Cape Town is celebrating Halloween with a bloodcurdling list of activities and events. Horror movies sure to leave you trembling and great tunes to keep you jiving with ghosts and ghouls, sending chills down your spine.

Travelling over Halloween? Take a look at what the rest of the country is getting up to:

• Halloween in Durban
• Halloween in Johannesburg
• Halloween in Pretoria

This Halloween Jägermeister & Madison Avenue Cape Town are bringing you a night filled with such terror it will make your skin crawl!

Join them as they transform Madison Avenue Cape Town into your very own Horror Hospital revealing your deepest, darkest side.

Dj Line:

• Gremlin
• Ikon
• Kilopascal DJ
• Gavin Stander

CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY? - You will receive a guest list and a complimentary bottle of champagne to kick-start your evening! Drop them a message to book!

• Cost:
  • R30 - before 10pm
  • R60 - Thereafter
• When: 25 October, 9pm - 4am
• Venue: Madison Avenue Cape Town, 11 Mechau St, CBD
• More Info: Horror Hospital ft. Gremlin, Ikon, Kilopascal & Gavin Stander

Magnifique SA is a conceptual events brand heavily based on decor and theme. For this edition theme will be The Carnival of the Dead (Halloween Fiesta) / Dia de los Muertos at none other than the Wonderland Club.

Let them take you on a journey to the other side, as they take Wonderland Club and turn it into a Carnival of the Dead.

Line Up:

• HEADROOM
• Geometric Flux
• Ivan Turanjanin
• STAB Virus
• Mac Attack (Dave Mac vs Josh Mac)
• Pierre-Estienne
• Dynamic Range
• KONG
• Playground Twins

Partygoers are strongly advised to dress up, there will be face painters for the beginning portion of the night to transform you into character.

This is a limited capacity event and will sell out fast, once presold tickets are sold out it will be a first come first serve until maximum capacity is reached thereafter the door will be closed for everyone's comfort and enjoyment.

• Cost:
  • R80 - Pre Sold
  • R120 - At the Door before 10:30pm
• When: 25 October, 9pm - 4am
• Venue: Wonderland Club, C/o Buitenkant & Albertus St, CBD
• More Info: Magnifique: Carnival of the Dead CPT (A Halloween Fiesta)

As the days get longer the nights get shorter, people get weirder and the animals come out to play.

Reset invites you to experience the Spanish power techno duo "Animal Picnic" as a Halloween celebration. What is you inner animal? Will you survive against the rest? Think animal. Think animalistic. Think weird. Think techno. Think RESET.

• Cost:
  • R80 - Early Bird
  • R120 - Phase 1
  • R140 - Phase 2
  • R200 - Door
• When: 25 October, 9pm - 4am
• Venue: Reset. 71 Loop St, CBD
• More Info: Reset Pres. Animal Picnic (ESP)

You are invited to join the So Happy team with their 5th annual installation of So Happy Halloween!

This time they are headed to the beach and are summoning all you gouls and freaks to meet up again for the sexiest and most frightening experience of the year! Freaks crawl out of the dark sea onto the beach. Come and play amongst the Freaks On The Beach.

• Cost:
  • R280 - Freaky Bird
  • R300 - Freakishly Late
  • R350 - Freaked Out
• When: 26 October, 9pm - 2am
• Venue: Grand Africa, Granger Bay Rd, Granger Bay
• More Info: So Happy Halloween

Time to get those costumes out of the cupboard as Sotano On Bree, together with Don Julio present our Day Of The Dead party on the 26th of October 2019! 💀

Join them this Halloween and for one night and one night only, as you will be able to fully immerse yourself in this ancient Mexican tradition where Sotano Bree Street will transform it’s multi level heritage building into a night of spectacular decorations and celebrations. 🇲🇽

There will be a limited supply of Don Julio cocktails on arrival as well as complimentary face painters and makeup artists on hand to assist you to be best suited to this theme. Come early to avoid waiting or disappointment!

