Sunday, November 1, 2026, 3:00 AM - 6:30 AM · Friendship Bar, Santa Monica, Los Angeles
Friendship Bar goes full vampire for Halloween. Come in costume for a $500 cash costume contest, specialty cocktails, giveaways, and live party music and dancing all night. Admittance is guaranteed through the link in the bar's Instagram bio.
Santa Monica locals mix with the yacht-adjacent to sip cocktails under dim lights and brass ship wheels. Early evening, it’s mellow enough to catch up over something citrusy; by weekend midnight, it’s shoulder-to-shoulder with people who definitely practiced their “casual” oceanfront look. Pricey drinks, valet outside, and the faint smell of salt air reminding you you’re technically still by the beach.
Rum, Shrubb orange liqueur, honey-ginger syrup, fresh lime, orange, finished with egg white foam
Vodka, St. Germain elderflower liqueur, muddled fresh strawberry, and a float of Prosecco
Tequila, passion fruit, jalapeño, and ginger beer — a spicy, tropical riff on the Moscow Mule