Everything You Need to Know About Monster March: Philadelphia's Halloween Bar Crawl
Halloween is just one short week away, and Monster March is ready to haunt Center City. Been thinking about joining, but still have some questions? We get it. With that in mind, we collected every question people ask about Monster March, Philly's Halloween bar crawl, and answered them here. Keep reading for your pre-game briefing.
What to Do in Philadelphia on Halloween
Halloween lands on a Saturday this year, which means no work in the morning, no early alarm, and absolutely no excuse to spend the night on the couch. Philadelphia has a way of going all out for October 31, and this year the calendar is begging you to make a night of it.
Haunted Pier Is Taking Over Cavanaugh’s River Deck This Halloween Season
Something spooky is creeping along the Delaware River…
Cavanaugh’s River Deck has brought back Haunted Pier, a Halloween pop-up that’s positively full to the brim with creepy decorations, neon lights, and those bucket cocktails you simply need to order, all wrapped up into one late-night-seriously-spooky Philly party destination.
The Big Dill Pickle Festival Is Coming Back to Philadelphia for National Pickle Day
Philadelphia, get ready to get yourself into a bit of a pickle. The Big Dill, billed as the World’s Largest Pickle Party, is returning to South Philly on Saturday, November 14, and this time it just so happens to fall on National Pickle Day. If you’ve ever looked at a pickle and considered making an entire day out of it, well, this is your moment.
Find Out Which Craftsman Row Halloween Cocktail Matches Your Halloween Personality
There are so many ways to spend Halloween, how do you choose? Some people spend October looking for the creepiest haunted house they can find, while others are fully committed to pumpkin’ed out everything. Still others just want to throw on a costume, grab a cocktail, and have a really good night out.
Whatever your Halloween personality, Craftsman Row Saloon’s Halloween pop-up has a cocktail to match.
The Center City bar gets into the spooky spirit with Halloween decorations, themed cocktails, and plenty of reasons to make a night of it. So instead of asking what you're drinking, we're asking a much more important question: What kind of Halloween are you?
Where to Drink in Philly If You’re Dressing Up for Halloween
So you’ve done the hard work of figuring out that singularly niche Halloween costume that won’t appear constantly across bars, but isn't too niche that you have to explain who you are all night.
Now there's only one question:
Where the hell are you going?
Morgan’s Pier Is Throwing an Oktoberfest With an Open Bar This Saturday
This Saturday, Morgan’s Pier would like to offer a pretty convincing reason to head to the Delaware waterfront : Oktoberfest, an open bar and unlimited soft pretzels. Good things really do come in threes.
Which Bars to Hit Up this Spooky Season 2026
Once October rolls around, Philly's nightlife gets a spooky facelift. After months of regular cocktails and simple decor, FINALLY the bars go balls to the wall in every department possible. The decor is better, the cocktails get creepier, the costumes come out – we LIVE. .
If you're looking for the best Halloween bars in Philadelphia for 2026, we've thrown together a little list of some of the spots worth having in your mind’s eye.
We're talking horror-themed bars, creepy cocktails, giant pumpkin patches, clown-filled lounges, metal bars, vegan horror havens and full-blown Halloween pop-ups.
Best Bars for your First Pumpkin Beer of the Season
Philadelphia has a habit of taking its time letting go of summer, but the calendar doesn't care, and neither do the beer menus. Pumpkin beer season is well underway, and after a few years of the style quietly falling out of craft-beer fashion, it's back in a real way this fall. Distributors are stocking more varieties than they have in years, and the city's best beer bars are already rotating them onto their taps. Here's where to get your first one of the season.
South Street Oktoberfest at Brauhaus Schmitz
South Street is getting a Bavarian makeover this weekend as Brauhaus Schmitz brings back its annual South Street Oktoberfest on Saturday, September 26.
Now in its 18th year, the celebration takes over the 700 block of South Street from noon to 8 p.m., turning the neighborhood into one giant German beer garden with steins, bratwurst, live music, dancing, traditional games.
And because this is Urban Craft & Crawl, we're not here to simply tell you to “enjoy the festivities,” we're really here to help you crawl them.
Where to Drink Before Making Time Festival at Fort Mifflin
From September 18 through September 20, the historic Fort Mifflin becomes one of Philly's most unusual music venues, with three days of DJs, live performances, electronic music, and experimental sounds.
