Hair-raising Events this Halloween

Join Jackula on a spooktacular quest to step out of his older brother Dracula's shadow and become the world’s most magical vampire. This is a fun magic and juggling show for the whole family. Recommended for ages 4 - 12.

Learn how to use this natural product in this free drop-in session and help create a Celtic Bull for the 2017 Wickerman Celebration. Suitable for ages six and over.

Explore the National Trust property via a terrifying ghost trail, encounter sinister circus characters, have your face painted and carve your own pumpkin to take home and ward off evil spirits.

Experience the estate's golden and russet tones as its guides take you back in time for a historic, harvest-themed tour. Kids can search for missing scarecrows while the new Barn Café serves up autumnal treats.

Bigger Than Us Productions celebrate the spooky season with three new plays presented in the style of the vintage horror genre. Brought to life by a diverse cast, ticket price includes meal and a triple header of tales.

Isoscles Theatre Company presents Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic story of an experiment to separate virtue from wickedness, which has enthralled and fascinated the world for more than a hundred years.

Colin Neighbourhood Partnership host a fun-filled week for local families, from creepy crafts to spooky cookery. See full event details at www.newcolin.com.

The historic Tower Museum see the awakening of some its most putrid and ghoulish residents, who will roam freely around its exhibitions, climb the walls and hang from the ceilings, causing terror to all those who enter.

Brave the Bone Taker’s garden and see their Palace of Bones, watch out for the Wicked Witch and test your Halloween knowledge and follow our Spooky Riddle Trail if you dare! Don't forget your fancy dress - prizes at every show!

Part of a fright-packed film programme, a new generation of teenagers will be introduced to the original handheld horror in the venue's newly revamped Beanbag Cinema. Find out more.

Take a stroll through the outdoor museum as darkness falls and ghosts, ghouls and witches lurk in the shadows and sample traditional Ulster and American fayre such as barnbrack, pumpkin and shoofly pie. Booking essential.

Have fun learning how to make spooky crafts to trick out your Halloween wardrobe. Masks and Ghostly Ghouls for ages 5 - 7. Haunted Houses for ages 8 - 11. Booking essential: 028 9269 9070.

As part of Derry~Londonderry's milestone 30th annual Halloween festivities Waterloo Place will be illuminated by energetic street theatre featuring high impact drumming, dynamic choreography and beautiful lighting designs.

Put on your scariest fancy dress costume and journey underground on a nail biting, spine tingling guided tour of the fantastic Marble Arch Caves. Booking is essential.

Get your ghoulish gowns on and come celebrate the ghostly season with Linen Hall Library. There will be readings from favourite terrifying tales and prizes for best dressed guests. Suitable for ages 4 - 7. Families welcome.

The mythical walkabout creatures return to the North West with their explosive fire performances for an Out of this World programme of events.

There's something strange this Halloween as Belfast Film Festival presents special drive-in screenings of Ghostbusters and Scream at Bloomfield Shopping Centre, Bangor, plus a horror marathon at the Black Box.

Belfast's premiere Halloween party returns to light up the skies with the city's biggest fireworks display. There will also be street theatre, macabre music and much more.

Make a date with Dracula as acclaimed organist Stewart Smith dons the guise to perform a series of 15 minute recitals that will include Liszt’s 'Fantastia and Fugue' based on Bach.

Join Wendy the Witch for a magical story adventure and help weave her web in this fun and free interactive story. Come along with the whole family and create stories and rhymes to share in this creative workshop.

Belfast-based artist Miguel Martin continues his interest in the narratives of horror and ill-ease, but also takes a new direction in incorporating aspects of sculpture and exhibition design.

Take a ghostly walk through the orchards after darkness falls, adorn the fruit trees along the way and collect fresh potatoes for boxty making. Learn how to cook the regional speciality and enjoy with ghastly stories and tea.

Let your children unleash their imaginations over the school break and create some bone-chilling artworks in a day of games, crafts and activities. Suitable for ages 5 - 12. Booking essential: 028 3752 9644.