The Pilot Light Halloween Show!

Since the first installment in 2002, our annual fundraiser/benefit show is one of the biggest, best times of the year! Over time it has moved around as it outgrew our humble walls, moving to larger spaces (big thanks to our friends Mill & Mine, Ironwood Studios, the Bijou Theatre, Fireproof, and others!)

It’s a rock-n-roll masquerade show with some of your favorite Pilot Light regulars putting together bands and dressing up to perform as your favorite stars on an impossible bill. It’s also the only time each year we book cover bands (well, sometimes we do it on April Fools’ Day too), so the emphasis is on bringing the best and most accurate presentation possible.

Want to perform? Get in touch with your idea at booking@thepilotlight.com . The slots are usually 20min / 5-song sets, with the headliner playing a little longer. One catch: once a band has been done for Halloween, it can never be repeated! Below is a list of artists who have already been done (if you notice anything missing, please get in touch.)

The show is always on Halloween Night, October 31st. This benefit show is a huge help to keep Pilot Light going, so please come out and support!

Previously on Halloween:
ABBA
AC/DC
Add N to (X) (2024)
Alabama (2022)
Asia
B-52s (2005)
Bauhaus (2022)
Beach Boys (2011)
Beastie Boys
The Beatles
Beck (2024)
Big Star (2023)
Billy Idol
Black Flag
Blondie
Blue Oyster Cult (2019)
Bob Dylan (2024)
Broadcast (2024)
Butthole Surfers 
Buzzcocks (2019)
The Cars (2013)
Cheap Trick (2009)
The Circle Jerks
The Clash
Concrete Blonde
Crazy Horse
Cream (2017)
Creation
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Cure
Daft Punk (2022)
The Damned
Daniel Johnston
Dead Kennedys
Depeche Mode (2024)
Descendents
Devo (2004)
Dolly Parton
Dr. T and Electric Mayhem (2005)
Duran Duran (2008)
Echo and the Bunnymen
Elvis Costello (2017)
Eyehategod
The Fall (2021)
Flipper
The Frogs
Fugazi (2023)
Gary Numan
The Germs
The Go-Go’s
Green Day (2024)
The Gun Club
Hall and Oates
Hole (2023)
Huey Lewis and the News
Iggy & The Stooges
The Jazz Butcher (2017)
Jesus and Mary Chain
The Jesus Lizard
Jimmy Buffet (2023)
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers
Joy Division
Judas Priest
The Kinks (2017)
Kraftwerk (2002)
Marilyn Manson (2017)
MC5 (2021)
Melvins
Michael Jackson
Milli Vanilli
Minor Threat
The Minutemen
Misfits (2007)
The Monks (2022)
Motorhead
The Nerves (2019)
New Order
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Nirvana (2008)
Notorious B.I.G. (2023)
OMD
Patsy Cline
Pavement
Peaches (2023)
Pink Floyd
Pixies
Plasmatics
Poison Idea (2008)
The Police (2023)
Queen
The Ramones
The Replacements (2022)
Roky Erickson (2016)
Roxy Music
Sam Cooke (2012)
Siouxsie and the Banshees (2009)
Sleep
The Smiths
Soft Cell
Sparks
Spinal Tap (2006)
Subhumans
Suicide (2021)
T-Rex
Television
Thin Lizzy
Tiny Tim (2021)
Velvet Underground
The Ventures (2015)
Weezer
The White Stripes (2024)
Willie Nelson (2022)
Wipers
Wire
X
X-Ray Spex
The Zombies (2014)
ZZ Top

(updated Nov 10, 2024)

Coming up next

Monday Apr 14th – 7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets. feat DANNY KAMENS

Wednesday Apr 16th – 8pm $10
SLOW SLOW LORIS with DARK MATTERS and TELEFRONETIC

Thursday Apr 17th – 8pm $10
KEN MUJO with DUCK BUTTER and PEACE PURSUERS

Friday April 18th – 8pm $10/$15
FUST with STYROFOAM WINOS and RUN 40
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Saturday Apr 19th – 8pm $10
SERIAL BABY with CUMSHOTWOUND, GLAD I DIDN’T GET MY STUPID WISH, and OMFU & THE SCRAPERS

Sunday Apr 20th – 8pm $10
BLONE NOBLE with NEW ROMANTICS and HORCERER

Monday Apr 21st – 7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets

Tuesday Apr 22nd – 8pm $10
LYE THE IMPRISONED with STEAMING WOODLANDS, OGNA, and SPIFE

Wednesday Apr 23rd – 8pm $10
T.E.N.T. with COFFINWOMB and PLAGUE SUMMER

Thursday Apr 24th – 8pm $10
STRIPES with EASY DOES IT and SCOTT APPLE

Friday Apr 25th – 8pm $10
Banana slug presents BRYAN RAYMOND with CHEKOV, FUCKIN’ NUTHIN’ and TITANS OF SIREN

Saturday Apr 26th – 8pm $20
WITCHPIT with ALL HELL, WYNDRYDER, and PSYCLOPS

Sunday Apr 27th – 8pm $10
FLESH PANTHERS with LOINETTES and VIN HONEY

Monday Apr 28th – 7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets

Thursday May 1st – 8pm $10
TRUST BLINKS with IMY3, 20CATS, and LOREM

Friday May 2nd – 8pm $10 advance/$15 day of show
BEN MCLAUGHLIN & THE MYSTIC MAURADERS with SARRENNA and HORCERER
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Saturday May 3rd – 8pm $10
SATAN’S GOD with CALLA BURKE

Sunday May 4th – 8pm $20
ETRAN DE L’AIR with RICH RUTH
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Monday May 5th – 7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets

Tuesday May 6th – 8pm $10
ANARKUSS

Thursday May 8th – 8pm $10
NEW ORTHODOX with ATTIC EYES
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Friday May 9th – 8pm $10
LESLIE WALKER

Saturday May 10th – 9pm $10
J.BU$H EP Release: TANASI Chapter 4 . Lineup coming soon.

Sunday May 11th – 8pm $10
HEY THANKS with ANTADIE, VIN HONEY, and GOODLUCK SHAMAN

Monday May 12th – 7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets

Tuesday May 13th – 8pm $10
BROOKE PRIDEMORE with DANA SKULLY, MOLLY POSSUM, and TOUGH LUCK, KID.

Wednesday May 14th – 8pm $10
MSHR

Saturday May 17th – 8pm $10
2CLOSE4COMFORT Round 2: lineup TBA

Sunday May 18th – 8pm $20/$25
HAYWIRE with DIE LAUGHING, SHOGUN, and TWO CHOICES
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Sunday May 25 – 8pm $20
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS with THE SERFS
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Wednesday May 28th – 8pm $15
TAKAAT (of Mdou Moctar)
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BIG KITTY & WEIRD IAN

Miss the show? Want to re-live it? We’re going to leave this up for a little while in its entirety for your viewing pleasure!

From Toulouse, France all the way from Chattanooga is a rare performance from wonder-showman BIG KITTY Clark Williams ! Featuring the fantastic WEIRD IAN & THE RESTLESS LEGS, to kick things off !! Come see this show in person, or watch it live streaming right here at showtime. If you enjoy the livestream, please consider a donation to Pilot Light to help us support the artists and keep things running!

SATURDAY night September 4th at Pilot Light. 8pm. $10

Hear it! : https://bigkitty.bandcamp.com/

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