Costumes, candy, cocktails and more await you in Tempe this Halloween
Halloween is right around the corner, and spooky season is already in full effect throughout Tempe. Whether you’re looking for additional events to show off your costume or a truly spooky history lesson, we have you covered.
October in Tempe is filled with festivities that invite you to level-up your Halloween season. Check out these activities for kids, gatherings for grown-ups and seasonal celebrations for the entire family.
Sept. 20 – Oct. 25, 2026: Four Peaks Haunted Brewery Tours
1340 W. 8th St., Tempe, AZ 85281
As seen on “Ghost Adventures,” Four Peaks Brewery invites you to experience its Haunted Brewery Tours, Sunday through Wednesday every week from Sept. 20 to Oct. 25. Since moving the brewing operation into the old brick building, strange things have been going on. Weird noises echo from the rafters. Tools mysteriously move location overnight. And several employees have even encountered — and in one case, conversed with — ghostly apparitions.
Four Peaks has gathered all these spooky tales (as well as their own employees’ ghost stories) for a series of special, late-night tours through 8th Street. Join them for one — if you dare. This is a limited-time engagement that will sell out early.
Oct. 1 – 31, 2026: Brick-or-Treat: Monster Party
5000 S. Arizona Mills Circle, Suite 135, Tempe, AZ 85282
Head to LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Arizona throughout October for Monster-ific fun and a LEGO® Monster Party. Enjoy a brand new 4D Halloween movie, a take-home Brick-Or-Treat build, a build-your-own pumpkin patch and a spider scavenger hunt in the Miniland. New this year: Brew up fun at the Potion Kitchen, a place to create potions of all sorts by combining your building creativity.
Sept. 19 – Nov. 14, 2026 (select dates): Fear Farm
1475 N. McClintock Drive, Tempe, AZ 85257
Fear Farm Haunted Fairground returns to Tempe for its second spooky season. Located north of McClintock Drive and Loop 202, Arizona’s largest Halloween event invites you to experience the frights of this world-famous attraction. This year’s haunted highlights include Jason Un1v3rse: Survive The Night, Beyone the Veil, Mr. Tasty’s Funhouse, and The Siren’s Wake. Level up the screams by adding on Field of Fear Maze, Deadshot Alley (zombie shooting range) and Phobia Sensory Overload (a highly physical experience) to your visit. Warning: this event may be too intense for children ages 12 and under.
Oct. 18, 2026: Candlelight Concerts: A Haunted Evening of Classical Compositions
Phoenix Zoo: 455 N. Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, AZ
Candlelight Concerts, presented by Fever, are returning to the Phoenix Zoo for twilight concerts on select dates dates, including A Haunted Evening of Classical Compositions at 7 and 9 p.m. on Oct. 18. For additional Candlelight Concerts taking place this fall, click here.
Oct. 21, 2026: Sweet Street Spooktacular at Tempe Marketplace
2000 E. Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, AZ 85281
Dress up in your Halloween costume and hit The District at Tempe Marketplace for Sweet Street Spooktacular. From 5 to 8 p.m., trick-or-treaters are invited to stroll from shop to shop, enjoy enchanting melodies, boo-tiful costume contests and frighteningly raffle fun prizes. a Día de Los Muertos activities are also available throughout the center.
Oct. 23, 2026: Boo Bash Family Festival | Kiwanis Park
Mill Ave. and All America Way, Tempe, AZ 85283 | 480-350-5200
Taking place in conjunction with Movies in the Park, Tempe’s annual Boo Bash Family Fall Festival will include a special Halloween screening of “Toy Story 5” (PG), as well as train rides, face painting, a dance party, costume contest at 6:30 p.m., parade, concessions and carnival games. Movies in the Park begins at approximately 7:30 p.m., on the north soccer field (Baseline Road and Ash Avenue).
Oct. 22 – 31, 2026: Strange Garden at Desert Botanical Garden
1201 N. Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, AZ 85008
See the Desert Botanical Garden transform into a spook-tacular Strange Garden. From 6 to 9 p.m. each night, you’re invited to trick or treat with the family, watch exciting performances, encounter mad botanists, get up-close and personal with some of the desert’s creepy crawlies, and visit the pumpkin patch to pick out a free pumpkin.
Admission: Included with garden admission or membership. Admission to this experience includes full access to Super Bloom by Graphic Rewilding.
Oct. 24, 2026: 11th Annual Witches Regatta at Tempe Town Lake
Each year, dozens of witches descend on Tempe Town Lake for the annual Witches Regatta — a group paddle that begins at the Tempe Town Lake Marina at 10 a.m., “flys” west and returns to the marina approx. 1 hour later). Participants are invited register here, and to dress up in witchy attire. Rentals are not available onsite, and participants are responsible for their own safety. Spectators are also encourages to attend.
Ongoing: Mill Ave Ghost Tours — Downtown Tempe
This 1.1-mile haunted walking tour down Mill Avenue includes elements of history, true crime, and paranormal. Hear spooky tales of fires, murder and ghosts at stops including the titular Hayden Flour Mill, survivor of devastating fires; the Andre Building, former home to the town undertaker; Casa Loma, site of ASU’s most gruesome murder; former Monti’s Casa Vieja, allegedly the most haunted building on Mill; and many more. Guided by a historically attired guide, tours take place at 7:30 and 10 p.m. seven days a week. Meeting point: North Side of Hayden Flour Mill (119 S Mill Ave. Tempe), on the South East corner of Mill Avenue and Rio Salado Parkway. Look for the lantern!
Visit Tempe’s spine tingling Halloween haunts
If you’re looking for a little spooky action and goose-bumpy fun this Halloween, you might visit Tempe’s spine tingling Halloween haunts. Tempe was settled in the second half of the 1800s. Some of the old buildings are still used by businesses, and a few purportedly have permanent residents who, though long dead, make an occasional ghostly appearance. View our Halloween Haunts blog for all of Tempe’s ghostly tales.
