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Get Your Creep On: Joburg's 2026 Halloween Events

Halloween lands on a Saturday this year, which gives Joburg two full nights of spooky plans to choose from. Joburg.co.za has picked out the events worth putting in your diary, from family trick-or-treat trails to all-night costume parties. Book early, because the best tickets go fast!Edenvale Halloween Night MarketDate: Friday, 30 October 2026, from 18:00 to 23:00The annual Edenvale Halloween Night Market takes over the Edenvale German Club, 8 to 10 Plantation Road, for a family night of spooky stalls, food, drinks, and trick-or-treating at every stall. A best-dressed competition with prizes keeps the costumes front and centre, while live music keeps the dance floor busy. Admission is just R30 per person at the gate.View the Edenvale Halloween Night Market event listing on Joburg.co.zaRebels Night Market: Halloween EditionDate: Friday, 30 October 2026, from 17:00 to 22:00The Rebels Night Market moves to Rusty Hook, 22 Wilge Road, Honeydew, for its Halloween edition. Expect kids’ trick-or-treat options at the stalls, a best-dressed contest, spooky photo ops, alternative and craft vendors, and surprise giveaways. The first 50 people through the gate also get a free goodie bag. Entry is R30 per person at the gate.View the Rebels Night Market Halloween Edition event listing on Joburg.co.zaSecret Sunrise JHB HalloweenDate: Saturday, 31 October 2026, from 08:30 to 09:30Start Halloween early with a guided silent disco at Sandton Gate, 25 Minerva Avenue, Glenadrienne. Put on your headsets for bone-shaking beats, playful breathwork, and a spooky energy reset. Capes, tutus, glow sticks, and quirky hats are all welcome, and surprise treats await the most spooktacular dancer. Tickets start at R100 per person. Get your tickets now!View the Secret Sunrise JHB Halloween event listing on Joburg.co.zaHaunted House: 4YouthDate: Saturday, 31 October 2026, from 12:00 to 23:00The 4Youth Haunted House is a festival built for young people, by young people, and it now takes over Sass The Venue, 12 Concorde Road West, Bedfordview. Four experience zones cover entertainment, play, enjoy, and chill, and DJ Kent headlines. Earn XP through online challenges before the day, then spend it on games, giveaways, and competitions at the event. Tickets range from R200 to R600 per person.View the 4Youth Haunted House Festival event listing on Joburg.co.zaFrankenstein’s Laboratory of CuriositiesDate: Saturday, 31 October 2026, from 12:00Darrenwood Sports Club hosts a different kind of Halloween event, packed with weird and wonderful creatures, haunted chairs, and strange sounds that go bump in the dark. Step into Dr Frankenstein’s laboratory to meet the monster in the making. The full experience adds live music, dinner, and a comedy horror movie with free popcorn later in the evening. No children under 8 are admitted, and no alcohol is allowed on site. Tickets range from R100 to R320. Get your tickets now!View the Frankenstein’s Laboratory of Curiosities event listing on Joburg.co.zaThe Haunted Forest® 10 Year AnniversaryDate: Saturday, 31 October 2026, from 15:00 to 23:00The Haunted Forest® celebrates its 10th anniversary at a new venue, Prison Break Market, 10 MacMillan Road, Glenferness AH. Walk through a foggy forest of life-size scenes and scare actors, watch films on the big screen, and make your way around the bar, picnic area, and food village. Younger visitors can trick-or-treat in the forest before the forest walk, and prizes go to the Most Horrific Family and the Freakiest Couple. Adult tickets range from R150 to R300, and toddlers enter free. Get your tickets now!View the Haunted Forest event listing on Joburg.co.zaSAPRA Halloween WalkaboutDate: Saturday, 31 October 2026, from 16:00 to 18:00Saxonwold and Parkwood residents turn their streets into a trick-or-treat route with Halloween stands along Blandford and Wells Roads. The walk starts and ends at Fearnhead Park, 25 Blandford Road, Parkwood, and every rand raised goes towards improving the park. The Walkabout costs R150 per person, a personalised Halloween bucket is R80, and face painting is R60. Get your tickets now!View the SAPRA Halloween Walkabout event listing on Joburg.co.zaThe Halloween Experience at Johannesburg ZooDate: Saturday, 31 October 2026, from 17:00Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo brings back its annual Halloween night, with themed zones, trick-or-treat activities, costume contests, and live entertainment. The 2025 edition drew more than 5 000 visitors, almost double the year before, so expect a crowd. Tickets range from R81 to R135. Get your tickets now!View the Halloween Experience at Johannesburg Zoo event listing on Joburg.co.zaBollyweenDate: Saturday, 31 October 2026, from 17:00 to 03:00Bollyween celebrates its fourth year at Maracanà, 58 Wierda Road East, Wierda Valley, Sandton. South Africa’s largest Bollywood EDM festival goes full dark mode, with a festival stage, BollyRave™ DJs, live acts, and Bollywood anthems meeting rave culture. Tickets start at R80, and VIP seating starts at R1 000. Get your tickets now!View the Bollyween event listing