Megan Thee Stallion has added amapiano DJ Uncle Waffles to the guest lineup for her 2026 Hottieween celebration in Las Vegas. The annual Halloween event is set for Friday, October 30, at Zouk Nightclub inside Resorts World Las Vegas, and it will run from 9 p.m. until 3 a.m. the following morning.
Uncle Waffles also acknowledged the booking on X, writing, “We shutting down Vegas with my Queeen.” The pairing gives Hottieween a potentially distinctive musical dimension: amapiano is a South African dance-music style known for its spacious rhythms, deep bass and log-drum-led percussion. For an event built around costumes, spectacle and late-night energy, a DJ associated with the genre is a natural fit without reducing the night to a standard Halloween playlist.
This year’s Hottieween has a circus theme, with Megan working with Cirque du Soleil on the event. The supplied details do not specify what that collaboration will entail, so attendees should not treat the name alone as confirmation of particular performances or production elements. What is clear is that the theme continues the event’s habit of making Halloween a fully designed occasion rather than simply a celebrity-hosted club date.
What guests need to know about Hottieween in Las Vegas
- Date: Friday, October 30, 2026
- Venue: Zouk Nightclub, Resorts World Las Vegas
- Hours: 9 p.m. to 3 a.m.
- Age requirement: 21 and over
- Dress requirement: Costumes are required
- Special guest: Uncle Waffles
- Theme: Circus, in collaboration with Cirque du Soleil
The timing places the party on the night before Halloween and carries it into early Saturday. That matters for costume planning: this is not framed as an optional dress-up add-on, since costumes are required. The condition reinforces Hottieween’s central idea—guests are part of the visual event, not merely spectators around it.
Chicas Divertidas tequila will also be part of the celebration. A portion of the night’s proceeds will benefit the Pete & Thomas Foundation, Megan’s nonprofit organization. Since the party is restricted to adults 21 and older, the tequila component and the venue’s age policy align, but the charitable element is the more durable throughline in Hottieween’s recent live iterations.
From horror mini-series to a recurring live tradition
Hottieween has roots in Megan’s affection for horror. In 2019, a three-part Hottieween series cast her as a private investigator. Dave East appeared onscreen, while Teyana Taylor directed. That premise gave the Halloween project a narrative identity early on: Megan was not just unveiling a costume, but playing a role in a themed story.
Her costume choices have remained an important part of that identity. In 2021, she wore a Pinhead look inspired by Hellraiser. The reference makes sense in the wider context of Hottieween’s interest in genre imagery—horror characters are recognizable, theatrical and designed around transformation. For readers following current horror news, the changing creative team behind Smile 3 is another reminder that the genre continues to evolve through both its icons and its presentation.
At the 2023 Atlanta party, Megan took a very different visual route, appearing as a talking flower in a Tim Burton-inspired environment. GloRilla, Victoria Monét and John Boyega were among the guests. The shift from Pinhead to an exaggerated flower shows why the “circus” label is plausible as a Hottieween theme: the event’s aesthetic has never been confined to one horror property, one kind of monster or even one genre mood. The common thread is heightened character work.
Why the Uncle Waffles booking fits the event
In practical terms, a guest-DJ announcement tells fans more about the likely atmosphere than a generic promise of Halloween fun would. Amapiano is a genre rather than a single prescribed sound, but its dance-floor orientation makes it well suited to a party that lasts into the early morning. Uncle Waffles’ presence also expands Hottieween’s musical frame beyond Megan’s own rap catalog.
That does not mean the booking confirms a set list, a collaboration onstage or a particular duration for her appearance; none of those details have been provided. Still, it makes the Las Vegas date feel curated around movement and nightlife as much as around the circus production and the costumes. In a city built around late-night entertainment, the format gives Hottieween several clear layers: a themed room, a costume mandate, a headline host, a guest DJ and a charitable beneficiary.
The Cirque du Soleil connection is similarly meaningful as a creative signal. Circuses can evoke glamour, absurdity, danger, comedy or horror, and Hottieween has already played in several of those spaces. The supplied information does not define the exact visual language of the Las Vegas event, but the collaboration indicates an effort to scale the tradition for a setting where theatrical nightlife is already a major part of the landscape.
A changing-city event with a consistent charitable purpose
The Las Vegas date follows Hottieween stops in Chicago in 2024 and Houston in 2025. Both previous editions helped raise funds for the Pete & Thomas Foundation. The Houston event was presented as a Halloween concert, and costumes were required there as well.
Those shifts in location and format are notable. Hottieween has grown from a filmed Halloween concept and high-profile costume reveals into a traveling event that can take different shapes while preserving several core ingredients: an immersive theme, fan participation through costumes and financial support for the foundation. Chicago, Houston and now Las Vegas are not interchangeable backdrops, yet the charity component gives the project a continuity beyond the annual theme.
The Pete & Thomas Foundation was created in honor of Megan’s parents, Joseph Pete III and Holly Thomas. Its work serves women, children, older adults and underserved communities in Houston and beyond. Its stated program areas include education, housing, health and wellness, and community goodwill.
That range is worth clarifying because a foundation tied to an entertainment event can easily be discussed only in terms of the party that raises money. The organization’s remit reaches beyond a single annual fundraiser. Hottieween is one public-facing mechanism for support, while the foundation’s work includes community-focused projects across several needs.
Education work provides a concrete example
One example came in 2024, when the Pete & Thomas Foundation helped renovate literacy and studio rooms at Youth Education Town. The work coincided with the third annual Megan Thee Stallion Day. More than 50 Hotties volunteered, and young people received books, journals, podcasting equipment and studio gear.
The details illustrate how the foundation’s education work can combine physical spaces with learning materials and creative tools. Literacy rooms address reading and writing environments, while studio rooms and podcasting equipment provide avenues for media-making and self-expression. It is a useful counterweight to viewing Hottieween solely as a visually elaborate party: the proceeds being directed to the organization connect the event to programs with educational and community purposes.
For the Las Vegas edition, the immediate takeaway remains straightforward. Adults attending should prepare a costume, expect the event to span late Friday into Saturday morning, and recognize that Uncle Waffles has joined the bill for a circus-themed Hottieween. The broader context is that Megan Thee Stallion’s Halloween tradition continues to fuse horror-minded character play, live-event ambition and philanthropy—this time with Las Vegas as the stage.
