Halloween Events in Knoxville
Emilie Stooksbury
Scruffy City? More lIke SPOOKY CITY
Halloween weekend (Halloweekend, if you will😉) is comin’ up quick witch means there is plenty to boo in Knoxville, Tennessee! Whether you want to hit as many spooky events as possible or you need to oh-so-carefully select your one golden extroverted opportunity, here are a bunch of Halloween events for all ghosts and goblins to check out this spooky season!
SOUTH KNOXVILLE
Halloween at Hi-Wire
Hi-Wire Brewing is pulling out alllll the stops this Halloweekend with a Halloween Silent Disco on Friday 10/25, a Halloween Drag Show on Saturday 10/26, and a Halloween Market on Sunday 10/27! Honorable Mention: Next door, Fly by Night is lookin’ like they’ve got a fun line up of DJs & costumes themselves, so give ’em a follow here to stay up to date!
Halloween Crawl
Head BACK to the spooky south side on Saturday, November 2nd! Grab your Passport at a participating location and then head to all your favorite Sevier Ave spots for drink specials, prizes, and other spooky goodies. Who’s participating? All the ghoul kids 😉 Alliance, Hi Wire, South Coast Pizza, Fly By Night, Southside Garage, Landing House, Trailhead, Printshop, Honeybee Coffee, & Redbud Kitchen are all joining in on the frightening fun!
Halloween Rides
Crawling a little slow for your taste? Snag your broom & “ride” for a cause! Junior League of Knoxville is hosting a “Witches Ride for Awareness” on Wednesday 10/30 & you can learn more here!
NORTH KNOXVILLE
HollerBOO Street Festival
This spring launched the first ever Holleroo Street Festival, celebrating all things Happy Holler. We all loved it so much that they’re throwin’ another one! This time, however, it’s happening on Saturday 10/26 with a slight name change… HollerBoo 😉👻 I mean, it’s right there… they had to. Expect costumes, vendors, a soap box derby, LITTLE MONSTERS PET PARADE ðŸ˜ðŸ™ŒÂ Learn more here & we’ll obvi see you there.
Halloween Night Market
North Knox is throwin’ a Halloween Night Market on Friday 10/25 at Crafty Bastard Brewery! Costumes are highly encouraged for obvious reasons but also because you can TRICK OR TREAT WITH THE VENDORS. We’re in. See you there.
Halloween Bike Ride
This ride may start in the Old City but it’s ending in North Knox at Crafty Bastard Brewery (which will only make the Night Market 😆🙌) so here she stays. Grab your costume, your helmet, and your favorite ride & enjoy peddling around graveyards at a “party pace” before ending the evening with brews & boos 👻 at Crafty’s. Learn more here!
DOWNTOWN KNOXVILLE
The Pilot Light Halloween Show
The Pilot Light is putting on their Halloween Show at the Mill & Mine & it’s sure to be a rock-n-roll masquerade show for the ages. Pilot Light regulars will be putting together bands and dressing up to perform as your favorite stars on an impossible bill while YOU dress up to dance & sing the night away. Snag a ticket here!
The Vault
If you’d rather head underground, The Vault is throwing a Day of the Dead Party in their elegant basement bar from Halloween night through November 2nd! Dress in costume as you enjoy tequila & mezcal tastings. Snag a ticket here.
Halloween Bar Crawl
Let’s get back to street-level, shall we? Put on your costume, hydrate like you’ve never hydrated before, & then kick off your Downtown Knoxville Halloween Bar Crawl! It’s all starting at SkyBox on Gay St. at 4pm on Saturday 10/26 and you can learn more here.
Halloween 5K
What do you do if you see a ghost? RUN 👀 Barley’s Taproom in the Old City is hosting their first ever Halloween 5K on Sunday 10/27! Just like their beloved annual St. Patrick’s Day 5K, your registration gets you access to a pizza buffet & two free beers. BETTER than the St. Patrick’s Day 5K, you get to do all this dressed up for Halloween! Learn more here.
Rocky Horror Picture Show
On Halloween night itself, head to the ✨iconic✨ Tennessee Theatre for their annual showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show. Show. Bring your props, dress up, and be ready for a night of freaky fun in Downtown Knoxville! Snag a ticket here.
Halloween Party at Pour TaproomÂ
Another goodie ghoul-infused option for Halloween itself comin’ atcha! Pour Taproom in the Old City is hosting a good ole fashioned Halloween Party from 8pm-midnight complete with DJs, costume contests, dance parties, & of course, a whole wall of taps to choose from.
WEST KNOXVILLE
Scooby Doo Pop-Up Bar
Let’s be honest, Token Game Tavern has been gearing up for Halloween all year long 😆 Head over to this Cedar Bluff bar for THE MYSTERY OF THE FLOODED ARCADE Scooby Doo pop-up bar experience. They’ve got themed decor & cocktails, great music, and fabbbulous staff costumes this weekend & on Halloween itself!
Orange Hat Booooing 👻
Orange Hat Brewing Co. is holding down the freaky fort in Hardin Valley! They’ve got a Halloween Costume Puppy Parade on Saturday 10/26, a Halloween Costume Party on Sunday 10/27, Stranger Things Trivia on Tuesday 10/29 and themed beers and ‘bucha throughout it all. Should you be there? You ‘bucha! 😉 Learn more here!
SCARE'S MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM
Whether you want to party the night away or hand out tootsie rolls in your footie pajamas, we hope you have a great time in the Scruffy Spooky City! Be safe and have fun, kids! 😉
There is lots more where this came from so keep checkin’ back! We’ll be adding things up until Halloween itself.