Denver’s Queer Halloween: The Parties, Contests, and Tips
Thing’s are getting pretty spooky around Denver. With one of the best haunted houses in the nation — The 13th Floor — a new moon rising on Saturday, and numerous house parties, it can be pretty difficult to figure out what to do on the second scariest weekend of the year, see Black Friday …
You and I both know that the queers here in Denver love a good party, and they know how to throw one. Let us help you narrow your plans down with this inclusive list of LGBT bars and their plans to scare the panties off of you and keep you dancing.
Blush & Blu
FreakShow Friday
October 28 | 8pm | $5 cover | Drink Specials
Gather your friends, and get out to Blush & Blu’s FreakShow Friday. Complete with magician Chainsmoker the Magnificent and The Amazing Miss Coffin Nails, the self proclaimed magician, strongwoma
BoyzTown
Hocus Pocus Halloween
October 29 | 8pm | Drink Specials
Let the mesmerizing dancers at Boyztown put a spell on you as they pay tribute to one of the best Halloween movies of all time, Hocus Pocus. A costume contest will honor those worthy enough to join the Sanderson sisters in their journey to suck the souls out of all the children of Denver. First place walks away with $500, second place gets $150 and $100 bar tab, third gets a puny $100 bar tab. Come correct or become the next Billy Butcherson.
Bonus points if you bring a virgin to light the black candle …
Charlie’s
NetChix & Thrill
October 28 | 10pm
Forget Netflix & Chill this Friday and replace it with true entertainment at Charlie’s. Come out as your favorite Netflix character and party like you’ve saved hundreds of dollars by utilizing your parents’/friends’/lovers’/one night stand’s Netflix password. Oh yeah, there will also be an interactive drag show hosted by resident queens Veronica Taylor and Kai Lee Mykels.
Dead Disney
October 29 | 9pm
Mufasa! Bambi’s Mom! Lilo’s Parents! Walt Disney! Hannah Montana! These are all ideas, given free of charge, that you could utilize during Charlie’s Dead Disney. But we encourage you to get as creative as possible to try and snatch the contest prize from Charlie’s cold, dead grip. Also, what’s more fun than dancing with a bunch of our favorite Disney personalities postmortem?
Sex Dungeon & Drag Show
October 30 | 10pm
Let all 50 shades of your grey show on Sunday with some of Denver’s best queens. Come dressed down and snatch the costume contest.
Lil Devil’s
Devil-Ween
All Month Drink Specials & Decor
All hail Satan! Nothing screams Halloween more than the lord of the underworld. It doesn’t matter what you call him — Devil, Satan, Big Bad, Mike Pence — Lil Devil’s is paying homage to him or her all month. Make sure to stop by and check out the decorations and enjoy a few drink specials on the patio.
Lipstick
Discotheque Halloween Bash
October 29 | 7 pm
Join Lipstick for their first annual ALEGRÍA Halloween party. With a $1,500 cash prize and no official theme, come as fabulous, creepy, or campy as you want. With DJ Style Enrique Mercado from Club KALIENTE in Dallas, Texas and resident DJ David Herrera, the party is sure to be high energy fun.
M Uptown
ScreamGirls
October 28 | 10pm
Jackie Summers is rising from the grave to host a spooky evening of frightful drag entertainment. There will be extra-special themed food and drink specials. Get out and show tribute to the scream queens we love with the local queens we know can put on a damn good show.
Halloween Saturday
October 29 | 6pm
Get on your best costume and enjoy dinner and fun at M Uptown with all of your favorite Halloween music and videos on the screens! Amazing new spoOoOoky drink potions featuring Captain Morgan’s new Pumpkin spiced rum-Jack-o-Blast. There will be live entertainment, games, drag queen hosts, contests and prizes, and giveaways throughout the night, with the grand prize giveaway of $500 at Midnight.
Halloween Night Scary-Oke
October 31 | 9pm
Wind down from the weekend events with a little karaoke with M Uptown. Sing your Halloween favorite in the remnants of your mutilated weekend costumes.
Tracks
Drag Nation: Hell on Heels
October 28 | 9pm
Tracks is heading straight to hell, but with really, really good company. Join the iconic Nina Flowers as she welcomes fellow Drag Race alumni Bob the Drag Queen, Naomi Smalls, and Tatianna to the Drag Nation stage. Trust us, this lineup of phenomenal queens will have you burning up. Get it?
The Inferno
October 29 | 9pm
Continue through the nine circles of hell and experience the Inferno as Tracks transforms the entire venue —including EXDO — into a menagerie of hellish sights complete with projection mapping, holograms, and a sound and light show like no other. Featuring special guest DJ Mike Cruz in the EXDO event center, while Sean O’Grady and Jordan P. keep you dancing in Tracks’ main bar. First place in the costume contest will walk out of the pits with $2,000.
The Chamber
October 31 | 9pm
Travel through Hell and reach the final level on Halloween night as you enter The Chamber complete with visions of despair. Yes, you will be scared. Yes, you will have fun. Yes, you will be turned on. Featuring a costume contest with a $500 cash prize, DJ Markie will be spinning all night long.
Trade
Blow Pony
October 29 | 9pm
You better Werk your way over to Trade on Saturday night to see the iconic Delta Werk. Oh yeah, it’s also housing one of the best queer parties in the city, Blow Pony. Gather the Heathers and show the boogers how it is really done.
The Wrangler
A Nightmare on Downing Street
October 29 | 10pm
One, two pickle shots for you. Three, four bring protection, you whore. Five, six come collect your tricks. Seven, eight you’re gonna stay up late. Nine, ten come and get some men!
Join the Wrangler as they pay tribute to one of the most petty — and punny — slashers of all time, Freddy. Winner of the costume contest walks away with $500, so bring your A game …
Halloween Zombie #BeerBust
October 30 | 4pm
Honestly, after the weekend of events it won’t be that difficult to show up in theme on Sunday. Just roll out of bed at 3pm, eat some brains, throw on some lashes, and Uber over to the Wrangler. Simple.
