Spooky Season Guide 2025!

Here's your ultimate guide on the best things to do in St. Thomas this spooky season! As the weather turns crisp and the leaves begin to change color, dive into our top picks for Halloween fun. Whether you're looking to enjoy classic Halloween movies or explore unique witchy markets, this list has everything you need for a festive and unforgettable fall!

Hexes & Jinxes Market

The Hexes and Jinxes outdoor market hosts over 100 spooky & amazingly talented craft and food vendors. This is THE must-attend spooky event of the season. Head down for the ultimate witches Halloween market organized by local business Purely Wicked!

Discover everything from one-of-a-kind pottery and handcrafted brooms to beautifully curated wreaths and taxidermy. Don’t miss your chance to feel the true magic of the spooky fall season, it's an experience like no other!

Free Admission!

📍 Location: 225 Wellington St, St. Thomas ON
📅 Date: October 5th, 2025
🕒​ Time: 10am-5pm

Downtown Pumpkin Prowl

Get ready for the Downtown St. Thomas Pumpkin Prowl! It's time to get out your best costumes and visit the participating Downtown businesses to get delicious treats for all children. Also make sure to have the pumpkin prowl passport ready to collect stamps from the required number of businesses and enter to win Downtown Dollar prize packs! 

Print off the passport here!

📍 Location: Downtown St. Thomas
📅 Date: October 24th
🕒 Time: 5-8pm

Pumpkin Carving

Pumpkin carving is truly THE fall family tradition! It is the time to unlock your creepy or cute Halloween artistic talent to showcase on the perfect night! A critical step is to pick out your perfect pumpkin. In St. Thomas we have many amazing local farmers markets with prime pumpkins to execute your vision!
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Head down to Howe’s Market, Briwood, & more!

Don't get rid of the pumpkin guts! Re-use the seeds for a delicious fall snack. Here is the perfect recipe.
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baked pumpkin seed recipe

​Ingredients: 

• 3 tablespoons of salted Butter (Use Coconut oil for substitution)
• 3 cups of dried pumpkin seeds
• 2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon 
• 4 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• ½ teaspoon of pure vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325℉.
2. Make sure to wash off all pumpkin guts and lay on a baking sheet lined with a paper towel. Allow to dry completely, ~24h, change paper towel at 12 hour mark.  
3. Begin by combining the dry ingredients in a small bowl.
4. Melt the butter in a microwave safe dish. Mix in vanilla and add mixture into a large bowl with the pumpkin seeds. Stir. Make sure the seeds are evenly coated with the mixture.
5. Then, add the dry mixture to the coated pumpkin seeds and stir to coat.
6. Spread coated pumpkin seeds on lined baking sheet
7. Bake for 25-35 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes, until seeds begin to brown.
8. Enjoy on their own or with yogurt and granola!

witches walk

Grab your broomsticks, round up your coven, and join us for the most magical night of the year! 🕸🖤

The Downtown St. Thomas Witches Walk is back—bigger, witchier, and full of enchanting prizes. Dress in your witchiest attire and stroll shop-to-shop for treats, tricks, and treasures. Each participating business is brewing up something special, and your chance to win fabulous prizes is just a cackle away.

✨ What to expect:

• A bewitching night of shopping & socializing
• Spooky storefronts & witchy photo ops
• Door prizes, treats & surprises at every stop
• A grand prize cauldron of goodies

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📍 Location: Downtown St. Thomas
📅 Date: October 17th
🕒 Time: 4-8pm

Spooky Movie night!

Plan the perfect cozy, spooky night in! Gather your popcorn, apple cider, cozy blankets, pets, and get ready to curl up on the couch for an AMAZING Halloween movie marathon.

Spooky Season must watch movie list:

• Beetlejuice (1988)
• Practical Magic (1998)
• Hocus Pocus (1993)
• The Adams Family (1991) & Addams Family Values (1993)
• The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) ​

• Ghostbusters (1984) & Ghostbusters II (1989)
• The Conjuring complete series (2013-2021)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• ​The Haunted Mansion (2003) ​
• ​Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)

clovermead Pumpkin Festival

​Celebrate the world of pumpkins this fall at Clovermead Adventure Farm for their Pumpkin Festival! 

Enjoy a wagon ride, barrel of fun ride or bee train ride, visit farm animals, get lost in the corn maze, pick a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, and enjoy the fall decorations and family photo opportunities. This is the perfect fall day out for the entire family! Make sure to try their delicious Pumpkin Spiced funnel cake! YUM!
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Make sure to get your tickets!
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📍 Location: 11302 Imperial Rd, Aylmer, ON
📅 Date: September 14th - November 2nd
🕒 Time: 9am-5pm

Murder mystery on the train

Come be a part of the Port Stanley Terminal Rail Murder & Mystery Train ride accompanied with dinning! Will you be able to solve this murder mystery? Group charters are available for special events. Train cars are air conditioned & L.L.B.O license. Make your way down to enjoy the changing season and a thrilling ride!

Get your tickets now!

📍 Location: 309 Bridge St, Port Stanley, ON
​📅 Dates: September 6,13,20, 27 & October 4th,18th, 24, & 25th.
​🕒 Time: 6pm-9pm

Scoop and Shop market

Get ready for the Scoop & Shop Market! This Halloween vendor show has everything you need for the season—spooky décor, fun accessories, trick-or-treat bags, and more. Don't miss out on making your Halloween extra special!

Free Admission!

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📍 Location: 6598 Sunset Dr, St Thomas ON
📅 Date: October 4th
​🕒 Time: 10am-4pm

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​AUTHOR

CHARLOTTE BARNES
Born and raised in St. Thomas, Charlotte is having fun celebrating St. Thomas as the 2025 Railway City Tourism Assistant. Pursuing Biological Science at the University of Guelph, Charlotte has a deep appreciation for local small businesses and the agricultural community. Charlotte hopes to inspire those to seek and experience the wonders of St. Thomas.