NY Night Train 21st Annual HAUNTED HOP! Oct 30 Edition w/LEMON TWIGS,SWAMP DOGG,SHEER MAG,JACUZZI B
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NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN 21st Annual HAUNTED HOP!
Devil’s Night Edition! FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30
KNOCKDOWN CENTER 7PM – 4AM | 21+ | $44 Advance | $60 D.O.S. TICKETS
The world’s favorite rock’n’roll Halloween extravaganza moves to Oct. 30 for Devil’s Night 2026! Experience nine action-packed hours of nonstop thrills and chills in a gargantuan haunted house sprawled across a labyrinth of unique party environments! Combining popular national acts, local favorites, and a broad community elements, Jonathan Toubin’s humble record hop has evolved over the years into an epic multi-room indoor/outdoor music festival/dance party/multimedia spooktacular that draws well over 4,500 revelers, features 40 live acts, dancing with 12 DJs, horror cinema (16mm reels), performance, massive art installations, decor galore, food, drink, and the $500 COSTUME CONTEST. This NYC tradition sold out far in advance the last three years – so get tickets while you can! Dress up! Come early! Stay late! Make a night of it!
THE PHANTASMAGORICAL BALLROOM
Full sets of original material by mainstage headliners:
– THE LEMON TWIGS
– SWAMP DOG
– SHEER MAG
– JACUZZI BOYS
– JOSEPH KECKLER
Famous Monsters Halloween Revue:
– THE MYSTERY LIGHTS as The Monks
– DADDY LONG LEGS as Screaming Lord Sutch
– STEVE MYERS as Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
NY Night Train Haunted Hop Late Night Dance Party!
– DJ JONATHAN TOUBIN, MUMMIES A GO GO SARAH SAVANNAH & AVA PEARL, & special guests!
– MOOGSTAR Live electrofunk legend, synth pioneer, and vocoder master from Zapp, Cameo, etc.
– 2AM $500 COSTUME CONTEST
ROOM FULL OF MIRRORS and GOO GOO MUCK MANOR
Two stages featuring a relentless procession of NYC’s favorite bands as their favorite bands! A new band goes on every 15 minutes all night long!
– TCHOTCHKE as The Go-Go’s
– SHILPA RAY as The Animals
– SID SIMONS as KISS
– 95 BULLS as DEVO
– PATTON MAGEE of THE NUDE PARTY as Dr, John, The Night Tripper
– ALANA AMRAM BIG BAND as The Muppets / Dr Teeth & The Electric Mayhem (masked NYC rock royalty play your hits! Encore 2nd-ever performance by popular demand!)
– EVOLFO as Love
– GRACE BERGERE as The Velvet Underground
– LORD FASCINATOR as The Birthday Party
– GNARCISSISTS as Butthole Surfers
– ABBY JEANNE & THE SHADOWBAND as The Mamas & Papas
– GENRE IS DEATH as Lynyrd Skynyrd
– RAVAGERS as Alice Cooper
– MICK’S JAGUAR as Judas Priest
– BALACLAVA as Country Teasers
– MALA VISTA as Stiff Little Fingers
– MA’AM as Wanda Jackson
– FRIDA K*ll & DEPRESIÓN TROPICAL as Selena Y Los Dinos
– THE STONES as The New York Dolls
– TEA EATER as Hole
– MIGHTY FINE as Sly & The Family Stone
– FIREWALL as The Stranglers (members of Pyrex, Who Pays?, Savage Pleasure, etc!)
– FERNANDO & THE REVIES as The Specials (Aunt Ginny’s chef / I Like Food proprietor and Boston punk legend Fernando Strohmeyer of The Vigilantes’ supergroup!)
– GARGOYLE as The Human League
– DI IVORIES as Elton John
– ALL CATS ARE GREY as The Cure (NYC’s favorite Cure cover band!)
– FIRSTSEX as Yeah Yeah Yeahs
– HALF STEP as The Flying Burrito Brothers (New cosmic country project w/members of Certain Death, The Yawns, & Evolfo!)
– ON & OFF as Siouxsie and The Banshees (Jack Bradley from The Thing & Bindy’s new dream rock project!)
– OBASHITO & ARAZILLAS as Konk (Masquerade proprietor Obash Karampour (ex-Yellow Dogs, Bipolar, etc)’s all-star dance party project just for tonight!
Howie Pyro Disco
NYC’s finest rock’n’roll DJs keep o.g. NYC punk legend Howie Pyro’s dance party room alive spinning his original monster & horror 45s all night long!
– AVI SPIVAK (Rebel Rouser!)
– CAPTAIN HEARTLOCK (Calamity Glamour!)
– DREW REDMOND (Sideshow NYC!)
– JOSH STYLES (Rebel Rouser)
– MIKE DECAY (Midnight Monster Hop!)
– TENOSH (Noche Romantica!)
– SOPHIE THUNDER (Painted Teenage Blue!)
– TODD O PHONIC TODD (WFMU!)
– TONI LYNN (Abby Jeanne And The Shadowband!)
– 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 CVLT PARTY
– The Brujas Coven returns hidden in the outdoor ruins for Tarot readings, magick, and more!
