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🎃 City Guide · California · 2026 Season
Looking for Halloween events in Los Angeles? Home of Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights, Knott’s Scary Farm, the West Hollywood Carnaval and the LA Haunted Hayride, LA is the theme-park-haunt capital of the world. Tap any event card below for full details — dates, prices and local tips updated all season.
Top Halloween Events in Los Angeles for 2026
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Theme Park Haunt
Halloween Horror Nights — Universal Studios
Teens / 18+Paid
Movie-quality haunted mazes and scare zones at Universal Studios Hollywood — select nights September through early November.
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Theme Park Haunt
Knott’s Scary Farm
Teens / 18+Paid
America’s original theme-park haunt in Buena Park — mazes, sliding scare actors and legendary scare zones since 1973.
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Street Party
West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval
AdultsFree
Hundreds of thousands of costumed revelers take over Santa Monica Blvd — one of the world’s largest Halloween street parties.
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Haunted Attraction
Los Angeles Haunted Hayride
Teens+Paid
A haunted hayride through Griffith Park’s dark canyons plus a spooky village — an LA October institution.
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Pumpkin Festival
Nights of the Jack
Family FriendlyPaid
A glowing trail of thousands of carved pumpkins at King Gillette Ranch in Calabasas — LA’s most Instagrammed fall night.
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Trick-or-Treat
Toluca Lake & Neighborhood Trick-or-Treating
Family FriendlyFree
Toluca Lake, Studio City and Hancock Park go big with celebrity-level decorations — Saturday Halloween 2026 will be huge.
💡 Local Tips for Halloween in LA
🎃 Buy HHN and Scary Farm tickets for specific dates early — peak October Saturdays sell out and walk-up prices are brutal.
🎃 Skip driving to WeHo Carnaval — rideshare drop-off zones and Metro are the only sane options.
🎃 Weeknights are the haunt hack — same mazes, half the lines.
🎃 Halloween 2026 is a Saturday — expect record crowds everywhere; book everything in September.
❓ LA Halloween FAQ
When does Halloween Horror Nights 2026 start?
Universal typically runs HHN on select nights from early September through early November — official 2026 dates land in summer and we’ll update this page.
Is the West Hollywood Carnaval free?
Yes — the street festival is free and open to the public; it’s an adult-leaning crowd.
What’s best for young kids in LA?
Nights of the Jack, daytime pumpkin patches, and neighborhood trick-or-treating — the big theme-park haunts are too intense for little ones.
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