Check out Colorado Halloween Highlights

A lot is going on in Colorado for Halloween. Certainly, it will be harder not to find something happening. Below are some standout events and celebrations.

Halloween in Denver

A lot is going on in Denver, so here’s the complete list. Below are the highlights happening on Halloween.

Cheesman Park Ghost Tour – OCT 31st

Take the graveyard tour and find out what lurks beneath the surface. Along the tour, you’ll hear haunting tales and hair-raising first accounts of paranormal activity.

Cocktails &Screams – OCT 31st

McGregor Square’s expansive food hall will serve some scary, ghoulish cocktails. Milepost Zero will host a Haunted Happy Hour and more.

Drink-or-Treat Cocktail Experience – OCT 31st

Spooky season is taking over Dairy Block with the Drink-or-Treat Cocktail experience. Guests are invited to explore the LoDo micro-district to sip terrifyingly delicious cocktails inspired by favorite horror movies.

Bewitched & Bubbly – OCT 31st

Call Me Pearl’s Bewitched & Bubbly menu features enchanting elixirs crafted with effervescent flair, blending whimsical flavors and enchanting garnishes. Dive into a spellbinding selection of cocktails that shimmer and sparkle like magic!

Poka Muah Ha Ha – OCT 31st

Poka Lola transforms into its ghoulish doppelganger, Poka Muah Ha Ha. Its classy interior and drink menu undergo metamorphosis, featuring a collection of limited-edition beverages and Halloween décor, available only during October.

Frankenstein: Bring This Monster to Life! – OCT 31st

Mary Shelley’s timeless novel comes to life in Audacious Immersive’s brand-new Halloween spectacular! Playwright Alyssa Bosch took the Mother of Science Fiction’s words and lovingly slashed and stitched them back together, hemmed with comedic flair, creating a masterfully crafted ghastly original experience.

BOOlesque’ Halloween Burlesque & Variety Show – OCT 31st

‘It’s time to haunt The Clocktower Cabaret! The Halloween “BOOlesque” is back and hotter than hellfire. Expect the unexpected as the Clockettes transform into your wildest nightmares (and dreams). Costumes encouraged!

Trick or Drink: Denver Halloween Bar Crawl – OCT 31st

Barcrawlerz is a Denver Bar Crawl—Trick or Drink, featuring the best drink specials at the best bars in the Mile High City! Simply pre-purchase your bar crawl wristband; check in at One Shot Back to get your wristband and map with participating bars. Then, use your wristband to get into any participating bars with no cover and enjoy drink specials!

Interrogation: True Crime Stories Halloween Edition! – OCT 31st

Comedy Works South presents Interrogations: True Crime Stories Halloween Edition! A veteran on the force, Korey David, and a special guest host lead you on a wild storytelling journey that makes you the interrogator.

The Nasty Show- Halloween Edition – OCT 31st

This show is featured at both Comedy Works South and in Larimer Square. Join in for a spine-chillingly NAUGHTY Halloween showcase like no other! This original show will surely have you howling with laughter and shrieking with delight. Get ready for a ghoulishly good time as our lineup of especially DIRTY, slightly spooky, and mildly off-color comics take the stage.

Science Lounge: Pick Your Poison – Halloween Bash – OCT 31st

It’s time to Pick Your Poison at the Science Lounge Halloween Bash! The museum’s curators have scoured the collections for the creepiest, crawliest, and spookiest specimens for you to peruse.

Halloween in Boulder

The Goonies Halloween Adventure – OCT 31st

Celebrate Halloween with The Goonies Halloween Adventure! Join us for a thrilling night featuring live music by The Goonies, costume contests with exciting prizes, and unbeatable drink and food specials.

Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra: ‘Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde’ – OCT 31st

Longmont Museum presents Mont Alto to provide musical accompaniment for a special Halloween screening of the silent film version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s spine-chilling masterpiece.

