NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN 21st Annual HAUNTED HOP!
Devil’s Night Edition! FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30
KNOCKDOWN CENTER 7PM – 4AM | 21+ | $44 Advance | $60 D.O.S. TICKETS

The world’s favorite rock’n’roll Halloween extravaganza moves to Oct. 30 for Devil’s Night 2026! Experience nine action-packed hours of nonstop thrills and chills in a gargantuan haunted house sprawled across a labyrinth of unique party environments! Combining popular national acts, local favorites, and a broad community elements, Jonathan Toubin’s humble record hop has evolved over the years into an epic multi-room indoor/outdoor music festival/dance party/multimedia spooktacular that draws well over 4,500 revelers, features 40 live acts, dancing with 12 DJs, horror cinema (16mm reels), performance, massive art installations, decor galore, food, drink, and, the annual highlight, the $500 COSTUME CONTEST. This NYC tradition sold out far in advance the last three years – so get tickets while you can! Dress up! Come early! Stay late! Make a night of it!

The Phantasmagorical Ballroom
Full sets of original material by mainstage headliners:
– THE LEMON TWIGS
– SWAMP DOG
– SHEER MAG
– JACUZZI BOYS

Famous Monsters Halloween Revue:
– THE MYSTERY LIGHTS as The Monks
– DADDY LONG LEGS as Screaming Lord Sutch
– STEVE MYERS as Screamin’ Jay Hawkins

NY Night Train Haunted Hop Late Night Dance Party!
– DJ JONATHAN TOUBIN, MUMMIES A GO GO SARAH SAVANNAH & AVA PEARL, & special guests!
– MOOGSTAR Live dance set bylectrofunk legend, synth pioneer, and vocoder master from Zapp, Cameo, etc.
– JOSEPH KECKLER cameo performance by NYC’s singular dark opera singer/composer/multi-media artist
– 2AM $500 COSTUME CONTEST

Room Full of Mirrors and Goo Goo Muck Manor
Two stages featuring a relentless procession of NYC’s favorite bands as their favorite bands! A new band goes on every 15 minutes all night long!
– TCHOTCHKE as The Go-Go’s
– SHILPA RAY as The Animals
– SID SIMONS as KISS
– 95 BULLS as DEVO
– PATTON MAGEE of THE NUDE PARTY as Dr, John, The Night Tripper
– ALANA AMRAM BIG BAND as The Muppets / Dr Teeth & The Electric Mayhem (masked NYC rock royalty play your hits! Encore 2nd-ever performance by popular demand!)
– EVOLFO as Love
– GRACE BERGERE as The Velvet Underground
– LORD FASCINATOR as The Birthday Party
– GNARCISSISTS as Butthole Surfers
– ABBY JEANNE & THE SHADOWBAND as The Mamas & The Papas
– GENRE IS DEATH as Lynyrd Skynyrd
– RAVAGERS as Alice Cooper
– MICK’S JAGUAR as Judas Priest
– BALACLAVA as Country Teasers
– MALA VISTA as Stiff Little Fingers
– MA’AM as Wanda Jackson
– A LA MODE (Paula Henderson (Rev Vince!), Binky Griptite (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings!), Caito Sanchez (Charles Bradley!) Jeremy Kay (Renaldo Domino!) and Colin Brown (Eli Reed!) as The Lounge Lizards
– FRIDA KILL & DEPRESIÓN TROPICAL as Selena Y Los Dinos
– THE STONES as The New York Dolls
– TEA EATER as Hole
– MIGHTY FINE as Sly & The Family Stone

– FIREWALL as The Stranglers (members of Pyrex, Who Pays?, Savage Pleasure, etc!)
– GARGOYLE as The Human League
– DI IVORIES as Elton John
– ALL CATS ARE GREY as The Cure (NYC’s favorite Cure cover band for special occasions only!)
– FIRSTSEX as Yeah Yeah Yeahs
– HALF STEP as The Flying Burrito Brothers (New cosmic country project w/members of Certain Death, The Yawns, & Evolfo!)
– ON & OFF as Siouxsie and The Banshees (Jack Bradley from The Thing & Bindy’s new dream rock project!)
– OBASHITO & ARAZILLAS as Konk (Masquerade proprietor Obash Karampour (ex-Yellow Dogs, Bipolar, etc)’s all-star dance party project just for tonight!

Howie Pyro Disco
NYC’s finest rock’n’roll DJs keep o.g. NYC punk legend Howie Pyro’s dance party room alive spinning his original monster & horror 45s all night long!
– AVI SPIVAK (Rebel Rouser!)
– CAPTAIN HEARTLOCK (Calamity Glamour!)
– DREW REDMOND (Sideshow NYC!)
– JOSH STYLES (Rebel Rouser)
– MIKE DECAY (Midnight Monster Hop!)
– TENOSH (Noche Romantica!)
– SOPHIE THUNDER (Painted Teenage Blue!)
– TODD O PHONIC TODD (WFMU!)
– TONI LYNN (Abby Jeanne And The Shadowband!)
– VEE VEE (WFMU!)

Gary Balaban Horror Cinema
– NYC cinema guru GARY BALABAN projects a mix of slashers, B-movies, monster movies, and shorts from his legendary collection of 16mm reels!

WITCH ROOM by CVLT PARTY
– The Brujas Coven returns hidden in the outdoor ruins for Tarot readings, magick, and more!

Immersive Installations
– B.A. MIALE – Psychedelic Graveyard
– AMY FRANZ – Haunted Hallway
– IRA OKSMAN – Satan’s Mare