Read on for our top events happening in the UK this Halloween.
Mike Warburton
Last updated: 23rd Oct 2013
Photograph: Andreas Andrews
It’s that time of year again, as we prepare for parties attended by corpses, devils, beasts, ghouls, Frankenstein's and Grim Reapers. It's one of the few chances for an adult to get away with dressing up all fancy, so we’ve decided to have a look at some of the best parties happening in the country. Prepare to get your Halloween freak on!
Remedy have put together a Halloween night with a twist for their arrival at Leeds' Beaver Works on the 26th. Boasting a LaserQuest haunted house course on the entry to the club, Remedy have pulled out all the stops to throw a sci fi flavoured halloween extravaganza that hits all the right notes. Expect to see creatures from the deepest, darkest reaches of the galaxy enjoying a soundtrack of psytrance, hard dance, breaks, glitch, tech funk and electro in a Halloween special that breaks from the norm.
Fresh from a rip roaring 7th Birthday, Bitch has convalesced and returns this Halloween for a one of trip to the dark side at Venus. House music and Halloween combine to horrific proportions,for a night that boasts one killer line up. Tristan Garner makes his long awaited Bitch debut, bringing his unconventional, break neck mixing styles and high octane approach to the hordes of devilishly garbed ravers. Bitch is renowned for throwing one hell of a party, and this Halloween’s installment looking particularly tasty.
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The iconic Ibiza clubbing brand arrives in Preston for an Animals and Freeks Halloween special. Rumes will host fundamental Zoo Project cohorts Nic & Kaleb to headline a night of animistic carnage (watch them performing at Zoo Project below).
A menagerie of colourful creatures and creepy critters will be taking a sinister turn for a night of the finest in house, tech house and techno. Tickets are already flying out, get yours here.
House and techno meet Jack-O-Lanterns and poltergeists at this years mUmU Halloween special. Responsible for some of the most discerning and exciting underground dance music parties in Liverpool of recent times, mUmU entices Berliners Nick Hoppner and Pan-Pot as well as hardware wielding Welsh lad Tom Demac for a freakishly fun fancy dress themed electronic music orgy that mixes Halloween horrors with a top drawer soundtrack.
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Goodgreef breaks bad in Blackpool for its Halloween showdown that sees some of the biggest players in trance headlining the Sanuk night club. This veritable house of horrors will feature a classics set from the mighty Signum, a star turn from Jordan Suckley, James Dymond, and DJ Fubar who will be be laying down some of Syndicate’s biggest tunes. An essential trance fueled Halloween celebration.
Head here to check out the Goodgreef group
The biggest brand in techno arrives in Scotland’s capital on the 2nd November, and brings with it label boss Sven Vath (check out our Artist of the Week here), Onur Ozer and Alejandro Mosso for a phenomenal Halloween soiree. The world conquering imprint has become increasingly synonymous with quality, and will be throwing perhaps the classiest Halloween party on our shores. Unmissable techno business from Sven Vath’s crew at an as yet unannounced location.
Head here for our Halloween What's On Guide
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