We’ve gathered up some of the best Halloween parties happening this year, sure to be what you’re looking for no matter how crazy you want the Halloween party you end up at to be. There are so many parties going on, one is sure to fit your particular brand of dark. We can’t list them all, but here is a selection of some haunting hallows eve events.

New York NY, October 26 
Dances of Vice: Experiment in Terror - A Classic Horror Film Music Retrospective, 1954-1981

Kick off your perfect Halloween weekend by dancing to your favorite classic horror movie soundtracks performed live by Morricone Youth. The event also features Auxiliary Magazine PinUp Marlo Marquise plus Ruby Valentine and Nikki le Villain.

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Los Angeles CA, October 26
Miss Kitty’s World Famous Halloween Ball 2012

The entire club is opened and transformed into an erotic, living, breathing haunted house of pansexual live performance, shows, dancers, mazes, interactive sets and dirty carnival style games. Featuring the Boulet Brothers, Miss Kitty, DJ Barbeau, Rudeness, Whorehaus, Kate Crash, St Peter D’vil, Carlos Gomez Aranda, and Eric Charles. Hosted by maters of horror Clive Barker.

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New York NY, September 8 – Jet Berelson founder of Vampire Freaks can put together a show like no other. Icon of Coil was insanely at it’s finest. The opening band [:SITD:] started to get things going with an amazing energetic set, followed by Icon of Coil amping up the crowd even more. Andy LaPlegua was all over the stage at Gramercy Theatre. When I spoke with him he told me, “his fans mean everything to him.” It was obvious this night as he smiled at his fans and made sure to hit every point of the stage where people could see him. In my opinion, he is a very talented, nice musician, and worth going to see at any show by his many bands: Icon of Coil, Combichrist, Panzer AG.

This night was also one to celebrate Vampire Freak’s own Annabel Fagan’s birthday. This had to have been her best birthday to date as her and Icon of Coil sat in the back and had some birthday cake together.

All in all it was a perfect night.

- Emily Strange

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In September Kent Kaliber, our PinUp for the June/July 2012 Issue, hosted an August/September 2012 Issue release party in LA at Bar Sinister. Below are some photos from the event! And we are having another release party at Bar Sinister for our October/November 2012 Issue on Saturday October 13th! More info HERE.

photos : Bil Brown, Drew Pluta, and Christopher Alvarez

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Our October/November 2012 Issue release party will be in LA at Bar Sinister on Saturday October 13th! If you are near LA, be sure to check it out!

Hosted by Kent Kaliber (Auxiliary’s June/July PinUp).
Numerous contributors from Auxiliary’s past and present will be attending!
Plus, The Dreaming featuring Christopher Hall of Stabbing Westward and The Dark will be performing live!

Saturday October 13th
10pm to 3am / 18+ plus event
Bar Sinister / 1652 N Cherokee Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90028

Los Angeles CA, August 17 - Experimental underground music sensation, Zola Jesus performed August 17 th in Downtown LA for MOCA’s free summer concert series, Play MOCA, with Active Child for a magical evening of epic sound. Though their roots are deeply entrenched in darkness, the crowd was mixed and brought a cross-section of fans spanning different genres, indie kids and goths alike.

The outdoor space was accented with a canopy of grey orbs levitating above the audiences’ heads. Concertgoers had free access to the museum for extended hours. People sauntered through the white hallways, while the echoes of Zola Jesus and Active Child acoustics reverberated off the walls.

A thick mist rolled across the stage as a stark, haunting voice permeated the crowd; awestruck, they swayed in sync as if floating gently on a celestial web. Zola Jesus in proper fashion donned a layered, light, ethereal slip with an avant-garde piece covering her torso like an armor. Barefoot, she embraced her diminutive frame and with a certain rawness, took the air out of peoples’ lungs in mid-breath every time she rang out a penetrating note, ripping through the air.

Zola Jesus is a successful fusion of a dream swathed in dark undertones while still maintaining a fierce resonance that stays with the listener long after the show is over. She’s an artist that manages to straddle different sounds and carry over strong in her live performance, a must for audiophiles across the board.

- Jessica Jewell

We are having another release party in LA at Bar Sinister on Saturday September 1st! If you are near LA, be sure to check it out, the last one was a blast!

hosted by Kent Kaliber (Auxiliary’s June/July PinUp)
numerous contributors from Auxiliary’s past and present will be attending

Saturday September 1st
10pm to 3am / 18+ plus event
Bar Sinister / 1652 N Cherokee Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90028

Earlier this month Kent Kaliber, our PinUp for the June/July 2012 Issue, hosted a June/July 2012 Issue release party in LA at Bar Sinister. Jay Gordon of Orgy, featured in the June/July 2012 Issue, was the guest DJ for the night and Arden Leigh, long time contributor to Auxiliary and writer of our Ask Arden advice column, performed. It was our first event on the west coast and proved to be a great success!

photos : Steve Prue

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Buffalo NY, May 16 – Santigold has been touring non-stop, with a few more dates in North America, she moves onto Europe and then back. In May we had the chance to catch a show. Santigold mixes electronia and new wave with hip hop and reggae, and before you dismiss that she is not your preferred style of music, know that she is. Santigold creates a style that is all her own, that can appeal to a wide range of musical tastes, and brings an incredible amount of energy to her live shows. Santigold sounds at home played at a ragging summer party and a goth/industrial night.

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Piscataway NJ, May 18-20 - Every year, towards the end of spring, The Steampunk World’s Fair, beckons enthusiasts of steam to the emerald fields of the Garden State, preparing to guard the walls against their fist-pumping foes from the shore. Now entering its third year, they arrive on airships, horseless carriages, unicycles, and the occasional T.A.R.D.I.S., ready to celebrate for a three-day weekend full of performances (from artists such as Voltaire, Platform One, and Danny Blu to circus/sideshow acts), costume contests, panels, and burlesque shows!

- Phil (Knightmare6)

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Buffalo NY, May 7 – M83 are currently touring Europe, they will be back in North America touring from August to October, and back in May we had the chance to catch one of their shows. If you haven’t already, make sure you see one of their shows this fall. An excellent example of how to do an electronic music concert right, M83 gave their all, the songs sounded beautiful live, and the sold out crowd was in awe. There is a reason you have been hearing M83 left and right and their popularity is growing at a very fast rate, it is well deserved.

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