Halloween in Las Vegas 2026
Halloween 2026 falls on a Saturday, which makes October 30 and 31 the tightest nights of the Vegas autumn. Confirmed bills room by room, the costume rules that get people turned away, and how to plan around it.
Halloween in Las Vegas 2026: the weekend, the bills, and how to actually get in
Halloween 2026 falls on a Saturday. It is a bigger factor than it looks. In most years Halloween lands midweek and the city splits its big nights across two weekends, which dilutes everything. In 2026 it lands on the single busiest night of the week, which means every major room on the Strip is pointing its biggest booking of the autumn at the same date.
The practical effect: Friday October 30 and Saturday October 31 are both full nights, and the Saturday is the hardest reservation of the fall outside of race weekend. Here is what is confirmed, room by room, and how to plan around it.
Saturday, October 31: Halloween night
This is the night the whole weekend is built around.
Note that Martin Garrix is doing a day-to-night double on the 31st: Marquee Dayclub at Cosmopolitan in the afternoon, then Omnia that night. If you want to see him twice in a day without changing zip codes, that is the itinerary, and it is also the single most in-demand pair of tickets on the calendar.
Friday, October 30: the night people underrate
Friday is not the warm-up. In a year where Halloween is a Saturday, Friday carries its own marquee bills and is meaningfully easier to book.
If your group can only commit to one night and does not care that the costumes peak on Saturday, take Friday. Same caliber of booking, materially better odds of a good table.
Thursday, October 29
The weekend genuinely starts Thursday, and this is the quietest way into it: Hakkasan Nightclub at MGM with Benny Benassi, Tao Nightclub at Venetian with Murda Beatz, Omnia at Caesars on the terrace, and the Marquee Dome Thursday party.
Sunday, November 1
The wind-down, and a real option for anyone staying through: LIV Nightclub at Fontainebleau with Kettama, Omnia at Caesars running DESEO Latin Sundays, Tao Nightclub at Venetian with DJ Franzen, and Brooke Evers at the Marquee Dome.
The daytime half of the weekend
Late October is past traditional pool season, but the Strip's enclosed winter format keeps running. Marquee Dayclub at Cosmopolitan converts to the Dome, a covered and heated version of the same room, and it runs events straight through the Halloween weekend with NOTD on Friday and Martin Garrix on Saturday.
One thing worth knowing before you plan around it: XS at Encore is closed for its seasonal break through Halloween and reopens on November 5. If XS was on your list, it is not an option this weekend.
Costumes: what actually gets turned away
Every Strip nightclub allows costumes on Halloween and most encourage them, but the door still runs a dress code and it is stricter than people expect. The consistent rules across the major rooms:
- No full-face masks. Security needs to see your face. Half masks and face paint are generally fine.
- No props that look like weapons. This includes plastic ones. Toy guns, swords, bats, and scythes get held at the door or refused outright.
- No oversized costumes that take up floor space or block sightlines: wings, hoops, large frames.
- Footwear still counts. Costume slides and novelty shoes get refused in rooms that require proper shoes.
The safe formula is a costume that reads clearly from the shoulders up and still passes as club dress from the neck down. Policies vary by room and by night, so confirm the specifics for the venue you book.
Dinner before
Halloween weekend dining books up alongside the clubs, and the late seatings go first. Komodo at Fontainebleau at Fontainebleau and Catch at Aria at Aria both run loud and late and sit close to the rooms above. Delilah at Wynn at Wynn is the supper-club version, live music and a room that suits a group that dressed up. STK at The Cosmopolitan at the Cosmopolitan puts you in the same building as Marquee, which counts for a lot on a night this busy.
For something quieter before a long night, Carbone at Aria at Aria or Golden Steer Steakhouse off-Strip, which has been serving the same steakhouse since 1958.
How to plan it
Halloween on a Saturday is the tightest night of the Vegas autumn, and the tables that matter are allocated well before the week itself. Friday the 30th is the value play. Saturday the 31st is the one that needs the most lead time.
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