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Thanks to everyone who attended Halloween Carnaval 2024! Enjoy photos!

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West Hollywood loves Halloween and the City of West Hollywood is thrilled that Halloween is back with Halloween Carnaval 2024!  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 Thursday, October 31, 2024, 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 Thursday, October 31, 2024, through 7 a.m. Friday, November 1, 2024.
• West Hollywood Park small and large dog parks and basketball courts will be closed from 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, October  31, 2024 through 7 a.m. Friday, November 1, 2024.
• West Hollywood Park Five-Story Parking Structure will be closed all day on Thursday, October 31, 2024; the structure will reopen on Friday, November 1, 2024, at 7 a.m.

Street closures associated with Halloween Carnaval are as follows:

• N. San Vicente Boulevard between Santa Monica Boulevard and Melrose Avenue from 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, October 31, 2024, to no later than 7 a.m. on Friday, November 1, 2024.  All alleyways between Santa Monica Boulevard and Melrose Avenue from 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, October 31, 2024, to no later than 7 a.m. on Friday, November 1, 2024.
• Santa Monica Boulevard between N. Croft Avenue/ Holloway Drive and N. Doheny Drive from 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 31, 2024, through 6 a.m. on Friday, November 1, 2024.
• N. La Cienega Boulevard between Holloway Drive and Willoughby Avenue from 10 a.m. Thursday, October 31, 2024, to 6 a.m. on Friday, November 1, 2024.
• N. San Vicente Boulevard between Santa Monica Boulevard and Cynthia Street from 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 31, 2024, through 6 a.m. on Friday, November 1, 2024.
• N. Robertson Boulevard between Santa Monica Boulevard and Melrose Avenue from 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 31, 2024, through 6 a.m. on Friday, November 1, 2024.
• N. La Peer Drive between Santa Monica Boulevard and Melrose Avenue from 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 31, 2024, through 6 a.m. on Friday, November 1, 2024.
• N. Almont Drive between Santa Monica Boulevard and Melrose Avenue from 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 31, 2024, through 6 a.m. on Friday, November 1, 2024.
• Sunset Boulevard eastbound and westbound turn lanes onto southbound N. La Cienega Boulevard from 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 31, 2024, through 6 a.m. on Friday, November 1, 2024.

The City will lift residential permit parking Citywide between 11 a.m. on Thursday, October 31, 2024, and 12 p.m. on Friday, November 1, 2024.

To get to and from the Halloween Carnaval on October 31, the City’s PickUp and Cityline will run free Special Halloween Service to and from N. Sweetzer Avenue/Santa Monica Boulevard, which is walking-distance from the Halloween Carnaval.  Cityline will run a Hollywood/Highland route from 5 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. along with servicing all stops along Santa Monica Boulevard between N. Sweetzer Avenue and N. La Brea Avenue (with the last eastbound boarding at N. Sweetzer at 11 p.m.).  The PickUp will run a  Local route from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. servicing all stops along Santa Monica Boulevard between N. Sweetzer Avenue and N. La Brea Avenue.  Details about Halloween Special Service and schedule at www.wehopickup.com.  Please note, regular Cityline Local and Cityline Commuter service will be suspended on October 31, due to the street closure impacts.

The Sunset Strip’s Afterlife Transfer Trolley will offer a free and immersive Halloween-time trolley service on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood on October 26, 27, 31, and November 1 and 2. Catch a ride for a scream to remember.  A full schedule will be available online at www.thesunsetstrip.com/halloweentrolley.  The Afterlife Transfer Trolley is organized by the Sunset Strip Business Improvement District (BID) in partnership with the City of West Hollywood.

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 is available at www.metro.net.

The City has approved the waiver of Special Event Permit fees, Encroachment Permit fees, and basic Los Angeles County Fire Department site plan review fees on behalf of City businesses hosting Halloween events from October 31 through November 3 in celebration of Halloween.  The application deadline is on Monday, October 21, 2024.  For more information, please visit the Neighborhood and Business Safety Division - Special Event Permits.

Enjoy photos of Halloween Carnaval 2023!

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.