Halloween lands on a Saturday this year, giving Towson ample opportunity to make questionable costume decisions. This week brings spooky cocktails, live music, pumpkin decorating, scary movies, and a chance to send your jack-o’-lantern plunging down the library rotunda.

The Nightmare Bar at The Point
📅 Select sessions through Saturday, October 31
🕒 Choose your time when booking
📍 The Point 523 York Road
Burton-inspired décor, Halloween games, themed cocktails, and a menu featuring Black Widow Wings, Boo-schetta, and the Monster Smash Burger. Ages 21+. Food and additional drinks sold separately. Details & tickets.

👻 Towson Ghost Tour Presentation
🕒 2:30 p.m.
📍 Brightview Towson, 20 Burke Avenue
The Towson Main Street Collaborative shares local ghost stories and spooky Towson history. This is a presentation at Brightview. Event details.

🎉 Uptown Homecoming Parade & Tiger TUesday Bash
🕒 Parade: 4 p.m. | Bash: 5 p.m.
📍 Uptown Towson to campus; celebration at Tiger Plaza and Towsontown Field
The parade heads toward campus, followed by music, food, fall activities, and live performances. Traffic note: Portions of Washington Avenue and Towsontown Boulevard close from 3–5 p.m. Details & route information.

🎼 Conversations in Time and Color
🕒 6 p.m.
📍 TU Center for the Arts, Recital Hall
Towson University music faculty perform an evening of chamber works.
Event information.

🎃 Pumpkin Decorating at The Point
🕒 Listed for 7 p.m.
📍 The Point, 523 York Road
BMORE GIRLY hosts a pumpkin-decorating craft night inside The Point’s Halloween pop-up. Tickets & details.

🧠 Trivia at C&R Pub
🕒 7 p.m.
📍 C&R Pub, Towson
Dinner, drinks, and an opportunity to discover which friend has been hoarding completely unnecessary knowledge.
Trivia calendar.

👻 Spooky Dance Party
🕒 10:30–11:30 a.m.
📍 Towson Library
Festive music and dancing for the little monsters. Costumes welcome.
Library events.

🧠 Trivia at The Point
🕒 7:30 p.m.
📍 523 York Road
Showtime Trivia lists its weekly Towson game for Wednesday evening.
Trivia calendar.

🎭 Two Plays, One Night
📅 Wednesday–Saturday, October 28–31
🕒 7:30 p.m. each night
📍 Ruth Marder Studio Theatre, TU Center for the Arts
Fault Lines and Hopeless with a Side of Fries pair an escape-room thriller with a darkly funny diner drama. See the listing for tickets and content guidance.
Details & tickets.

🎬 Nearby Movie Pick: Rosemary’s Baby
🕒 Wednesday at 7 p.m.; Sunday, November 1, at 10 a.m.
📍 Senator Theatre, 5904 York Road, Baltimore City
A classic Halloween-season fright on the big screen, just down York Road. Showtimes & tickets.

🥕 Towson Farmers Market
🕒 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
📍 Allegheny Avenue
Pick up something fresh before the weekend’s inevitable candy-based meal plan. Market information.

🎸 Chris Montcalmo Live at CVP
🕒 5:30–7:30 p.m.
📍 Charles Village Pub, 19 W. Pennsylvania Avenue
An acoustic evening of rock and pop favorites to accompany dinner and drinks. Artist’s confirmed schedule.

🍕 West Towson Trunk-or-Treat & Live Music
🕒 Pizza: 5 p.m. | Trunk-or-treat: 5–6:30 p.m.
🕒 Dance Masters entertainment: 5–7 p.m. | Local live music: 7–10 p.m.
📍 Towson Presbyterian Church—new location this year
Candy, games, pizza courtesy of the neighborhood association and church, plus an evening of music. Rain or shine. Details.

🎶 High School Choral Festival Concert
🕒 5:30 p.m.
📍 Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall, TU Center for the Arts
Young singers finish a day of rehearsals and masterclasses with a performance open to the public. Concert details.

👻 The Ghouls Just Wanna Glow!
🕒 Listed for 8 p.m.–2 a.m.
📍 The Towson Cabin
Music, food, video games, and Halloween festivities. Costumes are required and must include a neon element. Check the ticket page for admission requirements and location details. Tickets.

