It may be the spookiest time of year, but what’s happening in Portland this Halloween is all treat and no tricks! We’ve got you covered this Halloween weekend with all the awesome events happening in Portland. The scariest part will be deciding which to attend!
Thursday the 28th
Halloween Pop-Up | 11AM – 5PM | Tin Pan Bakery: Come pick-up Halloween inspired goods this holiday. Includes decorated cookies, whoopie pies, Halloween cupcakes & more!
Bonfire Halloweekend | 2PM – 1AM | Bonfire Country Bar: Portland’s country bar is hosting a Halloweekend party all weekend from Thursday- Saturday for Halloweekend with your best costumes! Drink specials, spooky cocktails & great music! Open until 1am!
Hellflower Night | 4PM-8PM | Belleflower Brewing Co. : This Halloween, darkness falls across Portland, and tacos appear from the depths of hell itself! Ironclad Eats and Belleflower Brewing Company ask if you are brave enough to face the fire and rise from the ashes and dance in the shadows of All Hallows’ Eve for Hellflower Night. Join the two for a special event featuring tacos courtesy of Iron Clad Eats, tickets are live and can be purchased here. Tickets will get you beer pairings and a special release for all the ghosts and goblins in attendance. Bring your best costume and do the Monster Mash with the ghost of Bobby Boris Pickett.
Moonlight Cinema Series: Nightmare Before Christmas | 5:30 PM-8 PM | Thompson’s Point: Back by popular demand, Thompson’s Point Presents is excited to bring you the return of Moonlight Cinema with a family-friendly, Halloween Series! Taking place in the Brick South Beer Garden at Thompson’s Point where there will be a full bar, light concessions and optional add-ons to your general admission tickets, such as propane fueled fire-pits and high tops tables with bar stools! You are welcome to bring in your own food options, however, please refrain from bringing any outside alcoholic beverages.
Moonlight Cinema Series: Hocus Pocus | 8 PM – 10:30 PM | Thompson’s Point: Double feature! Come for Nightmare Before Christmas stay for Hocus Pocus.
Meet Me at OPT: Halloween Weekend | 10 pM- 1AM | Old Port Tavern: Old Port Tavern is jumping back into nightlife for Halloween w/ DJ David Skye!! Jello shots, costumes, dancing!
Friday the 29th
Halloween Pop-Up | 11AM – 5PM | Tin Pan Bakery: Come pick-up Halloween inspired goods this holiday. Includes decorated cookies, whoopie pies, Halloween cupcakes & more!
1st Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest | 4PM-7PM | Goodfire Brewing Co. :Join Goodfire Brewing Company as they hose their first official pumpkin carving contest! Entries are limited to 40, so get to the tasting room and reserve your pumpkin ASAP! $20 per entry, which will get you a pumpkin, carving set & all utensils, your seat at the table, and a shot at winning a payload of Goodfire gift cards, swag, and eternal glory as the champion carver! We will pick 3 winners, all of which will be proudly displayed in the tasting room over Halloween weekend. Eats will be provided by visiting food trucks, Ironclad Eats.
Lady in the Moon Tarot Readings | 6PM – 9PM | Batson River Brewing & Distilling: Tarot readings in Portland courtesy of The Lady In The Moon Shop 6 pm – 9 pm. $30 for a reading and a cocktail. Limited quantity is available.
Tealchild Boogie | 7 PM – 10 PM | Portland Zoo: Teal Child kickin’ off the Halloween weekend ruckus with a DJ set 7-10PM. Costumes welcomed all weekend!!
Painting P-Town Brown: A Tribute to Ween | 7PM | Portland House of Music: Portland Maine’s only Ween tribute, Paintin’ P Town Brown has performed annually since 2014. They bring authentic dynamic energy and silliness of a Ween set digging deep into the catalog, performing albums in full, and playing their most well-known songs. This year the band brings a career spanning multiple set show to Portland House of Music. In true HalloWEEN fashion, costumes are highly encouraged. Get ready to paint the town browna
Grizzly Masquerade | 8PM | Geno’s Rock Club: Get your costumes ready, as Geno’s Rock Club hosts their Halloween Party featuring comedy, a live EMCEE, costume contest, & in-your-face rock & roll.
Plague Presents: Halloween Goth Ball | 9 PM – 1 AM | Aura: The Halloween Goth Ball at Aura! No theme, just Halloween, and 2 rooms of dancing with a costume contest at midnight. DJs Sawtooth and Gabriel will be spinning goth/industrial/Halloween music all night long.
