Los Angeles Event Lineup Brings Halloween Parties and Film Screenings to the Metro Area October 19–23
From October 19 to 23, 2026, Los Angeles hosts a slate of seasonal events ranging from dance nights and themed film screenings to historical museum tours, WE LIKE L.A. reported. The regional calendar highlights outdoor movie nights, comedy shows, and anniversary restaurant specials across multiple neighborhoods.
Fall temperatures across Southern California are dropping as local venues roll out seasonal programming. WE LIKE L.A. reported a packed schedule of themed gatherings designed to take advantage of the cooling weather ahead of Halloween.
Binge Fringe Festival and Outdoor Movie Nights Continue
The 11th annual Binge Fringe Festival of Free Theatre continues all week in Santa Monica. The festival features free performances by local L.A. artists, spanning comedy, Shakespeare, slam poetry, and improv. Reservations are required for in-person events, with the festival running through November 20.
In Playa Vista, RUNWAY hosts outdoor Spooky Movie Nights on the turf every Tuesday in October. This week features a screening of the 1991 film The Addams Family, complete with free popcorn while supplies last. Screenings start at 6:30 p.m. with free admission.
Across town, the UCLA Film & Television Archive presents a double feature at The Hammer’s Billy Wilder Theater this Wednesday. Admission is free.
Salsa Night and Matchmaking Event Offer Social Mixers
Dance floors and social mixers populate the mid-week calendar. 2ND & PCH hosts a Halloween-themed Salsa Night on Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m., featuring a lesson by Peter Araiza and Jenny Mee, open social dancing, and a costume contest where six winners receive $50 restaurant gift cards.
Whittier’s Rodeo 72 hosts a Pitch-A-Friend event on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The evening gives attendees a platform to deliver short presentations helping single friends find partners, concluding with a Single Mingle Mixer.
Skate Hunnies organizes its annual Halloween Skate Party at Frogtown Warehouse on Thursday from 7 to 11 p.m. The 21-and-over event features open skate sessions, DJs, food and drinks, and a costume contest. General admission tickets cost $25.31.
Art institutions are also marking the season. The Skirball Cultural Center hosts a fall exhibition opening on Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m., highlighting works by Judy Baca, Jenny Yurshansky, and Patrisse Cullors. The free celebration includes live music, curator mingling, and spiced pumpkin-filled shortbread.
Adult Horror Series and Live Performances
Music fans can head to The Soraya on Thursday for a concert by Beach Boys co-founder Al Jardine and The Pet Sounds Band. The performance honors the late Brian Wilson and celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Pet Sounds album, with tickets ranging from $49 to $149.
For weekend horror programming, Street Food Cinema brings back its adults-only Boo-ze, Bites & Frights series to Heritage Square Museum. Screenings feature Sinners and Blade on Friday, followed by Jennifer’s Body and Bodies Bodies Bodies on Saturday. Tickets start at $45, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m.
Dynasty Typewriter hosts Heart-Throb Slasher on Friday at 10:30 p.m. Host Lane Moore and guest Mara Wilson lead an improvised 1980s horror movie comedy where the audience decides character survival using retro teen board games. Tickets are $22.99.
Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre continues its annual run of Urban Death: Tour of Terror on Friday and Saturdays, featuring theatrical vignettes bookended by mazes. Advance tickets online cost $24.
Special Dining Menus and Historic Anniversaries
Fanny’s, the restaurant located at the Academy Museum, is serving a limited-time cocktail menu inspired by classic and contemporary horror films through October 31. The ten-drink menu accompanies the museum’s The Horror Show exhibition and includes drinks like the rum-based Creature From the Black Lagoon and the vodka-based The Final Girl.
Sweet Lady Jane in West Hollywood adds spooky Friday night movie screenings later in the month, showing Hocus Pocus on October 23 and Beetlejuice on October 30 at 8 p.m.
El Cholo marks its 103rd anniversary on October 20 by offering its Combination Plate #1—consisting of a cheese enchilada, a rolled beef taco, rice, and beans—for $1.03.