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Halloween Happenings
Whether you’re a Halloween fanatic or just a music lover looking for something to do this weekend, you’ll want to check out Pollstar’s compilation of spooky shows happening btween Oct. 27 and Oct. 31.
Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP – A Great Pumpkin
A pumpkin carved by Jodi Engel, one of the judges, sat on display during an amateur pumpkin carving contest as part of the Nickelodeon
Suwannee Hulaween (Oct. 27-29)
The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Fla.
String Cheese Incident, Bassnectar, Ween, Griz, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Run The Jewels, Nick Murphy (Chet Faker), RL Grime, Portugal. The Man, and more
Voodoo Music + Arts Experience (Oct. 27-29)
City Park, New Orleans
Kendrick Lamar, Foo Fighters, The Killers, LCD Soundsystem, Dillon Francis, DJ Snake, Galantis, Kehlani, RL Grime, Brand New, The Head and The Heart, and more.
Escape: Psycho Circus (Oct. 27-29)
NOS Events Center, San Bernardino, Calif.
Tiësto, Boys Noize, Baauer, Zedd, Eric Prydz, Datsik, Flosstradamus, Mashmello, R3hab, Afrojack, Slander and more
Halloween Lit Party (Oct. 27)
Adams Event Center in Missoula, Mont.
Tyga, Lil Pump, Famous Dex
Umphrey’s McGee (Oct. 27-28)
Palace Theatre, St. Paul, Minn.
Vevo Halloween (Oct. 28)
Craneway Pavilion, Richmond, Calif.
Rachel Leathe/Bozeman Daily Chronicle via AP – The Torture Never Stops
Phillip Aguirre stands in the torture room he and his wife, Lauri Aguirre, decorated for their eighth annual halloween party in Bozeman, Mont.
Khalid, Julia Michaels, Amine, Jessie Reyez
Wynwood Fear Factory (Oct. 28-29)
RC Cola Plant, Miami
Porter Robinson, Steve Angello, Oliver Heldens, Andrew Rayel, Cedric Gervais, The M Machine, DJ Snake, Wiz Khalifa, Big Gigantic, Yellow Claw, Martin Solveig and more.
Minimal Effort All Hallow’s Eve (Oct. 28)
Enox Events, Los Angeles
Dusky, MK, Brodinski, Damian Lazarus, Amine Edge & Dance, Behrouz
Something Wicked Festival (Oct. 28-29)
Sam Houston Race Park, Houston, Texas
Above & Beyond, Marshmello, Tiësto, Zeds Dead, RL Grime, Alan Walker, Graves, Claude Vonstroke and more
Hulaween In The Garden Of Earthly Delights (Oct. 30)
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York
Jon Bon Jovi & Friends, Dita von Teese, DJ Runna, hosted by Judy Gold with costume contest judge Michael Kors
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP – Boo!
President Donald Trump meets with children dressed in their Halloween costumes in the Oval Office of the White House
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic: Halloween Funkdown (Oct. 31)
B.B. King Blues Club, New York
Azealia Banks’ Halloween Mermaid Ball NYC (Oct. 31)
Bowery Ballroom, New York
Connie Dilamond, Jack Mizrahi, Paperboy Prince of the Suburbs
GWAR: The Blood Of Gods Tour – Halloween Show (Oct. 31)
Irving Plaza, New York
Pistolera, Ani Cordero, Carl Hancock Rux, Keith Fluitt, Kiki Hawkins and Asa Arnold.
The Tom Petty Masquerade Ball: A Rock ‘N’ Roll Celebration (Oct. 31)
Hotel Café, Los Angeles, Calif.
Joe Purdy, Joshua Radin, Cary Brothers, Liz Phair,
Proceeds benefit The Midnight Mission
(Oct. 31)
The Fillmore Detroit, Detroit, Mich.
Afrojack, Flosstradamus and Jonas Blue