Des Moines Parties Events

FREE Iowa Home Expo, October 2026

Iowa State Fairgrounds 16 Oct 2026

Black Jacket Symphony: Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet

Hoyt Sherman Place Theater 16 Oct 2026

Des Moines Halloween Bar Crawl 2026

Hessen Haus 31 Oct 2026

Rocky Horror - October 30 - 10PM TABLE RESERVATION

The Garden Nightclub 30 Oct 2026

Spooktacular Downtown Trick-or-Treat Walk

Downtown, Perry, Iowa 30 Oct 2026

The Fright Crawl | Des Moines's #1 Halloween Bar Crawl 2026 | Sat, Oct 31

TBA 31 Oct 2026

The Fright Crawl | Des Moines Halloween Day Bar Crawl 2026 | Sat, Oct 31

TBA 31 Oct 2026

The Fright Crawl | Des Moines Halloween Bar Crawl 2026 | Fri, Oct 30

TBA 30 Oct 2026

Horror Throwback Drag Brunch: 80s Slashers

THE GARDEN 17 Oct 2026

Des Moines Halloween Bar Crawl

American Outlaws Bar 24 Oct 2026

Boos & Brews

909 Robert D. Ray Drive, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50309 30 Oct 2026

🍬🎃✨Stone Park SPOOK-Tacular✨🎃🍬

Stone Park 26 Oct 2026

Des Moines Comic, Card, & Toy Show - Free Event Oct 24 & 25 Merle Hay Mall

Merle Hay Mall 24 Oct 2026

2026 Des Moines Hope Gala

Iowa Events Center 17 Oct 2026

All Them Witches at Woolys

Woolys 28 Oct 2026

Season of Souls Psychic Fair 2026

Merle Hay Mall, Des Moines, IA 50310, United States 30 Oct 2026

🍁Fall Fest🍁

Union Park 7 Nov 2026

BoDeans: 40 Years of Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams...And Good Times

Temple Theater 22 Oct 2026

Exhibition Opening Celebration: “Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way: Contemporary Latinx Painting”

Des Moines Art Center 23 Oct 2026

All Them Witches

Wooly's 27 Oct 2026

Halloween Party w/ Night Stories, Traffic Death, Bat Problem

1159 24th Street, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50311 31 Oct 2026

Ghoulish Gala

4025 Tonawanda Dr, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50312 17 Oct 2026

Movies on the Patio: Hocus Pocus | Big Grove Des Moines

Big Grove Brewery & Taproom 20 Oct 2026

Rams Legacy : Speakeasy Soiree Returns

Iowa State Fairgrounds. 24 Oct 2026

Spooktacular indoor Trick or Treat at Skateland

5621 Meredith dr, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50310 27 Oct 2026

Dinner Detective Des Moines October 24th Public Show

Embassy Suites by Hilton Des Moines Downtown (Des Moines, Iowa) 24 Oct 2026

2026 LGBTQ+ Adult Prom

Bash 14 Nov 2026

Eat | Drink | Architecture: Drake Edition

University Library Cafe 17 Oct 2026

Des Moines Biergarten

Des Moines Biergarten 18 Oct 2026

Cocktail Making 101 at Highland Underground

Highland Underground 8 Sep 2026

Des Moines Official Thanksgiving Eve Bar Crawl 2026

Downtown Des Moines 25 Nov 2026

All Them Witches with Emma Ruth Rundle

Wooly's - Des Moines 28 Oct 2026

Christkindlmarket Des Moines

Principal Park 3 Dec 2026

The Dinner Detective True Crime M**der Mystery Dinner Show - Des Moines, IA

Embassy Suites by Hilton Des Moines Downtown 13 Jul 2019

2000's Night at Wooly's

Wooly's 21 Nov 2026

Spooky Sip N’ Thrift

1900 Saylor Road, Des Moines, IA 18 Oct 2026

Des Moines Singles Happy Hour

Surety Hotel, Autograph Collection 23 Oct 2026

Pulse Life Advocates Christmas Gala with Jim Caviezel

233 Center St, Des Moines, IA 50309-1323, United States 21 Nov 2026

Nickelodeon & Disney Drag Brunch

THE GARDEN 21 Nov 2026

Mercyone East Village Community Trunk or Treat

Mercyone East Village 17 Oct 2026

Love Leads Community Trunk or Treat

300 Holcomb Ave, Des Moines, IA 50313, United States 30 Oct 2026

SCI’s BIG BLAST: Sprinkled with Stardust

401 W Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50309 17 Oct 2026

Halloween on the Hill

Sherman Hill Historic District 30 Oct 2026

Oct 30 - MIDNIGHT SHOW

The Garden Nightclub 30 Oct 2026

Mixology Night - Game Night: Partnered with The Dealt Hand

401 W Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50309 20 Nov 2026

Halloweenie Cookie Workshop

3615 6th ave, Des Moines, IA 17 Oct 2026

Hot Freaks w/ Thesaurus Rex

1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311 3 Nov 2026

Bad Friends @ Nightmare on Ingersoll

The Station on Ingersoll 30 Oct 2026

Opening Ceremony

1 Line Drive, Des Moines, IA 50309 4 Dec 2026

HALLOWEEN PARTY at Blue Ribbon Bar & Eatery!

