Why wait until the weekend? DESIRE gets Vauxhall’s Halloween antics started early with a Thursday night special that runs right through until 7am. Head beneath the arches at Union Club for a properly late one, with Halloween dressing strongly encouraged. Friday morning plans? Perhaps don’t make any.

Pop bangers, drag turns and some spectacularly silly Halloween energy: Push The Button is giving spooky season the full RVT treatment. Costumes are very much part of the fun, so this isn’t the night to turn up in your usual Friday clobber. Get dressed up, get on the dancefloor and prepare to belt out some shameless pop until 4am.

Things get louder over at Metropolis, where El Descontrol is back with a Halloween edition. The night brings high-energy Latin party sounds to one of Vauxhall’s most distinctive late-night venues, with the party kicking off at 11pm. Less pumpkin carving, more dancing until your legs give up.

Halloween night at the RVT was hardly going to be subtle. SLAYYY brings its Dandy Disco to the legendary Vauxhall venue for a Saturday night of dressing up, dancing and Halloween excess. At £8 a ticket, it’s also one of the weekend’s more wallet-friendly excuses to get the glad rags – or fangs – out.

If your idea of Halloween involves fewer sweets and considerably more bass, this is the big one. Hallowrave takes over the arches, rooms and dark tunnels of Fire and Lightbox for a huge night of house, rave and old-skool classics. It’s Halloween in Vauxhall at full throttle: underground, loud and built for dancing.

One room simply won’t do on Halloween. VIVA takes over Lightbox with three spaces covering Reggaeton, Pop & R&B and Baile Funk, alongside a cocktail garden, arcade games and street food to keep the night moving. Doors open at 11pm and things don’t wind down until 5am, so sensible shoes may be the smartest bit of your costume.

For anyone who regards 4am as suspiciously early to call it a night, there’s Beyond. The Vauxhall institution is going all the way for Halloween, starting at 11.59pm and carrying on until a fairly heroic 10am. This is very much the marathon rather than the sprint of Vauxhall’s Halloween weekend.

Still standing? The Garden Vauxhall keeps the weekend going with a Día de los Muertos edition of Sabor from 1pm on Sunday. It’s a daytime finale to four days of Halloween action, swapping the small hours for an afternoon start without abandoning the party. Because apparently Vauxhall isn’t finished with Halloween until it says so.