Tricks, Treats & Halloween Beats: Where To Celebrate Halloween 2018 In Las Vegas
Halloween 2018 is right around the corner. Do you know how you’re celebrating? It’s time to start making plans …unless you want to sit around all night handing out candy to sticky trick-or-treaters (it doesn’t get much scarier than that).
This Halloween, don’t get stuck at home with your hand in the candy bowl. From mouthwatering sweets to the sickest beats, here are some of the most frighteningly fun ways to spend Halloween 2018 in Las Vegas.
Tricks
Cher Halloween Look-Alike Contest
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Where: Juniper Cocktail Lounge at Park MGM
When: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., October 31
Calling all Halloween dancing queens! Juniper Cocktail Lounge is celebrating Cher’s ongoing residency at Park Theater with a Cher Look-Alike contest (If only we could all look as good as her at 72). The winner will receive tickets to her show at 8 p.m. that same evening.
Spooky Ball
Where: Andiron Steak & Sea in Downtown Summerlin
When: 7 p.m. October 26
Leave the kids at home and head to upscale neighborhood dining destination Andiron Steak & Sea for a live DJ, a fortune teller, photo booth, spooky cocktails, frighteningly good food stations and devilish desserts. Don’t forget your costume (no weapons; masks cannot be worn outside the restaurant). For more information, visit AndironSteak.com.
Zuma Yelloween and Costume Contest
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Where: Zuma Las Vegas at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
When: 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., October 27
Sip on Veuve Clicquot Champagne from the centuries-old French Champagne house at authentic, yet non-traditional Japanese restaurant Zuma Las Vegas. Halloween festivities include Champagne specials and a costume contest with a mystery prize.
Treats
Hallowaffle
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Where: SkinnyFATS
When: October 28 through 31
For those too old to go trick-or-treating, there’s the Hallowaffle. This pumpkin-spiced waffle is topped with a Twix, salted caramel ice cream, peanut butter sauce, sprinkles, whipped cream and a few candy eyeballs, for good measure. With a sweet treat like this one, you won’t have to hide in the pantry and secretly binge-eat your kids’ candy stash.
Yelloween Veuve Clicquot
Where: Sage at Aria
When: October 27 through 31
Sage from award-winning Chef Shawn McClain has a Halloween 2018 treat for you. Order the Chef Tasting Menu and get a free glass of Veuve Clicquot. Or pair your amuse bouche of three pieces of Kussei Oyster with a glass of the champagne for $30.
Once Bitten
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Where: Cabo Wabo Cantina inside the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino
When: October 26 through November 2.
Leave it to Sammy Hagar’s Strip-side rocking cantina to understand there’s nothing better than drinking a cocktail out of a skull-shaped glass. Made with Bacardi Cuatro, St. Germain, ginger beer, lime juice and blood orange puree, the $13 “Once Bitten” will not leave you shy on Halloween 2018.
Smoking Cauldron Cake
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Where: Freed’s Bakery
When: October 2018
The awe-inspiring cake makers from the Food Network’s “Vegas Cakes” are capturing the Halloween spirit with spooky selections including a whimsical fondant-wrapped “Mummy Cake” and a yellow buttercream-frosted “Candy Corn Cake.” Prepared with bubbling green fondant, Freed’s “Smoking Cauldron Cake” comes complete with instructions for a smoky, do-it-yourself dry ice effect.
Halloween Beats
Day of the Dead Party
Where: Hyde Bellagio
When: 10:30 p.m., October 30 and 31
Don your spookiest and sexiest costumes for beats that go bump in the night as DJ Konflikt (October 30) and DJ Ikon (October 31) keep the party going from the witching hour past the break of dawn. For more information, visit hydebellagio.com.
Thriller – Everything ‘80s Annual Halloween Party
Where: Foxtail Nightclub at SLS Las Vegas
When: Doors open at 9 p.m., October 26
Break out your leg warmers and fingerless gloves. Foxtail Nightclub is hosting a rad ‘80s bash complete with totally tubular tunes by trance DJ Sean Essex and a live set of hits by renowned Michael Jackson tribute artist Santana Jackson. For information to the max, visit slslasvegas.com.
Halloween Eve Bash
Where: Omnia at Caesars Palace
When: 10 p.m. October 30
Grammy Award-winning Zedd sweetens things up in the Main Room at Omnio. For more information, visit www.hakkasangroup.com.
Asylum
Where: Apex Social Club at Palms Casino Resort
When: October 25 through 28
The spirits have been exorcised from the former ghostbar in time for an exciting Halloween weekend lineup at the reigning Apex Social Club. Performers include DJ G-Squared, Travis Barker, DJ Que and DJ Politik on the 55th floor of Palms Casino Resort. For more information, visit apexsocialclub.com.
Yelloween Party
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Where: VISTA Cocktail Lounge at Caesars Palace
When: 9 p.m. October 26 and 27
A DJ will set the vibe for ghouls and guests, who enjoy drink specials including the Yelloween (Belvedere Pink Grapefruit Vodka, falernum, elderflower and fresh lemon) and the Scarlet Letter (Belvedere Pink Grapefruit Vodka, Créme de Cassis, elderflower and fresh lemon)—both topped with Veuve Clicquot Champagne.