Halloween, night of the undead, ghosts, demons, vampires, witches, werewolfs and other harmless or harmful creatures of the night. The ancient Celts believed that the border between this world and the Otherworld became thin in that night, allowing spirits (both harmless and harmful) to pass through. It is believed that the need to ward off harmful spirits led to the wearing of costumes and masks. Their purpose was to disguise oneself as a harmful spirit and thus avoid harm.
Not wearing a costume at Halloween is the most boring thing I can imagine, really guys! Since I am the most obsessive Halloween fan ever, this week’s party guide is basically focused on Halloween parties but has, of course, much more to offer. But beware of the night creatures who will chase you if you are not dressed like one of them..
Parties and guestlist after the jump.
Thursday
Apollo Music night is back at Astra with Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics, Micatone, Boozoo Bajou live! And a Jazzanova Dj Set from 7 til 12 .
Italian stallion dj Jumpy (HipHop Don’t Stop) and Ngoc Lan at Cookies’ Dream Lounge tonight.
Friday
Move your body!!! Alphalt Handbag, an electro rave at Moove.net, Kreuzberg (U-Bahn Yorckstraße), Yorckstraße 24 with Desolation Disko King, Aviv without, Ana Dinextra, performance art and more. Sounds amazing, if you ask me…!
Nightmare Part 4 – Halloween madness at the Haus am Köllnischen Park, Scala- Conny’s new thing with four floors and so many djs, I’ll therefore mention only a few of them i.e. A Team, Okay & Okay, Nomad, Jack Tennis, Adam Port and and and. Dresscode scary, how it is supposed to be. If you don’t like it, stay at home and wait for next week’s party guide!!
Berlin Techno Minimalism at M.I.K.Z, Revaler Straße 99 Ecke Modersohnstraße with a long line-up, including Dualism, Tonny Lasar, Ruede Hagelstein and Funkenstrom.
Saturday
If you don’t have a costume for the big Halloween parties later that night you should go to the Masquerade Pre-Party at Episoda (Fhain, Boxhagener Str. 113). For a little fee of 5 EUR that covers the material costs you can create your own fabulous mask. Please register here.
Halloween in the water! Golden Age tour by Disco Mystix at an old brewery (Prenzlauer Allee 242), that might be familiar to some of you who like to come together on a Tuesday evening. They say you can expect a deeply obscure underwater scenery, hosted by Neptune himself. Hm, sounds like some effort, music by Les Titz Grands (live), Stabil Elite (live), dj’s: Emil Doesnt Drive, Benji DF, Nite Shinin, Carl Luis and more! There is a dresscode: aquatic creatures! Arielle the horny mermaid, Nemo the stupid fish, that sort of aquatic thing, you know… We have some guestlist spots for you over in the discussion forums in our iHeartBerlin.de Facebook group.
At Picknick: Headman’s Relish Night Record Release Party with David Gilmour Girls and Nikki Paul (Broken Hearts).
Awesome presents this year’s Halloween Costume Party at the (haunted) Villa, which is one of the best costume parties, with Sarah Walker, Hot Pink Delorean, Rampa and many more. They’ll have Karaoke as well and please remember the costume code!!
Twisted Robot and Sweatshop present John Maus live in Berlin at West Germany.
The Bouncing Boys are back in their old location, the newly opened ZMF (entrance now from the Weinsbergpark) celebrating their 3rd anniversary.
Sunday
Halloween Fried Special at the Loophole in Neukölln (trendy-ghetto-alarm)! If you feel like wearing a costume on Sunday as well, go to this special Halloween daytime event and get a real English breakfast, pub quiz and memory game. The entry is free and music is offered by Kruton, Franz Underwear, Dsb and other friends of a proper English daytime Halloween! It starts at 11am – late, Boddinstr. 60, U-Rathaus Neukölln.
