TWIN CITIES HALLOWEEN
By Matt Dowgwillo - Oct 24, 2016
There’s a lot to do. You’ve worked hard on your costumes. Now get out there and show them off. Halloween Weekend is upon us!
Costume contests, dance parties… Here are our top picks for most fun this weekend and Halloween night in Minneapolis & St. Paul (if you’re looking for a chiller guide of more unique stuff this Halloween click here).
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER….
WEEKEND PARTIES
Friday October 28th-Saturday October 29th is this year’s official party weekend!
WOOKIEFOOT HALLOWEEN
FRI & SAT @ CABOOZE
JAM BANDS & CRAZINESS. more
Keeping their Halloween Party going every year, it’s another weekend of Wookiefoot! Their Halloween show features dancers, visuals, and performers all weekend, as well as their own crazy costumes.
Friday’s Lineup includes Heatbox and Reed Grimm.
Saturday’s Show with Dustin Thomas & the Limns.
FLIP PHONE/SHANNON BLOWTORCH’S “STRANGE THINGS” HALLOWEEN
FRIDAY, 10/28 @ MILL CITY NIGHTS
DANCE PARTY + $500 COSTUME CONTEST
The Premiere GLBT Dance Party Event is being held at the (to be closed soon) Mill City Nights! Presented by Flip Phone and DJ Shannon Blowtorch, and Starring Milk Queen (RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 6).
TRANSMISSION HALLOWEEN 1983
SATURDAY, 10/29 @ PSYCHO SUZI
DANCE PARTY 1980’s STYLE
FREE | EVENT INFO
Netflix’s “Stranger Things” influenced another Halloween Bash this year, as Jake Ruhd brings his TRANSMISSION show and 1980’s themed music surrounding the dark and weird music of the era.
$100 Costume Contest, 80’s costumes encouraged, but your Ken Bone outfit works too.
HALLOWEEN NIGHT, MONDAY OCT 31ST
NO DOUBT, MOTORHEAD, ACE OF BASE…
@ MEMORY LANES
90’S COVER BANDS & BOWLING
FREE | EVENT INFO
Lot’s of Minneapolis’ best local bands come together to put on a Tribute Show Halloween party of you! Features great drink specials (like $2.75 PBR, $3.50 Jameson), $10 All-U-Can-Bowl, and great music/stage on the Lanes.
Punk Bowl is a serious great time, and tonight’s special Halloween party promises to be something special!
FIRST AVENUE HALLOWEEN
FIRST AVENUE
DANCE PARTY + $1,000 COSTUME CONTEST
BUY EARLY! Prices start at $10, but then jump to $20 at the door and you don’t want to be caught paying that price…(Pick up comps at Electric Fetus or outside the club this week)
First Avenue’s Halloween Party is probably the best event every year. They get awesome DJ’s, and their $1000 costume prize brings puts all the best costumes together in 1 place.
This year’s party is going to be nuts, featuring Minneapolis’ top new band Holidae, DJ Espada, Cloud, and many more.
