Frightful Festivals, Haunted Pub Crawls Spooky Street Scenes & Creepy Costume Parties: The Best Halloween Festivities in Los Angeles
The Greater Los Angeles Area offers many ways to enjoy Halloween besides walking through scary mazes. There is also a wide range of Halloween Festivities that appeal to everyone from youngsters to teens to parents. This page lists events that that are geared for adults, though some may be suitable for the whole family; we have a separate page for Kid-Friendly Halloween Fun, including neighborhoods noted for trick-or-treating opportunities thanks to their marvelous multitudes of decorated houses.
Family-friendly events listed here include block parties and similar Halloween festivals. Some business areas block off traffic, allowing costumed revelers to take over the streets. Some of these Halloween events are fund-raisers, organized by community centers to benefit local causes.
The more mature Halloween Festivities include music festivals that appeal to teens and young adults and also haunted pub crawls, which offer a night of drunken debauchery. In some cases, immersive events provide devilish entertainment in the guise of dinner parties, with sinister costumed characters creating an adults-only experience. (If these events have an actual plot, we file them under Halloween Theatre.)
Not all Los Angeles Halloween Festivities are officially organized events; some are informal, such as the Hollywood Halloween Street Fair, which consists of people showing up in costume on Halloween Night for a sort of spontaneous sidewalk parade. The city does not endorse the event, and the police no longer block automobile traffic on Hollywood Boulevard; crowds show up anyway.
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LA Day of the Dead 2024: This year's theme is Spirit Guides and Guardians. Date & Hours: Saturday, October 26, 10am-midnight. This year's festival is an all-day event (unlike the past few years which were split into day and evening events). There are three windows of admission: 10am-2pm, 2pm-6pm, 6pm-11pm ...
Haunted Little Tokyo 2024: Little Tokyo's annual Haunted Block Party invites ghosts and ghouls to explore the historic downtown neighborhood after dark. All ages are welcome to dress in costume and parade down 2nd Street. The costume party and contest is in secret location restricted to ages 21 and over, featuring ...
Macabre Manor 2024: This immersive Halloween speakeasy returns for another season of spooky fun, featuring new themed cocktails and live entertainment.Dates & Hours: Fridays and Saturdays from September 6 through November 23. Start times are 6pm, 8pm, and 10pm. Tickets: $15 per person; plus there is a two-drink minimum. Location: ...
Nights of the Jack Halloween 2024:
Nights of the Jacks is back with its lengthy outdoor trail, a Spooky Speakeasy, food trucks, and kid-friendly fun like pumpkin carving, face painting, and jewelry making. Dates & Hours: September 27 to November 2, 6pm - 10:30pm. Tickets: Prices start at $29.99. Location: King ...
Halloween Carnaval 2024: The City of West Hollywood proudly announces that the Halloween Carnaval is back again. Dates & Hours: Thursday, October 31 from 6-11pm (and possibly beyond...) Price: Free Location: Santa Monica Boulevard, between Doheny & La Cienaga, West Hollywood, CA 90069. Website: visitwesthollywood.com West Hollywood Halloween Carnival Information ...
Los Angeles Halloween Festivities: A List
Below is a list of long-running annual Halloween Festivals and Fun.
LA Day of the Dead 2024: This year's theme is Spirit Guides and Guardians. Date & Hours: Saturday, October 26, 10am-midnight. This year's festival is an all-day event (unlike the past few years which were split into day and evening events). There are three windows of admission: 10am-2pm, 2pm-6pm, 6pm-11pm ...
Halloween 2024: California Riverside Ballet teams up with two new partners, The Dance We Do and California School of Classical Ballet, to present even more haunting dance performances. Titled Nevermore, this year's event includes two elements: A festival with games, vendors, food, and live music inside White Park. A pair ...
Haunted Little Tokyo 2024: Little Tokyo's annual Haunted Block Party invites ghosts and ghouls to explore the historic downtown neighborhood after dark. All ages are welcome to dress in costume and parade down 2nd Street. The costume party and contest is in secret location restricted to ages 21 and over, featuring ...
Halloween 2024: We have not checked out this unofficial event for several years, but we expect crowds of costumed revelers continue to show up every October 31. Location: Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, CA 90068 Date & Time: October 31 from dusk to 10pm Price: Free Looking for a way to spend ...
2024 Dates & Hours: October 25-26, 4pm to 2am. Tickets: Prices start at $139.95 (plus fees) for single-day general admission, which includes entry to the festival performances, free water refill stations, food and beverage options, and bar access. Since cancelling at the last minute during the 2020 pandemic, Escape Psycho ...
Macabre Manor 2024: This immersive Halloween speakeasy returns for another season of spooky fun, featuring new themed cocktails and live entertainment.Dates & Hours: Fridays and Saturdays from September 6 through November 23. Start times are 6pm, 8pm, and 10pm. Tickets: $15 per person; plus there is a two-drink minimum. Location: ...
Nights of the Jack Halloween 2024: Nights of the Jacks is back with its lengthy outdoor trail, a Spooky Speakeasy, food trucks, and kid-friendly fun like pumpkin carving, face painting, and jewelry making. Dates & Hours: September 27 to November 2, 6pm - 10:30pm. Tickets: Prices start at $29.99. Location: King ...
Halloween 2024: Shoreline Village’s annual Long Beach Zombie Walk and Halloween Party returns. Festivities include face-painting, games, and a Halloween jumper for kids. For adults there are DJs, novelty acts, a costume contest, photo ops, and free-roaming scare actors. Date & Hours: Saturday, October 19, 4-10pm. Kids party 4-7pm Zombie ...
Halloween Carnaval 2024: The City of West Hollywood proudly announces that the Halloween Carnaval is back again. Dates & Hours: Thursday, October 31 from 6-11pm (and possibly beyond...) Price: Free Location: Santa Monica Boulevard, between Doheny & La Cienaga, West Hollywood, CA 90069. Website: visitwesthollywood.com West Hollywood Halloween Carnival Information ...
Other Halloween Festivities
Our page lists the more notable Halloween Festivities in Los Angeles, including some community-oriented events judged worthy of attention even if you do not live nearby. However, most of these Halloween activities fly under our radar because they are intended to serve the local residents, not attract outsiders. If you are looking for something in your area, check out this 2014 list from the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, which offers haunts at numerous community centers and parks around the city.
Below are Halloween festivities that have yet to be added to our list above. Any that become established perennials will find a place among our permanent listings.
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Descanso Gardens
1418 Descanso Drive
La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011
(818) 949-4200
Website: descanso.org
2023 Dates: 6–10pm from October 6 to 29, rain or shine.
Tickets: $25 for children and $35 for adults on weeknights; $30 for children and $45 for adults on weekends. Descanso Garden members get $5 off.
Carved offers a family-friendly Halloween fun for all ages, featuring hundreds of carved pumpkins in the Camellia Forest. Halloween 2022 promises to expand with new activities. Guests can watch artists sculpting pumpkins or visit the pumpkin house, hay maze, a UV “black light” experiences, and a Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) installation at the Amphitheater. Holiday-themed food and beverages will be available.
