Stranger Things: Drive-Into Experience
Where: Row DTLA
Tickets: https://feverup.com/m/91034
This Stranger Things-themed experience will bring the Netflix series to life with an hourlong adventure that transports visitors to Hawkins and the Starcourt Mall circa 1985. You’ll be able to take it all in from the safety of your own car. Hatched by the UK’s wildly creative Secret Cinema, the experience will take groups of 24 cars at a time through a world of mullets and monster hunts, including sets complete with actors in costume and special effects.
LA Haunted Hayride
Where: Frank G. Bonelli Park, San Gabriel Valley
Tickets: https://losangeleshauntedhayride.com/
For its 12th installment, the annual hayride is pivoting into a “live drive up experience.” All from within the safety of your car, you’ll venture down “All Hallows Lane” for a slew of Halloween-y elements, including a show screened on a 40-foot screen, scenic environments from previous hayrides and live character. The switch to a car-based experience isn’t the only major change: Griffith Park, where the hayride has previously set up, simply couldn’t accommodate a trail of cars, so instead the event is moving a ways east to Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas.
Urban Legends of Southern California
Where: OC Fair & Event Center
Tickets: https://urbanlegendshaunt.ticketspice.com/urban-legends-haunt
Urban Legends of Southern California will roll into the OC Fair & Event Center most evenings in October. The experience will translate bits of spooky folklore into a series of special effects and creature-filled sets, plus three interactive show zones that you can park inside of.
Haunt’oween LA Halloween Drive-Thru
Where: 6100 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Woodland Hills, CA
Tickets: https://www.hauntoweenla.com/
Trick or treating will look a little different this year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get the whole family together for a drive-through experience to get spooky. Event includes jack-o’-lantern tunnels, pumpkin picking, family-friendly sights and even a bit of “door-to-door” trick or treating—all socially distanced, of course.
Nights of the Jack
Where: King Gillette Ranch, Santa Monica Mountains
Tickets: https://www.tixr.com/groups/nightsofthejack
Cruise across the grounds of the scenic King Gillette Ranch as the Santa Monica Mountains hideaway is illuminated with thousands of hand-carved jack-o’-lanterns. Nights of the Jack returns this year with a drive-through edition, with timed tickets required each night. Expect to spend about 25 minutes on the mile-long trail, and just a heads up that there will be no food or beverages for sale, nor will bathrooms be available.