HUMP DAY HAPPENINGS: ALL HALLOW'S EVE EDITION

HUMP DAY HAPPENINGS: ALL HALLOW'S EVE EDITION
Robyn Schindeldecker

"Chicka-BOOM!"

For sexy nurses and librarians, itʼs just another day. For the rest of us, Halloween is our foremost opportunity to search the darkest and most fantastical recesses of our minds to concoct the ultimate alter ego. From costume contests to eerie excursions, this yearʼs Devilʼs Day hoopla runs the gamut from titillating to the truly terrifying.

BareBones 19th Annual Halloween Outdoor Puppet Extravaganza: “Chicka-BOOM!”
What better place to celebrate the autumnal arc of death than along the banks of the life-affirming Mississippi River? Inspired by historical and literary themes and accompanied by the Brass Messengers, this outdoor puppet extravaganza is your one-stop shop for performance art alfresco.
(7pm, Hidden Falls Regional Park, 1305 S Mississippi River Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55116, pay-what-you-can)

The Real Ghost Tours: Halloween Event
Don your phantom-hunting equipment and explore the occult as Curt guides you through Father Hennepin Park and leads an orb and faery class. Crave more of the supernatural? Katy will hold a seance in one of the area’s most haunted locales. Banish any lingering apparitions with light snacks, beverages, music, and costume contests.
(7pm, St. Anthony Main, 125 Main St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, $40)

First Avenueʼs Halloween Party & Costume Contest
Billed as the best Halloween party in town, the esteemed danceteria pulls out all the stops. Follow the lure of a $1,000-prize costume contest downtown to where host Ian Rans and DJs Soviet Panda, Roy Freedom, and Smitty saturates the mainroom with spooktacular sounds.
(8pm, First Avenue, 701 First Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55403, $5-10)

Halloween Speakeasy
Enter another era with Clubhouse Jägerʼs Prohibition-themed party. Replete with classic cocktails, a jazz and ragtime soundtrack, a stylized photo booth, and costume contest, you’re encouraged to come dressed to the nines in your dapper duds and flapper frocks.
(8pm, Clubhouse Jäger, 923 Washington Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55401, $5-10)

Release The Bats: A Transmission Halloween
The weekly dance night invades Dinkytown's historic theater with the ambient sounds of goth, darkwave, and industrial, as well as a Halloween edition of "Anything Goes." From Ministry to Depeche Mode, from Echo & the Bunnymen to seasonal staple "Thriller," DJ Jake Rudh has you covered.

Transmission's DJ Jake Rudh

(9pm, Varsity Theater, 1308 4th St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, free)