Come One, Come All: Step Inside the Most Exclusive Celebrity Halloween Parties of 2025

It’s that time of year again. Spooky season is upon us—just when you thought this year couldn’t get any scarier. At least the glitterati are taking it in their stride, with looks that are nothing short of killer. From the East to the West Coast, sink your teeth into Vogue’s 2025 celeb-ridden Halloween parties roundup—filled with sights, frights, and wicked costumery.

Hocus Pocus’s own Bette Midler kicked off festivities with the New York Restoration Project’s annual Hulaween bash, this time with the theme ‘New York, New York, a Helluva Town.’ The black-flame candle has officially been lit—IYK, YK—awakening the city’s spirit with a theme honoring the Big Apple itself. Midler served as the guest of honor, celebrated by all in attendance for her leadership and commitment to NYRP’s mission on the nonprofit’s 30th anniversary. Hosted by Busy Philipps, the evening also honored Emmy-winning host and producer Andy Cohen with the Joan Kors Green Champion Award.

Who else will make an appearance on the party circuit this year? According to Google’s latest search data, KPop Demon Hunters and Labubus are leading the pack for 2025’s most anticipated Halloween costumes. No doubt the elusive Louvre robbers may finally reveal themselves after trending on TikTok—spurred by the rumored smooth-dressing detective investigating the brazen $102 million jewel heist in Paris earlier this week. (Turns out he was just a passerby, but a ghoul can dream!) Just another pop culture moment destined to inspire this year’s costumes.

If you’re still at a loss for what to wear, fear not. Vogue will keep bringing you the most up-to-date news from the Halloween parties everyone’s dying to get into. Consider this your personal invite to all the hair-raising moments you don’t want to miss…

Friday, October 24

Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project 30th Annual Hulaween

Arguably one of the most coveted (and charitable) nights of Halloween is none other than Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project (NYRP) annual Hulaween—a spellbinding affair held in support of the city’s green spaces.

Last night marked NYRP’s 30th year of keeping New York green. The nonprofit, founded by Midler, partners with communities to restore parks, revive gardens, plant trees, and grow a more vibrant New York for everyone. Fittingly, the theme matched the mission: “Hulaween: New York, New York, a Helluva Town!”

As one guest dressed as Eloise quipped, “There is no one definition of New York.” The crowd proved her right—there were subway stops, Chrysler buildings, pizza rats, and one partygoer who earned a costume award for embodying every New Yorker’s quiet fear: death by falling A/C unit.

Midler herself leaned into her roots, arriving in denim overalls and glittering eye makeup as a playful nod to her showbiz sparkle and hands-on gardening spirit. Accepting the Catalyst Award, she joked, “I’m no longer a spring chicken, no longer a summer chicken, I’m not even a fall chicken. I’m an endangered chicken at this point!” Echoing the mission that has guided NYRP since 1995, she told the crowd, “Clean, green, open space is a right, not a privilege.”

Hosted by Busy Philipps, the evening sparkled with quintessential NY moments. Guests were treated to a surprise musical tribute from Billy Crystal alongside Marc Shaiman, Ben Platt’s rendition of “On Broadway,” and Andy Cohen (costumed as fellow Andy, Andy Warhol), honored with the Joan Kors Green Champion Award by designer Michael Kors in a taxi driver getup.

As the festivities wound down, guests were gently reminded to move along or risk being booted from Casa Cipriani’s storied halls. The City that Never Sleeps truly lived up to its name.