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Halloween 2023: 7 of the best grown-up events to book now, from spooky dress-up brunches to Halloween cinema screenings
By Amy Beecham
2 years ago
2 min read
From spooky dress-up brunches to Halloween cinema screenings, fill up your social calendar quick with these fun-filled events.
If you’re anything like me, the approach of Halloween takes you right back to your childhood. But between polyester witch costumes, painted faces and plastic buckets full of sweets, it’s fair to say that spooky season isn’t considered the chicest of occasions. Once we become adults, however, all that begins to change.
Forget trick or treating, in 2023 Halloween plans look like ghoulish cocktail-making masterclasses, devilish burlesque performances and artfully curated couples costumes (Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, anyone?).
So if your social calendar is currently lacking in October plans, look no further. From spooky afternoon brunches to parties in the sky, here is our guide to a grown-up Halloween that is sure to bring that spark back into your life with a cocktail or pumpkin in hand.
Grimm’s Tales cocktails at The Thin White Duke
Head to Soho cocktail bar The Thin White Duke for haunting live storytelling from the world of the brothers Grimm. Be sure to indulge in the enchanted feast of fairytale desserts, and don’t leave without trying the Snow White, a tantalising whirl of tarragon, apple, toffee and almond syrup, absinthe and rum, guaranteed to be more candy apple than poisoned apple.
27 and 28 October at The Thin White Duke, 22B Great Windmill St, London W1D 7LD. Tickets start from £40 per person
Halloween party at Sky Garden
Don your freakiest outfit and venture 35 floors up for sky-high views and a spectacular soirée filled with live music, dancing and curated spooky cocktails.
27 October, from 8pm, 1 Sky Garden Walk, London, EC3M 8AF . Tickets start from £65 per person
Twilight – The Film with live band
Vampires, werewolves, forbidden love. Nothing screams Halloween more than an inimitable viewing experience of the teen vampire drama classic featuring an impressive 12-piece onstage band, backlit by over a thousand twinkling candles.
29 October, 6.30pm at the Eventim Apollo, 45 Queen Caroline St, London W6 9QH. Tickets start from £49.85
Sample pastries at SHIOK! Pan Pacific London
Available from 25 – 31 October, 1st Floor, Devonshire House, 3 Bishopsgate Plaza, London, EC2M 4AJ
Which Wine Is Witch? Sour Grapes tasting
The ultimate grown-up trick or treat, surrender to the unknown and sip on four glasses of wine paired with delicious small plates in order for you to pick your perfect poison.
31 October at Gaucho, 125 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PU. Tickets start from £25 per person
Emo Halloween bottomless brunch
Halloween dress up is encouraged for The Brunch Club’s bottomless brunch, served alongside three hours of the best emo anthems from 2000 to the present day.
28 October at Fire Vauxhall, S Lambeth Rd, London SW8 1RT. Tickets start from £44.99
The Carlton Tower of Terror Halloween cinema
Grab your popcorn and head to The Carlton Tower of Terror for exclusive screenings of Halloween favourites including The Addams Family, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Scream and cult classic The Shining.
28 and 29 October, The Carlton Jumeirah, 1 Cadogan Pl, London SW1X 9PY
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