FxD Music Presents: The House of the Dead | 9 PM – 1 AM| Flask Lounge: FxD Music Presents: The House of the Dead, a 21+ costume party at Flask on Friday, October 29th. $5 at the door, doors at 9PM.
Saturday the 30th
Staff Costume Party & Contest | 11:30 AM| Batson River Brewing & Distilling: Batson River Brewing & Distilling is brewing up some Halloweekend fun. Join them for their staff costume party & contest. Vote on your favorite staff costume.
East Bayside Halloweenfest | 12PM-9PM | East Bayside: A Halloweekend business and brewery crawl to support Maine Needs, a community donation center in effort to meet the basic needs of families and individuals all over Maine. Participating businesses will be donating $1 per pour all day on Saturday, Oct 30 to Maine Needs and hosting events, entertainment, and all of your favorite Portland food trucks.
Halloweenfest | 12PM- 9PM | Goodfire Brewing Co.: Partaking in the East Bayside Halloweenfest, Goodfire Brewing Company will be donating $1 per pour all day to benefit Maine Needs. Food will be provided by On A Roll Food Truck
Joyswich Disc Golf Meetup & Backyard Bogey | 12:30 PM | Portland Zoo: JoySwich DiscHouse is having a BACKYARD BOGEY meetup at the Zoo at 12:30, and then will head out to play some disc!
Tarot Reading | 1 PM – 4PM | Betoken CBD: Betoken CBD is gearing up for the spookiest Full Moon Happy Hour yet! Join them from 1-4pm for tarot, treats and more! Costumes are encouraged and their favorite one will win FREE CBD!!
Bonfire Halloweekend | 2PM – 1AM | Bonfire Country Bar: Portland’s country bar is hosting a Halloweekend party all weekend from Thursday- Saturday for Halloweekend with your best costumes! Drink specials, spooky cocktails & great music! Open until 1am!
Curbside Queens Pop-Up | 3 PM -4 PM | Eighteen Twenty Wines: The Curbside Queens are doing a free to the public pop-up show at Eighteen. Twenty Wines as part of the fabulous East Bayside HalloweenFest! Come see them from 3-4pm and get some fabulous refreshments, proceeds benefiting Maine Needs.
Halloween Costume Cruise | 4PM-7PM | Casco Bay: Feel Good Portland presents the first-ever Halloween Costume Cruise onboard the Casco Bay Cat, a 46-ft catamaran! 21+ and BYOB, costumes are HIGHLY encouraged, and the cruise will include THREE live DJ sets! For tickets and full event details head here.
Giveback / Throwback Halloween Jam | Après Cider | 6PM-10PM: Let’s get jiggy with it! Après Cider wants you to gear up in your most fly (and whack) 90’s getups and join them for a 90’s themed Halloween bash to help raise funds for Maine Needs. There will be a DJ. There will be throwbacks. There will be slap bracelets. AND AND $1 per pint sold of Pine Rickey (our Lemon, Lime + Local ME White Pine Hard Seltzer) will be donated directly to this most deserving non-profit.
Dub Apocalypse Halloween Show | 7 PM – 10 PM | Thirsty Pig: Instrumental dub reggae band, Dub Apocalypse, join forces w/ Dana Colley (Morphine) for a Halloween Show at the Pig! Advance tickets recommended.
Maps Halloween Comedy Show | 7PM – 8:45PM | MAPS Portland: Comedian Hard Seltzah is back again this Saturday 10/30 to host the final night of comedy on the patio this year! The comedy will be followed by an impromptu Halloween fashion show. Prizes will be given out to best-dressed costume winners!
Spooky Dance Party | 8PM – 1AM | Bubba’s Sulky Lounge: It’s a spooky dance party at everyone’s favorite dance club! Wear your costume and don’t forget to bring your best dance moves.
Purple Brainz 8 – A Halloween Tribute to Prince | 8PM | Aura: Combining everyone’s two favorite things, Prince and Halloween, Aura will be hosting a night of dance and spookily good music. Tickets can be purchased here.
Heaven or Hell Halloween Bash | 8PM-1AM | Pat’s Pizza Portland: Celebrate Halloween at Pat’s pizza in Portland Maine for your chance to win cash prizes for the Best Dressed and drink specials all night. Pie north will be decorated like Heaven while Pats on the main floor will be decorated like Hell. Customs required.
