West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval 2023

Live Stream, Parade Route, Start Time, Schedule

Get ready to get spooky after a 3 year hiatus! Halloween in the USA is an almost unbelievable huge event, with people of all ages participating in the celebrations. A big part of the party is always the Halloween parade, of which there are hundreds of varying scale across the country.

The most famous is probably the New York Village Halloween parade, but the biggest is actually the event in West Hollywood at their now iconic Halloween Carnaval.

This street parade and party stretches along over a mile of the famous Santa Monica Boulevard, from La Cienega Boulevard to Beverly Hills and this free event is attended each year by an estimated half a million Halloween revellers, making it a truly huge party! It is quite an adult themed event, so organisers recommend you leave the kids at home for this one.

Parade Date

No surprise here, it's on the 31st October.

Start time

The parade steps off at 6pm and continues through until 10.30pm.

Parade route

The carnival parade is on Santa Monica Boulevard, in the area between La Cienega Boulevard and Doheny Drive in West Hollywood, and the whole area is closed to traffic for the duration.

The highlights of the evening of entertainment are typically the costume competition and the crowning of the Carnaval King and Queen.

Normally there are also 6 stages providing live entertainment, with a great lineup of top local performers, but from what we can see, the actual stages won't be there, but some kind of music will be there to keep the party feeling! You will of course need to arrive as early as possible if you wish to secure a decent viewing spot.

Social & Streaming

The carnival parade is usually picked up for live coverage by the local network TV stations so there should be a live stream available. We will provide the link here as soon as we have it

The most llkely option will be via WeHo TV, which you can find online here:

WeHo TV on Youtube

You might also like to check out some of the local webcam views, there are several in the area to help give you a taste of the action throughout the carnival:

Santa Monica webcams

Hotels and Accommodation

This is actually a good time of year to visit LA and Hollywood, with temperatures down at a reasonable level and the hotels not too busy in the gap between summer and Thanksgiving.

You can check availability and make reservations for local hotels here.

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