{"id":1044075,"date":"2026-09-05T02:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T02:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1044075\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T02:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T02:30:20","slug":"los-angeles-haunted-hayride-a-ghoul-filled-griffith-park-lark-to-soon-roll-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1044075\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Haunted Hayride, a ghoul-filled Griffith Park lark, to soon roll \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What to Know<\/p>\n<ul class=\"what-to-know__list\">\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">Los Angeles Halloween Hayride<\/li>\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">Sept. 18 through Nov. 1, 2026 (select nights)<\/li>\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">Griffith Park<\/li>\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles<\/li>\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">Presented by Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group<\/li>\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">$34.99 and up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sitting on a fragrant pile of hay and savoring a fall outing is something we&#8217;ve sometimes seen in the movies, it&#8217;s true; characters dress in gingham and flannel and head into the forest to frolic in the fresh air.<\/p>\n<p>Finding a real hayride nowadays is a different story, however. It can feel like, well, finding something tiny that&#8217;s been well hidden, much like a small object that&#8217;s inside a very large haystack.<\/p>\n<p>But the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride has given Halloween fans the rare opportunity to set out into the shadowy pockets of <a href=\"https:\/\/losangeleshauntedhayride.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Griffith Park<\/a> for the last several years, all to soak up sights and screams while taking a spooky spin that involves actual hay. <\/p>\n<p>Those spins into the shadows will begin again Sept. 18, with a wicked wrap-up Nov. 1. <\/p>\n<p>The not-so-wholesome, startles-and-shivers experience won&#8217;t roam the darker stretches of the park every night during its run, keep in mind, but there are <a href=\"https:\/\/losangeleshauntedhayride.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">several dates on the upcoming calendar<\/a>; weekend nights tend to fill up first.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t a sweet sing-along hayride from some old-fashioned film, but rather an experience rife with frights. Creatively choreographed moments and dastardly decorated scenes line the route, as well as sway poles, which are making a return to the event after more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LAHH6.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tLos Angeles Haunted HayrideLos Angeles Haunted Hayride<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride takes guests into pernicious pockets of the park, all to deliver Halloween-style thrills.<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;re back in the Halloween-y hub of the action, there are other non-hay happenings to consider, if you&#8217;re brave enough: Elvira&#8217;s Trick or Treat Mayhem is a &#8220;candy-coated realm&#8221; brimming with &#8220;ghoulish goodies,&#8221; while a trip to Midnight Falls is at the trembling heart of Hellbilly Halloween. <\/p>\n<p>And the new Fallen Angel maze zips guests back to the Sunset Strip for a night of metal music mayhem and frightful rituals, eek.<\/p>\n<p>The Madame Aurora S\u00e9ance Theater will also debut in 2026, if you&#8217;re keen to find out how Midnight Falls, the fictional and fearsome town that inspires the mythos of the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride, came to be.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Midnight Falls has always been a town filled with secrets, and this year we&#8217;re revealing one of its biggest mysteries,&#8221; said Jen Bendik, General Manager.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Through the new s\u00e9ance show, guests will uncover how the town became cursed and trapped on Halloween night in 1985.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And, for the first time, guests 21 and over can enjoy spirits of a different kind at new themed bars throughout the event.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LAHH7-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tLos Angeles Haunted HayrideLos Angeles Haunted Hayride<\/p>\n<p>Cider and s&#8217;mores are among the seasonally perfect treats available at the multi-night event.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in the mood to ride a carousel, the event&#8217;s much-photographed Scary-Go-Round will be back to bewitch, while a S&#8217;mores Package is the appetizing option for those revelers seeking a snack break at the woodsy spectacular.<\/p>\n<p>Should seasonal snacking be your main focus, there&#8217;s The Cider Mill Experience, where the chow-down focus is on apple cider doughnuts and warm sips of cider-y goodness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to Know Los Angeles Halloween Hayride Sept. 18 through Nov. 1, 2026 (select nights) Griffith Park 4730&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1044076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,10454,17810,2961,224,5337],"class_list":["post-1044075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-griffith-park","tag-halloween","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117216085976943368","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1044075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1044076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1044075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1044075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1044075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}