How to Create a Family-Friendly Halloween Event Experience
Put on the perfect family friendly halloween event this year, increasing footfall and sales for shopping centres, cafes, town halls and more!
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Halloween events are one of the year’s most popular events, drawing in audiences of all ages for fun and frights!
No longer is Halloween just for trick-or-treaters; now it’s the perfect time for venues to attract families, increase dwell time and create unforgettable experiences through family-friendly activations.
All venues can capitalise on the Halloween trend, whether it’s cafes, shopping centres, community events, public spaces or town centres, delighting shoppers and boosting revenue.
A themed area for a family-friendly Halloween event!
Family-Friendly Halloween Acts That Wow
Halloween is the perfect time to engage shoppers with captivating Halloween entertainment at the shopping centre!
Deliver fun family-friendly Halloween event entertainment!
Shopping Centre Activations That Drive Footfall
If you’re hosting a family-friendly Halloween event, our Halloween event services can help increase visitor numbers and engagement.
Through careful planning and years’ expertise, we know exactly how to drive footfall for the most success.
Planning mini-shows throughout the day is a surefire way to keep guests engaged and exploring your venue, whether it’s performances or areas like a scare maze, ensure there’s plenty to keep guests hooked.
Roaming entertainers also draw people’s intrigue through the crowds, pulling them into new areas to uncover.
Our Liverpool BID event’s decor, perfect for hosting a family-friendly Halloween event!
Creating key areas or sets can also be great for footfall, allowing guests photo opportunities with props and decor, see for example our Liverpool BID town centre installation above.
Our event packages can be designed for atriums, food courts, or high-footfall zones, perfect for Halloween activations for shopping centres.
This event saw us utilising a bespoke outdoor Halloween set, scary actors, full Event Production Services and Event Management Services to ensure the retail event ran smoothly, enabling it to be a huge success.
Hosted in the town centre outside, this event drove masses of footfall, saw plentiful social media shares and memories captured!
Check out our family friendly Halloween event for Southport BIDWe installed bespoke set design for actors to hide behind doors awaiting guests!Actors interacting with families at this Halloween town centre activation we produced.
Spooktacular Catering for All Ages
Event hosts should outline their Halloween catering options with a fun, themed twist, giving attendees a reason to splurge and support local businesses and shopping centres.
Make your Halloween event unforgettable by giving your catering a fun, themed twist.
Here’s how to take your spooky celebration to the next level:
Go All Out with Themed Catering
With such brilliant Halloween event theming, why not continue to go all out, tailoring your catering to offer similar delights?
Create themed areas such as this Skeleton and Witch Tea Party for your Halloween catering to stand out!
Offer Bite-Sized Treats for Kids
Serve creative treats like witches’ fingers or pumpkin cupcakes
Set up themed stalls selling these terrifying snacks
Encourage guests to explore your venue with spooky-themed dessert stations
Keep it traditional with apple bobbing
Create a haunted maze for guests to get a treat at the end
Create an entire bespoke indoor fake neighbourhood for trick-or-treating, created with our event design skills
Drink stations are also a must, with the potential for plenty of mocktails or fruit juices that appear red and bloody, or glasses with cobwebs and fake spiders to add that scare factor.
You could even add on branded packaging or allergen-friendly menus, appealing to wider audiences and promoting your products to the masses.
Offer yummy catering as part of your shopping centre Halloween entertainment.
Upsell Opportunities – Theming, Tables & More
If you’re after shopping centre Halloween ideas for theming, why not consider hiring an events company to upscale your overall look?
With our Halloween Theming, our gorgeous props and decor are guaranteed to elevate the overall look and feel of your event, with custom-made Halloween props and installations and premium decor that stand out.
As our team is capable of providing creative set design, we can go above and beyond to meet your needs.
How does this elevate your Halloween space?
Bespoke Halloween table dressings are great for drawing your guests to key areas of interest
Themed signage and way-finding are important to keep crowds flowing and allow forthe best navigation, ensuring none of your efforts in creating different spaces are wasted
Create a photo opportunity for your guests to share online and promote your event
Unique seasonal props and entrance theming to match your brand can make your event stand out
Go all out with Halloween decor for your Halloween activations for shopping centres
Make Your Halloween Event Exceptional With Our Expertise
Putting on an exceptional family-friendly Halloween event doesn’t have to be hard with our expertise!
For increased footfall, sales and delivering an overall resounding success, we can help you plan the perfect Halloween event for your needs and goals.
With our event services, production, management, theming, entertainment and more, we can cover all bases and deliver exactly what you’re looking for.
Don’t hesitate to reach out, and we can get planning your next Halloween extravaganza!
