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The best Halloween parties in Los Angeles 2013

Looking for the best Halloween parties in LA this year? We've got you covered with a list of the city's spookiest soirees.

By Kate Wertheimer

Halloween parties are your best excuse to dress provocatively, drink excessively and be (or go home with) someone else for a night. So get your costume, posse and designated driver in order, and take your pick from these top Halloween parties in LA.

West Hollywood Halloween Costume Carnaval

This is the largest Halloween street party in the world, and there's really no better place to be on October 31st. Sure, the crowd is huge (like, a half million people huge) and a bit belligerent, but the amazing display of costumes and general merry-making spirit deem it at least a worthy stop, if not your main destination for the evening. There will be dancing, drinking, and many mid-parade costume contests. Even if you don't plan on entering one, it's best to still come dressed to the nines—no one likes a party pooper in jeans and a t-shirt. Tip: Try to be around for the crowning of the honorary "Queen of the Carnival," and expect lots of surprises; MTV wowed the crowd in 2011 with a pop-up Robyn concert.

1.     Various locations in L.A.

2.     Thu Oct 31

Murder Ballads and Dark Songs

• Price band: 1/4

This Halloween, the Echo will be transformed into a haunted house, in which some of our favorite Folk Fest bands will join forces to form supergroups of darkness and entertain us with their favorite tunes about wicked deeds and sinister fascinations. Murder ballads are always wickedly fun, especially so on Halloween. This LA Record and New LA Folk Fest sponsored event is not one to miss, and luckily, you can afford it: Tickets are $8 a pop, or $5 if you show up in costume (and why wouldn't you?).

1.     Echo 1822 W Sunset Blvd

2.     Thu Oct 31

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SpectreFest Presents: A Stones Throw Halloween

• Price band: 1/4

Spend your Halloween with tricks, treats and tunes at record label Stones Throw's Masquerade Beat-Ball. Don your finest costume and nod your head through a night of synths, beats and hypnotic rhymes. The lineup will consist of some of the best on the label's roster:  Vex Ruffin, Pyramid Vritra, Chrome Canyon and a costumed cabaret by Folerio (alter ego of Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wolf). Bizarro horror projections on the wall will set the eerie mood.

1.     Bootleg Theater 2220 Beverly Blvd

2.     Thu Oct 31

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