the roundup is broken out into three sections:
• parties + events
• tribute bands
• movie-related
note: events marked with a pumpkin 🎃 will have a costume contest.
parties + events
10/27 6:30pm: haunted brooklyn: ghosts, folklore, and the stories we tell: andrea janes, founder of boroughs of the dead and an expert in new york city’s haunted histories, is joined by a panel to bring brooklyn ghost stories to life. center for brooklyn history (brooklyn heights), free admission. >>
10/27 7pm: aerobicide: slimer edition: workout/dance to john carpenter, the cure, spike hellis, dead or alive, ray parker jr, and more. saint vitus (ridgewood), $25. >>
10/27 7pm: black cherry sideshow: ‘sawtober ii: tales from da cherry pit massacre’: featuring the first and only all bipoc, all trans sideshow drag troupe. ars nova theater (hell’s kitchen), $20-35. >>
🎃 10/27 8pm: high + mighty brass band halloween party: sleepwalk (bushwick), $17. >>
10/27 9:30pm: monster mash: improv comedy by your favorite characters from tv, movies, real life… and beyond: ucb (east village), $13.50 with promo code ‘monstermash’ (reg. $18.50). >>
10/28 6pm: boroughs of the dead + the merchant’s house museum present: houdini among the villagers: a panel talk on houdini’s rise to fame in new york and his detour into the worlds of ghosts and spiritualism. church of the village (greenwich village), free admission. >>
10/28 6pm: pumpkitecture! the eighth annual architectural pumpkin carving competition: the center for architecture (greenwich village), $15 admission. >>
10/28 8pm: horror classics book club: the legend of sleepy hollow + other storeis by washington irving : the twisted spine bookstore and café (williamsburg), free admission. >>
10/28 8pm: nyc’s halloween punderdome: pun-slam and pun-costume compuntition: pun-masters have a war of the words at the beloved pun-slinging competition. hosted by fred firestone. littlefield (gowanus), $14 adv, $16 day-of. >>
10/28 8pm: the savage garden: a drag tribute to the work of anne rice: c’mon everybody (bed-stuy), $20.09. >>
🎃 10/29 7pm: tim curry costume ball: costume contests | trivia | games | prizes | all-night, curry-centric chaos. come dressed as your favorite version of tim curry! sanger hall (sunnyside), free admission. >>
🎃 10/29 7pm doors: niche night nyc presents: y2 slay baby one more time 90s + 2000s halloween party: costumes encouraged. friends and lovers (crown heights), free admission. >>
10/29 8pm-midnight: nightbreed: queer dark wave night: a night of synth, post punk, goth, and 80s sleaze for queer bats. costumes and spooky wear encouraged. purgatory (bushwick), free admission. >>
10/29 8pm-late: dyke-o-ween: a sapphic + trans dance party: the sultan room at the turk’s inn (bushwick), $20.09. >>
10/29 8:30pm: venomous verses in the gloaming: an evening of supernatural ballads with shinbone alley: jalopy theatre (columbia street waterfront district), $23. >>
10/29 11pm: blade rave: the brooklyn monarch (east williamsburg), $31.75. >>
tribute bands
10/28 7pm: halloween cover band showcase: tributes to the white stripes, can, and simon + garfunkel. trans-pecos (ridgewood), $12 adv, $15 day of. >>
10/28 7pm: twee halloween: tributes to belle + sebastian, magnetic fields, velvet underground. union pool (williamsburg), $12.98. >>
10/28 7pm: tealeaf collective’s halloween covers night: tributes to smashing pumpkins, alice in chains, hole, and the singles soundtrack. arlene’s grocery (les), $11-13 adv, $15 day of. >>
10/28 7:30pm: diyween: tributes to the beatles, the kinks, and more. tv eye (ridgewood), $19.57. >>
10/28 7:30pm: halloween cover show at the broadway: tributes to title fight, distillers, oasis, boygenius, and sufjan stevens. the broadway (bushwick/bed-stuy), $12 adv, $15 day of. >>
10/28 7:30pm: the annual sally can’t dance tribute to the cramps: hosted by michael t at bowery palace (east village). $18.78. >>
10/28 8pm: fredaween presents the rocky horror picture show: frank-n-furter edition: tributes to rocky horror, violent femmes, and tom petty. bar freda (ridgewood), $10 adv, $12 door. >>
10/29-31 (8pm-midnight): the gutter’s annual gutterween: 20+ tribute bands over three nights. costumes recommended. the gutter (williamsburg), free admission. >>
10/29 8pm:: hood park 2nd annual coat drive + cover show: tributes to bad brains, sick of it all, warzone, youth of today, and more. tv eye (ridgewood), $15 cover, $10 with coat donation. >>
10/29 8pm: melt ice: benefit show for undocumented new yorkers: tributes to mannequin pussy, my chemical romance, l7, and more. bar freda (ridgewood), $10 adv, $15 day of. >>
10/29 9:30pm: live coverage: post-punk, new wave, power-pop, and indie rock. costumes encouraged. bowery palace (east village), $12.44. >>
movie-related
10/27-29 (7pm): monster movie mini series at elizabeth street garden (nolita): clue, james and the giant peach, addams family values. free admission. >>
10/28 7pm: aesop’s sound fables presents: strange animations monster party:ensemble band aesop’s sound fables preforms original soundtracks to curated short films, followed by a q+a with local directors. purgatory (bushwick), $17. >>
10/28 7:30pm: nosferatu (1922) with an original live scores by the flushing remonstrance: cobble hill cinemas (brooklyn), $20. >>
10/29 6pm (weather permitting): free outdoor movie: corpse bride at sunset park (brooklyn). >>
10/29 7pm: secrets of the dead short horror film festival: film noir cinema (greenpoint), $12. >>
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