HALLOWEEN - OCT. 29TH
All Day Fun
Celebrate Halloween and small businesses on Milwaukee’s Historic East Side Neighborhood:
7:30 AM and 9:00 AM: Jacked-O-Lantern Jumps Total Body Class at Shred415
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM: 30% Off all Gummies In-Store plus Trick-or-Treat Candy Gummies for Area Trick-or-Treaters at Kind Oasis
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM: Milwaukee Brewers Street Team visits the East Side
1:00 PM: Children’s Costume Contest at Crossroads Collective
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Halloween crafts at the Milwaukee Public Library East Branch
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Kids’ Trick or Treat at Crossroads Collective
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Family Fright Fest Fireball Golf at Nine Below (ages 12+, tickets required)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Pup Costume Contest at Crossroads Collective with Woof Bowl - The Food Truck for dogs!
At Night
When the sun goes down, the spook-factor goes up. Celebrate Halloween inside Milwaukee’s only alley event space and around the neighborhood:
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM: Tarot Card Readings in the Alley with Connie
6:00 PM - 11:30 PM: Glow & Throw All Axe Throwing at AXE MKE (tickets required)
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Fright Fest Fireball Golf at Nine Below (ages 16+, tickets required)
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Adult Costume Contest
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM: Black Cat Alley Throwback Dance Party with DJ Fuzzy Logic and TJK
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM: Outdoor Alley Bar hosted by Pharmacy Bar
11:00 PM - 2:30 AM: Self-Guided East Side Bar Crawl
12:00 AM: Rocky Horror Picture Show at Oriental Theatre
LEARN MORE
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Join Shred415 for a Halloween-themed fitness class at 7:00AM or 9:30AM! A free first class is available to all, these classes included, and new shredders can sign up by emailing eastside@shred415.com or via the Shred415 2.0 app, by selecting the East Side location.
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At 1PM, at Crossroads Collective, children up to 15 years old are eligible to enter to win a full-sized chocolate bar gift basket!
When arriving, children and their parents should check in at the main dining hall. Winner will be announced on Halloween!
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Interact with the Milwaukee Brewers Street Team as they roam the East Side neighborhood handing out 2023 ticket vouchers, candy, giveaways and more!
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Make fun and spooky Halloween crafts at the Milwaukee Public Library East Branch. Instruction and materials will be provided to create a Spider Puppet, Ghost Windsock, and Witches Hat.
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Bring your trick-or-treat bag to Crossroads Collective! From 1PM - 4pm, children can walk from booth-to-booth collecting Halloween treats for free!
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Bring your pup in their Halloween get-up to the Crossroads Collective patio from 4PM - 6PM! To enter the costume contest, take a photo of your pup in front of their favorite mural outside of Crossroads Collective or in Black Cat Alley and tag @crossroadsmke! After a thoroughly cute voting process, the winner will be announced and win a free meal at Woof Bowl!
Woof Bowl - the food truck for dogs will be popping up right outside of Crossroads Collective from 4PM - 6PM to tend to your pup’s Halloween appetite.
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Stop at Kind Oasis during business hours to get 30% off all gummies (in-store only). Kind Oasis will also be offering Trick-or-Treat Fruity Chews Candy Gummies for area trick-or-treaters.
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Attend this early-Saturday jack o’ lantern mini golf session for ages 12+. Golf through Nine Below’s black-lit holes, finding tricks and treats along the way!
$25 per person. Click here to purchase tickets.
Family Friendly - Daytime Activities
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Before you head to the Black Cat Alley Throwback Dance Party, check in at Crossroads Collective to enter the Adult Costume Contest! After a virtual voting process, the winner will be announced on Halloween and will win a $50 Crossroads Collective gift card!
Entries accepted between 7 PM - 8 PM.
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You’ll find DJ Fuzzy Logic and TJK spinning throwback and classic Halloween tunes inside Black Cat Alley from 7PM - 11PM!
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Enjoy your favorite spirits right inside Black Cat Alley with Pharmacy Bar’s Outdoor Alley Bar! Available from 6PM - 11PM.
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Certified Tarot Master, Connie M. Schmidt, has been reading tarot since 1983. You’ll find her, and your chance to have your tarot cards read from 7PM - 10PM inside Black Cat Alley. Each reading costs $30 and lasts around 20 minutes.
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Head over to AXE MKE to enjoy Glow & Throw All Axe Throwing featuring black-lit axe throwing with glowing targets, Halloween-themed cocktails, trick-or-treat prize opportunities and more.
Tickets are required. Click here to purchase.
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Enjoy jack o’ lantern mini golf for ages 16+ at Nine Below. Golf through black-lit holes, finding tricks and treats along the way!
$25 per person. Includes a complimentary shot for guests ages 21+. Click here to purchase tickets. -
The party doesn’t end at 11PM. Take yourself on a tour of East Side’s historic bars:
• Shanghai Speakeasy, secret entrance located inside Black Cat Alley, is open until 12AM.
• AXE MKE is open until 12AM.• Von Trier is open until 2AM.
• Hooligans Super Bar is open until 2:30AM.
• Vintage is open until 2:30AM.
• Landmark Lanes bar and arcade is open until 2:30AM.
• Izzy Hops Swig & Nosh is open until 2:30AM.
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Find this cult classic at Oriental Theatre at 12AM! Sweethearts Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon), stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry). As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker (Meat Loaf) and a creepy butler (Richard O'Brien). Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named "Rocky." Come join the fun as the Sensual Daydreams cast performs live along with the film! General admission $12.
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Composer Claudio Simonetti has written and recorded some of the most influential soundtracks in horror, including DAWN OF THE DEAD, DEEP RED, TENEBRAE, and countless others, with his seminal work still informing the genre to this day. This year, Simonetti's Goblin celebrates the 45th Anniversary of Dario Argento's iconic picture, SUSPIRIA, with a live performance of the score set to a screening of the film. The film follows Suzy, an American ballet student who transfers to a prestigious dance academy in Germany. But Suzy soon realizes, after a series of brutal murders, that the academy is a front for a supernatural conspiracy. Catch it at the Oriental Theatre on Sunday, October 30th at 8:00PM!
Black Cat Alley - Dance Party
