Samhain is nearly here. If you’re looking for thing to do this Halloween in Los Angeles, Grimy Goods has got you! The season of the witch has its last big blowout, and we’ve handpicked the best Halloween shows, club nights, and film screenings happening in Los Angeles. From arena-sized theatrics to a shadow-cast screening to a rooftop full of angels and demons, Halloween in LA is full of spectacular adult things to do.
For those who want to kick off their Halloween festivities early, Janelle Monae‘s WONDAWEEN CREATURE CARNIVAL will haunt a secret location in Los Angeles on Thursday, Oct. 29, for a night of creatures, cocktails and music.
There’s also the West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval on Oct. 31, and it’s always a massively good time.
Oct. 30 — Freak Slug at The Roxy
The Roxy hosts Freak Slug on Oct. 30, ahead of Halloween with a dose of dreamy, lo-fi, ’90s-leaning indie rock. We tapped the project as an Artists You Should Know pick last year. Check out our recent interview with Freak Slug!
Oct. 30 — Failure: The Rising Skyline Tour at The Belasco
The Belasco hosts Failure’s Rising Skyline Tour on Oct. 30, with Quannnic opening. Failure has spent decades carving out a heady strain of alt-rock, and this run follows the release of a new single featuring a rare duet with Hayley Williams.
Oct. 30 — Hercules and Love Affair (DJ Set) at Casita Hollywood
Hercules and Love Affair bring a DJ set to Casita Hollywood on Oct. 30. The dance-floor institution behind disco-house anthems like “Blind” is built for late-night movement.
Oct. 30 — Fime at Permanent Records Roadhouse
Permanent Records Roadhouse hosts Halloween Cover Set 6 on Oct. 30, a 21-and-up night where each band takes the stage as someone else. The lineup: Fime covering Nirvana, Hot Hot Fuss covering The Killers, and Iconique covering No Doubt. Fime, the Los Angeles rock band known for noisy, fuzz-driven songs with post-hardcore bite, has had us tracking them since their return to live shows with the single “White Collar Gold”.
Oct. 30 — Starcrawler at The Regent Theater
The Regent Theater hosts Starcrawler on Oct. 30, with The Paranoyds and Violet Grohl also on the bill. The glam-punk wrecking crew’s feral stage presence hasn’t dulled a bit since their Growlers pop-up warm-up set for Beach Goth, while The Paranoyds bring the same scrappy, fuzzed-out garage-rock energy that tore through an Echo Park Rising set a decade ago.
Oct. 28 & 30 — Malcolm Todd at Greek Theatre
Malcolm Todd brings his Do That Again Tour to Greek Theatre for two nights, Oct. 28 & 30. The young singer-producer’s woozy bedroom pop and alt R&B have carried him from viral TikTok clips to headlining the Greek Theatre in about three years.
Oct. 30-Nov. 1 — Phoebe Bridgers at Intuit Dome
Phoebe Bridgers plays Intuit Dome for three nights, Oct. 30-Nov. 1, with Alex G opening all three nights. We’ve been covering her since she was opening for Television on their mesmerizing trip through Marquee Moon at the Teragram Ballroom back in 2015, caught her and her band in their signature skeletal getups during a spooky-season stop at the Greek Theatre in 2021, and once watched her swoon a GRAMMYs-week crowd with boygenius at a secret acoustic show at The Smell — a far cry from this arena-sized production, while Alex G’s lo-fi fuzz once filled the Constellation Room alongside Japanese Breakfast.
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Oct. 30-31 — My Chemical Romance at Hollywood Bowl
My Chemical Romance wrap up their five-night Hollywood Bowl run on Halloween weekend, with The Used opening the Oct. 30 “Devil’s Night” show and Thrice opening on Oct. 31 at Hollywood Bowl. The run celebrates The Black Parade, the album the band staged as a full theatrical story when they lit up Dodger Stadium for The Black Parade doubleheader in 2025. Bert McCracken’s The Used bring songs from their ninth album, Toxic Positivity, to Friday’s bill, and Thrice, who showcased new music at a sold-out Shrine Auditorium gig in 2016, close the weekend on Saturday.
