Trick or Treat! Halloween is just around the corner and finding the perfect costume and party can be difficult in the city of angels. CityWaboo has found all the best costume shops, make-up artists, and Halloween shindigs to fill up your entire month of October!

First and foremost, you’ve gotta have a great costume!! There are so many choices from being a cop to a mermaid to a monster or french maid, the options are limitless and Spirit costumes has just about anything you can imagine! Halloween Castle, Junk for Joy Halloween, Trashy Lingerie all carry a variety of costumes to fit any style, body shape, or theme!

MAC Cosmetic stores have already begun booking customers for glam make up and fantasy make up! So if you need you’re eyes to blend perfectly into your mask or bring in a picture of your fantasy look and one of the MAC make up artists will be happy to put together the perfect look for you!

Just as important— The PARTY! Halloween is the perfect time to let loose and just have fun, and fortunate for us, Los Angeles is the best city in the world for Halloween fun! “The largest Halloween street party in the world”, West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval, is world renowned for it’s wild, daring, gaudy, and scariest costumes ever! Enjoy the bands that will be set up all along Santa Monica Blvd. (Mom and Dad, leave the kids at home for this one).

If a street carnival doesn’t sound appealing to you, how about one of the hottest clubs in Los Angeles, the Highlands! Join DJ Vice for the Halloween party of the year with multiple rooms, music, and dancers! Prefer the underground music scene, we’ve got the best place for that too, hit up the Shrine Expo Hall for HARD Haunted Mansion, which will have over 10 different performers!

Not a partier, but you want a good scare? Queen Mary Shipwreck has just what you’re looking for as they’ve incorporated mazes, and tons of blood, corpses and zombies aboard the Queen! Theres also the Mega-size Boiler Room club with live DJ’s and lots of room for doing the Monster Mash!

Looking for a party a little more kid friendly? Try taking the kids and your pets to the Annual Doggy Costume Contest, but make sure to dress up, that means the dogs too! There are prizes for different categories of costumes!

No pets? Have no fear, the Hollywood Youth Carnival is here for you and your family. Make sure you dress up for this one too while you enjoy carnival rides, game booths, entertainment, moon bounces, and candy! Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch also offers loads of fun for the whole family with moon bounces, pony rides, a petting zoo, face painting and even pumpkin carving!

Maybe you have VERY little ones, we’ve got the perfect Halloween spot for you too! Take your family to Booo-tiful Downtown Burbank between 4 pm and 7 pm and enjoy candy from the merchants in the area, it’s perfect for avoiding the Bigger monsters in the area, and enjoying an early fun night with your family. Make sure to look for CityWaboo in downtown Burbank!!