A Southern Spooktacular takes over this sophisticated RiNo restaurant on Saturday, October 19. The festive event will combine a hog roast — with all the fixins — with a costume contest, a haunted side show, an oddities shop, games, and live music. Different tiers of tickets are available, including seperate all-you-can-eat and all-you-can-drink options that are $25 each or an indulgent package offering unlimited servings of both for $40. The event will last from 6 to 11 p.m.

Denverites can celebrate Halloween at the Brown Palace, where the traditional afternoon tea will get a Halloween twist complete with seasonal centerpieces on each table and servers dressed costumes. Attendees will enjoy “witches tea,” champagne cocktails, and Halloween-themed petite fours. Seats start at $41 per person for the Halloween day event, which will last from noon to 4 p.m.

Denver’s highest rooftop will make a unique setting for this post-Halloween (Friday, November 1) costume party, which has been dubbed Nightmare on California Street. The cinematic celebration will include a costume contest (the first place prize is a free stay at Denver’s Le Méridien hotel) and specialty cocktails. House music duo FDVM will DJ the celebration. Tickets start at $25.

Halloween is followed by the traditional Mexican day of remembrance Día de Muertos. From October 31 through November 3, the LoDo restaurant is celebrating that tradition with an honorary ofrenda (offrendas are traditional alters made to honor the dead) and a special menu featuring posole, pork tamales, and churros.

The bar will host a Spooky Circus Night party on Saturday, October 26, featuring a DJ, cotton candy-topped cocktails, costume contests, and the chance for attendees to catch a glimpse of their future during a complimentary tarot card reading. Poka Lola recommends guests reserve their spots early for the 9 p.m. event.

Would-be-artists can spend their Halloween night painting and drinking during this painting event, which will include step-by-step instruction on how to paint a spooky scene (as well as access to a full bar).

Halloween revelers can ditch the red Solo cups for champagne glasses at this intimate four-course Halloween night dinner. Each of the dishes, which include oysters and roasted quail, will be paired with a Veuve Clicquot champagne as lights cast spooky shadows upon the Victorian-inspired table. Tickets start at $150 per person.

This Tuesday, October 29, event will give Denverites a chance to indulge their sweet tooth and try four expertly-paired combinations of cupcakes from Mermaids Bakery and Stem Ciders. Pairings will include a pear cider with a pumpkin-spiced cupcake and the hibiscus session with a monster chocolate cupcake consisting of chocolate cake with a German coconut-pecan filling that has been topped with Swiss meringue butter cream. A flight of four ciders paired with four cupcakes is $20.

The beloved local barabecue spot hosts a “Nightmare on Champa” party on Halloween night that will celebrate the holiday with a live DJ, costume contest, and food and drink specials.

There are few more atmospheric settings for a Halloween party than this lively restaurant, which is located in an old mortuary, This year, the NecRomantic: Halloween Soiree will take over the space on Halloween night with a DJ, tarot card readings, Day of the Dead-inspired face painting, and a costume contest. The all-inclusive $45 ticket also entitles attendees to two free drinks and appetizers.

This LoDo winery is celebrating the end of the Halloween season at this LoDo winery by hosting the “Feast For Souls” dinner on Friday, November 1. Attendees are encouraged to dress in cocktail, Gothic, or Halloween attire to enjoy the five courses (there will be seared pork tenderloin and fall succotash) which will be paired with wines and cocktails from the winery. Artist Jane Hope will also be painting live during the dinner.