The band’s manager as Fat Albert Einstein

Umphrey’s McGee will once again place an emphasis on mash-ups for its Halloween performance. In conjunction the band is hosting a contest to reflect this theme. Umphrey’s is encouraging anyone who has created mash-up Halloween costumes over the past two years (or will do this this year) to send photos of their costumes to the group with the top costumes winning prizes.

As the band explains, “To play, RSVP as Attending our Mash-Up photo contest, and upload your mash-up costume to the event Wall with the caption “Mash-up: #YOUR CHARACTER#” (ex: Mash-up: Fat Albert Einstein) by November 3rd at 5PM CST. We will choose our top three favorites and the winners will receive two tickets to a non-festival Umphrey’s McGee show of their choice in 2011, along with a killer package of merchandise from UM HQ. Winners will be notified by the Tonisecond week in November.”

Tonight Umphrey’s McGee is in Kalamazoo, MI at the Kalamazoo State Theatre