3000 E Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50317 16 Oct 2026

Outlander in Concert at Des Moines Civic Center

Des Moines Civic Center 2 Nov 2026

Tropidelic

Wooly's 17 Nov 2026

Date Me DSM @ Either/Or (25-35)

Either/Or 20 Oct 2026

Stayin' Alive: One Night of the Bee Gees

Hoyt Sherman Place 21 Nov 2026

Des Moines SantaCon Bar Crawl 2026

American Outlaws Bar 5 Dec 2026

ARL Trick AND Treat

5452 N.E. 22nd St., Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50313 25 Oct 2026

Date Me DSM @ Ken's Speakeasy

Ken's - a not so secret speakeasy 27 Oct 2026

Erf Halloween: The Cosmic Weather Report

xBk Live 30 Oct 2026

House of Communion - "Walking in Gods Presence"

6000 Douglas Ave, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50322 24 Oct 2026

Adult Skate Night at Skateland

5621 Meredith dr, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50310 24 Oct 2026

Boogie T

Wooly's 13 Nov 2026

The Claudettes

1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311 28 Oct 2026

Waitress

Des Moines Civic Center 17 Dec 2026

Plack Blague w/ Microwaved

1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311 23 Oct 2026

Other Brothers • Greenwood Lounge

Greenwood Lounge 16 Oct 2026

🎃Halloween Paint & Sip at Ta’Chido x FatPat's — Downtown DSM!🎃

Ta'Chido After Dark 20 Oct 2026

Naughty Nerds Cabaret Presents: Into the Nerdverse

1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311 13 Nov 2026

Domita's Drag Brunch - The Queens of Christmas at The Ingersoll

The Ingersoll 22 Nov 2026

Singles Happy Hour - 55+ (Des Moines)

Highland Underground 20 Oct 2026

Diles que no me maten

xBk Live 31 Oct 2026

Spalloween 2026 for Bailing out Benji

East Village Spa 22 Oct 2026

Des Moines Dash Scavenger Hunt

Daisy Chain Coffee 15 Oct 2026

Champagne & Chocolate

909 Robert D. Ray Drive, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50309 13 Nov 2026

NOCTURNE 06(66)

500 Locust St, 50309 21 Oct 2026

Dusty Slay - The Neighborhood Guy at Hoyt Sherman Place

Hoyt Sherman Place 4 Dec 2026

Election 2026 results viewing party

The Garden Nightclub 3 Nov 2026

The Host Country - Album Release Show w/ Joel Sires

1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311 24 Oct 2026

Marathon Capsule Launch Party

521 E Locust St, Suite 100, Des Moines, IA 50309 15 Oct 2026

An Irving Berlin White Christmas Revue at The Ingersoll

The Ingersoll 13 Dec 2026

The Christmas Bar Crawl - Des Moines

Hessen Haus 19 Dec 2026

Family Night Out at Reichardt Community Recreation Center

915 College Ave, Des Moines, IA 50314-2408, United States 23 Oct 2026

80s & 90s Over 30s Daytime Clubbing - DES MOINES

PLATFORM 28 Nov 2026

Paw-liday Market

Paws and Pints 21 Nov 2026

BREAKING NEWS

The Continental 16 Oct 2026

Cocktails and Cardboard and Mahj!

The New Northwestern Cocktail & Wine Bar 24 Sep 2026

Daft Disko at Wooly's

Wooly's 17 Oct 2026

A Killer's Confession w/ Dizasterpiece and Dead Things

1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311 19 Nov 2026

FDGC Spooky Flex @ BZ

Prospect Park 31 Oct 2026

Boo & Boogie: Rumba Night

1925 High Street, Des Moines, IA 24 Oct 2026

Maybe Happy Ending (ASL Interpreted and Audio Described) - Des Moines

Des Moines Civic Center 6 Dec 2026

Horror Under The Big Top - 10PM HALLOWEEN TABLE RESERVATION

The Garden Nightclub 31 Oct 2026

Fall Festival 2026 | Grace UMC

3700 Cottage Grove Ave, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50311 25 Oct 2026

The 2nd Annual Vampire Ball, Presented by The Satanic Temple Iowa

The Garden 23 Oct 2026

Irving Berlin's White Christmas at The Ingersoll

The Ingersoll 27 Nov 2026

Take2 Children's Consignment Sale Event

597 E 33rd St, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50317 20 Oct 2026

FAAI Halloween Party 2026

Corinthian Baptist Church - Des Moines, IA 24 Oct 2026

Studio 3 Live Season Premiere with The Finesse

Vinyl Cup Records 16 Oct 2026

Ugly Christmas Sweater Drag Brunch

THE GARDEN 19 Dec 2026

Dinner Detective Des Moines November 21st Public Show

Embassy Suites by Hilton Des Moines Downtown (Des Moines, Iowa) 21 Nov 2026

Des Moines Tweed Ride 2026

210 4th St, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50309 8 Nov 2026