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Get on down this Halloween – it’s the one occasion when your scary dance moves are acceptable
If the only thing you want to hear going bump in the night is a thudding soundsystem, then Halloween in London won’t disappoint. This year the day of spooks and scares falls on Monday October 31, but that hasn’t stopped London’s party starters from throwing massive events with most of them taking place in the run-up to witching night.
There are scary club nights aplenty, but also gothic cabaret shows, frightful live music, spooky immersive experiences and screenings. If you go out on actual Halloween, be prepared to spend the following days like a zombie at work. It’ll be so worth it, though...
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Clapham’s whopping red brick former music hall is throwing an epic Halloween party. Dust off your fangs and synthetic wig as the old Victorian theatre turns into a haunted house for the night with cauldron cocktails and a killer drag cabaret line-up, all threaded together by hosts Juno Birch, Drag Race UK S4’s Cheddar Gorgeous and Drag Race UK S3’s Elektra Fence.
Oct 29. 9.30pm to 3am. £12.
Zip up 35 floors of the Walkie Talkie's shapely layers and you’ll be transported to a public garden with some truly spectacular views and three storeys of landscaped gardens lush with South African and Mediterranean plants. This botanical paradise is getting decked out for Halloween with themed cocktails, a live band and a DJ playing spookily good tunes into the night.
Hackney’s Night Tales is celebrating Halloween in style and has invited Big Todd the disco god to sprinkle some spooky Norwegian disco magic on the proceedings. Dancing shoes are essential – it’s Terje time!
Notting Hill Arts Club has been supplying good big nights out in west London for years. Head down to its scruffily chic basement for this spook fest with hair-raising DJ sets and plenty of spine-tingling surprises in store. Costumes are encouraged, so rinse out those fangs.
Oct 29. 8pm to 2am. £23.
Something wicked this way comes! It’s Fred Deakin, one half of London’s much-loved electronic duo Lemon Jelly and his choice of spooky jams.
From Angels in central London to the cavernous Prangsta in New Cross, find your perfect Halloween costume with our definitive guide to the best fancy dress shops in London.
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