here’s our annual halloween roundup of parties, events, movies, tribute bands, pet parades, and more! scroll down to see them all, or view them on theskint.com.
for events we’ve previously listed (green-wood after hours cemetery tours, the amazing maize maze, rooftop cinema club screenings, etc.), please refer to our ongoing events page here.
stay safe and gauge your comfort level when heading out.
the roundup is broken out into four sections:
• parties + events
• tribute bands
• movie-related
• pets
parties + events
thru 10/31: halloween parades for kids: from the bronx to coney island, mommy poppins rounds up the best halloween parades in nyc for kids. >>
10/25-31: spooky skating!: xanadu roller arts (bushwick) hosts a week of halloween-themed roller skating events. various prices + $7 skate rental (or byo). >>
10/25-27 (12-5pm): mano a mano’s 20th annual day of the dead festival: celebrate día de muertos with building ofrendas, craft workshops, live music + dance performances, and a mexican folk art marketplace at st. mark’s church in-the-bowery (east village). free admission (donations welcome). >>
10/25 7-10pm (season ends tonight): halloween dreamland roller disco: lola star’s themed skate parties wrap the 2024 season at prospect park’s lefrak center. tonight’s theme: ghostbusters vs beetlejuice. $25 admission includes skate rental. >>
10/25 7:30pm: zootopia howl-o-ween havoc: performers unleash their wild sides at a zootopia-themed drag show. featuring shia ho, angel au, baejing, daniella darling, essa noche, and xana whoria. bonus: $100 for best beastly costume. c’mon everybody (bed-stuy), $18+. >>
10/25 8pm (+ 10/31): a drinking game nyc: beetlejuice and hocus pocus: a drinking game nyc casts actors in a live staged reading of a beloved 80s/90s/00s movie and turns the whole thing into a drinking game. join them as they stumble through beetlejuice (10/25) and hocus pocus (10/31). the bell house (gowanus), $25.05. >>
10/25 9pm: the drunk texts: all hallow’s eve or, the tragedy of michael myers : random access theatre celebrates spooky season with a shakespearean adaptation of halloween that combines drinking games, improvisation, and audience participation. the rat nyc (dumbo) $12. >>
10/25 10:30pm: ma’am-o-ween: a night of disco, house, diva vocals, and queer classics with djs reaubert + knox s at c’mon everybody (bed-stuy). $12+. >>
10/25 11pm: sailor boom hip-hop halloween cosplay party: dress up in your favorite fandom, from black panther, to sailor moon, to beyoncé, and beyond, at this poc and lgbtq+ friendly party. littlefield (gowanus), $15 adv, $20 day of. >>
10/25 11pm: music for the masses: an ‘80s new wave halloween party: djs alex english and alex malfunction spin dark 80s new wave tunes by depeche mode, joy division, the cure, nitzer ebb, and more. tv eye (ridgewood), $15 adv, $20 day of. >>
10/25 11:45pm: karaoke tremendous: halloween edition: scream your song at union hall’s halloween karaoke party. costumes encouraged. union hall (park slope), free admission. >>
10/26-27 (10am-5pm): pumpkin point at governors island: pick a perfect pumpkin at governors island’s annual pumpkin patch. nolan park lawn, free admission (with suggested donation). >>
10/26 11am-9pm: annual lower east side halloween book crawl: eight indie bookstores across the les will offer discounts, treats, and more during this annual crawl. offers vary by location. >>
10/26 6-10pm: museum of the city of new york halloween bash: ‘best of broadway’: music by dj misbehaviour + stormin norman, a dance performance by thrillernyc, and costume contests. cocktails, sweets, and food will be available for purchase. museum of the city of new york (east harlem), $20 general, $14 seniors/students. >>
10/26 8-10pm: switch n’ play presents: slash n’ spray: drag and burlesque collective switch n’ play presents performances by divinia gransparkle, the illustrious pearl, k. james, miss malice, vigor mortis, zoe ziegfeld, cherry jaymes, xana whoria, and sasha velour. littlefield (gowanus), $20-25. >>
10/26 8pm-late: rubulad presents: z is for zombie: bushwick’s underground art party throwers rubulad host another halloween blowout, featuring live music (funkrust brass band, las conspiracion, and leathered), djs, visuals, tarot, and more. food will be available for purchase. rubulad (bushwick), $27 advance, $35 door. >>
