20th Annual NY Night Train Halloween HAUNTED HOP w/ESG, GUSTAF, SUN RA ARKESTRA, MARTIN REV, & more

Name: 20th Annual NY Night Train Halloween HAUNTED HOP w/ESG, GUSTAF, SUN RA ARKESTRA, MARTIN REV, & more
Start: 2025-10-31T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-11-01T04:00:00-04:00
Location: Knockdown Center

Schedule

Fri, 31 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Sat, 01 Nov, 2025 at 04:00 am

UTC-04:00

Location

Knockdown Center | Maspeth, NY

Celebrate the 20th edition of NYC’s favorite underground Halloween tradition with nine action-packed hours of nonstop thrills and chills in a gargantuan haunted house sprawled out across a labyrinth of unique party environments! Now drawing well over 4000 annual revelers, Jonathan Toubin’s humble record hop has evolved over the years into an epic multi-room indoor/outdoor music festival/dance party/multimedia spooktacular featuring 38 bands, dancing with 12 DJs, a horror cinema (16mm reels), performance, live visuals, art installations, decor galore, food, drink, and the annual $500 costume contest! Dress up! Come early! Stay late! Make a night of it! Thee New York Night Train Haunted Hop!
THE PHANTASMAGORICAL BALLROOM
Legendary headliners play their original material on our main stage!
Followed by a costume contest and massive dance party!
ESG
GUSTAF
SUN RA ARKESTRA
MARTIN REV (Suicide!)
PHARMAKON
Late night Monster Mashing with JONATHAN TOUBIN & MUMMIES A GO GO (SARAH SAVANNAH & BLACK ANGEL from Seattle’s BOOTS party!)
2AM $500 COSTUME CONTEST
ROOM FULL OF MIRRORS and GOO GOO MUCK MANOR
Two stages featuring a relentless procession of your favorite bands as their favorite bands!
A new act goes on every 15 minutes!
THE THING as TELEVISION
SHILPA RAY as THE FUGS
TALL JUAN as THE RAMONES
TCHOTCHKE as THE FOUR SEASONS
TONY & THE KIKI as BLONDIE
LOOSEY as KISS
PATTON MAGEE (The Nude Party!) as THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
95 BULLS as TALKING HEADS
GNARCISSISTS as RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS
EVOLFO as SILVER APPLES
ABBY JEANNE & THE SHADOW BAND as THE RONETTES
ALANA AMRAM as DR. TEETH & THE ELECTRIC MAYHEM
RAVAGERS as D-GENERATION
MOIST PAULA & THE MOIST PINS (soul supergroup of Paula Henderson (Rev Vince!), Binky Griptite (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings!), Caito Sanchez (Charles Bradley!) Jeremy Kay (Renaldo Domino!)) as KING CURTIS & THE KINGPINS
JOSEPH KECKLER as KLAUS NOMI
SUO as GARLAND JEFFREYS
GRACE BERGERE as LAURIE ANDERSON
LABRETTA SUEDE & THE MOTEL 6 as THE CRAMPS
FRIDA K*ll as BUSH TETRAS
JAIRITO Y LA ONDA as GHETTO BROTHERS
CERTAIN DEATH as BOB DYLAN & THE HAWKS
STATIC STATIC as CORTEX
MIGHTY FINE as CAMEO
FIREWALL as THE DICTATORS
MURDER, GUTS, FUN (Jasper McGandy (The Vigilantes) and friends!) as SAMHAIN
INFERNAL SPAWN (Jeff Filmer (Shadowland!), Tyler Kane (Dogbreath!), Andrew Tassin (President Evil!), and Pancho (Savage Pleasure!)) as MORTICIAN
AVISHAG COHEN RODRIGUEZ as LIZZY MERCIER DESCLOUX
THE STONES as THE SPEEDIES
GENRE IS DEATH as TEENAGE JESUS & THE JERKS
GARGOYLE as SUICIDE
GENUINE CONNECTION as SONIC YOUTH
GRUMPERS as THE DEAD BOYS
SHINING FACES as THE HEARTBREAKERS
DJS LINDSEY GARDNER & ELENA CHILDERS
HOWIE PYRO’S ZOMBIE DISCOTHEQUE
NYC’s finest horror vinyl DJs keep recently departed legend Howie Pyro’s annual party room alive spinning their most exquisite Halloween, monster, and other spooky Intoxica favorites 45s all night long for your dancing pleasure!
AVI SPIVAK (Rebel Rouser!)
DREW REDMOND (Sideshow NYC!)
JOEL STONES (Tropicalia In Furs / Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas!)
JOSH STYLES (Rebel Rouser!)
MIKE DECAY (Midnight Monster Hop!)
REYES RODRIGUEZ (Border Beat!)
TENOSH (Noche Romantica!)
TODD O PHONIC TODD (WFMU!)
VEE VEE (WFMU!)
GARY BALABAN HORROR CINEMA
NYC cinema guru GARY BALABAN projects a mix of slashers, B-movies, monster movies, and shorts from his legendary collection of 16mm reels!
WITCH ROOM by CULT PARTY
The Brujas Coven returns hidden in the outdoor ruins for Tarot readings and more!
BEN BORNSTEIN SFX MAKEUP BOOTH
Top professional cinema SFX artists give you world-class makeup on the spot for cheap!
INSTALLATIONS by B.A. MIALE, AMY FRANZ, SPACE OCTOPUS, and more!
Thanks for twenty amazing editions! Don't forget to dress up!
KNOCKDOWN CENTER | OCT 31, 2025 | 7PM – 4AM
$40 Advance (plus tax & ticket fees) | $50 Day of Show