Line Up:

• Los Tacos (Live)
• Strange Loving

Corona girls will be on hand with buckets of Corona available, bucket specials all night and look out for a dedicated Coronita cocktail bar.

Entry is free for all with dinner and table bookings, a deposit is required. Plus those who arrive before 9pm. Dinner in Sotano is as per reduced Mexican themed la carte menu.

• Cost: Varies
• When: 26 October, from 7pm
• Venue: Sotano Bree, Bree St, CBD
• More Info: Facebook Event

Join Harrington Cocktail Lounge this Saturday, 26 October 2019, for a monstrous movie-festival-esque celebration of the Haunted Cinematic creations that sneak into your brain and are truly the scream of the crop!

The best horror movies of all time are the ones that don't just haunt your nightmares – they inhabit your waking moments, too. Fuelling nightmares are easy. A possessed doll here, a creepy mask there, and you know exactly what can happen when your smartphone loses reception...

Discover the horror unfolding before your eyes, as you make your way through a maze of some of the most hemophobia-inducing movie scenes at The Haunted Cinema!

Superb line-up of local and International DJ’s over three dance floors, featuring different tempos to keep the groove going until 4AM. That's right, we are open later than most!

Expect to get all the creeps, The Guest stage - A kind of magic Darkroom cinema that will make all your fears come true or visit 3 haunted interactive cinematic areas that will haunt your party, where the viewer becomes the prey!

Complimentary horror makeup photo booth, come early to avoid the queue. All cinema access passes will grant you access to all three dance floors at Harry's, SurfaRosa and our special District dance floor, but hurry ad get yours as they are extremely limited!

Dress Code: Guests are invited to dress up as their favourite horror movie character!

• Cost:
  • R150 - General Access - Early Viewing
  • R200 - All Cinema Access Pass/Early Viewing All Cinema Access Pass
  • R200 - General Admission
  • R250 - All Cinema Access Pass
• When: 26 October, 7pm - 4am
• Venue: Harrington Cocktail Lounge, 61b Harrington St, CBD
• More Info: The Haunted Cinema On Harrington Street - Halloween Party

After a hugely successful HAUNTED HARBOUR 1 in 2018, comes the 2nd edition. Bigger, Better, Scarier, Louder.

Join them on Sat 26 Oct as we bring you Cape Town's biggest halloween party, HAUNTED HARBOUR at Shimmy Beach Club!

Line Up:

• RYAN MURGATROYD LIVE
• KYLE WATSON
• Strange Loving
• Playground Twins
• Roommush
• Minx
• Kilopascal DJ
• IKon
• Dillyn-Will

It's all going down at the opulent seaside perfect day to night venue - Shimmy Beach Club. This one sells out fast so get your tickets now to avoid disappointment.

• Cost:
  • Super Early Bird - SOLD OUT
  • Early Bird/Phase 1 - SOLD OUT
  • Regular Bird/Phase 2:
    • R200 - General Admission
    • R250 - VIP
  • Late Bird/Phase 3:
    • R250 - General Admission
    • R300 - VIP
  • At The Door: (Subject to availability)
    • R300 - General Admission
    • R350 - VIP
• When: 26 October, 6pm - 2am
• Venue: Shimmy Beach Cub, 12 South Arm Rd
• More Info: Haunted Harbour ft. Ryan Murgatroyd LIVE, Kyle Watson & more

Come and enjoy a day of dress-up, treasure hunts, a magic show, face painting and some cupcake decorating too!

Open to KIDS AND ADULTS, come dressed up in your most creative costume and stand a chance to win some awesome prizes! There will be face painting, a Halloween-themed magic show and you can come and decorate your own cupcake at the Secret Potion Bakery stall!

Did we also mention that there will be a trick-or-treat treasure hunt for the kids too?

Join The Source on Sunday, 27th October 2019, for their very first Halloween-themed Vegan Goods Market at The Source Yoga Studio from 10:00am-15:00pm to get your weekly groceries and experience live music, good food and drinks as well as home and body products and fun Halloween activities that will be waiting for you and the little ones too!

