HALLOWEEN IN WEST HOLLYWOOD

 Halloween in West Hollywood


West Hollywood loves Halloween and the City of West Hollywood is thrilled that Halloween is back with Halloween Carnaval 2025!  The City’s incomparable Halloween Carnaval is one of the most unique Halloween gatherings in the world.

Halloween Carnaval is free to attend and will take place on Friday, October 31, 2025, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on a one-mile stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard between N. Doheny Drive and N. La Cienega Boulevard.

Staged on Santa Monica Boulevard/Historic Route 66, Halloween Carnaval will feature a stage at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and N. San Vicente Boulevard with a live DJ set, food trucks, and thousands of wildly dressed Halloween revelers for a one-of-a-kind experience.

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There will also be Halloween celebrations at businesses, bars, restaurants, and entertainment venues throughout the City!

The City invites Halloween Carnaval-goers to get into the spirit and show-off costumes by uploading photos to social media sites with the hashtag #wehohalloween.

To ensure a safe Halloween Carnaval for everyone, the City of West Hollywood and the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station remind attendees about important safety guidelines:

  • For everyone’s safety, please leave young children and animal companions at home!
  • No Alcohol along the route and NO drinking in public. 
  • No Weapons.
  • No Drones.
  • Clear plastic bags will be permitted. 

If you see something, say something. 

First launched in 1987, West Hollywood’s celebration of Halloween is rooted in the City’s diverse culture and community. Year by year, what became known as the City’s Halloween Carnaval grew into an annual gathering of phenomenal costumes, entertainment, culture, and self-expression with a myriad of observers, revelers, exhibitionists, and performers with countless thousands of people in attendance each year. People come from all over the region – and, in fact, the world – to take part in the fun!

West Hollywood Park facilities impacts/closures will occur as follows:

  • West Hollywood Park will be closed from 12:01 a.m. on Friday, October 31, 2025, through 7 a.m. Saturday, November 1, 2025.
  • West Hollywood Park small and large dog parks and basketball courts will be closed from 12:01 a.m. on Friday, October 31, 2025 through 7 a.m. Saturday, November 1, 2025.
  • West Hollywood Park Five-Story Parking Structure will be closed all day on Friday, October 31, 2025; the structure will reopen on Saturday, November 1, 2025, at 7 a.m.
  • The Library Garage will be closed from 5 a.m. on Friday, October 31, 2025 through 7 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, 2025.

Additional parking lot closures will occur as follows:

  • The Crescent Heights Lot from Wednesday, October 29, 2025, through Sunday, November 2, 2025.

Street closures associated with Halloween Carnaval are as follows:

  • North San Vicente Boulevard between Santa Monica Boulevard and Melrose Avenue (including adjacent alleyways) from 12:00 a.m. on Friday, October 31, 2025, to no later than 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, 2025.
  • Santa Monica Boulevard between Croft Avenue / Holloway Drive and La Cienega Boulevard from 10:00 a.m. on Friday, October 31, 2025, through 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, 2025.
  • Santa Monica Boulevard between La Cienega Boulevard and North Doheny Drive (including alleyways between Robertson Blvd. and Palm Ave.) from 10:00 a.m. on Friday, October 31, 2025, through 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, 2025.
  • Robertson Boulevard between Santa Monica Boulevard and Melrose Avenue from 10:00 a.m. on Friday, October 31, 2025, through 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, 2025.
  • North San Vicente Boulevard between Santa Monica Boulevard and Cynthia Street from 10:00 a.m. on Friday, October 31, 2025, through 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, 2025.
  • La Cienega Boulevard between Holloway Drive and Melrose Avenue from 10:00 a.m. Thursday, October 31, 2025, through 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, 2025.
  • Sunset Boulevard eastbound and westbound turn lanes onto southbound La Cienega Boulevard from 10:00 a.m. on Friday, October 31, 2025, through 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, 2025.

Lift residential permit parking Citywide between 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 31, 2025, through 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 1, 2025.

To support the City of West Hollywood’s bars, restaurants, clubs, hotels, cannabis businesses, entertainment venues, and more in hosting small-scale Halloween celebrations with patrons, the City has approved a process for review and waiver of special event permit and encroachment permit fees, as well as waiver of basic Los Angeles County Fire Department site plan review fees, for businesses in West Hollywood that aim to host events from Friday, October 24, 2025 through Sunday, November 2, 2025 in celebration of Halloween. Interested businesses may submit a Special Event Permit application by the deadline of Monday, October 6, 2025. For details, please contact the City’s Neighborhood and Business Safety Division at code@weho.org or by calling (323) 848-6437.

Halloween revelers are reminded not to drive under the influence; even one drink can impair safe driving. The City recommends ride-sharing services and free public transit options to get to and from Halloween Carnaval. The PickUp and Cityline will suspend regular schedules on October 31 and will offer instead a combined free WeHo Halloween Ride special service route. WeHo Halloween Ride vehicles will travel through West Hollywood from N. La Brea Avenue to N. Kings Road along Santa Monica Boulevard from 6 p.m. to 3.a.m.   Select vehicles will also run to and from the Hollywood/Highland Metro Station from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m.   Details about the WeHo Halloween Ride route and schedule will be posted at www.wehopickup.com. 

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) bus lines that connect to the City of West Hollywood include 4, 10, 30/330, 105, 212/312, 217, and 218. More information regarding lines and route changes due to street closures is available at www.metro.net.

For more information about West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval, please contact the City of West Hollywood’s Events Services Division at eventsinfo@weho.org.

For reporters and members of the media seeking media information about West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval, please contact the City of West Hollywood’s Public Information Officer, Sheri A. Lunn, at (323) 848-6391 or slunn@weho.org. 

Enjoy photos of Halloween Carnaval 2024!

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