Halloween 2015

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Published on: October 29th, 2015

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Morning 40 Federation [Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee]

Halloween is a great holiday in New Orleans, a city full of veteran costumers and revelers. Here are a few of my picks out of the myriad of haunting, ghoulish, horrifying, and otherwise undead celebrations in the coming days.

Every Friday & Saturday of October: House of Shock

Oct. 24
Krewe of Boo Halloween parade

Oct. 29
"Fall of the Pharaohs," the annual party for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community and benefit for HIV charity Project Lazarus

Oct. 29
Anne Rice "Undead Con"

Oct. 30 - Nov. 1
VOODOO Experience

Oct. 30
Rebirth Brass Band and Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns at dba
Big Chief Doucette + Al "Carnival Time" Johnson + Walter Wolfman Washington & more at the Mahalia Jackson Theater

Oct. 30-31
Blackpot Festival in Lafayette w/Little Freddie King, Pine Leaf Boys, Corey Ledet, Creole String Beans, and more

Oct. 31:
20th Annual Halloween Parade from Molly's at the Market
Frenchmen St. will be packed with revelers all night
Galactic w/New Breed Brass Band at Tipitina's
Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen host a Monster Bash at the Maple Leaf
Kermit Ruffins & the BBQ Swingers at Kermit's Treme Mother-in-Law Lounge
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles at the Blue Nile Balcony Room
Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias, New Creations Brass Band, One Percent Brass Band at BMC
Dia de los Muertes Fiesta f/Fredy Omar con su Banda at Casa Borrega
Amy Winehouse Tribute w/Tank & the Bangas at Chickie Wah Wah
Hustle! w/DJ Soul Sister at the Hi-Ho
Quintron & Miss Pussycat w/Peaches and White Mystery at One Eyed Jack's
Guitar Slim at Ooh Pooh Pah Doo Bar
Pinettes Brass Band and King James & the Specialmen at Preservation Hall
Morning 40 Federation w/Ratty Scurvics Singularity, My Graveyard Jaw at Siberia
Walter 'Wolfman' Washington & the Roadmasters at Snug Harbor
Panorama Jazz Band at Spotted Cat