The Awesome Annual Halloween Bash (21+) | 8 PM-11 PM | Portland House of Music: It’s a can’t miss Halloween event at Portland House of Music. Costumes are encouraged, and tickets are $15 in advance and $20 day of the show. Doors at 8 pm while the music starts at 9 pm.
MISSFITS with Brzowski & C$BURNS and HAZE | 8 PM-12 AM | Suntiki Studios: A Halloween show to remember, Sun Tiki Studio is thrilled to be hosting the Missfits 207, an all-ghouls tribute band, alongside HAZE, an alternative rock/metal band, Brzowski and C$BURNS. Tickets can be purchased here.
Devil’s Night Retro 2021 | 8 PM – 1 AM | Flask Lounge: Host DJ Cougar welcomes J.hjort & G-Force back to help indulge us in our fave tunes from back in the day and a costume contest! Flask has it all happening.
Spooky Dance Party | 8:30 PM | Anoche Cider: This Saturday!! Just Milk Music will be pumping the jams and Anoche will be donating a dollar from each hot cider sold to Maine Needs!
A Nightmare on Hanover Street | 9 PM | The Yard: Portland’s biggest international Halloween costume party with your host Big Lyd! The Yard has live music all night long. FREE entry with a costume, $10 entry with no costume
G-raveyard Gala (21+) | 9PM- 1AM | Citrus Portland: Half-priced Dark & Stormy’s, a costume contest, and spooky ambiance, this Halloween come get your freaky on late into the night at Citrus with DJ Wes Henderson and Tumbl Down.
Disco of the Dead (21+) | 9:30PM-12AM | The Bar + Bites: Come and BOO-GIE with the Bar and Bites on Exchange Street for our first annual Halloween bash Disco of the Dead. Featuring Hot Radio Maine’s Jay-C and Ryan Deelon playing all of your favorite dance music mixed with some Halloween surprises! GO-GO by the disco diva herself Teall!
The Grumps Live Music | 9:30 PM -1 AM | Gritty McDuff’s Portland: Kick-off Halloween weekend with a cold Pub Style and some live music from The Grumps at Gritty’s Portland! Costumes are always encouraged this time of year, and there’s no cover: EVER!
Sunday the 31st
Pumpkin Carving Brunch | 10:30 AM- 1 PM | Stroudwater Distillery: Grab your ghouls and meet at Stroudwater’s Tasting Room on Thompsons Point to carve pumpkins, enjoy fall cocktails, and listen to live music! Ticket price includes a fully gutted pumpkin & carving kit including everything you need to make a masterpiece. An all-ages event, seating is first-come, first-served and is available indoors and on their heated patio. The full brunch menu will be available, as well as some surprise treats. Tickets sold out fast last year so grab them while you can here.
Halloween Brunch | 11:30 AM – 3 PM | Batson River Brewing & Distilling: Finish off Halloween weekend with brunch at Baton River with music by Mosart212 and special brunch menu items.
Dog-O-Ween | 12 PM – 2 PM | Thirsty Pig: Sunday is Dog-O-Ween at the Thirsty Pig and the prizes are sweet! Specialty dogs include “The Charlie Brown”, the great pumpkin pork sausage made with cinnamon, spice and everything nice. Topped with bacon, bleu cheese and fireball glaze.
Pittie Posse’s Howl-O-Ween Party | 2PM-5PM | Goodfire Brewing Co: The folks at Pittie Posse Rescue, an incredible network of fosters and adopters based in Maine, are setting up shop at Goodfire Brewing Co. with some angelic, adoptable dogs in some very devilish costumes! $1 from all full-size drafts will go to Pittie Posse to help fund their efforts to find homes for some amazing pooches. Food will be provided by On A Roll Food Truck. Costumes encouraged! *Goodfire ask that you please keep your own dogs at home, if possible, to keep some order on the patio and keep all the pups calm*
A Costume Party for Tenderqueers | 4 PM – 10 PM | Cocktail Mary: Come by this Sunday anytime after 4pm and help raise $$ for Dyke March Maine so they can throw a B L O C K P A R T Y this summer. 10% of sales go directly to Dyke March Maine
Halloween Boogie | 7 PM | Portland Zoo: HALLOWEEN BOOGIE with DJ Errin Ames, bring out the funky outfits, and let the good times roll at the Portland Zoo!
Rocky Hoor Peep Show (21+) | 8PM | Geno’s Rock Club: A spooktacular evening of burlesque, dancing, drinks, and movie showing.
