Disneyland announces dates for Oogie Boogie Bash 2024
Oogie Boogie Bash will return to Disney California Adventure in 2024 with more nights than ever thanks to the earliest start ever of Halloween Time that pushes deep into August as the spooky season continues to challenge Christmas for holiday supremacy at Disneyland.
Oogie Boogie Bash 2024 will run on 27 select nights from Aug. 25 through Oct. 31 at Disney California Adventure.
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More information will be released in the coming weeks about when tickets will go on sale for Oogie Boogie Bash 2024. The wildly popular event sold out in 12 hours for all 25 dates in 2023.
As in years past, Oogie Boogie Bash will take place on select Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
The 2024 dates for Oogie Boogie Bash:
- Sunday, Aug. 25
- Tuesday, Aug. 27
- Thursday, Aug. 29
- Tuesday, Sept. 3
- Tuesday, Sept. 10
- Thursday, Sept. 12
- Sunday, Sept. 15
- Tuesday, Sept. 17
- Thursday, Sept. 19
- Sunday, Sept. 22
- Tuesday, Sept. 24
- Thursday, Sept. 26
- Sunday, Sept. 29
- Tuesday, Oct. 1
- Thursday, Oct. 3
- Sunday, Oct. 6
- Tuesday, Oct. 8
- Thursday, Oct. 10
- Sunday, Oct. 13
- Tuesday, Oct. 15
- Thursday, Oct. 17
- Sunday, Oct. 20
- Tuesday, Oct. 22
- Thursday, Oct. 24
- Sunday, Oct. 27
- Tuesday, Oct. 29
- Thursday, Oct. 31
It’s worth noting Oogie Boogie Bash won’t be held on Thursday, Sept. 5 and Sunday, Sept. 8 — unless Disneyland plans to release those dates once everything else has sold out.
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Disney has already released a line of Oogie Boogie Bash 2024 merchandise for fans who can’t wait for Halloween to return.
The merch line includes a Disneyland pullover shirt with a Haunted Mansion Holiday design — suggesting the venerable haunted dark ride will return from refurbishment with its traditional holiday overlay in time for Halloween Time in late August.
Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion has gotten a “Nightmare Before Christmas” makeover based on the Tim Burton animated film for more than 20 years now. The New Orleans Square ride has been undergoing an extensive refurbishment since January.
Halloween Time will get its earliest start ever in 2024 when the seasonal event kicks off on Aug. 23 and runs through Oct. 31 at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.
Seasonal decor will once again fill both parks with a massive Mickey Mouse jack-o-lantern on Main Street U.S.A., Headless Horseman statue on Buena Vista Street and Radiator Screams makeover of Cars Land.
Expect to see the return of holiday attraction overlays for the Guardians of the Galaxy — Mission: Breakout, Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree and Luigi’s Rollickin’ Roadsters in Disney California Adventure.
Oogie Boogie Bash — hosted by monster of scare-e-monies Oogie Boogie from “The Nightmare Before Christmas” — typically includes a Halloween parade, Disney villains walk-through experience, Mickey Mouse children’s show and trick-or-treating trails.
The separate-ticket, limited-capacity, after-hours Halloween event at Disney California Adventure is one of the few times of the year when older kids and adults can wear a costume in the theme park.
The Frightfully Fun Parade features seldom-seen characters like the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane, Jack Skellington, Dr. Facilier and the Cheshire Cat.
The Villain’s Grove lighting and sound effects walk-through experience transforms the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail with ethereal scenes inspired by Maleficent, Scar, Frollo, Alice in Wonderland’s Queen of Hearts and Snow White’s Wicked Queen.
The “Mickey’s Trick & Treat” show in the Disney Jr. Dance Party theater features a mad scientist who brews up a potion that unleashes bats, spiders and ghosts created with video projections and special effects.
Young and old visitors can trick-or-treat for candy along immersive treat trails dotted with villains like Oogie Boogie and Maleficent sitting on themed thrones.
Most DCA attractions stay open during Oogie Boogie Bash with shorter wait times due to the limited capacity of the event.
Halloween Time and Oogie Boogie Bash are strictly G-rated spooky fun with none of the jump scares and horror imagery of other Southern California theme park haunted events like Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights (R-rated), Knott’s Scary Farm (PG-13), SeaWorld’s Howl-O-Scream (PG-13) and Six Flags’ Fright Fest (PG).