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Boo at the Zoo Dublin Zoo Spooktacular Halloween

We are calling all local monsters, witches and superheroes to step into the wildest celebration in town this Halloween: Boo at the Zoo! From October 25th to November 1st 2025, Dublin Zoo will transform into a world of spooky surprises and eerie adventures, including a Spooktacular Scavenger Hunt with annual passes to be won. That’s not all, as little ones dressed up for Halloween will go free on Friday, 31st October 2025* as long as they are with a full-paying adult!

From thrilling keeper talks and pumpkin carving fun to Halloween discos and ghostly surprises hidden throughout the Zoo, Boo at the Zoo promises plenty of ghouls, giggles, and spine-tingling adventures for all ages.

Spooktacular Scavenger Hunt – 2 Annual Passes to Be Won! 

  • From October 25th to November 1st 2025, explore Dublin Zoo like never before with two thrilling story-based trails featuring 15 spooky checkpoints each. 
  • Crack riddles, complete eerie challenges, and scan hidden QR codes to collect clues.
  • Solve the mystery final answer for a chance to win one of two Dublin Zoo Annual Passes – giving your family a full year of free visits, behind-the-scenes adventures, and wild days out.
  • It’s the perfect Halloween midterm fun for mischief-makers big and small!

Halloween Day Fun – October 31st 

  • Kids in Costume Go Free! From boo-tiful ghouls and mini monsters to wild creatures and impressive superheroes, children in Halloween costumes will run wild with free entry to Dublin Zoo! Tickets are available online or at the gate, only valid with a paying adult. T&Cs apply: One child in costume will receive free entry to Dublin Zoo per full paying adult on Friday 31st October 2025.  Tickets can be purchased at the gate or online. Offer only applies to single adult tickets, not family tickets. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.
  • Free Face Painting (11am-3pm, Zoorassic World): Watch your little monsters transform into ghouls, ghosts, and wild creatures! The frightfully fun face painting will turn kids into the creepiest creatures at Dublin Zoo.

Phoenix Park
Dublin 8
Tel : Email : info@dublinzoo.ie
Web : www.dublinzoo.ie

 

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Halloween at Hidden Valley Resort

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HALLOWEEN MOVIES OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC

Halloween Drive-In Schedule:
6PM SAT, 25OCT – Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice (2024)
6PM SUN, 26OCT – Frankenweenie (2012)
6PM FRI, 31OCT – Haunted Mansion (2023)
6PM SAT, 1NOV – The House with a Clock in its Walls (2018)

The BRAND NEW Drive-in Cinema at Hidden Valley can be booked now for our Halloween Screenings! The Halloween Screenings are available to book for both overnight guests & the general public who wish to join us for the Drive-In Movies.

  • €34 – One vehicle with up to 5 people, 2x popcorn buckets & 2x 500ml drinks.

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Hidden Valley Holiday Park
Rathdrum
County Wicklow
Ireland
A67 XY56

Tel: +353 86 7272 872

Email: info@irelandholidaypark.com

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Navan Adventure Centre Pumpkin and Fun

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UPDATED 2025 DETAILS COMING SOON…

Pumpkin & Fun 2024
Family Halloween Festival

Get Ready for Spooky Fun and Lasting Memories!

Introducing the Pumpkin & Fun Family Halloween Festival, where magic, adventure, and delightful scares await. Secure your tickets soon for October 2024! Tickets on sale NOW!

October: 19th, 20th, 26th, 27th & 28th
Time: 11am to 5pm

Sensory Session: Available October 19th 10:30 and 11.30
Click here for more information 

Designed especially for families, our festival promises to create unforgettable spooky memories for children ages 3 to 12. Here’s a sneak peek of what’s in store:

 

Click Here To Book Tickets!

 

13 Exciting Features!

What your ticket includes:

1) Professional Magic Show: 30 minutes of awe-inspiring tricks in our massive circus tent. (Indoors).
2) Pumpkin Patch: Let your kids pick their perfect pumpkin.
3) Pumpkin Carving Area: Equipped with all the tools needed for carving creativity. (Indoors).
4) Zombie Laser Tag: New this year! Navigate our haunted house and shoot zombie targets. (Indoors).
5) Halloween Disco: Dance to spooky Halloween in our huge circus tent filled with disco lights and a little spooky smoke. (Indoors).
6) Pedalo Boats: Glide across a spooky, blood-red pond, be sure to avoid the floating human sculls.
7) Inflatable Obstacle Course & Slides: For the adventurous ones (must be 1 meter tall).
8) Junior Inflatables Area: Safe and fun for the littlest visitors. (Indoors).
9) Adventure Obstacle Course: Challenge your kids to fun and fitness.
10) Bubble Making Workshop: Indoor fun creating giant bubbles. (Indoors).
11) Mini Golf: Enjoy showing the kids how it’s done!
12) Football Golf: A mash up between golf and soccer.
13) Off-Road Pedal Go-Karting: Always a favorite.
Add On Extras
  • Face painting (From €3 per child)
  • Amusement Carousel Rides (From €3 per child per go)
  • Coffee shop selling hot drinks, snacks and treats on site
  • Hot food vendors on site
  • Market stall holders on site
Pricing:

Kids €19.90 pp. (Includes pumpkin and up to 13 different activities!)

