Events In Los Angeles County | October 2018
Events in Los Angeles County this October 2018 include tons of haunted attractions like the Queen Mary Dark Harbor, Long Beach Zombie Fest and more. From food, wine, and beer festivals to Oktoberfest and farmer’s markets, this month is all about the fall vibes. What are you most excited for?
Hollywood Horror Nights
Friday, September 14th – Saturday, November 3rd
7PM-2AM, Select Nights
hollywood.halloweenhorrornights.com
7PM-2AM, Select Nights
hollywood.halloweenhorrornights.com
Did you know that there’s a Stranger Things maze this year at Hollywood Horror Nights?! Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights is back with 10 terrifying mazes, a new Jabbawockeez show, the terror tram and scare zones to keep the hairs on the back of your neck raised all night long. The move level production on these terrifying experiences is absolutely chilling.
Street Food Cinema
Saturday Nights throughout October
Doors 5:30; Band 6:30; Movie 8:00
streetfoodcinema.com/schedule/los-angeles
Doors 5:30; Band 6:30; Movie 8:00
streetfoodcinema.com/schedule/los-angeles
Street Food Cinema has a month of Halloween and horror themed movies in the park this October. With 12 different locations to provide moviegoers with more chances to catch their favorite flick on the big screen, don’t forget to come early and catch top local bands. Each night will be a different band, movie, and round up of delicious food trucks.
October 6th: IT @ Poinsettia Rec Park, West Hollywood
October 6th: Hocus Pocus @ La Quinta Park, La Quinta
October 6th: Beetlejuice @ Victory Park, Pasadena
October 13th: Halloween @ Eagle Rock Rec Park, Eagle Rock
October 13th: Gremlins @ Glendale Central Park, Glendale
October 20th: Shaun of the Dead @ Will Rogers State Historic Park, Pacific Palisades
October 20th: Coco (En Español) @ Exposition Park, Downtown
October 27th: Edward Scissorhands @ Veterans Memorial Park, Culver City
October 27th: Coco @ Victory Park, Pasadena
Rooftop Cinema
Tue, Oct 2 at LEVEL: Steel Magnolias | Wed, Oct 3 at NeueHouse: Batman | Wed, Oct 3 at LEVEL: A League Of Their Own | Thu, Oct 4 at NeueHouse: Rushmore | Thu, Oct 4 at NeueHouse: The Grand Budapest Hotel | Thu, Oct 4 at LEVEL: Do The Right Thing | Fri, Oct 5 at NeueHouse: Chicago | Fri, Oct 5 at NeueHouse: Grease 2 | Fri, Oct 5 at LEVEL: Tommy Boy | Sat, Oct 6 at LEVEL: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind | Sun, Oct 7 at NeueHouse: Half-Baked | Mon, Oct 8 at NeueHouse: How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days | Tue, Oct 9 at LEVEL: The Sandlot | Wed, Oct 10 at LEVEL: Waiting For Guffman | Thu, Oct 11 at NeueHouse: South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut | Thu, Oct 11 at NeueHouse: Team America: World Police | Thu, Oct 11 at LEVEL: Cruel Intentions | Fri, Oct 12 at NeueHouse: Talladega Nights | Fri, Oct 12 at NeueHouse: Days Of Thunder | Fri, Oct 12 at LEVEL: As Good As It Gets | Sat, Oct 13 at LEVEL: Leon, The Professional | Sun, Oct 14 at NeueHouse: The Neverending Story | Mon, Oct 15 at NeueHouse: Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels | Tue, Oct 16 at NeueHouse: Cry-Baby | Tue, Oct 16 at LEVEL: Crazy Stupid Love | Wed, Oct 17 at NeueHouse: Jurassic Park | Wed, Oct 17 at LEVEL: Valley Girl | Thu, Oct 18 at LEVEL: The ’Burbs | Fri, Oct 19 at LEVEL: A Clockwork Orange | Sat, Oct 20 at LEVEL: Top Gun | Sun, Oct 21 at NeueHouse: The Greatest Showman | Mon, Oct 22 at NeueHouse: To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar | Tue, Oct 23 at NeueHouse: Dirty Dancing | Tue, Oct 23 at LEVEL: Set It Off | Wed, Oct 24 at NeueHouse: Tombstone | Wed, Oct 24 at LEVEL: Honey I Shrunk The Kids | Thu, Oct 25 at LEVEL: What We Do In The Shadows | Fri, Oct 26 at NeueHouse: Hocus Pocus | Fri, Oct 26 at NeueHouse: The Witches | Fri, Oct 26 at LEVEL: The Silence Of The Lambs | Sat, Oct 27 at LEVEL: Poltergeist | Sun, Oct 28 at NeueHouse: The Sixth Sense | Mon, Oct 29 at NeueHouse: Super 8 | Tue, Oct 30 at NeueHouse: Evil Dead 2 | Tue, Oct 30 at LEVEL: Alien | Wed, Oct 31 at NeueHouse: Halloween | Wed, Oct 31 at LEVEL: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Smorgasburg LA
