Boston knows how to do Halloween, but this year, Rebel’s Guild is turning the camp meter all the way up. On Friday, October 31, the restaurant tucked inside the Revere Hotel is mashing up history and millennial nostalgia with Wicked Witches and Wigs: A Hocus Pocus Drag Dinner. Think: Paul Revere galloping across the cobblestone streets, screaming a warning that the Sanderson Sisters are back in town, sequins in tow. (And honestly? We'd watch that prequel.)
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The evening starts at 6:30pm, giving you just enough time to grab a cocktail, grab a selfie and grab your seat before the main attraction begins at 7:30pm. A prix-fixe Halloween menu keeps things festive and filling while Boston’s fiercest drag queens work the room with enough sparkle and sass to raise the dead. Expect big hair, bigger laughs and the kind of performances that will leave you humming “I Put a Spell on You” well into November.
Housed in the Revere Hotel, Rebel's Guild is already steeped in Revolutionary spirit, so a drag-infused witchy takeover feels like the perfect collision of history and camp. The space’s dramatic interiors and playful nods to rebellion set the stage for an evening where mischief is mandatory. And if you’ve never experienced a drag dinner, let Winnie, Sarah and Mary initiate you. But audience participation is encouraged, so don’t sit too close to the stage if you’re shy.
Tickets are $23.18, available on Eventbrite, and get you in the door for the night’s festivities. There’s also a $25 food and beverage minimum per person, which honestly feels like a no-brainer when you see the menu and cocktail list. The event is 21+ only, so bring your IDs and leave the little trick-or-treaters at home and out of the clutches of the Sanderson sisters.
If you’re rolling with a coven of friends, make sure to book your tickets together. The organizers can’t guarantee you’ll be seated side by side if you purchase separately, and half the fun of a drag dinner is gasping and cackling with your crew.
So dust off your broomsticks, grab your best wig and worst fake teeth and prepare for a Halloween night that blends Boston’s revolutionary roots with Salem’s witchy spirit. At Rebel’s Guild, the only thing scarier than missing this event is trying to explain to your friends why you didn’t go.
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