Halloween in Munich

Hey,

I'm a 23 y.o. female from NYC. I'm working as an Aupair in Augsburg but for the Halloween weekend I'll be with a friend from the states in Munich. We are looking to dress up and party in celebration of the holiday. I don't know of any cool bar-diskos to go to since I only went to Munich for Oktoberfest so any advice is appreciated and of course if you want to join, the more the merrier!

Good topic, I'm fresh here too, so let's see if anyone could help
Just worrying that all the pubs need reservation in advance

Halloween isn't celebrated in Germany as much as other countries, I doubt you'll need reservations to be honest.

The problem is, All Saints day is a high holiday in the catholic church and Bavarian law requires it to be kept quiet. All bars and clubs must cease playing music and allowing dancing at midnight on Halloween, so none will really be interested in having parties.

We host a party at our house to get round this and have so far avoided the wrath of neighbours. The guest list is already pretty full, NYinDE, but if you and your friend (I'm assuming female here) dress up in the hottest, sluttiest costumes you can find, I'm sure we can get you on the VIP list.

Ah, OG, ever the gentleman.

m-park will have something going on, as well as the usuall cool-clubs like P1, Volksgarten, etc

just do a quick google, its pretty easy to find something in Munich.

If not, I'm sure someone else will post what they are up to.

a few of my friends are going down to babalu for their Parklife night. There is a concert and a disco before and afterwards. There is another link on here for the information : Concert/clubnight: Parklife presents "The Stud".

I have been to parklife a few times and there is always a great atmosphere. They play classic Britpop / Indie Anthems. very good fun! Hope to see you all there...

I just heard a report on the radio with an interview from a council rep (can't remember exactly which "amt" but the one responsible for enforcing this) and they were emphasising the fact that from midnight on halloween there is an absolute dance and music ban.

Apparently up until two years ago, the city was able to issue licences for exceptions to this ban for halloween parties but last year and this year there have been explicit orders from the Bavarian state government that no exceptions are to be allowed. Any bar not adhering to this faces a €6,000 fine.

So, if you plan to go to one of the advertised halloween parties, make sure you get there early to make the most of the evening since it will likely be over by midnight.

Seems weird that the police have time and capacity to enforce this religious shit but they wouldn't enforce the smoking ban when it didn't have so many loopholes.

Anyone have a link to the actual law? I'd be curious as to what it actually covers - i.e. is playing music in my own home technically illegal? Would it be a crime to dance by myself in Marienplatz? Or does it just cover for-profit enterprises? Is the Church choir allowed to sing at services?

Couldn't find anything via google, but I don't really know what I'm looking for...

if you are playing it so the neighbours can hear it, yes, that would be illegal. And yes it would be illegal to dance on marienplatz by yourself. whether the police will actually do anything about it is a completely different matter. I think they are currently just interested in cracking down on bars and clubs so it the tradition doesn't take root before it is too late to stop it.

here is a link on the law in Bavaria for you to read:

http://www.datumsrechner.de/gesetze/Bayern.pdf

I think if you were dancing on marienplatz by yourself then you might get lifted for other reasons

some places get around the law by having a guest list (i.e. of people who signed up before) but yes (all) public events are banned (like on many other public holidays) so be prepared to be thrown out at midnight tomorrow or "members only".

here is a list of all holidays covered by this law http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzverbot#Derzeitige_Situation_in_Deutschland

I agree.....shut down the clubs for allowing loud music but shut them down as well for breaking the smoking ban......silly

i for one am going trick or treating with my small son to jodessa's route in gern, plus by happen chance i met a women at the flea market you informed me of another trick or treating in borstei.
horrible about this party ban on Halloween for of all things the catholic church run by that nasty evil nazi pope ratzi.
to do what??? honor the so-called "saints"? CRAZY PEOPLE!, who by ANY standard of modern science would be locked up in a psych ward along with their weird and strange leader ratzi.
I LIKE HALLOWEEN for what it is a fun holiday for children celebrating the end of autumn and the coming of winter.
all the rest of the window dressing on it is just that.
the Germans take themselves and that stupid ancient church far to seriously.

well guys. just arrived in munich two weeks ago and a colleague (also from the uk) has just joined us for 6 months today. Me and Her will be heading to parklife to check out the atmosphere and party our arses off. If you see me www.facebook.com/jackreeves and your having a party after youve been kicked out. come grab me and lets all go get drunk together. i usually love halloween and im not letting a religous holiday ruin it. btw i am slightly catholic and we usually take pride in getting drunk after on religous holiday! crimbo, easter, weddings, funerals....you name it...we party like its 1999.

See you all there!

jack