Indulge your inner foodie and shopaholic at this weekly food-focused market. Each Sunday, find dozens of exciting food vendors at Smorgasburg LA, plus sophisticated shopping from the realms of design, craft, style, vintage, wellness, and more. Cultural events, pop-ups, and other surprises transform the vast site into a new node in Downtown LA’s burgeoning scene, and a unique destination for the area. The best part is the new parking garage – score!
Alpine Village Oktoberfest
September 7th – Saturday, October 27th
Fridays 6PM-12AM; Saturdays 5PM-12AM; Sundays 1PM-6PM
alpinevillagecenter.com/oktoberfest
Fridays 6PM-12AM; Saturdays 5PM-12AM; Sundays 1PM-6PM
alpinevillagecenter.com/oktoberfest
Alpine Village is the home of the oldest Oktoberfest celebration in Southern California, located in Torrance. So if you’re going to celebrate, this Bavarian bash is the perfect place. Friday and Saturday are 21+ and Sundays are family days.
Queen Mary Dark Harbor
Thursday, September 27th – Friday, November 2nd
Times vary based on day
queenmary.com/events/dark-harbor
Times vary based on day
queenmary.com/events/dark-harbor
With more sinister spirits taking over the Queen Mary, this will be the scariest year yet. This year’s Dark Harbor centers around a Ringmaster with corrupt control of over 200 heinous monsters throughout 6 terrifying mazes. This year features new paths, secret rooms, haunted bars, and more!
San Gabriel Dumpling & Beer Fest
A “local twist on Oktoberfest” in San Gabriel features food and beer booths, vendors, DJs, live band, best dumpling contest and dumpling eating contest! The San Gabriel Dumpling and Beer Fest is the perfect fusion of fall fun and local eats held in the Mission District.
Off The Hook Seafood Festival
A big-time seafood celebration, featuring winners like Del Frisco’s Grille, Herringbone, Red O and so many more. The foodie fundraiser will showcase the city’s best restaurants and chefs with a variety of seafood inspired dishes. Tickets are $50 in advance and $65 the week of.
COAST Open Streets Festival
This local event transforms two miles of streets into a festival for the day. Stroll with stilt walkers, dance to local bands and DJs, and feel the breeze as you move through Santa Monica. Explore the interactive COAST Zones celebrating arts, culture, sustainability and mobility, as well as other attractions along the route.
Screamfest Horror Film Festival
Screamfest Horror Film Festival is the largest and longest running horror film festival in the United States. Paranormal Activity was discovered and premiered at the festival in 2007. Some of the largest horror online publications have called it the “Sundance of Horror”. Purchase a movie festival pass for the whole week or purchase individual tickets for your choice of horror flicks.
Taste Of Italy
Everyone loves Italian cuisine so attending the Taste of Italy night is a no brainer. Put on by the Italian American Museum of LA, the food and wine event features award-winning restaurants and wineries, with fantastic entertainment in a beautiful setting. Drawing over 2,500 attendees, including dignitaries, civic leaders and celebrities, the event delivers a unique combination of excellent media value, product placement and client entertainment options.
