These are the Toronto-Goth event archives for the month of October 2003. For a current listing of events, visit http://events.toronto-goth.com. For Toronto's gothic community resource, visit www.toronto-goth.com

Toronto-Goth.com presents New Scream at Savage Garden, 550 Queen St. W. on the first Thursday of the month. Bands: Perdition and Eliminate the Body. Fashion show by Ikaris Gothic takes place in between the bands. Doors 9pm, $3 cover with flyer or on reduced guestlist, $5 without. Drink specials. Giveaways from Nocturnalia House of Dreams (gift certificates) and Yonge St. Tattoos (tattoo and piercings) and Siren. http://www.toronto-goth.com/newscream Ticket contest at http://contests.toronto-goth.com

Interpreted by local and international artists, ROCKSTAR brings together a wide range of theme-based media including visual art and the written word. The result is an amazing collection of original work on the page. The launch party at the 360 (326 Queen St. W.) kicks off with live comedy featuring Dave Tomlinson followed by the gothic fashion of Nocturnalia. Aphasia plays at midnight. DJ Skank. 19+ only, doors 9pm, $8 with issue//$6 without, tickets from Nocturnalia. www.katalogue.ca propaganda@katalogue.ca

Strapping Young Lad, Devin Townsend Band, Zimmers Hole at the Opera House. Samael opens. Tickets are $17.50 from Ticketmaster. Doors 8pm, all ages.

First Friday of every month at the Vatikan, 1032 Queen St. W. $5.00 cover skin safe zone. Djs Darq, Trauma, In Motive. Featuring : Sexy cyber body painting stage show. Fetish play area. Audience body painting by Cyn www.cynthiagould.com For more info: djdarq@djdarq.com

1st Saturday every month. The revolution continues, With your host Dj pale. Tons and tons of totally free Rev swag to giveaway. Rev bags, free glow sticks, TShirts and of course Rev all night. Its cheaper than beer!!. Come check out the awesome new stuff from Black Faerie Designs at their merchandise booth. Some totally amazing creations. They have to be seen to be believed. Music from Ebm to retro and synth with a lot of stuff thrown into the pot, with Toronto's most eclectic dj spinning the mix. No cover before 12, $3 after. 19+. Doors open 9pm. Savage Garden, 550 Queen St. W.

DARKRAVE brings the fresh underground alternative scene together with the dark trance/techno scene to form a hybrid event like no other. Get experienced! Big Bop - 651 Queen St West Launch 10pm-6am 19+ event. ONLY $12 http://www.djlazarus.com. 4 rooms of mayhem - lasers - video projections - FREE Candy

Vegasphere will be playing a special gala opening for Electro Boutique. A new club located at 1 Jarvis St. Toronto, this Saturday October 4th. Doors 9pm, Vegasphere on from approx. 12-12.30am. DJ's for the evening are DJ Gio, DJ Hanna, and DJ EM all spinning electropop, synthpop, futurepop, EBM and New Wave.

Mistress Jezebel's Total Control Event is back. Mistress Jezebel will be having a small party of elite grandeur, semi- decent deviance and opulent decadence. This event will start early ... Please plan to attend on time or face the wrath! The theme is "CHARM SCHOOL - Someone Needs a Lesson." Doors are open at 9:00 p.m. the shows start at 10:00, go until 12:30 a.m., then it's time for dancing and pleasure ... some SM demonstrations ... delicious performances ... etc. etc. etc.!! The Stones Place, 1255 Queen St W. (Just 1.5 blocks West of Dufferin) Only $5.00 Cover!!

