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 Nov 25th – 7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets

Tuesday Nov 26th – 8pm $10
*** Show Cancelled *** AUTOPILOT with SERIAL BABY

Wednesday Nov 27th – 8pm $10
DARK MATTERS with ESCORT MISSION and DEKTOL

Saturday Nov 30th – 8pm $10
*** Show Cancelled ***

Sunday Dec 1st – 8pm $10
ANDREW SWAFFORD (album release) with BRADINGTON POWERCUTTER, GRAY WORRY, THE FROG BOOKS.

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

Thursday Dec 5th – 8pm $10
RG & THE RELENTLESS GENTS with PACIFICO and THE ENIGMATIC FOE

Saturday Dec 7th – 8pm $15
Fundraiser show for Cattywampus Puppet Council and SOCM featuring JUICY BOOTS, KNOX HONKERS & BANGERS, J.BU$H, and ALICE & EMILY.

Sunday Dec 8th – 8pm $10
20CATS with ANTADIE and DEEREST FRIENDS

Monday Dec 9th -7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets

Tuesday Dec 10th – 8pm $15
ADVANCE BASE with SUPER BACHELOR and MASPETH
Get your Advance Tickets now!

Thursday Dec 12th – 8pm $15
BASK with REALM, MASS DRIVER, and PICK UP THE SNAKE

Friday Dec 13th – 8pm $10
BANQUET with CONCRETE PARADISE and EASY DOES IT

Saturday Dec 14th – 8pm $10
RAT PUNCH with BLUNT MANSION, PETER AND THE SKEETERS, BONE BAG, SKIN TENSION

Monday Dec 16th – 7pm $FREE
Out Series: Improvised music sets

Wednesday Dec 18th – 8pm $10
ANTADIE with ESCORT MISSION and SCRIMBLO

Friday Dec 20th
TBA

Saturday Dec 21st – 8pm $10
SADDLE with MERLIN’S NEST and TN LOVE CONNECTION

Sunday Dec 22nd – 8pm
KING SUPER

Monday Dec 23rd – 7pm $FREE / 9pm $10
Early (7pm): Out Series: Improvised music sets
Late (9pm): The STEAKS Holiday Extravaganza!

Wednesday Jan 1st – 7pm $FREE
Annual New Year’s Day potluck with THE NEW MARKET TRAINWRECKS