Spook Night 2025 returns to Hexham

Hexham’s hugely popular Spook Night is taking place on Saturday, 25th October in 2025. The event promises families an exciting blend of fairground rides and traditional Halloween festivities. Organised by Hexham Community Partnership in collaboration with M&C Funfairs and on behalf of Hexham Town Council, Spook Night is set to delight visitors of all ages.

Event Details and Activities

The heart of Hexham will be transformed for Spook Night, with a vibrant funfair stretching along Beaumont Street and into the Abbey Grounds from 2pm to 9pm. Alongside the funfair, there will be a wide range of low-cost or free activities around for everyone to enjoy.

Spook Night is very much a community effort. Hexham prides itself on providing fun activities that are low or no cost. We love the dramatic backdrop of the funfair, but we want all families to be able to come along and have a brilliant time.

Free Activities (programme with full timings available soon)

• Spooky Windows trail around town-centre businesses
• Best Dressed Spooky Family Group competition on the Abbey Flags
• Dance shows by Studio K
• Fancy-dress competitions at the bandstand
• Pumpkin/turnip design competitions at the bandstand
• Donation-only face painting at the Forum Cinema by Hexham Youthy
• Boo!-kly stories and crafts at Hexham Library
• Slightly Scary Storytime at Cogito Books

Spook Night’s fancy-dress competitions are free to enter and cover multiple age categories: under 6s, 6–9 years old, 10–16 years old, plus adults. Extra points will be awarded for home-made creativity and recycling. Voucher prizes will be awarded to all winners.

New for 2025

This year, a Spook Night raffle is being held for the first time, with local businesses and venues donating an array of brilliant prizes. Raffle tickets are available for £1 until 5pm from the information point in the foyer of the Queen’s Hall.

Hexham Community Centre is hosting a free Witches’ Garden from 2pm–5pm, offering potion making, crafts, and games. Pumpkin carving will also be available for a small charge. The Halloween Craft Fayre at the Community Centre starts earlier at noon, featuring ‘psychic, witchy and alternative’ stalls, with free entrance.

Low-cost Spook night activities (programme with full timings available soon)

• Halloween skull trail at Hexham Old Gaol (free with entry)
• Slime Making at Debbi’s Doodles
• Night of the Zoopocalypse and Corpse Bride screenings at the Forum Cinema
• Witch’s Bran Tub at the Queen’s Hall information point
• AdventoursUK walking tour through Hexham’s gruesome past (advance booking required)
• Themed craft activities in Hexham Abbey under the beautiful Gaia installation (free with entry to Gaia)

Further Information and Advice

Hexham Community Partnership will be running an Event information, Lost Persons & First Aid Point in the Queen’s Hall foyer throughout the event.

Advance booking is strongly recommended for ticketed activities.

If you are coming to Spook Night from outside Hexham, please consider using public transport as the town-centre roads will be busy.