on Joburg.co.zaGold Reef City Halloween Movie NightDate: Saturday, 31 October 2026, from 18:00The Town Square at Gold Reef City becomes an open-air cinema under the stars. Your ticket covers selected rides, a gourmet picnic basket dinner for two, and a screening of the 2010 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street, which starts at 20:00. The price is R1 200 per couple. Get your tickets now!View the Gold Reef City Halloween Movie Night event listing on Joburg.co.zaPrime: Halloween EditionDate: Saturday, 31 October 2026, from 20:00 to 05:00Residency, 34 Webber Street, Selby, gets themed lighting and a costumed crowd for an all-night city-centre party. Local DJs mix amapiano, hip hop, house, and chart-topping dance tracks for a genre-fluid evening. Tickets start at R100. Get your tickets now!View the Prime: Halloween Edition event listing on Joburg.co.zaHalloween Rave 2026Date: Saturday, 31 October 2026, from 21:00Teknotribe, Science Frikshun, Psyology, and The Temple team up at AND Night Club and CARFAX in Newtown for a supernatural urban rave. The theme is “Embrace the darkness within”, so come as an ancient witch, a restless spirit, a seductive vampire, or your darkest take on a classic monster. Tickets range from R200 to R300. Get your tickets now!View the Halloween Rave 2026 event listing on Joburg.co.zaKeen on winning one of these best-dressed contests, but still don’t know what you’re wearing? Check out our favourite places to snag winning Halloween costumes!Frequently asked questionsWhen and where is The Haunted Forest in 2026?The Haunted Forest® 10 Year Anniversary runs on Saturday, 31 October 2026, from 15:00 to 23:00 at Prison Break Market, 10 MacMillan Road, Glenferness AH. Adult tickets range from R150 to R300, and toddlers enter free.How much are the Halloween night markets in Johannesburg?Entry to the Edenvale Halloween Night Market and the Rebels Night Market is R30 per person at the gate. Both take place on Friday, 30 October 2026, with Edenvale running from 18:00 to 23:00 and Rebels from 17:00 to 22:00.What is included in Halloween at Johannesburg Zoo in 2026?The Halloween Experience at Johannesburg Zoo starts at 17:00 on Saturday, 31 October 2026. It features themed zones, trick-or-treat activities, costume contests, and live entertainment. Tickets range from R81 to R135 on Webtickets.Which Halloween events in Johannesburg suit young children?The Haunted Forest® offers trick-or-treating and free entry for toddlers. The Zoo, the SAPRA Halloween Walkabout, and both Friday night markets also welcome families. Frankenstein’s Laboratory of Curiosities does not admit children under 8.Where can I find a Halloween party in Johannesburg for adults?Saturday, 31 October 2026 has three late-night options: Prime: Halloween Edition at Residency in Selby, Halloween Rave 2026 in Newtown, and Bollyween at Maracanà in Sandton, which runs until 03:00.

Cape Town Hotels: Stay Central at The Capital 15 & Mirage

Ask any Joburger planning a Cape Town escape where to stay and the advice usually comes with a catch. Camps Bay puts the Atlantic on your doorstep, but the city's restaurants and galleries sit a drive away. The V&A Waterfront is polished and convenient, yet it can feel like a view of boats you spend the trip trying to leave. A quiet suburb offers calm, but leaves you reliant on e-hailing to reach everything that made you book the flight in the first place.For years, choosing where to stay in Cape Town has meant choosing which side of the city to enjoy. The Capital Hotels, Apartments & Resorts believes guests shouldn't have to make that call. With The Capital 15 on Orange in the City Bowl and The Capital Mirage in De Waterkant, the group offers two central bases built for one purpose: keeping every side of the city within easy reach.Book 60 days in advance and save 25% off all room types at The Capital 15 on Orange and The Capital Mirage.Book NowWhy Location Matters More in Cape TownCape Town is a city of distinct pockets. The mountain, the city bowl, the bay and the harbour each have their own character, and that variety is the whole appeal. It is also the challenge. Book the wrong base and a long weekend quickly turns into a series of transfers.A central address changes the rhythm of a trip. Mornings can start with a walk instead of a car ride, lunch can be somewhere you stumbled upon, and the evening can end back in your room without a late-night logistics exercise. Both Capital properties are designed around that idea.Two Central Addresses, One IdeaThe Capital 15 on Orange: Gardens, Mountain Views and a Proper ResetThe Capital 15 on Orange sits inside Cape Town's historic Company's Garden precinct, with Table Mountain and Lion's Head forming a dramatic backdrop from the rooms. It is a setting that feels removed from the bustle, yet most of what visitors come for is close by.Kloof Street's restaurants, the cobbled lanes of the Bo-Kaap, the Iziko Planetarium and Company's Garden itself are all within an easy stroll. The V&A Waterfront is a mere three kilometres away, while Camps Bay and the Table Mountain cableway are only minutes further. In practical terms, that means the city's culture, its