About this Event
🎃 A HOLY SMOKES: Day of the Dead Masquerade Party 💀✨
Get ready for a night of music, mystery, and magic! Join us on Sunday, November 1st, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Thistlerock Mead Co. for a one-of-a-kind Day of the Dead celebration filled with vibrant energy, live entertainment, and a little spooky-season glamour.
🎶 LIVE MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT
We’re kicking off the evening with live music featuring Madeline Laine and Ramona Martinez, followed by a high-energy dance party with DJs 3RDEGREE and EMB3RS to keep the celebration going!
✨ WHAT TO EXPECT
🎵 Live music and a DJ dance party
🔮 Tarot card readings
🔥 Flow arts performances featuring artists such as Kahill Banning
💀 A costume contest — bring your most creative look!
🌮 Food trucks with delicious bites
🧘 Sound bath with Katherine Nies
🍯 Mead, good company, and plenty of festive vibes
🎭 DRESS TO IMPRESS
Masquerade masks are highly encouraged! Bring your own showstopper, or don’t worry if you don’t have one — we’ll have masks available for you.
Come dressed to enchant, ready to dance, and prepared to celebrate life, music, and the spirit of Día de los Muertos with us.
📍 Thistlerock Mead Co.
📅 Sunday, November 1st, 2026
⏰ 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Gather your friends, embrace the mystery, and join us for a night you won’t forget! 🖤🌹💀
Agenda
🕑: 06:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Madeline Laine
Host: Madeline Laine
🕑: 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Ramona and the Holy Smokes (Solo Act)
Host: Ramona Martinez
🕑: 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Katherine Nies Soundbath Session
Host: Katherine Nies
Info: Katherine Nies is a genre-blending concert pianist, vocalist, recording artist, and music director whose roots run deep in classical and global folk traditions. Raised on a mix of her mother’s Peruvian and Puerto Rican folk guitar and her father’s jazz piano, she brings a soulful, improvisational spirit to everything she plays.
Originally from the Washington, D.C. area, Katherine received her classical training under Hsien-Ann Meng, Gerda Bansleben, and Marianna Prjevalskaya. She studied creative writing and playwriting under award-winning authors Susan Letzler Cole and Sarah Harris Wallman. She has collaborated with artists from Broadway, the Metropolitan Opera, jazz legend John D’earth, and two-time Grammy-winning composer Christopher Tin—most recently performing at Carnegie Hall with Distinguished Concerts International. She was recently featured as the piano soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 with the Albemarle Symphony and she has worked with the Charlottesville Ballet.
🕑: 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
DJ Emb3rs / IGB Entertainment
Host: Rachael Grob & Ian Bernal
Info: Rachael and Ian are a DJ collective from Fairfax, Virginia. They have performed at EDM events such as Transit and a multitude of others throughout Virginia. They will bring a high energy beats to dance to for this party!
Untitled agenda
🕑: 06:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Madeline Laine
Event venue & nearby stays
Thistlerock Mead Company, 3075 Gables Run Road, Charlottesville, United States
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