Friday the 13th is the Cathouse bonus holiday: black cats, broken mirrors, slasher glances, cursed luck, sharp music, bad omens, and rules clean enough to survive the night.

The Event

Friday the 13th is our irregular 21+ special event, held when the calendar opens the trapdoor.

It is not monthly. It is not predictable. It lands where it lands: summer, winter, near Halloween, nowhere convenient, exactly when it feels like it should not.

Each version changes with the season, but the center holds: superstition, horror references, black-cat symbolism, music, dancing, mischief, and controlled bad luck.

What to Expect

Expect DJs or heavy music programming, themed visuals, slasher-camp energy, black-on-black outfits, unlucky charms, strange rituals, cursed photo moments, and people tempting fate under adult supervision, which in this case means firm house rules and enough lighting to find your boots.

The night may lean playful, sharp, silly, ominous, sweaty, or cinematic depending on where it lands in the year.

The house is old. It has seen worse than your bad decisions. Do not compete with it.

Who It’s For

Friday the 13th is for adults who like horror holidays that refuse to stay put.

It is for black cats, final girls, unlucky charms, goths, slashers, superstition collectors, dancers, weird-date loyalists, and anyone who sees a cursed calendar square and feels summoned.

Newcomers are welcome. Confidence is fine. Recklessness is not.

House Rules

Tempt fate, not boundaries.

Ask before touching, photographing, flirting, grabbing props, involving someone in a scare, or escalating a bit. Do not use masks, darkness, crowding, or character work to dodge accountability.

This is a 21+ private event. Consent, respect, and RACK-aware behavior stay active no matter what the calendar says.

Why It Matters

Because bad luck is more useful when it has a dance floor.

Friday the 13th gives the Cathouse a movable feast of superstition, horror, music, black cats, and sharp little rituals. It appears when it appears. The house notices.

Dress & Vibe

Black cat, final girl, slasher villain, unlucky charm, broken mirror glam, cursed camp counselor, blood-red accents, hockey-mask adjacent, goth superstition, black-on-black, or whatever you would wear to outrun fate.

House Rule Spotlight

Tempt fate, not boundaries.

The calendar did this. We opened the door.

About Haunted Cathouse Events

The Haunted Cathouse is a 21+ private arts, music, kink-aware, and community space in an old Roxbury Victorian with too much history and several cats in the mythology. Our events are built around music, consent, weird culture, chosen family, and the belief that a good house party can still feel like a portal.

Core Event Standards

• 21+ only
• Consent is active, specific, and reversible
• RACK-aware behavior expected
• Respect the house, the hosts, the cats, the neighbors, and the room
• Costumes, themes, flirtation, and play do not override boundaries
• Private-house energy: act like someone invited you into a real place, because they did

View upcoming dates, read the event details, and check the current rules before attending. Each season has its own flavor. The house rules stay the same.