Janelle Monáe Breaks the Internet with Dazzling ‘Age of Pleasure Tour’ Performances—See Highlights & Setlist

With Halloween season in full swing, Grammy-nominated artist, actor and style icon Janelle Monáe is turning Los Angeles into a month-long playground of music, film and immersive scares with “Wondaween 2025,” her biggest celebration yet. The festival opened with a Cinespia screening at Hollywood Forever Cemetery and now stretches across haunted hayrides, game nights and cinema talks before climaxing with the brand-new Vampire Beach music event on October 30—a free, costume-mandated blowout for 1,000 lucky fans who RSVP online for a secret coastal location. Key dates to bookmark: • Oct 20 – “Brains Behind the Blood,” a horror masterclass at USC with Monáe, composer Danny Elfman and screenwriter Akela Cooper. • Oct 23 – ’70s-retro Wondaween Game Night at The Spare Room, unveiling Monáe’s new card game, KBÓM. • Oct 25-26 – Disney Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert” at the Hollywood Bowl, where Monáe will sing the role of Sally opposite Elfman’s Jack Skellington. • Oct 27 – Wes Craven’s “The People Under the Stairs” screening at Fine Arts Theatre, costumes encouraged. • Through Nov 2 – Monáe Manor takes over the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride with extra jump-scares and live actors. Monáe describes Wondaween as “heart work, not hard work,” a chance to build community through transformation and creativity. Sponsors Bacardi, Vacation sunscreen and Wingstop supply spirits, sun-protection and bites for Vampire Beach, where the dress code merges fangs with high fashion. Search demand around “Janelle Monáe Halloween costume,” “Wondaween tickets,” “Vampire Beach lineup” and “Nightmare Before Christmas concert Hollywood Bowl” has spiked, and event pages are already racking up RSVP traffic. Fans eager for last-minute entry should monitor Monáe’s socials and the Wondaween.com mailing list, where surprise DJ sets, ride details and costume teasers drop daily. Whether you’re hunting for concert tickets, horror-movie nostalgia or simply Monáe’s next jaw-dropping outfit, Wondaween 2025 is poised to be the most coveted—and Instagram-ready—Halloween experience in Southern California.