Halloween Festivities, Galway

Immerse yourself in the very best Galway City has to offer this Halloween during your stay at The Oranmore Lodge Hotel. With a host of Halloween festivities taking place there is something for everyone to enjoy.

Galway Aboo Festival 2025

On Saturday, Sunday and Monday of the October bank holiday weekend, the city’s medieval streets will host many fun and free events. The most popular event of the festival is the Macnas Parade which will bring over 70,000 people to the streets on Sunday 26th October. The parade will include signature Macnas giant creations and sculptural images, pyrotechnics, bespoke costumes, and epic performances to live and original music.

Galway Pumpkin Patch

Galway Pumpkin Patch will take place over 4 weekends in October. Adults and children can go along for a fun Halloween-themed day out, which has a lot more than just pumpkin picking. You’ll find there will be lots of decorations, fancy dress, games, and face painting. Tea, coffee and spooky treats will also be available on site between 10am and 4.30pm. All family tickets include either one huge pumpkin or a variety of tiny pumpkins. The exit/entry point also serves as a store selling additional pumpkins.

Halloween Murder Mystery at Wildlands

Prepare for a spine-chilling adventure at Galway’s Wildlands Adventure Centre this Halloween from 24th to 31st October 2025! Join Wildlands for an exhilarating Murder Mystery Orienteering activity in which you’ll uncover dark secrets, decipher cryptic clues and navigate eerie forests under the moonlight. Collect your fellow detectives, don your spookiest costumes and embark on an unforgettable journey to solve the murder that haunts our forest. Can you solve the crime and identify the perpetrator? It is a night filled with suspense, surprises and supernatural entertainment that will send shivers down your spine. Join Wildlands, if you dare, and make this Halloween’s night of intrigue and mayhem unforgettable!

Halloween at Brigits Garden

Visit Brigits Garden this Halloween and enjoy a Spooky Treasure Hunt from Tuesday October 28th to Sunday November 2nd 2025. This outdoor treasure hunt that can be done at any time over the midterm period as an additional activity for visiting families. The Spooky Treasure Hunt will get you into the Halloween spirit and you are welcome to come in costume. Are you brave enough for the mummy in the cronóg and the coffin in the Stone Chamber? Collect the clues and help to get rid of the spell cast on the Gardens by the nasty Púca.

Spooky Fest at Loughwell Farm Park

Make the most of Halloween 2025 and bring the family to Spooky Fest at Loughwell Farm Park, the only interactive Halloween experience for kids in the West of Ireland. The Spooky Fest family friendly horror experience which is expected to open between 11am and 4pm from Saturday to Monday of the October bank holiday weekend with the main farm park attraction open as usual every day of the school midterm break. Meet the Wonky Witches Winnie & Wanda and join them having a fun time making spells and looking for their broomsticks in their very own haunted house.

Some Events may be ticketed — be sure to check individual websites for times, prices, and availability.