As Halloween tiptoes nearer, get set to find your thrills at the myriad of scary events rocking the city. BJW recommends the following activities for you to have fun!
Halloween Golgoths Party
The Beijing Dark Music Association with The Thing and The Horror Friends, dark music & video. 30 yuan.
9pm, Oct 31. Yugong Yishan, West courtyard former site of Duan Qirui Government, 3-2 Zhangzizhong Lu 张自忠路3-2号段祺瑞执政府旧址西院 6404-2711
'Spooked'Halloween Party
Electronic label Acupuncture Records presents "Spooked" Halloween Party. Featuring Acupuncture Records' 8 top local DJs pumping your ears with their funky bleeps, addictive loops and dark beats. Entrance: 50 yuan before midnight, 80 yuan after (tickets at door)
10pm - 7am, Oct 27. Originally Square, No. 20 Road 797, 798 Art District, 2 Jiuxianqiao Road朝阳区酒仙桥路2号798艺术区797路798创意广场20号场地(广场酒吧) 138-1034-7555
Yen Fetish Halloween Party
Dance till dawn to the best house, techno and drum & bass with DJs Dio, Patrick Yu, Gao Hu and Blackie, as well as live house music from The Mug Up Phonies. VJ ADD+, lighting mistress Aya Hayakawa and fire dancers provide eye candy. 100 yuan (door) 180 yuan (VIP with 100 yuan drink tix) 10pm, Oct 27,The Club at The Place706工厂北京市朝阳区酒仙桥路4号798艺术区 136-7130-4233
Halloween Party with Corvin Dalek@Fusion
Mr Wet and Hard, German DJ Corvin Dalek, returns to celebrate Halloween. 50 yuan. 10pm, Oct 27, Club Fusion, 8 Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District朝阳区工体北路甲8号(城市宾馆往东50米)5167-3333.
Halloween Costume and Book Party
Features games, stories, crafts and more. Come dressed in your scariest or funniest costume. 10pm, Oct 27. Ocean Express Campus of The Ivy Bilingual School. 2 East Third Ring Road. Ocean Express Building E (North of Kempinski Hotel). 东三环北路2号. 远洋新干线E座(南银大厦后面) 8453-0366
Angel Club Ancient Halloween Party
Three-night party revolving around the country's ancient ghost stories. October 26, 27 and 28. Angel Club Beijing. 6 Gongti Xilu, Chaoyang District. 工体西路6号(工体保龄球100南) 6552-8888
Happy Valley
The theme park Happy Valley launches its second year with a colorful lineup of parades, costumes and characters to celebrate Halloween from October 26 to November 4. It is set to serve up scary fun with special Halloween offerings. Rides give way to spooky attractions and haunted houses. 60 yuan after 6pm.
Address: Xiaowuji Beilu, East Fourth Ring Road, Chaoyang District 朝阳区东四环小五基北路. 6738-3333
Others
Cargo, Cutie Club, Kandi Klub have parties, Suzie Wong's will let anyone who is dressed up in Thriller or Black Magic garb in for free. Browns has spent a small fortune in decking out the bar. Frank's Place@Trio is going for a Jock's and Cheerleaders bash. Bar Blu is organizing a Demons and Angels Fetish party.
Related:
Houses of horror to find shock frocks
Fright night
(China Daily October 31, 2007)
