Calling the Spirits
During a seance, attendees of the Endless Night ball gather around to listen to psychic medium Patti Negri.
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Afterparty
Image Credit: Devin Yalkin for Rolling Stone Festival attendees Dani Divine and Jack Tankersley at an afterparty at an AirBNB in New Orleans, October 26th, 2019.
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Endless Night
Image Credit: Devin Yalkin for Rolling Stone On Saturday night, festival-goers attend the Endless Night Vampire Ball at House of Blues.
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Father Sebastiaan
Image Credit: Devin Yalkin for Rolling Stone Father Sebastiaan has been creating custom fangs since high school, when he and his girlfriend decided to attend their prom as vampires.
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First Place
Image Credit: Devin Yalkin for Rolling Stone Christopher Spaulding, winner of the costume contest at Saturday night’s Endless Night Vampire Ball. “We got rated number one Halloween Party in the world by TripAdvisor in 2013,” says Father Sebastiaan. “It’s because of the creative energy of our customers.”
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Late-Night Revelers in New Orleans
Image Credit: Devin Yalkin for Rolling Stone Patrygoers get familiar at an Endless Night Vampire Ball afterparty at an undisclosed location in New Orleans on October 28th, 2019.
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Listening in the Dark
Image Credit: Devin Yalkin for Rolling Stone During a seance at the House of Blues, an attendee watches from behind a curtain.
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Spreading His Wings
Image Credit: Devin Yalkin for Rolling Stone Dress codes for events during the weekend festival range from “dark casual” to “black robes” to “black tie affair.”
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Medusa’s Crown
Image Credit: Devin Yalkin for Rolling Stone At the VIP event on Sunday night, revelers put on their most elaborate outfits, as epitomized here by Medusa in a snakeskin dress.
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Let it Bleed
Image Credit: Devin Yalkin for Rolling Stone Illusionist Dan Sperry at the Endless Night Vampire Ball on October 27th, 2019.
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Going for the Neck
Image Credit: Devin Yalkin for Rolling Stone Misty and Kim Ormiston at the Endless Night Vampire Ball VIP event at the House of Blues.
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Dressed in Blood
Image Credit: Devin Yalkin for Rolling Stone Fetish model Dani Divine after her performance at the Endless Night Vampire Ball.
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Don’t Speak
Image Credit: Devin Yalkin for Rolling Stone Father Sebastiaan puts on vampire balls across the world, but the October event in New Orleans is “the premier event for the year,” he says. Pictured here, one of the partygoers on Sunday night.
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Under the Cover of Night
Image Credit: Devin Yalkin for Rolling Stone JoHanna Moresco, violinist of Jacksonville synthpop band The Crüxshadows, at the VIP party at House of Blues.
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Blood-Sucking Fun
Image Credit: Devin Yalkin for Rolling Stone Model Kelly Starr at an Endless Night afterparty in New Orleans, after the VIP ball.
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Whipping Up Pleasure
Image Credit: Devin Yalkin for Rolling Stone Vampires flog each other at an afterparty in New Orleans, earlier in the weekend.
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Crown of Thorns
Image Credit: Devin Yalkin for Rolling Stone A partygoer at the Endless Night Vampire Ball on Sunday, October 27th.