28 Great Places To Celebrate Halloween!

28 Great Places To Celebrate Halloween!

Pumpktoberfest ‘08 at 5 point Studios Tattoo and Piercing runs 5-10 p.m. with free beer, snacks, discounted piercings, a pumpkin carving contest and prizes. 5800 Merle Hay Road. Call 270-1500 or go to 5pointbody.com.

Cabaret’s Second Annual Costume Party, “Night of the Living Rums,” will transform their patio into the Bacardi Bat Cave. Drink $10, 64-ounce witch doctor drinks and Bacardi drink and bomb specials. $500 in total prizes will be given out. Festivities continue through Oct. 31. West Glen Town Center, 560 S. Prairie View Drive, Suite 105, West Des Moines.

OCT. 30

Beechwood Lounge hosts their Boo Bash on Oct. 30. 416 E. Walnut St. Call 288-2337.

OCT. 31

The Reggaeton Halloween Festival features Mexican Chicano rapper Chingo Bling. $25 at the door. 7 Flags Events Center, 2100 N.W. 100th St., Clive. Go to 7flags.com.

Party as Hold On performs at All in the Family’s Halloween Bash. 4413 Fleur Drive.

Crush’s Fifth Annual Halloween Party runs Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 with a $500 costume contest. DJ Brett B will also perform. 2249 N.W. 86th St., Clive. Go to myspace.com/thedanceclub.

Head to the ‘burbs for Drink’s Eighth annual Halloween party Scream on 86th Street and I Want Candy with cash costume contests on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. A DJ will perform both nights. No cover. 8410 Hickman Road, Clive.

Hear Kiss cover band Deuce with Rude Mood at the Deuce Halloween Show. 7 p.m. $12 in advance through Iowatix, $16 day of show. Hotel Fort Des Moines, 1000 Walnut St.

Go to the Hull Avenue Tavern and hear Alchemist perform at 9 p.m. as part of their costume party. 834 Hull Ave.

Kamodo Klub’s Nightmare on Third Street includes $1,000 in cash and prizes for a costume contest at midnight, free hot dog and nacho bar and a mystery surprise DJ. Happy hour pricing until 10 p.m. includes $1 draws, $2 bottles and wells, $3 calls, $4 bombs and $5 pitchers. $1 cover until 10 p.m. $5 after 10 p.m. 214 Third St. Go to myspace.com/kamodoklub.

The Hollywood Halloween at inPlay is a costume party that benefits the Des Moines Playhouse’s children’s theater and education programs. Hors d’oeuvres, dinner, auction, entertainment and live music by Freestyle. Reservations suggested. Forte Banquet and Conference Center, inPlay, 615 Third Street.

Manning’s, 2102 Indianola Ave., hosts a Halloween Party at 8 p.m. There’s a free keg, costume contest with a $100 bar tab prize and get $1 off your first drink with a canned food item donation.

Mickey’s in Waukee hosts their Halloween Monster Bash and costume party. $150 goes to the best costume, chosen by the crowd (so be sure to bring your friends). No cover. 50 S.E. Laurel St., Waukee. Go to best halloween party of your life!

Miss Kitty’s hosts a Halloween party costume contest 5 p.m. Oct. 31 and 7 p.m. Nov. 1. The contest portion will begin at 9:30 p.m. More than $8,000 in cash and prizes for the scariest, most creative and “tails from the crypt” (a women only sexiest costume) categories. Budweiser specials will run throughout the evenings. Reservations suggested. 8800 Swanson Blvd., Clive. Call 327-1303.

The KGGO Halloween Bash at Prairie Meadows features music by AC/DShe, a costume contest with $5,000 in cash prizes. 7 p.m. Free. 1 Prairie Meadows Drive, Altoona. Go to prairiemeadows.com.

Go to Shooter’s for part one of their Halloween show and hear music by Maxx Menagerie, Rukus and Second Side. 9 p.m. $5. 6336 Hickman Road, Windsor Heights. Go to shootershideaway.com.

Clutterbilly plays country tunes at Sudsucker’s Halloween Costume Party. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. 1511 E. Army Post Road. Go to myspace.com/sudsuckersdm.

