costume party

Hilight Fridays Twerk or Treat Edition

Come decked out in costume or regular attire as we bring you Twerk or Treat, Friday Oct 25th, Club Nextdoor. $150 Twerk Contest, treats, and more. 18 to enter, 21+ $5 Entry til 11. Let’s get it!

In it’s third year HiLight Friday has become Honolulu’s favorite destination for hip hop, top hits and good vibes all night. With MC Juju on the Mic and Dom and friends on the ones and twos guests are guranteed to dance the night away.
Night includes the top djs in Hawaii and drink specials all night.
For larger groups and birthdays dm us for bottle specials!

Bunny Bar Hop

Make sure to say whats up Doc and eat your carrots to make sure you have the cardio endurance to handle what is about to be thrown your way on North Hotel Street.

We Present to you the Bunny Bar Hop!!!

The best Easter themed bar crawl to hit Hawaii locally run by the bars in Chinatown.

Participating local bars include

Nextdoor (Registration)

Bar 35

Manifest

Smith and Kings

Sin lounge.

Each Hopper gets vewy vewy discounted prices on drinks that include hops at all participating establishments.

The first 400 registers recieve light up bunny ears at Nextdoor.

A guide dressed as a bunny and hunter to lead the crawl.

And an after party Easter Egg Hunt with lots of chocolate and a big cash prize!!!

This event is locally run and operated by the bars in Chinatown.

Tis The Season To Get Elfed Up

Tis the season to get elfed up with Hi-Light Entertainment, Fireball Whisky, and 102.7 da bomb at Nextdoor!!!

We’ve got holiday sounds from DJ Neekz and his elfs. MC Juju will be on the mic with drink specials all night including a fireball eggnog mixed drink stired together from Marty the hobit/elf and the elf staff behind the counter.

Fill up your stockings with a presale ticket at $5 or pay $10 the night of to Zack the “asshole” Elf and Stu the Samoan Santa.

Remember be safe, have fun, and most of all dont do anything to make Stu mad because he hands out lickins instead of coal! Happy Holidays!

The Ugly Sweater Crawl – Hawaii

Ticket Link: cbus-events.ticketleap.com/the-ugly-sweater-crawl—hawaii/

The annual Ugly Sweater Bar Crawl is here and we want the city of Honolulu to join in on the fun. Get that Goodwill sweater, find those tacky holiday pants, and get ready to jingle bell ROCK!

***All Proceeds will go to Toys For Tots!***

Ticket Includes:
🎅 Ugly Sweater Crawl Koozie at registration
🎅 After party to end the crawl
🎅 Photobooth on site to capture the fun
🎅 DJ’s playing holiday music at multiple stops
🎅 The best drink specials at participating bars.
🎅 Hundreds of crawlers dressed in the ugliest holiday gear.
🎅 Voted one of the most fun & organized holiday crawls by Yelp 2016 and 2017

Bar Partners:
Next Door- Registration and After Party
The Dragon Upstairs
Union Bar
Hanks Cafe
Scarlet
Sin Lounge

Drink specials:
*Coming soon*

Tickets: $15

Hallowbaloo 2018: Music, Arts and Craft Beer Festival! Hawaii’s

(All ticket purchases are non-refundable. Event held rain or shine.)
% of Bar Sales will be donated to Habitat for Humanit fundraiser for Volcano Relief

The 11th Annual Hallowbaloo: Costumes, Music, Food, Arts and Craft Beer Festival
Historic Downtown Honolulu, Chinatown and venues at Aloha Tower Marketplace.
SEE VIDEOS FROM PAST HALLOWBALOOS:
https://vimeo.com/240618987
https://vimeo.com/240619009
https://vimeo.com/195734992

www.hallowbaloo.com (update coming soon)

On Saturday, Oct. 27th, Honolulu’s Chinatown Arts District, Aloha Tower and historic downtown transform into a spooktacular celebration of music, craft beer, food, art, entertainment and thousands of costumes starting at 5:00 pm. Join us for an evening you’ll never forget! For over 10 years Hallowbaloo has brought together over 50,000 people to celebrate the arts and celebration of Halloween.

Highlights:

– Hawaii’s Largest Halloween Outdoor Craft Beer experience

(Purchase a VIP wristband and receive 5 craft beer tastings in our Craft Beer Street Festival arena, get our special Hallowbaloo collectors stein, includes priority access to bars with Stein and Vip entry to clubs)

– 3 Stages of Music and entertainment

-Food Trucks

-$1000 Costume Contest

and much much more!

STREET FESTIVAL TICKETS SOLD ONSITE STARTING AT 5:00PM.
ARRIVE EARLY.
WILL SELL OUT QUICKLY – LIMITED # AVAILABLE.

Admission to the street festival is complimentary with any Club Hallowbaloo, or Hallowbaloo Ball (VIP) wristband. Street festival wristbands will be sold onsite on a first come, first served basis starting at 5:00pm. These wristbands provide access to the street festival ONLY. Limited # available and will sell out extremely quickly. ARRIVE EARLY TO PURCHASE. If you arrive after the street festival wristbands sell out and you do not already have a Club Hallowbaloo, Fast Pass or Hallowbaloo Ball wristband, you will be turned away. The street festival is 21 & older only unless accompanied by a parent. Free admission for keiki accompanied by parent.

