Let's face it: You either love Halloween and have been putting together a costume since spring, or you despise Halloween and are trying to find ways to just be a shut in for the night. I'm here to tell you that if you are the former, there are a ton of events for you and your sexy costume all over town, including Monster Bash in the Gaslamp, the Heaven & Hell Music Festival at the Town & Country, and the Masquerade Ball at the Lafayette, to name just a few. But if you feel like this is just another Saturday night, legends Kris Kristofferson and John Prine are playing the San Diego Civic Theatre together, Gone Baby Gone will be at the Ken Club, and Jake Shimabukuro closes this year's concerts at Humphreys. Please note, the No Knife show at the Casbah is sold out, and the Rocket From the Crypt show at Bar Pink was canceled -- though the Heartaches will still perform.
Saturday, Oct.31:
Rocket From the Crypt(Canceled), the Heartaches, DJ Old Man Johnson @ Bar Pink- No Knife, the Dabbers, Ghetto Blaster @ Casbah (sold out)
- Kris Kristofferson & John Prine @ San Diego Civic Theatre
- Soja, J Boog, Dustin Thomas @ Observatory North Park
- Gone Baby Gone, the End, the Fictitious Dishes, the Dirty Pennies @ Ken Club
- Halloween Spooktacular Tribute Night: Nine Inch Nails (Roxy Jones), Shocking Blue (Wild Wild Wets), Talking Heads (Hills Like Elephants), the Jesus & Mary Chain (Sleeping Ghost) @ Soda Bar
- Halloween Heat, '80s Heat and Nancarrow @ Belly Up
- For Today, Fit for a King, Gideon, Silent Planet, Phinehas @ SOMA
- 95/7 Throwback Thrilla Halloween with Warren G @ Music Box
- Monster Bash @ Gaslamp Quarter
- Dia de los Muertos Celebration @ Sherman Heights Community Center (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
- Dia de los Muertos @ Old Town
- Halloween with Deadbolt @ Black Cat
- Moon Boots, Doorly @ Casa del Prado Theatre
- Jake Shimabukuro @ Humphreys Concerts By the Bay
- The Major Minus, Nite Lapse, the Wild Fires @ The Balboa
- Halloween Block Party 2015 @ House of Blues
- Heaven & Hell Halloween Music Festival 2015, featuring Passion Pit, Porter Robinson, Hotel Garuda @ Town & Country Event Center
- Night of the Shred, featuring Shrine, Windhand, Bang, Elder, Danava, Wo Fat, Monolord, Black Bombaim @ Brick By Brick
- Taches @ Bang Bang
- Booty Bassment with DJs Dmitri & Rob Moran @ Whistle Stop
- Monster Mash @ The Merrow
- Diana Death Halloween Happy Hour @ Whistle Stop (5 p.m.)
- Pier Pressure SD Halloween: 4th Annual Titanic Masquerade 2015 @ Inspiration Yacht
- The Massaquerade Ball @ Lafayette Hotel
- Misfiends @ The Bancroft
- Haunted W San Diego Halloween, with Richard Vission 2015 @ W Hotel Rooftop
- Hank Easton @ Croce's Park West (12 p.m.)
- Sue Palmer @ Croce's Park West (6 p.m.)
- In-a-Fect @ Humphreys Backstage Live (9 p.m.)
- The Burdens, Wang Dang Daddies @ Tower Bar
- The Experiments @ Winston's (6-9 p.m.)
- Ocean Boogie @ Winston's
- The Signal, the Mochilero All Stars @ Til-Two Club
- Mihkal, Nico Luminous, Henry Pope, Datphat, Galangsta, Stoik, Bedr808m, Peewhee, B Dash Rad, Soultron, Nick@Nite @ Spin
- Too $hort @ Fluxx
- DJ Vice @ Omnia
- Alien Vampire Halloween @ Kava Lounge
- The Hollywood Stones @ Tio Leo's
- DJ Chelu @ Gallagher's Irish Pub
- Dazed & Confused @ 710 Beach Club
- Loudness, Bitch, Sinners Rage, Alchemy @ Ramona Mainstage
Rosemary Bystrak is the publicist for the Casbah and writes about the San Diego music scene, events and general musings about life in San Diego on San Diego: Dialed In. Follow her updates on Twitter or contact her directly.
