Get ready for a ghoulish good time this Halloween! LA’s Spooky season is here – conjuring up a feast of fright and delight including a Haunted Hayride, Carved Descanso Gardens, Dark Harbor on the Queen Mary, and even a Haunted Cocktail Soirée. You don’t want to miss Gloria Molina Grand Park’s Downtown Día de los Muertos, a celebration of loved ones who have passed, featuring 19 unique altars created by professional artists and local organizations. You’re invited to leave a framed photo, memento, or message in remembrance of someone special. Check websites for details.
Join us for a night of fall-inspired bites, seasonal cocktails, special guest DJ, and Pumpkin carving in real time — watch the magic unfold! Thursday October 30 from 7pm – 10pm in the Circa 8th Floor Lounge. Please RSVP through the Resident Portal.
Gloria Molina Grand Park’s Downtown Día de los Muertos 200 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Each year, Gloria Molina Grand Park becomes a vibrant gathering place for Los Angeles communities to honor Día de los Muertos. The park’s free, week-long exhibition of community ofrendas invites reflection, connection, and celebration of loved ones who have passed. Rooted in Indigenous Mexican traditions, the program blends art, music, and ritual to create a space of healing and joy for all. Explore 19 unique altars created by professional artists and local organizations, and leave a framed photo, memento, or message in remembrance of someone special.
The 8 Deadly Sins Level 8 1254 S Figueroa St. Los Angeles, CA 90015
Oct 31 Step inside DTLA’s most decadent Halloween party, where temptation lurks around each venue and immerses you into a different sin. Discover 8 enthralling worlds of temptation, a spellbinding soirée for the wicked. This isn’t just a party—it’s a mesmerizing playground of theatrical performances, DJs, acrobats, and immersive nightlife spread across LEVEL 8’s stunning collection of venues.
Haunted Soirée The Nocturne Theatre 324 North Orange St. Glendale, CA 91203
Haunted Soiree: VAMPIRE (previously “House of Spirits”) is an immersive Halloween experience and vampire-themed cocktail party designed exclusively for adults (21+) who crave a thrill of elegance entwined with the macabre. This is not your typical haunted house, Halloween party or themed pop-up bar, but an adults-only Halloween playground where you are free to roam through lavish rooms, each pulsing with live music, dazzling costumes and illusions, seductive dance, and show-stopping performances — all cloaked in velvet and fangs, crafted by artists who live for the night.
Carved Descanso Gardens 1418 Descanso Dr. La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011
Carved lights up the night! Come discover a mesmerizing pumpkin wonderland featuring a new route, and even more pumpkin fun! Explore returning favorites and fresh delights. Descanso Railroad will be specially lit for Carved, and new ghosts will join the family of wood spirits carved from five enormous logs by Chainsaw Jenna. You’ll be amazed by luminous jack-o’-lanterns, hand-carved giant pumpkins, and the “Rhizome” installation by Tom and Lien Dekyvere. Enjoy food & beverages at Carved Grill Works or the new Farmhouse restaurant.
Night of the Jack King Gillette Ranch 26800 Mulholland Hwy. Calabasas, CA 91302
This isn’t your average pumpkin patch! Night of the Jack is a jaw-dropping Halloween spectacle with its massive 1-mile-long immersive trail featuring larger-than-life jack-o’-lantern installations, dazzling light technology, interactive displays, delectable food from LA’s top food trucks, and themed cocktails and specialty drinks in the Spookeasy. Whether you’re looking for a night out with friends or a hauntingly good date night, this is the Halloween event you won’t want to miss.
Los Angeles Haunted Hayride Griffith Park 730 Crystal Springs Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90027
Experience the world-famous Los Angeles Haunted Hayride – the ultimate Halloween event. The Hayride leads to a thrilling adventure of horrors afflicting the town of Midnight Falls, with the Town Square at the epicenter of the festivities. While guests walk around between attractions or hang out to soak in the atmosFEAR, various townsfolk from the Midnight Falls community roam the space interacting with guests and attending to their local business. New for 2025 – step into the delightfully dark world of horror and glamour with the Elvira Pop Up Retail shop, featuring a curated collection of merchandise inspired by the Mistress of the Dark herself.
Halloween Horror Nights Universal Studios Hollywood 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608
Legend has it you should never go alone to Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights, Southern California’s scariest Halloween event. Summon your scream squad and you might survive. Enter eight haunted houses inspired by the biggest names in horror. The Terror Tram is back and scarier than ever. Experience scream-filled scare zones and enjoy exhilarating rides and attractions. Whether you want to scream one night or multiple nights, or get the blood-red carpet treatment on an R.I.P. Tour, there are many nightmares to choose from.
Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor 1126 Queens Hwy. Long Beach, CA 90802
Each fall the Queen Mary transforms the ship and surrounding harbor into a massive Halloween festival featuring haunted mazes, hundreds of monsters, immersive attractions, live entertainment, VIP experiences, themed bars and lounges, carnival rides, festive eats and treats, instagrammable moments, and more. The festival format allows you to pick and choose from a variety of attractions and experiences from terrifying mazes aboard the notoriously haunted Queen Mary to fan favorites like the Sinister Swings! Tickets are available exclusively online.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90012
Oct 31 Clark Wilson transports us back to 15th-century Paris with a spine-tingling organ accompaniment to The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Lon Chaney stars as Quasimodo in the 1923 silent film remembered as Universal Studio’s smash-hit “Super Jewel”—the company’s largest, most expensive, and top-priority production at the time. Before the concert, some of the sharpest musical minds around–including guest artists–guide you through the evening’s music. This free event is held in BP Hall accessible after your ticket is scanned.
Photo credits:
Photo #1: Los Angeles Haunted Hayride
Photo #2: Circa
Photo #3: Gloria Molina Grand Park
Photo #4: LEVEL 8
Photo #5: Haunted Soirée
Photo #6: Descanso Gardens
Photo #7: Night of the Jack
Photo #8: Los Angeles Haunted Hayride
Photo #9: Universal Studios Hollywood
Photo 10: Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor
Photo 11: LA Phil