{"id":30668,"date":"2025-10-30T19:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T19:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/30668\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T19:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T19:46:08","slug":"all-the-west-hollywood-halloween-carnaval-2025-street-closures-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/30668\/","title":{"rendered":"All the West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval 2025 Street Closures to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Halloween is tomorrow, and while the scariest thing for Dodger fans might be tuning in to Game 6 of the World Series, the largest costume party in Los Angeles is proceeding as planned: That\u2019s right, the West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval<\/a> is upon us once again.<\/p>\n

Every year on Halloween<\/a> night, WeHo welcomes countless costumed attendees\u2014like, up to half a million\u2014to a\u00a0mile-long street party<\/a> on Santa Monica Boulevard filled with food trucks, a performance stage and an absolutely electric atmosphere.\u00a0After taking three years off, the All Hallow\u2019s Eve tradition made its triumphant return in 2023, and it\u2019s\u00a0been going strong since.<\/p>\n

Carnaval\u2019s annual appearance also means it\u2019s bringing lots of road closures<\/a> along with it. Here\u2019s a quick rundown on everything you need to know about this year\u2019s return of the West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval.<\/p>\n

When is the West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval?<\/p>\n

The event<\/a>\u00a0takes place on Halloween night (Friday, October 31, 2025) from 6 to 11pm, though you can expect to find plenty of after-parties along the route.<\/p>\n

Where does it take place?<\/p>\n

Along\u2014and literally on\u2014Santa Monica Boulevard from Doheny Drive to La Cienega Boulevard.<\/p>\n

What street closures will be in effect?<\/p>\n

Oct 31 at 12:01am\u2013Nov 1 at 7am<\/p>\n


\nN San Vicente Blvd between Santa Monica Blvd and Melrose Ave
\nAll alleyways between Santa Monica Blvd and Melrose Ave <\/p>\n

In addition, West Hollywood Park, including its dog parks, basketball court and parking garage, will be closed during this span.<\/p>\n

Oct 31 at 10am\u2013Nov 1 at 6am<\/p>\n


\nSanta Monica Blvd between N Croft Ave\/Holloway Dr and N Doheny Dr
\nN La Cienega Blvd between Holloway Dr and Willoughby Ave
\nN San Vicente Blvd between Santa Monica Blvd and Cynthia Street
\nN Robertson Blvd between Santa Monica Blvd and Melrose Ave
\nSunset Blvd eastbound and westbound turn lanes onto southbound La Cienega Blvd <\/p>\n

What about parking and transit?<\/p>\n

WeHo\u2019s usual residential permit parking restrictions will be temporarily lifted from 11am on\u00a0Friday\u00a0until noon on Saturday, meaning you can technically street park in the area.<\/p>\n

But if you don\u2019t want to worry about circling the city for a spot, you can take advantage of a few transit options:\u00a0The PickUp<\/a>\u00a0trolley and\u00a0Cityline<\/a>\u00a0shuttles (both typically free to ride) will drop their usual service and instead offer a special combined route for Halloween night, running along Santa Monica Boulevard from Kings Road to La Brea Avenue from 6pm to 3am (with a connection much farther east at the Hollywood\/Highland\u00a0Metro<\/a>\u00a0station until midnight)\u2014making a car-free night possible, all the better for imbibing. The PickUp will continue running after that until 3am, sans the Metro connection.<\/p>\n

West Hollywood is also serviced by a whole bunch of Metro bus routes, including the\u00a04, 10, 16, 105, 212, 217 and 218.<\/p>\n

Are tickets required? What actually happens there? And are there any special rules?<\/p>\n

Nope, it\u2019s totally free to attend. It\u2019s not really an overly programmed event: People kind of just hang out, dance to DJ sets and show off their costumes (to be clear, there\u2019s\u00a0not\u00a0a parade, unlike WeHo Pride<\/a>).\u00a0You\u2019ll find a stage at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and North San Vicente Boulevard with a live DJ set, plus food trucks\u00a0nearby.<\/p>\n

Plus, this year, as part of an ongoing celebration of\u00a0The Rocky Horror Picture Show\u2019s 50th anniversary, there will be a themed photo booth and the chance to dance the Time Warp alongside the film\u2019s\u00a0famed shadow cast, Sins of the Flesh.<\/p>\n

Note that there is some considerable security set up for the event, so you can\u2019t bring in any backpacks, camera cases or tote bags (other than clear plastic bags); no alcohol is allowed in the street; and weapons, fireworks and drones also aren\u2019t permitted. The city also recommends leaving young kids and pets at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Halloween is tomorrow, and while the scariest thing for Dodger fans might be tuning in to Game 6…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[7579,22573,48,52,51,47,50,49,7995,420],"class_list":{"0":"post-30668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-categories-things-to-do","9":"tag-contributor-gillian-glover","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-headlines","12":"tag-la-news","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","15":"tag-los-angeles-news","16":"tag-news-events-festivals","17":"tag-things-to-do"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30668","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=30668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}