Halloween events gay Toronto October 2008

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We tear up Toronto, finding cool Halloween stuff that we think you'll enjoy. Click around and have some fun!

Friday October 17th to October 24th, 2008 - Toronto After Dark: Horror & Fantasy Film Festival. Toronto After Dark Film Festival is one of the world’s leading showcases of thrilling international cinema and runs every October, just before Halloween. The critically acclaimed festival features new horror, sci-fi, fantasy, action, animated and cult films from around the world, including a number of award-winning features and shorts. Last year, the festival was attended by over 6,500 enthusiastic film fans and over 100 members of press and industry. In a poll of local filmgoers, Toronto After Dark was also voted Runner-Up for Best Film Festival in the City. This year’s much-anticipated third annual event expands to eight thrilling nights, October 17-24, 2008.Whether you are a filmmaker or a film fan, we hope you can join us at Toronto After Dark Film Festival this October 17-24, 2008 (7:00 PM - 11:30 PM, Bloor Cinema) for Eight Nights of Cinematic Mayhem. See You After Dark! http://www.torontoafterdark.com/ Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario ~ M.P.

Sunday October 19 - The Bazaar of the Bizarre The Royal Sarcophagus Society presents their first ever Halloween & Holiday Marketplace! More than 40 artists, clothing designers, craft-folk, publishers and other independent makers of all things exotic and macabre will assemble for this eccentric emporium of curious crafts, to be held Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 6 Noble Street (Queen West of Dufferin). 11 am to 6pm. http://www.therss/. com Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario ~ M.P.

Sunday October 19 - Toronto Zombie Walk @ Trinity-Bellwoods Park Calling all zombies with a hunger for human brains. The sixth annual zombie walk takes place on evening October 19th. The starting location will be Trinity-Bellwoods Park. Zombies are invited for 3pm! The actual walk will start at 3:30pm. The zombie walk occurs when the living dead rise from their graves and roam the streets of Toronto, looking for human brains. More than 1,000 zombies are expected to show up and the event has become so popular that there is now a zombie walk in New York, Melbourne, Ottawa and Vancouver. So get out your fake blood and extra limbs and make sure you come hungry. http://www.torontozombiewalk.ca/ Official Toronto Zombie Walk MySpace: www.myspace.com/undeadtoronto Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario ~M. P.

Friday October 24 - HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR! Saucy Tarts and Cinnamon Hearts @ Goodhandy's, The Saucy Tarts and Cinnamon Hearts present a terrify-rific night of burlesque and cancan with a spooky twist. We promise you thrills chills and frills, with special guests Sir Pomp La Moose and Johnny Heartfelt!

Stick around after the show for a dance party with DJ San Fran, and a costume contest with prizes from the Condom Shack and Cabaret Nostalgia.

WHEN: Friday October 24, 2008, doors at 9pm. WHERE: Goodhandy's, 120 Church (at Richmond), second floor. TICKETS: $10 in advance at come as you are $12 at the door, or $10 at the door for students with a valid student card.

Advance tickets now on sale at the Xtra office - 491 Church St. Get yours soon, before they sell out! For more info you can find us at http://cinnamonhearts.ca/, or check us out on facebook. Http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cinnamon-Hearts-Burlesque/21494907768

Saturday October 25 - Night of Dread Parade @ Dufferin Grove Park area. Night of Dread is an invitation to the community to join us as we parade and mock images of our private and collective fears through the darkened streets of the Bloor/Dufferin communities..The procession returns to Dufferin Grove Park for an evening of ceremonial festivities that compel us to call on, mock and banish the fears that unite and divide us in these times. It is an evening of pageantry, music and masquerade incorporating towering puppets, stilt dancers, fire-twirlers and fearful masks in a daring exploration of dread.Night of Dread incorporates international folk and theatrical traditions that draw inspiration from the many festivals of death and remembrance around the world. Join Toronto musicians, puppeteers, dancers and stilt walkers as together we laugh at our fears, real and imagined, private and public.

The Details: Dress Code: Black and White, Dufferin Grove Park, 875 Dufferin Street, Parade starts assembling at 3 pm, departs 6 pm Cost: $5/ Pay-What-You-Can For more information contact: David Anderson or Krista Dalby Phone: 416-537-9105 Email: claypaper@sympatico.ca http://www.clayandpapertheatre.org/ Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario ~M. P.

Thursday October 30 - At the STROKE of Midnight, this becomes Toronto's First Official Halloween Party @ The Social. FUNCTION MAGAZINE PRESENTS THE NIGHT BEFORE HALLOWEEN DANCE PARTYwith VILLAINS (L.A.)

