Halloween is here and it is one of the best times of the year in NOLA with all the costumes, fabulous parties and lots of trick and treats. So enjoy all the spooky happenings this city has to offer. Here is just a taste of some of the eerily (and festively) gay things to do.
#1. Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Join Persana Shoulders and Nicole Lynn Foxx for a special Halloween Edition of DRAG DINNER starting at 7 p.m. at The Country Club (634 Louisa St). Special guests include Benjamin Murray as Eureeka Starfish and Wednesday Bonet Iman. This evening also features $10 BOTTOMLESS red or white house wine. To make your dinner reservation, call (504) 945-0742.
#2. Tuesday, October 27 – Sunday, November 1, 2015
Is anyone looking for a shoe or maybe a prince? Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella is the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical from the creators of The Sound of Music and South Pacific that’s delighting audiences with its contemporary take on the classic tale. This lush production features an incredible orchestra, jaw-dropping transformations and all the moments you love — the pumpkin, the glass slipper, the masked ball and more — plus some surprising new twists! Be transported back to your childhood as you rediscover some of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s most beloved songs, including “In My Own Little Corner,” “Impossible/It’s Possible” and “Ten Minutes Ago,” in this hilarious and romantic Broadway experience for anyone who’s ever had a wish, a dream… or a really great pair of shoes. For tickets or more information, go to www. saengernola.com.
#3. Thursday, October 29 – Sunday, November 1, 2015
Halloween New Orleans is once again upon us in all of its spooky and lusty glory with the title: The Fall of the Pharaohs. This benefit weekend helps Project Lazarus. Journey with us into the Pyramid of the Pharaohs where you’ll experience the luxuries of Egyptian royalty and uncover the horrifying secret crypt where the dead are laid to rest. Will you follow the path of the rich or the path of the dead? The four day event includes the Lazarus Ball at Il Mercado on Thursday, the Neon Party at Republic on Friday, the Main Event at the Contemporary Arts Center on Saturday and ends with Brunch and a second line on Sunday at the House of Blues. For tickets or more information, go to www.halloweenneworleans.com.
#4. Thursday, October 29, 2015
It is time for the Halloween edition of One Eyed Jack’s Eighties Dance Party starting at 10 p.m. Let’s Dance for the Thriller of it all! Only $5 cover and costumes encouraged. One Eyed Jack’s is located at 615 Toulouse Street.
#5. Friday, October 30 – Sunday, November 1, 2015
Join The Ritual. Voodoo Fest is once again upon us and the lineup this year is outstanding. Invite your tribe to partake in all the musical excitement. The Line-up this year includes:
FRI, OCT 30
FLORENCE+THE MACHINE + JACK Ü + MODEST MOUSE + ALESSO + GIRL TALK + JASON ISBELL + METRIC + GERARD WAY + YELAWOLF + DESTRUCTO + JOEY BADA$$ AND THE SOUL REBELS + THE JOY FORMIDABLE + RYAN BINGHAM + JAUZ + FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS + RUBY AMANFU + SALVA + JESSICA HERNANDEZ & THE DELTAS + WAX MOTIF + HUNDRED WATERS + GRIZFOLK + FLOW TRIBE + DAN DYER + HANK & CUPCAKES + BANTAM FOXES + DJ VIDA + ST. CECILIA’S ASYLUM CHORUS + ZULU CONNECTION
SAT, OCT 31
OZZY OSBOURNE FEATURING GEEZER BUTLER, TOM MORELLO AND SLASH + STEVE ANGELLO + JANE’S ADDICTION + SANTIGOLD + DUKE DUMONT + GIORGIO MORODER + PUBLIC IMAGE LTD + CLUTCH + ZHU + DJANGO DJANGO + LETTUCE + THE GROWLERS + BABES IN TOYLAND + PEACHES + JACOB PLANT + TERENCE BLANCHARD FEATURING THE E-COLLECTIVE + NINA LAS VEGAS + FANTASTIC NEGRITO + JOYWAVE + THE STRUTS + BRENMAR + THE SUFFERS + THE WANS + VERIDIA + MIKE DILLON’S PUNK ROCK PERCUSSION CONSORTIUM + MISSISSIPPI RAIL COMPANY + CARMINE P. FILTHY & A BOY NAMED RUTH + DJ VIDA+ KOMPRESSION WITH UNICORN FUKR & HERB CHRISTOPHER + ZULU CONNECTION + CASA SAMBA PARADE + CAMEL TOE LADY STEPPERS