Tailgators hosts a costume contest for the top three male and female costumes, as judged by the crowd. If costumes aren’t your thing, take in $2 bottles and draws, $2.50 wells, $3 captains and cokes and $6 pitchers. 25 percent of all proceeds go to an Alpha-1 charity. Tailgators, 3828 100th St., Urbandale. Go to myspace.com/tailgatorsllc or call 278-0010.

Uncle Buck’s (kick ass party bar) throws its first major party Halloween weekend. A DJ will spin tunes and it will feature a costume contest with cash prizes on Oct. 31 and Nov.1. Cover varies. 1720 25th St., West Des Moines.

Dress up and head to the Val Air Ballroom for the Halloween Masquerade Bash ‘08 with a costume contest and music by J. Shade. DJs Reppin’, DMI, Omaha, Minni and K.C. perform. VIP service available. 9 p.m. $15. 301 Ashworth Road, West Des Moines. Go to valairballroom.com.

The Vaudeville Mews hosts Misfits Karaoke with Tyborn Jig and We Get Wet, an Andrew W.K. tribute act. No cover. 212 Fourth St. Go to vaudevillemews.com.

NOV. 1

Part two of Shooter’s Halloween Show with VooDoo 3, The League. 6336 Hickman Road, Windsor Heights. Go to shootershideaway.com.

Go to the House of Bricks for two Halloween events. First at 5 p.m., Destrophy, Marazene, Divided We Stand and Dirge featuring Shaun Glass from Soil perform. Dress up for the Halloween Costume Party where the prizes include Mudvayne and Hinder tickets, CD Warehouse gift certificates and more. $8.

Then stay until 9:30 p.m. for the kickoff of the Jagermeister Halloween Party. The same bands will perform, where a Halloween costume contest features more prizes, including bar tabs. $5. House of Bricks, 525 E. Grand Ave. Go to thehouseofbricks.com.

Liars Club’s second annual Halloween party is Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. with a costume contest at midnight. Best dressed wins $500. No cover. 216 Court Ave. Go to myspace.com/liarsclubdm.

Get lucky at Surf Shack’s Halloween party. They will give out $500 worth of cash and other prizes to costumed guests all night long. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. No cover. 319 Court Ave. Go to surfshackbar.com for more detailed information!!!

Trophy’s Halloween costume party rewards the grand prize winner for best costume with a keg party for up to 50 friends. 2701 Douglas Ave. Call 255-1111 or go to plazalanesdm.com.

The End of the World

When: 7-11 p.m. Oct. 30 (haunted attraction), 6 p.m.-2 a.m. Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 (haunted attraction and music)
Where: 118 S.E. Fourth St.
Cost: $10 (Oct. 30), $15 (Oct. 31-Nov. 1). Tickets available through Iowatix. $1 off with donation of two canned food items, $2 off with three or more items.
About the event: Haunted houses typically rely on fiction for scares. You can go back home knowing you’re safe from zombies and clowns.
The Des Moines Social Club is looking to inject a bit of reality into their haunted attraction and Halloween party. The theme (and name): The End of the World.
The theme is derived from the theory that even civilized countries are only seven bad days from annihilation. At the attraction there are seven rooms, illustrating each day. The first event, conceived months ago, is financial collapse.
“It is a bit politically charged,” Des Moines Social Club founder Zachary Manheimmer said of the end of the world being played out. “The show isn’t partisan, but we do want to encourage people to remember to vote.”
Friday and Saturday night feature live music and DJs spinning outside. On Oct. 31 The Horseshoe Spatulas, Why Make Clocks, Ticksh, Maxilla Blue and North of Grand perform along with Chicago’s DJ RadioHiro and the fire dance troupe Vesuvius Tribe. On Nov. 1 DJs El Chill, Reaktor, Mindblur and Flatform spin.
Other activities include haunted games like Bags played with body parts, an “attend your own funeral” exhibit and costume contests. Beer and wine are free with admission Oct. 30 through Nov. 1.
Don’t let the theme scare you too much. Manheimmer insists there are still lots of laughs and ironic twists, but they may be more “Dr. Strangelove” than “Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”