They walk again by night

It’s Halloween weekend again! As always, Bangkok has plentiful parties where girls, guys and ghoulish creatures will be haunting. Though the real trick-or-treat deal is on Wednesday, there are gatherings all over town from tonight on.

 

The Pintsman at United Centre on Silom is celebrating tonight. The Day of the Dead Halloween party features live sets from rockabilly band Trix o’ Treat in full Halloween get-up and dancers from Bangkok Swing. There will also be Stolichnaya bottle specials and bloodied beer pints available for all the vampires out to play. 

It’s never a good idea to party on an empty stomach: Try the specially assembled Halloween ‘finger’ food menu including Lady Fingers, Devil Prawns and Witchey Sticks. The bar offers free face painting for those who want to take part and a costume contest with spook-tacular prizes from Stolichnaya. The party runs from 7pm till late. Call (02) 234 2874.

 

Tomorrow, AmBar at Four Points by Sheraton opens its squeaky doors to let the dead ones in from 8pm – with no entry fee. The bar serves drinks at promotion prices including Halloween cocktails like The Thing, Lurch, Gomez, Morticia, Pugsley, Wednesday, Uncle Fester, Grandma – all at Bt250. The DJ spins all night, and don’t forget to dress up to win prizes. The hotel is on Sukhumvit soi 15 near BTS Asoke. (02) 309 3000; www.FourPoints.com/BangkokSukhumvit15

 

Reveal your dark side at BarSu’s Fright Night Halloween Party tomorrow. Get into the spirit, dress to thrill in ghoulish glam or your most frightful frock and blood-curdling makeup to enjoy “Buy 1 Get 1” offer on standard drinks before 9pm. 

Chefs at BarSu will create a selection of devilishly good light bites to sink your fangs into, and there’ll be Ketel One vodka by the bottle with free mixers and cocktails at special prices. Get up and groove on the dance floor to live music from Hot Gossip with a set list that includes pop, rock and R&B from the 60s right up to the latest Top 40 hits. The Halloween theme continues from Monday to Wednesday with special Ketel One vodka drinks and Tenon Round and Jazz Playground performing live.

The bar is on street level at Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit near BTS Asoke. (02) 649 8358; www.BarSuBangkok.com

 

Tomorrow, G Session is back with Vampire Circus at Pullman Bangkok Hotel G on Silom Road. Starting from 9.30, get funky and dirty with DJs Lazykay, Preeda Tony and Brandon Neville and enjoy open bar Stolichnaya and Singha till 10.30pm. Drink list includes Bt150 net beers and Bt300 net cocktails all night. Dress as a bloodsucker to win a night in the hotel’s Deluxe room for two for the next G Session in November, or Bt1,000 vouchers for drinks for the next party. RSVP at [email protected]. 

 

On Halloween night, Zaks Wine Bar and Restaurant on Sukhumvit soi 11 is hosting a New Orleans Voodoo Party, complete with live Cajun and blues from New Orleans band Eddie Baytos and the Voodudes, performing at 9.30. Enjoy the black magic setting and sombre atmosphere as well as New Orleans specials menu with all the local specialities such as baked ham, red beans and rice, blackened snapper, Cajun sausage, gumbo, popcorn shrimp and much more. Heineken buckets will be 6 bottles for Bt500. 

Call (02) 651 0214. 

 

Also on Sukhumvit soi 11 the same night, Bed Supperclub is transformed into a futuristic haunted hospital to celebrate Halloween. Come dressed in your most freakishly stylish costume and “stay for a while or stay forever” as you enter a disco bloodbath and witness murder on the dance floor and dance to the horribly hedonistic beats by resident DJs till late. Chef Dan Ivarie serves a 3 course Halloween set dinner at Bt1,200 that night. Entry with a drink is Bt600 if you’re in a costume, otherwise it’s Bt1,000. 

(02) 651 3537; www.BedSupperclub.com

 

Just a few doors down, Q Bar is powering up the Halloween night with Heroes and Villain party. Enter into the secret wars in the fight between good and evil. Join the ghoulish crowd as they tall drinks in a single bound, dance faster than the locomotion, and more powerful than a double shot espresso martini. The DJs fill their bags with lots of sickening beats and lots of treats. The best costume wins a bottle of Grey Goose vodka. 

(02) 252 3274; www.QBarBangkok.com

 

Meanwhile on the side of town, The Club on Khao San Road is treating sick clubbers at their Hospital of Dead party. Dance all night to funky tunes by DJs Marco Wong and Funky Deeper and enjoy a nightlong of entertainment including deadly nurse dance and freak shows. Entry with a Smirnoff Ice and welcome vodka injection is Bt200. (02) 629 1010; www.TheClubKhaoSan.com

 

Come out and feel the horror at VIE Hotel Bangkok with legendary spooky flick, “The Others” on large screen at 6.30pm, followed by a party with DJ August of Slim RCA fame till the break of dawn. Sip on a range of drinks with special all-you-can-drink beer at Bt420, wine at Bt650 or mocktails at Bt150 including the chilling Silent Hill, Bloody Sweet, or Dark Forest.

The hotel is close to BTS Rajthewi. (02) 309 3939; www.FaceBook.com/VieBangkok