Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025 – An Event for Every Body, Spirit, and Soul

📍 Location: Burnaby, BC (multiple venues)
📅 Dates: September 26 – November 1, 2025
🎟️ Admission: Varies by event

Festival Overview

The Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025 is back, bigger and spookier than ever. From September 26 to November 1, Burnaby transforms into Metro Vancouver’s Halloween hub with family-friendly pumpkin patches, eerie displays, cultural celebrations, and spine-chilling haunted experiences.

Whether you’re faint of heart or fearless, there’s something for everyone — from pie-eating contests and live shows to immersive haunted villages, pumpkin parades, and scream-worthy escape rooms. Bring the kids, your friends, or brave it solo if you dare.

Featured Events

🎃 Seasonal Fun & Family Activities

• Bake It Spooky with Punk Rock Pastries (Sept 26 – Oct 26) – Create devilishly delicious treats in hands-on workshops.

• Halloween Hunt at The City of Lougheed (Oct 3 – 31) – Free family adventure with spooky clues and festive displays.

• Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood (Oct 6 – 31) – Trick-or-treating, movies, photo ops, and storytelling.

• Pumpkin Parade (Nov 1) – Bring your jack-o-lanterns for a glowing community display.

👻 Haunted Experiences & Horror Thrills

• Exit Burnaby: Halloween Special (Oct 1 – Nov 1) – Four chilling escape room adventures.

• Pumpkins After Dark (Oct 3 – 31) – Walk through Canada’s largest pumpkin art display with 6,000+ carved pumpkins.

• Haunted Village at Burnaby Village Museum (Oct 22 – 26) – Step into ghostly tales and eerie encounters.

• MastersFX Monster Museum (Oct 18 – 26) – Explore film-quality monsters and makeup effects.

🎭 Special Shows & Performances

• Sinner’s Cabaret (Oct 4) – A gothic vaudeville show mixing glamour and grotesque.

• Metro-Con & FanCon Events (Oct 4 – 5) – Pop culture celebration with after-dark parties.

• Day of the Dead Celebration (Oct 18 – 19) – Music, dance, and cultural traditions at Brentwood Mall Plaza.

• Jokers Canada Halloween Comedy Show (Oct 30) – Laughs with a spooky twist.

🍂 Food, Drinks & Parties

• Tap Takeover (Oct 4) – Craft beer celebration during MetroCon.

• Dinneraad Séance by Dageraad Brewing (Oct 25 – 26) – Haunted dining experience.

• La Taqueria Halloween Party (Oct 31) – A lively Mexican-style Halloween bash with cocktails and food.

🎆 Outdoor Festivals & Entertainment

• Central Spark at Central Park (Oct 24) – A free community celebration with food trucks, live DJ, drone show, and fireworks.

• Halloween Dance Party (Oct 24) – A city-wide costume dance night.

• Monster Dash 5K (Oct 26) – Burnaby’s festive Halloween run.

• Halloween on the Heights (Oct 31) – Trick-or-treating and community fun on Hastings Street.

Why Attend?

The Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025 brings together dozens of events across the city, making it one of the largest Halloween celebrations in Metro Vancouver. Whether you’re after family-friendly pumpkin fun, cultural events, or late-night thrills, Burnaby has it all this spooky season.

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