TiK presents Hypofixx live in concert @ Savage Garden (550 Queen St. W., Toronto) An evening devoted to the Guitar as New York's Hypofixx headlines the evening. Retro 90s Industrial the rest of the evening. Doors open @ 9pm, 19+, and best of all, this will be a pay what you can event. http://www.industrialkollective.org http://www.hypofixx.com

Bug Eyed Records presents: A night of live entertainment featuring Adjitka (chaotic dark insane gridcore fun), DYM (industrial/electronica), Czechslovakian Cock (aggresive electro-punk), Purple Information (experimental atmosphere, and Olive Wheels (outrageous noisescapes). A night of divergent, diverse music on the fringes of experimentation, with the oddd deejay thrown in to boot(though not off the stage please). Providing a new and exciting forum for your maniacal tendencies to groove to in a comfortably unpleasant manner. The door is pay what you can, and we mean it, none of this trick you in with promises of cheap bands and then twisting your arm at the door. Vatikan 1032 Queen West. Fun begins at 10.

All ages show at the Guvernment, 132 Queens Quay East. $15.50+ from Ticketmaster. Doors 7pm.

Decompression & Razorburn presents a CD Release Party and Canadian Cancer Society Fundraiser for "Forever" Bruderschaft. More detail will follow next week, but we can tell we will have several copies of the domestic release and one copy of the special edition double CD autographed for prize giveaways. No cover, 19+ only, doors 9pm. Savage Garden, 550 Queen St. W.

Hosted by Cynthia Gould. Theme night! An evening of tipsy comedy, featuring wickedly hilarious comedy troupe The Unestablished, and the saucy poet Paisley Rae. Bring your funniest material for the open stage! No cover. Renaissance Cafe, 1938 Danforth Ave., block and half west of Woodbine Subway. 8 pm, come early to sign up for open mic

Skydome (1 Blue Jays Way), tickets $47-$57 from ticketmaster. Tickets from Aug 16 must be refunded or exchanged by Sept. 29th. 416-870-8000.

Fear of a Silent Planet 2003 featuring: robin black & the intergalactic rockstars, bionic, the hollow, obsidian and tracenine. Opera House, 8 pm, tickets $12 from ticketmaster, on sale shortly. 416-870-8000.

Decompression and TiK Distro presents the CD Release party for Suicide Commando's "Axis of Evil" @ Savage Garden (550 Queen St. W., Toronto) w/ DJs Karnage and Human Clone. Free giveaways all night long and a special feature sale of "Axis of Evil" by TiK Distro. http://www.industrialkollective.org

Toronto's best gothic industrial kinky glamour party @ The Reverb and Holy Joe's, 651 Queen St. W. With DJs Lazarus, Darq and more. .Launch 10pm- 4am, 19+ only, $10 with flyer or in theme, $12 w/out. Fetish dresscode enforced. The theme tonight is Gothic Lolita / Dead Doll. http://www.djlazarus.com/ and http://www.fetishmasquerade.com/

THE ROYAL SARCOPHAGUS SOCIETY presentsŠ the Autumnal Cabinet of Wonders of Soiree* Saturday, October 18, 2003. Balzac¹s Coffee (55 Mill St., Distillery District) 8 pm ­ 2 am 19+. featuring: Diana Obscura: cello, Akumu featuring Deane Hughes: music, Rebecca Ostwald: dance, Sèphera Girón: Tarot readings, Magda Trzaski, Gillian Holmes, E. Katie Holm, Annie Smidt and Tanya Shreck: crafts, halloween dolls, photography, cards, and more. $10 in advance from www.therss.com/event or at door. Visit http://contests.toronto-goth.com for contest

Marilyn Manson and S T U N. Playing at Copps Coliseum, Hamilton. Part of the Grotesk Burlesk Tour 2003. Tickets: $20.50-$38.50 from Ticketmaster. 416-870-8000.

