Halloween in Green (Country)

More All-Hallows-Eve parties than you can shake a broomstick at

This intro is pointless. We all know why you’re here: Halloween is fast approaching and other than your dope James Comey costume, you have yet to make any solid plans. So we’ll stop wasting your time and let you get to it. Happy Halloween.

The Haunted Castle Halloween Festival is open Fridays and Saturdays throughout October at The Castle of Muskogee, with fun and spooky activities and attractions for all ages and fright-tolerances.

Don your leg warmers and get an early start to this sinister season at Booksmart Tulsa’s Paperbacks from Hell: 80s Party (10/19, The Venue Shrine), an evening celebrating the horror fiction boom.

Celebrating their thirteenth year of operations, the forty-acre Psycho Path Haunted Attraction in Sperry has a walk-through haunted house, a zombie paintball ride, and a ride-through attraction. Over one hundred people work to create this haunted environment—including entire families that return year after year to put on costumes and scare the bejesus out of folks. (10/19–10/21, 10/26­-27)

Do the Time Warp again at “The Rocky Horror Show,” presented by TU Department of Theatre (10/19–21, Kendall Hall). Pro-tip: Attend the “Creature of the Night” super-fan experience performance, Saturday at midnight.

Try specialized cocktails, take part in a costume or pumpkin carving contest, and enjoy LED light performances and music from Fiawna Forté at Gilcrease After Hours: Halloween at the Museum (10/20)—or is it GHOULcrease? [foreboding laughter]

Take in Tulsa Opera’s performance of “Faust” (10/20 & 10/22, Tulsa PAC), in which the titular aging scholar sells his soul to the devil Méphistophélès for a chance to win the affections of the young Marguerite.

Parade your costumed canines at the .9 mile Mutt Strut (10/21, Centennial Park), which raises awareness for Domestic Violence Intervention Service’s kennel. Prizes for best dressed (human-dog duos, too).

See all sorts of creative craniums in various art media at the Skulls Art Contest (10/21, The Cottage Art Gallery).

Hear spooky stories or tell some of your own at Fireside Scary Tales (10/21, Chandler Park).

Safari Joe’s H20 Water Park’s family-friendly Howl-Go-Green (10/21) returns with animal exhibits, a costume contest, door prizes, live entertainment, pony and train rides, and more. A portion of proceeds help support Safari Joe’s Exotic Wildlife Rescue sanctuary and feed the animals within the park over the cold winter months.

Foolish Things Coffee Company will be showing the Halloween classic (their words), “Hocus Pocus” for their It’s Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus Movie Night (10/21). They will also be serving exclusive food and drinks for the night.

Explore the true story of a string of brutal murders in the 1940s on Tulsa Spirit Tours’ Serial Killers, Murders & Mayhem Tour (10/25, downtown).

Circle Cinema will screen 1920s horror classics “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and “Nosferatu” while Austin band The Invincible Czars perform live original scores (10/27).

Philbrook will screen one of the most beloved films of the season at Film on the Lawn: E.T. (10/27).

Nicole Carrington hosts Halloween Bingo (10/27, Dennis R. Neill Equality Center), with appearances by Rainbow Granny and Trailer Trash Teresa.

Trick or treat with the biggest party animals in town at HallowZOOeen (10/27–31, Tulsa Zoo) and HallowMarine (10/27–31, Oklahoma Aquarium).

The Bashes

Apparently Tulsa’s favorite name for a Halloween hoopla:

• Fire performance group Burn Tulsa hosts a Halloween Bash (10/27, Fuel 66) that will feature live music from Marie Curie, Carlton Hesston, Konkoba percussion, and more.
• The Stylees, Full Service, and Stinky Gringos perform at The Blackbird On Pearl’s Halloween Bash (10/27).
• See local bands play the music of their heroes in the annual Black Mold Halloween Bash at the Yeti. The two-day show will feature The Red Stripes as The White Stripes, Hey Judy as The Vaselines (10/27), The Danner Party as Black Sabbath, Golden Ones as T-Rex, Damion Shade as Bob Dylan, (10/28) and many more.
• Party like it’s 1984 with Freddy Krueger and Glam R Us at Elm Street Pub’s Nightmare at Elm Street Halloween Bash (10/28).
• Dance the night away with DJ Soule and enter the costume contest at Boo Bash (10/28, Chandler Park).
• Double-down on your reasons to celebrate at Caz’s 23rd Annual Halloween Birthday Bash (10/28, Caz’s Pub).

Drink beautiful works of art at the latte art Halloween Throwdown (10/28, Foolish Things Coffee).

Take part in cosplay and carved pumpkin contests, a scavenger hunt, gaming, and karaoke at Tokyo in Tulsa’s Halloween Party (10/28, Central Library).

Bring a carved pumpkin for discounted entry to Tulsa Oilers Purple Pumpkin Night (10/28) as they take on the Allen Americans.

Bash some piñatas to the music of Joe King Carrasco, Ill Fated, and Soul Surferos at the Halloween Howler (10/28, Unit D).

The Cashes

If you think your costume idea is good enough to bring in some extra income, these parties—all on Saturday, Oct. 28—are where to go:

• Prizes at Hard Rock Casino’s Night of the Living Twisted (where you can also meet Dee Snider of Twisted Sister) are $2,000 for third place, $3,000 for second, and a whopping $5K for first place.
• The 2nd Annual Halloween Party and Costume Contest (featuring DJ Noodles!) at River Spirit Casino will have five $1,000 prizes, each for a different costume category.
• The 9th annual Spider Ball at Enso, Unicorn Club, and IDL Ballroom will have a $1,000 grand-prize costume contest, and so will the Saints and Sinners Halloween Party at Lady Godiva’s.
• The Halloween Bash at Rodeo Nightclub is offering $500 for best-dressed.

Head to Guthrie Green for a Creepy Crawly Art Crawl, live music, market, and contests at Ghouls on the Green (10/29) and return for Halloween on the Green (10/31) for a screening of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

Take part in wizard duels, house competitions, quidditch and more at the—now all-ages—Potter-Fest: A Festival of Secrets (10/29, Inner Circle Vodka Bar).

Rock out with St. Louis band Bug Chaser and Tulsa’s own Dr. Rock Doctor at the Soundpony Spooky Sunday Halloween Hullabaloo (10/29).

If you’re not already burnt out on Halloween by the day itself, head to the Halloween Party with DJ P (10/31, The Max Retropub) for spooky tunes and specials.

Party Lightning Round:

10/27

• Halloween Party – The American Legion Post 1

10/27 & 28

• Alice in Wonderland Halloween Weekend – She Theatre & Lounge

10/28

• Halloween Party – Yellow Brick Road
• Hawgzloween – Wyld Hawgz
• Heroes vs Villains Halloween Party – The Venue Shrine
• Little Fur Shop of Horrors – The Fur Shop
• Soul City Halloween starring Desi & Cody – Soul City

10/29

• Halloween Karaoke Party – The Jim Sports Bar