SAM Remix

Gather your ghouls and don your finest frock–this Halloween, the Seattle Art Museum invites you to revel, cackle, and cavort with us at Remix. This spine-tingling Halloween party is inspired by Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism, the spooky brilliance of Goya’s etchings, and 19th century Romance. Spirits of the past will haunt the night alongside gothic glamor, surreal light shows, and fog-drenched ghost stories designed to disturb.

Explore SAM’s galleries where hunger meets horror. Race to solve a paranormal mystery before the clock strikes midnight. Expect thrilling performances, chillingly prolific DJs, and movie screenings tinged with psychological horror. Create keepsakes in hands-on art stations, strike a pose in a blood-red portrait booth, or walk the catwalk in a costume competition (details below). You can even learn the waltz with a ghostly regency ensemble, if you dare!

Stay as the museum slips into a fever dream. This Remix is no ordinary gathering—it’s a descent into bountiful madness.

Costumes encouraged! Enjoy the night’s Gothic theme—creepy, mysterious, and inspired by 19th-century monsters and madness. Come dressed to distress, but please remember attire must follow the SAM Visitor policies:

• Public decency: Shoes, tops, and bottoms must be worn while inside the Seattle Art Museum. No bathing suit attire is permitted.
• Face coverings: Visitors may not wear any masks, hoods, or full-face paint which obscures the majority of the face or covers the head completely. Medical masks and religious coverings are welcome.
• Loose decorative materials: Glitter, rice, flower petals, sand, confetti, fake blood, and any other loose decorative materials are not permitted. Any machinery that produces fog, snow, bubbles, foam, fire, or smoke is also not allowed.
• Weapons: Regardless of licenses or permits, absolutely no weapons of any kind are allowed on museum property.
• Smoking: No smoking or vaping is allowed inside any museum property or within 25 feet of any public entrance.
• Balloons: No lighter-than-air (helium) balloons of any kind are allowed.
• Plants: No plant material, such as flowers, branches, leaves, or other organic material, is allowed in the galleries.
• Live animals Animals and insects are not permitted except for service animals.
  
  

What's happening

Brotman Forum
8 pm–midnight
Beloved emcee, clown about town, arts educator, and multi-disciplinary performance artist Tootsie Spangles will keep the night moving, grooving, and spooking in the Brotman Forum. Meet her in the South Hall at 10 pm for the SAM Remix costume contest!

8–9:30 pm
Self-proclaimed weirdo and outright conjurer of the vibe, 20-year DJ veteran Kadeejah Streets knows no bounds, pulls no punches, and leaves no doubt in any of his wild, flavorsome performances. Kick off your evening with his flawlessly executed, sinister, heady, dark DJ set.

9:30–11 pm
DJ Coffin Birth is a known and beloved entity in the Seattle goth community. Rip up the dance floor to their impeccable darkwave, EBM, trip hop, and genre-expanding playlist.

11–11:15 pm
Witness a raucous regency ballroom dance featuring live music from Joy Street Orchestra’s string quartet. Learn the waltz from Dean Paton of the Reverie Ballroom and join in to the 19th century-inspired dance party.

11:15 pm–midnight
Seattle-based dark wave artist Dark Chisme fuses industrial, synth-pop, EBM, post-punk, and techno, all intertwined with their Latin roots. They’ll close the night with a chilling, raucous DJ set, sure to drive you mad on the dance floor.

South Hall
8–10 pm
SOFIIAK is a PNW-based interdisciplinary artist who DJs, produces, and performs in the electroclash realm. They’ll bring their signature punk ethos and biting ambition to their intense, explosive DJ set.

10–11 pm
Halloween costume contest hosted by Tootsie Spangles: Proud of your costume? Feeling ready to strut the runway? Enter the SAM Remix Halloween costume contest for your chance to win an outstanding SAM prize. Categories: Best overall, Spookiest, and Most art historical.

All competitors will walk the costume runway on the South Hall stairs and will be judged by a highly esteemed panel including SAM Art Handler Drew Davis, Seattle’s beloved upcycling stylist Dan McLean, and crafty cosplaying extraordinaire SmallRiniLady.

• Costumes of all types are welcome and encouraged! We celebrate costume enthusiasts and art lovers of all skill and costuming familiarity levels.
• Contest entry limited to 25 entrants. Sign up at the bottom of the South Hall stairs by 9:30 pm or until the list is filled. Registration is first-come, first-served.
• Please remember that all costumes must follow the SAM Visitor policies.

8–11 pm
We love our SAM members. Get VIP access to an exclusive member-only lounge with a build your own grimoire activity by Hammer & Hemlock. Recline on the MARKET Terrace's comfy seating in the midst of the madness.

Plestcheeff Auditorium
8–11 pm
Take a break from the action with a selection of horror movies thoughtfully curated by Isabella Von Ghoul. Screenings include:

• The Tell-Tale Heart (1928): A silent expressionist film based on Edgar Allen Poe’s story about a murderer and a mental breakdown. Directed by Chalres Klein, director and writer known for The Sin Sister (1929) and Blindfold (1928).

