Interested in more haunting options? You can also check out local bars that are home to real-life ghost stories.
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 from October 1 through November 1 with a cocktail lineup that includes the fruity and funky Frog's Breath, the purple-hued People Eater and the rum-based Pumpkin Guts. It will offer "haunted hour" specials all day on Tuesdays, from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and from 4 to 6 p.m. on Fridays, and you can also stop by for Red Rum Wednesdays to catch horror movies on the big screen and get discounts on Nightmare in Paradise cocktails. On October 17, it will host Goblins & Grammar, an adult spelling bee, and on October 24, a pumpkin-carving session.
Boogeyman
3501 Wazee Street
This haunted pop-up at Zeppelin Station opens on October 3. "Gather all your goblins and come rock with us upstairs every Thursday, Friday and Saturday — and downstairs seven days a week," Boogeyman urges. It's 21-and-up only, and the menu includes $14 libations such as the bourbon-based Pumpkin King and the vodka-based Black Magic.
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 big-time. Stop by to spin the Trick or Treat Wheel of Misfortune through October 31. "$3 a spin, five spin daily limit, from open til 8 p.m. daily. Win big or lose hard," the Crypt says. The bar/venue is also hosting events all month long including Death in Drag on October 24.
Sip spooky in LoHi at the Devil's Drink.
The Devil's Drink
3330 Mariposa Street
This LoHi bar opened last year and leans into all things dark all year long. This month, it's ramping up with a schedule that includes a Netflix and Kill burlesque show on October 3, Goth Prom on October 5, and a costume dance party on October 26. There are also weekly specials, such as Sin Night on Mondays with $10 Montucky and Fernet shots and $12 house cocktails and espresso martinis; Sip N Stab Tuesdays with pumpkin-carving tools provided; and espresso flight night on Wednesdays. Catch two shows of the Nightfall Interview on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, plus go-go dancers from 10 p.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Sundays offer all-night happy hour.
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 with themed cocktails and events like Halloween trivia on October 2 and drag bingo, with a horror twist on October 30.
Honor Farm
1526 Blake Street
303-862-9457
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. This is no pop-up, though: Honor Farm's decor is permanent. But it ups the fright factor during October with a special cocktail menu and themed shows on weekends. The mezzanine level of the space is also home to Hell or High Water, a tiki bar with a gay pirate ship theme.
The Mansion on Colfax
1509 Marion Street
303-862-4731
In 2022, new owners took over Kinga's Lounge, transforming it into the Mansion, a concept that honors the building's history, which includes stories of a Prohibition-era speakeasy and a former owner who allegedly killed himself in the basement after discovering that his much younger lover had cheated on him. Legend has it that his ghost still haunts the space, along with the ghosts of several others. The Mansion is especially spooky during October, as it's been temporarily transformed into a haunted pop-up.
Milepost Zero at McGregor Square
1601 19th Street
This food hall near Coors Field is getting into the spirit with Cocktails & Screams. All month long it will be pouring special drinks like the Forbidden Apple ($5), with vodka, sour apple liqueur and lemon juice served in a shot syringe; Night of the Living Red ($11), made with red wine, brandy, peach, orange and lemon juices served in a blood bag; and the $44 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which is served in a plastic jack-o'-lantern big enough to share. There will also be trivia every Wednesday, pumpkin decorating at 7 p.m. on October 10, and Haunted Happy Hour every Sunday and Monday, with $2 off all Halloween drinks.
The Owl Saloon
5026 East Colfax Avenue
One of the top 100 bars in Denver, the Owl is a Colfax staple that goes all out for Halloween. It's packed with creepy decorations including blood-spattered dolls, haunted hanging heads and spiders lurking in webs. Stop by starting at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays for one of the best karaoke nights in town.
Poka Lola Social Club
1850 Wazee Street
This Dairy Block bar will transform into Poka Muah Ha Ha on Friday, October 4, and keep that identity through Halloween. Expect spooky decor plus more than a dozen Halloween-themed cocktails, mocktails and shots such as Holy Water, a cream cheese fat-washed Ketel One martini with an everything-bagel seasoning rim; Speak No Evil with Espolon Reposado, St. George Spiced Pear, pandan and smoke; and the Cult Classic, with brown butter-washed Dickel Eight-Year Bourbon, Laird’s Bonded Apple Brandy, thyme-infused simple syrup and housemade fall bitters. The bar is also hosting a Halloween cocktail class from 7 to 9 p.m. on October 9; tickets are $30, and guests will learn how to make a variety of Halloween cocktails.
Spirits Halloween
1949 Market Street
Not to be confused with the seasonal costume store, this Spirits is an annual pop-up "serving booze, not boos," and selling "cocktails, not costumes." This year, you can find it inside Agua Bendita, a hidden space between Con Safos and the Jaguar Room at Market and 20th streets. It's open seven days a week, all month long, from 4 p.m. to midnight on weekdays and 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. on weekends. Entry is first come, first served, and no reservations are needed for groups under twenty people.