Bring along your four-legged companions and have fun with them on the big field, but make sure to keep them on a leash for the safety of the rabbits living there.

Bring along your friends and family to enjoy the wonderful vegan treats! Bring along your own reusable containers, bottle, cutlery and bags to save from using any plastic.

They can't wait to see you there all dressed up in your Halloween costume! You don't have to dress up, but it would be fun if you do :)

• Cost: FREE
• When: 27 October, 10am - 3pm
• Venue: The Source Cape Town, 11 Townsend Ave, Constantia
• More Info: A Vegan Halloween

Welcome to Secret Sunrise Cape Town - Halloween Edition.

Where better to dance on Halloween than in the The Castle of Good Hope? Known locally as the Castle or Cape Town Castle is a bastion fort built in the 17th century in Cape Town, South Africa.

Built by soldiers, sailors and slaves between the years 1666 and 1679, the Castle of Good Hope is the oldest building in South Africa having survived centuries of violence and slavery. So it comes as no surprise that it has left behind a legacy of disturbed and restless spirits of tormented souls roaming its cold passageways.

Many stories have been told of the ghost of a large black dog has also been spotted on the castle grounds. The hound supposedly lunges at people before disappearing at the last possible instant.

A man and woman are also heard arguing from near the guard room, upon investigation, however, only a shapeless figure is seen. Here, an electric bell is also rung by an invisible hand.

Another eerie story is told of the bell inside the bell tower ringing on its own every now and then, despite the fact that the turret was barricaded years ago. Word is that this is the doing of a restless soul of a soldier who hung himself from the bell’s rope centuries back.

Join Secret Sunrise in getting up and out of your comfort zone, dancing, connecting and feeling complete freedom and self expression.

• Cost:
  • R110 - Early Bird
  • R145 - General Admission
  • R85 - Kiddies
• When: 31 October, 6pm - 7pm
• Venue: The Castle Of Goodhope
• More Info: CPT Secret Sunrise Halloween

A MAD evening of dress-up, interactive games, dancing and live-music entertainment!

Featuring the Dark, Madly-Theatric and Whimsical World of Carnival Rock music in the imaginations, hearts and hats of the Dukes of Note, as well as the Surf-Rock-Hawaii-Baby-Blues from the depths of the Volcanic and Eruptive sounds of Krakatoa!

Dress-Up and wear your imagination on the outside as you express your dark-side on one of our favourite evenings of the year! (Who knows? You might even win a prize... OR TWO!)

👻 They have many tricks up their sleeve so you're in for a treat!

• Cost:
  • R80 - Pre Sold
  • R100 - At the Door
• When: 31 October, 8pm - 2am
• Venue: The Raptor Room, 79 Roeland St, Cape Town
• More Info: Halloween Soiree at Raptor Room ft. Dukes of Note & Krakatoa

After the incredible success of their womxn's day party, Nourish'd have partnered with @ThankGoodnessFoods&beverages to keep the fun going and throw another free vegan cake and juice tasters day for Halloween! Halloween has never looked so happy 👻.

So come and join them on Thursday the 31st of October as we celebrate the magic and mystery of Halloween with pitch-black raw vegan cake, spooky juice tasters, waste-free decor and killer tunes all day from DJ duo @HolyFunk

• Cost: Varies
• When: 31 October, 8am - 4pm
• Venue: Nourish'd Cafe & Juicery, C/o Kloof & Hoff St
• More Info: ThankGoodness for Halloween - Free VEGAN Cake with Nourish'd

Join the Drifter Brewing Company crew on Friday, 1st November for a chillingly spooky (and absolutely epic) Halloween party!

As if they needed another reason to celebrate, it's also the Head Brewer Zared's birthday.... so let's get festive in here! They're frightfully excited to see you.

THEME: Dress as your alter ego.... Whatever that means to you! There will be prizes for the best-dressed partygoers, so turn the costume dial up to 11 and get wacky.

