Calendar of Events
Table Talks at the Trust
Join us for a monthly lunch and learn series!
Program is free--just bring your lunch and enjoy a casual opportunity to learn about a variety of topics!
Table Talks at the Trust is held the third Wednesday of each month during the Fall and Winter, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Voices of Pensacola Multicultural Center located at 117 E. Government Street
Speaker Schedule:
Join us next season for our monthly Table Talks at the Trust!
- October 21: Phillip Mayhair, UWF Historic Trust Living History Coordinator, Creek War of 1813-14
- November 18: Jess Cragg, Creating a National Heritage Area for NW Florida
For more information, please email hparchives@uwf.edu or call 850-595-5985 x125.
36th Annual Haunted House Walking and Trolley Tours
October 2, 3, 9, 10, 23 and 24
This year we are kicking off our haunted history tours with our Tormented Trolley Tours on Friday and Saturday, October 2 and 3 followed by two weekends of haunted walking tours!
This year, once again, we are going to step into our haunted stories on our walking tours....
Tormented Trolley Tours: October 2 and 3
6:30, 7:30, and 8:30 p.m.
Tour through Pensacola's haunted North Hill on the Tormented Trolley. Tours do not exit the trolley. *Trolleys are not accessible. Limited to 28 people each session
Walking Tours: October 9, 10, 23, and 24
- Macabre Museum Mysteries Walking Tour explores the haunted history of the Arbona Building and the old City Hall. Hear the laughing children, see the shadow man, or feel the ghostly caress while touring these sites.
- Haunted History: Village explores the haunted history of the Dorr House, Old Christ Church, and the Lear/Rocheblave House. *Please note, the Haunted History: Village Walking Tour is not accessible as there are several sets of stairs into/inside these historic houses
See our Haunted Happenings for more information and tickets.
Boos, Brews, and Chews: A haunted progressive dinner
Thursday, October 8
6:30 p.m.
Pensacola Bay Brewery, Juan's Flying Burrito, and Lucy's In the Square
$75/Adults Only for curated progressive dinner and haunted tour
You are cordially invited to a curated progressive haunted dinner tour on Thursday, October 8. We will begin the night at 6:30 at the Pensacola Bay Brewery for a brew or two. From there we will enjoy a short haunted tour as we head to Juan's Flying Burrito for a few chews and a bit more boos. We will end our night at Lucy's In the Square.
Thank you to our community partners for helping us Keep Pensacola's haunted history alive!
Cheers to 36 more years of haunting Pensacola!
Limited to 10 people.
Halloweentowne
Friday, October 16
4:00-7:00 p.m.
Historic Pensacola Village
FREE
Join us for a free, family-friendly, frighteningly good time on Friday, October 16 from 4:00-7:00 p.m. in Historic Pensacola Village. There will be trick or treating, pumpkin carving, colonial cooking, ghost stories around the fire with smores, and more!
Trick or Treat Houses: Look for the pumpkins!
- Lavalle House
- Lavalle Kitchen House
- Julee Cottage
- Museum of Industry
- Allergy Free Candy Location
- Lear House
Simpson Homestead
Spirits of the Simpson House
Saturday, October 17, 2026
6:00, 7:00 and 8:00 p.m.
Simpson Homestead at Arcadia Mill, Milton, FL
Adults 15+: $20.00
Children 3-15: $12.00
Children under 3: Free
Limited to 15 people each session
Join us for a spooky evening of history and hauntings at the Arcadia Homestead site at 4755 Anna Simpson Road in Milton. Guests will enjoy a haunted tour of the historic Simpson House to learn more about the Simpson family and life in the 1930’s. Enjoy campfire stories and smores around the campfire. Take a haunted stroll amongst the grounds and maybe, just maybe, you will encounter a soldier from a ghostly skirmish.
Murder at the Monster's Ball: A Murder Mystery Dinner
Wednesday, October 28
Barkley House, 410 S. Florida Blanca Street
$65/per person for dinner, drinks, and show
$60/members for dinner, drinks, and show
It's the annual Monsters' Ball, and you're on the guest list! Frankenstein, Dracula, the Invisible Man, and more have gathered for the event of the year-the annual Monster's Ball! When a famous monster hunter crashes the party--all hell breaks loose (literally) and it is up to you and Detective The Devil to find the killer!
Limited Tickets Available!
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Murder begins at 6:00 p.m.
Come dressed as your best Classic Monster for a Costume Contest!
Enjoy our Monster Menu curated for the night:
- Meatball Eyeballs with Penne in a Bed of Marinara
- Breadstick Bones
- Black Cobweb Pasta Salad
- Poison Apple Fudge
- Monster Gooey Butter Cake
And beer and wine too!
Purchase your tickets for a devilishly good time in support of the UWF Historic Trust.
Adults 21+ only event
$65/per person
$60/UWF Historic Trust Members
Thank you ICMT Murder Mystery Company for your support in helping us keep Pensacola History Alive!
victorian seance
Talking To the Dead: The Victorian Séance
October 30 and October 31, 2026
The Barkley House
$35.00/per person
Limit 8 people a session
Historic Pensacola invites you to our Talking to the Dead: The Victorian Séance on Friday and Saturday, October 30 and 31, 2026. Learn about the fascination, history and theatrics of spiritualism and the Victorian séance. Our living history department will share the origins of All Hallows Eve and the rise of spiritualism in the Victorian era and demonstrate the theatrics common in a Victorian séance. For more information, contact Wendi Davis at wdavis4@uwf.edu.