Friday, 31st of October, 2025: Annual Nocturna All Hallows' Eve Ball w/ DJ Scary Lady Sarah + more!

Date & Time

Fri, 31 Oct, 2025 at 09:00 pm to Sat, 01 Nov, 2025 at 04:00 am

UTC-05:00

Location

Metro Chicago | Chicago, IL

Friday, 31st of October, 2025: Annual Nocturna All Hallows' Eve Ball w\/ DJ Scary Lady Sarah + more!
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Friday, the 31st of October, 2025-
🦇 It's the most wonderful time of the year!!! Our 𝖍𝖚𝖌𝖊 annual favourite holiday event is back- undead & in person!!! 🎶🎃👻💀
This is *𝖙𝖍𝖊* 𝕳𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖊𝖊𝖓 party to attend, brought to you by American Gothic Productions- the people who live *𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞* day as if it were Halloween!!!
Featuring:
•🕸 Our annual Halloween costume contest up on the big Metro stage (win BIG ca$h, concert tickets, music, prize packages, gift certificates from local goth-friendly businesses & much more!)
***Note: Metro security *may* require you to check costume props that mimic weaponry (or actually *are* weaponry!) so plan ahead.***
***No "store bought/ready made" costumes admitted in the contest! Get creative!***
•🕸 A 𝖙𝖔𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖞 decked out for the holiday venue! 🎶🎃👻💀🕸🦇
•🕸 GlitterGuts Live Photobooth; free to you! Our fave club photographers! Show off your costume to the world!
•🕸VENDORS tba
•🕸 Treats (& perhaps tricks?!) for *all!*
•🕸 The dark music you love to dance to 𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖌, spun by DJ Scary Lady Sarah!
Join in the spirit of the season and accompany us for 𝖆 𝖌𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊!!! Wearing some semblance of a costume is HIGHLY encouraged! It's HALLOWEEN after all!
⤹⋆。˚۰˚☽˚⁀➷。˚⋆ ༄ ⤹⋆。˚۰˚☽˚⁀➷。˚⋆ ༄ ⤹⋆。˚۰˚☽˚⁀➷。˚⋆ ༄
𝐍𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐀, now in our 37th year, is an 18+ dark alternative dance night held once every other month or so in Chicago. DJ Scary Lady Sarah spins a highly request-driven mix of current & classic goth, darkwave, industrial, post-punk, deathrock, new wave, ebm, & more. It's a lot of fun & you should go!

🖤 Nocturna & our host venue Metro do not tolerate acts of violence, predation, or victimization. We always encourage our patrons to voice their concerns & want you to know that we not only hear you- we support any effort that makes our local music scene safer & more equitable. 🖤

At Metro, 3730 N. Clark Street, Chicago
9pm - 4am- Come Dance Until Dawn!
18+ welcome!
$25.00 in advance; $30.00 at the door
•🕸Advance tickets on sale NOW:
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/90358596
(This event is predicted to sell out again- so grab your tickets early!)
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Thank you so much! 𝓟𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮: RSVP/share/invite your friends.
♪ ♫ ★ ☆ ♪ ♫ ★ ☆ ♪ ♫ ★ ☆ ♪ ♫ ★ ☆
🎶🎃👻💀🕸🦇
Join the NOCTURNA FB group, too: https://www.facebook.com/groups/15090361526
𝐍𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐀 ~ Established 1988
𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓴 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓬
𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓌𝑒 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂
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Thanks to HauntedIllinois.com !

Event Location

Metro Chicago, 3730 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613-3810, United States
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