🧙 Hocus Pocus Trivia
🕒 Listed for 8:30–10:30 p.m.
📍 The Brass Tap, Towson Town Center
Put your Sanderson sisters knowledge to work. Event listing.

🎶 The Ruxtones Live at CVP
🕒 5–9 p.m.
📍 Charles Village Pub, 19 W. Pennsylvania Avenue
Kick off the weekend with live music from The Ruxtones, plus dinner and drinks at CVP. Event details.

🥋 Kells Karate Academy Halloween Party
🕒 9:30–11:30 a.m.
📍 1220 E. Joppa Road, Building B, Suite 315
A free open house with activities, crafts, and Halloween fun. Everyone welcome. Details.

🧪 Haunted Potions at the Library
🕒 10:30–11:30 a.m.
📍 Towson Library
Mix mysterious ingredients in a haunted laboratory. Costumes encouraged.
Library events.

🏈 Towson Homecoming Football vs. Hampton
🕒 1 p.m.
📍 Johnny Unitas Stadium
An afternoon of Tiger football before the evening’s trick-or-treating.
Game information.

🥃 CVP’s TU Homecoming Postgame Gathering & Bourbon Basket Raffle
🕒 4–6 p.m.
📍 Charles Village Pub, 19 W. Pennsylvania Avenue
Keep the Homecoming celebration going after the game. RSVP to enter the premium bourbon basket raffle—you must be present to win. Event details.

🐶 Wiener Walk Towson
🕒 Socializing: 1 p.m. | Walk: 2 p.m.
📍 Patriot Plaza, 400 Washington Avenue
Dachshunds and their humans gather for the 11th walk benefiting Little Paws Dachshund Rescue. Dog costumes encouraged; minimum requested donation is $10 per human walking. Details.

🎃 Pumpkin Drop
🕒 1:30–2:30 p.m.
📍 Towson Library
Bring your jack-o’-lantern for one final performance: a drop down the library’s three-story rotunda. Biggest splatter wins bragging rights. Library events.

🏈 NFL Sunday & Half-Price Wings at CVP
🕒 During Sunday football; check with CVP for details
📍 Charles Village Pub, 19 W. Pennsylvania Avenue
Trade the Halloween candy for wings. CVP offers half-price wings on NFL Sundays—an excellent excuse to extend your weekend by four quarters. Details & reservations.

👻 MOVIE: Rosemary’s Baby: Morning-After Halloween Edition
🕒 10 a.m.
📍The Senator
Keep spooky season going with a big-screen screening. Your leftover Halloween candy would make an excellent breakfast companion. Showtimes & tickets.

Encounter: Myungsook Ryu Kim
📅 Monday–Saturday | 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
📍 Asian Arts Gallery, TU Center for the Arts, 1 Fine Arts Drive
A free exhibition for a quieter break from the Halloween commotion.
Exhibition information.

🖼️ Saturday Gallery Double Feature
📅 October 31 | 11 a.m.–8 p.m.
📍 TU Center for the Arts
See Even Our Oddkin in the Center for the Arts Gallery and the MFA exhibition featuring Barry-Dutro and Tamini in the Holtzman MFA Gallery.
Gallery listings.

Fogo’s Halloween Weekend Takeout Treat
📅 Friday–Sunday, October 30–November 1
📍 Fogo de Chão, Towson Town Center
Complimentary Black Pepper Candied Bacon with pickup or delivery orders of $65 or more. Offer & ordering.

Weekend Brunch at Lib’s Grill
📅 Saturday & Sunday | 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
📍 210 W. Pennsylvania Avenue
Fuel up before Halloween festivities—or recover over brunch on Sunday.
Menus & reservations.

Axgard: Throw Axes or Make Art
📍 Towson Commons
For another group-outing option, Axgard offers axe throwing and splatter painting. Check booking availability; a specific Halloween event has not been confirmed. Activities & reservations.

More movie options: Check Cinemark Towson & XD for current films and date-specific showtimes.

October 26–November 1 | Baltimore County

Ready to take your Halloween show on the road? Baltimore County has haunted woods, hayrides, corn mazes, costume parties, and candy falling from the sky. We’ve also found an encounter with actual birds of prey—for anyone whose weekend plans could use fewer emails and more owls.

