*For those of you who want to put on a costume more than once this year — hey, it’s no fun just to get dressed up for the co-workers, right? Don’t you want to show off that costume you’ve worked so hard on? — it’s Halloween Costume Party time at Classic Rock Brew Pub in Danbury. The boys of SOL DOG are returning to the Wibling Road hangout Saturday night and if they can do it — costumes, that is — so can you! Showtime is 10 or so, there will be special Halloween contests, drink specials, and all the fun you can have in a room full of people in weird outfits.

After the Danbury show, Sol Dog’s next gig will be a return to Café 127 in Shelton on November 17.

Tuxedo Junction will also be having a Halloween party Saturday night, as will most other area clubs, no doubt. The Tuxedo Junction party will feature music from Invaderz From Marz. Up in Hartford, KISS 95.7 FM will bed presenting its Boo Bash at the CT Expo Center with Baha Men, No Authority, Pink and The Cover Girls all performing.

If you read this early enough and don’t have plans for Friday night, head to the Expo Center for a Halloween party with a music in a different vein, hosted by another Connecticut radio station. October 27 will be the big radio 104 StrangeJam the station has been talking about for weeks. This show will have MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES headlining, with sets from 2 SKINNEE J’S, SUM 41, FLOGGING MOLLY and THE LITTLE KINGZ.

The one exception to all of these pre-Halloween parties seems to be at Toad’s Place in New Haven, where the annual Kooks & Spooks Convention sponsored by WPLR will be held on Halloween night. Doors open at 8 for this, music (with the bands still not listed on the club’s calendar) kicks in around 10, admission is $5, and there will be plenty of contests and prizes.

Until next week, I’ll be seeing you... on the road in the vicinity of Newtown Middle School, where I’ll be picking out my favorite sculpture for the annual Sculpted Scarecrow Contest. Hope to see you there — those kids put in a lot of work on these projects!

UPCOMING CONCERTS

OCTOBER 27 — The Knack at Mohegan Sun Casino’s Wolf Den, Uncasville (free show); radio 104 StrangeJam with The Mighty Mighty Bosstones at CT Expo Center, Hartford, also 2 Skinnee J’s, Sum 41, Flogging Molly, and The Little Kingz; Anne Marie Menta & Friends at Acoustic Café, Bridgeport; Them Bones at Tuxedo Junction, Danubry; Type O Negative at Toad’s Place, New Haven, Simon Says opening (all ages); Off The Hook/Joe Proc at Carl Anthony’s, Monroe (solo acoustic show); P.O.D. at City Limits, Waterbury, (hed)p.e. opening (free show, WCCC Luau event);

October 28 — Sol Dog at Classic Rock Brew Pub, Danbury; Grapes of Vaudevillian Fantasy at Acoustic Café; Invaderz From Mars at Tuxedo Junction (Halloween Party); Off The Hook at Mimi’s, Danbury; KISS-FM Boo Bash at CT Expo Center, Hartford, with Baha Men, No Authority, Pink, and The Cover Girls;

October 29 — Mighty Purple at Hungry Tiger Café, Manchester (Jon & Steve only, acoustic performance); Shakedown at Toad’s Place, Electric Mayhem and Munk opening (all ages);

October 30 — Common at Toad’s Place, Spooks opening (all ages);

October 31 — WPLR’s Annual Halloween Kooks & Spooks Party at Toad’s Place.

NOVEMBER 3 —Simple Jim at Toad’s Place, New Haven, Ink, Eclectic Nobody’s and Burning Buddhas opening; The Benjamins at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury; Cappuccini Jellybeans and Scare Me of Darkness at Laszlo’s Arts Café, Monroe;

November 4 — Dee Snider at City Limits, Waterbury (postponed from October 14); Little Feat at The Palace Theatre, Stamford; The Wallbangers at Tuxedo Junction; Derek Trucks at The Webster Theatre, Hartford (all ages); Flatline Crew, Forewarning and Headstrong at Laszlo’s Arts Café;

November 5 — The Fixx at Toad’s Place, Nova Moturba opening.