Who says only Dracula can come back from the dead … Tom treats us with a guest spot on What’s On Queer Halloween! This is a tasting. For a full listing of events be sure to check our calendar click here!

Friday, Oct 25

Storytelling With Drag Queens

An evening ADULT version of Storytelling with Drag Queens. Evocative, sassy, sexy readings about love and heaps of fun await you this evening, a not to be missed event. Based on NYC’s Famous Drag Queen Story Hour at the Brooklyn Public Library and San Francisco Library, but with a twist, this one’s for Adults.

8pm. Café Deux Soleils, 2096 Commercial Dr. Cover by donation. Storytelling With Drag Queens

Rhythm Of The Night Halloween

A queer 4 queer dance party that plays gay bar gold all nite long with a tribute to the 90s club kid culture & the 80s gay bar. Spooky sounds with DJs Easy Bake Coven, Body Party, Softieshan and Nancy Dru. Ghastly performances. Drag contortion, voguing and more.

9pm—3am. The Clubhouse, 238 East 1st Ave. $20 at door. Rhythm Of The Night

Spank

Sin City Fetish Night and Vancouver Art & Leisure present SPANK HALLOWEEN, the closest thing to partying in Berlin that you will find in Vancouver! Spank is a notorious pan-sexual multi-area fetish party where anything goes, and all are welcome! Wear whatever you like from super casual to full fetish! Costumes highly encouraged but not necessary! SPANK is divided into two areas with a varying sexy selection of naughty vibes going on. The all access main room has no dress code and is a straight up electronic dance party of Dionysian proportion, complete with lighting and art installations, performers, killer DJ lineups and much more. Enter the throng of pervy partiers, dance your pants off (literally, if you wish) and lose your mind. If you want to come casual, there is a HUGE party waiting for you!

9pm—3am. Central Studios, 856 Seymour St. Info and advance tickets online, $25 at door. Spank

Passion Portal Halloween - Haunted Forest Of Bass

It’s an outdoor festival ... inside! Join us at THE IMPERIAL for an epic Halloween multi-room event, as we transform the venue into an all bass music multi-room enchanted forest theme party, with a deliciously dark haunted Halloween twist! Expecting 600+ in attendance!

9pm - 2am. Imperial, Vancouver. 319 Main Street. Facebook Event Page

Sticky Hallowe’en at the Pint

Kirsten, Erica and the Pint Vancouver have teamed up to throw a queer Halloween party to remember or not remember ;) ! Please join us on October 25th for the Halloween edition of the newly created Sticky Fridays at the Pint.

9pm - 2am. The Pint. 455 Abbott. Facebook Event Page.

Saturday, Oct 26

RUFF Nocturnal

1st Annual HALLOWEEN RUFF Party, presented by STEAMWORKS Baths, RodRozen Designs, Celebrities Underground and Produced by Michel Nadeau Events. $1,000 Costume Contest provided by Michel Nadeau Events. Gogo Performances by Mr. RUFF 2019 TIM - ADDISON - SKYLER - SHANE - QUINCY and making their RUFF stage debut OWEN & JUSTIN & GUS with music by Karsten SOLLORS (CHICAGO) and MNEMONIC (YVR).

9pm—3am. Celebrities Underground, 1022 Davie St. Tickets $30--$35 and info online. RUFF Nocturnal

Man Up Halloween: FEAR in the Forest

The freaky drag hell of your wildest nightmares. Join us for a most harrowing hoot that your twisted mind could never conjure, as the drag beasts rise from the dead, to claim YOU! Bringing you summer camp thrasher, cabin in the woods, evil witch revenge realness.

9pm—2am. The Warehouse, 550 Malkin Ave. Tickets $15 advance online, $19 at door. Man Up! Fear in the Forest

Ricecake: Oni Giri Halloween

Vancouver’s only Queer+Asian dance party is back for Halloween. They’ve conjured up a DJ lineup that will send chills through your body, plus the tastiest line up of performers and Go Go dancers that will make you sweat like it is summer.

9pm—2am. The Clubhouse, 238 East 1st Ave. Info and tickets $15 advance online, 20 at door. Ricecake 

The Masquerade Halloween Ball 2019

Sin City, Backdoor, Art and Leisure, and Harem have teamed up to present the Halloween party of the city.

You can smell the tension & lust in the air. A room filled with covered faces is a place where telling lies & keeping secrets is too easy. This is a palace of desire swimming in specialty erotic pole dancers, light show performers & go-go dancers. Join us for a night of anonymous fun and desires unleashed - this is the Masquerave Halloween Ball 2019! DJs Carolina Campos, Chachou and a secret guest.

10pm—3am. Central Studios, 856 Seymour St. Tickets and info at Masquerave Ball

Tuesday, Oct 29

Big Fun Scary Movie Night: Hocus Pocus + Us !

Whether you want to enjoy some nostalgic Halloween time fun in the form of the classic HOCUS POCUS, or you want to get spooked and scream in public watching Jordan Peele's US this is the night out for you! Did we mention there will also be pumpkin carving, popcorn, drinks and LOTS of candy. Hosted by Manup, Softieshan and The Clubhouse.

