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Halloween in Margate 2025: Spooky Events, Parties & Family Fun
From thrilling Halloween events and spooky parties to family-friendly trick-or-treating and kids' fancy dress parades, there's something for everyone in Margate.
Halloween in Margate is always a big deal, and 2025 is no different.
From spooky family trails and pumpkin-filled workshops to late-night witchy rituals and wild costume parties, there’s something for everyone this October.
Whether you’re after kid-friendly trick or treating, creative workshops, or a chance to dance the night away in your best fancy dress, Margate is packed with Halloween events to keep you entertained.
Here’s your guide to the best Halloween events in Margate 2025 — so you won’t miss a single ghost, ghoul or glitter-covered witch.
Halloween events in margate
🕯️ Samhain: Masks & Banners
Sat 19 Oct, 2pm–6pm / Bar Nothing
Get crafty with The Samhain Society at this family-friendly workshop. Make your own folk masks, banners & flags ready for the big Halloween procession. All materials provided.
🎟️ Free
🎃 Pumpkin Party
Fri 24 Oct, 12pm - 3pm / Windmill Community Gardens
If ever there was an excuse to dress up your kids like squashes this is it. Pumpkin carving, lantern making, tombola and food and drink.
🎟️ £6 per family / Book here
👻 Trick or Treat at Old Kent Market
Sat 25 Oct, from 12pm / Old Kent Market
A family-friendly Halloween takeover with live actors, prizes for best costumes and mountains of candy to collect.
🎟️ Free
🎃 Spooky Saturday Treat Trail
Sat 25 Oct, 2pm–4pm / Various venues
Get the kids dressed up and follow a Halloween trail of treats around town, from Old Town right up Northdown Road, with dozens of shops and cafes involved. Wristbands available from AARVEN on King Street.
🎟️ £4 per child / More info
🦇 Cockles & Muscles Halloween Ball
Sat 25 Oct, from 7pm / Margate Arts Club
The campest, creepiest night of the year is back. Expect drag that raises the dead, queer anthems, 80s–90s bangers, purple slushies, and a photo booth for your undead glamour. Costumes essential!
🎟️ £5–£10 / Book here
🎤 Margarita Mic-Off: Halloween Edition
Mon 28 Oct, 7pm–late / Little Swift
Karaoke night gets spooky with Charlie’s monthly Margarita Mic-Off. Belt out your faves, from Thriller to Monster Mash, with cocktails flowing upstairs at Little Swift. Fancy dress encouraged.
🎟️ Free / Book here
🧩 Halloween Quiz at George & Heart
Wed 29 Oct, 7.30pm–10.30pm / George & Heart
Join quizmaster Owain for a night of spooky silliness at this much-loved pub. Expect Halloween vibes, food deals and plenty of laughs. Book early.
🎟️ Free entry (food & drinks not free obvs) / Book here
🔮 Sigils & Casting Workshop
Thu 30 Oct, 12pm–2pm / Smith & Sun
Create a personal sigil, burn it in ritual, then cast a pewter talisman using age-old cuttlefish moulding. Leave with your own magical keepsake.
🎟️ £13 / Book here
📖 Esoteric Kent: Myths, Mysteries & Magical Histories
Thu 30 Oct, 4.30pm–5.30pm / Smith & Sun
Dive into Kent’s strange folklore and occult history in this talk uncovering myths, mysteries and magical traditions with Anna from Esoteric Isle.
🎟️ £10 / Book here
📚 Feeding the Monster with Anna Bogutskaya
Thu 30 Oct, 7pm–9pm / Fort Road Bar
Film critic Anna Bogutskaya discusses her new book Feeding the Monster, exploring how horror both fuels and fascinates us. Presented by The Margate Bookshop.
🎟️ Free / Book here
🎪 Twisted Circus at the Beach Club
Fri 31 Oct, 9pm–3am / Margate Beach Club
MBC’s first Halloween party is going all out with a Twisted Circus theme. Hosted by Honey Foxx, KiKi Snatch & DJ Camille Leon, with prizes for the best costume plus games and battles all night. Ticket includes a Halloween welcome drink.
🎟️ £10 adv, £15 otd / Book here
🔥 Samhain Procession & Witches’ New Year Party
Fri 31 Oct, from 7pm / Bar Nothing & Beach
Ritual, procession, and revelry: join Tree Carr & Paul Buckingham for a torchlit ritual on the beach before returning to Bar Nothing for DJs, potion cocktails, toasts & dancing into the witching hours.
🎟️ Free
🐸 Halloween Pond Party
Fri 31 Oct, 8pm–late / Where Else?
Step into the Pleasure Pond for an immersive night of swampy sounds, strange creatures and underwater fantasy. Expect an installation from Fantastic Pleasure and a soundtrack by DORIS (Jaw-G & Scott Humphrey). Pond-dweller fancy dress encouraged.
🎟️ £10.65 / Book here
👻 Halloween Party
Sat 1 Nov, from 7pm / Old Kent Market
Scare yourself silly and go all out with a Halloween outfit at OKM’s annual party.
🎟️ Free
🕸️ HEXED: Goth, Darkwave & More
Fri 31 Oct, from 8pm / Margate Arts Club
Kent’s only dedicated goth night returns with Luna Lestrange, performances from Cici Noir, Karma Obskura and Asha Fierce, and DJs from The Filth Collective spinning goth rock, darkwave, post-punk & metal.
🎟️ £6.66 / Book here
👻 Over-30s Halloween Day Party
Sat 1 Nov, 4pm–9pm / Justine’s
A daytime Halloween clubbing experience for 30+ (friends 25+ welcome). DJs spinning 80s/90s/00s anthems, spooky visuals, costume vibes and giveaways. Age 30+ / Last entry 6pm
🎟️ £16.50 / Book here
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