What’s happening for Halloween in Charleston, SC? Trick-or-Treating!
If you’re looking for spooky things to do and Halloween events in Charleston, you’ve found the newest Kidding Around® Halloween Guide. Here you’ll find special Halloween events, ghost tours on land and sea, Halloween craft events, festivals, spooky displays, free things to do for Halloween, and all kinds of spooky fun.
Jump to these sections of our guide:
Family-Friendly Halloween Events in Charleston & Trick-or-Treat or Trunk-or-Treat Spots
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Time for the good stuff:
- Trick-or-treat Events
- Halloween Events
- Movies & Activities
Fun Charleston, SC Halloween Events
Nighttime at the Museum: Halloween Edition: Charleston Museum
October 24th, 2025, 5:30 pm to 7 pm
Wear your costume and visit the museum for crafts, spooktacular scavenger hunt, and trick-or-treating in the museum. Admission ranges from $5 to $15, free for member adults.
Trick or Treat at the Charleston Museum
Cool Event Highlight: FREE Books for kids in costume at the Friends Bookstore in Citadel Mall on October 25th from 10 am to 4 pm.
Moncks Corner Halloween Festival
October 29th, 2025, 5:30 to 8 pm
Trunk-or-Treat, plus a haunted house, games, costume contest, and more! FREE
Moncks Corner Halloween Festival
Lots more events in our Halloween Event Calendar below.
The Charleston Halloween Events Calendar
Haunted Houses, Tours & Events in Charleston
Go here for our haunted house guide, including haunted tours.
Haunted Events in Charleston
These local events are some of Charleston’s favorite and best at Halloween.
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Isle of Palms: Ghostly Tide Tales
October 10th, 2025
FREE! What’s better than ghost stories on the beach around a campfire? We can’t think of much. That’s what you’ll find at Ghostly Tide Tales.
Hanahan Fire Department Haunted Firehouse
October 17th and 18th, 2025
The second annual Haunted Firehouse event features a haunted ride on a fire truck. There will also be food and activities. Proceeds benefit the Hanahan Fire Department One Percent Fund.
Lots more coming soon!
Charleston Ghost Tours
Most of these tours are available year-round, but they are especially fun for Halloween.
Spooky Ghost Tours By Boat
We took a haunted ghost tour on Sandlapper Water Tours. Read about our experience and how you can book your own.
Bulldog Tours offers USS Yorktown Ghost Tours. You’ll be able to visit areas of the USS Yorktown after dark that are normally closed to the public, learn about the haunting stories of sailors on the ship, and even visit the flight deck in the dark.
Walking Charleston Ghost Tours
Want to experience a ghost tour by foot? You have several options in Charleston.
- Bulldog Tours offers quite a few Ghost Tours in Charleston. There are some that tour cemeteries, a haunted jail, and lots more. Check them out: Bulldog Tours Ghost Tours
- Old Charleston Walking Tours offers the Pleasing Terrors Ghost Tour. It’s a popular 90 minute tour that starts in Washington Square Park. Tours are led by Mike Brown of the Pleasing Terror Podcast.
- Ghost City Tours offers a kid-friendly ghost tour option: The Ghosts of Liberty. As the name might imply, these ghosts have give their lives for freedom and America.
Ghost Tours by Carriage
Old South Carriage Co. offers a Haunted Carriage Tour that allows you to learn all about ghosts, pirates, and patriots in Charleston’s past. Visit graveyards, alleyways, churches, hotels, and many landmarks with a storied ghost-filled history.
Free Spooky Halloween Displays
Check out Bloodgood Graveyard, Raritan Road, Goose Creek, SC. Follow them on Facebook for updates about when their display is ready for viewing!
