Things to do for Halloween in Bilbao

A shadowy storytelling workshop at the library to celebrate the Night of the Souls. 🎃📚

The association Aldaketa Soziala leads "Arimen Gaua: ipuin itzaltsua" ("Night of the Souls: a shadowy tale"), a workshop for children aged 8 to 13, part of the October programme of Bilbao's municipal libraries.

📚 ARIMEN GAUA: IPUIN ITZALTSUA

📅 Wednesday 21 October 2026

🕐 6.00 pm

📍 San Adrián municipal library, San Adrian kalea, 34, Bilbao

🎟️ Free, registration at the library

🕯️ Arimen Gaua, the Night of the Souls

Arimen Gaua is the Night of the Souls, the eve of All Saints' Day, also celebrated in the Basque Country as Gau Beltza, the black night. This month Bilbao's libraries mark it with scary storytelling and workshops for all ages.

ℹ️ Good to know: for ages 8 to 13. The workshop is in Basque. Places are limited and registration at the library is required.

✨ Tales in the half-light for a little shiver in good company.

An afternoon of scary stories for children at the library, just before Halloween. 🎃📚

Miru tells "Gau Beltza: ipuin beldurgarria" ("Black Night: a scary story"), a storytelling session for children aged 5 to 10, part of the children's programme of Bilbao's municipal libraries.

📚 GAU BELTZA: IPUIN BELDURGARRIA

📅 Wednesday 28 October 2026

🕐 6.00 pm

📍 Ibaialde municipal library, Ibaialde kalea, 3, Bilbao

🎟️ Free, registration at the library

🎃 What is Gau Beltza

Gau Beltza, the "black night", is the Basque name for Halloween night, and many libraries in Bizkaia mark it with stories, crafts and family activities.

ℹ️ Good to know: recommended for ages 5 to 10. The session title is in Basque. Registration is done at the library itself.

✨ Scary stories, without being really scared.

Halloween-night stories and a craft to finish, at Basauri's children's library. 🎃✂️

Storyteller Maider Alcelay comes to the Ibaigane Children's Library with "Gau Beltzako ipuinak", stories about Gau Beltza night. Afterwards the children make a craft.

📚 GAU BELTZAKO IPUINAK

📅 Thursday 29 October 2026

🕐 6.00 pm (until 7.30 pm)

📍 Ibaigane Children's Library, Ibaigane Kultur Etxea, Ibaigane kalea, 2, Basauri

🎟️ Free, pre-registration required

✂️ How to sign up

The activity is for children aged 6 to 10 and places are limited. Pre-registration is open until 25 October through the library's form. If there are more requests than places, a draw will be held.

ℹ️ Good to know: the session is in Basque. Pre-register early.

✨ A Halloween plan for the little ones, with stories and crafts.

The pumpkin of fear arrives at Plentzia's Culture House with an afternoon of stories. 🎃📖

Elssie Xalbador tells "Beldurren kalabaza" ("The pumpkin of fear") at Goñi Portal, Plentzia's Culture House, as part of the town's Gau Beltza 2026 programme.

🎃 BELDURREN KALABAZA

📅 Friday 30 October 2026

🕐 5.00 pm and 5.30 pm (two sessions)

📍 Goñi Portal, Plentzia Culture House, Portaleta kalea, Plentzia

🎟️ Free, pre-registration required

🌊 Plentzia at Halloween

Plentzia, at the mouth of the Plentzia estuary, is one of the coastal towns of Bizkaia reachable by metro from Bilbao. The same week, Goñi Portal also has its own Gau Beltza programme.

ℹ️ Good to know: there are two sessions, at 5.00 pm and 5.30 pm. The title is in Basque. Pre-registration is required.

✨ Stories, pumpkins and a little fear on the Bizkaia coast.

Berango celebrates Gau Beltza, the Basque black night, with three days of fun for all ages. 🎃🌙

Berango Kultura's Gau Beltza 2026 programme brings together a children's disco, a tribute concert and a scary show to round off the All Saints long weekend.

