Disney Announces Sales Start Dates & Ticket Prices for 2026 Oogie Boogie Bash Halloween Party

After a partial leak last month, Disney has officially announced the start dates of ticket sales for the 2026 Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Party, along with date-specific prices. Here’s everything you need to know, including our expectations about how quickly tickets will sell out.

Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Party (OBB) is starting in mid-August for the second consecutive year, with the first special event on August 18, 2026. This is actually one night later than last year, but the 2026 Oogie Boogie Bash will be held on a record 33 nights from August through October, which is 2 more dates than last year (also a record). The previous year, OBB was held 27 times, which was also a record at the time. Similar story the year before that.

Oogie Boogie Bash actually begins a few days before Halloween Time at Disneyland as a whole, which doesn’t kick off until August 21, 2026. That’s one day earlier than last year and two weeks earlier than what used to be normal. For everything beyond OBB, see our full Guide to Halloween 2026 at Disneyland Resort.

Beyond tickets going on sale and date-specific pricing, Disney has also announced what’s changing. In particular, the new “Madame Leota’s Swinging Wake – A Haunted Mansion Street Party” replacing the Frightfully Fun Parade. That’s happening due to construction on the Coco attraction, which will make backstage parade storage facilities inaccessible until 2028.

Other than that major change and the inevitable announcement of two new villains, the 2026 Oogie Boogie Bash is largely the same as last year, the year before that, etc. The Halloween party has proven popular, selling out every event, resulting in a “don’t fix what isn’t broken” perspective from Disney.

2026 Oogie Boogie Bash Ticket Sales Dates

Mark your calendars! Tickets for Oogie Boogie Bash go on sale later this month! Pre-sale tickets will be available for Magic Key holders no earlier than 9 a.m. PT on Disneyland.com beginning on the below dates:

Inspire Magic Key holders (limited amount of tickets for pre-sale): June 16, 2026
All Magic Key holders (limited amount of tickets for pre-sale): June 17, 2026
General Public (all remaining tickets): June 18, 2026

If you’re waiting in the online queue to purchase tickets, you can be notified via email when it’s your time to enter the ticket store. Once in the queue, choose the “notify me” option and enter your email address. Speaking of which, if you want us to alert you when Disney announces more details about the 2026 Oogie Boogie Bash, subscribe to our FREE email newsletter for updates.

One thing to note is that Sunday, September 27, 2026, will be a special Oogie Boogie Bash evening, reserved only for D23 Members. Tickets for the D23 Oogie Boogie Bash go on sale June 16, 2026. Head to D23.com for more details on how to get your tickets and more information about D23: The Official Disney Fan Club.

The ticket purchase process has been much smoother sailing for each of the last two years than 2023, but there was still a long virtual queue on all three dates during pre-sales both years. While many dates sold out immediately in 2025, some of the late August and September dates were much slower-selling.

To that point, expect minor difficulties buying Oogie Boogie Bash tickets. Not to scare you, but each of the last few years there have been lengthy virtual queues during Magic Key presales, with all tickets during that exclusive window selling out before everyone in line had a chance to buy.

During general public sales, there was also a multi-hour virtual queue at the very beginning and some dates sold out quickly. However, I don’t recall hearing from anyone who got shut out of their desired dates. I’m sure it happened, but it wasn’t nearly as widespread as the last couple of years. Tickets were available for most dates beyond the initial virtual queue rush.

One thing to note is that the pool of available tickets tends to be very limited during Magic Key presales. We have the highest tier of Annual Passes, and we’ve previously been shut out of our preferred party during presales on multiple occasions.

However, we’ve had no problem buying tickets for opening night once sales opened to the general public in either of the last two years. If I recall correctly, there’s only been a couple of dates sold out by the time we’ve gotten through the VQ. So long as you bought tickets during the first few days they were on sale, you would’ve been able to purchase something. Perhaps not your preferred dates, but less popular dates were available for a few days to a few weeks.

Due to diluted demand accompanying the jump from 31 to 33 party dates in 2026, we’re also hoping tickets sell out slower. Last year was actually the slowest tickets have sold since 2019. We’d expect something similar for 2026.

With “Madame Leota’s Swinging Wake – A Haunted Mansion Street Party” replacing the Frightfully Fun Parade, it’s hard to say what’ll happen with demand. From an objective perspective, Oogie Boogie Bash is being downgraded with a smaller-scale street party replacing a fully-fledged parade. However, Disney fans love the allure of anything “NEW!” That might override objectivity, especially since this new offering features fan-favorite Haunted Mansion. It’ll be interesting to watch what happens.

