Halloween in Austin Today, by the Clock: an 11 A.M. Spooky Brunch, a 2 P.M. Freakshow, and Madeon at 8
Saturday's Halloween is a full-day schedule, not just a night. Do512's Austin listing runs from a late-morning brunch on Red River to scary stories at 10 p.m. - here is the day in order.
Halloween fell on a Saturday this year, and Austin's schedule treats it that way: a full day, not just a night. Do512's Halloween in Austin listing for today, October 31, starts at 11 a.m. with a Halloween Spooky Brunch at Electric Shuffle on Red River Street and runs, event by event, past 10 p.m.
The afternoon belongs to the offbeat end of the list. Freakshow on Fruth starts at 2 p.m. at the 29th Street Ballroom; Halloweird follows at 3 p.m. at Half Step on Rainey Street; and the sober option, Spooky Sober Saturday, runs at 4:30 p.m. in Pease Park. At 5 p.m. the live-music slate opens with The Jesus and Mary Chain and Protomartyr at The Far Out Lounge on South Congress, and St. Elmo Brewing's annual Halloween party starts at the same hour.
The evening stacks up fast. Tails from the Crypt, a drag and burlesque cabaret, starts at 6:30 p.m. at Ani's Day & Night on East Riverside. At 8 p.m. there are three different rooms at once: Madeon at ACL Live at the Moody Theater downtown, La Noche De Los Muertos at Arriba Abajo, and an '80s Halloween dance party at The Highball on South Lamar - opposite Sixth Street, where the free street party fills the closed blocks between Brazos and Red River and the Austinot guide advises arriving before 9 p.m., ahead of the biggest crowds.
The late list closes with a 9 p.m. farewell show at Valhalla on Red River, a haunted rooftop party at the Fairmont, and, at 10 p.m., Scary Stories at The Tunnels. Times and venues are as listed by Do512 this morning; covers and door policies vary by room, and the downtown police plan for tonight is in this station's earlier file.
