Roll up, roll up: the unearthly circus is back in town this October. By far the midlands’ biggest Halloween celebration, the popularity of last year’s event is proof of the Rainbow Venues’ dominion over the Digbeth music scene – no one does a big arena party quite like the Rainbow. And the Haunting is more of a mini-festival than a club experience, boasting pyrotechnics, costumed dancers, lasers, acrobats… It’s extravagant, it’s epic, and that’s why tickets are already on second release with over two months to go and without a single act being announced. Last year, drum & bass heavyweight Wilkinson headlined; the year before, Blonde and My Nu Leng. Whoever it is this time, we doubt you’ll be disappointed.

Sat 28 Oct, Rainbow Venues, Lower Trinity Street, Birmingham, B9 4AG, 9pm-4am, from £19.25, www.skiddle.com