The best Halloween parties in Los Angeles 2024

This is one of the largest Halloween street parties in the world, and there’s really no better place to be on October 31st. Sure, the crowd is huge (like, a half-million people huge) and a bit belligerent, but the amazing display of costumes and general merry-making spirit deem it at least a worthy stop, if not your main destination for the evening. There will be dancing, drinking and many impromptu costume contests. Even if you don’t plan on entering one, it’s best to still come dressed to the nines—no one likes a party pooper in jeans and a T-shirt. Find it along Santa Monica Boulevard, between Doheny Drive and La Cienega Boulevard.

See our guide to the West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval.

One of the city’s hottest yearly dance parties, and definitely one of the best gay Halloween events (second only to the WeHo Carnaval), Halloweenie will feature a whole slew of DJs at Academy L.A. After spending about decade Downtown, the event has again returned to Hollywood—though unlike last year’s Friday the 13th edition, it’ll be a bit closer to Halloween for 2024. The beneficiary this time around is again Project Angel Food. (Also, we have to point out that the hosts of Halloweenie, Fred Arens and Jason Duguay… are named Fred and Jason. It’s almost too perfect.)

This Mexico City art car bound for Burning Man became an L.A. mainstay for its dance-centric pop-ups—and spawned a bona fide EDM institution in the process. But the beloved car was recently destroyed in a fire, thus putting an end to its decade-long run. However, a new iteration of the car, Mayan Warrior Galaxyer, is emerging, and local event collective Stranger Than will give it its off-playa debut in L.A. this Halloween.

Cinespia may be most known for its cemetery screenings, but it brings that same eccentric ethos to its indoor events, too. For Halloween, you can watch Suspiria at the Orpheum with a full-blown costume party (including food and a full bar) before and after the screening. And of course, Cinespia’s famous photo booth will make an appearance, too.

The San Bernardino rave scene injects itself with a bit of Halloween flair at this annual music fest. Insomniac Events—the group behind EDC and the Wonderland series—is setting up multiple stages at the NOS Events Center; headliners include Martin Garrix, Afroki (Afrojack B2B Steve Aoki), Illenium, Alison Wonderland, Ludacris, Deadmau5 and more. Explore the grounds to find mazes alongside ominous artwork and freak show performers.

As the scrambled name implies, this London-based collective spins nothing other than the sweet tones of new edits and remixes of Fleetwood Mac tracks. The parties themselves are blindingly good fun and pretty much all the edits are superb, often full of ambient disco and dreamy electronic vibes which give a lovely lush dancefloor touch to FM’s classics. For this “Leather & Lace Disco” edition held just after Halloween, extravagant costumes, Mac-related or otherwise, are very much welcome, so get your best Stevie Nicks bouffant on and prepare for unabashed Fleetwood fun.