10/26 9pm-1am: spooktacular silent disco halloween + costume party: take your pick from three djs spinning different genres into your wireless headphones (provided) at the beer garden at astoria’s bohemian hall. $20-40 (a credit or debit card is needed for the check-in process to use the required headphones). >>
10/26 9pm-3am: gemini + scorpio’s annual masquerade macabre: gemini + scorpio’s annual halloween party returns with live music by the brass monkeys, burlesque, sideshow, aerials, ghostly visuals, and more. glamorous, dark, witchy, steampunk, or halloween costumes required. g+s loft (gowanus), $30-40 ($25 after midnight if capacity allows). >>
10/26 10pm: pine box’s 15th annual scary-oke costume contest: pair a great song with a great karaoke performance for a chance to win cash prizes at pine box rock shop (bushwick). free admission. >>
10/26 10pm-4am: hot rabbit presents: b*tchcraft lgbtq+ halloween party: hot rabbit brings their annual queer halloween party to brooklyn monarch (east williamsburg), with djs, drag, go-go, live performances, and a $500 grand prize costume contest. food will be available for purchase. brooklyn monarch (williamsburg), $25+. >>
10/26 10:30pm-late: yes homo: homoween djs, drag, and a $200 cash prize costume contest. c’mon everybody (bed-stuy), $18.54. >>
10/27 11am: spirited stroll tour of green-wood cemetery: hear stories of murder, mystery, and spirits at historian jeff richman’s tour of green-wood cemetery, where you’ll visit the final resting places of the wizard of oz (actor frank morgan), george washington’s favorite dentist, the somewhat shady originator of spiritualism, and others. $30. >>
10/27 7:30pm: third annual spiffemaul radio horror: spiffemaul industries presents original old-time radio-style stories performed with live music and sound effects, plus a classic radio play from 1949. with musical guest the brooklynaires barbershop quartet. jalopy theater (columbia street waterfront district), $15 suggested donation. >>
10/28 7pm: pretty polly presents: freak show halloween: musicians, comedians, drag performers, and everyone in between explore their freaky fantasies at this traveling circus-inspired variety hour. sleepwalk (east williamsburg), $17. >>
10/29 8pm: espooky: a halloween-themed burlesque, drag, and go-go extravaganza. featuring performances by mizzaddy, jack rabbit slims, miss frankie elanor, daniella darling, queerly femmetastic, and breezy. plus games and prizes for audience participation. c’mon everybody (bed-stuy), $12.36 adv, $15 door. >>
10/29 8pm: the understudies present: the demon *blank* of *blank*: improv group the understudies presents an improvised sweeney-esque musical based on audience suggestions. the pit loft (chelsea), $11.99. >>
10/30 4-7pm: halloween on the harlem meer: central park’s annual family-friendly halloween celebration includes, magic, music, stories, crafts, and ‘the great pumpkin flotilla.’ drop off your jack-o’-lantern between 4-5:30pm in order to have it added to the twilight display on the meer. central park’s charles a. dana discovery center (central park north bet. 5th ave + malcolm x blvd), free admission. >>
10/30 6pm-8:30pm: pumpkitecture! sixth annual architectural pumpkin carving competition: capping off the archtober festival of architecture and design, five nyc-based architecture firms will go gourd to gourd in a live pumpkin-carving competition. after the carvers defend their designs, a jury and the audience will determine the winners. the center for architecture (greenwich village), $10 admission. >>
10/30 7pm doors: spooky sex trivia night sex trivia night at greenpoint beer + ale co.: hots and hops: sex educator and coach niki davis-fainbloom hosts a night of challenging and educational sex-related trivia, featuring halloween games and prizes, at greenpoint beer + ale co.. $20. >>
10/30 7pm: powerhouse of horrors: halloween eve with horror authors: join horror authors cj leede, rachel harrison, and clay mcleod chapman for a night of food, cocktails, trivia, and costumes at powerhouse arena (dumbo). $5 admission includes a gift certificate for use in the store, $28-29 ticket includes one of the featured books. >>
10/30 8pm: the moth storyslam: the popular community-based open mic storytelling competition, where anyone can share a five-minute tale based on the evening’s theme to an attentive audience, returns to the bell house (gowanus). tonight’s theme: ‘goosebumps.’ $19.65. >>
