If you haven’t made plans yet for Halloween weekend, don’t be scared – as usual, we’ve done all the hard work for you.
We found a couple of bashes around the city that will keep you and your ghoulish friends entertained all weekend long. The best part is, both of them are before the actual holiday, so you can celebrate Halloween a few times this year.
Haunted Mansion Masquerade at Kimball-Jenkins
On Friday night from 8 to midnight, Kimball-Jenkins will turn into a haunted wonderland for its second-ever Haunted Mansion Masquerade party.
One of the features of the night will be a haunted attic tour. Visitors will walk through the pitch-dark attic using nothing but a flashlight to look around. Don’t be shocked if some spooky stuff starts to go down.
There will also be a DJ bumping tunes all night – be on the lookout for a dance session to “Thriller” or “Monster Mash,” which no Halloween party is complete without.
If you want to make some supernatural connections, visit with a psychic, spiritual palm reader, past life and life purpose reader or get an empathic emotional rebalancing (we’re due for one ourselves). These services must be paid for, as do any drinks you’d like to buy from the cash bar, which will be run by Area 23. (The whole event is 21-plus.)
Tickets are $25 and can be bought at kimballjenkins.com/halloween or at the door. If you buy at the door, wear a mask and get $5 off. Be sure to come in costume, too, as there will be a prize for best dressed.
Call 225-3932 for more.
Halloween party at Area 23
If you’re looking to rock out this Halloween weekend, head over to Area 23 on Saturday for its big bash.
The night of music begins with Queen City Soul, from Manchester, taking the stage at 6. Then, Booboo Groove (also from Manchester) will go on at 8, with Danny Bedrosian’s Secret Army (featuring members of P-Funk) rounding out the night.
There will also be a costume contest, so make sure you go all-out. There will be a prize of some sort, but that’s a big secret, so you’ll just have to go to find out what it is. If you don’t have a costume, someone will be on site with paint to help zombify you.
And on top of it all, there’s no cover – ever.
Call 552-0137 for more.
