The Haunted Salon is a Halloween party with a platonic match experience! Come make friends, dress up, and enjoy a hauntingly fun night!
About this Event🕯️ The Haunted Salon: Halloween at Eighteenth Street LoungeCocktails. Costumes. New Friends. After-Hours Intrigue.📍 Eighteenth Street Lounge | Washington, DC
Step into The Haunted Salon — an elegant Halloween party mixing cocktails, costumes, new friends, music, and late-night revelry at Eighteenth Street Lounge.
Dress to impress — or haunt — with your best Halloween look and settle in for a night of drinks, conversation, dancing, and just enough mystery.
Bring friends old and new — this night is for everyone.
And if you'd like an easy way to meet someone new, DMV Experiences will host an optional platonic friendship match early in the evening. This is friendship matching, not dating or romantic matchmaking — just a fun introduction to another guest before everyone heads back into the party.
Expect candlelight, velvet, shadows, Halloween décor, and an elegant haunted-lounge atmosphere without turning the evening into a nightmare.
Come for a cocktail. Stay for the party. Be anyone you want to be.
🎟️ YOUR TICKET INCLUDES🥂 One drink ticket
👻 Admission to The Haunted Salon
🤝 Optional platonic friendship match hosted by DMV Experiences
🎶 Music, cocktails & Halloween festivities throughout the evening
📸 Halloween décor & photo opportunities
🪩 Plenty of time to mingle, dance, and meet new people
Friends and +1s are absolutely welcome!
These are discounted advance tickets that include a drink ticket. Public tickets are expected to be significantly more expensive, so RSVP early!
🤝 MEET YOUR PLATONIC MATCHComing solo? Coming with friends but want to meet someone new?
Early in the evening, DMV Experiences will host an optional platonic matching experience designed to introduce you to another guest based on shared interests, personality, and compatibility.
This is a FRIENDSHIP match — not a dating match.The goal is simple: meet one new person you might actually want to be friends with.
Just a fun way to break the ice, make a new connection, and kick off the Halloween party.
After the match, everyone rejoins the festivities — grab another drink, meet more people, dance, or disappear into the shadows. 👻
🎃 COSTUMES REQUIREDIt's Halloween — come in costume!
Elegant. Funny. Ugly. Sexy. Scary. Clever. Glamorous. Completely ridiculous.
Anything goes!
That said, Eighteenth Street Lounge will have active security. Please avoid anything that could cause concern, including:
• Fake or realistic weapons
• Weapon props
• Excessively messy costume elements
• Large amounts of fake blood
Otherwise, have fun with it. Tonight you can be anyone you want to be.
🍸 DRINKS & BITESEach ticket includes ONE drink ticket.
Additional cocktails, drinks, and shots will be available for purchase throughout the evening.
Event drinks are expected to be slightly discounted compared with ESL's usual pricing.
⚠️ ESL does not serve food, but outside food is welcome! We also will have some Candy, so please eat before arriving.
🪩 THE VENUEEighteenth Street Lounge is one of DC's iconic nightlife destinations, known for its stylish atmosphere, music, cocktails, and late-night energy.
Expect:
• Great cocktails
• Stylish lounge atmosphere
• Music & DJs
• Halloween décor
• A welcoming social crowd
• Plenty of space to mingle
• Dancing and nightlife as the evening continues
Come for The Haunted Salon — stay for the night.
🚇 GETTING TO ESLEighteenth Street Lounge is steps from the Mt Vernon Sq 7th St–Convention Center Metro station.
Street parking in the area is very limited, so Metro or rideshare is strongly encouraged.
If you're drinking, please don't drive. Rideshare options are plentiful throughout the area.
🕯️ THE HAUNTED SALONCome with your friends.
Make a new one.
Have a cocktail.
Show off your costume.
Dance.
Disappear into the shadows.
One night. One salon. Plenty of possibilities.
Welcome to The Haunted Salon. 🥀
📸 DMV Experiences | @dmv.experiences
