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April 17 @ 2:51 pm
Get a little wicked this Halloween. Lake Tahoe’s Bally’s Resort presents the Annual Freakers Ball Halloween Party on Saturday, October 26, 2024. Lake Tahoe’s Largest & Longest Running Halloween Bash $10,000 Costume Contest. Must be 21+. Blu & Opal Nightclub • Doors at 9:00 pm.
Tickets on sale at Universe.com
There is no better place to mix and mingle with the creatures of the night. With two parties under one roof, fun-seekers can experience unique Halloween celebrations at Bally’s Lake Tahoe Blu and Opal Nightclubs—$ 10,000 Costume Contest. VIP table and bottle service are available at both venues by calling 775-450-6373.
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 45th 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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