The City of West Hollywoodis reminding the community and the region that Halloween celebrations this year will be celebrated throughout West Hollywood at its one-of-a-kind entertainment venues. The City of West Hollywood’s Halloween Carnaval will not take place in 2022, but West Hollywood is the place to be for Halloween.
West Hollywood loves Halloween and the City is working to ensure that community members, residents, businesses, and visitors continue to enjoy Halloween in West Hollywood with an alternative approach. The City aims to inspire entertainment venues and businesses to host celebrations with patrons by producing small-scale events. The City has approved the waiver of special event permit and associated fees for City businesses hosting events on October 28, 29, 30 or 31 in celebration of Halloween. Interested business may submit a special event permit application by Monday, October 24, 2022, for activations that do not require temporary structural review. For those special event permit applications that require temporary structural review, requests should be submitted by Friday, October 21, 2022. For details, please contact the City’s Neighborhood and Business Safety Division at code@weho.org or by calling (323) 848-6437.
The West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has published a “Halloween in WeHo” guide with an extensive list of West Hollywood businesses – including bars, restaurants, clubs, hotels, galleries, collectives, and more – to promote Halloween costume contests; dance parties; movie screenings; food, beverage, and cocktail specials; drag events; art nights; and more to give rise to a fantastic Halloween. Details are posted at www.wehochamber.com/halloween2022; click on the “Halloween Guide 2022” for an up-to-date list of businesses.
First launched in 1987, West Hollywood’s celebration of Halloween is rooted in the City’s diverse culture and community. Year by year, what became known as the City’s Halloween Carnaval grew into an annual gathering of phenomenal costumes, entertainment, culture, and self-expression with a myriad of observers, revelers, exhibitionists, and performers with countless thousands of people in attendance each year. In 2021, the City of West Hollywood launched an alternative Halloween experience that encourages entertainment venues and businesses to celebrate with the community creatively and safely.
There will be no street closures or changes to parking regulations on Halloween or during the weekend preceding Halloween. Revelers are reminded not to drive under the influence; even one drink can impair safe driving. The City recommends ride-sharing services and transit options. The PickUp, the City of West Hollywood’s free weekend ride, runs on Friday and Saturday nights from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. and on Sundays from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. In addition to its regular service, The PickUp will also run on Halloween from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. Details are available by visiting www.wehopickup.com. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) bus lines that connect to the City of West Hollywood include 4, 10, 30/330, 105, 212/312, 217, and 218. More information regarding lines is available at www.metro.net.
In order to ensure a safe Halloween weekend for everyone, the City of West Hollywood and the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station are reminding residents, businesses, and visitors that public safety is the City’s number-one priority. If You See Something, Say Something: members of the public are encouraged to reach out to the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station 24/7 at (310) 855-8850 with any safety or security concerns. Additionally, the City’s Block by Block Security Ambassadors program leverages the effectiveness of local law enforcement and works in collaboration with the Sheriff’s Station. The Block by Block Security Ambassador Hotline provides access to free, 24/7 support by phone or text at (323) 821-8604. In an emergency, always call 911.
Up-to-date details about Halloween 2022 will continue to be available at www.weho.org/halloween.
I worry that without the traditional infrastructure in place, crowds will still come but now bar/restaurant bathrooms will have a line out the door, trash will overflow in the street bins, traffic will back up with no signs to redirect. I’m not one to complain but this city council has made a very strange decision not considering how this will affect local businesses and those of us living right off the blvd. I will certainly be remember this as I cast my ballot.
I’ll deliver porta JonDuran’s down there and charge $10 each (standing or seated not to exceed 7 minutes)
Did you go out last year? It was fine. Also, back in the day, people did spill into the street and stopped cars on purpose. It was a hoot!
I didn’t go last year but glad to hear it worked okay. Hopefully this year will have the same results. Thanks for the intel!
But I do agree, they never should have canceled it.
I received a long Halloween press release email from the city last night at 7:30pm and part of it said businesses have until today to apply for one of the special permits. Hilarious that they gave them so much time to submit.
The compromise: Don’t have the stages and big productions, but at least SHUT OFF THE STREET so there’s room for people and it’s safer. The street has been shut off since the 90s, maybe earlier.
LOL at how many families and other straights will attend taking pictures and pointing at the gays and ruining it in general. Like we are zoo exhibits or something
What the heck are you talking about? They do not ruin it at all. They are enjoying it just like everyone else. It should be for everyone.
You obviously haven’t been there too many times if at all.
Maybe by having no “official” celebration, no stages, big productions, no big names, it will bring it back down to what it was originally…a small city’s residents getting dressed up and walking the blvd, having a good time. No huge crowds of tens of thousands of people..mostly out of costume…no crazy gridlock around town, neighborhoods don’t get trashed. Maybe it it bring it back to how it all started. That would be a good thing.
Agreed. Things are spooky and scary enough on their own.
No it wouldn’t. WeHo businesses depended on this Halloween party to be one of their largest income days/nights of the year. Those who don’t like the party simply don’t have to attend.
Just the bars. The residents aren’t so concerned about their profit.
The residents are concerned with the profits of every business. We want a thriving West Hollywood. That’s how this city thrives. That’s how people want to buy houses here, that how people pay for over priced rents here, that’s why companies like Netflix, OWN, and many others relocate here. That’s how we maintain our eco-balance. Your ignorance isn’t funny and is not correct.
Really? There has been no carnival the last couple of years, Covid kept most businesses closed for some time during that same period and even after they opened they had limited crowds..and yet, with the exception of a few, they are all still here. So I don’t buy that they “depend” on that one night. Is it a windfall for them..sure. But at what cost to the entire city and they people that live in it? Most people that I know that remember what it was like when it first started, preferred it on a smaller scale. It got way… Read more »
You may have a point because it’s less likely people will bring their dogs, and it will for sure be pretty much only WeHo people. And no children! How bad a parent must you be to bring little kids, sometimes in strollers that people are falling over, to what is clearly an adult event? I’m sure those kids would rather be with other kids rather than with selfish parents who want to party instead of hiring a babysitter.
Since when do only Weho people go out in Weho? I love the families that come, they seem to really enjoy it. You can keep your dick in your pants for one night, no?
You’re assuming an awful lot, kab1200! I have no intention of taking out my dick. An adult event doesn’t suggest juvenile behavior. I stand by my criticism of parents who would bring children where there are thousands of people in a very confined space, where both they and the adults there could fall over them and both be hurt. I did see a guy fall over a kid in a stroller a few years ago. The parents yelled at the guy and took no responsibility for bringing a small child to an event like this in the first place. You… Read more »
Hahaha, I like how you are now curious to go where guys pull their dicks out! Classic! My reference was to some of the gay men’s costumes. They love to show off.
There you go again! Enough with the dick talk!
My mind doesn’t go there but apparently yours does.
You are full of malarkey. Every year, when the carnival was put on, you would never know it had happened the next day, they cleaned it up so fast. Yes the businesses did depend on it, and last year, they could have had it, but did not, but there was still a huge amount of people out. Try using facts.
Totally agree!