After a two year hiatus, Festival of the Dead is returning to Glasgow for Halloween as part of their UK tour.
The O2 Academy in the Gorbals area of Glasgow will play host to the festival, known for its skeleton face paint and carnival costumes inspired by the Mexican festival Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead).
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The festival will feature circus performances, fire-breathing, giant skeleton puppets, carnival processions and plenty of costumes, making for a good opportunity to dress up for the Halloween weekend.
There will also be music, including guitar solos and live percussion, and soundtrack music featuring rock, metal, drum and bass and electronic genres.
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This event, taking place on October 29, marks the first Halloween celebration of Festival of the Dead in Glasgow since before the COVID pandemic, and tickets are expected to sell quickly. Tickets for the festival can be booked on Ticketmaster.
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