No matter what you dress up as for Halloween, it’s all about where you show off that costume and dance the night away to some rockin’ music. We’ve poked around and found 10 of the hottest places to go blow your musical mind on Halloween.
- Las Tortugas Dance of the Dead
1. Las Tortugas Dance of the Dead, Yosemite, CA– Tucked away on the edge of Yosemite National Park, Las Tortugas Dance of the Dead is set against a beautiful backdrop of central California’s natural wonders. Topping out the bill for the 5th Annual Las Tortugas are Yonder Mountain String Band, ALO, 7 Walkers (feat. Bill Kreutzmann, Papa Mali & George Porter Jr, The Mother Hips, Tea Leaf Green, New Monsoon, Cornmeal, Melvin Seals and JGB with Stu Allen. That right there should get your juices pumping. http://lastortugasmusic.com/
- Phish Festival 8 Halloween 2009
2. PHISH in Atlantic City, NJ– Phish’s Halloween show last year, Festival 8, is going to be hard to beat but somehow I bet Phish has something special in store for the 2010 “Mystery Album.” Rockin’ to Phish in Atlantic City…sounds like a cocktail of overindulgence and pure bliss. Where do I sign up? http://phish.com/
- String Cheese at Rothburty Music Festival 2009
3. String Cheese Incident and the Disco Biscuits Hulaween, Hampton, Mass– Previous SCI Halloweens have included a 2002 epic show in LA with Rod Roddy hosting the “Acadamummy Awards” with SCI playing covers from only dead rockstars. The Disco Biscuits will open for String Cheese on October 29 and the group will play a three-set show on October 30. These will be String Cheese Incident’s final shows in 2010. http://www.stringcheeseincident.com/
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4. Widespread Panic w/ Dirty Dozen Brass Band, New Orleans, LA- New Orleans is freaky enough at Halloween. Introduce the Southern rockin’ jam sounds of WSP and you’ve got a cocktail for crazy. No doubt this party will spill out into the French Quarter and go till the sun comes up and the ghosts return to the other side. http://www.widespreadpanic.com
- Voodoo Music Festival
5. VooDoo Music Festival, New Orleans, LA– It’s a split decision in the Big Easy this year. If your inclinations lean more toward the high energy electronic sounds of DJ’s then VooDoo Music Festival will tip the scales for you. Not to mention Ozzy Osborne headlining the three day scare-fest. October 29-31. http://www.thevoodooexperience.com/
- Moogfest
6. Moogfest, Ashville, NC- Moogfest, the annual event honoring the remarkable vision of Robert Moog and his amazing musical inventions that changed the course of music, is reinventing itself. This year, Moogfest 2010 will move from New York City to Asheville, NC, the place Bob Moog called home for the last 30 years of his life, and will expand to a 3-day, multi-venue event during the weekend of October 29 -31, 2010. During the festival, Moogfest 2010 will host artists and audiences from throughout the world in different venues throughout Asheville’s beautiful, historic downtown. http://www.moogfest.net
7. Heaven & Hell, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA– According to the event website, Heaven & Hell “will transform the Del Mar Fairgrounds into a Hell-acious trinity of ‘Heaven’, ‘Hell’, & ‘Purgatory’. With these 3 massive areas of nightmarish celebration, and the biggest talent line up San Diego has ever seen, this will be a halloween celebration of monstrous proportion!” http://www.clubzone.com/events/313344/san-diego/del-mar-fairgrounds/heaven-and-hell-with-fedde-le-grand-wolfgang-gartner-joachim-gar
- Night of the Living Zoo
8. Night of the Living Zoo, Washington, D.C.– A fiendishly festive time awaits at Magic Hat’s Night of the Living Zoo celebration at the National Zoo in Washington, DC. Let Grace Potter and the Nocturnals guide you through the depths of darkest night as you peruse the zoo’s exhibits of Small Mammals, Great Apes and Invertebrates. Sponsored by Magic Hat Beer, a truly delicious evening awaits the D.C. crowds. http://www.magichat.net/nold/night-of-the-living-zoo
- Sound Tribe Sector 9 Photo by Eric Rejman
9. Sound Tribe Sector 9, Stubb’s BBQ, Austin, TX- October 30th, STS9 will invade Austin for a Halloween weekend show. Mix the high energy electronic sounds of STS9 with the insanity that ensues around downtown Austin on Halloween and this might just be a weekend to of epic proportions.
- Particle’s 10 Year Anniversary Tour
10. Particle, Crested Butte, CO– Wrapping up the first leg of their 10th Anniversary Tour on Halloween will no doubt be an amazing bookend to the much anticipated opener on October 6th in San Diego with Quactus. http://www.particlepeople.com
