SEASONAL · 7 OCT - 1 NOV
3 NEW THIS WEEKHalloween, done properly 🎃
Pumpkin patches, torchlight trails and just-scary-enough shows across Edinburgh, each one sorted by how frightening it gets so nobody ends up carrying a sobbing four-year-old back to the car.
THE FRIGHT-O-METER
How brave is your crew?
Every event on this page is filed by how scary it gets, going on the organiser's own description and age guidance. Check the listing before you book the wobblers in.
Cute, not scary
Little ones · no jump scares
Pumpkins, fancy dress and friendly ghosts. Nap-safe.
Show me these
Spooky fun
Ages 5-10 · mild shivers
Torchlight trails and theatrical spooks. Giggles > screams.
Show me these
Actually scary
Ages 10+ · real jump scares
Scare mazes and after-dark shows. Not for wobblers.
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If you only book three things
One per venue, soonest first. The popular evenings sell out weeks ahead.
🎃 CUTE, NOT SCARYCraigies Pumpkin Festival
Craigies Little Farmers · 7-31 October · daily
Craigies Pumpkin Festival brings a giant bale maze, storytelling, rides and pumpkin picking to the farm this autumn.
See listingDetails
👻 SPOOKY FUNThe Vaults Tour
Auld Reekie Tours · 7 Oct - 1 Nov · daily
Daily 60-minute guided walking tour through Edinburgh's haunted South Bridge vaults, not suitable for under 5s.
from £24Details
🎃 CUTE, NOT SCARYPumpkin Paint & Play
Make Believe Soft Play · Sun 25 October · 09:00
Drop-in autumn paint and play session at Make Believe with a pumpkin to decorate and take home.
from £16.80Details
OCTOBER HALF TERM · 19-31 OCT
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Halloween Shenanigans at Edin-boo! Castle
Pumpkin patches
4 places- Craigies Pumpkin FestivalQueensferry · 7-31 October · daily
- Pick & Play - Pumpkins!Queensferry · 7-9 October · dailyFree
- Balgone EstateNorth Berwick · Pick your own pumpkins on a haunted trail, walk a summer sunflower field, or take a lakeside stroll with the dog on a lead.
- Woodbank FarmWindygates · Pick your own strawberries straight from the fields at a farm shop near Windygates, open late May to mid September.
EVERYTHING ON
8 things on for Halloween 2026
Cute, not scary · 5
7-31 October · daily
Craigies Pumpkin Festival
Craigies Little Farmers · Queensferry
Craigies Pumpkin Festival brings a giant bale maze, storytelling, rides and pumpkin picking to the farm this autumn.
- Free
7-9 October · daily
Pick & Play - Pumpkins!
Craigies Little Farmers · Queensferry
Book a Little Farmers session from 1 to 9 October 2026 and get free entry to the pumpkin patch straight after.
- from £16.80
Sun 25 October · 09:00
Pumpkin Paint & Play
Make Believe Soft Play · Edinburgh
Drop-in autumn paint and play session at Make Believe with a pumpkin to decorate and take home.
Indoors
Sat 31 October
Halloween Shenanigans at Edin-boo! Castle
Edinburgh Castle · Edinburgh
A Halloween-themed event at Edinburgh Castle on 31 October 2026.
- from £14.80
Sat 31 October · 16:30
MakeBelieve's Annual Halloween Costume Party
Make Believe Soft Play · Edinburgh
Dress-up soft play evening at Make Believe with a Halloween costume party and a light-up giveaway.
Indoors
Actually scary · 2
- from £24
7 Oct - 1 Nov · daily
Haunted Vaults Tour
Auld Reekie Tours · Edinburgh · ages 12+
A 60-minute guided tour through Edinburgh's haunted 1700s underground vaults, not suitable for under 12s.
- from £26
7 Oct - 1 Nov · daily
The Vaults & Graveyard Tour
Auld Reekie Tours · Edinburgh · ages 12+
A 90-minute guided walking tour through a 16th century graveyard and haunted 17th century vaults, not suitable for under 12s.
The free list 👻
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What's on, when you need it
Everything open and on in Edinburgh today, with times and prices.
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