📅 Friday–Sunday, October 30–November 1
🕒 Opens at 7:30 p.m.; closing times vary
📍 11204 N. Loreley Beach Road, White Marsh

Head into the woods for haunted cabins, eerie scenes, fog, and creatures lurking along the trail. Sunday is the final night of the season. Want a double helping of terror? The Fright Tour Pass also includes Bennett’s Curse Haunted House in Dundalk. Details & tickets.

📅 Friday & Saturday, October 30–31
🕒 Friday: 6–10 p.m. | Saturday: 11 a.m.–10 p.m.
📍 Beachmont, Kingsville

Explore six acres of corn and more than two miles of pathways in this year’s Liberty Express maze. Admission includes the “Extreme Hayride” and games. Tickets are $18, dropping to $15 after 6 p.m. on Halloween; ages 2 and younger enter free. Tickets sold in person. Details.

📅 Throughout the week and weekend
🕒 Weekdays: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. | Weekends: 9 a.m.–6 p.m.; last entry at 4 p.m.
📍 Weber’s Cider Mill Farm, 2526 Proctor Lane, Parkville

Fall Harvest Days combine hayrides, a hillside slide, farm animals, a family-friendly spooky walk, and Pumpkinland. Add fresh cider and apple cider donuts, and you’ve pretty much assembled autumn’s greatest hits. Details & admission.

📅 Friday & Saturday, October 30–31
🕒 Check with the farm for Halloween trail entry times
📍 15513 Hanover Pike, Upperco

The family-friendly Halloween trail by Hackney Haunts offers a gentler woodland adventure for younger visitors. Round out the outing with the farm zoo, barbecue from Char’d, and something sweet from The Bus Stop. Farm calendar & details.

📅 Friday, October 30
🕒 5–9 p.m.
📍 Braglio Farms, 10519 Marriottsville Road, Randallstown

Mallow Hill supplies the live music while the farm adds bonfires, Halloween trails, vendors, and animal encounters. Food Truck Friday runs 5–8 p.m., with Stirrups Saloon happy hour 5–7 p.m. Come hungry and wear something that looks good next to a bonfire. Details & tickets.

📅 Saturday, October 31
🕒 Music and dancing: 5–8 p.m. | Candy drop: 7:30 p.m.
📍 Braglio Farms, Randallstown

Thousands of candies fall from above during the farm’s Halloween centerpiece. Before the sugar forecast turns extreme, enjoy an interactive kids’ concert, a DJ, costumes, and dancing. Hayrides and monster truck rides are scheduled 2–8 p.m., with animal encounters 4–8 p.m. Details & tickets.

📅 Friday, October 30
🕒 5–9 p.m.; reserved departure times
📍 Oregon Ridge Nature Center, Cockeysville

Wear your costume for Tricks and Treats on the Ridge, a roughly half-mile walk through woods and meadow. Learn about nature’s tricks and collect treats at each stop. Groups depart at 15-minute intervals; advance registration is required. Details & registration.

📅 Saturday, October 31
🕒 7–10 p.m.
📍 Manor Mill, 2029 Monkton Road, Monkton

An 18+ Halloween party featuring Baltimore drag performers, host Bratz Lavëy, dancing, and a costume contest. Light snacks and treats are provided; the event is BYOB. Standard tickets are $24, with a $40 VIP option offering front-row seating and professional costume photos. Details & tickets.

📅 Sunday, November 1
🕒 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
📍 Holt Park and Center for the Arts, Overlea

Still feeling festive after Halloween? Head to Holt Park for its annual harvest celebration—a daytime option for anyone ready to trade jump scares for fall scenery. Admission is listed at $6 per person. County event information.

📅 Sunday, November 1
🕒 12:30–2:30 p.m.
📍 Manor Mill, 2029 Monkton Road, Monkton

Master falconer Jordan Weinstein leads a hands-on introduction to birds of prey, including an opportunity for eligible participants to handle a bird and pose for a photo. Standard admission for ages 8 and up is $150. Younger-child add-ons are available, but children under 8 cannot handle the birds. Details & booking.

Check availability, weather updates, and activity-specific admission charges before heading out. Advance booking is especially useful for Halloween weekend.

Schedules can change. Check the linked listing for tickets, reservations, age restrictions, and availability before heading out.