SUN, NOV 1
ZAC BROWN BAND + DEADMAU5 + CHANCE THE RAPPER + ERIC PRYDZ + SLIGHTLY STOOPID + THIRD EYE BLIND + THE CULT + TCHAMI + BRO SAFARI + FISHBONE + TITLE FIGHT + DUMPSTAPHUNK + POST MALONE + ELLIPHANT + MIJA + HERE COME THE MUMMIES + JULY TALK + ROZZI CRANE + QUICKIE MART + TYSSON + BABY BEE + THE LUDLOW THIEVES + RAJ SMOOVE + BABYGIRL + ZULU CONNECTION + CASA SAMBA PARADE
Costs are:
+ Single Day GA: $99
+ 3-Day GA: $235
+ 3-Day Loa VIP: $575
Purchase: http://www.worshipthemusic.com/
*LOCATION*
City Park
1 Palm Dr., New Orleans, LA 70124
For more info, visit: http://www.worshipthemusic.com/
#6. Friday, October 30, 2015
Calling all zombies, come join the Lords of Leather and the Renegade Bears for their Zombie Exhibitionist Beer Bust at the Phoenix (940 Elysian Fields Ave.) from 9pm to Midnight. They will be offering up some great Jello shots and a new cinnamon rum shot called the cannon ball. So get your skimpiest zombie look on and head to the Phoenix Bar.
#7. Saturday, October 31, 2015
NOAGE (New Orleans Advocates for GLBT Elders) is hosting a coffee conversation, led by Rebecca Stilling, LCSW, on the ways we care for ourselves now to maximize quality of life both now and as we age into our futures from 10:00-11:15 A.M. at the New Orleans Healing Center (2372 St. Claude Ave., Room #250). A talk about self-nurturing and self-compassion as well as self-guidance and discipline for healthy living now and for our older selves. Refreshments will be provided. Rebecca Stilling, LCSW, is a clinical social worker, in private practice since 1985. Rebecca is a poet, a traveler, a nature lover and a fitness enthusiast. Her friends have teasingly described her as a “health nut.” She has been with her partner for 40 years. As a born and raised New Orleanian, she appreciates the place of home and family, whether of birth or choice, in the psyche. She has focused much of her life’s work on trauma and resilience. She practices an eclectic, Humanistic and Existential style of therapy with an additional focus on holistic self-care practices.
#8. Saturday, October 31, 2016
The Country Club awaits all who dare to eat Brunch. Join them for our 7th annual ZOMBIE DRAG BRUNCH! Enjoy a fabulous brunch menu, $15 Bottomless Mimosas and a very special show with scary drag and spooktacular numbers by the lovely Southern Barbitchuates. Call us today to make your reservations at 504-945-0742. The Country Club is located at 634 Louisa Street.
#9. Saturday, October 31, 2016
Are you ready for GrandPre’s Hellarious Halloween! Enjoy foul performances, infected prizes, woeful dancing and depraved fun. Begin with unfortunately disturbing karaoke at 6:00 p.m. Appear by 8:30 to register for their unnervingly awful karaoke contest starting at 9:00 p.m. $5 to enter and $25, $20 and $15 bar tabs for the three contestants rated highest by their putrid panel of judges. At 10:00 The Southern Barbitchuates perform with Gia GiaVanni, Sable Nicole Star, Moanalot Fontaine and Coca Mesa. Next up is DJ M-BALM’D as he cranks the infernal dirges from 11:30 until you crumble and die. At 1:00 AM there will be a ruinous and cruel costume contest. Register by 12:30 a.m. The lone winner will take away $100 in cash. GrandPre’s is located at 834 North Rampart Street.
#10. Saturday, October 31, 2016
Join Tulane Avenue bar (3813 Tulane Avenue) starting at 8:00 pm for our second annual Halloween party, Illusions On The Avenue “drag show”, and costume contest. It is bound to be a spooky good time.
#11. Saturday, October 31, 2016
The Lords will be having their annual Halloween Costume Contest and Beer Bust at the Phoenix Saturday (940 Elysian Fields Ave.) starting at 9 p.m… Nothing is scarier than the Lords in Costume so come out and drink until those gobbling are pretty. There will be a costume contest with cash prizes.