VANESKA DMT and FASHION FROM PINK COBRA / CARTE BLANCHE & OLIGARCHY + A PHOTOBOOTH! ONLY $5 BEFORE 11:30 PM $10 AFTER. Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 10:00pm End Time: Friday, October 31, 2008 at 3:00am. The Social, 1100 Queen Street W. at Dovercourt. www.thesocial.ca/ Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario ~ D. Q.

Thursday October 30 - Walking Among the Dead @ Royal Cinema. She Died Productions presents, Walking Among the Dead, a guerrilla-style, zero-budget zombie movie shot in and around Barrie, Ontario. With a budget of less than $5,000, the flick has an ensemble cast of six and a legion of volunteer extras. 7:30 PM. Price: $10 608 College St. West Toronto Phone: (416) 534-5252 http://www.walkingamongthedead.com/ Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario ~M. P.

Friday October 31- Slack's Lesbian Halloween Dance Party @ Slacks. Church Street will be closed, which means YMCA meets Rough Riders, meets Blossom and Six anarchy! Head into Slack's for the most packed lesbo party in town. DJ Katey & DJ Sokes ( SIAMESE2HEARTS) will be haunting the house. Hot women, hot party, one hell of a night! GIRLS: Bad cop, bad pussy, bad to the bone BOY: Marilyn. $5 cover in costume, $10 without 526 Church Street. Fun begins at 9PM. Gay Toronto's Traditional Village ~ M. P.

Friday October 31 - Halloween Bike Polo Smackdown Block party, @ Trinity Bellwoods Park Tennis Courtsstationary bike races, bike polo game, polo finals and an individual challenge. Today 9 pm-2 am; tomorrow 10 am; Nov 2, 1 pm. Free. Trinity Bellwoods Park Tennis Courts (Queen and Strachan), block party behind 625 Richmond W. bikepoloto@gmail.com Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario ~D. Q

Friday October 31 - Ms. Pussy Noir hosts while Djs Blackcat and JJ Rock spin the best spooky music @ Suba Lounge as dragsters compete for the $150 prize at Hallowqueen. 10pm. Suba Lounge, 292 College St. $10 before midnight. http://www.djblackcat.com/

Friday October 31 - Mega Dance Party. Hollyween Thunderheist @ CiRCA Get ready for Thunderheist to unleash serious electrocrunk boom bap. Ribcage rattling bass breaks laced with clever rhyming flip with everything from 80s classics to digital booty bass and slowed down Southern bounce. Www.myspace.com/thunderheist also in the main room that night: VND/LSM http://www.myspace.com/vndlsm MANSION www.myspace.com/mansion dj BARBI www.myspace.com/djbarbi Gay Toronto's Traditional Village ~ M. P.

Friday October 31 - Curse of the Pharaoh @ The Church at Berkeley Rue Morgue's 11th Anniversary Halloween Party! CURSE OF THE PHARAOH will feature a serpentine quanta of ancient Egyptian-themed performances, rituals and curses featuring the Death Dance of the Cobra Queen, the Horror Rites of Horus, the anomaly known as Corpusse, The So Sick Social Club, the ever popular Rue Morgue Go-Go Ghouls, and the sinister sounds of DJ Tomb Dragomir, DJ LaMort, and DJ Manny G! Plus: Magik! Mystery! Mayhem! Mummies! And more…WARNING: Been to this before and the washroom situation is out of control BUT the best place to go to see killer costumes

The Details: Tickets for CURSE OF THE PHARAOH are $25 at the door or $20 in advance available online at http://www.rue-morgue.com/ or in person at: Rue Morgue House of Horror 2926 Dundas St W (weekdays 10-6 PM) Rotate This 801 Queen St W Church @ Berkley 315 Queen St. East

Friday October 31- The Hip Hop Halloween Party@ Parkdale Drink, 1292 Queen St. West Why: One of Toronto's favourite Dj Nana has been throwing the Good Music Parties playing awesome hip hop styles! But never before has he seen you shake your booty wearing your mom's clothes (or has he?). Who: Music by Dj NaNa - www.myspace.com/deejaynana FREE. Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario ~M. P.

Friday October 31 - The Halloween Retro Dance Party @ THE OSSINGTON, 61 Ossington Why: If you know the Gang of Two you know they play some of the best retro sounds. For this party they are encouraging people to wear costumes that reflect the time period of the music they play like Disco, New York Downtown circa 1977 - 84 or some Old School Hip Hop attire. If you wished you were born in NY, this might be for you. Who: with dj's Rod Skimmins, Andy Capp, Pooyan and Todd. FREE. Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario ~M. P.

