Cardiff Halloween Events: Our Guide to Halloween in Cardiff

Halloween seems to be No. 2 on the most celebrated festivity in South Wales, with Christmas coming a close second!  If you’re heading out in to the frighting darkness on a hen dostag weekend, or just for fun, in Cardiff Halloween this Weekend, then make sure you make the most of it!

We have drawn up a list of Welsh Games‘ most favourite Cardiff Halloween events on offer.  Read on, if you dare!

What is Welsh Games?

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Welsh Games Logo Mobile 2019

Welsh Games embraces all the stereotypes of South Wales in one great day out, comprising of 9 totally hilarious games suitable for all sorts of groups.

If you have an upcoming, Stag do, Hen Weekend, Birthday Party or Team Building Day, then why not give us a try?

Our guide to the best Cardiff halloween events of 2023

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If there’s a special date in the calendar, you can be guaranteed that Coyote Ugly will be throwing a bash and this Halloween in Cardiff is no different!

The venue is really going to town with the gruesome décor but the brave will be rewarded with a hellish party jumping to the best pop, Rock and R&B beats. The most bloodcurdling fancy dress possible is an absolute must if you want to join in the terror!

Jump up on that bar and show off your moves alongside the famous coyotes. Just watch out it's not a full moon, because coyotes are a wolf's closest relation...!

Coyote Ugly

Sunday 29th October 2023 – 21:00pm – 3:00am

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Bingo Lingo - The Cardiff Halloween Special

For something a little different, why not try your hand at a few games of bingo!? But this is not just your ordinary bingo, beloved by fierce grannies, Bingo Lingo has bought the game right up to date with their high energy hosts, dance offs, mini raves and tacky prizes.

Get your tickets for a Halloween special to remember. The themed night will not disappoint, so make sure to dress up and get stuck in to all the ghoulish challenges!

Depot

Friday 27th October 2023 – 18:00pm – 23:30pm

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Halloween Movies in Cardiff Castle

It’s not Halloween without watching a film to make your toes crawl, but this year, would you trade in the couch for a chance to experience a screening with a real, terrifying difference?

As soon as you descend into the Castle’s 15th century Undercroft, chills will be creeping up your spine from the suspense… or maybe from that mysterious draft…?

With multiple showings from Beetlejuice to Monster House, there’s something here for all the family!

Watch them from behind your hands but make sure to keep your wits about you out as you never know when someone might sneak up on you – can you be sure that is someone’s popcorn making that rustling sound!?

Cardiff Castle

Tuesday 31st October 2023

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Caerphilly Castle Halloween Ghost Tour

Fancy a side of history with your Halloween scare stories? Book onto one of these special ghost tours around Caerphilly Castle, just outside Cardiff.

The tour takes you for two hours walking around the outside of the Castle to hear hair-raising stories about the Lady in Green and the Gwrach-y-Rhibyn (the hag of the mist).

Spend the evening with Dark Wales Tours and find out for yourself if the castle really is haunted. Just stay away from the moat, that's all we have to say!

Cardiff Castle

Friday 27th & Monday 30th October 2023 – 18:00pm or 20:30pm

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Terror Mountain Halloween

Okay, so this one isn’t actually in Cardiff itself, but it’s so awesome we couldn’t miss it off the list!

With 5 live action horror attractions, expect a fully immersive experience, with seriously terrifying actors, special effects and a shock at every corner!

Clamber through the underground chambers of this disused mine and fight to survive while you struggle to make it back to the light. Your heart may never beat the same again after you witness what’s lurking in the dark!

The Silver Mountain Experience, Aberystwyth

Friday 13th – Tuesday 31st October 2023 – 18:30pm

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Escape Rooms Cardiff

Make a beeline for Escape Rooms Cardiff this Halloween and take on their scariest escape room for something a bit different!

Try out room Z, and desperately try to get all the security systems back up and running in your bunker before the zombies find you!

We guarantee your hearts will be pounding after your 60 minutes is up. Keep your wits about you and, whatever you do, don’t get locked in overnight!

Escape Rooms Cardiff

Every day 09:00am – 22:30pm

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Bedlam Halloween - Cardiff Students' Union

Get ready for this absolute belter of a night at Cardiff Students' Union! Featuring a line-up of drum and bass and electro big hitters, including Sub Focus and Friction. You had better drag your zombie heels all the way up to the top of those infamous steps because this is one night you don't want to miss!

Get ready to get your feet moving and you can be sure that the hypnotic, pounding rhythms will definitely possess you!

If Bedlam's productions are anything to go by they will pull out all the stops with visuals, sound and special effects to knock your socks off. The crowd is guaranteed to be whipped into a wild frenzy so make sure you are amongst the crazed masses!

Cardiff Student's Union

Friday 27th October 2023 – 22:00pm – 04:00am

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The Halloween Nightmare, Revolution, Cardiff

Don’t miss this epic night in Revolution. The creators, Fiesta Fridays, have designed a fully immersive experience so don your ghoulish rags and get on that guest list as this is tipped to be the best Halloween party going on in Cardiff for 2023!

Expect to hear chart bangers, house, and R&B beats loud enough to wake the dead! There will be a live freak stage show and circus performers roaming the venue.

Taking place on a Sunday, this is definitely worth booking the Monday off work so you don't scare anyone with your hair-raising hangover face!

Revolution, Cardiff

Sunday 29th October 2023 – 22:00pm – 03:00am

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Halloween Bottomless Brunch - Revolution, Cardiff

We’ve all come out of a bottomless brunch feeling like a zombie, but how about one where you arrive dressed like one too!? Revolution are throwing an amazing Halloween Bottomless Brunch this October and we are here for it!

Starting at 12pm on the Sunday, it’s perfectly timed for rolling out of bed after the night before and getting that hair of dog and eye of newt you so desperately need!

Bloody Marys are an absolute must, and we hear there may be some specially concocted cocktails on offer for the event too. Dress to kill (or like you were killed many centuries ago), eat and drink to your heart’s content then stumble out the doors to terrify some hapless shoppers in the city centre!

Revolution, Cardiff

Sunday 29th October 2023 – 12:00pm - 19:00pm

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