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Halloween Events in Newcastle 2025

This page highlights Halloween events at Life Science Centre in October 2025.

Family sat in Life Science Centre's Making Studio. Girl is in spooky hat completing halloween themed activity.

Discover family-friendly Newcastle Halloween events

During Halloween 2025, visitors enjoyed family-friendly workshops and immersive experiences. Families met the Teach Rex dinosaurs, explored the Experiment Zone, and created spooky shadow lanterns in the Making Studios.

Little explorers enjoyed Play Zone, while older children and adults tested their wits in a live show or experienced Bump in the Night, our immersive 360° dome show. On Halloween, Friday 31 October 2025, the centre stayed open until 7.00pm for slime workshops, spooky dancing, and a yucky feely wall.

Huge dinosaur puppet looking down at child in science centre Halloween show.

Special Halloween Events from October 2025

Animated dinosaur meeting visitors during live science show at Life Science Centre.

The Anatomy of a Dinosaur Show

From 25 October to 2 November 2025, visitors met the Teach Rex dinosaurs and explored the surprising side of our prehistoric pals.

Little boy holding a ghost in Making Studios.

Halloween Late Night Opening

On selected evenings during Halloween 2025, Life stayed open until 7.00pm. Families enjoyed slime workshops, spooky dancing, and a yucky feely wall.