Carnival Diablo is celebrating it's 11th year Hell-O-ween Extravaganza! By the pricking of my thumbs...something Freakish this way comes. Prepare to indulge in the show that has taken North America by storm! Reverb, 651 Queen St. W. Crypt doors open at 8pm Carnage begins at 10pm sharp! Tix $20 at the door...rush seating! Get there early for good seats! 19+ only. More info: www.carnivaldiablo.com or scott@carnivaldiablo.com

RUE MORGUE Magazine Presents A Special Screening of Terry West's FLESH FOR THE BEAST @ 8:30 pm (doors open @ 8) exclusively at The Vatikan 1032 Queen Street West. No cover tonight !! Free Popcorn! Ghastly Prizes! Featuring Twitch! www.rue-morgue.com

toronto goth and nighthawk21 present: 2nd Annual HAUNTED WALK TOUR of Toronto Haunted Walk Tour of the Ghost Ridden University of Toronto Thursday, October 23rd. 9pm - 10:30pm. http://www.toronto-goth.com/culture/haunted for rsvp and more info

The very first Sideways-oo Masquerade party at the Vatikan, 1032 Queen St. W. 19+. Doors open at 10pm. Passes with the cryptic and unpronouncable password (if you don't already have one) can be obtained from your friendly local sideways-oo agent. Tell your friends. Spread the word! This bodes to be one wild night, oo-style. For those new to the oo, this is your chance to meet all the crazy nuts from the photos, and experience the now-famous oo-VIBE. If you have a mask, wear it, if not, a selection will be available at the door.

A night of Halloween horror in the tradition of the classic freak shows of the past. The event will feature a host of oddities, the likes of The Human Hazard Shriek Show (feat. The Lunatic Lawnmower Man, Chainsaw Juggler and The World's Most Dangerous Salad!), Weird & Wicked Wrestling Girls, The Rue Morgue Go-Go Ghouls and The Conjurer Corpse, along with The Madcap Melodies of AstroGroove and all nite Terror Tunes of DJ Bolt & DJ Dragomir and lots more. The horror takes place at The Church at Berkeley, 315 Queen St. East. Doors open at 8 PM. $15, 19+ only. Advance tickets are available from www.rue-morgue.com

Decompression and TiK Distro presents the CD Release party for Melotron's "Sternenstaub" @ Savage Garden (550 Queen St. W., Toronto) w/ DJs Karnage and Human Clone. Free giveaways all night long and a special feature sale of "Sternenstaub" by TiK Distro. http://www.industrialkollective.org

DJ Lazarus presents PANIC. Funhaus - 526 Queen St West . Last Saturday of every month. 2 rooms of retro fun. Main Room: cool retro mix. Back Room: themes each month (tonight's theme is Annual Halloween retro Karaoke). Cover is $8 with 80's look or $10 for boring people. Launch 10pm, 19+ event. For more info see http://www.djlazarus.com/panic

Northbound Leathers Fetish Night. Tonight is the grand event called Peepshow and it will be held at the DOCKS, 11 Polson St.. Doors 9pm. 19+ only with ID. Tickets are $40.95 from Ticketmaster or Northbound. Fashion show theme: Burlesque through the ages. Featuring DJ Matt C, and a special Dungeon. No demin except under chaps, no exceptions. Suitable attire: Leather, Latex, Lingerie, Wetlook PVC, Patent, X-Dress and Uniforms. www.northbound.com

2003 Halloween Bash, Fundraiser for Lee Turton, Prizes for Best Costumes & Giveaways.$5,19+, doors 8pm. Bands: Tripchord, Dreddwood, Stan Valley. Location: 3rd Floor Reilly's (2 blocks north of Yonge & Dundas, at Yonge & Elm Sts.). http://www.geocities.com/soundcheckentertainment/

Playing at Palais Royale (1601 Lakeshore Blvd. West,), Tickets are $20 from Ticketmaster 416-870-8000 on sale Sept. 26th. Doors 8pm. Tickets $25 at the door. 19+ only.

With DJ - Decibella Darkstar , Mistress Sherry Hostess. At C'est La Vie 23 Collier St Barrie ON, doors 7pm, cost $20 adv, $25 door. Advance registration required tickets@freestylekink.com Visit www.freestylekink.com for rules etc, 19 + only, buffet Served at 11pm. Best Costume Contest, Door Prizes.

