The annual trick-or-treat party on 9th and 9th included lively performances on the threshold of Albatross Recordings and Ephemera. Photo: John Barkiple
The Coffee Garden offered candy and lady fingers to early-evening trick-or-treaters. Photo: John Barkiple
Throughout October, passersby along the 1500 South and 900 East noticed the meticulous construction of the Dead Train No. 666. Tonight, it went off the rails. John Barkiple
After 40 years, the Rocky Horror Picture Show sells out at Tower Theater every Halloween. Photo: John Barkiple
Undead, undead, undead. Vampiric style ruled the night at Rocky Horror. Photo: John Barkiple
Yes, that’s Kim Davis – one the scariest monsters out there. Photo: John Barkiple
V’s and SV’s check their bucket list boxes as they prepare for their first Rocky Horror Picture Show in a theater. Photo: John Barkiple
Windsor Street still brings the Halloween magic. Yes, that’s a taco cart – what a treat! Photo: John Barkiple
The Pie by the university makes for a great pre-party meal. Photo: John Barkiple
The Pie waited on the post-game crowd to fill every table, but many happy diners were already there in costume. Photo: John Barkiple
It’s time for some “fun time family fun!” at the Pie. Photo: John Barkiple
She knew she’d see this because she already follows SLUG Magazine on Instagram and Twitter. Photo: John Barkiple
This 1st Avenue party had several cerebral costumes and delicious snacks. Photo: John Barkiple
These wholesome undergrads kept it safe this Halloween. Photo: John Barkiple
Salt City Cycle Cab drivers line up to haul Garth Brooks fans after his Halloween show at the Vivint Smart Home Arena. Photo: John Barkiple
The bar staff at the The Sun Trapp should have won the costume contest. Photo: John Barkiple
More than a dozen rodeo queens dominated The Sun Trapp on Halloween. Photo: John Barkiple
Rafi and Ischa leave the stage after opening for Sketch Cabaret’s Halloween party at Metro Bar. Photo: John Barkiple
Sketch Cabaret aerialists spun throughout the Metro Bar as the stage was set for another band. Photo: John Barkiple
Metro Bar guests dressed to impress at this Sketch Cabaret Halloween party at Metro Bar. Photo: John Barkiple
These two are dressed in cosplay-worthy Joker and Harley Quinn outfits at Sketch Cabaret’s Halloween party at Metro Bar. Photo: John Barkiple
Sketch Cabaret’s Halloween party included Cirkus Pandemonium fire dancers who set the night on fire in the parking lot outside of Metro Bar. Photo: John Barkiple
A group of troll dolls marched from Club Elevate to the Super Top Secret party on Edison Street. Photo: John Barkiple
The Super Top Secret party included crowd-pleasing, live performances. Photo: John Barkiple
The sidewalk was filled with costumed pedestrians outside Bar X. Photo: John Barkiple
This bar-filled stretch of 200 South served as a magnet for Halloween partiers. Photo: John Barkiple
The Bar X Taco Cart servers wore painted sugar skulls as they served late night snacks. Photo: John Barkiple
Costumed guests at the Beer Bar filled the patio. Photo: John Barkiple
Este Pizza’s patio had a much mellower vibe. Photo: John Barkiple
Ute fans found delicious pizza at Este, too. Photo: John Barkiple
This tiny party was quickly absorbed by a raging costume party four doors south. Photo: John Barkiple
These boys were a strong contender for the “best group” award. Photo: John Barkiple
Dorothy and friends won the “best group” award. Photo: John Barkiple
In the last few years, Dio de los Muertos sugar skull costumes have gone from trend to tradition. Photo: John Barkiple
Here’s the winner of the “best cross dressing” award. Photo: John Barkiple
Halloween on a Saturday guarantees a wild night. From the early-evening trick-or-treaters on the corner of 9th and 9th to the late-night Sketch Cabaret aerialists spinning inside Metro Bar, Salt Lake had a Halloween party to suit every preference.
This Halloween 2015 tour of festivities started with Dead Train No. 666 on 1500 South and 900 East and roamed as far east as The Pie by the University of Utah. Stops along the way included the Windsor Street Taco Cart patrons and the 8:00 p.m. Rocky Horror Picture Show crowd at The Tower Theater.
A pair of Avenues parties followed that stop at The Pie. After a drive downtown, four Salt City Cycle Cabbies lined up for a photo before hoards of Garth Brooks fans poured out of the Vivint Smart Home Arena all dressed as cowboys. From there, a quick trip west revealed rodeo queens at The Sun Trapp and Metro Bar hosted Minx performing before passing the torch to Sketch Cabaret’s aerialists gyrating throughout the Metro Bar and Cirkus Pandemonium’s fire dancers lighting up the parking lot.
Spooky revelers filled the streets of Salt Lake, and 200 South once again hosted a hoard of costumed pedestrians. Thirteen trolls took a lap from Club Elevate to the Super Top Secret cosplay party on Edison Street and back, and the bar scene on second and second spilled onto the sidewalk from the crowded patios of Bar X, Beer Bar and Johnny’s on Second where sugar-skulled servers worked in the Bar X Taco Cart. Across the street, Este offered a much more casual pizza-by-the-slice scene.
Also, in what is becoming an annual tour stop, the party thrown by “The Ashley Madison Data Breach” (formerly known as “Ginger Gangster”) on 700 East turned it up to eleven this year with awards given for the best costumes in the categories of horror, group, made-you-think, cross-dressed, and celebrity. It so dominated the scene that it absorbed a party four doors north.
There was certainly a party for every personality in Salt Lake, whether it was a private gathering of friends or a costume contest in a packed bar.
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