• Les Betes (2024): A dark fantasy inspired by works of Polish-Russian stop-motion pioneer Ladislas Starevich. Directed by three-time Emmy Award winner Michael Granberry.

• Sisters: An exploration into the dark duality of the feminine. Directed by Kelly June Mitchell and Lisa Van Dam Bates. Mitchell is a photographer with a BFA from Parsons School of Design. Dam-Bates is an autistic writer, editor, and filmmaker known for her feminist horror feature MARLA MAE.

• Siren (2022): Curious events unfold through the ancient lens of a fisherman on the Pacific Coast in bygone days. Directed by Maximilian Monson, a multi-media artist based in the PNW.

10 pm
Listen in on an artist talk with Isabella Von Ghoul and some of the filmmakers.

Chase Open Studio
8–11:30 pm
Haunted Boutinnières: Create a wearable gothic flower pin out of found ephemera to embellish your costume.

Arnold Boardroom
8–11:30 pm
Letters Never Sent art workshop: Anonymously write a feverish confession, a toxic love note, or a curse–seal it with wax and choose its fate: Gift or Curse.

8–11:30 pm
Snap a keepsake picture of your spook-tacular costume at Hello There You’s blood-red photo booth.

In the galleries
8–11 pm | Hourglass Escapes Mystery Scavenger Hunt
Follow the clues in the galleries to solve a haunting historical mystery. Careful–the reaping is just around the corner. Solve the mystery? Submit your finished activity sheet in the Brotman Forum no later than 11 pm!

3rd Floor Family Room
8:45 pm, 9:30 pm, 10:15 pm | Puppet Show
Award-winning shadow puppet duo Shadow Girls Cult presents “Beneath the Veil of Shadows,” a selection of short horror-filled live animation vignettes. Each show runs roughly 20 minutes long, with a 5 minute liquid light preshow offering.

4th Floor Galleries | Meet at the 4th floor escalators
8:30–10:30 pm | Ghost Stories in the Galleries
Follow the screams to witness spooktacular, spine-chilling ghost stories by local storytellers inspired by SAM’s collection. Series curated by Zoe Walker, producer for the Moth and Seattle Arts & Lectures.

4th Floor Porcelain Room | Meet at the 4th floor escalators
8:30 pm & 9:45 pm | Katie Glasser
After the passing of her grandmother, Katie Glasser and her family began to experience strange encounters that seemed too specific to be purely a coincidence.

4th Floor African Art Galleries | Meet at the 4th floor escalators
9 & 10 pm
Isabella Von Ghoul: During a class assignment in film school, Isabella von Ghoul has a supernatural experience in a former plantation that she would never forget.

4th Floor Farm to Table Exhibition
9:15 & 10:30 pm
Katharine Strange: Strange shares the story of a young bride who moves into a crumbling Victorian house only to realize that odd roommates and a sketchy landlord are its least

Pro tips

Entry
Buy your tickets ahead of time to secure your spot as this event will likely sell out.

SAM members: $45
Public: $65

• Tickets are nonrefundable and re-entry is permitted. All programming is included with your ticket. Event entry begins at 8 pm.
• Remix is a 21+ event. Please have your ID and ticket (printed or on mobile) ready upon arrival.
• Check-in is located at the entrance at the corner of First Ave and Union St.

Members get the most out of SAM Remix
Membership has its benefits—like member pricing on Remix tickets! Plus, enjoy exclusive access to the members-only lounge, featuring an exclusive art activity and an area to relax. Show your membership card or SAM Remix member ticket at any bar to receive $1 off each transaction.
Not a member? Join now with promo code SCREAMIX for 10% off Individual through Patron-level memberships.

Food & drink
No outside alcohol is permitted at SAM Remix. Alcohol and non-alcoholic drinks will be available for purchase onsite. There will be limited snacks and food available, so please plan to grab a meal before the event.

Parking
We highly recommend visitors take public transportation, ride a bike, rideshare, or carpool. On-site, paid parking is available at the following locations:

• Russell Investment Center Garage
• 520 Pike Tower Parking Garage
• LAZ Parking 3rd and Steward Garage

ADA accommodations
If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our customer service team at Customerservice@SeattleArtMuseum.org or 206.654.3210. Our staff will work with other departments to meet accommodation needs.

Drop-off areas for visitors with special needs are available near the Seattle Art Museum. See Accessibility for more information.

Remix well
SAM Remix is an inclusive program highlighting the best of our region’s creative community amid the artwork and exhibitions on view at the Seattle Art Museum. When attending SAM Remix, you agree to

• Protect the art (a.k.a. No touching!).
• Support and encourage the artists.
• Participate in as much as you feel comfortable.
• Respect other visitors and SAM staff.
• Appreciate, don’t appropriate, the diverse cultures in attendance and on view.

More questions?
Find answers on our Frequently Asked Questions page or call us at 206.654.3100.

SAM acknowledges and expresses gratitude to the Coast Salish peoples on whose ancestral lands the Seattle Art Museum resides.

SAM members: $45
General public: $65

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