Paella Wine & Beer Festival
The Paella Wine & Beer Festival will be going on this month at Pershing Square in Los Angeles. Paella is a dish that comes from Spain with saffron infused rice, bold flavors, means, shellfish and vegetables. Do something different with your Saturday and immerse yourself into the culture of Spain. Savor some of the best paella, tapas, sangria, beer, tequila and wine while experiencing an original Fiesta Española.
Farmers Market Fall Festival
The fun of the LA County fair comes to the heart of the city. Fall Festival fun includes pumpkin patch, petting zoo, arts & crafts, pie-eating contests, and lots and lots of live music! You will also find the Market and its merchants fully decorated, so be ready for plenty of selfies and pics in the photo cut-outs throughout.
Festival Of Philippine Arts & Culture
The City of Los Angeles’ Filipino American Event, is the longest-running Filipino cultural celebration in Southern California. Enjoy traditional and contemporary Filipino food, music, dance, crafts and culture. Immerse yourself in the culture with indigenous and contemporary art, live entertainment, plus famous chefs and their food. Held at Echo Park Lake, admission is totally free.
Long Beach Zombie Fest
Hordes of rotting revelers are rising from their graves preparing to invade the Rainbow Lagoon in Long Beach. It’s a three-day invasion of undead music and horror for all ages. The undead fun includes free zombie make up, haunted interactive maze, a zombie apocalypse scavenger hunt, a Thriller workshop to learn the iconic choreography and so much more!
Eastside Food Festival
The festival supports local sustainability, featuring locally owned and operated businesses including over 30 local vendors including restaurants, celebrity chefs, caterers, locally owned brands, and more. This year’s event includes a VIP happy hour from 3-4PM.
Burbank Beer Festival
Held in Downtown Burbank, the 4th Annual Beer Festival and Fall Street Fair will have two sessions with over 85 craft beers on tap, live music, and entertainment. The street fair is free to the public from 12PM-7:30PM and rain or shine the party will be raging!
Taste Of Soul
This massive (free) South LA soul food and music festival is always an epic celebration. The Taste of Soul Family Festival takes place annually in October and features a taste of all things “soulful” including food from local restaurants, live entertainment, displays from local artists, and exhibits from local businesses and organizations. The party plays out on Crenshaw Blvd between Stocker St and Rodeo Rd.
Santa Anita Pumpkin Patch
Just in time for Halloween, visit the Santa Anita Pumpkin Patch, complete with our Family Fun Zone featuring an infield full of activities for your little jockeys, from inflatable jumpers, face painting and carnival games to pony rides. Plus, you enjoy an exciting day of racing as the horses run around you.
Escape Psycho Circus
If you’re looking for a weird a creepy way to get into the Halloween spirit, this is it. This EDM fest has circus performers, scary mazes, and even some crazy pyrotechnics. Each realm of the Psycho Circus offers up a unique musical treat, full of audiovisual trickery to captivate your soul. Stages this year include Slaughterhouse, Ghoul’s Graveyard, The Chopping Block, and Cannibals’ Tea Party.
Dia De Los Muertos Festival
The annual festival of the dead is back again, stuffed full of pan de muerto, performances, music, and thousands of people in the classic sugar skull dia makeup. And where better to celebrate than The Hollywood Forever Cemetery? The festival will include hundreds of Aztec Ritual dancers in full costume, four stages of music and theatrical performances, 100+ altars created by members of the community to their ancestors, costume contest, kids arts area and so much more.
West Hollywood Carnaval
Everyone knows that WeHo can throw a party, and the most bewitching one of the year is West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval. It’s the best place to people watch as attendees eagerly to show-off their killer costumes. The street party of 500,000 is a spectacle not to be missed; expect drag queens, muscle boys, lots of glitter and a freaking good time. The Carnaval is an annual public event that takes place on Santa Monica Boulevard between North Doheny Drive and La Cienega Boulevard.
Did we miss the details on your favorite event? Leave a comment and tell us all about it! There are so many events in Los Angeles County this October 2018, it’s hard to fit them all on just one list.
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