Munchkin Masquerade – OCT 31st

Downtown Boulder is invaded by tiny ghosts and goblins, dinosaurs and dragons, fairies and princes, superheroes, and animals of every size trick-or-treating along historic Pearl Street Mall! Recommended for children ages 12 and under.

Speakeasy Halloween – OCT 31st

Bring your finest costume and favorite people for a Speakeasy Halloween at License No. 1. Join us for craft cocktails, live music from Hunter Stone & Friends, and costume contests.

Halloween in Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs is full of surprises for Halloween; review the complete list.

The Colorado Springs Zombie Crawl – OCT 31st

Come in costume to the Colorado Springs Zombie Crawl happening on Halloween! Check in early and get your all-access pass to 10 or more bars and clubs and an all-day, all-night drink special.

Ivy Wil West Halloween Party – OCT 31st

Ivywild’s getting scary on Halloween. Wear your costume and dance to the live DJ’s grooves. A ticket wristband includes a punch bowl, Cadaver No.2 and zero-proof Tincture of Terror.

Boo at the Zoo – OCT 31st

Wear your costume and come see the zoo during the after-hours Cheyenne Mountain Zoo fall festiva. Bring your trick-or-treat bag, and enjoy Halloween festivities, including a spooky graveyard, lighted pumpkin patch, haunted house, and pirate’s cove.

Indoor Halloween Festivals – OCT 31st

Enjoy an afternoon and evening of spooktacular fun with indoor trick-or-treating, games, prizes, and plenty of treats. Plus the sensory-friendly hour, a costume contest, bouncy house, and a DJ and karaoke. @connectingcommunities719

Haunted Lantern Tour: Journey into Fear Director’s Cut – OCT 31st

Cave of the Winds Mountain Park is a whole new level of scary at night. Descend into the dark caves with only a lantern and experience the unexplainable phenomena deep within. Space is limited; reservations are required.

Halloween in Aspen – OCT 31st

Aspen is always in fine form for holiday celebrations, and Halloween is no exception. Here’s the list of fun parties and events happening on October 31st!

• W Aspen’s Halloween Party! – All you need is a costume and share in the fun with a live DJ, cocktails, and a chance to win ski gear, a stay at W Aspen and more cool stuff!
• Bring the family to Anderson Ranch to celebrate Halloween from 3:30 to 5:30. Dress in costume and make a spooky craft, go trick-or-treating through the artists’ studios, and compete in the costume contest.
• Check out the annual Caribou Club Spook-Tacular evening. A public party, but you gotta wear a costume.
• Get scared with Aspen’s DarkSide Historical Ghost, Murder & Mayhem Walking Tour. Uncover Aspen’s tarnished past with true stories and the darker history from 1879 to the present—reservations required.
• Get brave, take a night cemetery tour, and hear tails from Aspen’s oldest burial grounds. This entertaining, educational, and reflective tour of Aspen’s cemetery will bring visitors to a unique and almost forgotten spot in Aspen’s history. Reservations are required.

Halloween in Summit County

What a place to be for Halloween, Summit County. There are plenty of choices to find your scary.

Frisco

• Frisco’s “Trick-or-Treat Street” will be along Main Street and at Frisco Historic Park on Oct. 31 from 5-7 p.m.
• Summit County Animal Shelter will be hosting a Halloween Dog Parade on Main Street starting at 5 p.m.
• The Frisco Historic Park and Museum will also be hosting train rides on a 22-foot trackless train on Main Street.

Silverthorne

• The PlayGarten in Silverthorne will be presenting 4th Street Trick or Treat on Oct. 31 from 4-8 p.m.
• Summit County Orchestra is bringing its Halloween Spooktacular party to the Silverthorne Pavilion Oct. 30 at 5:30 p.m.

Blue River

• Blue River will be hosting its annual “Trunk or Treat” Oct. 31 from 5-7 p.m. in the neighborhood area near Town Park.

by Kathleen Fitzsimmons