HONOR: MidCity Mercado: Día De Los Muertos Festival Block Party

Celebrate Día de los Muertos this Saturday at MidCity Mercado’s festival honoring loved ones and shared memories. It offers an immersive experience filled with live music, food trucks, a community altar, traditional Latine artists and cultural stage performances, an art gallery, and so much more. Día de los Muertos is a staple tradition in Los Angeles — find one near you with L.A. TACO’s Ultimate Guide to Día de Muertos.

RIDE: The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride & Halloween Festival

Harden your nerves with the haunting hayride’s creeping cruise through the eerie town of Midnight Falls, where the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest. Will you survive? Hopefully! Because there’s so much more to experience at this festival: witch’s seances, zombie gellyball fights, horror shows, a scary-go-round, and all other manner of tricks & treats. This Halloween Festival is the epitome of spooky season.

MAKE: Elvira's Green Slime Totchos

Mistress of the Dark, Elvira, visited KCRW and shared one of her favorite dishes that makes any Halloween get-together blood-curdlingly tasty. Take tots and a lot of ooey-gooey add-ons and assemble this slime-enshrined pile of indulgences that’ll make everyone scream for more.

HAUNT: Night of the Jack

This isn’t your average pumpkin patch… Night of the Jack is a dazzling Halloween spectacle with an immersive trail featuring larger-than-life jack-o’-lantern installations, immersive light technology, and interactive displays. Plus, there’ll be delectable food from LA’s top food trucks and themed cocktails and specialty drinks in the on-site Spookeasy. It’s a hauntingly good night out you won’t want to miss!

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GO: Porchfest LA

The streets will hum to life as patios and porches are transformed into stages. Meet your neighbors and make new friends while local voices rise in song and storytelling. Porchfest LA embraces music, art, comedy, and connection. Get out this weekend and explore some of the neighborhoods that make up LA, and enjoy the performances that come along with them. Shows are in East Hollywood, Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Mar Vista, and Culver City.