42 spooktacular Halloween events & activities in Nevada

Are you looking for the best Halloween events in Nevada? From haunted houses to family-friendly festivals, Nevada has it all during spooky season. Below, we’ve compiled a list of articles covering Halloween events, attractions, and tips to help you make the most of your October.

1. Attend a Halloween block party

This Halloween, the Fremont Street Experience is hosting a nonstop, action-packed party that will last all weekend long. 

There will be three days of live music, drinking,  and dancing, plus all the other diversions of Fremont Street Experience, like Slotzilla and the Viva Vision Light Show. Think you’ve got a winning costume? Compete for the $2,500 prize in an epic costume contest at 10 p.m. on Halloween.

For more information, visit the Halloween page on the Fremont Street Experience website.

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2. Visit a haunted house

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It’s definitely a fright-friendly month in Northern and Southern Nevada, where haunted houses are popping up like pimples on a teenager. While some of the Silver State’s haunted houses promise family-friendly frights, others are more terrifying. Nevada is even home to the original R-rated haunted house. 

If you’re hoping to hit up a haunted house before the spooky season ends, read on. Here are 10 haunted houses in Sparks, Reno, Las Vegas, and Carson City ranked by their fear factor (lowest to highest).

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3. Pick pumpkins

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It’s now or never to carve out some time for pumpkin picking. But why settle for a store-bought pumpkin when you can pick one out on a farm and have lots of fall fun to boot? You can’t go wrong at any of these eight best pumpkin patches in Northern and Southern Nevada.

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4. Visit one of Nevada’s most haunted places

When it comes to poltergeists and paranormal activity, Nevada is a hot spot for cold spots and other mysterious anomalies. 

Apparently, the skeletons in the Silver State’s closet still have stories to tell.

These ghosts tell stories of murder, mayhem, and heartbreak, while others are just living their best afterlives. Some ghost stories are so juicy that Virginia City, Carson City, and Las Vegas offer haunted walking tours, while the railroads in Ely and Virginia City bust out their haunted ghost trains around Halloween.

READ MORE: The stories behind the 8 most haunted places in Nevada

5. Learn an urban legend

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From our colleague Araceli Cruz: Like most Mexican American households, mine was adorned with Catholic imagery. From crucifixes on walls to Jesus Christ statues on tables and shelves to rosaries littered about, these holy symbols were extremely intimidating to me as an impressionable child and sometimes were even scary.

But just as these religious tokens were part of my day-to-day life, so were spooky Mexican legends that felt just as real as any saintly symbol. As Halloween and Day of the Dead approach, I am reminded just how much supernatural Mexican folklore is an extension of our heritage and cultural pride.

READ MORE: 5 Mexican urban legends that will keep you up at night

6. Stay at The Clown Motel

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Terrifier 3 and its antagonist, Art the Clown, are dominating the box office this month, so now is the perfect time to check in to The Clown Motel, the creepy, colorful, and supposedly haunted home to an extensive collection of clown figurines.

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