Oct. 31 — The Bronx at Garden Amphitheatre
Not LA proper, but worth the drive to Garden Grove: The Bronx headline Garden Amphitheatre on Oct. 31, the veteran hardcore-punk outfit that once played Punk in the Park Ventura alongside Pennywise and Suicidal Tendencies. They top a stacked eight-band lineup rounded out by ska-punk veterans Voodoo Glow Skulls, Strawberry Fuzz, and Plague Vendor — the latter bringing the same wiry post-punk energy that tore through Echo Park Rising back in 2017 — plus Gottlieb, Plug Uglies, LA Misfits, and San Diego’s Mrs. Magician, who once helped thrash the Glass House alongside Drive Like Jehu.
More Halloween Shows in Los Angeles
Oct. 29-30 — Goapele at Blue Note LA
Oct. 30 — Lila Downs at Disney Concert Hall
Oct. 30 — DIIV, Dorian Electra (DJ Set) & More at 1720
Oct. 30 — Francis of Delirium, Beatrix at The Echo
Oct. 30 — LUCY (Cooper B. Handy) at Milky’s
Oct. 30 — Cover Me I’m Dead! feat. Scout Gillett, Y Try, Damma Damma & More at Gold-Diggers
Oct. 30 – Mumiy Troll at Pacific Electric
Oct. 31 — WØM Halloween Cover Show w/ Ty Segall, Members of Street Fruit & More
Oct. 31 — KATALYST Halloween Show a Blue Note LA
Oct. 31 — Desire, MotherMary, Johnny Jewel at Lodge Room
Oct. 31 — Sad Park, Bed, Cinnamon at The Smell
Oct. 31 — The Dare, Frost Children, Tinashe, Harmony Tividad, Johnny Jewel & More at Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Oct. 31 — Surprise Chef, Ben Hackett at Sid The Cat Auditorium
Looking for more concerts this month in Los Angeles? See our best show-of-the-month calendar.
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Halloween Club & DJ Nights in LA
Oct. 30 — Kulture Klub 80s Dance Party w/ DJ Geneva Jacuzzi + costume contest
Oct. 30 — Angels & Demons Halloween Party at Moxy Downtown LA
Oct. 30 — Mad World Halloween 80s New Wave Synthpop Dance Party at Alex’s Bar
Oct. 30 — I Know What You Did Last Halloween Dance Party at Don Quixote
Oct. 31 — Das Bunker’s Demon Night Halloween Party at Catch One
Oct. 31 — Haunted Dancehall of Death with Shelby Jacobson at Zebulon
Oct. 31 — Brijean (DJ), Colloboh at Camille’s at The Bellwether
Oct. 31 — Halloween Party w/ DJ Jeni Gee at Gold-Diggers
Oct. 31 — Heads Will Roll: Queer Indie Halloween at El Cid
Oct. 31 — Neil Frances (DJ set) at Sound Nightclub
Oct. 31 — 11th Annual Monster Mash- Good Foot! vs. Slop Stomp at Alex’s Bar
Oct. 31 — Halloween Costume Party at Elevate Lounge
Halloween Movie Screenings in LA
Oct. 30 — From Dusk Till Dawn 30th Anniversary at The Ford
Oct. 30 — An American Werewolf in London, Under The Silver Lake at Brain Dead Studios
Oct. 30 — Resident Evil (2026), Practical Magic, The Restoration at Grayson Manor, Audition at Vidiots
Oct. 30-31 — Trick ‘r Treat at the Vista Theatre
Oct. 31 — The Exorcist, Poltergeist, Obsession at Brain Dead Studios
Oct. 31 — The Rocky Horror Picture Show at The Ford
Oct. 31 — Werewolf by Night & Headless at Walt Disney Concert Hall
Oct. 31 — Bride of Frankenstein, Halloween, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre at Vidiots
Oct. 31 — Cinespia: The Thing at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
BEST CONCERTS IN LOS ANGELES THIS MONTH
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