Halloween in Miami 2026: haunted houses at Jungle Island and the Fair Expo Center, Zoo Boo, MiChi-Boo and a free Monster Mash and Flugtag on Oct. 31.

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. This page is updated each year at the same address. Sources: the organizers’ own pages, linked below: Miami Children’s Museum, Zoo Miami, Jungle Island, The Horrorland, Sounds of Screams, Frost Science and Bayfront Park.

Halloween 2026 is Saturday, Oct. 31. Miami’s two big haunted attractions are already open and run through Sunday, Nov. 1. For younger children, Miami Children’s Museum runs a Not-So-Scary Halloween every October weekend and Zoo Miami holds Zoo Boo on Oct. 24-25. On Halloween itself, downtown has a free double bill at Bayfront Park and Frost Science.

The city sets no official trick-or-treat hours; sunset, safety tips and the door-to-door details are on our trick-or-treat hours page.

Who to call

  • Miami Children’s Museum: 305-373-5437, 980 MacArthur Causeway
  • Zoo Miami: 305-251-0400, 12400 SW 152nd St.
  • Bayfront Park Management Trust: 305-358-7550
  • Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition (Sounds of Screams site): 305-223-7060
  • Emergencies: 911. City services: 311

Haunted houses

The Horrorland, Jungle Island, 1111 Parrot Jungle Trail on Watson Island. Season 7 runs Sept. 10 to Nov. 1, Thursday to Sunday, 7 to 10 p.m. Gates open at 7 p.m. and an opening show starts at 7:30 p.m. The organizers list five haunted houses, scare zones, a circus show and themed food and drinks. Tickets are sold online through the event’s ticket site; the organizers say weekends sell out first. Hours can change, so check the event page before you go.

Sounds of Screams, at the Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition grounds, 10901 Coral Way (Southwest 24th Street), next to FIU. Open now through Nov. 1, 7 p.m. to midnight. One ticket covers five haunted houses, scare zones, carnival rides and live entertainment. The ticket page lists children 9 and under free. Season passes are not valid Oct. 31 or Nov. 1. Vehicle entrances are on Coral Way at Southwest 112th and 114th avenues, the fair says.

For little kids

Miami Children’s Museum, 980 MacArthur Causeway, open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.:

  • Not-So-Scary Halloween, on the two remaining October weekends, Oct. 17-18 and Oct. 24-25. A Mad Scientist Lab, a not-so-scary haunted house, pumpkin decorating, a ghost scavenger hunt and the museum troupe’s Halloween show, Creepy Pair of Underwear.
  • Mini Monster Monday, Monday, Oct. 26: costumes, trick-or-treating at noon and 3:30 p.m., the show and the haunted house, for the museum’s youngest visitors.
  • MiChi-Boo, Saturday, Oct. 31: trick-or-treating around the exhibits, a live DJ, a costume contest and the haunted house.

Zoo Boo at Zoo Miami, Saturday, Oct. 24, and Sunday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 12400 SW 152nd St. Trick-or-treating, a costume contest, inflatables, a live DJ, magic shows and animals getting their own Halloween treats. Included with zoo admission.

Jungle Island lists a Trick or Treat Party on Saturday, Oct. 31. Times had not been posted when we checked.

Halloween day downtown

  • 10th Annual Spooky Science Monster Mash, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Frost Science, 1101 Biscayne Blvd. “Come in costume,” the museum says. Presented by the Miami Downtown Development Authority. (Frost Science)
  • Red Bull Flugtag Miami, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Bayfront Park, 301 Biscayne Blvd. Free. Teams pilot homemade flying machines off a deck into the bay; viewing is first come, first served. (Bayfront Park)

Bayfront Park also held a one-hour Halloween event from 6 to 7 p.m. on Halloween 2025. No 2026 date had been posted when we checked.

For grown-ups

  • Vizcaya Late: Spooky Edition, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, 3251 S. Miami Ave., with outdoor film screenings. (Vizcaya)
  • Laser Evening, 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, Frost Planetarium, with a Halloween Spooktacular show in the lineup. (Frost Science)
  • The Horrorland sells couples and group tickets for its Thursday to Sunday nights (above).

Parades and trunk-or-treats

We have not found a Halloween parade in the City of Miami for 2026. Neighborhood trunk-or-treats are listed on our trick-or-treat hours page as organizers post them. Pumpkin patches and fall festivals are on our fall festivals guide. Running a free public trunk-or-treat? Send the date, time and address through our contact page.

What this means for you

  • Book haunted houses early. Both run their last night Sunday, Nov. 1.
  • Halloween is a Saturday, so downtown will be busy from late morning with the Monster Mash and Flugtag.
  • Clocks go back an hour early Sunday, Nov. 1.

More: things to do this month and kids’ activities in Miami.

Frequently asked questions

What Halloween events are in Miami on Oct. 31, 2026?

Frost Science’s Spooky Science Monster Mash runs 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Red Bull Flugtag is free at Bayfront Park from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Miami Children’s Museum holds MiChi-Boo and Jungle Island has a Trick or Treat Party.

Where are the haunted houses in Miami?

The Horrorland runs at Jungle Island, 1111 Parrot Jungle Trail, Thursday to Sunday nights through Nov. 1. Sounds of Screams runs 7 p.m. to midnight at the Fair Expo Center, 10901 Coral Way, through Nov. 1.

When is Zoo Boo at Zoo Miami in 2026?

Saturday, Oct. 24, and Sunday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It is included with zoo admission.

Is there a not-scary Halloween event for little kids in Miami?

Miami Children’s Museum runs a Not-So-Scary Halloween every weekend in October, a Mini Monster Monday with trick-or-treating at noon and 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 26, and MiChi-Boo on Oct. 31.