10/30 8pm (monthly): punderdome: comedy pun slam and 10th annual halloween pun-costume contest: pun-masters have a war of the words at the beloved pun-slinging competition. tonight’s halloween installment includes a pun-themed costume contest. hosted by fred firestone. littlefield (gowanus), $12 adv, $15 day-of. >>
10/31 3:30pm-midnight: theater for the new city’s 48th annual village halloween costume ball: theater for the new city’s halloween celebration returns with variety performances and a children’s costume contest (outdoors 3:30-7pm, free admission), followed by more performances, ballroom dancing, an aerial dance concert, and an optional $4 dinner (indoors 7pm-midnight, $20 admission). >>
10/31 6-10pm: big halloween get down: an all-ages halloween dance party with views of the manhattan skyline and the brooklyn bridge. brooklyn bridge park pier 3 plaza. free admission. >>
10/31 6pm-3am: ny night train 19th annual haunted hop halloween spooktacular: jonathan toubin’s annual indoor/outdoor music fest/dance party features 36 bands and 12 djs in multiple rooms, with headliners the mummies, the gories, kool keith, and the mystery lights, plus a rotating set of bands performing covers every 15 minutes. food and drinks will be available for purchase. a free shuttle to/from the jefferson l train stop will be available. knockdown center (maspeth), $35-40+. >>
10/31 7pm (+ 11/2): dead distillers halloween tour of kings county distillery: boos and booze! hear local tales and ghost stories of gangsters, bootleggers, pirates and outlaws at kings county distillery’s halloween tour celebrating the dark history of its navy tard home. the tour ends with five tastings (come in costume and receive a bonus tasting). kings county distillery (brooklyn navy yard), $40. >>
10/31 7pm: the roast of dracula: a lineup of 30 comedians line up to give the most famous vampire a piece of their mind. hosted by sean peecock and riylan mills, with cameron bradford as dracula. fiction bar/cafe (williamsburg), free admission (donations welcome). >>
10/31 7pm: the 51st annual village halloween parade: nyc’s biggest halloween party takes over greenwich village with thousands of costumed marchers and spectators along 6th ave. this year’s theme is ‘meow,’ with broadway icon andré de shields serving as grand marshal. anyone in costume who wants to join the procession should enter at the corner of canal st + 6th ave from 6:30-9pm. free for all to watch along 6th ave from king st to w 15th st. rain or shine. >>
10/31 7-10pm: smash bros live: halloween edition: play super smash bros while a live band brings the game’s iconic music to life. tonight’s halloween edition includes a costume contest and photo station. os nyc gaming lounge (chinatown), $15-20. >>
10/31 8pm-midnight: the salon: annual halloween stomp: prohibition productions’s 11th annual halloween stomp fills three floors of a private social club with live hot jazz, jump blues, and swing music, plus classic burlesque, dance performances, and a costume contest. free beginner’s swing dance lesson at 8:45pm. 243 east 34th st (bet 2nd + 3rd aves), $29.26+. >>
10/31 9pm-midnight: anna copa cabanna + joe mcginty’s halloween ‘spooktacular’: showgirl anna copa cabanna and loser’s lounge maestro joe mcginty lead you thought an evening of karaoke at their ninth annual piano bar party. sid gold’s request room (chelsea), free admission. >>
tribute bands
10/25 7pm doors: werewolf bar mitzvah 2 (kookier, harrier!): heaviness fell as neutral milk hotel, or best offer as weezer, vincent blackshadow + friends as rush, wetsuit at the b-52’s, charmaine + friends as britney spears, terror pigeon doing vampire karaoke, f*ggot band as talking heads, and eevie echoes as against me. plus: drag performances, tats, and a costume contest. purgatory (bushwick). $15-18. >>
10/25 7pm doors: demon time cover show: sana sana as deftones, hyphen as nickelback, subcommander as pavement, fear not ourselves alone as title fight, and chroma as alice in chains. bar freda (ridgewood), $15. >>
10/25 8:30pm: too many zooz: zombie prom: ‘brass house’ trio too many zooz give you a night you’ll never forget at their zombie prom-themed dance party at le poisson rouge (noho). $25 adv, $30 day of. >>
