karaoke on the weekends.
THROUGH 10/31
FRIGHT NIGHT HAUNTED HOUSE ARIZONA
It’s not truly Halloween without a trip through Northern Arizona’s only haunted house, chillingly located in a phantom train on Verde Canyon Railroad’s abandoned tracks. Expect serious shocks and jump scares on Friday and Saturday nights, plus a special showing on Halloween.
HALLOWEEN SPOOK-TRACK-ULA
This spooky season, the Paradise & Pacific Railroad is transformed into a haunted park with a creepy train ride for the kiddos.
MACDONALD’S RANCH ANNUAL PUMPKIN PATCH
Macdonald’s Ranch’s annual pumpkin patch is a veritable fall festival. It boasts a petting zoo, hay bale maze, panning for gold, a pedal car track, sensory corn pools, a scavenger hunt, lawn games, pony rides, food trucks and a mechanical bull.
10/24-11/2
SCOTTSDALE DIA DE LOS MUERTOS FIESTAS
This 10-day soiree is the only U.S. Dis de los Muertos celebration officially recognized by the Mexican government. Expect folk music and dancing, art installations, ancestral rituals, bold costumes and a fun-filled festival.
10/25-26
STRANGE GARDEN
The Desert Botanical Garden transforms into a magical and eerie realm full of mad botanists and the Phoenix Herpetological Society’s creepy crawlers.
10/25-27
SPOOKTACULAR HOT AIR BALLOON FESTIVAL
Bring the entire family to Salt River Fields and enjoy over 20 hot air balloons on display and over 4,000 pounds of candy passed out to trick-or-treaters. Expect live music, food and beverages, a free Kids Zone with over 30 inflatable slides and attractions, tethered balloon rides, fireworks and much more.
10/26
BOO & BREW
Scottsdale Quarter’s Boo & Brew features a pumpkin patch, beer garden, kids crafts, registered candy crawl, live music and a doggie costume contest.
SCARECOACH
W Scottsdale invites guests to be transported to a spooky soiree this Halloween. Party guests can pick their poison with signature cocktails and bites and dance the night away.
10/30
HOWL-O-WEEN
W Scottsdale’s Howl-o-Ween is a costume contest and happy hour held in partnership with Oh My Dog! Boutique in benefit of #LovePup Foundation. Prizes include a free stay at the hotel and so much more.
10/31
HALLOWEEN MASQUERADE PARTY
Don your finest, most sophisticated costumes for this chic cocktail party at the Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia. Themed Secrets of the Widow, the party boasts boozy sips, passed small bites and swanky prizes for the best-dressed guest.
11/-1-2
SUPER UNNATURAL
This Halloween-themed EDM show at WestWorld of Scottsdale features performances by Chris Lake, Eric Prydz and Fatboy Slim.
Photography by: COURTESY OF BRAND