Clown performer in a pointed hat and ruffled collar at a Halloween party in New York

Halloween Party Entertainment in New York City

On Halloween your guests arrive already in costume. The entertainment has to outdo the room.

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26 Stars designs and builds the performers your guests will still be talking about in November, costumed characters written for your concept, aerialists working above the floor, and a whole world dressed to match your venue. Not pulled off a rental rack.

More than 6,000 productions in New York since 2010, for corporate galas, brand activations and private celebrations.

What we bring

Costumed characters

designed around your concept, not picked from a catalogue.

Specialty and circus acts

aerialists, contortionists, acrobats, sword swallowers.

Greeters and ambient talent

the first thing guests see at the door, and the performers who work the room all night.

A featured moment

one number the whole room stops for.

Custom costume design and construction

built in our studio, for your theme and your performers.

Concept development and production support

from the first mood board to wardrobe supervision on the night.

Themes we build for the season

Horror-themed dancers in red at Marquee New York's Halloween weekend

Cinematic Horror

a single film's world, fully dressed.

Pierrot clown performer in black-and-white checks and a pointed hat

Carnival of Oddities

sideshow spectacle, hand-built and strange.

Body-painted performers in blue at Marquee's Halloween weekend

Living Art

bodies painted into the set itself.

Performer in a silver femme-bot harness costume against a blue shutter

Otherworld

creatures with nothing recognisably human left.

Clown performers in striped costumes and pointed hats at a Halloween event

Burlesque Noir

glamour with something wrong underneath.

Or bring us your own! Most of our work starts as someone else’s idea.

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Victorian-style performer in a lace gown posing on a red staircase

Why the costume is the whole difference

Every agency in New York can send you a vampire. The difference on October 31st is whether the costume was made for the performer wearing it, for the concept you approved, and for the room it walks into.

26 Stars was founded by a costume designer, and wardrobe is built in-house, the same studio that has dressed fashion houses, ballet productions and film sets.

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Halloween, Built by Hand

A look at the characters, creatures and performers we've brought to Halloween parties across New York.

Every costume is designed and built in-house , which is why no two nights look the same.

Dark circus performer with a striped umbrella, corset and ruffled skirt

Horror scene with a cat-masked performer and a blood-filled bathtub

Zombie patient performer in a bloody hospital gown

Zombie hospital performers at Heidi Klum's Halloween party

Three performers in red latex costumes and dramatic devil makeup

Three performers with pumpkin-skull face paint in black latex

Performer in a Victorian ghoul costume with fishnet stockings

Day of the Dead performers with sugar-skull makeup and red floral headpieces

Performer in a dark wig and ghostly makeup as a horror character

Performer with half-face skeleton makeup and skeleton costume

Performer covered in fake blood posing in a bathtub for a horror scene

Group of performers in red showgirl costumes with horror makeup

Two body-painted green alien performers at Heidi Klum's Halloween party

Two zombie performers in blood-stained clothes

Three performers styled as the Bride of Frankenstein with pearls

October books out early

Custom builds need more runway than booking from our existing roster. Send us your date, venue and headcount, and we'll tell you what's possible.

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FAQ

How late can we book for Halloween?

It depends on what you want. Booking performers from our existing roster moves fast; a custom build needs more time. Send us your date and we'll tell you straight away.

We already have a theme. Can you work with it?

Most of our work starts that way. Send us the deck, the mood board, or just the reference you keep coming back to.

Can you dress our staff and hosts too?

Yes. Wardrobe is built in-house, so the team greeting your guests can be dressed to the same concept as the performers.

Do you work private parties as well as corporate?

Both. The scale changes; the approach doesn't.

Do you work outside New York?

We're based in New York and travel for productions. Ask us about your city.