The unmissable Dia de Muertos brings Mexican-inspired skeletons to the streets of the Marolles . The procession is scheduled for November 1st , but before that, several workshops invite your kids to prepare lanterns and flower crowns near the altar at the CC Bruegel. Concerts also punctuate the week, including a musical trip to the cemetery. On the big day: face painting, parade, concert, and food truck village at the Jeu de Balle.
Sarabands of monsters
In the municipalities, children will shiver during spooky outings after dark. This is the case in Schaerbeek on Saturday, October 25, 2025 (at the municipal greenhouses, by reservation). In Woluwe-Saint-Lambert on the same October 25, the Hof ter Musschen windmill, draped in orange and green, becomes a den for spiders, mummies, and bats (from 5 p.m., reservations essential).
On October 31, 2025, Halloween night, ghosts and monsters hold their traditional sabbath at Place Morichar in Saint-Gilles before clashing their bones in their terrifying parade. This can continue at the Museum of Fantastic Art , dressed in its cobwebs and pumpkin costumes from October 18 to November 2. You can also play Halloween minigolf there. A terrifying dive into the undergrowth awaits the intrepid at the Rouge-Cloître Halloween Trail in Auderghem . Evil spirits lurk there, lit by burning fire-eaters (from 5:30 p.m., meet at the Rouge-Cloître Art Center). There is also a horror trail at Roodebeek Park in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert on October 31 with tales from beyond the grave and cauldrons of candy (from 4:30 p.m., registration required). Lantern parade again at Homborch in Uccle on October 31st with hot chocolate or soup (from 5:30 p.m., Place du Chat Botté). The same sinister evening, we infiltrate the haunted cellars of the Maison Haute in Watermael-Boitsfort (from 4 p.m.), where we also tell you hair-raising tales at the Écuries (5 p.m.) before the procession (6 p.m.) in the Duc/Pinson district, the Halloween Party (7 p.m.) and the blood orange soup.
Halloween: 4 activities not to be missed to shiver with fear with children or family!
In Forest, the BIFFF is responding to the town’s invitation to thrill spectators at the Jules Verne Center on Friday, October 24, 2025, starting at 6 p.m. for Fantastic Forest 2025 – Halloween Movie Night . On screen, a Japanese zombie film, “One Cut of the Dead” by Shinochiro Ueda, winner of the BIFFF Audience Award in 2019. A guarantee of quality blood. Those with less than strong hearts can cheer themselves up with a little sake tasting. Free tickets are here .
There’s also a Halloween “double bill” option at Cinematek (October 31st from 7 p.m.) which is showing two horror classics for the price of one: scary.
Pumpkin Avalanche
A castle? That’s the gothic decor you need for Halloween. Head to Groot-Bijgaarden where thousands of pumpkins are piled up between the moat and the dungeon at Pumpkinmania . The event is clearly not repulsive enough to deter the many visitors. The concept of “pumpkin festivals” is important to us, where crazy cucurbit sculptures rub shoulders with a squash market, pots of soup, and Jack-o-Lanterns. (Isidoor Van Beverenstraat, €15/8, until November 2, info here , late-night from October 25 to November 2 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., €12).
Ghost Train
Still not sick of pumpkins? Tour & Taxis is hosting its Halloween Funfair for the second time . The event runs throughout the fall holidays (from October 17 to November 2, 2025) and promises all the usual dizzying, family-friendly attractions. Including, at the very least, a haunted house from which blood-curdling giggles rise. To add to the atmosphere, we promise a costume contest, children’s activities , and pumpkin carving. Brrrr.
Black is black
Finally, if for you, the thrill is never as intense as with a good detective novel at nightfall, go to the Iris Noir fair . The gathering dedicated to noir, thriller and detective novels is taking place for the first time at Claridge in Saint-Josse on October 24 and 25, 2025. Among the 41 authors announced, two stars will draw their sharp pens to sign their pages: the Franco-Swedish Johanna Gustawsson and the British RJ Ellory.