🎃 PROGRAMME

📅 Friday 30 October, 6.30 pm: Diskotxiki "Gau Beltza", children's disco at the Berango fronton.

📅 Saturday 31 October, 9.00 pm: tribute to La Oreja de Van Gogh by La Oreja Band, at the Berango fronton.

📅 Sunday 1 November, 5.00 pm: "El hospital de las almas perdidas" ("The hospital of lost souls"), at the Berangoeta Culture House.

📍 Berango fronton, Sabino Arana kalea, and Berangoeta Kultur Etxea, Berango

🌙 What is Gau Beltza

Gau Beltza, the "black night", is the Basque version of All Saints' Eve. Many towns in Bizkaia celebrate it with pumpkins, costumes and street activities, and Berango has its own festival programme.

ℹ️ Good to know: the Diskotxiki is aimed at young children. Berango is about 25 minutes from Bilbao by metro (Berango station, line 1).

✨ Three days to enjoy the black night on the Uribe coast.

A shadowy storytelling workshop at the library to celebrate the Night of the Souls. 🎃📚

The association Aldaketa Soziala leads "Arimen Gaua: ipuin itzaltsua" ("Night of the Souls: a shadowy tale"), a workshop for children aged 8 to 13, part of the October programme of Bilbao's municipal libraries.

📚 ARIMEN GAUA: IPUIN ITZALTSUA

📅 Saturday 31 October 2026

🕐 11.30 am

📍 Deusto municipal library, Lehendakari Agirre etorbidea, 42, Bilbao

🎟️ Free, registration at the library

🕯️ Arimen Gaua, the Night of the Souls

Arimen Gaua is the Night of the Souls, the eve of All Saints' Day, also celebrated in the Basque Country as Gau Beltza, the black night. This month Bilbao's libraries mark it with scary storytelling and workshops for all ages.

ℹ️ Good to know: for ages 8 to 13. The workshop is in Basque. Places are limited and registration at the library is required.

✨ Tales in the half-light for a little shiver in good company.

The flute-playing witch Sorgina Txirulina comes to Berriz on Halloween with scary stories from around the world. 🎃🎶

"Munduko beldurrezko ipuin musikatuak" ("Musical scary stories from the world") is a storytelling session where the tales blend with Sorgina Txirulina's transverse flute.

🎶 MUNDUKO BELDURREZKO IPUIN MUSIKATUAK

📅 Saturday 31 October 2026

🕐 12.15 pm

📍 Berriz Culture House, Geltoki kalea, Berriz

🎟️ Free admission

🧙 Sorgina Txirulina

Sorgina Txirulina is a flute-playing witch character who tours libraries and culture houses across Bizkaia with musical stories for families. For Halloween she swaps her repertoire for scary tales from different countries.

ℹ️ Good to know: the session is in Basque and aimed at families. Berriz is in the Durango area, about 35 minutes from Bilbao.

✨ A Halloween morning of witches, flutes and slightly scary stories.

On Halloween night, Muxikebarri opens its doors as a haunted castle. Do you dare to go in? 🎃👻

Susto: XXL bertsioa is an immersive show and was the most voted project in Getxo's Gau Beltz Gaztea participatory process. An experience that moves in jumps, like scares, through the darkest corners of the arts centre.

🎭 SUSTO: XXL BERTSIOA

📅 Saturday 31 October 2026

🕐 7.00 pm (in Basque) and 10.00 pm (in Spanish)

📍 Muxikebarri, Basagoiti etorbidea, Algorta (Getxo)

🎟️ Free, with an invitation

👻 The cast

Performed by Haizea Águila, Joseba Uribarri, Jon Zumelaga and Maite Guevara, directed by Pablo Ibarluzea and Borja Ruiz.

🏛️ Muxikebarri

Muxikebarri is Getxo's arts, culture and conference centre in Algorta, a few minutes from the metro. For one night it swaps its usual theatre and concerts for dark corridors and scares.

ℹ️ Good to know: invitations can be collected at the RKE and at the Muxikebarri box office. There are two sessions, one in Basque and one in Spanish.

✨ On the night of the 31st, fear gets serious in Getxo.