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Halloween lands on a Saturday and the clocks go back the same night. The biggest party night of the year just got a bonus hour of dancing.
When the stars line up like this, New York doesn't sit it out. The city is stepping up to the plate.
Forget the giant blowouts you go to out of obligation. These are rooms where people come for the music and dress for themselves, a dance floor full of the unapologetically authentic.
Susanne Bartsch starts things a night early, taking over Le Bain on Friday for Halloween Eve. Get ready, because a Bartsch party goes all the way.
On Saturday, Natasha Kitty Katt is in town for a rare all-nighter at Gabriela, always a spooky good time. And Dead Letter No. 9 closes for good, so this is your last chance to raise a glass and have one more wiggle.
Halloween on a Saturday doesn't mean it's over by Sunday. Eamon Harkin and Justin Carter close out Mister Sunday's season at Nowadays. Want something life-affirming and totally debauchery-free? Saint James Joy is soundtracking the NYC Marathon outside Emmanuel Baptist Church.
That's barely scratching the surface. There are 42 handpicked nights below, from 30-hour costume marathons to sunset sessions, so dig in and find the one that's calling your name.
Thursday October 29th
2ManyDJs, Rory Phillips @ Good Room, on Thu, 29 Oct, 10pm–4am
Genre-smashing electro, indie dance and disco edits mashed together with zero respect for boundaries, the sweaty bloghouse-era chaos turned up to 2026 volume. It's the most fun kind of messy, where a rock riff, a disco loop and a techno kick can all hit inside the same five minutes.
ROMANCE – Eli Escobar @ Gabriela, on Thu, 29 Oct, 9pm–3am
Sad bangers, unashamed pop and electro with a Halloween twist, built for dancing through your feelings in full costume. Come ready to cry your makeup off in the best possible way, because this room turns heartbreak into pure joy.
Gaydar Halloween – Ellen.J, TimaLikesMusic @ House of Yes, on Thu, 29 Oct, 10pm–late
Queer pop and club anthems mixed with drag performances and a midnight costume contest, loud, campy and proudly a little feral. Sexy, silly and spooky all at once, it's the kind of night where you meet your next situationship and run into your ex on the same dance floor.
SOIRÉE – Jean-Paul, J.N.R., Chilly & Gams @ MAD Radio, on Thu, 29 Oct, 5pm–2am
Deep house laced with Latin rhythms and classic dance records, moving from happy-hour grooves into a proper late-night floor. No-frills, mindful selections on the deeper end make it the kind of night that sneaks up on you, one drink quietly turning into dancing until close.
dero, Latas @ Moondog HiFi, on Thu, 29 Oct, 10pm–2am
Deep grooves and club-ready house in an intimate hi-fi room, two selectors trading perspectives without ever losing the rhythm. Tight, warm and close to the speakers, it feels like dancing in a friend's very well-tuned living room.
Dearly Beloved: Dead Letter No. 9's Final Thursday – Orson.NYC, James Juke, RONRON, Sanouyer @ Dead Letter No. 9, on Thu, 29 Oct, 9pm–2am
House and electronica across two rooms for a bar's tongue-in-cheek funeral, with bone-cold martinis and a dress code of your finest mourning attire. One last dance with a beloved spot before it closes for good, equal parts wake, party and goodbye hug.
PURGATORY – salute b2b Stacey Pullen @ Refuge, on Thu, 29 Oct, 10pm–4am
Euphoric, garage-flecked club cuts colliding with soulful Detroit techno in a b2b that should spark in all the right ways. On a four-stack system that surrounds the floor, it's the kind of immersive night where time genuinely disappears.
White Lodge – Bobby, Choukroun b2b Armii1n @ Outer Heaven, on Thu, 29 Oct, 8pm–4am
Rolling, stripped-back house in an intimate downtown room, the grooves tightening hour by hour as the night slides toward close. A warm, close-knit Halloween option for anyone who would rather lose themselves in the music than in a costume.
