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Freaker's Ball at Bally's Lake Tahoe
Bally’s Lake Tahoe
55 Hwy 50, Stateline, 89449October 31 - November 1
August 11 @ 10:48 am
NEW & REIMAGINED FOR 2026!
Saturday, October 31, 2026, 9:00 pm, Tahoe’s most legendary Halloween party is back with an all-new experience in the Showroom at Bally’s Lake Tahoe.
Enjoy a night of outrageous costumes, live entertainment, and DJs spinning all night.
Compete for your share of the $15,000 Costume Contest Prize Pool, including $7,500 CASH for First Place. Costume Contest judging takes place at the Box Office from 9 PM to 11:00 PM. The Top 10 costumes will take center stage to show off their looks before prizes are awarded around 12 AM.
Catch multiple performances throughout the night by Scarlet Checkers, the unforgettable Clowntortionist. Blending incredible contortion, sword swallowing, sideshow stunts, and interactive comedy, her wildly entertaining performances are unlike anything you’ve ever seen.
Saturday, October 31
Doors Open: 9:00 PM
Costume Contest Judging: 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM | Box Office
Winners Announcement: 12:00 AM | Showroom
Tickets go on sale August 14th, 2026
Come dressed in your best costume and enjoy:
Spooky Sips: Savor a selection of Halloween-themed cocktails
Live Entertainment: Vibe to the hottest music from our DJs.
Must be 21+. Bring your spookiest moves and your most thrilling costumes. It’s going to be a night to dismember! 
In its 47th year, Freaker’s Ball is the ultimate way to mingle with the creatures of the night and enjoy the Halloween season. Named after the 1972 song written by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, “Freakin’ at the Freaker’s Ball”, this event is perfect for those wanting a night filled with eerie entertainment and ghoulishly good times.
The event’s story began in 1978 when Tim Haloren, Jim Rodgers, and Brian Williams worked at the Waystation, which has also been home to Marie Callender’s, Deb Howard & Co. Realty, and Pizza Hut. Tim left in January of that year to open Nephele’s, Jim left at the end of summer to work at Harrah’s Tahoe (former CEO of KOA America) and Brian left about the same time to explore his entrepreneurial side and started Media West Group and worked in the media room at American Century Championship.
It was Williams’ brainchild to have a San Francisco-style Halloween party in Lake Tahoe called the Freaker’s Ball modeled after the holiday festivities in San Francisco and using the name of the song. On October 31, 1978, Williams and his friends staged the first of many Freaker’s Balls at the old Tahoe Chinese Palace, which was next to Raley’s Stateline. After the Palace closed, it moved to the old Vagabond Motel (where Whole Foods now is), to Edgewood Tahoe for two years as it started to grow in popularity, and then landed at Turtles nightclub at Round Hill. It stayed with Turtles when they moved to the former Embassy Suites before landing at Caesars Tahoe, its home ever since (Caesars became MontBleu, and now Bally’s). For the full history, read more HERE.
You’ll want to put this Halloween party on your bucket list if you’ve never gone.
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