Halloween Fun in DC

Spooky Special Events

• Annual High Heel Drag Race
  October 24 - Each Year on the Tuesday before Halloween from about 7 - 9 p.m.
  Spectators by the thousands head for 17th Street NW near Dupont Circle to enjoy Washington's fabulously raucous Drag Queen Parade and High Heel Drag Race.
  
  
• Marvin's Monster Mash - NSO Pops
  Oct 26 - 28
  Marvin Hamlisch and friends perform spooky music of the night including selections from The Phantom of the Opera, the theme to Psycho, and more.
  
  
• Cirque du Soleil presents Corteo
  October 26 - November 26
  See a performance of Cirque du Soleil's Corteo presented under the Grand Chapiteau in downtown Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Buzzlife presents Halloween Weekend
  October 27 and 28 - 9 p.m. until 3 a.m.
  Double trouble for ages 21 and over (with ID), these two Halloween parties feature music cash prizes for costume contest winners and more. Location: Woolly Mammoth Theater, 641 D Street, NW. Each night is limited to 400 people and tickets are required.
  
  
• Nightmare on M Street
  October 28
  Register from 1-6 pm at Rumors (1900 M Street, NW) or Front Page (1333 New Hampshire Avenue, NW) for the 7th Annual Nightmare on M Street. Then, from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m., bar crawl some of DC's favorite bars with thousands of party-goers decked out in costumes.
  
  
• The International Club of DC Halloween Party
  October 28 at 9 p.m.
  The International Club of DC's Haunted Halloween Party at the Hardrock Cafe includes a costume contest (with a grand prize of a weekend trip to Iceland,) dancing and more. Visit the web site above for details and ticket information.
  
  
• Halloween Monster Bash '06 at the Clarendon Ballroom
  October 28
  This popular event features a costume contest with cash prizes, DJ Pat Premier, scary party favors and more. The Clarendon Ballroom is located at 3185 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia. (Metro: Clarendon on the Orange Line. (At the top of the escalator, take a u-turn and walk to the west through Clarendon Park, in the median between Wilson & Clarendon Boulevards. Clarendon Ballroom is across from the war monument.)
  
  
• A Turn of the Century Halloween
  October 30 at 6 and 7:30 p.m.
  A Victorian All Hallow's Eve at the National Theatre will feature Eric Henning's demonstrations of parlor magic - Halloween costumes and Victorian attire are encouraged. Free tickets are distributed one-half hour before the performances - first come, first seated. Seating is limited.
  
  
• Halloween Tasting Menu at 1789 Restaurant
  October 30 and 31
  1789 Restaurant in Georgetown (just across from the Exorcist Steps) offers a few hair-raising delights for two nights with an undisclosed, five-course top secret tasting menu for $45, featuring "delicious fare with shock value -- the names of which will be withheld until the end of the meal."
  
  
• Poe in Alexandria
  October 30 and 31 at 8 p.m.
  The Lyceum, Alexandria's History Museum, will present two evenings with Edgar Allen Poe, America's earliest master of the macabre. A recreation, by actor David Keltz, will include recitations from Poe's classic works such as "The Raven," "Annabel Lee" and "The Tell-Tale Heart." Content is best suited for ages 12 and up. Seating is limited - advance purchase is recommended. Telephone - 703-838-4994.
• Halloween at the Hawk n Dove - 329 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
  October 31
  Barcardi celebrates Halloween at Capitol Hill's Hawk n Dove from 8 - 10 p.m. with drinks, specials, and free Bacardi give-aways.
  
  
• Brasserie Les Halles
  October 31
  Les Halles will offer a special Halloween menu in celebration of Halloween and the restaurant's 16th birthday.

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