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

THE PILOT LIGHT HALLOWEEN SHOW!
Friday Oct 31st, 7pm, at the MILL & MINE
featuring:
TTOOMM PPETTTYY & THHE HEAARTTBREAAKKERSS
NIINNE INNCHH NAAILLS
THHE SSTRROKKESS
MMAZZZYY SSTAARR
HHEAAARTT
NNNO DDOUUBTT
NNEUUTRAALL MIIILK HHOTTELL

Get your Advance Tickets now!

Wednesday Oct 29th – 8pm $10
SOOFLAY with WORM and FÜL COVERAGE

Friday Oct 31st – 7pm $25
THE PILOT LIGHT HALLOWEEN SHOW!
At Mill & Mine. Get your Advance Tickets now!

Saturday Nov 1st – 8pm $10
Near Dark presents HALLOWEEN II: with NEW ROMANTICS, HEALING, BROOD FAYE, and THE TREASURY

Monday Nov 3rd – 7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets

Tuesday Nov 4th – 8pm $10
DICQBEATS with KFC MURDER CHICKS, VIOLET COVEN, and GLAD I DIDN’T GET MY STUPID WISH

Wednesday Nov 5th – 8pm $15
HUDSON FREEMAN with WILLA MAE, CHRYSALIS, and FARRAH HANNAH
Get your Advance Tickets now!

Thursday Nov 6th – 8pm $10
CHRIS LYONS with JAKE LATAKAS ORRALL (of JEFF the Brotherhood), NIGHTJAR, and MASPETH

Saturday Nov 8th – 8pm $10
RUN 40 with BELOVED YOUTH and BASES 2003

Sunday Nov 9th – 8pm $12 adv / $15 day of show
RUSHADICUS (The Cello Goblin) with EARWIG DELUXE
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Monday Nov 10th – 8pm $10
CURSE with DIURETIC, BLUNT MANSION, and HORCERER

Tuesday Nov 11th – 8pm $10
CONCURRENCE with TY MURRAY

Wednesday Nov 12th – 8pm $10
HOME ENTERTAINMENT with EASY DOES IT and WAY BELOW

Thursday Nov 13th – 8pm $15
SUNNY WAR with SUPER BACHELOR and FÜL COVERAGE
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Friday Nov 14th – 8pm $15
WILLIAM WILD with TYLER RAMSEY
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Saturday Nov 15th – 8pm $15
LUCKY PERM with NINJA WITCH, POND DIGGER, and WYNDRYDER

Sunday Nov 16th – 8pm $10
ERICA DAWN LYLE with FRANK/IE CONSENT, BASIC LETTERS, and GLAD I DIDN’T GET MY STUPID WISH

Monday Nov 17th – 7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets

Tuesday Nov 18th – 8pm $10
TELLIOS with YAWNI and DOZIBRION

Wednesday Nov 19th – 8pm $10
ABBY JEANNE & THE SHADOWBAND with PSYCHIC BAOS and THE LOINETTES
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Thursday Nov 20th – 8pm $10
POSTCARD NOWHERE with ANTADIE, AFRIEND, and 20CATS

Friday Nov 21st – 8pm $10
SEXUAL PURITY with RECLUSE, PIPPI MARASCHINO, and NEW ROMANTICS

Saturday Nov 22nd – 8pm $10
EEK! with HANDS PLEASE, BOB MONDAY, and CRYSTAL SHRINE

Monday Nov 24th – 7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets

Wednesday Nov 26th – 8pm $10
WILL HICKS with CONSENSUAL PISS and PALATHEDA

Friday Nov 28th – 8pm $10
EVERYHOURSUN with LOWER INTERIORS, CALLA BURKE, and VEGGIE

Saturday Nov 29th – 8pm $10
ANALOG KID with SEISMIC SUTRA and JUDE MAUK

Sunday Nov 30th – 8pm $10
PSYCLOPS with ROMAN GABRIEL TODD, CUMSHOT WOUND, and TRUCKSTOP DICKPILL

Monday Dec 1st – 7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets

Tuesday Dec 2nd – 8pm $10
I’VE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE with ANTADIE, GLAD I DIDN’T GET MY STUPID WISH, KNIFE EDGE DEATH MATCH, and MORNING DEW

Wednesday Dec 3rd – 8pm $10
DISINTEGRATION with SLUGG and WAGE WORKER

— Advance notices —

Tuesday Jan 27th – 8pm $20
JON SPENCER
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