🎉 Wee Weekender | 31 October–1 November – Spooky Discos, Witches & Fireworks! 🎃👻🎆

Hello Wee Weekenders! 👋

It's Halloween weekend, so the costumes are out and the sweets are already half gone.

There are baby discos, an ice disco and a family rave, plus a witch with an egg and a Singing Kettle show. We've also slipped in a Friday night party at Glasgow Science Centre to get things started. Sunday ends with fireworks on the Helensburgh waterfront.

Here's what's on 👇

🧙 Glasgow Science Centre Halloween Family Party

Start the spooky season early on Friday night. The science centre becomes The Witch's Lair, with bubbling experiments, hands-on activities and Halloween surprises across three floors. Costumes are encouraged.

📍 Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow South Side
⏰ Friday 30 October, 6pm–9pm
💷 £9.95 per person
👉 More info

🎃 New Lanark Halloween Weekend

A whole village of Halloween fun. Kids can collect a Halloween Passport and finish the spooky trail for a treat, enter the fancy dress competition and make a craft to take home. There's a duck race on the Clyde at 1pm both days, and a Halloween version of the Annie McLeod ride.

📍 New Lanark World Heritage Site, Lanark
⏰ Saturday 31 October & Sunday 1 November, 10am–4pm
💷 Included with attraction admission (some extras cost more)
👉 More info

🧱 Bricks By The Clyde

Some of Scotland's best fan builders are back at Riverside Museum with their LEGO displays. There's also a build zone where kids can get creative and maybe win a prize. A free one, which always helps.

📍 Riverside Museum, Glasgow West End
⏰ Saturday 31 October, 10am–4pm / Sunday 1 November, 11am–4pm
💷 Free
👉 More info

🫖 Artie's Singing Kettle – Halloween

Grown-ups who sang along as kids will be right at home here. Expect spooky mysteries to solve and favourites like "Bunny Fou Fou" and "Ye Cannae Shove Yer Granny Aff the Bus". Costumes are welcome and it's nothing too scary.

📍 Denny Civic Theatre, Dumbarton
⏰ Saturday 31 October, 11am & 1pm
💷 £12 per person plus £1.01 booking fee (under 6 months free)
👉 More info

🪩 Twist & Hit Presents: Trick or Treat

A Halloween disco for the under-8s, with inflatables, glitter tattoos, games and prizes. Snacks and refreshments are included, and parents get in free. Booking is needed.

📍 Twist & Hit Cheerleaders, Paisley
⏰ Saturday 31 October, 1.30pm–3pm
💷 Members £8 / Non-members £10 / Parents free
👉 More info

🦇 Renfrew Community Council's Free Halloween Event

Spooky games, songs, jokes and a best costume contest, all in Robertson Park. There are two sessions, so the little ones and the bigger kids each get their own time slot. Come in your best Halloween outfit.

📍 Robertson Park, Renfrew
⏰ Saturday 31 October, ages 6 & under 1pm–2pm / ages 7–12 3pm–4pm
💷 Free
👉 More info

👻 Halloween Baby Disco

Your wee ones can do the Monster Mash with a live DJ at Lanark Memorial Hall. It's an hour of spooky dancing for babies up to age 5, with a prize for the best costume. Every person attending needs a ticket, grown-ups included.

📍 Lanark Memorial Hall, Lanark
⏰ Saturday 31 October, 10am
💷 £3 per ticket
👉 More info

🧹 The Witch And The Egg

A lonely old witch finds an egg and has to decide whether to eat it or hatch it. It's told with shadow puppets and one performer, and there's plenty of audience fun along the way. Colour-in puppet and mask kits are on sale in the café an hour before and after.

📍 Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre, Glasgow West End
⏰ Saturday 31 October, 2pm–3pm / Sunday 1 November, 11am–12pm
💷 £7.50–£7.95
👉 More info

⛸️ Halloween Ice Disco

Skate under the lights to Halloween hits, with prizes for the best costumes. It's an evening one for older kids and grown-up ghouls. Book ahead through the Braehead Ice Centre website.

📍 Braehead Ice Centre, Renfrew
⏰ Saturday 31 October, 7pm–8.30pm
💷 Adults £13.95 / 6–16 yrs £9.95 / 5 & under £5
👉 More info

🎆 Helensburgh Fireworks Display

A free fireworks night on the waterfront, run by Helensburgh HEART. Get there from 4pm for live music, food and drinks, and activities for the little ones before the display. The start time may change depending on the weather.

📍 Helensburgh and Lomond Civic Centre, Helensburgh
⏰ Sunday 1 November, opens 4pm / display from 5.30pm
💷 Free (donations welcome)
👉 More info

🕺 I Am A Raver Baby: Halloween

A family-friendly rave in the afternoon, with DJ Zitkus on the decks. There's dancing, Halloween fun and costumes for all ages. Check the website for ticket details.

📍 Saint Judes After Dark, Glasgow City Centre
⏰ Saturday 31 October, 2pm–4pm
💷 See website
👉 More info

That's your Halloween weekend sorted, Wee Weekenders! 🎃

Whether your crew are dancing, skating or watching shadow puppets, we hope there's a costume that survives the day.

Keep a few spare sweets in your pocket for emergencies. We won't tell anyone.

Catch you next week,
Wee Weekender 💛