Spooky season may only last a couple of months, but the best Halloween concerts and events don’t have to happen before October 31. In fact, some of the creepiest tours on sale right now are giving you months to plan ahead — which means more time to grab tickets, coordinate costumes, and determine whether your local venue allows fake blood and studded bags (no really, please check!).
From masked metal bands and shock-rock legends to haunted circuses and gothic Broadway classics, these upcoming tours have enough horror imagery to keep Halloween alive well into 2027. So if you’d rather spend your money on mosh pits than miniature candy bars, here are seven Halloween concerts and events worth getting tickets for now.
Slipknot — “(sic)est Stadium Tour”
Slipknot have spent more than three decades proving that masks aren’t just for Halloween. In 2027, the Iowa metal icons will take things to another level with the “(sic)est Stadium Tour,” hitting some of the biggest venues of their career alongside Bring Me The Horizon. Lamb of God, Lorna Shore, Motionless In White, Acid Bath, Kublai Khan TX, Polyphia, Loathe, and Vended will rotate as additional support.
Corey Taylor has gone through a lot of masks in his day, but the latest one? Straight up nightmare fuel, and that alone helps Slipknot earn their place among the best Halloween concerts and events. Add in horror movie-adjacent jumpsuits, creepy visuals, percussion rigs, and enough fire to make any other metal band jealous, and you’ll see why people are flocking to 70,000-seat stadiums to hear “The Devil in I,” “Psychosocial,” and “People = Sh**.” Plus some new songs, of course.
Beetlejuice – The Musical — North American Tour
If you’ve ever attended a spooky event and said “take a shot for every Beetlejuice costume you see,” you’ll understand why this musical 100% counts as one of the best Halloween concerts and events of the year. Beetlejuice – The Musical is currently haunting theaters across North America, giving fans plenty of opportunities to visit the Netherworld well beyond October.
Based on Tim Burton’s 1988 movie, the musical combines ghosts, death jokes, giant sets, outrageous costumes, and a soundtrack that somehow makes mortality feel like a party. Have you ever seen the giant sand worm come to life onstage? You’re about to.
Motionless In White — “The Sweat and Blood Tour”
If there were ever a band contractually obligated to appear on a list of Halloween concerts and events, it’s Motionless In White. Chris Motionless has spent years combining metalcore with cathedral backdrops and enough black eyeliner to sell out your local Sephora, and you’ll get both of these things and more on the next leg of the Sweat and Blood tour.
Beginning October 30 in Worcester before heading to Philadelphia on Halloween night, this trek continues through November with Dayseeker, The Devil Wears Prada, and Dark Divine. And even after that run wraps, MIW already have 2027 dates on the calendar, including appearances alongside Slipknot on the “(sic)est Stadium Tour.”
Danny Elfman — 2026-2027 Tour
Think of your favorite spooky movies — Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride. All of them were scored by the one and only Danny Elfman, former Oingo Boingo member and current Halloween master. If Tim Burton gave spooky season its visual language, Elfman gave it a soundtrack, and fans can experience both during two “Elfman/Burton” shows at Resorts World Theatre in Las Vegas on November 13 and 14.
The concerts celebrate their 40-year creative partnership with orchestra, film visuals, and Elfman himself performing selections from their most famous collaborations. Of course, Elfman’s legacy goes far beyond October. He’s spent decades bouncing between film scores, television, orchestral work, Oingo Boingo, and his increasingly unhinged solo performances.
For this list of Halloween concerts and events, though, hearing music from Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, and The Nightmare Before Christmas performed live feels almost unfairly perfect.
Paranormal Activity on Broadway
If watching Paranormal Activity from the safety of your couch still wasn’t stressful enough, now you can experience the franchise with nowhere to hide. The stage adaptation is haunting Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre through January 3, 2027, following sold-out runs in Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Toronto, and Boston. Unlike the movie, this isn’t a scene-for-scene remake; it follows a new couple, James and Lou, who leave Chicago for London hoping for a fresh start…only to realize something may have followed them.
The production takes everything that made the films terrifying — strange noises, sudden darkness, things moving when they definitely shouldn’t — and turns it into a live-theater nightmare with theatrical effects and plenty of jump scares. If your favorite Halloween concerts and events involve less circle pits and more clutching the armrest, this one belongs near the top of the list.
Ice Nine Kills
For Ice Nine Kills, Halloween is less of a holiday and more of a 24/7 identity, and you haven’t really enjoyed the spooky season until you’ve seen them take the stage in clown masks.
Spencer Charnas and company built albums like The Silver Scream and Welcome to Horrorwood around films like Friday the 13th, American Psycho, Pet Sematary, The Crow, and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, then turned those songs into one of metalcore’s most theatrical live shows. We’re talking about costumes, fake weapons, horror villains, blood, and the fairly frequent murder recreation between breakdowns.
When “Hip to Be Scared” comes on, Charnas grabs his axe for a Patrick Bateman level recreation…”Hey Paul!” and all. While the fall/winter 2026 tour will be a little more subdued — an acoustic trek in which they slow down their metalcore songs — you’ll still sing along to every sharp chorus. And not just because one of their biggest hits is called “Stabbing in the Dark.” Get your verified resale tickets now.
Alice Cooper — “Alice’s Attic Tour”
You can’t talk about Halloween concerts and events without Alice Cooper. He’s the OG shock rocker who can still put on a killer show at almost 80 years old, with all the special effects and screamalongs of “School’s Out” you could imagine.
What’s he up to in 2026? Cooper heads back out on his “Alice’s Attic Tour” beginning October 27, with stops running through November 21. Naturally, he’ll spend Halloween itself in Atlantic City. And while we just told you about the theatricality of Ice Nine Kills, it’s important to know that Alice Cooper did it first.
Cooper was bringing guillotines, snakes, straitjackets, fake executions, and horror theatrics to rock stages before many modern metal bands existed. Add “Welcome to My Nightmare,” “Feed My Frankenstein,” and “Poison,” and you’ve got a Halloween concert from the guy who practically helped invent the category.
GWAR — “Gor Gor Must Die! Tour”
GWAR are kind of like Slipknot, except not really. Sure, both wear masks…but GWAR is what happens when a haunted house combines politically incorrect humor, fake bodily fluids, and genre-bending rock into one set.
The intergalactic metal monsters launch their “Gor Gor Must Die! Tour” on October 27 before continuing across North America, with Midnight as direct support and Mac Sabbath opening each night. X-Cops and Atomic Rule will also join select dates.
GWAR have spent more than four decades combining metal with gigantic costumes, monsters, fake dismemberment, and enough stage blood to make buying a white tour shirt an act of self-sabotage. In terms of spooky concert credentials, they’re basically impossible to beat.
Scary-Good Halloween Concerts & Events You Need to Attend
These Halloween concerts and events prove you don’t need an October 31 date to justify putting on something black and buying a ticket. Slipknot will keep the masks going through summer 2027, Paranormal Cirque has nightmares traveling across the country, and Alice Cooper and GWAR have somehow turned horror into lifelong careers.
So start planning beyond spooky season and grab your verified resale tickets today — whether you’re a metalhead, musical theater fan, or just love everything macabre.
