Wicked Manors 2026: what to know before Halloween night on the Drive

Once a year, Wilton Drive closes to cars and fills with witches, vampires, drag royalty and people who started their costumes in August. That’s Wicked Manors, the Pride Center’s Halloween street festival, and it’s back on Saturday, October 31, until 11 p.m. This year’s theme is “Masquerade of Mayhem,” so bring a mask. The festival’s homepage says it starts at 6 p.m., but its own code of conduct and the city’s calendar say 5, so if you want the first hour, check with the Pride Center.

The festival has run since 2007, and Focus LGBT reported in September that it draws more than 40,000 people a year. It raises money for The Pride Center at Equality Park and other South Florida nonprofits, and the Pride Center produces it with the City of Wilton Manors. Here’s everything you need to know before you put the costume on.

The short version

• When: Saturday, October 31, until 11 p.m., rain or shine. The start is 6 p.m. on the festival’s homepage and 5 p.m. in its code of conduct and on the city’s calendar.
• Where: Wilton Drive from NE 21st Court north to Five Points, where the Drive meets N. Dixie Highway and NE 26th Street.
• Tickets: from $17.71, fees included. General admission is for ages 12 and up.
• Under 21: the organizer requires everyone under 21 to leave the festival by 8 p.m.
• Money: the festival is cashless, at the gates and at its street bars.
• Bags: small ones only, and everything is searched.
• Getting there: the organizer says parking will be “extremely limited.” Rideshare is your friend: Saturday’s city code, SATOCT31, takes $5 off a Lyft or Uber to the Drive, and drop-off points are below.

Tickets

Three tiers, at the organizer’s prices as of October 1, fees included:

• General admission, $17.71. Ages 12 and up.
• Premium, $46.47. Ages 21 and up. Includes five drink tickets the organizer values at $35.
• VIP, $145.51. Ages 21 and up. An air-conditioned lounge at the Shoppes of Wilton Manors, 2282 Wilton Drive, with light bites and an open bar from 5 to 11 p.m. Your costume will thank you for the air conditioning.

Tickets are sold at wickedmanors.org/tickets. The organizer says no refunds are issued for any reason. Earlier previews quoted lower prices for tickets bought before October 1; those prices have ended.

Getting in

Plan your costume around the gate rules:

• Every bag is searched, and there are metal detectors at every entrance.
• Clear bags can be up to 12 × 6 × 12 inches. Any other bag can be up to 5 × 7 inches. Large bags and coolers aren’t allowed.
• No weapons of any kind, and no outside alcohol.
• Anyone who appears to be under 40 may be asked for a photo ID. You must be 21 to drink.
• It’s a family-friendly event, but everyone under 21 must leave by 8 p.m.
• Service animals are welcome. Emotional support animals are not.
• Costumes are the whole point, but public nudity isn’t allowed.
• For safety alerts during the night, text “Wicked” to 888777.

The streets

Wilton Drive closes to traffic from NE 20th Street to Five Points at 9 a.m. on Saturday, and reopens at 4 a.m. on Sunday, November 1.

The festival itself runs from NE 21st Court to Five Points. The organizer lists five festival bars: before the Gate 1 entrance, before the Gate 3 entrance, in front of Pride Factory, by the Main Stage and by NE 22nd Street. It hasn’t posted restroom locations yet.

Parking and getting there

• The Pride Center lot, 2040 N. Dixie Highway: $26.31 per vehicle, fees included.
• City lots the organizer lists: Richardson Park (1937 Wilton Drive), City Hall (2020 Wilton Drive, with accessible parking), the lot at NE 8th Terrace and NE 26th Street, the 23rd Drive lot (1008 NE 23rd Drive) and the municipal lot. Payment there is cashless, by app or QR code. The organizer doesn’t list event-night prices for these. The city’s standard rates are free until 6 p.m., then $2 an hour or $10 for the night; street meters are $2 an hour. See our parking guide.
• Rideshare drop-off and pick-up: south at Justin Flippen Park (2109 Wilton Drive), central at the Pride Center (2040 N. Dixie Highway) and north at the 26th Street Plaza (1414 NE 26th Street).
• Rideshare discounts: the codes are up on the city’s ride-sharing page. On Halloween it’s SATOCT31, on both Lyft and Uber: $5 off rides to the arts and entertainment district, which includes Wilton Drive and the Dixie Highway theater district, requested between 5 p.m. and midnight. The city lists 500 Saturday codes for each app, up from the usual 100, and when they’re gone, they’re gone. Out Friday too? FRIDAYOCT30 works the same hours, and SUNDAYNOV01 runs Sunday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., for the first 100 rides on each app. In Lyft, enter the code under the menu’s Promos; for Uber, use the voucher link next to the code on the city’s page. The city asks people to claim a code only if they’ll use it.

What the bars have that night

Most of the Drive’s bars sit inside the festival area. The organizer’s pages don’t say whether you need a festival ticket to reach them during the event, so check with the bar before you go.

These come from each bar’s own website, checked between October 12 and October 22. Halloween plans change, so confirm with the bar too.

• Eagle Wilton Manors (2209 Wilton Drive): Sinister, its Halloween party, 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. Eagle’s page lists entry as free before 10 p.m., $15 after, or $10 in advance plus fees, with no re-entry after midnight on a free wristband.
• The Well (2426 Wilton Drive): Halloween at The Well, with drag shows hosted by TaQuoya Love Dupree, performances by Angie Pryce, Vauz Allen and TP Lords, DJ Frank-O and a costume contest. The Well hasn’t posted a start time.
• Georgie’s Alibi Monkey Bar (2266 Wilton Drive): its regular Saturday lineup, with Megamix Saturdays at 6:30 p.m., Diva on Demand at 7, Saturday Night Rewind at 8:30, and Noche Loka and Sickening Beats at 10. This is the bar’s weekly schedule, not a Halloween plan.
• LIT Bar (2440 Wilton Drive): Halloween LIT, from 2 p.m. to close, with five bars, specials in the LIT lot and food trucks, according to its Halloween flyer.
• Hunters (2232–2238 Wilton Drive): lists Wicked Manors on its events page. It hasn’t posted separate plans of its own for the night.

The full list, updated every morning, is on the calendar.

Make a week of it

Halloween on the Drive isn’t one night:

• Friday, October 30: Possessed at Eagle, 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., and karaoke and trivia with TP Lords at The Well from 10 p.m.
• Saturday, October 31, for younger kids: Wicked Manors tickets start at age 12, and everyone under 21 has to leave by 8 p.m. The Wilton Manors library holds a drop-in family board game morning from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the children’s area at 500 NE 26th Street.

Island City Today has no business relationship with The Pride Center, the festival’s sponsors or any bar named here. Nobody paid to be included.

Updated October 29, 2026, evening: added this weekend’s rideshare discount codes from the city’s ride-sharing page, including Saturday’s Halloween code.

Updated October 29, 2026: added the organizer’s rule that everyone under 21 must leave by 8 p.m., and the 5 p.m. start listed in its code of conduct and on the city’s calendar. The Well and LIT have posted Halloween plans since this guide first ran, and The Well’s Friday lineup changed; both are updated, and two events that have passed are removed. Corrections: the guide placed the organizer’s cashless-payment note under the Pride Center lot, but it applies to the city lots; and it named a VJ for LIT’s Saturday night whom LIT’s current flyers don’t name.