Highball Halloween 2009 takes over High Street

Highball Halloween takes over High Street

Lady Gaga and the balloon boy were among the many costumes that dotted High Street on Oct. 31 for the annual Highball Halloween celebration.

The event's second year in the Short North lived up to its high-fashion-alternative-to-your-usual-gore-fest marketing scheme, turning High Street into an ultra-chic carnival that felt a little like Mardi Gras. The night featured a couture fashion show (sporting a first prize of $1,000), an amateur costume contest, plus more than double the food vendors from last year. It also looked like the crowd doubled in size from a year ago.

Click through the gallery to see who got flashed at the event this year, and be sure to check out the couture costume fashion show photo gallery and our preview story of Highball Halloween (featuring an interview with the event's organizer, John Angelo). Also take a gander through some pictures from other Halloween shindigs around the country in our Halloween parties, coast to coast gallery.