Background
Hallowicked was founded in 1994 originally to generate attention
to the ICP's music after radio station WDVD stopped playing their music on the station. The inaugural concert which took place at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit, Michigan, featured the ICP themselves headlining the concert with Project Born and J.P. The Unknown being the opening acts. To commemorate the concert, 100 cassettes for a single titled "Dead Pumpkins" were handed to attendees. In 1996 during a concert in Toledo, Ohio, Violent J, had suffered a fractured collar bone after moonsaulting off the stage. The show was part of a tour which would've concluded in Detroit, however, the remainder of the tour was cancelled due to the injury.
At the 2010 concert, ICP announced the first album in the second set of Joker's Card albums titled The Mighty Death Pop! which was later released on August 12, 2012 during the Gathering of the Juggalos.
On October 18, 2012, safety concerns from the Royal Oak Police Department had forced the concert which was originally being scheduled to be held at the Royal Oak Music Theatre to be movedthe Fillmore in Detroit, Michigan citing among multiple reasons, the labeling of juggalos as a gang by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
From October 23, 2024 to October 29, 2024, Insane Clown Posse organized the Train of Terror Tour which built to their annual Hallowicked concert in Detroit, Michigan and featured Ouija Macc, Shaggy The Airhead, Wakko The Kidd, Monster Wolf along with live episodes of JCW Lunacy on each night of the tour.
On October 31, 2025, JCW taped a special episode of JCW Lunacy which Matt Cardona as the Carnival of Carnage defeating 2 Tuff Tony to win the JCW Heavyweight Championship. One day after the episode aired on January 1, 2026, it was announced that Cardona had signed a contract with WWE and made his return on Friday Night SmackDown on January 2, 2026 and would vacate all of the championships he had held before signing including the JCW Heavyweight Championship.
On May 6, 2026, Psychopathic Records announced that Hallowicked 2026 would take place at the Detroit Masonic Temple on October 31, 2026. On October 7, 2026, Psychopathic Records announced that the Insane Clown Posse would be holding their first concert in Saginaw, Michigan at The Vault two days before Hallowicked. On October 10, 2026, Insane Clown Posse added a second concert on Devil's Night in Saginaw due to the October 29, 2026 concert selling out.
