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Adam Wright

Ah, Halloween – the celebration that somehow evolved from an ancient Celtic harvest festival into an excuse to dress up like a schoolgirl and end up comatose in Lan Kwai Fong.
Regardless of how we got here, and regardless of whether you approve of an Asian city celebrating what is now a quintessentially American event with such gusto, it’s one of the biggest nights out you can have in Hong Kong.
And looking at the number of events scheduled for this month, Halloween this year is shaping up to be one of the biggest yet. Here are our picks of this year’s Halloween events.

Duddell’s Halloween: Annual Masked Ball
The annual meeting of the fictitious Royal Society of Explorers and Anthropologists at Duddell’s is becoming one of Hong Kong’s most exclusive Halloween parties. Don your mask, mingle with fellow
wild wanderers and enigmatic explorers (most likely a celeb or two), and discuss your “recent findings in social, cultural and biological study”. Whatever that means.
Oct 28, 10pm, Duddell’s, 3/F Shanghai Tang Mansion, 1 Duddell St, Central, HK$250

Serie Noir: The Dark Side of the Indonesian Tropics
This Halloween event that draws upon “the sinister underbelly of Indonesia’s remote island tribes” is definitely a first for Hong Kong. At Potato Head Hong Kong, music director Johnny Hiller will be dropping everything from haunting Balinese gamelan sounds and jungle drums to Italian horror film soundtracks.
Oct 27, 9pm, Music Room, Potato Head Hong Kong, 100 Third St, Sai Ying Pun, HK$200 (advance, Ticketflap), HK$300 (door)

Behind Halloween
During the past two years, Behind has quickly become Hong Kong’s coolest LGBTI-friendly club night by ditching the gay party stereotypes (no Lady Gaga, for example) and adopting a modern music policy. Last year’s Behind Halloween was a riot and this year’s instalment promises to be equally outrageous – regardless of your orientation.
Oct 28, 9pm, Foxglove, 18 Ice House St, Central, free

 10th Annual Dead Not Alive Halloween 2017
Celebrating its 10th instalment this year is the Dead Not Alive bash, for many years the hottest Halloween ticket in town.
Who was the girliest ghoul at Hong Kong’s hottest Halloween ball?
As usual, costumes are mandatory, and you’ll be rubbing shoulders on the Armani/Privé terrace with stars from the film and pop worlds during performances by eight DJs and Hong Kong’s home-grown hip-hop heroes, 24 Herbs.
Oct 28, 10pm, Armani/Prive, 2/F Chater House, 8 Connaught Rd, Central, from HK$500

Halloween On The High Seas
A branch of Singapore’s famed Zouk club is now located aboard the luxury cruise liner the Genting Dream, which this weekend will set sail from Hong Kong for a three-day, two-night Halloween cruise. The Halloween On The High Seas event will feature performances from EDM DJs Big Joe and Karlie, foam parties, unlimited dining, and free use of ship facilities such as water slides and the basketball court.
Oct 20-22 (ship departs Ocean Terminal 9pm on Oct 20), from HK$1,513

Yelloween feat. DJ/Violinist Olivia Dawn and Adrien Callier
DJ/violinist Olivia Dawn has become a unique fixture on Hong Kong’s nightlife scene, dropping epic violin solos over deep, euphoric dance music. This Halloween, she’ll be behind the decks with her bow at Zuma alongside DJ Adrien Callier (from Zuma Dubai). To help you get into the Halloween spirit, there will be make-up artists be on hand as well as a free-flow bar.
Oct 31, 9.30pm, Zuma Hong Kong, Landmark, 15 Queen’s Rd Central, HK$480 (advance), HK$550 (door)

Seven Deadly Sins: Halloween with Mrs. Pound
Hidden Sheung Wan speakeasy Mrs. Pound has put the call out this Halloween for “vain, wrathful, avaricious, lustful, envious, slothful and gluttonous dolls”. Local drag queen Cleo Moans will be presiding over this evening of free-flow drinks, and the kitchen will be offering all the hungry ghosts a selection of 15 new tapas-style dishes.
Oct 28, 9pm, G/F Ming Fat House, 6 Pound Lane, Sheung Wan, HK$380


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Pink Season Hong Kong festival celebrates inclusion, acceptance, awareness and fabulous fun

Pink Season Hong Kong is a celebration of inclusion, awareness and acceptance.

This handout image shows Philip Howell-Williams, director of Pink Season 2016. Pink Season – Asia’s largest LGBT festival that celebrates openness, acceptance and love in all forms, shapes and sizes – is set to kick off on October 10 for a five-week run. The annual event was founded in 2000 by Pink Alliance, a non-profit organisation that aims to facilitate cooperation and unity in the LGBTI community. [18SEPTEMBER2016 ON OUR RADAR POST MAGAZINE]

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epa05972358 Chi Chia-wei, 58, the pioneer in Taiwan's gay rights campaign, poses for photographs holding a rainbow flag during the anti-homophobia exhibition 'See Through' in Taipei, Taiwan, 18 May 2017. At Chi and the Taipei City Government's request, Taiwan's constitutional court on May 24 will announce its decision on if Taiwan should legalize same-sex marriage. The court may approve amending the Civil Code to define marriage from union between a man and a woman to union between two persons, or ask the parliament to enact the partnership bill, or refuse to legalize same-sex marriage. If the constitutional court approves revising the Civil Code or asks the parliament to enact the partnershp bill, Taiwan will become the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage. EPA/DAVID CHANG

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Romance is dead but zombies are alive: Japanese prefer Halloween over Valentine’s Day

People dressed as zombies join the Halloween event at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. Photo: Kyodo

Halloween participants pose for photos at Shibuya shopping district in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

People dressed as zombies join the Halloween event at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka on Oct. 31, 2016. Around 3,000 participants danced to Michael Jackson's "Thriller." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Halloween participants pose for photos with a passerby at Shibuya shopping district in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

A group of Halloween participants in nurse costumes pose for photos at Shibuya shopping district in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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From a nightmare on the Genting Dream cruise ship to a free LGBTI-friendly do, from Potato Head’s Indonesian tribal scare fest to DJ/violinist Olivia Dawn at Zuma, and not forgetting the 10th edition of Dead Not Alive, we have it all


From a scary nightmare on the Genting Dream cruise ship to a free LGBTI-friendly do, from Potato Head’s tribal scare fest to DJ/violinist Olivia Dawn at Zuma, and not forgetting the 10th edition of Dead Not Alive, we have it all