10/25 8:30pm doors: femme fright fest: lady lychee as wasian invasion, jack powers as green day, brea fournier as paramore, gilrbossanova as nirvana/hole. footlight underground at the windjammer (ridgewood), $12-15 sliding scale. >>
10/25 9pm doors: halloween cover gig benefit for nyc migrant solidarity fund + drug user liberation front: featuring covers of poison idea, cock sparrer, the distillers, nirvana, and the cramps. the broadway (bushwick/bed-stuy), 10-20 sliding scale. >>
10/26 6:30pm doors: bands do bk presents halloween at arlene’s: joudy as nirvana, charmaine + friends as britney spears, di ivories as vampire weekend, wetsuit + hot tea as the b-52s, and more. arlene’s grocery (les). $10 adv, $15 day of. >>
10/26 + 10/31 (7:30pm doors): cropsey records halloween at hart bar: night one: wince as mitski, golder as blur, irish exit as elliott smith, and marcyline as the microphones. night two: screwbawl as bruch springsteen, wheavy as weezer, chammeili as big thief, and powerchristmas as built to spill. $12 adv, $15 day of. >>
10/26 8:30pm doors: ridgewood ghoul-o-rama ‘24: apollo flowerchild’s ghoulish covers, lollirot as hole, toobin as say anything, and aspine and jawbreaker. hosted by zalika parsons. costumes encouraged. footlight underground at the windjammer (ridgewood), $12-15 sliding scale. >>
10/26 9pm: bowie halloween party: rock n roll horror show: michael t and the vanities perform david bowie’s diamond dogs, plus second coming as alice cooper and dj sets from glam it to hell, jonathan toubin, kat imperial, and mary blount. costumes encouraged. tv eye (ridgewood). $15-20. >>
10/27 6pm: pop diva dance party: the all-femme band plays the hits from the queens of pop: britney, whitney, chappell, gaga, and more. come dressed as your favorite pop diva! our wicked lady (bushwick), $12-15. >>
10/28 7pm doors: rooftop owloween cover band shows: pissing in a river as patti smith, it’s britney, bitch (char) as britney spears, skorts as heart, joudy as nirvana, wifeknife as pixies, and scarys on the wall as alice in chains. the rooftop at our wicked lady (bushwick), $15+. >>
10/30 7pm: freakshow at arlene’s grocery (les): featuring rust life as neil young, fleeter as fleetwood mac, sylvester as pixies, and the usual as lcd soundsystem. $10. >>
10/30 7:30pm doors: the annual sally can’t dance tribute to the cramps: hosted by michael t at the bowery electric (east village). $20.54. >>
10/31-11/2 (7:30pm): gutterween: 30 cover bands, three nights, 2 stages. featuring covers of charli xcx, david bowie, prince, radiohead, cheap trick, the rolling stones, pixies, b-52s, and many more. the gutter (williamsburg), free admission. >>
10/31-11/2 (8pm): the grateful shred: shred the love with grateful dead tribute band the grateful shred at brooklyn bowl (williamsburg). $30 adv, $35 day of. >>
10/31 7pm doors: live band pop-punk/emo karaoke: pick from 140+ songs at this night of pop-punk/emo karaoke backed by brooklyn’s all killer no filler. arlene’s grocery (les), $15 adv, $20 day of. >>
10/31 7pm doors: all hallows eve at the broadway (bushwick/bed-stuy): featuring babe city as drake, jojomber as the beatles, simon james as the jonas brothers, goldfish funeral as pinkpantheress, truuman as maroon 5, and parcival as the smiths. $12 adv, $15 door. >>
10/31 7pm: halloween at mama tried: wolf on drugs as crazy horse, mama’s boys as the replacements, and spooky bitchin as hole. mama tried (sunset park), free admission. >>
10/31 7:30pm: halloween cover show at gold sounds: the single dads as green day, scarys on the wall as alice in chains, feisty as death from above, and aaron gonzalez as fall out boy. gold sounds (bushwick), $12.36. >>
10/31 8pm: 80s new wave halloween: gramercy theater hosts an 80s new wave party with the smiths tribute nyc, gretchen + the banshees, and a dj. gramercy theater (flatiron district), $25-30. >>
10/31 8pm doors: f*boo-mb: kiss halloween party: the f*bomb rock + roll party pays tribute to kiss, with openers neuroviolent and big gun era. costumes and kiss makeup encouraged. lucky 13 saloon (gowanus), $20. >>
10/31 8pm doors: habbaween: mamma mia, here we go again! the annual abba tribute band concert returns to littlefield (gowanus), playing all the hits for all you dancing queens. bonus: costume contest. littlefield (gowanus), $15 adv, $20 door. >>
