Universal Orlando has confirmed Dead Coconut Club – Harvest, the 2026 Halloween overlay of Universal CityWalk’s Red Coconut Club, tied to Halloween Horror Nights 35. The venue transforms into an alien-invasion takeover of a fictional Midwest town celebrating its 35th Annual Harvest Festival, and it stays what it has been for four years running: free, all ages, and open to guests with or without an HHN ticket.
Universal’s teaser:
Strange lights, unidentified flying objects, and folks acting abnormally…what on earth is happening at Midweston’s 35th Annual Harvest Festival? Find out at Dead Coconut Club – Harvest with spooky specialty beverages, light bites, interactives and incredible music. Just don’t get abducted by aliens!
The “35th Annual Harvest Festival” is a nod to HHN’s 35th anniversary, and the alien conceit lines up directly with two other 2026 HHN Orlando additions.
The HHN 35 tie-ins
The Midweston story slots into HHN 35’s broader alien and small-town threads:
- INVASION: Alien Abduction — the new-for-2026 original haunted house set in a ravaged Southwestern homestead where an unseen alien craft has abducted a family and its livestock. It is the event’s first original alien-abduction house.
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space — the fan-favorite scare zone returns for 2026, taking the small-town alien invasion motif from the 1988 cult film and putting it back on Universal Studios Florida’s streets.
The Dead Coconut Club has quietly become HHN 35’s “third alien thing” this year, giving guests an outside-the-park venue that leans into the same theme without requiring a house-level tolerance for scares.
What Dead Coconut Club is
The Red Coconut Club is Universal CityWalk’s two-level tiki-retro nightclub on the upper level of CityWalk, and Universal has run a Halloween overlay on it every year since 2022. All five overlays have been free, all-ages, and open on HHN event nights, and 2026 continues that pattern.
New for 2026: Universal is adding light bites to the drink menu, making Dead Coconut Club a fuller food-and-beverage stop and not just a themed lounge.
Prior Dead Coconut Club overlays
| Year | Overlay | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Universal Monsters: Dead Coconut Club | Universal Classic Monsters, 1960s sci-fi |
| 2023 | Revenge of the Dead Coconut Club in 3D | 1950s drive-in B-movie sci-fi |
| 2024 | Dead Coconut Club Featuring Blumhouse | 1980s vampire lair + Blumhouse films |
| 2025 | Koven: Dead Coconut Club | Witch sorority Samhain bash |
| 2026 | Dead Coconut Club – Harvest | Alien invasion at Midweston’s 35th Annual Harvest Festival |
When and where to see it
- Location: Red Coconut Club, upper level of Universal CityWalk, Universal Orlando Resort.
- Annual Passholder previews: August 26 (7-10 p.m.) and August 29 (4-5 p.m.).
- Public opening: Friday, August 28, 2026, aligned to HHN 35’s opening night.
- Run: Select HHN 35 event nights, August 28 through November 1, 2026 (48 event nights total, the earliest start in HHN’s 35-year history).
- Hours: Typically opens at 5 p.m. on event nights, running late (exact 2026 closing time not yet published).
- Admission: Free, all ages, no HHN ticket or reservation required. Guests must be 21+ with photo ID to purchase or consume alcohol.
The full 2026 drink and light-bites menu, plus décor and any additional interactive elements, has not yet been released.
More Halloween Horror Nights 2026 coverage from HAN
- Halloween Horror Nights 2026: Dates, Tickets, and Lineups for Every Park
- HHN 35 Orlando: Every House, Scare Zone, and Show
- INVASION: Alien Abduction Coming to Halloween Horror Nights Orlando
- HHN 35 Orlando Confirms Two Returning Street Experiences: Mel’s Die-In and Club Horror
- Fortnitemares Is Coming to HHN 2026 at Both Universal Orlando and Hollywood
- Halloween Horror Nights 2026: Hours, Costume Policy, and Know Before You Go
- Halloween Horror Nights Tickets Guide (all five Universal parks)