DickAppointment Halloween – BEARCAT, Tah, Fried Platano, Kenni Javon, Libby Brothers @ The Standard, on Thu, 29 Oct, 10pm–4am
Hip-hop and hard-hitting club music taking over the top of The Standard, loud, sexy and a little bit dangerous. Halloween weekend starts early here, with a crowd that treats the dance floor like a runway.
The Cure's Disintegration Listening Session – Andi @ Silence Please, on Thu, 29 Oct, 7pm–10pm
Post-punk's most gloriously gloomy album played front to back on vinyl, loud and in full detail, hosted by the author of a new book about the record. Less a night out than a moody, immersive ritual, perfect for anyone who has ever worn all black on purpose.
SEEING SOUNDS: Session 003 – Tyler Kpakpo @ Deep Dive, on Thu, 29 Oct, 8pm–11pm
Moodymann's debut album played on vinyl in full, plus rare records from the Detroit house legend's catalog, deep, soulful and gloriously off-kilter. An intentional, off-the-dance-floor listening session where you actually sit with the music and leave hearing house in a whole new way.
GARBAGE TRASH WHORE Halloween Party – Donatella LeRoc, Small Hands, Maddie V Baby, Valley Latini, La Máquina @ Le Bain, on Thu, 29 Oct, 10pm–4am
Club, house and punk-flecked rock smashed together at a gloriously trashy queer Halloween party, where a snarling guitar riff can tip straight into a pounding four-on-the-floor. Expect a sweaty, filthy costume riot up in the sky, messy in all the right ways and blissfully free of the bro crowd.
Friday October 30th
HALLOWEEN BOOM! by Susanne Bartsch – Amber Valentine, boyyyish, Robyn DaBank, W. Jeremy, Chloe Jane, Jeremy Kost @ Le Bain, on Fri, 30 Oct, 10pm–4am
Le Bain turns into a full-blown costume spectacle, with house and club anthems for a room where the outfits are half the show. Towering looks, skyline views and a crowd that treats Halloween like a competitive sport.
PURGATORY: Friday Night – Jayda G, Suze Ijó @ Refuge, on Fri, 30 Oct, 10pm–6am
Warm, soulful house and disco pushed through a custom four-stack sound system that wraps itself around the dance floor. Eight hours that run straight into daylight, the kind of night where losing track of time is the whole point.
MAD Records LAB: THE GROOVE – James Park, Onakan Disko @ MAD Radio NYC, on Fri, 30 Oct, 8pm–3am
All-vinyl underground disco and Balearic deep cuts, with hypnotic grooves and a few unexpected turns along the way. A crowd that came for the records, in a room that feels more like a friend's very good living room than a club.
Outer Heaven Halloween – Orson.NYC b2b KOZLOW @ Outer Heaven, on Fri, 30 Oct, 8pm–4am
Left-field house all night long from two Outer Heaven regulars trading records back to back, with a spooky streak for the occasion. An intimate room and an eight-hour b2b where the pair end up finishing each other's tracks.
Club Rawhide FRIDAY: Freakish Friday Formula #79 – Will Automagic, Leonce, Delilah At Night @ Club Rawhide, on Fri, 30 Oct, 9pm–4am
House and techno in a Chelsea club built as a love letter to the neighborhood's nightlife history. Expect a witchy, costumed crowd and the sweaty energy of old New York with a fresh sound system behind it.
Rustam Ospanoff @ Moondog Hifi, on Fri, 30 Oct, 9pm–4am
Deep, genre-spanning soul, jazz-tinged house and global grooves played on a proper hi-fi system. Warm and unhurried, the kind of night that feels like being let in on a secret.
Good Friday – Dawson, Dropo, Frankie Sharp, Mascari, Mitch Ferrino, SPRFRK @ Red Eye NY, on Fri, 30 Oct, 10pm–4am
Sweaty, communal house and tech house across two floors, with no VIP section and zero tolerance for ego. A room full of people who actually came to dance, plus a costume contest that will get very competitive.
