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Post image for 2009 Halloween Concert Round-Up

Like New Year’s Eve, is another holiday that a lot of bands choose to celebrate in style. There’s just something about mixing the live concert experience with all the fun and choas of that really brings out the freaks. While most bands typically play into the vibe in some way, touring bands often approach as an opportunity to really create a unique live music event. Just as we did with our New Year’s Eve concert round-up, we’ve compiled a list of Halloween concerts that will be going on this weekend (see below for the long list).

We have also noticed a few bands that are taking a similar approach to Halloween as by doing some sort of “musical costume” and either covering another band’s music or playing a full show of thematic covers. Here are a few of the more interesting “musical costumes” we’ve seen announced this year:

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Lotus by Sam Friedman

Photo © Sam Friedman

Lotus is right at the start of a mini-tour on the East Coast before they head to Whistler, B.C. and then onto , , and tons of other festivals this year. I haven’t heard them lately and don’t really know how well they’re latest live shows have been, so drop some comments if they’re still killing it live. I may try to catch them sometime soonish. READ MORE