Whacky moments and wild costumes from TICT's 2011 Halloween party at a warehouse on 601 Waima Lu on Saturday. 1,200 people showed up and partied long enough to puzzle local construction workers Sunday morning. more ›

Seen on Line 10 of the Beijing Metro on Halloween night -- a creepy female phantom in red dress. more ›

All the things you'd want to do this Monday through Thursday. On the schedule this week: It's Halloween! While most of the ragers were on Friday and Saturday, tonight Mural hosts a dance party, Dada hosts a horror triple-feature, and the Shanghai Aquarium gets spooky. Plus some healthy Beijing-Shanghai rivalry on Wendesday, Dia de los Muertos on Thursday, and plenty of other stuff going down in between. Read on or check out our calendar for more. more ›

If you still haven't secured yourself a costume for our party tomorrow night, check out our guide from years past. All that stuff is still relevant. But if you're looking for even MORE options, here are a few stores and websites we've stumbled upon more recently: more ›

Midweek Music Mreview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. On the docket this week: The 5th annual Halloween rock tribute concert, French post-rock, Japanese speed metal, and Boys Noize returns to Shanghai! Read on for details, or head over to our calendar for more. more ›

Shanghai-based tech entrepreneur and Tudou co-founder Marc van der Chijs was recently flabbergasted to find a picture of his daughter, Elaine, used without permission on the packaging of Halloween products on the shelves of Carrefour. He and his wife called up the company and told them to remove their daughter's picture from the packaging... or else! more ›

Hey this is kinda cute - Sherpa's is holding another competition and offering one grand in Sherpa's vouchers for the winner! All you have to do is take their logo and Halloween-ize it. 1000RMB for the winner, 500RMB runner up, 300RMB for third place. See example to the right. more ›

We showed you the winners of our Halloween costume contest this year earlier. Now here's the full shebang - Haibot Apocalypse 2010 in pictures! more ›

Thanks for everyone who came out on Saturday night to what turned out to be one of the most fun Halloween parties we've ever thrown! Pictures of the bash are coming later, but for now, let's declare the winners of the costume contest. more ›

Shanghaiist and S.T.D. present Halloween Haibot Apocalypse 2010 more ›

Oh shame! The first cancellation has happened to this year's ShanghaiPRIDE event, and unfortunately for the happy 'weeners, it's the Halloween pub crawl. Say the organizers, "wo of the bars on the pub crawl, namely the first and last stops, have received an order by the local district police to shut for the evening." All other events are still going on as planned. Well, in case you wanted something else to do that night, LGBT and friends, we know of at least one other place you could go. more ›

We've chatted about the robot march, which gives you free entry into The Nut); we've introduced you to Mike Loh, who'll be adding his monstrous creations to our decor; but we know what kind of info you've really been waiting for: Shanghaiist, what are you going to give me for coming to your shindig in my super awesome robot suit? more ›

While planning out where to put his creations up around The Nut - and seriously guys, these are some insane creations, some of those up in the gallery will actually show up at our party - we chatted about how he got into this business in the first place. more ›

Excited about the Shanghaiist Halloween party? We're planning on some great music, great costumes, great prizes for those costumes, and some super-cool semi-secret post-apocalyptic props - what more could you ask for? But before we even get to those aspects of the party, let's start with some details about the thing that's going to be kicking off our Haibot Apocalypse bash: The Robot March. more ›

All the things you'd want to do this Monday through Thursday. On the schedule this week: LoGo's last week, a few scary movies, and Shanghai PRIDE gives it up for the ladies. Read on (or check out our calendar) for more! more ›

There's nothing more fun than dressing up for Halloween but, despite the increasing popularity of Halloween parties around town (yeesh, let's just say the competition's getting harsh!), Shanghai shops have yet to step up. Unfortunately, the places to buy a ready made outfit are basically the same as last year's places. So why not get into the do-it-yourself spirit? Shanghaiist helps you get dressed specifically for our Halloween party: Haibot Apocalypse 2010 with three easy DIY robot-themed costumes. more ›

