Philadelphia runs three nights of Halloween across thirteen venues, and the lineup includes something no other city on this list has: an outdoor Halloween block party. The Philadelphia Halloween Bar Crawl runs Saturday October 24, Friday October 30, and Saturday October 31, 2026, at $20 a ticket, centered on Midtown Village and Center City.
Three Dates to Pick From
Saturday, October 24 — early Halloween. Same bars, same specials, much shorter lines.
Friday, October 30 — Halloween eve, and Philly is already fully in costume.
Saturday, October 31 — the main event. Halloween on a Saturday, and the block party night.
Every ticket is $20 and covers waived cover charges, free entry to all thirteen venues, up to 50% off drink specials, and the contests running across the lineup.
The Philadelphia Bar Lineup
The S Camac cluster — three venues at one address:
Bar X — 255 S Camac St
Basement Bar X (lower level) — 255 S Camac St
Horroween Block Party (outside Bar X) — 255 S Camac St
The S 13th Street cluster — three floors of Woody's plus neighbors:
Woody's Bar — 202 S 13th St
GloBar (Woody's 1st floor entrance) — 202 S 13th St
Suite Hip Hop Room (Woody's 2nd floor) — 202 S 13th St
Woody's Nightclub (2nd floor) — 202 S 13th St
St James Street:
Voyeur Nightclub — 1221 St James St
Mezzanine Hip Hop Room (Voyeur 2nd floor) — 1221 St James St
Center City:
Concourse Nightclub — 1635 Market St (back entrance)
Hard Rock Cafe — 1113 Market St
Lucy's Bar — 1720 Chestnut St
Lucy's Nightclub (lower level) — 1720 Chestnut St
The multi-level venues are the story here. Woody's alone gives you four distinct rooms across three floors, Voyeur adds a second-floor hip hop room, and Bar X has a basement plus the block party outside. You can change the entire vibe of your night without changing buildings.
What to Wear in Philly on Halloween
Low fifties, and one of your stops is literally outdoors:
The Horroween Block Party is outside. Plan a costume you can stand around in, or bring the layer.
Philly's crowd is unpretentious. Effort counts more than polish here — a funny, well-executed costume beats an expensive one.
Comfortable shoes. Camac is a narrow historic alley and Center City sidewalks are uneven.
Coat check where you can. The multi-level clubs get hot fast even when it's cold outside.
How to Do the Night Right
Anchor in Midtown Village. Camac, S 13th and St James are all within a couple of blocks — that's ten of the thirteen venues in one small area.
Do Market and Chestnut as a deliberate side trip, not a back-and-forth. Concourse and Lucy's are a real walk from the Camac cluster.
Concourse uses the back entrance at 1635 Market. People miss this every year.
Get your wristband in the check-in window. No wristband, no entry — one friend can grab the group's.
Watch for the digital bar list from info@BarCrawlLIVE.com the week of the crawl.
Why Philly Is a Great Halloween City
Philadelphia gives you an unusual amount of variety for a compact footprint. Thirteen venues, but really more like eighteen distinct rooms once you count the floors — a hip hop room upstairs, a basement bar, a block party in an alley. Your group can split by taste and still be in the same building.
The crowd is the other reason. Philly does Halloween without posturing. Nobody's performing for a camera; people are dressed up because it's fun, and the whole night is friendlier for it. Add a genuinely walkable Midtown Village core and three date options, and it's one of the easiest good nights on this list.
Nearby the same weekend: the New York Halloween Bar Crawl and the Pittsburgh Halloween Bar Crawl.
Costume Ideas That Work in Philly
Philadelphia rewards funny and well-executed over expensive and polished. This is not a city that's impressed by a price tag.
Group Costumes
Local jokes. Philly-specific costumes get an outsized reaction here — this city loves an inside reference.
Sitcom ensembles. Cheap to assemble, instantly readable, and perfect for a group splitting across four floors of Woody's.
Anything block-party-proof. The Horroween Block Party is outdoors, so your group costume needs to survive standing in an alley.
If You're Going Solo
Comfort over glamour. Between the Camac cluster, S 13th and the Market Street venues, you'll cover real ground on old uneven sidewalks.
Get Your Tickets
Thirteen venues, three dates, an outdoor block party, $20. Prices climb through October and Halloween night sells first.
Get your Philadelphia Halloween Bar Crawl tickets or browse every Halloween bar crawl on Bar Crawl Live.