The -Ist List: Get Your Halloween Party On

With Halloween just days away, we’re beginning the time of year when we Americans do everything in excess. Which isn’t so different than our normal behavior, except that now we’ve got excuses to go the extreme. (We eat about 25 pounds of candy a year – with a majority of that being around Halloween.) And aside from New Year’s, Halloween is one of the biggest party nights of they year. Pirates, ghosts and scantily clad girls will consume copious amounts of alcohol all around the Western world this weekend, and we’ve got your hook-up on the best places to go in Houston to celebrate this All Hallow’s Eve:

Thursday
Rich's
//Halloween Ball with Jose from MTVs Real World
//Thursday, Oct. 26
//Or go on Saturday to the Mausoleum at Rich’s and get your picture taken in a real coffin!

Friday
Hush
//Friday, Oct. 27 & Saturday, Oct. 28
//Get in VIP. Give the password "angel" at the door!

Saturday
Red Star
//Pimps & Prostitutes Ball with Club Monkey
//Saturday, Oct. 28
//$5 off ticket for myspacers!

Copa Cabana
//Hallow’s Eve Bash
//Saturday, Oct. 28
//Come in costume and you'll get in free before 11pm.

Crome
//Sinners Ball
//Saturday, Oct. 28
//There will be major prizes in the costume contest, so go prepared!

Meridian
//Saturday, Oct. 28
//Rent 39 (billed as Houston’s biggest monthly party) Halloween edition
//You know it should be a good party when the flier doesn't list a closing time and instead says "10 p.m. until quite late!"

Dirt Bar
//Saturday, Oct. 28
//2nd Annual Death Bar

M Bar
//VooDoo (after hours party)
//Sat., Oct. 28 (Sunday Morning)
//Starts at 2:30am. This is for hardcore party people. We'll be there!

Tuesday (Halloween)
Numbers
//CoRE Suspension Show
//Tuesday, Oct. 31
//An actual suspension show? This is not for the faint of heart.

The Roxy
//Halloween party with Playboy cover girl Cristal Houston and Lil John (Yeah!)
//Tuesday, Oct. 31

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