Columbus Halloween & Things to Do 2025

Your complete guide to the best halloween in Columbus and surrounding areas

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Family-Friendly Fall Activities (33 events) → Haunted Experiences (14 events) → Halloween Food, Drink, and Parties (8 events) → Halloween Movies, Theater, and Entertainment (6 events) → Halloween Activities (9 events) →

Columbus marks Halloween 2025 at well-known attractions and the town square with haunted experiences and autumn festivities. Local favorites include ghostly experiences, autumn celebrations, spooky entertainment, family pumpkin events, and themed evening tours.

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Family-Friendly Fall Activities

33 events
Historic Irvington Halloween Festival • Oct 18 – Oct 25

Week-long Halloween celebration in historic neighborhood

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Haunted Experiences

14 events
Hanna Haunted Acres • Sep 26 – Nov 2

Six terrifying haunted attractions and Indy's original haunted hayride.

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Halloween Food, Drink, and Parties

8 events
Gasolina: Halloween Party • Oct 31

High-energy Halloween party with Latin music

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Halloween Movies, Theater, and Entertainment

6 events
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Shadowcast at Irving Theater • Oct 25 – Oct 26

Interactive shadowcast with audience participation

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Halloween Activities

9 events
Hope Heritage Days • Sep 26 – Sep 28

Bartholomew County's largest and oldest multi-day festival

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Editor's Picks (6)

  1. Historic Irvington Halloween Festival (Indianapolis)
    Week-long Halloween celebration in historic neighborhood
  2. The Thirteenth Hour Haunted Attraction (Indianapolis)
    Indiana's largest and most detailed story-driven haunted house.
  3. Hanna Haunted Acres (Indianapolis)
    Six terrifying haunted attractions and Indy's original haunted hayride.
  4. Indy Scream Park (Anderson)
    Indiana's largest independent haunted house scream park.
  5. Downtown Bloomington Trick or Treat (Bloomington)
    Annual trick-or-treat event in its 11th year
  6. Nightmare on Edgewood (Indianapolis)
    Indy's most intense, full-contact haunted house in its final season.
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Also Near Columbus

Franklin (20.6 mi) → Greenwood (30.2 mi) → Bloomington (32.5 mi) → Greenfield (41.1 mi) → Indianapolis (41.2 mi) → Plainfield (43.1 mi) →
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