6pm-11pm. The Clubhouse. 238 E.ast Ave. Facebook Events Page

Wednesday, Oct 30

Bingo For Life Halloween

With Carlotta and Halloween you know it is going to be a scary ride. A pillar of our community for decades, Bingo For life is a weekly drag bingo fundraiser which benefits Vancouver Friends For Life Society programming and services. Mary's on Davie - Bingo For Life is excited to offer its event to ALL AGES, with food, cocktails, and of course - your favourite Davie Party Gurl - Carlotta Gurl!

7pm. Mary’s On Davie, 1202 Davie St. Suggested donation $10. Bingo For Life

Rocky Horror Picture Show

One of the most notorious cult-movie experiences you can possibly have in a darkened theatre! For over four decades, Rocky Horror has been giving absolute pleasure to adoring audiences spaced out on sensations like they’re under sedation. See it the way it was meant to be seen – on the big screen, in the dark, and with a raucous Rio audience who are just as into it as you are. Whether you’re a Virgin or a veteran, you’ll have a blast! This is being hosted by members of Vancouver's fabulous Geekenders, who will also be on-hand to guide all the Virgins (and veterans!) through all the do's-and-don'ts of this experiential show.

10:45pm. The Rio Theatre, 1660 East Broadway St. Tickets $15 advance online, $18 at door. Rocky Horror

Thursday, Oct 31

Halloween After Hours

Join if you dare, for a Halloween scare – and explore the spooky side of our oceans. There’s no better way to celebrate the scariest night of the year than surrounded by the inhabitants of the deep dark ocean.

•Whether you’re doing the monster mash or getting down to Thriller, our two live DJs will have you under their spell
•Discover what lies beneath as you learn all about one of the ocean’s most ominous creatures during the shark talk
•Show your wild side during our costume contest with a chance to win an animal encounter for two. While costumes are encouraged, they’re not mandatory
•Brain of Frankenstein or Einstein? Show-off during our tantalizing trivia
•Sip a Halloween-themed cocktail and explore the darkest corners of our galleries during this adults-only evening.

6:30pm—10:30pm. Vancouver Aquarium, 845 Avison Way, Stanley Park. Tickets $38 online After Hours 

Chicha Drag Bingo with Mina Mercury

Mina Mercury and a special guest drag queen each week will host Drag Show Bingo! There will be two sets of two games of bingo with lots of entertainment and numbers before and between bingo sets. There will be lots of prizes, outfits, numbers, fun, drinks and food specials! Each set of bingo is $10, and proceeds go towards Foundation of Hope Charity; a LGBTQ charity that funds not-for profit LGBTQ refugee organizations.

8pm. Chicha Restaurant, 136 East Broadway St. Chicha Drag Bingo

The All Hallow’s Eve Kiki Ball

What better way to celebrate this iconic queer holiday... than a VOGUE BALL?! Including spooky Halloween decor, immersive character performers and DJ Sonidef spinning immaculate tracks all night long. This is an 'All Hallows Eve' celebration not to be missed!

8pm. 238 East 1st Ave. Tickets $15 and info at All Hallow'e Eve Ball

It's HallowQueen, Felicia!

On Halloween night IT'S BACK and more LIT than ever before! Join us for IT'S HALLOWQUEEN a super freaky and fun edition of Bye Felicia... The Biltmore Cabaret known for its Live Shows/Dance parties suddenly people started disappearing as they enter the front door. Some say they are being “Drag”ged into the sewer. October 31, Alma recruits her friends Continental Breakfast, Rogue, Cinnamon Winters Eva Scarlett to investigate the unexplained disappearances...

10:30pm—2am. The Biltmore Cabaret, 2755 Prince Edward St. Tickets $5--$10 and info at Hallowqueen

Friday, Nov 1

Transmit: Halloween Party

Come check out a new space with an intimate and private setting, featuring Vancouver’s top techno, house, and progressive DJ’s team up to showcase their music. Boasting a great casual atmosphere this is a gathering place where like-minded electronic music lovers can come together to dance, chill & hang out. If you love progressive, techno, and house music, then this will be your favorite night. Party responsibly. Respect and care for each other. Let's have some fun!

9pm—3am. Central Studios, 856 Seymour St. Tickets $15 advance online, $20 at door. Transmit

Saturday, Nov 2

Serving Up Sass

Every Saturday Chicha Restaurant and Tuck Entertainment present "Serving Up Sass" Saturday Drag Brunch. Come and enjoy delicious Peruvian inspired brunch, bottomless mimosas and be entertained and sassed by the very best of Tuck Entertainment's, Canada's largest drag queen agency, Drag Queens.

10:30am. Chicha Restaurant, 136 East Broadway St. No cover. Reservations recommended- can be made online. Serving Up Sass

Backdoor Halloween

A new trans-dimensional multi-layered passage to the "other side". Backdoor Vancouver will be unveiling new dimensions of odysseys, horny pursuits, and mystery as we bring this party to another level unseen on this transcendental plane! The theme is Sci-Fi horror and the year is 2069, gender has been abolished. Backdoor is a safe space for LBGT+ people and allies where we promote the notions of love, mutual consent, empathy and understanding. Homophobia, Transphobia, sexism, any type of bigotry or violent conduct will not be tolerated.

9pm—3am. Central Studios, 856 Seymour St.  Tickets $40 and info at  Backdoor

Photo by Max Bender on Unsplash

Written by
Tom Coleman

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