If you like to pair your Halloween festivities with live music, you’re in luck. We’ve got a bunch of live music shows taking place either on or close to Halloween. It’s trick-or-treat — with a beat!

The Masterstroke Queen Experience

8 p.m. Oct. 30. Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St., Portland, $15 in advance, $20 at the door, 21-plus. statetheatreportland.com.

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? It’s both! The Masterstroke Queen Experience is a local tribute to Queen and seeing them live is pretty epic. Fronted by singer Sean Slaughter ,who does a terrific Freddie Mercury, the band does right by Queen’s sound. The show is called the Beezlebub Costume Ball, with good reason: It celebrates the 50th anniversary of “Bohemian Rhapsody.” The song was released on Halloween in 1975 as the lead single of Queen’s “A Night at the Opera” album. Be ready for the sing-along of the year.

Space Halloween

8 p.m. Oct. 31. Space, 538 Congress St., Portland, $15 in advance, $20 at the door. space538.org.

Since 2008, Space has held tremendous Halloween parties. All feature local musician supergroups performing as famous bands. I’ve gone a few times and it’s always a blast. Through the years, bands have performed as Blondie, The Clash, Portishead, Talking Heads, The Kinks, Bikini Kill and dozens of others. It’s a true Portland Halloween tradition.

The four bands being paid homage this year are Green Day, Death Cab for Cutie, Kate Bush and Blue Öyster Cult. You had better believe we’re gonna need more cowbell.

Members of Grand Hotel and the Jeff Beam Philharmonic will be Green Day. Members of Little Oso, Finger Food, State Birds and Slowhaste will be Death Cab for Cutie and members of Greenbriar, Gum Parker, Million of Energy and Euphemia will be burning you for as Blue Oyster Cult.

Members of Contrapposto, Is She? and Streetweeper will perform as Kate Bush, with Mirabai Iwanko from Contrapposto on vocals. Iwanko is a Space Halloween party veteran who has nailed stints as Elisabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins), Gwen Stefani (No Doubt) and as a Fleetwood Mac-er.

All Hallows’ Eve: Spooky Tunes, Songs and Tales from Scotland

8 p.m. Oct. 31. One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, $24.50. onelongfellowsquare.com.

For a Scottish twist on your Halloween, head to One Longfellow Square, where fiddler Louise Bichan, from Orkney in Scotland will be accompanied by guitarist Conor Hearn, mandolinist Ethan Setiawan and cellist Brendan Hearn, along with special guests Katie McNally (fiddle) and Neil Pearlman (piano/accordion). The evening’s program will consist of Halloween music from the Celtic Isles, with tunes featuring Samhain (Gaelic festival) traditions, folk tales, murder ballads and songs with trowies (mythical creatures from Orkney and Shetland islands), sea serpents and selkies (mythological creature that can transform from a seal into a human). Come in costume, and bring a carved neep (turnip) or pumpkin for a chance to win a prize.

Halloween Ball with Just Dance: A tribute to Lady Gaga

8 p.m. Oct. 31. Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, 453 Old Post Road, Arundel, $25 in advance, $35 at the door. vinhillmusic.com.

You haven’t lived until you’ve seen Amanda Tubbs transform into Lady Gaga. Halloween is the perfect night to see Tubbs and her band do their thing, and you can count on at least a few costume changes. Just Dance will be playing songs across Lady Gaga’s discography, so put on your best p-p-p-p-poker face and pull a posse of friends together for a wild night in Arundel. The eight-member band includes guitarist Owen Conforte, keys and synths guru Kris Rodgers and drummer Jason Ingalls.

Heavy Halloween: A Breakaway Takeover

8 p.m. Oct. 31. The Dance Hall, 7 Walker St., Kittery, $15, $10 students. thedancehallkittery.com.

For a Halloween night of live music that you can really sink your fangs into, consider a show in Kittery. Breakaway Cafe in Dover, New Hampshire, used to host heavy rock shows on Saturday nights until they were shut down, but Breakaway still presents heavy music shows about four times a year at The Dance Hall. Halloween is one of those nights, and the lineup of Maine and New Hampshire-based bands is ear-splittingly great. Stab will be teaming up with New Hampshire’s Zinc to play the music of Hatebreed. Selflove will slay with the music of Motorhead. Prefrontal Cortex will be covering Crossed Out and Agenbite Misery will tackle the songs of Black Sabbath, Electric Wizard and Sleep. Be sure your costume includes ear plugs.

Haunted Ragtime Halloween

6 p.m. Nov. 1. Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath, $20, $10 for ages 5-12, 4 and under free. chocolatechurcharts.org.

Put a swing in your Halloween step with a night out in Bath. The Haunted Ragtime Halloween party includes a photo booth, food trucks and a group swing dance lesson. The tunes will be provided by the Ragtime Destroyers on the main stage. Head to the Annex right after for a performance by Dr. Gasp, the creeptastic alter-ego of singer-songwriter Dan Blakeslee.