{"id":7191,"date":"2016-07-20T17:40:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T22:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=7191"},"modified":"2016-07-21T10:59:14","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T15:59:14","slug":"freaky-deaky-pre-sale-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/freaky-deaky-pre-sale-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Freaky Deaky Pre-Sale Tickets Announced, Lineup Soon to Come"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>It&#8217;s Gonna Be a Freakin&#8217; Blast<\/h2>\n<p>Now in its eighth year, <a href=\"http:\/\/freakydeakyhalloween.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Freaky Deaky<\/a>, the largest Halloween event in the Midwest, is returning to Toyota Park in Chicago during Halloween weekend. Ready to get spooky?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7196\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7196\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3196.jpg\" alt=\"freaky deaky\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3196.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3196-600x373.jpg 600w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3196-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3196-1024x636.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3196-1300x808.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/downbeats.com\/freaky-deaky-2015-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Downbeats<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than 50 EDM artists will take to the stage and perform bass-thumping beats all night long for costumed fans. There are a limited amount of pre-sale tickets on sale for a reduced price before the official sale begins. Head over to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freakydeakyhalloween.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Freaky Deaky Halloween<\/a> website to get yours now before they&#8217;re gone!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7198\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7198\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/12120217_832427870211516_1636010571_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"freaky deaky\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/12120217_832427870211516_1636010571_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/12120217_832427870211516_1636010571_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/12120217_832427870211516_1636010571_n.jpg 600w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/12120217_832427870211516_1636010571_n-550x550.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/getfreakydeaky\/\" target=\"_blank\">Freaky Deaky via Instagram<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Toyota Park ordinarily functions as a soccer stadium in Bridgeview, IL, located about 40 minutes southeast of Chicago. For more freakish fun outside of the music, the three-day festival will be decked out in creepy visuals, display wild pyrotechnics, and offer delicious food and drinks from special vendors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>&#8220;From clowns on four-foot stilts to literal \u201cghost\u201d producers, Toyota Park\u2019s crowd was a wash of color, masks, make-up and fake teeth.&#8221; &#8211; Your EDM<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Believe it or not, October is right around the corner. Stay tuned for the soon-to-be announced\u00a0Freaky Deaky 2016 artist lineup. In the meantime, fans can relive last year&#8217;s event headlined by Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, Armin van Buuren, and more. Check out this video of frightfully cool moments from Freaky Deaky 2015. It&#8217;s sure to get you pumped for what&#8217;s in store.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d9kITtfIdcg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Who do you think&#8217;s going to headline Freaky Deaky this year? Got a cool costume idea? Tell us about it below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Gonna Be a Freakin&#8217; Blast Now in its eighth year, Freaky Deaky, the largest Halloween event in the Midwest, is returning to Toyota Park in Chicago during&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":7197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1554],"tags":[1101,1047,81,448],"class_list":["post-7191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-category-music","category-category-news","tag-chicago-halloween","tag-halloween","tag-music-fest","tag-music-festivals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.4 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Freaky Deaky Pre-Sale Tickets Announced, Lineup Soon to Come | UrbanMatter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Music fans are gathering this fall for another year of Freaky Deaky, an EDM festival in celebration of Halloween. 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