It's that time of year again: our favorite non-holiday Halloween is fast approaching! And like the years before, we're going to have a kickin' Halloween bash! This year, we celebrate the end of Expo with the vision it has given us: a ruined city controlled by our robotic Haibao overlords. Yeah, party! more ›

The haunting grounds are set in a decrepit 108-year-old warehouse facing Suzhou Creek, and on the long, winding walk there, you feel yourself straying further and further from the safety of a quick rescue. At least that's how I felt when contemplating whether or not to run away from Shanghai Nightmare, now the world's largest haunted house. more ›

We're still bummed out that Halloween is over, so we figured we'd stretch out the mystique of the holiday by featuring this video, shot by contributor Jeremy Breningstall, of what our terrorizing on the Zombie Walk actually looked like. more ›

This is probably one of our favorite Chinese traditions so far: apparently lottery winners, in order to conceal their identities from the populous, dress up in costumes when receiving their fake oversized media checks. This has been going on for a while, and netizens have begun to give awards for the best costumes on Chinese forum sites. It's kind of like a taste of Halloween year round! more ›

Here are the rest of the photos (if you're looking for the Zombie Walk stuff, check it out here. Thank you to MNO, R3, Baijiu Robot and Kidplastik for their awesome sets and that crazy live show. Thank you to Not Me for keeping up with the hundreds of people that crowded the bar. And most of all, thank you Shanghaiist readers (and friends) who helped populate a super cool, super be-costumed Halloween extravaganza. more ›

8:30PM: Zombie Walk (MORE DETAILS HERE) Meet us at Tianping Lu and Hengshan Lu. Don't be late! 9PM: Doors @ Not Me 12AM: Costume Contest - We'll declare the winner of the Shanghaiist costume contest at this time. First place gets a night at the Shangri-La (courtesy of Ctrip!) and second place gets 300RMB in Sherpas vouchers. (MORE DETAILS HERE) more ›

It's going to be a pretty crazy weekend. If you're not too busy preparing your awesome costume for our Halloween party, here are some ideas to pass the time, ranging from a mustache party to a Diwali celebration to a Kung Fu show. For live music you can check out this weekend, check out our midweek music preview. more ›

In our ongoing Threesday feature, Shanghaiist takes the time to count out three of well... whatever catches their fancy that week. This week: Shanghai-themed costumes we'd be super psyched to see gracing our Halloween party on Saturday. more ›

In typical Shanghai form, there are more Halloween parties this Saturday then you can count (including, of course, our bound-to-be fantabulous Rampage bash). But here's another option we'd love to endorse …Shanghai LGBT’s 4th Annual Halloween Pub Crawl. more ›

Bwahaha! As Halloween slowly draws closer and closer like a serial killer in a horror movie, Shanghaiist is putting on the scariest garb we can find for our annual, super awesome Halloween Party. If you haven't read about it (or heard about it through the grapevine), we're partnering with Not Me to offer a night packed with horror, fright, and obviously, mayhem aplenty. After all, there's gonna be a costume contest, great music by MNO, R3, Baijiu Robot and Kidplastik, and of course, a mini cityscape for the crushing! So come, or you'll be haunted by it for the rest of your life. more ›

There are certain Western traditions that just don't quite translate - customs that the majority of Chinese people don't understand and indeed do not even try to understand because the tradition itself seems preposterous. One such ritual is Halloween. And yet that hasn't stopped the foreign population (and us!) from celebrating it. more ›

Halloween is Shanghaiist's favorite holiday, by far. And with the spooky season approaching, we spend a lot of time thinking about whether Chinese vampires are more zombie than vampire, the mortifying merits of American style haunted houses and, of course, our annual halloween party. And like always, we're going to hold it down like a rickety door during a zombie attack. more ›