Spooky Fun in Dubai
Date: 2015-10-27
With the creepiest day of the year creeping up on us, here are some Halloween treats for kids and adults. So dust off your most frightening costumes and have a thrilling weekend!
FOR CHILDREN:
BOUNCE After Dark, Spooktacular
Get ready to jump out of your skin, as BOUNCE brings you the biggest and scariest Halloween bash in Dubai, an After Dark, Spooktacular! Have a scream and head down to the UAE’s biggest trampoline park for a scarefest like no other. Packed with thrills and chills and some spine-chilling RnB and hip hop beats played by DJs Kabbo and Sunny. Spooktacular promises to ensure shivers to all partygoers, as the venue is transformed into a haunted nightmare, packed with creepy spiders, pumpkins ghosts and gore.
Cost: Dhs.80 (booking recommended)
Where: Bounce, Al Quoz
When: 29 October, 8pm-midnight
Candylicious and Hershey’s Chocolate World
The country’s biggest sweet shop are organising spooky delights with partylicious Halloween and the big daylong celebrations on 30 October. If customers spend over Dhs.100, they’ll be given a Halloween bag to go trick or treating at Hershey's Chocolate World. Visitors to Hershey’s Chocolate World will be entertained by frequent appearances by Reese’s Halloween mascot. To make Halloween extra special, they’ve arranged a number of activities.
Cost: Free
Where: Dubai Mall
When: 30-31 October
JustKidding
JustKidding at Wafi Shopping Mall are hosting a free Halloween party with a photo shoot with Pink Pepper meaning you can get your little monsters captured on film and receive a free print too. To keep grumbling tummies at bay, they’ll serve up Halloween-themed refreshments. The scariest-dressed mini ghoul will walk away with a fab goodie bag.
Cost: Free
Where: Salam Studios, Wafi Shopping Mall, Garhoud Road
When: 29 October, 11am
FOR GROWN-UPS:
Conrad Dubai
Have a frightfully all-day celebration at Purobeach Urban Oasis’s spine-chilling party. Complete with creepy decorations, a smoky pool, flamethrowers, face painting and much more, this is sure to be an outrageous event. Show up in your Halloween attire, dance on the decks to the best beats in the city provided by resident DJ, DJ Enjie, plus special guests TommyGun, Benyamin and SAM B.
Cost: Dhs.175 (table bookings available on request)
Where: Purobeach Urban Oasis, Conrad Dubai
When: Saturday 31 October, 11am-11pm
Fairmont Dubai
Get ready for a night of tricks, treats and lots of screams at Fairmont Dubai’s Halloween Party! From spooky beats from the 80’s to a haunted house setting, live DJ and a prize-filled costume competition, this will be a thriller of a night. 

Cost: Dhs.50 (including one complimentary beverage)
Where: 2nd floor, Fairmont Dubai
When: Friday 30 October, 9pm-2am
Millennium Airport Hotel Dubai
Join a Halloween horror party and a whole lot of terrifying ‘Tricks and Treats’ for the haunting night at its 'spooky' restaurants. While Gozo Garden & Terrace is perfect for families, Biggles Pub and Cactus Jacks are ideal venues for grown-ups. Dress to scare in the grizzliest costume as you freak out with the ghouls and goblins and win the prize for Best Halloween Costume! Here's what is on offer. Halloween themed buffet, special menu, live entertainment and Halloween cocktails.
Cost: Dhs.175 per adult, Dhs.100 for children (six and 11)
Where: Gozo Garden & Terrace, Biggles Pub and Cactus Jacks, 6pm to 1am
When: 30-31 October
Speakeasy Bar and Restaurant
JBR will come alive at Speakeasy’s annual Halloween party! Prepare to wreck havoc on the scariest night of the year, while indulging in a special spooky beverage and food menu. Party goers should polish their devil horns and dust off their best cobweb coat, as there are fang-tastic prizes to be won for best dressed.
Dance to the grooves of a live DJ, and experience chills down your spine, with Halloween props, including themed drinks, pumpkins, cob webs, haystacks, and a gloomy graveyard ambiance and blood chilling surprises.
Cost: Entrance free; drinks from Dhs.30
Where: Ramada Plaza, JBR
When: 31 October
Toro Toro’s Halloween Weekend
Experience Toro Toro’s spooky gothic nightmare throughout the weekend with an evening of thrills and chills at their Pan Latin American restaurant. This will be a spine-chilling soiree as you delve into a terrifying gothic mystery and sample a whole host of flavoursome plates from the ever-popular a la carte menu. Diners can expect a culinary experience from every corner of Latin America. Gather your friends and family for a frighteningly fabulous Halloween to remember, as Toro Toro is transformed into a haunted nightmare!
