Halloween Week

Get ready for a week of thrills, chills, and glowing fun with UB Recreation! Join us for a series of Halloween-themed events designed to get you moving, connecting, and celebrating the season.

2026 Dates & Events

All Halloween Week events are free for UB students!

Friday, 10/23/26

Unplug & Play w/ Spookay Bouquets

🕔 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Broadview Arena Foyer (outside the Fitness Center)

Kick off Halloween Week with a night of games, friends, and spooky vibes.

Our signature Unplug & Play evening will feature a special one-night-only activity: Spookay Bouquets! Create your own bouquet of real flowers and add Halloween-inspired extras for the perfect seasonal keepsake.

Buffalo Recreation graphic reading “UNPLUG & PLAY with Spookay Bouquets,” featuring bold blue and black text beside a playful white ghost holding a colorful bouquet of orange, yellow, and white flowers.

UB Recreation staff stand beside a free popcorn machine and a table decorated with cobwebs, tombstones, spiders and skulls for a Halloween event.

UB Recreation staff serve up free popcorn and Halloween fun at Broadview Arena.

Colorful carnations, roses and other flowers are arranged in numbered containers for participants to create bouquets.

A colorful selection of flowers awaits students at Spookay Bouquets.

Two students pose with colorful bouquets they created during a Halloween event at Broadview Arena.

UB Students show off their creations from UB Recreation’s Spookay Bouquets event.

Monday, 10/26/26

GLOW SPIN

🕠 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
📍 Spinning Room, 145 Broadview Arena

Take your cycling workout to the next level with black lights, music, and glowing energy. A spin class with a spooky twist!

First come, first-served! Please make sure to wear clothes that allow movement.

Glow sticks, markers, etc. will be provided.

UB Recreation “Glow Spin” graphic featuring bold navy and blue text beside a stationary bike, with yellow glow accents and a sweeping yellow arc.

HardCORE Challenge (Dead Hang)

🕠 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Broadview Arena Foyer (outside the Fitness Center)

This Halloween, we’re putting your grip strength to the test with a HardCORE Challenge that’s simple in theory and brutal in practice: Dead Hangs.

Think you’ve got a scary-good grip? Step up, get timed, and see where you land on the leaderboard - First come, first-served!

One bar. One clock. Don’t let go.

UB Recreation “HardCORE Challenge (Dead Hangs)” graphic featuring Victor E. Bull in a white UB T-shirt and black shorts performing a dead hang from a pull-up bar, surrounded by Halloween elements including an orange moon, bats, a spooky tree, and a jack-o’-lantern.

A person hangs from a pull-up bar in the foreground while a Halloween-themed gym scene glows behind them with animated-style pumpkins, bats, ghosts, cobwebs, and purple-orange lighting.

Tuesday, 10/27/26

GLOW PILATES

🕔 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM
📍 Reflection Room, 144 Broadview Arena

Light up your workout with black lights, music, and glowing energy. A Pilates class that brings a fun, neon twist to your flow!

First come, first-served! Please make sure to wear clothes that allow movement.

Glow sticks, markers, etc. will be provided.

UB Recreation “Glow Pilates” graphic featuring bold navy and blue text beside a seated figure performing a side stretch on a mat, framed by a bright lime-green crescent and glow accents.

Wednesday, 10/28/26

HALLOWEEN HOOPS

🕔 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 Ed Wright Practice Facility, 76 Broadview Arena

Sweat it out this Halloween Week on the court! Play basketball, enjoy music, and spin the prize wheel for a chance to win fun giveaways.

First come, first served.

UB Recreation “Halloween Hoops” graphic featuring bold navy and blue text beside an orange basketball wrapped in a spider web, with a hanging black spider.

A student dribbles a basketball while facing a defender in an indoor gym, with other players nearby and a subtly dimmed Halloween backdrop featuring soft fog, glowing pumpkins, and faint ghost and bat projections on the wall.

Thursday, 10/29/26

GLOW SPIN

🕠 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
📍 Spinning Room, 145 Broadview Arena

Close out Halloween Week with a cycling workout taken to the next level! Black lights, music, and glowing energy - this is a spin class with a spooky twist!

First come, first-served! Please make sure to wear clothes that allow movement.

Glow sticks, markers, etc. will be provided.