 Do the Monster Mash
 Thu 31 October
Nottingham Castle
Get ready for a day of ghostly delights, family fun, and Halloween magic at the Monster Mash! Dress up in your best costume and enjoy music and dancing in the bandstand with a family-friendly DJ, free face painting for kids, spooky games, crafts, and tasty treats from food and drink stalls.
The Strolling Bones Parade will be providing some hair-raising fun too. This eerie yet playful walkabout performance, created by Walk the Plank, features lively skeleton puppets dancing to the infectious sounds of the Fat Cat Brass Band.
Tickets are £1 per person (plus booking fee) and include entry to the Castle.
During half term you can also take part in the Monsters Trail inside the museum and galleries, enjoy Halloween craft activities, or discover King David's Dungeon and Mortimer's Hole by booking onto a cave tour. Standard admission applies.
Spine-tingling outdoor movies
 Fri 25 - Mon 28 October
Wollaton Hall & Deer Park
Adventure Cinema brings thrilling outdoor cinema experiences this Halloween. Bring a blanket or camping chair, wrap up warm, and watch classic films on a giant cinema screen under the stars!
Tonight: The Lost Boys (15)
Saturday: Hocus Pocus (PG)
Sunday: The Nightmare Before Christmas (PG) - SOLD OUT
Monday: Scream (18)
Fancy dress is highly encouraged, plus there will be a spooky soundtrack to enjoy before the movie with specially curated songs for witches, ghouls, ghosts, vampires, werewolves and humans alike.
Ghoulish ghost tours
 Until Sun 3 November
Newstead Abbey
This Halloween and half term, discover haunting happenings at Newstead Abbey. Join a family friendly ghost tour to seek out stories of the ghosts who haunt the Abbey, and have lots of fun along the way! You can also explore the grounds with the Scary Skulls outdoor trail.
Grown ups can discover the Historic House after dark and meet some of its most famous spectral residents on an evening house tour.
Scary rooftop monsters
 Sat 26 October - Sun 3 November
City Centre
The monsters are moving in and claiming rooftops across the city! The crazy creatures will be taking up residence on high-street shops and businesses as part of the It's in Nottingham Halloween Festival.
Pick up a map from the Tourism Centre (or download here) to see how many you can find, or hop aboard the Monster Bus for a fang-tastic adventure around the city to spot all the monsters.
Halloween and half term ice skating
 Until Sun 3 November
National Ice Centre
Get ready for a frightfully fun Halloween at the National Ice Centre! There's a spook-tacular line-up of activities to keep the whole family entertained this half term.
From Halloween skating parties to themed tots sessions, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.Â
Outbreak Scarefest Nottingham
 Until Sun 3 November
The James Alexander Warehouse at Binks Yard
This interactive Halloween pop-up experience takes place at the disused warehouse next to Binks Yard. Thrill-seekers will be transported to the scene of a chemical outbreak at a secret scientific test facility, to race against the clock and make it through the ‘scare maze'. Live actors are transformed into scary inhabitants lurking and awaiting visitors at every corner.
A family-friendly experience takes place on Saturdays and Sundays, while older guests can buckle up for a truly spine-tingling event, complete with jump scares, as night falls.
Tomorrow: Pagan Market
 Sat 26 October
Sneinton Market Avenues
The Samhain Pagan Market is a vibrant mini festival featuring an array of traders, speakers, storytellers, music, and dance.
Traders will include Harmonious Botanist, Forest Fables Decor, Pippin's Potions, Celestial Creations, and Kavana Emporium, as well as lots more magical makers!
The market is open from 12pm-5pm.
Forest Walkies with Wallace & Gromit
 Open daily
Sherwood Pines
Tails are set to wag as Forestry England invites you to take your four-legged friends on the ultimate forest dog walk with Wallace & Gromit at Sherwood Pines!
Forest Walkies has been developed in partnership with Aardman and Ordnance Survey to help families spend quality time with their canine companions. Routes are plotted on the Ordnance Survey’s Map app, and feature Wallace & Gromit on panels along the route with fun challenges to do with your dog. The accompanying activity pack includes a beautifully designed tote bag and a cute dog bandana.
Glass Animals
 Sun 3 November
Motorpoint Arena
Indie-rock band Glass Animals, formed in Oxford in 2010, head out on their Tour of Earth with special guest The Big Moon. They have released three albums to date with the most recent, Dreamland, peaking in the UK charts at no.2 in 2020.
Glass Animals are best known for sleeper hit Heat Waves which went viral on TikTok and reached two billion Spotify streams by September 2022, and was nominated for Best British Single at the 2022 Brit Awards.
Nottingham Operatic Society: Guys & Dolls
 Tue 29 October - Sat 2 November
Theatre Royal
Nottingham Operatic Society will stage their first ever production of the beloved Broadway smash Guys & Dolls. Bustling with gamblers, gangsters, and showgirls, the musical celebrates Damon Runyon’s comic book world of 1940s Times Square in New York City.
Considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy, Guys & Dolls introduces audiences to a cast of characters who have become legends in the musical theatre world: Sarah Brown, Sky Masterson, Adelaide, and Nathan Detroit.
Tonight: Sound at Central - Queer Up Duck!
 Fri 25 October
Nottingham Central Library
Get ready for an unforgettable evening at Nottingham Central Library’s late-night cabaret, Sound at Central, featuring the vibrant Queer Up Duck Festival! Hosted by Nottingham legend Liv, this event will showcase a fantastic line-up of local and diverse artists representing the LGBTQ+ spectrum.
There's poetry from award-winning Laurie Bolger, music from Nottingham based Bexx, the fabulous Liv hosting, music from Ro De Le Monja, and poetry from Caetano Capurro.
The Queer Up Duck Festival runs until Saturday 2 November featuring theatre, exhibitions, film, music, comedy, drag and more. See the full programme here.
New on sale: Beat The Streets
 Sun 26 January 2025
Various venues
Beat The Streets is back for 2025 and will be bringing tons of top Nottingham artists to your favourite city centre venues once again.
As always with Beat The Streets, all proceeds from ticket sales, bar sales and merchandise will be going directly towards Framework's important work improving the lives of homeless people in Nottingham.
Tickets are on sale now for a donation of £15 or higher.
Last chance to have your say on Goose Fair
 If you came to Goose Fair this year, don't forget to take our visitor survey and tell us about improvements you'd like to see for future fairs. We're also seeking feedback from local residents to the Forest Recreation Ground, to understand the impact of the event on the local area.
Please complete one of our surveys by Thursday 31 October:
You'll also get the chance to win a family ticket to see Peter Pan at the Theatre Royal this December, starring Gok Wan, Denise Welch, and Paul Chuckle!
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