There’s a problem with Halloween . It’s taken over the entire month of October with horror movies , two-story yard skeletons, and the spooky-season-ification of everything.
That’s not the problem, though. If you spend days, weeks even, on a showstopping costume, well, Halloween is still just one day of the year. After all that work, it’s reasonable to want to show it off more than once. Fortunately, costume-loving revelers can do just that.
Show off your zombie gore, pet costumes, or Japanese-style “mundane Halloween” creations, at these Twin Cities costume contests in the weeks leading up to Halloween.
Twin Cities costume contests for adults
Halloween Bar Crawls
What it is: Pub Crawls will host four nights of bar crawls in Minneapolis. It’s also hosting a social media costume contest with $2,000 in prizes.
Where: Oct. 19, 25–26, and 31, various locations ($15.99)
Up Down Halloween Costume Party
What it is: For two nights, the Uptown arcade will have spooky decor and prizes at 11 p.m. for the best individual costume and best group costume. Winners take home $500 in cash.
Where: Oct. 25 and 26 at 7 p.m., Up Down, 3012 Lyndale Ave. S, Minneapolis