The Oasis 294 College Street East, 7:30pm, $2 cover. Strange Tongues presents its 2nd Annual Open Mic Hallowe'en Bash with feature readings by horror / dark fiction writers Sephera Giron & Gemma Files. Remember bring your darkest, strangest, scariest, most twisted writings and also to dress up as there are prizes for best costume, best open mic reader, best death scene and more! Open Mic sign-up begins at 7:30pm, limited amount of spaces, come early so you are not disappointed. http://www.burningeffigy.com/strangetongues/

Lee's Palace, limited smoking. Doors 9pm, Amen: 9.45pm, Killing Joke: 11pm (subject to change). Tickets $18.50+ from Ticketmaster http://www.killingjoke.com/ more info TBA

Fear filled horror features including The Haunted House, The Castle of Doom, The Maniac Maze and more. Located at “Horrorcultural” Building at Exhibition Place. (416) 979-FEAR See website for prices and print out the discount coupon. http://www.screemers.ca/

Tranzac Club, 8pm, with 11pm late shows on the 18th, 25th, 31st and 1st. cost: $20 (October 21st is "Cheap Nite" with $15 tix). Call 416-723-EVIL to purchase tix. 19+ (under 19 must be accompanied by adult due to the venue being a bar)webmaster@evildeadthemusical.com www.evildeadthemusical.com a for all the details, as well as pics, music and video clips from the show! You are encouraged to reserve your tickets ASAP, as the show is expected to sell out at a very rapid rate.

Touring in support of The Eyes of Alice Cooper (the new album, in stores Sept 2003). Playing with w/ The Illuminati at Massey Hall, 8pm, tickets $49.50 - $69.50 from Ticketmaster.

Devil's Night. The time for the dismal cities of the world to go up in flames in the name of anarchy. Come celebrate this maddening night w. hardcore, psy-trance, techno, and XXX. Artists: B7, Phink, Grimace, Coy Fish. Red Square - 241 St.Paul St. St.Catharines, doors 10pm, $5 at the door. 19+ 416 631-4329 www.inthemindfield.com / www.thenameisembryon.com

W/ Karnage, Clone, and Guest dj Pale The Savage garden Halloween night of complete madness. Its become legend. Intense interiors. Cranked tunes. Party mayhem with the biggest and best Fancy dress competition of Toronto. Not forgetting the return of the 'o' so nasty Tank of alcoholic doom. There is nothing like Halloween at Savage so circle that date and prepare yourself. $5 at the door.Savage Garden, 550 Queen St. W.

Toronto's best gothic industrial kinky glamour party @ The Reverb and Holy Joe's, 651 Queen St. W. With DJs Lazarus, Darq and more. Launch 10pm- 4am, 19+ only Fetish dresscode enforced. Tonight features a kinky costume contest and much more.. $10 w/costume, $12 w/out. http://www.djlazarus.com/ and http://www.fetishmasquerade.com/ Ticket contest up at http://contests.toronto-goth.com

Looking for a louder, darker Halloween/Samhain experience, with no fluffy bunnies dressed as "clowns". Want to wear your best black? Want to feel among your own kind? Location for this party is a secret for now, but watch for details. Doors 9pm, $5 or $10 at the door, 19+ only. This event is not in Toronto, it's in Ottawa. For more info visit www.geocities.com/thecrystalballevent or email thecrystalballevent@yahoo.com

7th Annual Halloween Art Show featuring Menno Krant, Runt, Dry Doll, Tracy Horvath, Lorenz Peters, Richard Preston and many more...artists: The Swamp Diggers, The Burnt Marshmallows, Jeff Crottrill, Satara . At The Blue Moon Lounge, 725 Queen St. East, doors 8pm, 19+, cost $7 at the door.. noxious@carrot.com 416-469-2384

Vatikans 4th annual Halloween party "Absinthe In The Abyss" DJ Bladerunner and Vortex Midnigt costume contest $5 cover Retro 80's Industrial Goth prizes from Rue Morgue, Suspect Video, Iodine, Comic Stop . The Vatikan, 1032 Queen St. W.