California Travel Tips
West Hollywood Loves Halloween
Published on: October 30, 2018
The biggest Halloween party in the nation takes place each Halloween in West Hollywood. It’s called Carnaval and it features 1-mile of stages with music, entertainment and the most creative costume ideas on the planet, thanks to the Hollywood influence. If you stay in West Hollywood you’ll find out that everyone from the front desk clerk to the food server has either written a screen play, acted in a show or movie, rubs elbows with someone famous, or holds 2nd & 3rd jobs in entertainment from catering to costumes to make up. Put that all together in one event that City and its residents gift to the public and you’ll discover why Carnaval never disappoints.
West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval
- Hosted by City of West Hollywood
- The 2nd largest party on the West Coast after Rose Parade
- Always on October 31
- Free admission, free entertainment
- Costumes are encouraged
- Not recommended for children & pets
- Produced with authentic, branded entertainment
- Launched in 1987, three years after City of West Hollywood incorporated in 1984
- 500,000+ people attend
- In 2010 Rocky Horror Picture Show celebrated its 35th birthday by setting a Guinness record for most people to dance the Time Warp at West Hollywood Carnaval
- In 2013 City of West Hollywood fur ban went effect as the first ordinance of its kind in the United States. While you probably won’t be “fleeced” out of town should your costume contain fur, faux is best.
- 1,000 event No Parking road signs installed
- Staged on one mile of Santa Monica Boulevard, part of Historic Route 66
- After party clean up involves up to 10 City staff members, 30 additional workers and seven street-sweep vehicles
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