Kicking off the fall festival of festivals is the Kyiv Post, with their very own ghoulish costume party featuring ex-pat faves Speeding Lisa at Pivha Bochka.
some of us it brings back fine memories of destroying pumpkins and shaving creaming cars with the other brats. Where to celebrate in Kyiv? Read on.
Best Party in Town
The Kyiv Post invites one and all to rock till dawn with Speeding Lisa on Oct. 30 at the city’s best Halloween party – our own. Headlining the Post party at newish live music venue Pivna Bochka, ex-pat favorites Speeding Lisa will be joined by local rockers Beethoven and DJ Sivash, plus the Sham extreme theater. All arriving in costume will pay just Hr 15 to get in. One free bottle of Slavutich for everyone until midnight. If you’ve got other Halloween plans for this night, change ‘em.
Kyiv Post Halloween Party at Pivna Bochka
Saturday, Oct. 30, 10 p.m.
17/1 Moskovskiy Prospect, Petrivka metro, 461-8788.
Entrance before 11 p.m.: Hr 25, with KP/Afisha card, Hr 15;
entrance after 11 p.m.: Hr 30, with KP/Afisha card Hr 20.
Other Halloween Events
If you don’t make it into the Kyiv Post Halloween Party, you’re not totally screwed: there are other options. Most events hosted by restaurants will take place Sunday, Oct. 31 – when a full moon, by the way, will cast its eerie pall over the city.
The following is a short list of some of the major Halloween events taking place in Kyiv on Oct. 31.
For starters, consider a deejay party, which will be the highlight of the Oct. 31 festivities at Decadence House. House residents DJ Plan and DJ Igor Norman will play pumping party records, and everyone is invited. The rooms will be decorated with horrifying themes; the staff will be in costume. The guest judged to have the best costume will receive a special surprise.
Halloween with Carte Blanche
Sunday, Oct. 31, 9 p.m.
Decadence House (16 Shota Rustaveli, 206-4920).
Please call ahead to reserve a table.
Myrovaya Karta group members Golden Gate, Tequila House and Sam’s Steak House will all throw parties Oct. 31. There’ll be dance music, lots of surprises and a best costume prize.
Halloween with Myrovaya Karta
Sunday, Oct. 31, 7 p.m.
Golden Gate (40/2 Volodymyrska, 235-5188); Tequila House (8A Spaska, 417-0358); Sam’s Steak House (37 Zhilyanska, 227-2000).
Please call ahead to reserve a table.
Soho steakhouse presents a so-called “Halloween in New York” –though without the arson, the famous Greenwich Village Halloween parade, and the thugs setting homeless people on fire. (Maybe they mean upstate New York.) Check out the candy apples, and the haunted house set-up. The menu will include hot apple cider, pumpkin pie, steak with pumpkin sauce, pumpkin casserole, and more. Staff will be dressed for the occasion.
“Halloween in New York” at Soho steakhouse
Sunday, Oct. 31, opens at 11 a.m. 82 Artema, 244-7351.
Please call ahead to reserve a table.
It was the druids of the British Isles who inspired much Halloween lore. Those irrepressible Scots at Shooters hope to inspire a bit of Halloween lore themselves with a pre-Halloween party on the 30th and a real Halloween party on the 31st. Prizes will be awarded for best costume on both nights. Chefs are preparing a “pumpkin surprise,” while the bartenders will be serving a “super punch.”
Shooters pre- and “real” Halloween parties
Saturday, Oct. 30 and Sunday, Oct. 31, 8 p.m.
22 Moskovska, 254-2024.
Entrance Sat.: Hr 30; entrance Sunday free until 1 a.m. (Hr 20)
For Ukrainian goths and heavy metal fans, Store 205 will throw their Carnival of Lost Souls “Helloween” party on Oct. 31. The evening, with a carnival atmosphere, is being billed as “a grotesque Ukrainian celebration of Halloween” – though that might be a better way to describe the same day’s presidential election. Music will be dark gothic/heavy featuring Gray/Scale and Sada plus a full line-up of deejays. For more info, see www.gothic.com.ua/ukrrus.news.html.
Halloween Gothic party at Store 205
Saturday, Oct. 31, 5 p.m. 8 Kovpaka, Palats Ukraina metro, 269-3249.
Entrance Hr 35; Hr 30 with flyer and no costume; Hr 25 with flyer and costume.