11/1 8pm: halloween cover show at wonderville: blink 182, gorillaz, siouxsie and the banshees, death from above 1979, misfits, and fatboy slim. wonderville (bushwick), free admission. >>
movie-related
10/24-11/2: the rocky horror picture show shadow casts, live band karaoke, and other related events (various prices):
• 10/24-31 brooklyn art haus (williamsburg) >>
• 10/25 6pm: coney island usa >>
• 10/26 8pm: brooklyn one productions (industry city) >>
• 10/26 9:45pm: quad cinema (greenwich village) >>
• 10/27 7pm doors: littlefield (gowanus) >>
• 10/31 7:30pm, 9:30pm, 11:59pm: q.e.d. (astoria) >>
• 10/31 8pm: c’mon everybody (bed-stuy) >>
• 10/31 9:15pm: the pit loft (chelsea) >>
• 10/31 10pm: upright citizens brigade (east village) >>
• 11/2 8pm doors: arlene’s grocery (les) >>
10/25-11/2: halloween events at film noir cinema (greenpoint): ‘terror terroir’ wine tasting + screening, horrorsleaze cinema with live music accompaniment, a halloween party, the secrets of the dead festival, and more. various prices. >>
10/25 6pm: the witches (2020): outdoors at hudson yards public square + gardens (weather permitting). free admission. >>
10/25 7 doors: nyc halloween film festival: anthology film archives (east village). $30 admission includes free beer + seltzer, $10 after party. >>
10/25 7:30pm: (un)silent film: dracula in concert: orange road quartet, the cuker and stern graduate string quartet in residence at the mannes school of music, will perform philip glass’s score to tod browning’s 1931 classic, dracula. the new school’s john l. tishman auditorium (greenwich village/union square), free admission. >>
10/25 8pm: aesop’s sound fables presents: the cabinet of dr. caligari: aesop’s sound fables, a chamber music ensemble that writes soundtracks to silent films, theater, and nature, performs an original, semi-improvised live score to robert wiene’s 1920 classic, the cabinet of dr. caligari, at cloud city (williamsburg). $10adv, $15 door. >>
10/25 8pm + 11pm: phantom of the opera (1925) with brooklyn chamber orchestra: st.ann and the holy trinity church (brooklyn heights), $30. >>
10/26 12pm: kevin geeks out about tv terror: comedian kevin maher and a lineup of pop-culture aficionados return with a video variety show about made-for-tv-horror episodes, movies, and psas. nitehawk cinema (prospect park), $18. >>
10/26 noon through 1:30am: shriek show 13: spectacle theater’s annual 12-hour marathon of low-budget cult horror flicks. spectacle theater (williamsburg), $25. >>
10/30-31 (4pm + 7pm): hitchcocktober: celebrate the master of suspense with village east by angelika’s annual october tribute to the films of alfred hitchcock. this week’s finale: psycho (1960). $18. >>
10/30-31 (7:30pm): nosferatu (1922) with an original live score by the flushing remonstrance (duo catherine cramer + robert kennedy). cobble hill cinemas (brooklyn), $22. >>
10/31 5pm, 7:15pm, 9:30pm: scream, suspiria, and halloween: get your hallow-screams in at roxy cinema (tribeca). $18. >>
10/31 7pm: nosferatu (1922) with live sound score by order of the illusive. nitehawk (prospect park). $22. >>
pets
* note: the pet events are free to attend unless otherwise noted. some costume contests charge a fee to compete.
10/26 11am parade, 12:30pm costume contest: annual washington square park dog halloween: washington square park’s garibaldi plaza (greenwich village). >>
10/26 12pm (rain date 10/27:): 22nd annual battery park city halloween puppy parade + costume contest: south cove arbor and north cove volleyball court. >>
10/26 12-1:30pm:26th annual great pupkin dog costume contest: prison ship martyrs monument in fort greene park (brooklyn). >>
10/26 12-1:30pm: annual howling halloween pup cruise: the circle line (pier 83, midtown west). $30. >>
10/26 12-3pm: my pets halloween costume showcase: the bandshell at jackie robinson park (harlem). >>
10/26 12-3pm: inaugural riverside park pup parade: the promenade by 116th street to ellington in the park at 105th street. >>
10/26 3pm (registration starts at 1pm. rain date 10/27): annual halloween dog costume contest: socrates sculpture park (lic). note: this event is part of the park’s annual halloween harvest festival. >>
10/26 4pm: downtown magazine’s barktoberfest: pier 57 rooftop park (chelsea). >>
10/27 12-3pm: annual woof-o-ween + costume contest: domino square (williamsburg). >>
