halloween is still a week away, but the spooky season is already in full swing! we’ve rounded up more than 40 halloween parties, shows, cover band concerts, screenings, pet parades, and more happening this weekend (10/23-26).
the roundup is broken out into four sections:
• parties + events
• tribute bands
• movie-related
• pets
note: events marked with a pumpkin 🎃 will have a costume contest.
parties + events
10/23-24 (8pm): the hidden jewel box presents: haunted: an immersive evening of burlesque, dance, and theater. the hidden jewel box theater (a tiny theater hidden inside port authority), $40 admission includes two refreshments. >>
10/23 7pm: tin can contingency and brainrot radio present: the third annual horror night: a live reading of the blob recorded live for the airwaves, followed by performances from bands trash rabbit and nej. purgatory (bushwick), $12 adv, $15 door. >>
10/23 7pm + 9:30pm: the drunk texts presents: a halloween drunk double feature: all hallow’s eve or, the tragedy of michael myers + thou wilt scream: shakespearean adaptations of halloween (7pm) and halloween (9:30pm) with drinking games, improvisation, and audience participation. the rat nyc (dumbo), $12. >>
10/23 10:30pm: hand to phone – the halloween party: ebm / house / dark dance with performances by the treasury, blood handsome, and heavy halo, plus an after-party with dj ivy oh. alphaville (bushwick), $15. >>
10/24-25 (10am-5pm): pumpkin point: governors island’s annual pumpkin patch and fall festival. free admission. >>
10/24 12-6pm: lavender scare: a halloween-themed lesbian market + halloween party: yume (flatbush), free admission. >>
10/24 2-7pm: beats for treats halloween block party: saint james joy (father-son duo dj chill and dj jo vill) hits the decks with a special halloween block party. costumes optional. saint james place between gates ave + greene ave (clinton hill). free admission. >>
10/24 3-6pm (market) + 6:30pm (movie): scream scene presents a halloween market and halloween movie screening: pine box rock shop (bushwick). free admission. >>
10/24 7pm-2am: halloween vinyl nights zombie skate night: with ‘thriller’ dancers and djs misbehaviour, rizzskates, and cindy kim. xanadu (bushwick), $26.78 + $8 skate rental (or byo). >>
10/24 8-10pm: switch n’ play presents: slash n’ spray: drag, burlesque, and queer performance. littlefield (gowanus), $20 adv, $25 day of. >>
10/24 10pm: final girl: a drag show homage to your fave horror films. 9 bob note @ 3 dollar bill (east williamsburg), $25. >>
10/24 11pm: music for the masses: an ‘80s new wave halloween party: tv eye (ridgewood), $20. >>
🎃 10/24 11pm: the black parade [halloween edition] emo + pop punk nite: the brooklyn monarch (east williamsburg), $15. >>
10/25 12-6pm: saint vitus halloween market: saint vitus (ridgewood), free admission. >>
10/25 2:15pm: talkdeath’s sixth annual halloween cemetery scavenger hunt: green-wood cemetery, free admission. >>
10/25 7pm: raising hell: a halloween comedy fundraiser: a standup fundraiser in partnership with callen-lorde, nyc’s lgbtq+ community health center since 1969. halloween costumes optional. brooklyn comedy collective (williamsburg), $15 (25% of ticket sales will benefit the center). >>
10/25 9-11pm: a very buffy halloween: a dragstravaganza of your favorite characters from buffy the vampire slayer. bar freda (ridgewood), $15.24. >>
10/26 7pm (+ 11/24): green-wood cemetery moonlight tour: green-wood (brooklyn), $30. >>
10/26 8pm-mindnight: scuff queer country dancing presents: goth nite featuring y’allternative rodeo: the brooklyn monarch (east williamsburg), $20+. >>
tribute bands
10/23 7pm-late: the cure halloween party: a cure music video dj set followed by tributes to bauhaus, siouxsie + the banshees, and the cure. bowery palace (east village), $15 (free dance party at 11pm). >>
10/23 8:15pm doors: ridgewood ghoul-o-rama ‘25: tributes to the fall, the ‘early’ beatles, and the singles soundtrack. costumes encouraged. footlight underground at the windjammer (ridgewood), $15 suggested donation. >>