Friday October 31 - The Halloween Hipster Party Cobrasnake Death Disco Dance Party @ The Wrongbar. Wear the snake goes, the young blood follows. Hosted by The Phantom of the Opera, mixed with Sexy Baby Maid! 10PM $15 Advance tickets at Rotate This, Play De Record and wantickets.com Dress to Kill.Wrongbar, 1279 Queen Street West Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario ~D. Q. http://thecobrasnake.com/

Friday October 31 - Rocky Horror Picture Show Revue @ Tranzac Club. Do the time warp again (and again and again and again) with an "all-star Toronto band" performing the songs from the perennial theme movie of goths, young gays and fag hags everywhere. With special guests Electro Punk Star and Senor Kasio. $8-$10. 8:30pm. Fri, Oct 31. Tranzac Club. 292 Brunswick Ave. 923-8137. www.tranzac.org/index.php?page=location Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario ~D. Q.

Friday October 31 - Skin Tight Outta Site and Mysterion Present- Trick or Strip @ Cadillac lounge Halloween. Come out and be terrified and tantalized by The Boils and Ghouls of Skin Tight Outta Site with special guests Virginia D'Vine and Pink Velvet Burlesque's Mina Von Fletch!! Mysterion and Wolfman Host with ghastly mental effects from BEYOND THE GRAVE!!!! Cadillac lounge, 1296 Queen West http://www.cadillaclounge.com/ Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario ~M. P.

Friday October 31 - GOIN' STEADY'S 4TH ANNUAL MONSTER MASH @ The Boat.(das boot) The Goin' Steady Djs return for the 4th annual MONSTER MASH Can you believe it's been four years? 1950s and 1960s Halloween. HORROR HOP, COUNTRY BOOGIE MEN, GHOUL GROUPS, MONSTER BOP, BLOODY HOLLY. AMERICAN APPAREL CLAD HOTTIES, Come dance at the same bar The Rolling Stones come to when in Toronto. You may even see Brendan Fraser or Leslie Feist. You will for sure see the hottest women in Toronto and the hottest guys too - even hotter than Olympic Gold Medalists!! The Boat, Kensington Market 158 Augusta Ave. No Cover. www.myspace.com/goinsteady Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario

Friday October 31 - Gay Toronto's Traditional Village Halloweek Street Festival @ Church & Wellesley Halloweek Street Festival will include the traditional street closure with an entertainment stage north on the street hosted in conjunction with Proud FM. http://www.halloweek.ca/

Friday October 31 - Mysterion's Haunted Halloween Birthday @ Mitzis Sister Bands, Boils and Ghouls!!! Come on out to Mysterion's Birthday bash- Sow starts at 10pm with the Von Drats, King Bees, Mysterion and The Wolfman the Ghoulesque of Mina Von Fletch (Pink Velvet Halifax) and Zombie Ree-anne Carnation, Virgina D'Vine PLUS MORE guests TBA!!! 5 bux only- This is the aftermath for The Halloween Skin Tight show!! 10 pm No Cover. Mitzi's Sister, 1554 Queen West, http://www.mitzissister.com/ Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario ~M. P.

Friday October 31 - Will Munro's Vazoween @ Lee's Place. Dead Friends haunt the crowd with a steady stream of spooky sounds and Nobra brings their electronic beats to the stage. Straight out of london England, bringing a new meaning to gender confusion. Bobbing for butt plugs and a Halloween costume competition. Hosted by: Mary Messausen, Will Munro of Vazaleen fame and part owner of Beaver Cafe and the Skeleton Crew.

They will make you do the Monster Mash. Haunting visuals by Roxanne Door. 10 PM to 3 AM Tickets available at the door. Advance at Rotate This on Queen St. Cover $10 with costume. $20 without. Lee's Place, 1259 Bloor St. W. at Bathurst. Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario ~D. Q. http://www.leespalace.com/

Friday October 31 - DJ Foxfire Forrest and Mikey Apples HALLOWEEN PARTY @ Dejour loft. Turning and turning in the widening Gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.

The Details: Foxfire and Hot Blood present: Halloween 2008. Foxfire (Live) Parallels (Dj set) Mikey Apples (DJ set)12 PM - 6 AM Queen and Portland back alley. Street MapGiant prize for the best costume. Cover: $5. www.myspace.com/foxfireforest www.myspace.com/parallelsurl Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario ~D. Q.

Saturday November 1 - Shriek A Tail @ Clinton's Tavern. Halloween version of ever popular 50s and 60s dance party Shake-a-Tail. Fun is the name of the game at Shake a Tail, a monthly dance party that's been going strong 'n' steady since August. Devoting themselves to music from the early '60s through early '70s, DJs Aaron Knight, Jessie Foster and Mike and Terrance Balazo offer a mix of rock, pop, soul, funk, ska and psych. .Clinton's, 693 Bloor St. W. Sat Nov 1, 10:00 pm - Sun Nov 2, 1:00 pm www.myspace.com/shakeatail Queer West Toronto Ontario ~ M.P.

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