Cost: Various
Where: Grosvenor House
When: 29-30 October, Dinner from 8pm to 2am.
By Lisa Crowther
FOR CHILDREN:
BOUNCE After Dark, Spooktacular
Get ready to jump out of your skin, as BOUNCE brings you the biggest and scariest Halloween bash in Dubai, an After Dark, Spooktacular! Have a scream and head down to the UAE’s biggest trampoline park for a scarefest like no other. Packed with thrills and chills and some spine-chilling RnB and hip hop beats played by DJs Kabbo and Sunny. Spooktacular promises to ensure shivers to all partygoers, as the venue is transformed into a haunted nightmare, packed with creepy spiders, pumpkins ghosts and gore.
Cost: Dhs.80 (booking recommended)
Where: Bounce, Al Quoz
When: 29 October, 8pm-midnight
Candylicious and Hershey’s Chocolate World
The country’s biggest sweet shop are organising spooky delights with partylicious Halloween and the big daylong celebrations on 30 October. If customers spend over Dhs.100, they’ll be given a Halloween bag to go trick or treating at Hershey's Chocolate World. Visitors to Hershey’s Chocolate World will be entertained by frequent appearances by Reese’s Halloween mascot. To make Halloween extra special, they’ve arranged a number of activities.
Cost: Free
Where: Dubai Mall
When: 30-31 October
JustKidding
JustKidding at Wafi Shopping Mall are hosting a free Halloween party with a photo shoot with Pink Pepper meaning you can get your little monsters captured on film and receive a free print too. To keep grumbling tummies at bay, they’ll serve up Halloween-themed refreshments. The scariest-dressed mini ghoul will walk away with a fab goodie bag.
Cost: Free
Where: Salam Studios, Wafi Shopping Mall, Garhoud Road
When: 29 October, 11am
FOR GROWN-UPS:
Conrad Dubai
Have a frightfully all-day celebration at Purobeach Urban Oasis’s spine-chilling party. Complete with creepy decorations, a smoky pool, flamethrowers, face painting and much more, this is sure to be an outrageous event. Show up in your Halloween attire, dance on the decks to the best beats in the city provided by resident DJ, DJ Enjie, plus special guests TommyGun, Benyamin and SAM B.
Cost: Dhs.175 (table bookings available on request)
Where: Purobeach Urban Oasis, Conrad Dubai
When: Saturday 31 October, 11am-11pm
Fairmont Dubai
Get ready for a night of tricks, treats and lots of screams at Fairmont Dubai’s Halloween Party! From spooky beats from the 80’s to a haunted house setting, live DJ and a prize-filled costume competition, this will be a thriller of a night. 

Cost: Dhs.50 (including one complimentary beverage)
Where: 2nd floor, Fairmont Dubai
When: Friday 30 October, 9pm-2am
Millennium Airport Hotel Dubai
Join a Halloween horror party and a whole lot of terrifying ‘Tricks and Treats’ for the haunting night at its 'spooky' restaurants. While Gozo Garden & Terrace is perfect for families, Biggles Pub and Cactus Jacks are ideal venues for grown-ups. Dress to scare in the grizzliest costume as you freak out with the ghouls and goblins and win the prize for Best Halloween Costume! Here's what is on offer. Halloween themed buffet, special menu, live entertainment and Halloween cocktails.
Cost: Dhs.175 per adult, Dhs.100 for children (six and 11)
Where: Gozo Garden & Terrace, Biggles Pub and Cactus Jacks, 6pm to 1am
When: 30-31 October
Speakeasy Bar and Restaurant
JBR will come alive at Speakeasy’s annual Halloween party! Prepare to wreck havoc on the scariest night of the year, while indulging in a special spooky beverage and food menu. Party goers should polish their devil horns and dust off their best cobweb coat, as there are fang-tastic prizes to be won for best dressed.
Dance to the grooves of a live DJ, and experience chills down your spine, with Halloween props, including themed drinks, pumpkins, cob webs, haystacks, and a gloomy graveyard ambiance and blood chilling surprises.
Cost: Entrance free; drinks from Dhs.30
Where: Ramada Plaza, JBR
When: 31 October
Toro Toro’s Halloween Weekend
Experience Toro Toro’s spooky gothic nightmare throughout the weekend with an evening of thrills and chills at their Pan Latin American restaurant. This will be a spine-chilling soiree as you delve into a terrifying gothic mystery and sample a whole host of flavoursome plates from the ever-popular a la carte menu. Diners can expect a culinary experience from every corner of Latin America. Gather your friends and family for a frighteningly fabulous Halloween to remember, as Toro Toro is transformed into a haunted nightmare!
Cost: Various
Where: Grosvenor House
When: 29-30 October, Dinner from 8pm to 2am.
By Lisa Crowther