And while there will be plenty of food and drinks available inside the festival, sometimes you want to start the night with a proper bar stop.
So if you're making time for Making Time, here's where to grab a drink prior.
Making Time ∞ Returns to Fort Mifflin This Weekend
Sure, there are music festivals, Philly is no stranger to that. But there are music festivals, and then there's Making Time. For one weekend a year, a Revolutionary War-era fort on the banks of the Delaware River trades its cannon smoke past for fog machines, while Philadelphia's most devoted dance music community shows up and shows out, in order to prove that DIY spirit and world-class production aren't mutually exclusive.
Where to Watch the Eagles Home Opener in Philadelphia This Sunday
Philadelphia, clear your Sunday schedules. The Birds are back.
The Eagles officially kick off the 2026 regular season this Sunday, September 13, welcoming the Washington Commanders to Lincoln Financial Field for a 4:25 p.m. showdown.
If you managed to snag tickets, congratulations. If you didn't, don't worry. You can still spend Sunday surrounded by giant TVs cold drinks, wings, and crab fries. Plus, considering tickets to this year's opener are going for hundreds of dollars, watching from a bar might be the considerably cheaper way to experience the Birds.
Craftsman Row Saloon's Nightmare Before Christmas Pop-Up Returns This Thursday
Hey Philly, it's just about that time again, the time to trade your summer bar crawl for a spooky one.
Because Craftsman Row Saloon's Nightmare Before Christmas pop-up is back, and it kicks off this Thursday, September 10.
If you thought it was too early to start celebrating Halloween, we're going to need you to relax. However, does your ideal fall night involves a little Jack Skellington, a lot of Halloween decorations, themed cocktails, oversized milkshakes, and no interest in subtle seasonal décor? In that case, you're going to want to make your way to Center City this weekend.
The Best Bars in Philadelphia for the First Cool Nights of Fall
There's a specific night every fall when it happens…you step outside after dinner and the air bites a little. And that there is your very first signal: fall is coming. Summer's rooftop-and-frozen-cocktail season is winding down, and it's time to trade patios for fireplaces. There's something exquisitely old-fashioned about seeking out a bar specifically because it has a fireplace, but that's the appeal once fall sets in. Philadelphia has more of these than you'd expect, found in every neighborhood. Here's where to go when the temperature finally drops.
Fishtown Taps Is Philly's Favorite Tuesday Tradition
Somewhere around 5:15 on a Tuesday, Frankford Avenue stops behaving like a weeknight.This is Fishtown Taps, and it has become the neighborhood's best-kept open secret: a two-hour window, once a week, where half of Fishtown decides the week is pretty much over.
Mixteca's Doors Are Open in Fishtown
The wait is over. Mixteca, the agave bar and restaurant from Please Don’t Tell’s (a long-standing NYC favorite and award-winning cocktail bar) Jeff Bell and Victor Lopez, officially opened its doors on Frankford Avenue today. Now, after months of watching the former Martha space get quietly transformed, Philadelphia finally gets to see what all the buildup was about.
Philly Greek Takeover Hits Concourse This Sunday
The best parts of a formal, a step show, and Sunday brunch are all landing in one basement nightclub this weekend, ball pit included. Philly Greek Takeover is happening this Sunday, August 30, from 2 to 8 p.m. at Concourse Dance Bar, with a brunch buffet, bottomless mimosas, and three DJs standing between you and the dance floor.
Summer Ale Festival Returns to Philadelphia Zoo This Saturday
Countless beer festivals ask you to stand around a parking lot. This one is begging you to stand next to a snow leopard enclosure with a flight of hard cider in hand, which is either the strangest or the best pitch for a Saturday night in Philadelphia, depending on how you feel about animals watching you drink. The Philadelphia Zoo's Summer Ale Festival returns this weekend, and if you haven't been, clear your schedule.
The National Treasure Weekend Crawl
Somewhere in a Philadelphia planning meeting, someone pitched "let's build an entire weekend around a Nick Cage movie from 2004" and it became an actual three-day event with a director's appearance, an escape-room-style heist game, and two outdoor screenings on the exact lawn where half the movie was filmed. That's National Treasure Weekend, running August 20 through 22 across Carpenters' Hall and Independence Mall, and it turns out the Historic District's tight footprint makes it unusually easy to build a real crawl around.