Whether your taste runs to undead slow dancing, monster mashing, or a good old-fashioned werewolf Bar Mitzvah, we here at She Does The City wish you nothing but the spookiest of Hallowe’ekends. Here’s the best of the bashes happening on Saturday night:
Slow Dance Of The Living Dead
What: Worn Fashion Journal presents their Issue 9 release party with questionable fortune telling, $3 beer, and gift bags (TRICK OR TREAT!) as incentive to get there early.
Where: 9 pm, Dovercourt House, 805 Dovercourt Rd. $13 cover includes an issue of the magazine and a dance card, but get $10 advanced tix here:http://www.wornjournal.com/html/slow-dance-of-the-living-dead-tickets/
Wear: Taffeta in tatters, blood-soaked sequins, a ballgown to raise the dead.
The Pagan Ritual
What: A masquerade Hallowe’en where the fabulous can sip champagne and dance to house music into the witching hours.
Where: The Windsor Arms Hotel, 18 St. Thomas St. $40, and you must purchase tickets in advance. Available at the hotel, or Gotstyle, 489 King St. W.
Wear: A fabulous feathered headdress, mask, and stunning gown. A masquerade is an opportunity to get decked out in all the finery that looks ostentatious anywhere else.
Frankenstein Formal
What: Rue Morgue’s 12th Anniversary Hallowe’en party. Blood wrestling, go-go ghouls, and a midnite costume contest, brought to you by the people who know horror best.
Where: 9 pm, Revival, 789 College St. $30 at the door, or $25 in advance here: http://www.rue-morgue.com/
Wear: Something seriously spooky. These guys and gals don’t mess around.
Freakfest 2009
What: Did you know the Burroughes building is haunted? Word on the street (read: internet) is that a young girl witnessed her parents murder before being thrown from the building’s roof on Hallowe’en, 1933. Is this true? Did they make it up just to sell us tickets to their jam? We’ll bite!
Where: 9 pm, The Burroughes Lofts, 639 Queen St. W. For tickets: http://www.freakfest09.com/ They’re down to the last 100.
Wear: Something dapper, done, and instantly recognizable in the crowd. There’s also bound to be a few corset sex-shop specials. Don’t hate-celebrate!
Disco of the Dead
What: A masquerade party with the usual suspects, which means cheap beers, babes galore, and a sweaty, spooky dance floor.
Where: 10 pm, Wrongbar, 1279 Queen St. W. Get advanced $10 tickets at Rotate This, Soundscapes, or http://www.wantickets.com/EventDetail.aspx?e_id=80945
Wear: Your partying best-a.k.a danceable with a dose of irony.
Zombie Cougars Gone Wild
What: A night of terror, dancing, and prizes, sexy in that kinda freaky way, like cougars.
Where: 8 pm, Margret, 2952 Dundas St. W.
Wear: Your best Zombie Cougar gear. CLEAVE! FAKE TANNER!