Spooktober

Melbourne’s spookiest Halloween festival, Spooktober, is set to return for its sixth year and it is expected to be scarier than ever.

Organiser Dale Pope says she fell in love with Halloween while living in the United States.

“When I was there I loved Halloween so when I came home to Australia I would throw my son a Halloween birthday party and turn our place into a haunted house,” she said.

“This has evolved into Melbourne’s spookiest event.”

The festival is now held at St Kilda Town Hall and runs over four days from the 31 October to 4 November.

There are different levels of scariness – slightly spooky for the younger kids, right through to the after-dark food trucks and a festival in the grounds of the town hall.