Adults €10.90 pp. (Adults do not receive a pumpkin but can take part in most activities)

Carers €6 must have cares ID at gate

Kids under 2 years: Free as they can not take part in activities & no pumpkin

Car parking: Free car parking (Please contact us about bus parking in advance)

€2.30 booking fee (per booking transaction, not per ticket)

Vouchers: To pay or partly pay with a Navan Adventure Centre voucher please contact Navan Adventure Centre by email or phone info@navanadventurecentre.ie Tel: 085 2366322

Important Information

Are kids under 2 free? Yes they are but for a reason! They can not take part in activities as they are too young and they also will not get a pumpkin, only ticket holders get a pumpkin. You are welcome to bring the younger ones along for a walk around and a great photo opportunity in the pumpkin patch, please understand this event is designed for 3 to 12 year old’s.

Inflatable obstacle course may be cancelled for safety reasons if the winds are too strong, all other activities will still run unless a red weather warning is given and deems other activities unsafe.

In the event the event is cancelled for any reason, including a red weather warning, a voucher will be sent to you for the full amount of your tickets, you can use this voucher of any activity, package or event with us in the future.

This is a ticketed, non refundable event.

Winner of Best Tourism experience Co. Meath last year, Pumpkin and Fun

Navan Adventure Centre
Navan Race Course, Proudstown Road,
Navan, Co Meath C15 X8HP

Tel: 085 236 6322
Email: info@navanadventurecentre.ie
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FREE Midterm Sports at Decathlon Ballymun

FREE midterm sports for the whole family at Decathlon Ballymun

All equipment will be provided – just wear the right clothes!

Are you scrambling for things to keep your children entertained over the Halloween midterm break? Do you fancy signing them up to practice some of their favourite sports, FOR FREE?

Decathlon Ballymun is inviting parents and children to enjoy the free on-site sports facilities with a wide range of sports activities taking place on site over the week! 

Perfect for families looking for an entertaining activity during the break, Decathlon will provide all the necessary equipment and instruction. Just bring suitable clothing and get ready to have a blast discovering the joy of sports!

Choose from the following sports:

  • GAA – Monday 30th October at 11am
  • Camogie & Hurling – Monday 30th October at 2pm
  • Archery – Tuesday 31st October at 11am
  • Golf – Tuesday 31st October at 2pm
  • Basketball – Wednesday 1st November at 11am
  • Darts – Wednesday 1st November at 2pm
  • Badminton – Thursday 2nd November at 11am
  • Fitness – Thursday 2nd November at 2pm
  • Football – Friday 3rd November at 11am
  • Cornhole – Friday 3rd November at 2pm

 

Places are limited and must be booked in advance. Events are suitable for all of the family to enjoy. Bookings can be made HERE.

For more information see www.decathlon.ie

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Halloween at Luggwoods Dublin

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Introducing the Luggwoods Fall Festival, an all-new seasonal celebration filled with Halloween magic, autumnal charm, and just the right amount of spooky fun for the whole family!
 
Get ready to wander through the Spooktacular Luggwoods Enchanted Forest Trail, where you’ll meet a host of charmingly spooky characters who need your help gathering ingredients for the Witch’s Magical Potion.
 
Once your potion ingredients are collected, it’s time to hop aboard the Spookwood Express, as it winds its way through the deep, shadowy trails of Luggwoods, bringing you to the Witch’s Cabin.
 
But that’s not all! Test your skills in our twisting autumn maze before heading over to our all new and extended pumpkin patch where you get to pick up your own pumpkin to take home, the perfect autumn memory.

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Set in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains, our outdoor Halloween Family Experience will get the Halloween Antics going, and all you enjoy a safe Halloween season together in the most beautiful and natural surroundings imaginable.

Halloween at Luggwods gives you and your family the opportunity to dress up and get some epic family photos while enjoying the spooky seasonal fun and creating unique family memories that last the test of time.

Don’t be afraid this Halloween and let your children’s Halloween imaginations be truly awoken at Luggwoods this year! 

 

Hooky Spooky Halloween Experience

Oct 24th – Nov 3rd

Ticket Prices

Child : €19.95
Adult : €15.95
Babies : Free (they do not receive a pumpkin)

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Halloween at Luggwoods Dublin

Luggwoods Events Ltd.
The Lugg,
Saggart, Dublin
Co. Dublin

info@luggwoods.ie

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Tayto Park – Meath

Welcome to the Tricky Trail at Tayto Park, our spooktacular treasure hunt. Bringing families on a spooky adventure through Tayto Park to find hidden treasure along your trail. There’s something for all the family; young and old; with fun interactive games, spooky story telling, potions, spell casting and magical performances by a whole host of characters!

