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’Tis the season for frightful fun! On Friday, October 24, 2025, at 6 p.m., the Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center invites families to its festive annual event, Halloween 2025 Featuring the Spooky Symphony. This highly anticipated celebration is filled with activities for all ages – including a haunted house and candy giveaways – and features hauntingly beautiful performances by the Alhambra Orchestra and the Greater Miami Youth Symphony combined, sponsored by The Children’s Trust, in partnership with the Moss Center for this unique engagement. Tickets for this free event are available now.
The Spooky Symphony will be presented twice, as 45-minute kid-friendly programs. The 2025 program features seasonal arrangements, including a thrilling lineup of music from stage and screen for everyone from young audiences to the young at heart. Blending the mysterious, magical, and downright spooky, the program includes Rupert Gregson-Williams’ powerful score from Wonder Woman, arranged by Victor Lopez, and the dramatic End Titles from John Ottman’s X-Men: Apocalypse, arranged by Javier Martínez Maya. From there, the mood shifts to the timeless beauty of Harold Arlen’s Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz, in an arrangement by Terry Lewis, and takes a playful turn with Vic Mizzy’s beloved Addams Family theme, arranged by Henry George Page.
Danny Elfman’s eerie favorite, This Is Halloween, arranged by L.C. Harnsberger, keeps the chills coming, while Alexandre Desplat’s music from Godzilla, arranged by Michael Story, unleashes a monstrous energy. In a perfect finale for an evening of spine-tingling symphonic fun, the concert concludes with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hauntingly romantic Selections from Phantom of the Opera, arranged by Calvin Custer. The work is accompanied by vivid imagery on a giant screen to maximize the spine-tingling fun.
The event also features dance performances by Mater Bay Academy Rayettes, Somerset Prep Homestead, and the Sapphires- South Dade Senior High Dance Team, as well as screenings of the Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest and Halloween-themed coloring activities.
Costumes are encouraged. Spooky Symphony will be performed from 7 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., followed by a repeat performance from 8:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. Tickets for Halloween at The Moss Center Featuring the Spooky Symphony are free. Admission to all parts of the Halloween event, including the Spooky Symphony performances, is general admission and first-come, first-served. To reserve a ticket, visit MossCenter.org beginning October 10, 2025, stop by the Moss Center Box Office in person, or call (786) 573-5300.
This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.
About The Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center
The Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center, informally known as “The Moss Center,” is managed by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, with funding support from the Office of the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. The Center is dedicated to presenting and supporting arts and culture and providing access to the arts to the entire Miami-Dade County community. More information about the Center and its programs can be found at MossCenter.org.
About Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council develop cultural excellence, diversity, access and participation throughout Miami-Dade County by strategically creating and promoting equitable opportunities for artists and cultural organizations, and our residents and visitors who are their audiences. The Department receives funding through the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, The Children’s Trust, the National Endowment for the Arts, the State of Florida through the Florida Department of State, Florida Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Peacock Foundation, Inc., The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation, and The Taft Foundation. Other support and services are provided by TicketWeb for the Culture Shock Miami program, the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, the South Florida Cultural Consortium and the Tourist Development Council. For more information visit www.miamidadearts.org.
It is the policy of Miami-Dade County to comply with all the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The facility is accessible and assistive listening devices are available in the Main Stage Auditorium and the Black Box Theater space. To request materials in accessible format, and/or any accommodation to attend an event at the Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center, please contact Stephanie Aponte, 786-573-5314, saponte@miamidade.gov, at least five days in advance to initiate your request. TTY users may also call 711 (Florida Relay Service).
