The Free, No Frills, Bad Costume Halloween Thing at Barzarre

Schedule

Thu, 30 Oct, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

1612 Castle St, Wilmington, NC, United States, North Carolina 28401 | Wilmington, NC

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๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ‘ป Thurs Oct 30, 2025: The Free, No Frills, Bad Costume Halloween Thing VI
๐Ÿ’ฐ COST: FREE
๐ŸŒ’ STARTS: @ DARK, runs all night ๐ŸŒŒ
(The Halloween Event So Bad, we're doing it again... only worse.) ๐Ÿ˜ˆ
โœจ Stop Trying so Hard. Halloween is all about Fun. โœจ
So you want to hit the town for Halloween, but fear the public shaming of your second-rate getup? ๐Ÿ˜… Never fear. We're hosting the perfect party to show off that janky poor excuse for a costumeโ€ฆ and the badder, the better. ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ‘•
๐ŸŽญ Plus! It's the infamous and hilarious Bad Costume Contest, where contestants show off their stuff and explain what the hell they were thinking ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜‚. ๐Ÿ† Prizes will be had.
With every venue trying to out-do each other ๐Ÿฆ‡, and so many expensively fantastic costumes afoot, we're taking it to a brand new low. ๐Ÿ“‰ 'Cause after all, you can't Spell Halloween without Low.
๐Ÿฌ Too old to trick or treat? Of course you are. Still, we got your candy (or whatever else we come up with ๐Ÿญ). You still have to say the magic words thoughโ€ฆ โœจ
So grab that dollar store outfit ๐Ÿ›’ you wore last year, or make up some janky crap from home ๐Ÿงปโœ‚๏ธ.
๐Ÿ‘‰ Pro tip: Wait until the day of, for optimal bad costume results.
๐ŸŽ‰ You can probably expect:
๐ŸŽค A DJ with a microphone calling out those great bad costumes.
๐Ÿฅ‰ Second-rate prizes for the most half-assed costumes.
๐Ÿฌโžก๏ธ๐Ÿซ Unwanted candy exchange.
๐Ÿ’ช Feats of Strength and daring.
๐Ÿ‘•๐ŸŽƒ Ugly Halloween sweater judging.
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Open mic costumed confessionals โ€” from the POV of whoever youโ€™re dressed as.
๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿ”ฅ Non-scary fireside ghost stories told by โ€œa ghost.โ€
๐Ÿน On-the-fly, never-before-invented Halloween drink specials.
๐ŸŽถ Oh, the music! ๐ŸŽถ
DJ beats after 9pm ๐Ÿ•˜, plus mysterious judging criteria ๐Ÿคซ and crowd participation encouraged ๐Ÿ™Œ.
Got an event idea? ๐Ÿ’ก Message us. Call. Or smoke signal. ๐Ÿ’จ
After allโ€ฆ how bad could it be? 0_o
๐Ÿ“Œ COST: FREE
๐ŸŒ‘ STARTS AT DARK
This event is revolving โ€” pop in on your way to or from other spooky stops. ๐Ÿ‘€
โ“FAQโ€™s
โ€œWhat If I have a GOOD costume?!โ€
๐Ÿ‘‰ Good costumes welcome tooโ€ฆ they only make the bad ones look worse ๐Ÿ˜.
โ€œWhat if itโ€™s not worse than last year?โ€
๐Ÿ‘‰ Weโ€™ll give you your $0 back. ๐Ÿ’ต๐Ÿ˜‚
โ€œHow do I unload my uneaten Candy Corns and Circus Peanuts?โ€
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐Ÿคฎ You are a monster. Unwrapped candy not accepted. But hey, you can always make it rain ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿ’จ!
This FREE night of ridiculousness starts at dark ๐ŸŒ’.
๐Ÿ‘ป Make it your evening, or make it a stop-by. Either wayโ€ฆ Happy Halloween! ๐Ÿ•ธ๏ธ๐Ÿฆ‡๐ŸŽƒ
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1612 Castle St, Wilmington, NC, United States, North Carolina 28401

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