Tonight: Zeds Dead open their tour at Building 64

The Toronto bass duo kick off a seven-date run with a Day of the Dead party in a 1940s Navy Yard storehouse — their first Charleston show in our records.

There's a railroad track running down the middle of the floor at Building 64, a leftover from the old naval storehouse it used to be. Tonight, Friday, Oct. 30, it's going to be buried under a few thousand pairs of feet: Zeds Dead headline a Day of the Dead party at the Navy Yard in North Charleston.

It's billed as Day of the Dead ft. Zeds Dead, a Halloweekend show at 2301 Noisette Blvd. Tickets are still on Speakeasy — check your ticket for door time before you head out.

This one matters for a couple of reasons. It's the first Charleston show for Zeds Dead in our records, and it's the opening night of a seven-date run that heads to Salt Lake City tomorrow, then Detroit on Nov. 27 and 28 and three nights in Chicago, Dec. 3–5. Charleston gets them first, before the show has been played anywhere else on this run.

Charleston gets them first, before the show has been played anywhere else.

If you only know the name: Zeds Dead are the Toronto duo of DC (Dylan Mamid) and Hooks (Zachary Rapp-Rovan), who met in 2004 and started out as Mass Productions, according to Wikipedia. Their sets swing between hip-hop, jungle, house and heavy bass, as Apple Music's artist page puts it. Usually they headline rooms of around 5,000 — which is about what Building 64 can hold.

The venue is a big part of the story. Building 64 is a 1940s naval storehouse at the Navy Yard, about 38,000 square feet, reopened as an arts and events space, per the Post and Courier. The renovation kept the pitched-monitor roof, vaulted ceilings and clerestory windows, plus that original rail line down the center. Big Hair Productions runs the space, which its operator has said can fit more than 5,000 people indoors — rare for this part of the state, according to Charleston Magazine and CHStoday.

That's what makes a night like this possible here at all. A converted warehouse off Noisette Boulevard is hosting a bass act of this size on Halloween weekend.

What to know before you go: it's a costume-friendly weekend, so expect plenty of skull paint. Bring ID, eat beforehand, and plan your ride home — the Navy Yard is a hike from downtown, and rideshare surge pricing on Halloween weekend is no joke.

Doors tonight. Last tickets on Speakeasy. See you by the tracks.

Sources: Day Of The Dead ft Zeds Dead - Speakeasy (speakeasygo.com); Zeds Dead Tickets - Eventbrite (eventbrite.com); Zeds Dead - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); Zeds Dead - Apple Music (music.apple.com); Building 64 - Post and Courier (postandcourier.com); Big Hair, Big Vision: Building 64 - Charleston Magazine (charlestonmag.com); Historic naval building transforms into a new event space - CHStoday (chstoday.6amcity.com)