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Where to catch spooktacular Twin Cities Halloween shows

by John Kueppers

October 21, 2025

Twin Cities' own Cheap Bouquet is throwing a punk rock Halloween party at Icehouse in Minneapolis on Thursday, Oct. 30th.
Twin Cities' own Cheap Bouquet is throwing a punk rock Halloween party at Icehouse in Minneapolis on Thursday, Oct. 30th.Laura Buhman for MPR

Well before Oct. 31, there are a ton of shows that have the spirit of the spooky holiday. Grab your costumes for more than 40 un-fang-gettable Halloween-themed shows around the Twin Cities this fall.

Friday, Oct. 24

  • The Menagerie and Monarch Halloween Show: 7 p.m. at Day Block Brewing, Minneapolis

  • Linus Pop Punk Halloween: 9 p.m. at White Squirrel Bar, St. Paul (FREE)

  • Fluid Frequencies Pt. 2 (Halloween Costume Party): 9:30 p.m. at Uptown VFW, Minneapolis

  • Sorry For Party Rocking Halloween Party: 10 p.m. at Green Room, Minneapolis

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Linus. Big Turn Music Festival is a two-day, citywide music festival in downtown Red Wing, Minnesota.
Laura Buhman for MPR

Saturday, Oct. 25

  • Can Can Wonderland's Annual Halloween Party: 11 a.m. at Can Can Wonderland, St. Paul

  • Afterlife: A Devlish Night of Dark Dance Music: 8 p.m. at Green Room, Minneapolis

  • Jeremy Messersmith: All Hallows’ Eve: 8 p.m. at Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul

  • Flip Phone XXL: Halloween: 9 p.m. at First Avenue, Minneapolis

  • Transmission Presents: Strange Magic: 9 p.m. at Uptown VFW, Minneapolis

  • The Assortment ft. Michael Grey Welcome to Disturbia: 10 p.m. at Mortimer’s, Minneapolis

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jeremy messersmith and friends performing their second annual All Hallows' Eve show at the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023.
Todd Butcher for MPR

Sunday, Oct. 26

  • The Rock and Roll Playhouse presents Halloween Spectacular: 11:30 a.m. at First Avenue, Minneapolis 

  • Jazz In The Twilight Zone with Larry McDonough: 8 p.m. at Aster Cafe, Minneapolis

  • Traiveon & Candi featuring Imani Waters "All Sweet Things: Tricks and Treats": 8 p.m. at Icehouse, Minneapolis

Monday, Oct. 27

  • Slime Monsters From Outer Space with ¡Radical Fun Time! and Velvet Ghoul: 6:30 p.m. at Pilllar Forum, Minneapolis

Tuesday, Oct. 28

  • Off With Their Heads Halloween Tour with Smug LLC and Panel: 7 p.m. at Cloudland Theater, Minneapolis

Wednesday, Oct. 29

  • KVSC's ACOUSTIC HAUNTED HOUSE with unplugged sets from Golden Satellite, Oceanographer, Big Big Brain!, Simple Motions, Dirtbike Boyfriend, and Rickie: 7 p.m. at Acadia Cafe, Minneapolis

  • Spooky Tunes: 7 p.m. at Underground Music Venue, Minneapolis

  • The Phantom Carriage (1921) // Silent film with live score performed by Paris 1919, featuring Terrell X’avion aka Carnage The Executioner: 7:30 p.m. at Parkway Theater, Minneapolis

Thursday, Oct. 30

  • Monster Mess with Tea Doggy, Big Lex Noens, Robyn Jamner and Not Your Baby: 7 p.m. at The Mess Records, Minneapolis

  • Count Spookula - A Halloween Eve Spooktacular featuring King Sized Coffin, Big Delicious, and Unattractive Giant Monster: 8 p.m. at 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis 

  • Icehouse's Night Before Halloween with Cheap Bouquet, Killed by Kiwis, Surly Grrly and more: 8 p.m. at Icehouse, Minneapolis

  • Luke LeBlanc's All Hallow's Eve Eve Show: 8 p.m. at 318 Cafe, Excelsior, Minn.

  • Frets & Barrettes presents: A Night of Mischief: 9 p.m. at Uptown VFW, Minneapolis

a singer and guitarist performing on stage
Cheap Bouquet performing at Home Plate Grill & The Dugout Lounge in Red Wing, Minnesota, during Big Turn Music Fest on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025.
Laura Buhman for MPR

Friday, Oct. 31

  • China Rider – (A Grateful Dead Experience) Presents: “Nightfall of a Dark Star”: 6:30 p.m. at Day Block Brewing, Minneapolis

  • Wobbleween: 7 p.m. at The Armory, Minneapolis

  • Halloween 2025 GHOSTCHELLA with Oak and the Woods, Jillian Rae, and Poison Ivy and the People: 7:30 p.m. at Eagles 34, Minneapolis

  • Lasalle, FenixDion, & The Dregs Halloween Show: 7:30 p.m. at Zhora Darling, Minneapolis

  • Bazaar Bizarre - Halloween Show and Dance Party: 8 p.m. at Strange Loop Laboratory, Minneapolis

  • First Avenue’s Annual Halloween Party and Costume Contest featuring Izzie P, Michael Grey, McShellen, and DJ Smitty, hosted by Diane: 8 p.m. at First Avenue, Minneapolis 

  • Quarter Life Crisis - Emoween with special guest Retro//Modern: 8 p.m. at Fine Line, Minneapolis 

  • Rocky Horror Picture Show - 50th Anniversary Spectacular Tour: 8 p.m. at Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis

  • Toilet Rats with King Sized Coffin, Whispered the Rabbit, Mar Har's 16mm Trailer Explosion Halloween Show: 8 p.m. at Cloudland Theater, Minneapolis 

  • Halloween with The Shackletons and Menno Versteeg (of Hollerado) with Sallyforth: 8 p.m. at 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis 

  • Skalloween featuring Space Monkey Mafia, Alien Book Club, The Prizefighters, the Von Tramps, and Malos Pasos: 8 p.m. at Turf Club, St. Paul

  • GooseBump ‘N’ Grind: 90s Halloween Party: 9 p.m. at Uptown VFW, Minneapolis

  • Krewe of DADs Masquerade Ball XL featuring NEW ORLEANS SUSPECTS with guest KUNG FU HIPPIES, TWINE Duo: 9 p.m. at Hook and Ladder, Minneapolis

  • Haunted Disco: House & Techno Halloween Party: 10 p.m. at Green Room, Minneapolis

  • InMotion presents: Golden Halloween Dance Party: 10 p.m. at Icehouse, Minneapolis

Saturday, Nov. 1

  • 13th Annual Festival de las Calaveras: Twin Cities Dia de los Muertos Celebration: 3 p.m. at Hook and Ladder, Minneapolis

  • The Calaveras Dance IV: A Day of the Dead Celebration: 3 p.m. at Amsterdam Bar & Hall, St. Paul

  • Witches Brew with Audrey Q, Eldest Daughter and Cassandra Johnson: 7 p.m. at The Mess Records, Minneapolis

  • Wobbleween: 7 p.m. at The Armory, Minneapolis

  • Party Girl: A Night of Party Girl Anthems (Halloween Edition): 9 p.m. at Fine Line, Minneapolis

  • Reventón: Halloween Reggaeton Party: 9 p.m. at Varsity Theater, Minneapolis

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This activity is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.
Where to catch spooktacular Twin Cities Halloween shows