Halloween events in Memphis 2026

Last checked Oct. 27, 2026. This page is updated each year at the same address. Every listing comes from the organizer’s own page, linked below, or from the Downtown Memphis Commission’s Halloween guide. Times and prices are as the organizers published them.

Halloween is this Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. What is left this week: the Halloween Ghost Chat at the Woodruff-Fontaine House on Thursday, Zoo Boo Thursday to Saturday nights and again Sunday, Nov. 1, the free 901KidsFest at Tom Lee Park on Halloween day and the Tigers’ 7 p.m. kickoff against Army that night. The city sets no trick-or-treat hours; that is covered on our separate trick-or-treat hours page. For a city question, call Memphis 311, 901-636-6500.

Updated Oct. 27: the Oct. 24 parade, 5K, trunk-or-treat and Spooky Skate and the Monster Market have passed and are marked below. 901KidsFest, the Ghost Chat and the Slider Inn party are reconfirmed, and we added the other downtown Halloween night parties the Downtown Memphis Commission lists.

Plan ahead

• Zoo Boo tickets: online only at memphiszoo.org/zoo-boo
• Día de Muertos parade and festival: free; Orpheum Theatre Group listing
• Haunted maze nights at the Mid-South Maze: on our fall festivals page
• Emergency: 911. City services: 311 or 901-636-6500

Halloween 2026 at a glance

Día de Muertos parade and festival

The Orpheum Theatre Group’s Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) Parade and Festival ran Saturday, Oct. 24, and has passed for 2026. Admission was free.

• Parade: 11 a.m. to noon on Main Street from Court Square Park to the Halloran Centre.
• Festival: noon to 3 p.m. at the Halloran Centre, 225 S. Main St., with live music, dance, Catrinas, art activities, face painting, vendors and community altars.

Zoo Boo and the Halloween 5K

The Memphis Zoo’s Le Bonheur Zoo Boo runs on select nights from Sept. 18 through Nov. 1, 6 to 9:30 p.m. (last entry 8:30 p.m.), reworked this year with more nights. Halloween weekend nights are Thursday to Saturday, Oct. 29-31, and the last night is Sunday, Nov. 1. Tickets are sold online only and the zoo’s details, including prices, are on our trick-or-treat hours page.

The zoo’s new Howl-O-Ween Hustle 5K ran Saturday, Oct. 24, on a course through the zoo and Overton Park. It has passed for 2026.

For kids

• 901KidsFest, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at the playground area of Tom Lee Park on the riverfront: book and treat bag giveaways, arts and crafts and food for the kids. The Downtown Memphis Commission and Kifani Kids Charitable Organization sponsor it, with Memphis River Parks as a partner. (event listing)
• Candy Coated Trunk or Treat (past), 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, on the Washington Avenue side of the Juvenile Court, 616 Adams Ave.: the court’s free 5th annual trunk-or-treat, with face painting, a firefighter simulator, a bounce house and a petting zoo. (event listing)
• Spooky Skate (past), noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, under the Sunset Canopy in Tom Lee Park: Memphis River Parks’ costume skate with a DJ and a skate dance lesson. A limited number of free 30-minute skate rentals go first come, first served; bring your own pads and helmet. It is weather-dependent. (event listing)
• The Children’s Museum of Memphis Halloween Spooktacular ran Saturday, Oct. 24; it is listed on our fall festivals page.

Ghost tours and haunted history

• Backbeat Tours Memphis Ghost Tour: a 90-minute walking tour of downtown’s oldest sites and their legends, starting on Beale Street. Tickets are $27 for adults, $18 for children 5 to 12, and free for children 4 and under.
• Halloween Ghost Chat at the Woodruff-Fontaine House Museum, 680 Adams Ave., 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29: an after-hours tour of the darkened Victorian Village mansion, with staff accounts of what they have experienced there. Tickets are sold online only.

We found no stand-alone haunted house inside Memphis with a 2026 season on its own website. The closest thing is the haunted maze at the Mid-South Maze on Agricenter International’s grounds, on Friday and Saturday nights through Oct. 31; dates and prices are on our fall festivals and pumpkin patches page.

Spooky shopping

Monster Market fills The Medicine Factory, 85 Virginia Ave. W., through Sunday, Oct. 25, and has closed for 2026. It sold art, decor, apparel and oddities from more than 100 makers, with free entry.

Halloween night for adults

The Slider Inn Downtown on South Main holds its Halloween party from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, with DJ sets, a costume contest with $300 in cash prizes, a food truck and no cover, according to its listing.

The Downtown Memphis Commission’s Halloween guide also lists these Oct. 31 parties; check each venue for times:

• Bardog Tavern Halloween party
• Hotel Pontotoc 120th Anniversary Halloween Party at The Dame, with Devil Train
• Momma’s 1980s Halloween party with a costume contest
• Plants and Pints Costume Party at Ghost River Brewing’s South Main taproom
• Halloween Paint ‘N Sip at Creations Memphis

Game traffic: the Memphis Tigers play Army at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium on Halloween, with a 7 p.m. kickoff on ESPNU, according to the Tigers’ schedule. Expect traffic around Liberty Park during trick-or-treat time.

What this means for you

• Saturday is the busy day: 901KidsFest at Tom Lee Park from 11 a.m., trick-or-treating at dusk, Zoo Boo from 6 p.m. and the Tigers at 7 p.m.
• Buy Zoo Boo tickets online for a set night; they are not sold at the gate.
• Trash pickup does not change for Halloween; see trash and recycling.

Related: trick-or-treat hours, fall festivals and pumpkin patches and things to do this month.

Frequently asked questions

When is the Día de Muertos parade in Memphis in 2026?

It ran Saturday, Oct. 24, and has passed for 2026. The free parade ran from 11 a.m. to noon on Main Street from Court Square Park to the Halloran Centre, and the festival followed from noon to 3 p.m. at the Halloran Centre, 225 S. Main St.

When is Zoo Boo at the Memphis Zoo in 2026?

Select nights from Sept. 18 through Nov. 1, 6 to 9:30 p.m. with last entry at 8:30 p.m., including Halloween weekend, Oct. 29-31. Tickets are sold online only.

What is there for kids on Halloween day in Memphis?

901KidsFest runs 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at the Tom Lee Park playground, with book and treat bag giveaways, crafts and food for children.

Are there ghost tours in Memphis?

Yes. Backbeat Tours runs a 90-minute Memphis Ghost Tour on foot from Beale Street, and the Woodruff-Fontaine House Museum holds an after-hours Halloween Ghost Chat at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29.