Dress Up: San Diego Halloween Planner 2009
Updated: October 08, 2009
Find scary costumes, spooky haunted house tours and the best Halloween parties in the city. We're your one-stop shop for tricking, treating, and partying this Halloween in San Diego. Want more up-to-the-minute ideas, tips and discounts? Follow us on Twitter @CitysearchSD.
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San Diego Halloween Events
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Sway at The Keating Hotel
Read Reviews432 F St, San Diego, CA 92101 (map)
Check out the sexy underground costume party at Sway at The Keating, complete with DJs, a new Champagne bar in the back and a costume contest. Call hotel for details.
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Whaley House
Read Reviews2482 San Diego Ave, San Diego, CA 92110 (map)
Famous as one of America's most haunted houses, this 1865 home may be explored by self-guided or private tours.
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W San Diego
Read Reviews421 West B Street, San Diego, CA 92101 (map)
With ten DJs, four seperate party rooms and lots of sexy surprises, the W Hotel is a one-stop shop for Halloween partying this year. But tickets in advance at www.tkent.com or pay the $25 cover at the door.
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Haunted Hotel
Read Reviews424 Market St, San Diego, CA 92101 (map)
Explore the Gaslamp's own haunted Victorian mansion - if you dare. Blood-curdling, suspenseful haunted house fun into the late hours of the night.
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Balboa Park
Read ReviewsLaurel St at Sixth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101 (map)
Head over the Haunted Trail at the Sixth Ave and Laurel entrance for one of the scariest tours in the city. The park is also sponsoring a park-waide family Halloween celebration all Day on Saturday, with several gardens, museums and others participating.
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Monster Manor
Write a review8235 Mira Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92126 (map)
Haunted House set up by the Mira Mesa Theater Guild in the Target parking lot with daytime and evening tours.
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Float
Read Reviews207 Fifith Ave, San Diego, CA 92101 (map)
In what's becoming somewhat of a tradition, Playboy has teamed up with the Hard Rock Hotel downtown to throw the ultimate Gaslamp Halloween bash, complete with bunnies, celebs, pricey cocktails and lots of debauchery.
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Ivy Hotel
Read Reviews600 F St, San Diego, CA 92101 (map)
From Quarter Kitchen to the rooftop Eden to the underground Envy, the Ivy is one huge haunted house this Halloween. Call the hotel for advance tickets.
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Legoland
Write a reviewOne Legoland Dr, Carlsbad, CA 92008 (map)
It's Brick or Treat at Legoland this year for a family-friendly Halloween party that includes contests, live music, lots of candy, snacks & surprises along the park's famous Brick-or-Treat Trail. Tickets star at $25 and can be purchased in advance at www.brickortreat.com
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Stingaree
Read Reviews454 Sixth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101 (map)
Stingaree becomes Fangtasia this year on Halloween night. Where your best set of fangs, and compete in the best-dressed vampire contest. Buy tickets at www.groovetickets.com or pay the $20 cover at the door.
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Sidebar
Write a review536 Market , San Diego, CA 92101 (map)
Halloween on the Black Pearl is what the folks behind Sidebar are calling their two-day Halloween celebration. Come dressed in your best pirate gear both Friday and Saturday nights, and get in line for a tour of the old haunted house below the bar. There's also a “Yelloween Sexiest Costume Contest” sponsored by Veuve Clicquot with a prize of $1000 cash.
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Del Mar Fairgrounds
Read Reviews2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar, CA 92014 (map)
Open nightlt starting October 22, the Scream Zone at the Del Mar Fairgrounds features a House of Horror, a Haunted Hayride and the spooky Chamber. $27.99 gets you in to all three attractions, though you can also purchase individual tickets for each fright fest.
Find a Halloween Costume in San Diego
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Buffalo Exchange
Read Reviews1007 Garnet Ave, San Diego, CA 92109 (map)
Classic second-hand shop has everything you need for a great vintage costume.
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Party City
Read Reviews8330 Rio San Diego Dr, San Diego, CA 92108 (map)
Looking for the bed-in-a-bag of Halloween costumes? Something where the hat, the jacket, the wand and the undergarments are all in one neat package? Head to Party City.
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Gypsy Treasure Costumes
Read Reviews8127 La Mesa Blvd, La Mesa, CA 91941 (map)
Not not the type to settle for a clean white sheet with holes cut out for a ghostly look? Aiming to rent something fabulous and win next month's rent at a nightclub costume contest? Gypsy is the place to find hand-made, elaborate, theater-worthy costumes this year.
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Costume Shop
Read Reviews2960 N Pkwy, San Diego, CA 92104 (map)
Be sure to hit up this warehouse-style costume imporium early in the season to get the best selection. By the week of Halloween, it's likely slim pickings.
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