"On Friday night, thousands of costumed San Franciscans descended on Mission Playground to dance to loud music, flirt and drink hard seltzers. In addition to your typical vampires and ghosts, transportation-minded San Franciscans showed up as Muni buses, BART cars and even Waymos ( RIP KitKat). The unsanctioned Halloween party, known as DanceOWeen, distills some of San Francisco's best traits: a love of music, a fixation with unsexy costumes and a willingness to flaunt permitting requirements, city agencies be damned."
"There is, in fact, a side route for the scaredy cats in attendance, but I dared to go in via the walkthrough attraction, which skews somewhere between a Meow Wolf exhibition and a retro carnival dark ride. I came face-to-face with a ghoul-filled coffin, giant spiders and warped fun house posters before the star of the night - a scare actor named Peggy - leaped out with a shriek, taking me out of my revelry."
Thousands gathered at Mission Playground for DanceOWeen, an unsanctioned Halloween party featuring loud music, flirting, hard seltzers, and imaginative costumes including transit-themed outfits like Muni buses, BART cars, and Waymos. The event showcased a local penchant for unsexy costumes and a willingness to flout permitting requirements. Shaker Theater operates as a pop-up cinema in a nondescript warehouse on the Oakland–Emeryville border and uses a haunted corridor entrance with a side route. The walkthrough attraction blends Meow Wolf–style immersion and retro carnival dark-ride elements, featuring ghoul-filled coffins, giant spiders, warped fun-house posters and a scare actor named Peggy.
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