After a 17-year hiatus, Halloween in the Castro returned to SF with loads of costumes, a flash mob and a contest.
After a 17-year hiatus, Halloween in the Castro is back. On Saturday, Castro Street’s sidewalks filled with costumed people and local merchants, with a zombie flash mob in Jane Warner Plaza dancing to Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' twice. Twin Peaks Tavern and Orphan Andy's Restaurant were filled with revelers. Inside the Castro Theatre, thematic films screened from 1 p.m. to midnight, and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence held a costume contest.
That same night, a gay waiter was found dead in an apartment from a stab wound, still wearing the costume he wore on Polk Street. After that, the party moved to the Castro. The neighborhood’s gay scene was growing, and it seemed like a more hospitable venue. At the time, the Castro was holding kids’ parades each year on Halloween and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence eventually took over party planning.
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