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Halloween Happenings Around Seattle

It’s party time. Dress up (or don’t) at these bar bashes.

Posted by: Christopher Werner on Oct 25, 2011 at 11:47AM 4 Comments

North of Ship Canal Ballard’s Fu Kun Wu is offering $6 drink specials all night on Monday. A DJ will provide tunes from 8:30 to midnight, with happy hour commencing at 5 and ending at 7. Costumes? Encouraged.

La Carta de Oaxaca and its new Queen Anne counterpart, Mezcaleria Oaxaca, are bringing in a live mariachi band on Monday as part of a Día de Muertos celebration. The music starts at Mezcaleria at 5 before moving on to Ballard around 6:15. You can also expect a special food menu.

The always festive Bottleneck Lounge hosts Halloween Triple Threat Scary Movie Night on the 31st. The screening of Tremors, Mars Attacks, and Army of Darkness gets underway at 6:30, with special cocktails to accompany each. Word has it the Kevin Bacon Manhattan with candied bacon strips is one not to miss. The popcorn’s provided.

On Monday stop by Pike Brewing in costume and score dollar discounts on the “devilishly spiced” Harlot’s Harvest Pumpkin Ale.

Another one for beer buffs: Redhook ‘s Haunted Brewery Bash. The $3.50 pint specials and two floors of live entertainment go down Saturday 8:30pm-midnight. Admission costs $10 (purchase them on Brown Paper Tickets or at the door), and sorry kiddies, this one’s 21-plus. We also hear of $1 keg pours and a costume contest.

Re-Bar promises “scary good beats” when jockeys Darek Mazzone of KEXP, DJ Rhythma, and DJ Darwin take the booth during its Saturday bash starting at 10pm. Tickets are $10 at the door. All proceeds benefit FIUTS; also 21 and over.

Vermillion is throwing a bash on Saturday, the same night the Hideout, the Sorrento, and Vito’s team up for the now-annual ER Costume Crawl. Expect live music and festivities at each. Best outfit wins $500, and nota bene: you’ve got to be wearing a getup to get in. Things kick off at 9pm. (Also: a reminder Vito’s is hosting another notable party Monday.)

Starting Friday at the CanCan the Heavenly Spies put on a saucy Halloween burlesque show, running through Saturday evening. Tickets go for $10 to $45.

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Another Halloween Happening For Your Consideration

Vermillion’s dance party should be good.

Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Oct 26, 2010 at 08:55AM 0 Comments

The Undead Discotheque begins at 8pm this Saturday.

Oh, I love Vermillion. It’s an art gallery! It’s a wine bar! It’s both!

And look, it’s having a Halloween party too. Saturday, October 30 is the night Vermillion hosts the Undead Discotheque dance party, which starts at 8pm and goes until 2am.

Three DJs (Eardrumz, Jon Francois, and Scratchmaster Me) and a live band will be there to entertain you.

Of course, you are encouraged to costume up for the occasion.

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The Best of the Drinky Halloween Happenings

Two adult events where you can get spooked on spirits (and a little Halloween math).

Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Oct 25, 2010 at 11:51AM 0 Comments

This is Kim Kardashian dressed up as Wonder Woman. She doesn’t drink.

Let’s face facts. If you’re old enough to be in a bar, you’re old enough to know that Halloween is a holiday that can be hard to pull off.

For the great majority of us, the Halloween math works like this.

Human older than 23 + lots and lots of drinks + costume=massive cringefest.

There are exceptions. Some people are just awesome, and do the whole drunken, dressed-as-a-nun deal with roguishly charming aplomb. It’s true. It’s also true that some people subsist on Lucky Strikes and pork-and-Klonopin sandwiches but live until they are 85. Statistically speaking, you and I are unlikely to be among those people. So we are left with a choice. We can either dress up and watch our drinking (admittedly, the healthier and safer choice anyway), or we can have a few cocktails in our street clothes and just avoid the Halloween pitfalls altogether. If you’re awesome and you can pull off all three, more power to you. Just please don’t drive.

Okay, PSA over. Here are two Halloween happenings that seem pretty fun.

Belltown’s Spur is planning an iconic Halloween party—you come dressed as your favorite icon to compete for prizes. All-night happy hour includes drink specials from spirit sponsors to sweeten the deal. This party starts at 7pm on Sunday, October 31 and ends at 1:30am. The prizes haven’t been announced yet.

Boka created two Halloween cocktail specials. You can order them, along with food, during the free scary movie series at the adjoining Hotel 1000. There is a spiced pumpkin martini, some people like those. But the one that sounds potentially tasty to me is the Ghostly Cocktail. Its Pernod, St. Germain, white rum, white cranberry juice, and lemon sour.

On October 29 the movie is The Shining, or Saturday, October 30 it’s Psycho, and on Sunday, October 31 it’s Halloween. Showtimes are 7pm and 9 pm.

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Tags: Downtown, Belltown, Movies, Halloween