Halloween in Bushwick is great.
Not only is it a holiday that doesn’t involve traveling, but you also get to let-loose, costume up and party with the ghouls. We are stoked to present this massive guide to 11 events going down in Bushwick and the surrounding area this and next week!
Yo, guys, disclosure: We invited the businesses and party collectives we love to participate in this guide for a small fee. All the proceeds go toward operation of your fave local news website.
Events are listed in the order, in which we received their submission.
STARTS: Saturday 10/27 @ 10 P.M.
WHERE: 12 Grattan St, Brooklyn, NY 11206
HOW MUCH: FREE
Brooklyn’s Only Karaoke Costume Contest!
Are you a Zombie that croons Creep or a Beyonce Loving Bee? This is your chance to win a $300 dollar top prize!
The contest starts at 11pm but come early to sign up and enjoy $4 Octoberfest Pints.
This year’s contest will be judged by Brooklyn Notables:
Marc L Abbot: Moth Grand Slam Winner, novelist and director
Lisa Levy: Radio Free Brooklyn Host and Miss Subway herself
David Ringer: Bushwick Starr Board and Environmentalist
Dromedary: ’80s Movies Halloween Party
STARTS: Saturday 10/27 @ 8 P.M.
WHERE: 266 Irving Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237
HOW MUCH: FREE
Join Dromedary on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27th for their third annual HALLOWEEN PARTY!
This one will be ‘80s MOVIE-THEMED! So start thinking about your favorite characters from your favorite movies of the 1980s, and get creative!
Cash prizes (and more) will be awarded for best costume AND best group costume! (Only ‘80s movie-themed costumes will qualify for the contest!)
Giveaways! Drink specials! Candy!
STARTS: Saturday 10/27 @ 11 P.M.
WHERE: 599 Johnson Ave #1, Brooklyn, NY 11237
HOW MUCH: $20
This Halloweekend at Elsewhere, German disco, house and funk duo Session Victim returns for a DJ set alongside Church label boss Seb Wildblood and The Lot Radio regular Christine Renée.
Session Victim has been impressing listeners and club-goers over the last decade with their sample-heavy LPs and exuberant performances that convey an encompassing love and appreciation for house music. In Zone One, Chicago’s own Gene Farris will keep bodies grooving with local up-and-comer Kfeelz.
Rock Is Dead III: The Halloween Show at Unit J
STARTS: Saturday 10/27 @ 8:30 P.M.
WHERE: 338 Moffat St, Brooklyn, NY 11237
HOW MUCH: $15 / Door (Includes Drink)
Unit J has brought some of rock’s biggest acts back from the dead! Expect killer costumes, incredible music and plenty of room to shake your skeleton. This event has SOLD OUT every year, and we expect that to happen again, so get your tickets while you can!
LINEUP:
12 A.M. The music from “The Big Lebowski” LIVE Featuring – That Feeling When
11 P.M. Rock the Casket: Music of the Clash – Featuring – MAMA JUKE
10 P.M. Emmylou Harris & the Vampire BandFeaturing – Megg Farrell & Friends
9 P.M. Watergate
Riseboro Presents ¡CALABAZAFEST!
STARTS: Sunday 10/28, 12 P.M. – 4 P.M.
WHERE: Maria Hernandez Park
HOW MUCH: FREE
RiseBoro Community Partnership is proud to present ¡CalabazaFest! 2018, a free, all-ages, music-filled, outdoor mini-festival, costume party, and community celebration returning once again to Bushwick’s Maria Hernandez Park on Sunday, October 28. Combining Harvest Fair, Day of the Dead, and Halloween traditions, CalabazaFest has become a highlight of the autumn season for many.
CalabazaFest will also feature a mini farmers market, delicious food, live cooking demonstrations, hands-on pumpkin crafts and mask-making, and a creative costume contest finalé (with prizes) – so come in your Halloween best.
City of Gods: Afterparty w/ Disco Knights and Specials Guests @ House of Yes
STARTS: Sunday 10/28, 6 A.M. – 1 P.M.
WHERE: 2 Wyckoff Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237
HOW MUCH: $30
Our city lives on, in the new dawn of a new day. We’re feeling good. Keep the Halloween vibe alive as we groove into the daytime. Shine like the sun, glow with your soul. Bask in the afterglow of City of Gods Halloween with our chosen family and new friends at our home sweet home… House of Yes. Coffee, Kombucha and Ambrosia Elixirs will be available for purchase while supplies last. Full Bar will open at 10am.
All-Day Scary Movie Marathon at Brooklyn Cider House
STARTS: Saturday 10/27, 11 A.M.
WHERE: 1100 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237
HOW MUCH: FREE
On Saturday 10/27, the Halloweek festivities kick off with an all-day scary movie marathon of classic black and white horror films like Nosferatu (starting at 11 a.m.)
Also all day, free tastes of cider will be offered for guests in costume and between 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. a costume will be held with $100 gift card prizes for the scariest, funniest and most outrageous costumes. DJ Hard Candy will spin from 9 p.m. -12 a.m.! Mulled cider and candied apples will be on offer.
HAUNTEDWEEKENDHALLOWEENRAGER at The Glove
STARTS: Saturday 10/27 @ 9 P.M.
WHERE: Ask your friends
HOW MUCH: $10
GONNA BE SPOOKY WITH YOUR BATTY HOSTS DRACULA , THE BOOGIE MAN , MOTHRA AND BERNARD HERMAN WITH TERRIFYING PERFORMANCES BYBLUEANXXIETY, FASTER DETAIL, 1980 SPECIAL TWIN, CONDUIT, FANTASY AL BAILEY, DEAN CERCONE, SPACE MEOW DOLL, BERNARR HERMAN, SOUL WORM , BERNARD HERMAN , DJ BAZOOKA MANE + MORE? SEE YOU THERE 9P.M. DOORS GOES MAD LATE 10 DOLL HAIRS
The Cityfox Halloween Festival at Avant Gardner
STARTS: Saturday 10/27 @ 9 P.M.
WHERE: 140 Stewart Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237
HOW MUCH: $112
4 STAGES, 7 ROOMS, HIDDEN SPACES, ALL INDOORS.
Arrive early, explore freely, food on-site. Costumes highly recommended.
21+ This Halloween, we proudly present our biggest event & most immersive production of the year, a monstrosity of a lineup hosted across multiple stages big and small, when we transform the entire Avant Gardner venue complex into our Halloween Festival Grounds. 15+ world-class artists, a giant maze of music stages, interactive rooms and chill-out lounges, and as ever surprises along the way.
HALLOWEEN COVER SHOW @ Sunnyvale
STARTS: Saturday 10/27 @ 8 P.M.
WHERE: 1031 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
HOW MUCH: $12.26
?Halloween Cover Show Party?>>>CUP ba_nd WOW as The Cramps>>HARMS as Deftones>>Members of Onesie, Glass Valley, and Kill Bots Kill as Van Halen>Shadow Year as No Doubt8 PM Doors, $10
Boobtacular: A Spooky Sexy Show @ Bizarre Bushwick
STARTS: Monday 10/29 @ 9 P.M.
WHERE: 12 Jefferson St, Brooklyn, NY 11206
HOW MUCH: $10
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