coastline and its most famous landmark can all be reached without a long day in transit.Guests don't need to leave the building to feel looked after, either. The Grotto Wellness Spa, an outdoor pool and a fitness centre make it easy to unwind after a day of exploring, and the Emerald Lounge Restaurant & Bar offers a relaxed place to end the evening. Secure parking and remote-work-friendly spaces round out the property, which suits business and leisure stays alike. For anyone combining meetings with a few extra days in the Mother City, that flexibility counts for a lot.The Capital Mirage: Space, Views and the Creative Heart of the CityA short drive away, The Capital Mirage anchors guests in De Waterkant, Cape Town's historic creative neighbourhood. Cobblestone streets, art galleries and designer boutiques set the tone, with the Bo-Kaap and the Cape Quarter both within walking distance. For trips to the V&A Waterfront, a prearranged shuttle takes care of the journey.Where Mirage really stands out is space. Its rooms and apartments range from 42m² studios to three-bedroom units, all with floor-to-ceiling mountain and cityscape views and full kitchens. That makes it a natural fit for longer stays, family holidays and groups travelling together, where having room to spread out (and the option to cook) makes a real difference.Then there is Utopia, the rooftop restaurant, which serves up 360-degree views of Table Mountain and the city. Add the Cattle Baron steakhouse, a fitness centre and a Snooker Lounge, and the property offers plenty to enjoy without ever stepping outside. When you do step out, De Waterkant's galleries, boutiques and restaurants are right there.Which One Suits You?Both properties share the same central philosophy, but each leans towards a slightly different kind of stay.Choose The Capital 15 on Orange If You WantA garden-precinct setting, spa facilities and a calmer base that is still a short hop from Kloof Street and the Bo-Kaap. It works especially well for guests who need to mix work and leisure.Choose The Capital Mirage If You WantMore room and a livelier neighbourhood. If you are travelling as a family or with friends, or simply prefer a kitchen and a view over the city from floor to ceiling, the apartments are hard to beat.Neither requires you to give anything up. The mountain and the city, the culture and the coast, all remain within reach whichever address you choose.Plan Ahead and SaveFor travellers who like to plan, there is a good reason to book early. Guests who book a stay at The Capital 15 on Orange or The Capital Mirage 60 days in advance can save 25% off all room types.Cape Town rewards visitors who stay close to the action. With two central addresses, The Capital Hotels, Apartments & Resorts makes it easy to do exactly that, without ever having to pick a side.Ready to plan your Cape Town stay? Book 60 days in advance and save 25% off all room types.Book Now at The Capital Hotels, Apartments & Resorts

Reverse Futures at Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation (JCAF)

Some exhibitions ask you to look. Others ask you to slow down, listen and reconsider what you thought you knew. Reverse Futures, now showing at the Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation (JCAF), belongs firmly in the second camp. Running from 26 June to 5 December 2026, it closes a three-year programme with a question that feels urgent in Johannesburg: whose future are we actually building?A Trilogy Reaches Its Final ChapterThe Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation is a non-collecting philanthropic institution that pairs academic inquiry with museum-quality exhibitions. It works to a three-year theme, and the current cycle, Worldmaking (2024 to 2026), has invited visitors to examine how we imagine, shape and inhabit the world around us.From Ecospheres to StructuresThe trilogy began in 2024 with Ecospheres, a reflection on the natural world. Structures followed in 2025, turning attention to the built environment. Reverse Futures completes the arc by looking ahead to the techno-future, and each chapter has been accompanied by talks and publications that deepen the conversation beyond the gallery walls.Yinka Shonibare, Refugee Astronaut X (2024), and in the background, Calculating Empires: A Genealogy of Technology and Power since 1500 (2023) by Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler, in the Reverse Futures exhibition. Photo Graham De Lacy. Courtesy JCAF.What Is Reverse Futurism?The exhibition title comes from Cave_bureau, the Nairobi-based architectural practice that coined the term "reverse futurism". Their premise is disarmingly simple: for the future to exist, we need to undo the mistakes of the past. Reverse futurism describes remedial acts that address history and the present at the same time, carving out pathways of healing amid colonial and ongoing neocolonial structures.It is a useful corrective. The future is so often framed through Western lenses, either as shiny utopia or bleak dystopia, as Hollywood science fiction has taught us. For many communities in the Global South, the future is not a distant fantasy. It is rooted in the present, shaped