Best Things To Do This Halloween Week In Los Angeles And SoCal: Oct. 30 - Nov. 2

Academy Award winners Grace Kelly and Ray Milland star as a couple with a marriage on the rocks in this 1954 classic thriller. She's having an affair—and he wants to kill her. When his plot goes awry, she gets implicated in another murder. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

EVAN + ZANE (Evan Rachel Wood and Zane Carney) bring their Halloween concert to Zebulon for the first time, crafting a special Halloween setlist. Come in costume and get ready to sing along, dance and have fun with the duo. This is a 21+ event.

Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre Group’s new frightening theatrical experience is an “Urban Death” maze and show that includes unfathomable monstrosities and the disturbed spirits that walk among us. For Ages 18+. Wheelchair accessible. There is no late admittance or bathroom access for the event.

The immersive theatre experience features Cirque Du Soleil-trained acrobats who take audiences into the world of vampires and the Underworld. The show is family-friendly with spooky thrills and fun, including acrobatic feats, contortionists, jugglers and comedians.

Santa Monica Blvd., between La Cienega and Doheny.

West Hollywood’s Halloween Carnaval returns to Santa Monica Boulevard on Tuesday night after a pandemic hiatus. Find the main stage at the intersection of Santa Monica and N. San Vicente boulevards with DJ sets, food trucks and thousands of Halloween revelers in fun costumes. Organizers suggest keeping the kids and pets at home for this free party because things might get a little naughty. After the live entertainment and people-watching along the boulevard, the bars in WeHo keep the party going well into the night. No backpacks, camera bags or totes allowed. Visitors are asked to carry items in clear plastic bags.

What better way to spend Halloween than watching Halloween (1978) with Jamie Lee Curtis at 8 p.m. and/or Hellraiser at 10:15 p.m. at the drive-in? Watch from inside or outside your car. Come in your spookiest costume for a chance to win prizes.

The Getty Museum's new exhibition The Egyptian Book of the Dead showcases its collection of ancient Egyptian manuscripts bearing spells from the Book of the Dead. The objects, which are being exhibited to the public for the first time, originally belonged to the burials of eight individuals and are now housed in the antiquities collection.

The 2023 edition of the DTLA Film Festival includes 15 feature-length films alongside 15 shorts, webseries and TV pilots, with many making their world premiere, U.S. premiere, West Coast premiere or Los Angeles premiere. Opening the festival is Rosemary Rodriguez’s Hail Mary, a genre-bending retelling of the Mary and Joseph story that follows an undocumented pregnant migrant’s journey to make it safely across the U.S. border. The festival also celebrates Día de los Muertos through several shorts programs and the 2023 key art created by noted calavera artist Agustin Equihua Ortiz.

On Air Fest LA Annex is a convening of audio culture creators and inspired listeners/podcast fans. Take in performances, conversations and podcast tapings, including headliners Jason Derulo, Alexandra Shipp and the Underwater Podcast, Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso and Brit Marling, LAist Studios' own Imperfect Paradise and an interactive rendition of Let’s Make a Horror from CBC Podcasts and Kelly&Kelly.

Several locations in downtown L.A.

GLAFF, the sister fest of Mexico’s Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara, showcases the best of Latinx/e, Latin American and BIPOC cinema and includes industry panels, mixers and galas. The fest opens with Netflix’s No Voy A Pedirle A Nadie Que Me Crea, directed by Fernando Frias de la Parra and based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Juan Pablo Villalobos. GLAFF closes with Maestra, a documentary directed by Maggie Contreras which follows five women from around the world who are breaking glass ceilings in the male-dominated world of orchestral conducting. The opening gala of the festival honors legendary activist Dolores Huerta with the box office proceeds from this year’s festival donated to her nonprofit organization The Dolores Huerta Foundation.

Watch Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which follows a friendship between a little boy and a lost alien who needs to go home. John Williams’ Academy Award-winning score is performed live by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conducted by Gustavo Dudamel as the film screens at Disney Hall.

24th Street Theatre's annual Día de los Muertos block party is headlined this year by Latin surf band The Space Sanchos and México City-based singer-songwriter Rafael Mendoza. Other performers include Mariachi Calilajara, the Aztec dance troupe Huitzilopochtli, ballet folklórico Sol de Fuego and the “Catrina Guapachosa” on stilts (Ismael Ramirez). Enjoy homemade tamales, craft booths and a graveyard where families can make their own altars for departed loved ones. The evening begins at 5:45 p.m. with a procession led by ceremonial dancers Comparsa de Chinelos Amigos de Morelos. Costumes encouraged.

FW Murnau’s 1922 horror film Nosferatu comes alive at this Halloween live score screening with composer, conductor and author Jack Curtis Dubowsky and the Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble. Nosferatu retells the Dracula story, but through Murnau's German Expressionist lens and high-speed special effects, created in-camera.

A few single seats remain for the interactive Halloween-themed pop-up bar: Frankenstein's Mad Scientist Cocktail Lab. Mad Scientists guide each table through the hands-on cocktail-making demonstration, experimenting with beakers and test tubes to create spine-tingling concoctions. People can also learn from a private tarot card reading from a mad scientist. Tickets include a lab cocktail or mocktail, with additional food and beverages available at an extra charge. Seating is available nightly from 6 to 10 p.m. through Oct. 31.

Grand Central Market welcomes families for its trick-or-treating event. Don your costumes and stop at each of the 35+ vendors' stalls for a treat. RSVP to Info@grandcentralmarket.com for free parking on Oct. 31 after 4 p.m.

Cha Cha's Latin Kitchen
110 W. Birch St #7, Brea, CA 92821
13126 Jamboree Rd., Irvine, CA 92602

Enjoy 50% off tacos & tequila at Cha Cha's Latin Kitchen on Oct. 31 after 5 p.m. Choose from wild mushroom, steak mojo, chicken, fresh fish, carnitas, short rib and shrimp, or try a combination of any three or six tacos. Wash the tacos down with their robust tequila selection (blanco, reposado and anejo) or try their popular tequila flight.

Norms Locations

On Oct. 31, kids who visit any NORMS location eat for free, no purchase necessary, when they show up in their costumes. Valid all day on Halloween, children will be able to enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner on the house.

Chef Monica Lee celebrates the release of her cookbook Sohn-mat: Recipes and Flavors of Korean Home Cooking (of the now-closed Beverly Soon Tofu). She joins fellow Korean chef Debbie Lee (Yi Cha/Joseon) for a collaborative, family-style dinner for one night. The menu includes homemade soft tofu, mandu, japchae and the iconic Beverly Soon Tofu soontofu. Cocktails, soju, wine and beer will also be served. 

Celebrate World Vegan Day at West Hollywood’s plant-based bar, APB. From 5 p.m. to close, diners can enjoy a $25 bento box including a vegan margarita or any dry libation, an assortment of plant-based sushi and choice of Nancy’s Fancy Vegan Gelato. The bar will also offer some of its most popular cocktails for only $10.