The brewers have been stirring up cauldrons full of special themed brews for the occasion and trust us - you won't be spooked when you taste how delicious they are! Also on offer are trick-or-treat surprise shooters for the Russian Roulette aficionados amongst you.

Get ready for a haunted brewery tour and scavenger hunt with some delightful boozy prizes for the winners, ooey gooey eyeball beer pong, and more...

Get ready for a party so lit that even Wednesday Addams would crack a smile.

• Cost:
  • R20 pp
• When: 1 November, 8pm - 2am
• Venue: Drifter Brewing Company, 156 Victoria Rd, Woodstock
• More Info: A Very Haunted Halloween at Drifter

Join Be Part Of The Mystery for a nightmarish masquerade filled with apparitions, dark family secrets and dreadful deceit. Venice, Italy, the family patriarch William Cohen dies after a torturous sick bed and bequeaths the family castle to his estranged son David Cohen.

Upon occupation of the castle, the Cohen family is confronted by a multitude of strange and alarming paranormal activities. Unperturbed the family hosts a birthday masquerade in true Venetian style. As the masked guests sat down to dinner, the lights went out. David left to investigate, with his last words, “I will be right back!” echoing through the eerie corridors of the castle. However, he did not return.

The Cohen family desperately needs your help figuring out what happened to David by uncovering a murderous plot under the watchful gaze of a malevolent entity.

Dress code: 1920’s Masquerade

Your ticket includes a 3 course mea to die for, featuring wild mushroom lasagne and Butternut Ravioli to name just a few samplings. RSVP before the 25th October (Suspects can expect to receive their TOP SECRET characters one week before the event.)

• Cost:
  • R400 pp (Includes 3 course dinner & a mystery game.)
• When: 1 November, 7:05pm - 10:05pm
• Venue: Hout Bay Manor, Baviaanskloof Rd, 7806 Hout Bay
• More Info: Halloween: The Haunted Masquerade Mystery Game Event

Blood Doll Society, Gotham The Entity And Gothic Resurrection have joined forces to bring you two days / nights of TRICK & TREATS!!!

• Venue: Gandalf's, 299 Lower Main Rd, Observatory
• More Info: Halloween 2019 (Trick Or Treat)

Friday Night Tricks

Kicks off the festivities with a walk through the HALL OF HORRORS into the PAN’S PLAYGROUND of PLEASURE.

The disturbance that moves the air and brings on a clamour of dissonance (later known as music) is the discord of the musical beasts; some sentient, some mechanical, some symbiotic… but makers of music non-the-less: bearing names like MASTER-BLASTER / ANDROID / ZOMBITCH / DR DEATH to name just a few.

The anticipating mass all dressed up and costumed, prancing around showing off their wear! Naturally, A PRIZE FOR BEST DRESSED is the prize to keep their eyes on as music plays on and festivities flair!

• Cost:
  • R50 (Effort)
  • R70 (No Effort)
• When: 1 November, 9pm - Late

Saturday Afternoon

This is the year for you and your kids (baby bats, blood dolls, punklings, etc) to share an afternoon of festivities which includes a pumpkin competition - so get carving and bring your fabulous designs! Have the little ones join in and bring along their fine pieces of artwork, drop Gandalf's a message on Facebook to enter your punkling.

Saturday afternoon will include a variety of food stalls, art exhibitions, wheel of fortune for the kiddies, treat or treating, live exhibitions and an old timey cinema.

• Cost: FREE
• When: 2 November, 2pm - 7pm

Saturday Night

Saturday night will include more dancing with MINSTREL (9pm – 11pm) | DJ REANIMATOR (11pm – 1am) | MYSTER-I (1am - Close) …

Who will enchant the floor with CLASSICS FROM THE UNDERWORLD all night long while we continue to spin the wheel of fortune to the barman’s delight of enticing drink specials!

Join Galdalf's for a night of celebration and fond memories of absent family and friends!!!

• Cost:
  • R50 (Effort)
  • R70 (No Effort)
• When: 2 November, 9pm - Late

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