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Demonic Dance Parties, Creepy Costume Carnivals & Spooky Street Fairs

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Perhaps your spirits are not lifted by the thought of screaming your way through a Professional Halloween Haunted House. Perhaps your nights are to short to spend an entire evening at a Theme Park Halloween Attraction. Perhaps it is not worth climbing out of your grave in order to trick-or-treat through an Amateur Yard Haunt or visit a Community Halloween Haunt. or take your family to a zoo that offers a Halloween Event for Children. If you prefer to enjoy Halloween in Los Angeles by putting on your own costume, here are some parties, carnivals, and street fairs that would love to see you.

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Note: On this page, we tend to list only parties and events that have become established as annual traditions. Click the link above for updates about one-shot events that may be taking place this year.

HALLOWEENIE PARTY
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
6000 Santa Monica Boulevard
Website: www.lagaycenter.org

2011 Date & Hours: Saturday, October 28, 9pm-2am

Prices:

• General Admission – $75
• VIP – $150
• Cabanas (for six or eight people) SOLD OUT

Description: For the first time ever, the Hollywood Forever Cemetery - final resting place to the stars – will open its gates for a frightfully fabulous (or fabulously frightful) Halloween party: the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Halloweenie. Hosted by the Center’s Young Professionals Council, Halloweenie will include dancing, an open bar, complimentary photos and music by Tracy Young. Proceeds will go to benefit the L.A. GAY & LESBIAN CENTER.

Halloweenie is a costume-required party.

Entrance to the event gets you:

• Open Bar
• Chance to enter the Costume Contest with great prizes
• Complimentary, studio quality photos
• Special Spooky suprises and celebrity guests!
• 1,500 people with scary, funny and original costumes dancing en masse at the graveyard

HOLLYWOOD HALLOWEEN STREET FAIR
Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, CA 90068

DATES & HOURS: October 31 – Dusk to 10:00pm (some stores will be open later)

PRICE: Free

INFORMATION: Looking for a way to spend Halloween in Los Angeles that won’t set your wallet back? This Halloween street parade is a milder, more kid-friendly, and somewhat smaller version of the famous West Hollywood Street carnival. Basically, the streets are closed off to automobile traffic, and a sort of amatuer parade of costumed individuals makes their way down the boulevard. Even if you do not want to dress you, you will enjoy the sights on display, and this is a good opportunity to visit the museums and other attractions in the area.

NOTE: For 2006, the city requested that no one bring silly string (presumably because it makes a mess). We assume the same rule remains in effect.

MONSTER MASSIVE
5305 Santiago Canyon Rd
Silverado, CA 92676
Website: www.monstermassive.com

2011 DATES & HOURS: Saturday, October 29, from 7:00pm to 2:00am. Will Call window closes at 1:00am.

DESCRIPTION: The 14th annual Monster Massive Dance Party leaves its old home (the Los Angeles Sports Arena) behind and relocates to Orange County,

ENTERTAINMENT: Monster Massive generally features five multiple entertainment areas, musicians and DJs:

• Tomb of Doom
• House of Horror
• Phantom Chamber
• Devil’s Dungeon
• Witches Wood

INFORMATION: Costumes are recommended but not required (NO costumes with spikes, chains, or any other decoration that can be harmful to yourself or others). All ages are admitted. Food and drink concessions are available, along with a full bar for 21 and over (with I.D., of course). There are also smoking areas, a vendor village, and “themed areas for your musical and visual exploration.” Other details:

• There is to be NO outside food, drinks, candy/gum, or open cigarette packs allowed into the venue.
• Closed, Sealed, Un-opened cigarette packs are OK.
• No makeup, hairspray or writing utensils allowed.
• No backpacks, weapons, illegal substances, drug paraphernalia, laser pointers, toy weapons, or fireworks.
• No video or professional cameras allowed.
• Digital, Still and Disposable cameras are ok.
• No stickers, flyers, or posters inside the venue.

NOT ALLOWED: spikes, chains or other potentially harmful props or decorations; outside food, drinks, cigarettes, etc; makeup, hairspray or writing utensils; backpack, weapons or toy weapons, drugs or drug paraphenalia; laser pointers, fireworks; video or digital cameras. NOTE: still and disposable cameras are okay.

HALLOWEEN MONSTER BASH
Exchange Los Angeles
618 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90014

2011 Date: October 29

Tickets: $TBA

Description: The 9th Annual Halloween Monster Bash takes place at Exchange La, located in downtown Los Angeles.

OLD PASADENA HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION
Old Town Pasadena, CA
Contact: 626-356-9725
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2011 Dates: Saturday, October 22, 12-3pm; Monday, October 31, 4-10pm

Description: Old Town invites families to come on down and enjoy some frightfully fun activities at their annual Halloween celebration. The free events takes place on two separate days, a week apart. On Day 1 – Saturday, October 22 – there will be pumpkin decorating for kids and kids at heart Saturday; free pumpkins will be provided. On Halloween itself – October 31 – over 75 stores and restaurants will open their doors for free trick-or-treating, starting at 4pm; there will be popular Halloween costumed characters roaming the streets, and you can watch outdoor screenings of MONSTERS INC and TIM BURTON’S CORPSE BRIDE, at 6pm and 8pm respectively. While you are in the neighborhood, you can also check out the nearby Old Town Haunt, which is worth the trip all by itself; a lights-on, kid-friendly version is available on Sunday, October 30.

The Old Pasadena Halloween Celebration is presented by Old Pasadena Management and One Colorado with partnership from the Old Town Haunt. All activities are free except the Old Town Haunt which is $15 general admission. For more information on the Old Town Haunt the public can visit www.oldtownhaunt.com, for more information regarding all other Halloween activities the public is invited to, call 626-356-9725.

WEST HOLLYWOOD HALLOWEEN COSTUME CARNAVAL
Santa Monica Boulevard, between Doheny & La Cienaga West Hollywood, CA 90069
Phone: (310) 289-2525
Websites: www.visitwesthollywood.com

DATES & HOURS: October 31 - 6:00PM till midnight (and beyond…?)

PRICE: Free

PARKING: Difficult (unless you come way early). With Santa Monica blocked off to automobiles, the traffic clogs the other major street arteries, making it difficult to get close to the event. Best bet is to part a few blocks away and walk.

INFORMATION: This street parade of costumed adults began years ago as a primarily gay event, featuring the local residents, but it’s gradually grown into a major attraction that draws outsiders eager to see what the fuss is all about. The result is a sort of carnival-freakshow that diverges somewhat from more traditional Halloween events — i.e., you will see far more drag queens than skeletons and monsters. (Some of the more clever costumes combine both concepts, such as “Bobbi” the homicidal transvestite alter ego of Michael Caine in DRESSED TO KILL.) The elaborate nature of many of the home-made costumes goes far beyond impressive into the realm of the totally fabulous. Whether or not you’re gay, it’s a great way to spend Halloween in Los Angeles.

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