University Halloween 2025

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University's Halloween 2025 fills the campus area and nearby neighborhoods with haunted adventures, late-night events and spirited student parades. The area offers haunted adventures, seasonal events and frightful fun that draw students and local families.

Find the best University Halloween happenings this year!

Last updated: 11/11/2025 by HalloweenLocal.com editorial team

University Halloween

University Haunted Experiences

Two women in clown-like Halloween makeup and blonde wigs hold up cocktails in a dimly lit bar with a "Howl-O-Scream" sign in the background.

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Howl-O-Scream (Tampa, FL)

Friday, September 5, 2025

📍 Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

10165 McKinley Dr, Tampa, FL 33612

(2.7 mi from University)

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💰 Budget: $$

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⚡ Energy: High

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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay unleashes Howl-O-Scream, a separately ticketed night event designed for mature audiences. Prepare for intense adult content, including violence, gore, and blood, across 5 haunted houses and 5 scare zones. Electrifying live shows, DJ dance parties, and themed bars with eerie cocktails await. Brave the park's thrill rides in the dark for an unforgettable night of fear.

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⭐ Best For: Thrill-seekers and horror fans

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University Family-Friendly Fall Activities

Spooktacular Science: Carnival of Science & Frights in Tampa

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Spooktacular Science: Carnival of Science & Frights (Tampa, FL)

Saturday, October 18, 2025

📍 Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI)

4801 E Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33617

(2.4 mi from University)

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👻 Scare Factor: 👻👻👻👻👻

💰 Budget: $$

🎃 Family Friendly: 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

⚡ Energy: Moderate

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Step right up to Spooktacular Science: Carnival of Science & Frights at MOSI for a thrilling night of Halloween-themed experiments, carnival games, and spooky surprises. Families can enjoy trick-or-treating, a scavenger hunt, and captivating live entertainment. Don't miss the unique liquid nitrogen ice cream and the chance to capture memories at eerie photo spots.

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⭐ Best For: Families and science enthusiasts

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Halloween Near University

Tampa Halloween

Three children in Halloween costumes, holding jack-o'-lanterns, stand on a cobblestone path by a river at night, with a full moon and bats in the sky.

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Riverwalk Trick or Treat (Tampa)

📍 Cotanchobee Park

Oct 25, 2025

(9.1 mi from University)

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A cartoon man with wide eyes and a large smile, wearing a yellow jacket and red scarf, stands in front of a colorful carnival ride with pumpkins hanging in the background.

Tampa

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Pied Piper's Haunted Carnival (Tampa)

📍 Armature Works

Oct 23, 2025

(7.9 mi from University)

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Brandon Halloween

Three stylized cartoon figures, two young men and a young woman, are smiling and interacting at what appears to be a convention or market. The figures are dressed in casual clothing, with the young men wearing black jackets and the young woman wearing a grey tank top. In the background, other people and various figures, including a spooky, grim reaper-like character, are visible, suggesting a themed event.

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Spookala (Tampa)

📍 Florida State Fairgrounds

Oct 3, 2025

(7.4 mi from University)

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Tall Tales of Old Florida at Cracker Country in Tampa

Tampa

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Tall Tales of Old Florida at Cracker Country (Tampa)

📍 Cracker Country

Oct 18, 2025

(7.5 mi from University)

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Wesley Chapel Halloween

A creature resembling a dinosaur or lizard is reaching out towards a brightly lit screen in a dimly lit hallway, while three people run away from it in fear.

Dade City

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Scream-A-Geddon (Dade City)

📍 Scream-A-Geddon

Sep 5, 2025

(24.9 mi from University)

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Three cartoon children enjoy a ride at a fall carnival, with one boy in the foreground holding a glass of red liquid and looking at a plate of food.

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Wesley Chapel Fall Carnival (Lutz)

📍 Tampa Premium Outlets

Oct 23, 2025

(8.6 mi from University)

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Palm Harbor Halloween

Palm Harbor Halloween Carnival: The Freakshow in Palm Harbor

Palm Harbor

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Palm Harbor Halloween Carnival: The Freakshow (Palm Harbor)

📍 The Centre

Oct 24, 2025

(19.5 mi from University)

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Two young girls in Halloween costumes, one dressed as a purple fairy and the other in a blue princess-like outfit, are running in a race outdoors, with a costumed character resembling a jack-o'-lantern and other participants in the background.

