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 May 19th – 8pm $10
SANDY EWAN with MATT NELSON

Tuesday May 20th – 8pm $10
TELLIOS with JORDEN ALBRIGHT and BRENT HYDER

Wednesday May 21st – 8pm $10
MORTARS with NAW and VINCAS

Thursday May 22nd – 8pm $10
CARTWRIGHT BROTHERS with JOSEPH ALLRED and MILES HEWITT

Friday May 23rd – 8pm $10
FAILURE2CONFORM with LAKEHAVEN and THE HALF THAT MATTERS

Saturday May 24th – 8pm $10
CHUNX with SUBURBAN DETOUR and TWEEJY

Sunday May 25th – 8pm $20
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS with THE SERFS
Get your Advance Tickets now!

Monday May 26th – 7pm $FREE / 9pm $10
Early (7pm) : Out Series: Improvised music sets
Late (9pm) : ABSENT with BURNT NORTON, and SPOON

Tuesday May 27th – 8pm $10
ADAM LION with MATT NELSON and DEAD COBRE

Wednesday May 28th – 8pm $15
TAKAAT (of Mdou Moctar) with CHATTER
Get your Advance Tickets now!

Thursday May 29th – 8pm $10
FEYLEUX with NEW ROMANTICS

Friday May 30th – 8pm $10
ANTADIE with LOST SOUND DEPT and SHUTEYE

Saturday May 31st – 8pm $10
SPACE NEEDS 3 featuring HELL BOP, UaD5, DJ-BJ and MINI-TIGER, and a roast of David by BRANDI AUGUSTUS.

Sunday June 1st – 8pm $10
GLAD I DIDN’T GET MY STUPID WISH with DECIDE TODAY, DEKTOL, and MINI-TIGER

Monday June 2nd – 7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets

Friday June 6th – 8pm $10
NIGHTJAR with MINORCAN and KASS RICHARDS

Saturday June 7th – 8pm $10
Album release show for MEOB!

Monday June 9th – 7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets

Tuesday June 10th – 8pm $12 adv / $15 day of show
BABE HAVEN with GHOST BLANKET and BONNIE MADISON
Get your Advance Tickets now!

Wednesday June 11th – 8pm $10
20CATS with ANTADIE and LAHNAH

Thursday June 12th – 8pm $10
NEW ROMANTICS with GHOST COP, HOLY WIRE, and DJ BENICIO

Friday June 13th – 8pm $10
THE COKE DARES with MATERIAL OBJECTS and WEIRD IAN & MISS INFORMATION

Saturday June 14th – 8pm $15
QUINTRON with AARON DILLOWAY
Get your Advance Tickets now!

Sunday June 15th – 8pm $10
THE PHANTOM A.D.

Monday June 16th – 7pm $FREE/9pm $10
Early (7pm): Out Series: Improvised music sets
Late (9pm): ARTIFICIAL GO

Wednesday June 18th – 8pm $10
GARRETT T. CAPPS with YER FLOWERS

Saturday June 21st – 8pm $10
DANIEL KIMBRO

Sunday June 22nd – 8pm $10
PROBLEMS

Monday June 23rd – 7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets

Tuesday June 24th – 8pm $10
THE BQ’S

Thursday June 26th – 8pm $10
SARRENNA with ROLAND DIXON and MARIA KECK

Friday June 27th – 8pm $10
FAKE SICK

Saturday June 28th – 8pm $10
THE GOOD COUNTRY DARK

Sunday June 29th – 8pm $10
KING GHOUL with PEACE PURSUERS and WAMPUS MILK DADDIES

Monday June 30th – 7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets

Tuesday July 1st – 8pm $10
BUBBA FONTAINE

Wednesday July 2nd – 8pm $15
THALIA ZEDEK with QUATTRACENTA and SUPER BACHELOR