JD Halloween Part I: After Dark – Ayanna Heaven, Akanbi, LaFHomme, SAY3 @ Jupiter Disco, on Fri, 30 Oct, 7pm–4am
Hard-hitting, bass-heavy club music with an eerie edge, built to rattle the costumes right off your back. Jupiter's tiny spaceship of a room fills fast, so this one is all low lights, masks and bodies moving until close.
NEIGHBOURS, Sam Perricone, Tone Troy, Max Parkinson @ MAD Radio NYC, on Fri, 30 Oct, 5pm–4am
House music from happy hour to 4am at a vinyl listening bar, a slow-burn night that keeps unfolding well past midnight. Come for a drink, stay for the records, leave when the room tells you to.
Synthicide Halloween – Terence Fixmer, Andi, Justin Aulis Long, Stiffdance @ Good Room, on Fri, 30 Oct, 10pm–5am
Dark, driving EBM and industrial-edged techno, a Halloween party that actually sounds like Halloween. Black clothes, strobes and a crowd ready to sweat out every ghost in the building.
Saturday October 31st
JD Halloween Part II: Total Eclipse – Stacey Hotwaxx Hale, Pat Lok, Myyuh, Bea Trinidad, PAC @ Jupiter Disco, on Sat, 31 Oct, 7pm–4am
Classic, jacking house from one of the genre's true originators, with a crew of selectors keeping the grooves spinning deep into the night. Costumes, tight quarters and the kind of collective joy only a tiny room on Halloween can produce.
TIKI DISCO HALLOWEEN – Eli Escobar, Lloydski, Andy Pry @ Good Room, on Sat, 31 Oct, 10pm–4am
Disco, house and party-starting edits all night long, with the Tiki Disco crew taking over every room for their annual costume blowout. Joyful, sweaty and a little unhinged, a Halloween party that feels like the whole city got the invite.
The Disco Express: Halloween in NYC – Roland & Brother Rich @ Ciao Ciao, on Sat, 31 Oct, 7pm–4am
Pure disco and house from a duo that treats every record like a celebration. Costumes are mandatory, so expect a room full of glitter, sequins and people who fully committed to the bit.
Dope Jams Halloween Ball – Paul Nickerson, Turtle Bugg, 4AM NYC, Ge-ology @ Public Records, on Sat, 31 Oct, 11pm–4am
Raw, deep house in all its forms, heavy on vinyl, from rave funk to ambient soul, spread across three rooms of serious sound. A proper heads' Halloween, decked out floor to ceiling in ghoulish style with a crowd dressed to match.
A Vibe Called Blessed Halloween – Rich Medina, BLES-SED, Jahmedicine @ Ace Hotel Brooklyn, on Sat, 31 Oct, 8pm–1am
Soul, funk, hip hop and Afro-leaning house from selectors who know how to keep a room grinning. A costume party with real community warmth, where everyone seems to know the words.
Natasha Kitty Katt @ Gabriela, on Sat, 31 Oct, 9pm–3:30am
Dark, acid-soaked electro and wiggly machine funk for the full night, a rare all-nighter from a DJ who only lands in New York a couple of times a year. Gabriela is tiny and intimate, so the whole room locks into the same strange, spooky groove.
Dawn of the DJs II – DJ Bone, Galcher Lustwerk, Morgan, Ash Lauryn, Karla Böhm, Priori @ TBA – East Williamsburg, on Sat, 31 Oct, 10pm–late
House and techno across three spaces for 30 straight hours, from steely Detroit-style techno to dubby after-hours house. The location drops to ticket holders on the day, and the clocks going back only buys you an extra hour on the floor.
ReSolute presents: Why So Serious! – Onur Özer, Dan Shake, Dandy Jack, Sweely, Masomenos, Argenis Brito @ H0L0, on Sat, 31 Oct, 10pm–late
Rolling minimal house and techno with live sets across four stages, running for more than 30 hours. A proper costume circus, built for people who plan to see Sunday from the inside.
No. 9 Closes for Good @ No. 9, on Sat, 31 Oct
One last night at one of Williamsburg's most loved little rooms, after three years of DJs, food, singing and dance floors that grew into a real community. Pull up a stool, raise a glass and give it the fond farewell it deserves.
