Mushroomhead's Halloween homecoming hits the Agora with Fear Factory

Cleveland's masked metal band brings its co-headlining run with Fear Factory home to Euclid Avenue on October 31, an all-ages night with an early start.

In Cleveland, Halloween has its own house band. Every October 31, Mushroomhead comes home, puts on the masks the rest of the country only sees once a tour, and plays for the city that raised it. This Saturday that tradition lands back at the Agora Theatre, and this year the band isn't headlining alone.

The Agora's event page lists Mushroomhead & Fear Factory on Saturday, October 31, with doors at 5:30pm and the show at 6:30pm. It's an all-ages show promoted by AEG Presents at 5000 Euclid Avenue, and tickets are on AXS. Note the early start: with a three-band undercard ahead of two headliners, this isn't a night to stroll in at nine.

The Halloween date is part of the Soul of a New War Machine Tour, a fall co-headlining run the two bands announced this year, with Cleveland's annual Halloween hometown show built into the routing. The name winks at Fear Factory's history: *Soul of a New Machine* was the industrial-metal band's 1992 debut, as its AXS artist page notes. Pairing that band with Mushroomhead makes sense on paper and on stage. Both built their sound on the collision of heavy riffs and machinery, and both have fans who've been coming out since the '90s.

In Cleveland, Halloween has its own house band.

For Mushroomhead, this is home turf in every sense. AXS describes it as a Cleveland band formed in the early 1990s, and in our records it has played Cleveland more than any other city, 29 shows. Few local acts have kept a hometown ritual going this long, and fewer still could fill a room the size of the Agora to do it.

Get there for the openers. Nine Treasures is on every listing for the night, along with Bittersweet Revenge. Unhealthy While Unhinged rounds out the bill, per the Agora's listing.

One practical note: the Agora says ticket transfer is delayed for this show and should open about three weeks before the date. If you're buying for a group, sort that out early rather than at the door on Halloween night.

The Agora on Euclid Avenue is one of the city's great old rock rooms, and Halloween is when it earns its reputation. Wear the mask. Half the room will.

Sources: Agora Cleveland: Mushroomhead & Fear Factory (agoracleveland.com); AXS: Mushroomhead & Fear Factory, Agora Theatre, Oct 31, 2026 (axs.com); AXS: Fear Factory artist page (axs.com); AXS: Mushroomhead artist page (axs.com); The Needle Drop: Mushroomhead and Fear Factory Announce Fall 2026 Co-Headlining Tour (theneedledrop.com); This Day in Metal: Mushroomhead and Fear Factory announce fall 2026 U.S. co-headlining tour (thisdayinmetal.com)