Free Kids Events in Melbourne, Giveaways & Discounts
👻 Featured Halloween Events in Melbourne
👻 Halloween at Elmo’s Circus Dream!
This Halloween, join Elmo and friends with a special appearance from The Count 🦇 for a spooktacular night under the Big Top!
🧡 Every child who comes in costume gets a FREE gift!
🗓 31st October 6.30pm
📍 Patterson Lakes Tennis Club, Patterson Lakes
🎟️ Don’t miss out – this is your LAST CHANCE to see Elmo’s Circus Dream in 2025!
👻 Halloween at Acland Street Village
🗓 Saturday 1 November | 📍 Acland Street Village
Acland’s Family-Friendly Ghoulish Ghost Tours
🕓 6pm or 7:3pm: Grab your glow sticks and join your undead guide on a spooky stroll through Acland Village! Meet larger-than-life ghouls sharing gruesome tales, with sweet treats for the bravest kids. 🎟️ $5 per person
Creepy & Kooky Collectibles Market: 🕓 3:30pm – 7:30pm
Browse comics, action figures, toys, and spooky treasures — plus free face painting, a spooky tattoo station, entertainers, and a giant inflatable Labubu for photos! 🎟️ Free Entry
🧟 GumBOOya World
Join us for one BIG night and one even bigger FRIGHT as we show you what happens when we open the gates to the dark side (insert evil laugh) 😈 Sink your teeth 🧛♀️ into EPIC spooky fun, all night!
🎢 Rides to scream on
🐍 Haunted Wildlife Trail
🍭 Trick or Treat fun
💀 Spooky characters & wildlife
🗓 31 Oct
🕓 5–9 PM
📍 Gumbuya World
🎃 Halloween at Caulfield Village
Join us for two spook-tacular celebrations in our newly transformed, colourful piazza — the perfect spot for Halloween photos, treats & fun!
Expect roaming creepy characters, Halloween tunes, face painting & sweet treat giveaways 🍬 Come dressed in your best costume and enjoy the magic of Halloween at the Village!
🗓 Sunday 26 Oct 🕓 11am–2pm
🗓 Friday 31 Oct 🕓 4–7pm
📍 Caulfield Village, Caulfield North: Outdoor Piazza (near Coles)
👻 Skyline Melbourne Scare Park
Melbourne’s most terrifying Halloween experience:
🎨 Free arts & crafts (until 7pm)
🧛 Spooky characters & performers
🎡 Ferris Wheel with frightful views
🍏 Toffee apples & tasty treats
🍹 Themed drinks for ghouls & grown-ups
💀 Haunted maze by Hollywood Horrors
👨👩👧👦 Family-friendly by day | 🌙 Super scary after 7pm
📅 24 Oct – 2 Nov | ⏰ Times vary
📍 Polly Woodside Park, South Wharf
🎃 Halloween Fun at Greensborough Plaza
Calling all zombies, witches, wizards, and ghost! Dress up in your most creative costumes and prepare for laughter and thrills at Greensborough Plaza! 💀
Enjoy spooky crafts, a silent disco, face painting, live performances & trick-or-treating fun for the whole family!
🗓 25 & 26 Oct
🕓 10am–1pm & 11am–2pm
📍 Greensborough Plaza: Level 1, Centre Court
🗓 Fri 31 Oct 🕓 4–7pm
📍 Greensborough Plaza: Level 3, Dining
🔒 Prison Island
Where escaping isn’t the goal… winning is! 💥
Gather your crew and take on 34 epic prison cells filled with wild mental and physical challenges. 🧠💪
🎯 90 minutes of non-stop action
👫 Teams of 2–5 (perfect for families, friends, or co-workers)
🎉 Awesome for birthdays, bucks & hens—bride/groom plays FREE!
📍 The District Docklands
👧 Ages 7+ welcome!
👻 Halloween at Oakleigh South Primary
📍 Oakleigh South Primary
🗓️ Fri 31 Oct 2025 – After school
👻 Gather your crew (up to 5), dress up and hit the streets for a spooky scavenger hunt like no other! Use the app to solve clues, complete dares and race other teams to win the treasure prize.
💸 $13 per team (+ fee) – pre-book online or grab goodies on the night.
🎯 May your night be frightfully fun and your pockets full of treats! 🍬
📩 Watch for an email with your login code, map and all you need to start the hunt.
🎃 TERROR TENT is back — bigger, scarier, and FREE! 👻
What started as one family’s spooky idea has grown into one of Melbourne’s must-visit Halloween attractions. Each year, 63 Orange Street in Bentleigh East transforms into a terrifying walk-through maze filled with creepy props, eerie sound effects, smoke, and live actors — and last Halloween, over 10,000 families dared to enter! 😱
This year, expect new scares, an extended maze, and interactive encounters with The Queen and her cursed skeleton court. Best of all? It’s completely FREE — just bring your courage. 💀
📍 Terror Tent – 63 Orange Street, Bentleigh East
🗓️ Halloween Night – Don’t miss it!
👻 City Exploration Game: Haunted Melbourne Adventure!
Explore Melbourne’s spooky side with a fun phone-based city game! Uncover ghost stories, solve clues, and visit iconic spots like Chinatown and Princess Theatre—all as a 200-year-old vampire on a mission.
Play solo or with friends, pause anytime, and see the city like never before.
🗓 Available daily 🕓 Play anytime
📍 Starts at Flinders Street Station
🎟️ Prices from $21.50 per device
👻 Haunted Melbourne Exploration Game
Step into the shadows of Melbourne’s spooky past with this eerie city exploration game. Start your adventure as a 200-year-old vampire searching for your missing niece—uncover haunted secrets, creepy landmarks, and ghostly legends along the way. Perfect for thrill-seekers who love history with a twist. One child under 16 joins free with each adult!
🗓 Various dates available
🕓 Duration: 116 mins (3km self-paced)
📍 Starts at Flinders Street Station
👉 Prices from $21.50
Glenferrie Road Halloween Trick or Treat Trail
Get ready for a spook-tacular time on Glenferrie Road. Dress in your creepiest costume, grab your treat bag, and join the Halloween Trick or Treat Trail. Follow the trail of specially marked shopfronts to collect sweet surprises from participating businesses. It's a frightfully fun afternoon for kids and families, don't forget your fangs.
🗓 Thu 30 October 2025
🕓 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
📍 Select businesses on Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn
🎃 Trick or Treat at Blackburn Square
Put on your spookiest, silliest, or most spectacular costume and join the community for a hauntingly good time at Blackburn Square!
👻 Trick or Treat around our stores – there’ll be plenty of candy!
🎨 FREE face painting
💫 Loads of community fun and Halloween spirit
🗓️ Friday 31 October
⏰ 3pm – 7pm
📍 Blackburn Square
👻 Halloween Ceilidh Dance
Get ready for a spook-tacular afternoon of Scottish dancing fun — no experience or partner needed!
Learn traditional dances like the Dashing White Sergeant, dress up (or just wear black, Melbourne-style!), and enjoy the music, the moves, and the Halloween spirit. 👻
🗓 Sunday 26 October
⏰ 2pm – 3:30pm
📍 2 Centre Way, Balwyn North
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