GhoulsFest: Everything You Need To Know

Daniel Johnston fuels up.

​For the record, Rocks Off is well aware there is more to GhoulsFest than Black Congress not playing the ten-hour festival at Tom Bass Park tomorrow. A lot more. We also wish BC nothing but the best opening for New Orleans Sabbathites Eyehategod at Walter's tonight and at Moon Tower Inn's "Party at the Moon Tower" mini-fest on Halloween.

Anyway, Rocks Off is getting a little long in the tooth for all-day outdoor festivals, but we're actually looking forward to GhoulsFest. We can't imagine the weather being any more perfect, and for us it looks like a long afternoon and evening of bands we've enjoyed for years (...Trail of Dead, Spain Colored Orange), a band we never thought we'd see (Bad Brains) and a couple of wild cards (Macy Gray, Daniel Johnston).

So here's a quick thumbnail guide to GhoulsFest. We never thought we'd ever say this - about a music festival especially - but see you in Pearland. Gates open at noon.

Scale the Summit

​SCHEDULE

SAINT ARNOLD'S STAGE

1 p.m.: Fat Tony
1:50 p.m.: The Live Lights
2:25 p.m.: Scale the Summit
3:45 p.m.: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
4:50 p.m.: Ceeplus Bad Knives
5:20 p.m.: Peanut Butter Wolf
6:40 p.m.: Macy Gray
8:20 p.m.: We Are Scientists

MINI COOPER STAGE

1:35 p.m. Tax the Wolf
2:20 p.m. Roky Moon & BOLT
3:05 p.m. Girl In a Coma
4:10 p.m. Daniel Johnston feat. Spain Colored Orange
5:15 p.m. Spain Colored Orange
6:15 p.m. Giant Princess
7:30 p.m. Hot Chip
8:55 p.m. Bad Brains

A DANCE LABYRINTH?

Now this sounds interesting. DJs including Bizz, Manu and Fat Tony will be spinning at the "Hazey Maze" Dance Party, inside what GhoulsFest calls a "harvest-style labyrinth maze with a giant fog-filled dance floor." We'll bite.