The Hallowbaloo Street Festival and Hallowbaloo Ball kick off festivities at 5:00pm in China Town and surrounding and the surrounding streets. We couldn’t be more excited about our return! With iconic landmarks, manicured lawns and expansive tree canopies, the area has the look and feel of a state park and serves as the perfect oasis for sharing Halloween aloha and enjoying rambunctious rhythms. At 9pm, Club Hallowbaloo revs up in Chinatown and Aloha Tower Marketplace with bodacious beats bouncing deep into the night at 10 venues.

There’s Halloween cheer, entertainment, bites and beverages to suit every fancy. For families and revelers who prefer a smooth ghoulish glide, an early jaunt through Hallowbaloo’s street festival, including dinner at one of its delectable pop-ups (Square Barrels, Hawaiian Fresh Farms, Istanbul Restaurant, Olay’s Thai Express and more), will be hard to beat. And of course, if you’re one of the many who view Hallowbaloo as the ultimate euphoric release, take a double dip of masquerade mayhem by dancing through the nearly 10,000 costumed revelers who fill our street festival grounds and Club Hallowbaloo.

Hallowbaloo hijinks happen only once a year. Get your costumes ready!

Hallowbaloo 2016 – HiSAM

P.L.A.Y. TIME – P.ursue a L.ife of A.rt and Y.outhfulness

HALLOWBALOO STREET FESTIVAL
5:00PM – 11:00PM
Enjoy costumes, music, art and food in one of Hawaii’s most beautiful venues!

ONO EATS
5:00PM – 11:00PM
Street Festival – Richards St.
Pop-up eateries at your beck and call with tasty treats ranging from indulgent delights to farm-to-table goodness from Square Barrels, Istanbul Restaurant, Hawaiian Fresh Farms, Delice Crepes, Olay’s Thai Express, Hawaii Hot Dogs, Nosh, Sky Kombucha and India Cafe.

CLUB HALLOWBALOO
7:00PM – 2:00AM
Chinatown & Aloha Tower Marketplace Venues
11 Clubs, One Cover ‘til 2am – We’ve expanded! Now includes Chinatown and Aloha Tower Marketplace venues: Bar 35, Nextdoor, Sin Lounge, The Arts at Marks Garage, Hooters, Nashville Waikiki, and Gordon Biersch and many many more!

2018 FULL LINEUP T.B.A
Ja Rule @waterfront
Reggae with Mike Love
TAIMANE
LATIN WITH Sol Caribe Band @ street festival and Gordon biesch
LATIN ROOM WITH DJ Fee * DJ Lion of Judah !

Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola
Hallowbaloo 2016 – Charlie Hunter and Scott Amendola

Attendees, Artists & Merchants Rave About Hallowbaloo
Chinatown Resident:
“For those who didn’t make it to the “new” Hallowbaloo – if you’re curious – this year’s set-up was great! With multiple stages, all kinds of food and an attractive site surrounding the State Art Museum, it’s a playground for grownups with great people-watching and entertainment. With Booker T as the headliner and more great music at each corner, I’m still recovering from all the dancing I did. Bravo Mark Tarone – hope you’re in that location again next year! . . . A most enjoyable experience in Honolulu, and as promised, great use of an attractive, historic district. Mahalo!”

Chinatown Business Owner:
“This was my first Halloween back on the island for almost 10 years. I had never seen such a turnout…who knew how eclectic of a vibe Chinatown has provided for Hawaii. Great job!”

Island Visitor from Florida:
“Shout out to Hallowbaloo…flew in from Florida and we planned our multi-week visit to Hawaii around the festival. So glad we did, as we like to try to hang with the locals in any new place we visit. Hallowbaloo was super cool! Highlight of the time spent in Honolulu! We need this type of event in my hometown, Delray Beach – twice a year ideally. One for Halloween and another halfway to Halloween! Everyone is just plain happy while in costume! Great location, awesome revelers and overall fantastic time!”

Hallowbaloo 2016 – Some Girls

State Foundation on Culture and the Arts – Jonathan Johnson (Executive Director):
“The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts enjoyed having HiSAM [Hawaii State Art Museum] serve as the epicenter of Hallowbaloo last year and is glad it’s back in 2016. It’s a spooky, fun way to bring the community together while showcasing a wide range of local talent and creativity.”

Kalalea Lights Dancer & Manager:
“Hallowbaloo brings the community together to celebrate life! What a wonderful opportunity to enjoy our beautiful city, local art, music, food and each other!”

The Infamous Bourbon Boys Musician & Manager:
“Hallowbaloo is a great event that crosses all forms of art and brings the community together. I love it. No other event like it in all of Hawaii.”

Hallowbaloo 2016 – Halloween Cheer Honolulu