What’s Happening: Spooky Edition, October 19 to November 1
Eight strange plans for the last stretch of spooky season.
Halloween lands on a Saturday this year, so you get two full weekends of strange. Here are eight plans I’d actually leave the house for, from a pioneer cemetery at dusk to a room full of wild mushrooms.
The details
Fridays, October 23 and 30
Edgefield Ghost Tour
Fri, Oct. 23 + Fri, Oct. 30 · 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. · McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St, Troutdale · $20 · Ages 3+
A 60 to 75 minute walk through the 1911 county poor farm and its ghost stories. Uneven ground and stairs.
Timmy’s Take: Hear who still lives at the old poor farm, then grab a pint. You’ll want one.
Saturday and Sunday, October 24 and 25
Wicked Craft: Samhain Mystical Market
Sat, Oct. 24 + Sun, Oct. 25 · Noon to 5 p.m. · Rae Loft at the Bakery Building, 2222 NE Oregon St, Suite 207 · Free entry, free RSVP · Optional $15 VIP (21+) · No dogs
About 35 local makers of witchy goods, a full bar and Samhain cocktails. Costumes encouraged.
Timmy’s Take: Free entry, a full bar and 35 witchy makers. Your altar shelf is about to fill up.
Fall Mushroom Show
Sun, Oct. 25 · Noon to 5 p.m. · World Forestry Center, Miller Hall, 4033 SW Canyon Rd · $20 · Under 12 free
The Oregon Mycological Society lays out hundreds of freshly foraged wild Oregon mushrooms and identifies them. Download your ticket ahead, cell service is spotty.
Timmy’s Take: Come for the fungi, leave knowing exactly which ones stay off your toast.
Friday, October 30
Vampyr with a Live Score by Kraftwitch
Fri, Oct. 30 · Doors 6:30 p.m., film 7 p.m. · Tomorrow Theater, 3530 SE Division St · $15
Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1932 silent vampire classic with a live score.
Timmy’s Take: A 94-year-old vampire movie with a band playing along. That is a Friday night.
Saturday, October 31
Death at Dusk
Sat, Oct. 31 · Tours at 3, 4 and 5 p.m. · Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery, SE 26th Ave at SE Stark St · $25 (per the Portland Mercury) · All ages · Advance timed tickets only, no walk-ups
True stories of Portlanders buried in the city’s pioneer cemetery, told as the light goes. Friends of Lone Fir’s Halloween tour this year.
Timmy’s Take: Spend Halloween afternoon with Portland’s real long-term residents. Book ahead.
The Coffin Halloween
Sat, Oct. 31 · Doors 8 p.m. · The Coffin Club, 421 SE Grand Ave · $25 advance · 21+
Two floors of goth, industrial and darkwave, plus a $300 costume contest.
Timmy’s Take: Portland’s goth club on its biggest night of the year. Wear the good boots.
Every night through October 31
The Davis Graveyard, 30th Year
Nightly through Oct. 31 · Lights on dusk to 10 p.m., to 11 p.m. Fri and Sat · 8703 SE 43rd Ave, Milwaukie · Free to view from the sidewalk · Private tours from $20
A handmade cemetery with an abbey and tombstones, back for its 30th season. Fog and sound run Friday to Sunday.
Timmy’s Take: Thirty years of handmade tombstones in one Milwaukie yard. Be kind to the neighbors.
Thursdays to Sundays through November 8
Marigolds y Memorias
Thu to Sat 7:30 p.m. · Sun 2 p.m. · Milagro Theatre, 525 SE Stark St · $32 adults, $28 seniors, $24 students · All ages
Milagro’s original Día de Muertos show about the meaning of every altar element. About 90 minutes with an intermission.
Timmy’s Take: Portland’s longest-running Día de Muertos tradition. The November 1 matinee feels right.
Decorated houses and backyard haunts
These are homes where the owners have shared their address and hours for 2026. Stay on the sidewalk, park like a neighbor, and if the lights are off, they’re closed.
Worth a drive this week
The Ghostbusters House
St. Johns · 9803 N Exeter Ave · Sun to Thu 6 to 9 p.m. · Fri and Sat 6 to 10 p.m. · Free, tips welcome
A 15-foot Marshmallow Man, a flying Slimer and proton-stream projections. Full fog and sound on weekends.
Timmy’s Take: Who you gonna call? Your kids, to come see this.
Shadows on Center Street
SE Portland · 3667 SE Center St · Nightly 6:30 to 11 p.m. · Free
A front-yard cornfield of scarecrows with fog and lasers.
Timmy’s Take: Scarecrows are fine in daylight. These are not daylight scarecrows.
Post Mabone PDX
SE Portland · 7207 SE 78th Ave · Nightly 6 to 10 p.m. · Fridays add fog, music and bubbles 6 to 8 p.m. · Free
More than 100 skeletons, kid friendly.
Timmy’s Take: Go on a Friday for the full show.
Pirates of Pinehurst
Sherwood · Pinehurst Ct at Woodhaven · Thu to Sun through Oct. 30 · Shows at 7, 7:30 and 8 p.m. · Free
A live pirate show staged in a neighborhood cul-de-sac. No show on Halloween night, and this is its final year.
Timmy’s Take: Final season. If you’ve been meaning to go, this is the year.
Crow Manor
Irvington · 2116 NE 18th Ave · Oct. 23, 24, 30, 31, entry 6 to 9 p.m. · No-scare matinee Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, 4 to 5 p.m. · Adults $20, ages 5 to 17 $10
An immersive haunt inside a real house, benefiting Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. Timed tickets, waiver required.
Timmy’s Take: A real house, real actors, and the money goes somewhere good.
Halloween on Franklin Street
Vancouver, WA · 4616 NW Franklin St · Nightly 6 to 9 p.m. · Free
Five neighboring yards: haunted woods, a pumpkin patch, a zombie truck, a graveyard and a candy house.
Timmy’s Take: Five houses deep. Worth the bridge.
The Haunted Laboratory
Hazel Dell, Vancouver, WA · 1201 NW 78th St · Oct. 23, 24, 30, 31, 7 to 10 p.m. · Free, donations welcome
A homemade walk-through with strobes and fog. Under 13 with an adult. Get there early, the line gets cut off.
Timmy’s Take: Free, homemade and genuinely scary. Go early.
Nightmare on Taylor St
Montavilla · SE Taylor St near SE 80th Ave · Sat, Oct. 31 · 5 p.m.
The neighborhood walk-through that gave Monstavilla its name.
Timmy’s Take: Full disclosure, this one is close to my heart. Wander the surrounding streets, too.
Save this for spooky season. Send it to the person who is always ready for something strange.
Event details as of October 19, 2026. Confirm times and tickets with the venue before you go. Illustrations are original artwork and do not show the actual events.