Coloween guests are invited to participate in Denver’s biggest Halloween costume contests in history! This year’s Coloween featured the $10,000 Costume Contests!
While some of the best Halloween costumes are last-minute masterpieces, planning ahead is strongly encouraged as the Coloween Costume Contest competition is known to get quite fierce!
Coloween 2024 is the best place to be in Denver, Colorado, for Halloween. Check out some of the past year’s winners and amazing costumes in our gallery, and learn more about contest rules and registration instructions, below
$10,000 Costume Contest
1st Place – $7,500
2nd Place – $1500
3rd Place – $1000
Top 20 win a pair of tickets to the screening of Gladiator II
On October 26th, you’ll receive a text with a phone number to send a photo of yourself in costume NO LATER THAN 8PM.
Costumes will be judged by three criteria: creativity, difficulty, and authenticity.
The top 20 contestants will advance to the second round, taking place LIVE at Coloween between 9 PM and 11 PM on the main stage.
The top 10 finalists will move on to the finals held at midnight, where the audience will vote for the winners!
To participate in the Coloween 2024 $10,000 Denver Halloween party costume contests, you MUST PRE-REGISTER BEFORE 5 PM, October 26th for a chance to be apart of the Top 20 invited to participate during the event, Please Pre-Register Here.
To enter the Halloween costume contest, simply snap a photo of you in your awesome costume, and text a picture of the photo to the phone number we will send after you pre-register!
Our panel of three judges will review submissions between 5 PM and 8 PM. The Top 20 Best Costumes of 2024 will be notified via text and invited to compete in round two, which will be held from 9 PM to 11 PM on the main stage.
Our team of judges will carefully assess all entries right there at the event. If your costume stands out and you’re chosen as a finalist, we’ll send you a text inviting you to join us on the main stage for audience participation pick the winner!
Finalists must meet back at the contest table by 11:45 in order to participate in the finals. NOTE: If you have not received a text message by 11:15, then you were not selected as a finalist.
Once all finalists have checked in, they will be escorted to the runway one by one. Each finalist will have the opportunity to showcase their costume and energize the crowd to encourage votes.
Our Costume Contest host will bring all contestants to the stage and ask the crowd to “cheer” for their favorite costume. The three finalists receiving the loudest responses from the crowd will advance to the final round.
The top three finalists will have one last chance to convince the crowd they deserve to win. The contestant who receives the loudest response will be named Coloween’s 2024 Costume Contest TOP 3 winners will share a piece of the $10,000, 1st $7,500, 2nd $2500, 3rd $1000
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Coloween
5004 National Western Dr,
Denver, Colorado 80216
Coloween
5004 National Western Dr,
Denver, Colorado 80216
