Hallowbaloo

The parade of costumes at Hallowbaloo 2016

Thousands of revelers came out to eat, drink and show off their costumes at downtown’s spookiest street party on the Saturday before Halloween. Intermittent rain did nothing to scare off these souls. Live entertainment on the main stage featured DJ…

Hallowbaloo 2015: A chat with Booker T Jones

One of the most anticipated appearances at this weekend’s Hallowbaloo Music + Arts Festival is Booker T Jones. If his name sounds familiar, Jones is a legendary soul musician and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer who’s been in the…

Hallowbaloo 2014

The streets of Chinatown were filled with music, spectacle, food, drink and crazy costumes for Saturday’s Hallowbaloo Street Festival presented by Burger King, which attracted an estimated 15,000 people. The party then raged on with a club crawl at most…

Best Halloween costumes so far

Halloween isn’t even here yet, but we’ve already seen lots of crazy, creative costumes at the pre-Halloween parties we’ve covered (Hallowbaloo Street Festival, Crazy, Sexy, GHOUL and more). This year, a few trends have come forth — superheroes (especially from…

Party pics: Hallowbaloo Street Festival 2013

Thousands of people turned out, dressed in costume, for the huge annual Hallowbaloo Street Festival that took over the Chinatown Arts District Saturday, with four outdoor stages featuring local and guest performers including headliner Xavier Rudd from Australia, Taimane Garner and…

Save the date: Hallowbaloo

(Sponsored post)The 6th Annual Hallowbaloo Music + Arts Festival kicks off Friday with a special “Electric Soul” concert by John Cruz. On Saturday, Hallowbaloo moves to Chinatown for a huge, free street festival and club crawl. On Sunday, the festival…

Party pics: Hallowbaloo 2012

Hallowbaloo, Chinatown’s huge annual street festival, went off on Saturday night, with thousands of costumed people taking to the streets to celebrate, until a tsunami warning cut the night short. Hallowbaloo 2012 ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 29…

Do this! October 25-31 + Halloween happenings

SMOKE: The Launch of Kitchen Music Society ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 7 Kitchen Music Society, a new DJ collective that specializes in downtempo, sexy, loungy music, kicks off its flagship event, SMOKE, with DJs Mr. Nick and…

2012 Halloween Happenings

 NIGHTLIFE AND PARTIES Thursday, 10/25 Art & Flea: Zombie Apocalypse Fright Fest9 p.m. @ Fresh Cafe; $3 (come as a zombie and get in for $2, all ages.Honolulu’s favorite one-stop-shop for the best vintage collectibles and locally made fashion, music…

Night Lights Weekend Wrapup: October

Yes, I know, I wait til the last week in October to actually write a blog. Sorry, guys. Not that there haven’t been things to write about, but more because I’ve been doing so many things that I didn’t have…

Did this: Hallowbaloo

Nonstop photogs Jonas Maon and Tracy Chan took to the streets of Chinatown Saturday evening for the giant annual Hallowbaloo music and arts festival. Thousands of costumed partygoers packed the streets and crowded around six stages of entertainment that included…

Party pics: Warpaint & Paper Diamond

Los Angeles atmospheric pop indie band Warpaint kicked off the second night of the Hallowbaloo Music & Arts Festival Friday with a concert at The Waterfront.They were joined by local band Clones of the Queen and DJ/producer Paper Diamond. Kicking…

Party pics: Baths

The Hallowbaloo music and art festival kicked off Thursday at NextDoor with California electronica artist Will Wiesenfeld, otherwise known as Baths, live in concert. Although the artist was feeling ill, he soldiered through (“The music is going to be as…

Night Lights: Weekend Wrapup Sept. 3-5

So my weekend started with a scientific explanation, courtesy of Ed Morita’s blog, of why my sleep schedule is still opposite of everyone else’s, even though it’s been a few years since I last worked the night shift for a…