BEVERAGES presents HalloWine – Seedy J, Fernelly, Kristine Barilli, Fundido, Emma Dufaux @ Roberta's, on Sat, 31 Oct, 3pm–10pm
House and disco with a glass of wine in hand at the Beverages crew's first Halloween winedance. An afternoon-into-evening costume party that's equal parts dance floor and dinner party, ideal before the late-night chaos kicks in.
LIFE AFTER TRANCE Halloween Open Decks – ASTER @ Bootleg Bar NYC, on Sat, 31 Oct, 6pm–late
Trance and techno in an open-decks format, so the next track could come from anyone in the room. Spooky, scrappy and community-run, the most unpretentious way to kick off Halloween night.
Sunday November 1st
Mister Halloween Sunday, Our Season Closer – Justin Carter, Eamon Harkin @ Nowadays, on Sun, 1 Nov, 3pm–9pm
House and disco outdoors for the last Mister Sunday of the season, ending with the two hosts playing back to back. Phones away, the sun going down, and one more chance to dance in the yard before winter moves everything inside.
Halloween Sunday – Lakuti b2b Tama Sumo, Mike Servito b2b Shaun J. Wright, Kwéyòlkidz @ Signal, on Sun, 1 Nov, 5pm–1am
Deep, soulful house, disco and acid-tinged techno rooted in the queer underground, from two of the most trusted b2b pairings around. A Sunday that starts groovy and ends heavy, the perfect last chapter for Halloween weekend.
ReSolute presents: Why So Serious! – Los ReFrescos, Tobias Lindén, Rasho, Orazio Rispo, Joe Tagessian, Shvili @ H0L0, on Sun, 1 Nov, all day–4am
The second half of a 30-hour costume marathon, with rolling minimal house, techno and live sets carrying the party through Sunday and into the night. Daylight, glitter and a dance floor that refuses to admit the weekend is over.
WORLD OF ECHOES – François K @ Le Bain, on Sun, 1 Nov, 4pm–10pm
Deep, dubbed-out house and echo-soaked grooves from a true pioneer of the sound. A sunset session high above the Meatpacking District, the softest way to ease out of a very long weekend.
bumpy! – Fadi Mohem, Narciss, Dee Diggs, Will Automagic b2b S'aint Panic @ TBA – Brooklyn, on Sun, 1 Nov, 2pm–12am
A new queer warehouse party that digs across the whole history of dance music, genre-bending all afternoon before landing on a straight-up house closing set. DIY, loose-hipped and proudly unpolished, with the location landing in your inbox on the day.
PURGATORY: Sunday Sunrise – Mira @ Refuge, on Sun, 1 Nov, 6am–12pm
Hypnotic, slow-burning house that unfolds like a story, played through a sound system built to surround you. A sunrise session for the ones who aren't ready to let the weekend go.
Dawn of the DJs II – Cesar Merveille, Mitrimar, Just Martín, Kyle Toole, Ploy, Sister Zo @ TBA – East Williamsburg, on Sun, 1 Nov, all day–4am
The daytime and second-night stretch of a 30-hour house and techno marathon, moving from sunny, groovy selections into deep, late-night pressure. Drop in whenever you're ready and stay until the last record says goodbye.
LOVE SENSATION SUNDAYS: Séance for the Day of the Dead Disco – DJ Lina, DJ Dawson @ Club Rawhide, on Sun, 1 Nov, 6pm–1am
Classic disco and soulful house at a proper old-school New York tea dance, this time with a Day of the Dead twist. An early start, a warm crowd and the gentlest possible landing after Halloween.
Saint James Joy NYC Marathon Celebration – Chill Chad, Jovill @ Emmanuel Baptist Church, on Sun, 1 Nov, 9am–late
Soulful house and feel-good grooves on the street at Mile 8, with the church choir joining in as thousands of runners pour through Brooklyn. Pure community joy, the most wholesome cure for a Halloween hangover.
Glue your wig down.
Hydrate.
This is the big one.
See you on the floor 🪩
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