Sip Spooky: The Best Halloween Bars in Denver

Halloween has arrived and it’s time for revelry to commence!

If you’re looking for somewhere to celebrate spooky season tonight, local bars are decked out and ready to welcome all the witches and ghouls who plan to hit the town.

Here are the best spots to visit if you’re looking for creepy decor, seasonally inspired cocktails and more.

Interested in more haunting options? You can also check out local bars that are home to real-life ghost stories. And check the end of this story for a special deal.

Adrift
218 South Broadway
720-784-8111
One of the best tiki bars around is decked out for Nightmare in Paradise, a month-long Halloween celebration that runs through November 1, with a cocktail lineup that includes the rum-based Frog’s Breath (“looks like poison, tastes like paradise,” the bar says) and a pumpkin spice version of the classic Chi Chi dubbed “Trick-or-Chi Chi,” plus specialty punch bowls and shots. It will offer “haunted hour” specials all day on Tuesdays, from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays, and from 4 to 6 p.m. on Fridays, with discounted seasonal cocktails on Red Rum Wednesdays, when it will play horror movies on the big screen. Look for more Halloween-themed events throughout the month.

Charlie Brown’s
980 Grant Street
The historic Cap Hill piano bar may be home to some actual ghosts, but don’t be scared to hit this spot up on Halloween. It’s gone full haunted house for the season, so if spooky piano vibes are your thing, Charlie Brown’s cannot be beat. The sing-along kicks off at 6 p.m. nightly.

The Crypt
1618 East 17th Avenue
When Pricilla Gould opened the Crypt in 2022, she told Westword, “This place is just destined to be weird.” And weird it is, in all the best ways. Year-round, the bar from Gould and her partners, Chris Maynard and Dale Canino, is filled with details inspired by death culture, so it just makes sense that the team here would embrace the Halloween season. This year, it’s gone big with 31 events in 31 days, culminating in an October 31 Halloween blowout. Check it out @thecryptdenver on Instagram for the full lineup.

The Devil’s Drink
1553 Platte Street
This bar originally opened in LoHi in 2023, but it recently relocated to a new subterranean space on Platte Street that’s far bigger — and spookier — than the original. There is a long list of drink options, including a whole section of espresso martinis, which you can sip while bathed in red lighting. This watering hole also has a room with pool tables, and don’t miss the coffin by the bathrooms, an ideal spot to stage a creepy photo shoot. Reservations are available — and recommended as this spot’s been busy.

The Electric Cure
5350 West 25th Avenue, Edgewater
When an online review tried to dim the glow of this bar by calling it “Satanic,” owners and industry vets Lexi Healy and Veronica Ramos embraced the accusation, leaning in with enthusiastic irreverence. So, of course, October is its time to really shine. For 2025, it’s rolling out the Little Bar of Horrors menu stacked with what it calls tropical Halloween “cocktails from beyond the grave.”

Ghost Saloon
1422 Larimer Street
This subterranean Larimer Square bar is hosting 40 Days of Night through October 31. Open seven days a week with no cover or reservations needed, expect specials, flaming cocktails and late night dance parties, including on Thirst Trap Thursdays.

Honor Farm
1526 Blake Street
Named for a place in Pueblo with its own creepy past, this concept from the team behind the Electric Cure is filled to the brim with ghouls playing up the building’s history, which includes stories of a ghost named Lydia that haunts the place. Honor Farm’s decor is permanent, but it is upping the fright factor during October as the Coffin Club pop-up. The mezzanine level of the space is also home to Hell or High Water, a tiki bar with a gay pirate ship theme.

Lady Jane
2021 West 32nd Avenue
All month long, Lady Jane is being haunted by the Black Lagoon pop-up. Costumes are encouraged as you visit this glam goth watering hole that’s serving special sinister drinks and surprises, including drag performances.

Milepost Zero at McGregor Square
1601 19th Street
This food hall near Coors Field is getting into the spirit with a bar takeover dubbed the Netherworld. Throughout October, it will be pouring “strange and unusual” specialty drinks. Stop by on Friday starting at 8:30 p.m. for Graveyard Grooves, a DJ-led dance party.

Poka Lola Social Club
1850 Wazee Street
This Dairy Block bar transformed into Poka Luna on October 1 and will keep that identity through Halloween. Expect spooky decor plus more than fifteen Halloween-themed cocktails, mocktails and shots. Watch for Ouija Wednesday!

Scr3am & Sugar
Inside Horrid, 1974 South Acoma Street
It’s the Season of the Sips at this coffeebar inside Horrid; while you won’t find alcohol, you will find a lineup of Halloween drinks, as well as horror movies, games and books, and a cozy lounge where you can hang out.

The Upside Down Bar
3330 Mariposa Street
During the month of October, the original LoHi location of the Devil’s Drink has been transformed into the Upside Down Bar, an immersive Stranger Things pop-up that promises “cocktails and neon nostalgia.” Tickets for the pop-up are available for $7 via Eventbrite (though they are not required).

No trick: Colorado’s MADD chapter has partnered with Uber, the Colorado State Patrol and the Colorado Department of Transportation to provide discounted rides for people participating in Halloween activities. Here are the steps to get the deal:

1. Download/open the Uber app
2. Go to the Account section of the Uber app and click on Wallet
3. Scroll down to “Add Voucher code” and enter code SPOOKYCO25

This fine print: This deal is available for one-time use, with an $8 maximum, within a 23-mile radius of the Colorado Capitol building. It’s valid from 11 p.m. Thursday, October 30, through 9:59 p.m. Monday, November 3.