Immersive Indoor Installations
– B.A. MIALE – Psychedelic Graveyard
– AMY FRANZ – Haunted Hallway
– IRA OKSMAN – Satan’s Mare
Devil’s Night Edition! FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30
KNOCKDOWN CENTER 7PM – 4AM | 21+ | $44 Advance | $60 D.O.S. TICKETS
The world’s favorite rock’n’roll Halloween extravaganza moves to Oct. 30 for Devil’s Night 2026! Experience nine action-packed hours of nonstop thrills and chills in a gargantuan haunted house sprawled across a labyrinth of unique party environments! Combining popular national acts, local favorites, and a broad community elements, Jonathan Toubin’s humble record hop has evolved over the years into an epic multi-room indoor/outdoor music festival/dance party/multimedia spooktacular that draws well over 4,500 revelers, features 40 live acts, dancing with 12 DJs, horror cinema (16mm reels), performance, massive art installations, decor galore, food, drink, and the $500 COSTUME CONTEST. This NYC tradition sold out far in advance the last three years – so get tickets while you can! Dress up! Come early! Stay late! Make a night of it!
THE PHANTASMAGORICAL BALLROOM
Full sets of original material by mainstage headliners:
– THE LEMON TWIGS
– SWAMP DOG
– SHEER MAG
– JACUZZI BOYS
– JOSEPH KECKLER
Famous Monsters Halloween Revue:
– THE MYSTERY LIGHTS as The Monks
– DADDY LONG LEGS as Screaming Lord Sutch
– STEVE MYERS as Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
NY Night Train Haunted Hop Late Night Dance Party!
– DJ JONATHAN TOUBIN, MUMMIES A GO GO SARAH SAVANNAH & AVA PEARL, & special guests!
– MOOGSTAR Live electrofunk legend, synth pioneer, and vocoder master from Zapp, Cameo, etc.
– 2AM $500 COSTUME CONTEST
ROOM FULL OF MIRRORS and GOO GOO MUCK MANOR
Two stages featuring a relentless procession of NYC’s favorite bands as their favorite bands! A new band goes on every 15 minutes all night long!
– TCHOTCHKE as The Go-Go’s
– SHILPA RAY as The Animals
– SID SIMONS as KISS
– 95 BULLS as DEVO
– PATTON MAGEE of THE NUDE PARTY as Dr, John, The Night Tripper
– ALANA AMRAM BIG BAND as The Muppets / Dr Teeth & The Electric Mayhem (masked NYC rock royalty play your hits! Encore 2nd-ever performance by popular demand!)
– EVOLFO as Love
– GRACE BERGERE as The Velvet Underground
– LORD FASCINATOR as The Birthday Party
– GNARCISSISTS as Butthole Surfers
– ABBY JEANNE & THE SHADOWBAND as The Mamas & Papas
– GENRE IS DEATH as Lynyrd Skynyrd
– RAVAGERS as Alice Cooper
– MICK’S JAGUAR as Judas Priest
– BALACLAVA as Country Teasers
– MALA VISTA as Stiff Little Fingers
– MA’AM as Wanda Jackson
– FRIDA K*ll & DEPRESIÓN TROPICAL as Selena Y Los Dinos
– THE STONES as The New York Dolls
– TEA EATER as Hole
– MIGHTY FINE as Sly & The Family Stone
– FIREWALL as The Stranglers (members of Pyrex, Who Pays?, Savage Pleasure, etc!)
– FERNANDO & THE REVIES as The Specials (Aunt Ginny’s chef / I Like Food proprietor and Boston punk legend Fernando Strohmeyer of The Vigilantes’ supergroup!)
– GARGOYLE as The Human League
– DI IVORIES as Elton John
– ALL CATS ARE GREY as The Cure (NYC’s favorite Cure cover band!)
– FIRSTSEX as Yeah Yeah Yeahs
– HALF STEP as The Flying Burrito Brothers (New cosmic country project w/members of Certain Death, The Yawns, & Evolfo!)
– ON & OFF as Siouxsie and The Banshees (Jack Bradley from The Thing & Bindy’s new dream rock project!)
– OBASHITO & ARAZILLAS as Konk (Masquerade proprietor Obash Karampour (ex-Yellow Dogs, Bipolar, etc)’s all-star dance party project just for tonight!
Howie Pyro Disco
NYC’s finest rock’n’roll DJs keep o.g. NYC punk legend Howie Pyro’s dance party room alive spinning his original monster & horror 45s all night long!
– AVI SPIVAK (Rebel Rouser!)
– CAPTAIN HEARTLOCK (Calamity Glamour!)
– DREW REDMOND (Sideshow NYC!)
– JOSH STYLES (Rebel Rouser)
– MIKE DECAY (Midnight Monster Hop!)
– TENOSH (Noche Romantica!)
– SOPHIE THUNDER (Painted Teenage Blue!)
– TODD O PHONIC TODD (WFMU!)
– TONI LYNN (Abby Jeanne And The Shadowband!)
– 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 CVLT PARTY
– The Brujas Coven returns hidden in the outdoor ruins for Tarot readings, magick, and more!
Immersive Indoor Installations
– B.A. MIALE – Psychedelic Graveyard
– AMY FRANZ – Haunted Hallway
– IRA OKSMAN – Satan’s Mare
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Where is it happening?
Knockdown Center, 5219 Flushing Ave, Maspeth, NY 11378-3021, United States
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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Host or PublisherJonathan Toubin / New York Night Train