by inequality, environmental change and extraction, and carried by people who already hold the vision and urgency to transform it.Reverse Futures exhibition showing Cave_bureau’s installation Shimoni Slave Cave (2022–2023) with the model of the cave visible in the foreground; in the background Georgia Munnik, Concrete Jasmine (2026) and The Strangling Fruit (2026) and Paula Gaetano Adi, Guanaquerx (2024). Photo Graham De Lacy. Courtesy JCAF.Three Sections: Space, Time and PlaceCurated by JCAF Executive Director Clive Kellner, the exhibition unfolds across three interconnected themes. Together they bring nine featured artists and two special projects into conversation: Etel Adnan, Cave_bureau, Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler, Paula Gaetano Adi, Kamil Adam Hassim, Traci Kwaai, Ernest Mancoba, Georgia Munnik,Yinka Shonibare, alongside special projects by Rebecca Potterton and Wolff Architects.SpaceHere the cosmos is approached through Indigenous knowledge, displacement and perception, framed as a site of both survival and imagination. Works by Yinka Shonibare, Etel Adnan and Kamil Adam Hassim ask who gets to dream of the stars, and who gets left behind when we do. Look out for an African astronaut searching for a habitable world, a gentle but pointed challenge to the idea that injustice stays on Earth.TimeCave histories meet modernist painting in a dialogue between Ernest Mancoba and Cave_bureau. Shared marks and gestures reveal how past and present intertwine, and how the legacies of colonialism linger in landscape and memory. Traces of slavery in Kenyan caves lend this section a quiet, searching weight.PlaceTechnology and sensory experience become tools for connecting locations, memories and communities. Installations by Traci Kwaai, Georgia Munnik and Paula Gaetano Adi explore new ways of archiving personal and collective stories. Expect to dive underwater to hear the voices of the Kalk Bay community, and to encounter the contradictory smells of Johannesburg, a very local kind of poetry for anyone who has ever navigated this city by nose.Paula Gaetano Adi, Guanaquerx (2024), in the Reverse Futures exhibition. © Paula Gaetano Adi.Photo Graham De Lacy. Courtesy JCAF.Encounters You Will RememberWhat distinguishes Reverse Futures is its refusal to treat technology as a purely technical subject. A robot re-enacts a nineteenth-century liberation campaign in the Andes. An expansive visualisation by Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler maps the calculative logics of empire. These works are immersive and sometimes unexpected, yet they stay grounded in humane questions.Kellner puts it well, describing an exhibition that asks how we might imagine "a better world not built on power and extraction", one that sees South Africa's future as part of a continuum of community, environmental care and historical learning. He promises beauty and pathos in equal measure, and ideas that will excite adults and children alike. For artists, the exhibition offers rich material on how research, lived experience and community narrative can shape contemporary practice. For art lovers, it offers something rarer: room to think.Plan Your VisitJCAF is built around a personal encounter between visitor and artwork. The aim is to slow down the act of looking, so that viewing becomes reflective rather than consumerist. That ethos shapes the visitor experience, and it is why viewing is organised in a particular way. For more information about this exhibition, read our event listing. Booking and EntryEntrance is free to the public, but exhibition viewing is by appointment only, so reserve your slot before you go. Booking ahead means the galleries stay unhurried, which suits work that rewards patience. With the exhibition closing on 5 December 2026, there is plenty of time to plan, though weekends fill quickly during popular exhibitions, so do not leave it too late.Stay ConnectedTo explore the foundation's wider programme, including its research and publications, discover everything the Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation has to offer. For behind-the-scenes glimpses, artist moments and news of upcoming talks, follow the conversation on JCAF's Instagram.Visitors in the Reverse Futures exhibition experiencing Traci Kwaai’s VR installation Fisher Child (2025) at the left; in the background, Paula Gaetano Adi, Guanaquerx (2024).Photo Graham De Lacy. Courtesy JCAF.Why Reverse Futures Matters to JoburgJohannesburg has always been a city that looks forward while carrying a complicated past. It is a place of reinvention, extraction, migration and stubborn hope, which makes it exactly the right home for an exhibition that insists on holding all of these truths at once. Reverse Futures does not offer easy answers. It offers something more valuable: a framework for asking better questions, and a reminder that the future is something we make together, starting now.Whether you are an artist seeking fresh perspectives, a collector of ideas rather than objects, or simply curious about what tomorrow might look like from the Global South, this is an exhibition worth booking before it closes on 5 December.