Halloween Hoe-Down

Join us for the Halloween Hoe-Down on Sunday, October 30 from 1 - 4 pm at the Santa Cruz Animal Shelter (2200 7th Ave., Santa Cruz).

Live Music by the Western Skylarks. Emcee Laurie Roberts from KPIG.

Events include:

Pet parade @ 2 pm Pet costume contest & prizes @ 2:30 pm Face painting Pumpkin painting Pumpkin seed spitting contest Pet photos

Food by Johnny's Harborside Restaurant

The Halloween Show Poster

We love show posters. We love the fancy hand drawn ones, the punk rock cut and paste ones, even the kind of sad "I designed this using Microsoft Word templates" ones can have a certain charm to them. This past few weeks it has been fun to see what bands are doing to promote their extra special Halloween shows. Here are some of our favorite Halloween inspired posters and the shows that go with them.

Friday, October 29 -

• Crepe Place Masquerade Costume Ball featuring Brown Irish, Leopold and his Fiction, Silian Rail and Foxtails Brigade - The Crepe Place
• Haunted Metal Bash - Brookdale Lodge
• The Function - Sexy Halloween Party - The Catalyst
• Monsters in Da Mountains - Henflings
• Ribsys Nickel - Costume Party - Clouds
• Matt Masih & the Messengers - 99 Bottles

Saturday, October 30 -

• Día de Los Muertos Alleycat bike race and after party
• Sourgass/Wooster  - The Catalyst Main Stage
• Hip Shake - Severino's
• Extra Large - Don Quixote's
• Hip Hop at The Haunted Hotel (Del the Funky Homosapien, Eligh & Luckyiam) - Brookdale Lodge
• Blame it on Kelly - Britannia Arms (costume contest!)
• Bloodstock with Euphoria v. SC - The Graduate (Chico)

Sunday, October 31 - Halloween

• Fast Asleep, Motercycle Snakebite, Indian Giver - 206 Leibrandt
• Tater Famine, Los Dreyheavers, Dun Bin Had - The Catalyst (free)
• 7 Come 11 - The Crepe Place
• Sambada - Moe's Alley