It’s impossible to know what will happen with supply and demand, and we wouldn’t recommend gambling on a poorly-informed prediction about the event’s popularity. We will buy our 2026 Oogie Boogie Bash tickets ASAP, and strongly recommend you do the same if you know you want to attend this year’s event. Even if demand isn’t as strong this year, many (if not most) dates of the Halloween parties will likely sell out during the first week of sales.

That’s why we were hoping for more party nights and are really happy to see that Disneyland opted for 33 nights of Oogie Boogie Bash. Yes, that’s the most ever…and some Disneyland fans will grumble about Halloween starting in the summer. But the demand is clearly there, and moving these parties into the off-season is the right move.

Having 30+ parties will really help relieve some of the pressure on the high-demand event. It also seems very doable during the late August and early September off-season. Plenty of fans have also grumbled about being shut out of Oogie Boogie Bash in the past. You can’t have it both ways!

Here’s a full list of dates and prices for each night of the Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Party in August 2026:

August 18, 2026 – $139
August 20, 2026 – $139
August 23, 2026 – $139
August 25, 2026 – $139
August 27, 2026 – $139
August 30, 2026 – $139

This is actually one fewer date in August 2026 than last year. That’s likely the result of slower sales for the Oogie Boogie Bash dates at the tail end of the month, but we had previously attributed that to the Radiator Springs Racers refurbishment and other major ride closures.

Here’s a full list of dates and prices for each night of the Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Party in September 2026:

September 1, 2026 – $139
September 3, 2026 – $159
September 6, 2026 – $169
September 8, 2026 – $159
September 10, 2026 – $159
September 13, 2026 – $159
September 15, 2026 – $159
September 17, 2026 – $159
September 20, 2026 – $169
September 22, 2026 – $159
September 24, 2026 – $159
September 27, 2026 – $169*
September 29, 2026 – $159

September 2026 is the “big” month for Oogie Boogie Bash, with an additional 2 dates as compared to last year. Both of these are squeezed into the first week of the month, which is likely recognition on Disneyland’s part that the lead-up to Labor Day just isn’t that busy.

*Again, the September 27th Oogie Boogie Bash is exclusive to D23 Members.

Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Party – October 2026 dates and ticket prices:

October 1, 2026 – $179
October 4, 2026 – $179
October 6, 2026 – $169
October 8, 2026 – $179
October 11, 2026 – $179
October 13, 2026 – $169
October 15, 2026 – $179
October 18, 2026 – $179
October 20, 2026 – $169
October 22, 2026 – $179
October 25, 2026 – $189
October 27, 2026 – $189
October 29, 2026 – $189
October 31, 2026 – $199

One additional date has been added in October 2026, with an extra party right before Halloween.

Last year, the price range for Oogie Boogie Bash tickets was $139 to $199, which was an increase of $5-10 as compared to the previous year. The recent cadence of price increases on the hard ticket events has been $5-10 one year, unchanged the next.

As you can see from the above, the 2026 Oogie Boogie Bash follows this trend. There is no change to the range, which is once again $139 to $199.

It is potentially worth noting that the price range for the 2026 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party at Walt Disney World did not change, but the average price did increase by virtue of the distribution of dates at each price point.

I haven’t done the math on Oogie Boogie average prices year over year, but this appears to be a rare price decrease. Last year, August had $154 dates, and September had more $169 nights. October, on the other hand, does appear to have slightly higher average prices. Overall, it looks pretty close to unchanged as a whole, or perhaps down slightly. Of course, the parade is also paused!

As mentioned elsewhere, we had hoped that Disneyland would expand and improve Oogie Boogie Bash in subsequent years after it launched, especially given the local fanbase, but that really hasn’t been the case.

We covered this all at length in Why You Should Skip the Oogie Boogie Bash Disney Halloween Party, which makes the case against attending the event. Although that’s mostly aimed at locals and repeat visitors, some of the points apply to first-timers, too.

Unless something major is yet to be announced for 2026, if I had to decide between a ticket to Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Party or one of the $104 days at Disneyland during the spook season, I would–without a doubt–choose the latter. You get longer hours, a ton of included offerings, lower prices, and the more iconic park. If you’re a first-time tourist willing to splurge, Oogie Boogie Bash is still a great option.

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YOUR THOUGHTS

Did you attend last year’s Oogie Boogie Bash? Do you disagree with my assessment of the Halloween Party? Planning to purchase tickets for the 2026 Oogie Boogie Bash? Any questions? Hearing your feedback–even when you disagree with us–is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!