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Halloween Rave 2025 Returns to Newtown: A Night Where the Shadows Dance

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October 23, 2025

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Where the Dead Dance and the Living Lose Themselves

If there’s one night Johannesburg loves to surrender to the strange, it’s Halloween. And this year, the city’s most electrifying after-dark gathering returns in full supernatural force. Halloween Rave 2025 is set to transform AND Club and Carfax in Newtown into a realm where beats meet the bizarre and nightmares are reborn on the dance floor.

Taking place on Saturday, 1 November 2025, from 9 pm until late, the event promises an unholy fusion of sound, style, and energy. Tickets are priced between R200 and R300, but the experience is anything but ordinary.

The Theme: Embrace the Darkness Within

Forget cute costumes or glittery wings. This year’s theme dares partygoers to embrace the darkness within. Expect a parade of witches, vampires, vengeful spirits, and other twisted alter egos emerging from Joburg’s creative underground. From eerie face paint to full-on cinematic transformations, it’s all about unleashing the part of you that hides from the light.

Halloween Rave 2025 isn’t just about dressing up. It’s about becoming your character, surrendering to the story, and letting the night swallow you whole.

The Music: A Supernatural Line-Up

Behind the madness are some of South Africa’s most legendary electronic collectives: Underground Sound, Teknotribe, Science Frikshun, Psyology, and Fagwinter. Together, they’re conjuring a soundscape that drags you straight into the abyss, a mix of drum and bass, techno, psytrance, and the kind of dark basslines that shake the soul.

These crews have built a reputation for pushing Joburg’s nightlife into new dimensions. Each brings its own flair: Teknotribe for the industrial underground crowd, Science Frikshun for the hard-hitting bass lovers, and Psyology for the trippy, otherworldly edge that defines true rave culture.

The Vibe: Two Venues, One Massive Experience

With AND Club and Carfax combining forces, Newtown becomes ground zero for this haunted takeover. Expect strobes slicing through smoke, gothic visuals mapping across the walls, and dance floors pulsing with energy until the early hours.

It’s not just a party; it’s a full-scale descent into Joburg’s darker side, where electronic music meets art, fashion, and chaos.

Why Joburg Is Ready for This

Halloween Rave has become an annual ritual for the city’s night creatures, growing each year as more locals seek experiences that blur the line between performance and party. In a city known for its vibrant nightlife and fearless creativity, the event taps into something deeper, a space to let go, play, and celebrate the strange beauty of the macabre.

So whether you’re planning to stalk the dance floor as a seductive vampire or rise from the grave in shredded glam, there’s one rule: commit to the fantasy. When the clock strikes midnight, there’s no going back.