This month, Bushwick Book Club Seattle is taking inspiration from a current pop-culture obsession: Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead. Join Nate Bogopolsky and the Bushwick Choir, Ryan Barber, Katrina Kope, Spekulation, Tekla Waterfield, and comedian Emmett Montgomery as they create works inspired by those blood-hungry walkers and the people trying to escape them. With Mark Blasco, Nick Foster, Mike Votava, Brenda Xu. Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave. N., 414-8325, fremontabbey.com. 8 p.m. $10–$16. All ages.

The Jesus Rehab’s brand of melodic garage rock, most recently heard on The Zoo at Night, is the perfect choice to headline this Halloween Bash. Brothers Jared and Dominic Cortese create such energetic tunes that listening to them is like experiencing a sugar high without the stomachache. With Cryptobebelem, Another Perfect Crime. Lo-Fi Performance Gallery, 429 Eastlake Ave. E., 254-2824, thelofi.net. 9 p.m. $6. 21 and over.

For what’ll almost certainly be the year’s grooviest celebration, the Steam Funk Halloween Ball has booked Chicago Afrobeat Project. The eight-piece’s latest, Nyash Up!, is a fun blend of funk, jazz, rock, hip-hop, and orchestra-like arrangements, especially “B.Y.O.B.” and “Inner City Blues Makes Ya Wanna Holler.” With Cascadia ’10, Braxmatics. Nectar Lounge, 412 N. 36th St., 632-2020, nectarlounge.com. 8 p.m. $8 adv./$12 DOS. 21 and over.