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Art After Dark: Costume Contest & Party

Saturday, October 24, 2026 from 7 PM to 11 PM
Oceanside Museum of Art
21+
Art After Dark: Costume Contest and Party
OMA
Art After Dark: Costume Contest and Party

About the Event

It's back! Part party, part runway show, part epic costume contest, ART AFTER DARK returns October 24, 2026.

OMA’s signature after-hours event transforms the museum into a creative hive of wearable art, outrageous performances, spooky-good libations, and North County’s biggest costume competition. Use our exhibitions as inspiration and dress to impress the judges at this one-of-a-kind art party and fundraiser. Costumes strongly encouraged! This is a 21+ event.

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Visit: oma-online.org/events/art-after-dark-2026/

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Oceanside Museum of Art

Oceanside Museum of Art

704 Pier View Way
Oceanside, California 92054
760-435-3720

Oceanside Museum of Art is a cultural jewel located in downtown Oceanside with a view of the Pacific Ocean and the historic Oceanside Pier. The museum presents provocative, contemporary exhibitions from the region and around the world. OMA offers concerts, films, lectures, and docent tours. Oceanside Museum of Art is a gathering place where friends meet to share and enjoy the rich cultural experiences available in the region. In addition to a progressive exhibition schedule, Oceanside Museum of Art is housed in side-by-side buildings designed by two of southern California’s most renowned Modernist architects. The classic Irving Gill designed building is nestled against the contemporary Frederick Fisher designed Central Pavilion creating the perfect union of past and present architecture. Exhibitions showcase the finest art of the southern California region from landscape paintings to studio furniture, neon sculpture, art quilts, and architectural glass. OMA’s galleries feature on enlightening survey of contemporary art enriched by the cultures of the community. The museum’s galleries are redesigned for each exhibition, surprising visitors with a fresh, exciting visual transformation for every new exhibit. Admission: OMA Members: free General admission: $8 Seniors 65+: $5 Students free with ID Military and their dependents free with ID North American Reciprocal Museum Program Members free with ID

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