🎃 10/24 6pm: hllwn shw: tributes to fleetwood mac, nirvana, my chemical romance, green day, the beatles, and the scott pilgrim vs. the world soundtrack, plus djs spinning emo, punk, and ska. bar freda (ridgewood), $13.18. >>
🎃 10/24 7pm: werewolf bar mitzvah iv: spookier, scarier: tributes to bikini kill, yeah yeah yeahs, the cranberries, weezer, cibo matto, and rudimentary peni. hosted by dj tk. purgatory (bushwick), $15-18. >>
movie-related
10/23-11/8: terence fisher: hammer’s master smith: the brides of dracula, the curse of frankenstein, the gorgon, horror of dracula, the hound of the baskervilles. metrograph (les), $18. >>
10/23-11/4: screen slate presents: psycho-fiction, the surreal nightmares of special effects artist screaming mad george: freaked, a nightmare on elm street 4: the dream master, bride of re-animator, big trouble in little china, and more. roxy cinema (tribeca), $19. >>
10/23-11/1: troma-geddon: the toxic avenger, class of nuke ’em high, cannibal! the musical, and more. anthology film archives (east village), $14 general, $10 seniors/students. >>
10/23-11/1: halloween events at film noir cinema (greenpoint): smootaphilia: erotic horror sinema, the 14th annual secrets of the dead short horror film festival, nosferatu with live music by olsen, a halloween party + secret horror screening, the day after halloween, and more. various prices. >>
10/23-31: halloween, suspiria, the texas chainsaw massacre, nosferatu + live score, vampyr + live score: roxy cinema (tribeca), $19-25. >>
10/23 6pm: paddle-in movies with gowanus dredgers: creature from the black lagoon (1954). meets at the gowanus dredgers boathouse; the screening takes place on the gowanus canal. free-$25. >>
🎃 10/23 7:30pm: cemetery cinema presents: horror of dracula (1958): plus live music by in flesh and spirit. hosted by baron misuraca. bonus: free popcorn. coney island usa, $14. >>
10/24-31: magic, the exorcist, the wolf man, vampire’s kiss, nosferatu (with live piano accompaniment): museum of the moving image (astoria). $17.50 general, $12 seniors/students. >>
10/24-31: zero vision cinema + astoria horror club’s halloweek: a week of free spooky events in astoria + lic, including screenings, live music, scaryoke, comedy, a halloween party, and more. >>
10/24 5pm: bad movie night brooklyn presents: ernest scared stupid (1991): food and drinks will be available for purchase. freddy’s bar (south slope), free admission. >>
10/24 8pm (7pm pre-show): the rocky horror picture show shadowcast + tim curry tribute: brooklynone productions (industry city). free admission (donations welcome), $15 after-party. >>
10/25 2:30pm: the silent clowns film series presents: the cat and the canary (1927) with live musical accompaniment by makia matsumura: leonard nimoy thalia theater at symphony space (uws), $12 general, $9 seniors. >>
10/26-31: a dark castle entertainment horror film retrospective: gothika, orphan, house on haunted hill, thirteen ghosts, and more. low cinema (ridgewood), $15. >>
10/26 7pm: night of the living dead (1968) with a live score by morricone youth: nitehawk (prospect park). $24. >>
pets
10/24 12pm (rain date 10/25): 24th annual battery park city dog association halloween puppy parade: wagner park, free admission. >>
10/24 12pm: fort greene pups’ 28th annual great pupkin dog costume contest: fort greene park monument stairs. note: registration to compete is full. free to attend. >>
10/24 12-3pm (rain date 10/25): the annual riverside park pup halloween parade and costume contest: starts at dinosaur playground on 96th st and ends at ellington’s cafe at 105th st. free admission. >>
10/24 1-3pm: fifth annual irving square park howl-o-ween costume contest: irving square park (bushwick), $10 to register in the contest, free to attend. >>
10/25 1-3:30pm: the annual stuyvesant square park halloween dog parade and costume contest: stuyvesant square park – east park dog run. free admission (donations welcome). >>
10/25 1-4pm: the annual domino park woof-o-ween + costume contest: the fountain + seating steps (river st between s 3rd + s 2nd sts, williamsburg). free admission. >>
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