{"id":172721,"date":"2026-02-11T01:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T01:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/172721\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T01:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T01:09:07","slug":"early-signs-of-halloween-will-spookily-materialize-at-heritage-square-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/172721\/","title":{"rendered":"Early signs of Halloween will spookily materialize at Heritage Square \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

What to KnowSpooky Swap Meet VIHeritage Square Museum3510 Pasadena Avenue (guests will enter from the “back” of the historic attraction)April 24-26, 2026$23 general daily admissionA “Swap Til You Drop (Dead)” Pass is debuting in 2026, giving the pass holder a chance to skip the timed entry and visit “… during all open hours for multiple day use”Pre-purchase a VIP parking spot for $32<\/p>\n

The calendar is a colorful cacophony of quirky holidays, but one occasion that has continued to rise in playful prominence has become a stellar spring stand-out.<\/p>\n

And yet? Halfway to Halloween, the spring stand-out we’re referring to, may bring fall feels to mind, and autumn-style eeks, and not the sweet warming breezes of late April and early May.<\/p>\n

The meet-up of those two months is when many Halloween lovers are pausing to mark the “6-months-out-to-late-October” moment, and one of the best-loved spots for Angelenos to do that has become the Spooky Swap Meet.<\/a><\/p>\n

The shopping-plus celebration will be back at atmospheric Heritage Square Museum to honor the Halfway-to-Halloween vibes from April 24 through 26.<\/p>\n

Tickets recently shimmered into being, like a phantom arriving from some other dimension, and you can book your admission<\/a> now (some of the time slots are already full or filling up).<\/p>\n

The shopping is scarily sublime, with a few dozen dastardly vendors making panache-filled appearances. Or more than a few dozen, to be frighteningly frank: There are over 65 haunting spots to shop already on tap for the 2026 event.<\/p>\n

Peculiar and petite pop-ups will grace the grounds as well, with “mini walk-thru haunted experiences” adding a fall-like flavor to the celebration, and some roaming monsters rocking ominous outfits and terrific make-up.<\/p>\n

Oh yes: And guests are invited to trick-or-treat by visiting seven stunning Victorian manses, the vintage gems that add so much mystery and beauty to the historic park.<\/p>\n

The happening boasts some Halloween-smart pros at the helm: Scarlett Creative, Inc., Claire Dunlap (co-creator of Midsummer Scream), and GOREnaments founder Sarah Cooke continue to brew up the character-filled concoction each spring, just when autumn enthusiasts are starting to wish they could hit fast-forward and eerily alight in the middle of October.<\/p>\n

David Markland, the Executive Director of Midsummer Scream, and haunt designer Jon Cooke are also in the spooky stew, making it a (monster) mash-up of great Halloween minds.<\/p>\n

Good to know? Tickets to the Spooky Swap Meet have a knack for selling out, each and every year.<\/p>\n

How will you mark the hallowed Halfway to Halloween moment in 2026? Best gather with other ghouls over the last weekend of April at the ever-haunting Heritage Square Museum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to KnowSpooky Swap Meet VIHeritage Square Museum3510 Pasadena Avenue (guests will enter from the “back” of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[585,48,52,51,47,50,49,2311],"class_list":{"0":"post-172721","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-halloween","9":"tag-la","10":"tag-la-headlines","11":"tag-la-news","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","14":"tag-los-angeles-news","15":"tag-museums"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}