Set out on your Trail at Haunted Halls where song and dance will transport you to another realm. Or why not brave the ‘Scare Chair’, with our frightful family photo opportunity. Then with our Tricky Treasure Map, explore the paths to uncover the lost items throughout our hidden locations outlined below; we’ll be sure to have a magic filled day for our little ones WITH a trick or treat treasure waiting for them at the end!

Dates:  October 22nd, 23rd, 29th – 2nd November

Time: 11am – 4pm 

Price: This event is included in all ticket prices – no additional payment is required. 

NEW DATES ADDED: Tricky Trail will also run at the added dates of the 15th October (open to public at 12pm) and 16th October from 11am. 

BOOK your tickets on the dates specified above via the following links:

General Ticket

Members Ticket

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Tayto Park
Kilbrew
Ashbourne
Co.Meath
Tel : +353 (0)1 835 1999
Web : www.taytopark.ie

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Kia Ora Mini Farm – Wexford

 
Come check out our ghosts and ghouls, sing songs on the fire engine, visit our spooky wake and haunted cafe.

Come shake your bones in our Halloween Disco Room, Get your freak on in our animal shed. Costumes welcome and encouraged all week.

No extra charge for Halloween fun times at Kia Ora Mini Farm

Opening Hours Pumpkin Picking

10am to 5pm on:

  • Saturday, Oct 4th & Sunday, Oct 5th
  • Saturday, Oct 11th & Sunday, Oct 12th
  • Saturday, Oct 18th to Sunday, Oct 19st
  • Saturday, Oct 25th to Saturday, Oct 31st

 

Book now

 

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Gorey
Co. Wexford
Tel : 053 9421166 / 086-8788424
Web : www.kiaoraminifarm.ie

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Lough SPOOKey Halloween Fest

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Updated 2019 details coming soon…

Lough Key is a park and lakeland area including activity park, forest, lake and small islands. The park covers approximately 350 hectares and is located in Roscommon, Ireland. Lough Key is a hub of activity and events all year round and is one of the main attractions in this part of Ireland for both domestic day out adventurers and also overseas visitors. The focal point is the modern timber framed visitor centre, constructed from renewable sources and which also houses the Lough key cafe. This popular cafe offers home baked buns and cakes, along with a Puro Fairtrade Coffee all made on site. The cafe also specializes in Baquettes, Bagels, Wraps, a Hot Dish of the Day and our signature Pizza’s.

This October, running from October 27th through to November 4th 2018, the Lough SPOOkey Halloween Fest will entertain visitors young and old…but only if you’re brave enough!

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Lough SPOOKey Halloween Fest

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Fantastic Wizardry World Kids Camp at Festina Lente

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Fantastic Wizardry World Kids Camp at Festina Lente

Horses, Humans and Halloween Mid-Term Kids Camp 29th October – 1st November 2019

Looking for a magical Halloween mid-term camp? Festina Lente has you covered!

Muggle School may be out, but join our classes at THE place to be for witchcraft and wizardry! Our Halloween Mid Term camp runs from Tuesday 29th October – Friday 1st November 2019 from 9.45am – 2pm, for children ages 6 to 12 years old.  Your child will do horse riding and plenty of hands on crafts and activities for the 4 days.

Agenda for the days include:

  • Horse riding every day
  • Potions
  • Herbology
  • Transfiguration
  • Charms
  • Library work
  • Broomstick Practice
  • Quidditch (weather permitting – outdoor pitch)

Only €150 per child! We have only 8 spaces so don’t wait too long to book!

Click here to book your place!

If your child has any special needs, requirements or allergies please email info@festinalente.ie with the details. Please pack a drink & snack for elevenses and a lunch for later as wizarding is hungry work.  Bearing in mind some lessons have an outdoor element, please bring suitable warm clothes, rain gear and wellies. You may wear robes or muggle gear as you wish, but we don’t advise wearing your best clothes in case you get messy so old clothes are advised.

Payment Terms and Conditions

  • Full payment at time of booking
  • Cancellations 4 weeks or greater before start date – Full refund
  • Cancellations 3 weeks before start date – €25 administration fee.
  • Cancellations 2 weeks before start date – €75 administration fee.
  • Cancellations 1 weeks before start date – no refunds.

 

 

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Frankenslime’s Lab with Catherine McGuinness at EPIC Irish Emigration Museum

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There’s a slime and a place for getting messy and it’s here with us at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum this Halloween! Catherine McGuinness will be returning to the museum for a seriously slimy science lab. Come along, get creative, get a little spooky and learn something new in this fantastically disgusting workshop. Feel free to come along in your scariest costume to really get into the Halloween spirit!

This workshop is recommended for ages 6 – 12.

Date: 31 October
Time: 11am – 12pm
Location: EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum

Cost: €8     

Special offer: Want to see EPIC while you’re here? Kids get free entry to the museum with the purchase of an adult museum ticket!

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