Boston drag queen extraordinaire Plane Jane returns to Time Out Market on October 22 for Scary Movie Drag Bingo. Look out for wicked banter and outlandish costumes, and performances from Jane and a gaggle of her fiercest drag friends—and be sure to wear something stunning of your own; you know there’s going to be a costume contest. It’s all about the big-top vibes on October 28, when the market transforms into the Time Out Fun House, a massively fun spectacle with live DJs, high-flying circus performers, tarot readers and a fun 360 Photo booth.
Celebrating Halloween in Boston is a no-brainer. As one of the oldest cities in the country, this town is rife with any kind of spook imaginable—whether it’s one of our creepy old graveyards, a verifiably haunted hotel or sites of bloody massacres that would put your favorite true-crime podcast to shame. And if all that’s not enough, we’re only a quick broom ride from Salem, which boasts a whole other kind of frightening history—and real-life witches everywhere you turn! But Halloween in Boston doesn’t have to be all that spine-tingling. Keep reading for various fun ideas, including Barbie-themed dance parties in former (probably haunted) prisons, floating costume soirees and suggestions on where to get your costumes and pumpkins for the season.
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