Clearwater

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Ghouls For Tools 5K (Clearwater)

📍 Chi Chi Rodriguez Golf Club

Oct 26, 2025

(16.8 mi from University)

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Largo Halloween

A person stands in a graveyard at dusk, looking towards a spooky, dimly lit house adorned with Halloween decorations, including jack-o'-lanterns and ghostly figures.

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Fearville at DK Farms & Gardens (Largo)

📍 DK Farms & Gardens

Oct 3, 2025

(23.6 mi from University)

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A young boy in a plaid jacket and a smiling young woman in a red plaid shirt and baseball cap are in a pumpkin patch, surrounded by many pumpkins and some small horses.

Largo

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DK Farms & Gardens Pumpkin Patch (Largo)

📍 DK Farms & Gardens

Oct 1, 2025

(23.6 mi from University)

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St Petersburg Halloween

Halloween on Central 2025 in St. Petersburg

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Halloween on Central 2025 (St. Petersburg)

📍 Central Avenue

Oct 26, 2025

(24.2 mi from University)

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Haunted Fest St. Pete 2025 in St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg

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Haunted Fest St. Pete 2025 (St. Petersburg)

📍 The St. Pete Pier™

Oct 31, 2025

(23.8 mi from University)

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Spring Hill Halloween

Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics in Spring Hill

Spring Hill

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Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics (Spring Hill)

📍 WellCome OM Integral Healing & Education Center

(30.6 mi from University)

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Fear Reach Scream Park in Spring Hill

Spring Hill

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Fear Reach Scream Park (Spring Hill)

📍 Fear Reach Scream Park

(28.9 mi from University)

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Lakeland Halloween

A charming miniature scene depicts a fall harvest with two cartoon farmers, a cow in a wooden cart, and numerous pumpkins arranged on hay and grass. The scene is set against a backdrop of dried corn stalks and a wooden fence, evoking a festive autumn atmosphere.

Polk City

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Harvest Holler Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch (Polk City)

📍 Harvest Holler Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch

Sep 19, 2025

(37.2 mi from University)

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Three cartoon children, two Black and one white, sit in a pumpkin patch surrounded by corn stalks and pumpkins, holding pumpkins and smiling.

Plant City

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Fox Squirrel Corn Maze (Plant City)

📍 Fox Squirrel Corn Maze

Sep 27, 2025

(17.4 mi from University)

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Bradenton Halloween

An elderly couple rides a tractor through a pumpkin patch during an autumn festival, with children and horses in the background.

Bradenton

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Fruitville Grove Pumpkin Festival (Bradenton)

📍 Fruitville Grove Farm

Oct 4, 2025

(40.6 mi from University)

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Three cartoon characters in Halloween costumes are running down a brick path in a park at dusk. The character on the left is a boy dressed as a wizard with a red and black striped hat and a red shirt with a pumpkin on it. The middle character is a girl wearing a pumpkin hat and a black and purple witch costume. The character on the right is a girl in a red dress and a red cape, also wearing a witch hat. The park is decorated with string lights and pumpkins, and other people are visible in the background.

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Haunted 5K, 10K, 13.1 & 26.2 at Heritage Harbor Park ()

📍 Heritage Harbor Park

Oct 25, 2025

(39.8 mi from University)

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Sarasota Halloween

A vintage red trolley car travels down a street at night under a large full moon, with ornate buildings and bare trees lining the road, creating a spooky and atmospheric scene.

Sarasota

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Haunted Sarasota Trolley Tour (Sarasota)

📍 Discover Sarasota Tours

Oct 1, 2025

(51.1 mi from University)

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Two young women dressed as witches ride bicycles decorated with pumpkins on a suburban street during autumn.

Delray Beach

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Witches of Delray Bike Ride (Delray Beach)

📍 Downtown Delray Beach

Oct 25, 2025

(51.3 mi from University)

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