Celebrate Halloween at Dark Songs 2016

Ruby James returns for this year’s Dark Songs. Photo by Len Villano.

An all-star cast of 45 songwriters will present freshly written originals in the theme of Halloween at Dark Songs 2016: Oct. 28 & 29.

The Holiday Music Motel’s notorious weeklong collaborative songwriting marathon starts with a bottle spin and culminates in visually and sonically stunning, darkly humorous weekend showcases.

Dark Songs returns to Third Avenue Playhouse for two shows (different each night) on Oct. 28 and 29. Doors open at 7 pm and shows start at 7:30 pm. Admission is $5 at the door.

Participating writers (as of Oct. 12) are: Carley Baer, Tim Baltes, Michael Bleck, Charles Boheme, Bruce Butkovich, Stephen Cooper, Christa Ebert (Uno Lady), Vincent Gates, Cathy Grier, James Hall, Liam Hall, Steve Hamilton, Josh Harty, Genevieve Heyward, Andrea Horne, John Hvezda, Ruby James, Anna Jo, Marja Johnson, Patrick Kelly, Tarl Knight, Jeanne Kuhns, pat mAcdonald, Jimm McIver, Michael Emerson McKinnon, melaniejane, Tony Menzer, Liv Mueller, Morgan Rae, Sugar Ransom, Anna Sacks, Steve Smith, Dan Smrz, Matt Spatol, Dan O Stoffels, Barrett Tasky, Loren Tee, Troy Therrien, Ryan Thompson, Marcus Amundsen Trana, Kate Vargas, Mike Wheeler, Alex Wilson, Andrea Wittgens. For more information visit holidaymusicmotel.com.