Friday, Oct. 30

Who’s ready for some tricks and treats? It’s Halloween Weekend, and the fun starts on Halloween Eve this year.

For the kids, there’s the annual Trick or Treat on the Square, with Fayetteville square merchants handing out candy to some adorable local kids in costume from 3-5 p.m.

After that, the UA’s annual Homecoming Parade will make it’s way down Dickson Street at 6 p.m.

A couple Halloween parties are planned on Friday nigh has well. There’s “Bands as Bands at Smoke & Barrel. The Good Fear (featuring Flyer co-founders Todd Gill and Dustin Bartholomew) will perform as Six Tom Petties, locals The Airplanes will play as Weezer, and Teenagers will play a set of Cars songs. Admission is $5.

Local DJ Beat Bachs will also host his annual Halloween blow out/dance party. This year, they’re transforming Hawaiian Brian’s into a spooky/awesome Halloween party zone.

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Friday, October 30

3:00 pm	Crossroads Farmers’ Market Trinity United Methodist Church	Community
3:00 pm	Trick or Treat on the Square Fayetteville Square	Family
5:00 pm	Halloween Monster Dash Fayetteville Square	Sports
5:00 pm	Paul Price – Harp guitar Emelia’s Kitchen	Music
6:00 pm	Trike Theatre presents: DRACULA NWACC White Hall Auditorium	Performance
6:00 pm	UA Homecoming Parade Dickson Street	Community
6:00 pm	Ultra Suede / Oreo Blue George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
7:00 pm	Halloween Square Dance Backspace	Community
7:30 pm	Matt Dodd Dickson Street Pub
7:30 pm	Symphony of Horrors: Nosferatu UA campus	Community
7:30 pm	TheatreSquared: Water by the Spoonful Nadine Baum Studios	Performance
7:30 pm	University of Arkansas Opera Theatre Faulkner Performing Arts Center	Music
8:00 pm	The Theta Theorum Nomads Music Lounge	Music
9:00 pm	Bands as Bands: Tom Petty / Weezer / The Cars Smoke & Barrel Tavern	Music
9:00 pm	Beat Bachs presents: Halloween Dance Party 2015 Hawaiian Brian’s	Music
9:00 pm	Pat Green George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
10:00 pm	Hallow’s Eve Variety Show Ryleigh’s	Music

Saturday, Oct. 31

There are only two Saturday Farmers’ Markets on the Fayetteville square left this season, and one of them is this Saturday starting at 7 a.m. Get down there while you can.

The Razorback basketball team will hold an open practice at 11 a.m., and showing off for 5-star recruit Malik Monk at Bud Walton Arena. Stop by before tailgating, maybe.

The Football Hogs will take on Tennessee-Martin at 3 p.m. for their Homecoming game this year at Razorback Stadium.

There’s a pub crawl starting at Jose’s at 7 p.m., with “Scary-oke” (get it), t-shirts, and prizes. It’ll be a good night to be out and about checking out all the costumes on Dickson.

Live music-wise, local favorite and frequent Fayetteville visitor Andy Frasco & The UN is at George’s, and there’s a metal show at The Lightbulb Club with and Auric, Barren, Dissonant Possession.

There’s a big old art and music show at Backspace called Grotesque Art & Music Halloween Spectacular. A bunch of local artists will show their work, and there’s music with by Candy Lee, The Chads, Noise Counseling, Witchsister, and Rat Brats.

How about a dance party? Maxine’s is having a huge Studio 54-themed one, complete with Pop Art on the walls, and DJ’s Robe Flax and Sam Houser spinning some mod tunes.

Finally, the Last Saturday variety show at Fayetteville Underground is doing a Woodstock ’69 theme, with Amanda Rey performing as Janis Joplin, Jimmy Wayne Garrett and The Liberty Bell Rhythm Band performing as The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and The Truman Rail Boys performing as The Band. Here’s more info about the show.

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Saturday, October 31

7:00 am	Saturday Farmers’ Market Fayetteville Square	Community
8:30 am	Yoga in the Garden Botanical Garden of the Ozarks	Activity
9:00 am	Farmers’ Market Yoga Fayetteville Underground	Activity
9:00 am	Zombie Takeover / Trick-or-Treat Ozark Natural Foods	Family
10:30 am	Halloween Storytime Fayetteville Public Library	Family
11:30 am	Dog Costume Contest Nomads Music Lounge	Community
12:00 pm	Halloween on Ice Jones Center	Community
2:00 pm	TheatreSquared: Water by the Spoonful Nadine Baum Studios	Performance
3:00 pm	Arkansas football vs. Tennessee-Martin Razorback Stadium	Sports
5:00 pm	Paul Price – Harp guitar Emelia’s Kitchen	Music
6:00 pm	All Hallow’s Read Book Drive and Celebration Nightbird Books	Literary
6:00 pm	Mall-O-Ween Northwest Arkansas Mall	Family
6:00 pm	Trike Theatre presents: DRACULA NWACC White Hall Auditorium	Performance
7:00 pm	3rd annual Halloween Pub Crawl Jose’s	Community
7:00 pm	Last Saturday Halloween Party Fayetteville Underground	Community
7:00 pm	sUgAR/Backspace Grotesque Art & Music Halloween Spectacular Backspace	Art
7:30 pm	Brian Ramsey Dickson Street Pub	Music
7:30 pm	TheatreSquared: Water by the Spoonful Nadine Baum Studios	Performance
8:00 pm	Halloween Party Buster Belly’s	Community
8:00 pm	Halloween Party Fossil Cove Brewing	Community
8:00 pm	Halloween Party & Live Music Kingfish	Music
8:30 pm	The Zombie Ball Holiday Inn Convention Center	Community
8:30 pm	Wes & Karl JJ’s Grill	Music
9:00 pm	Studio 54 Halloween Dance Party Maxine’s Tap Room
10:00 pm	Andy Frasco & The UN George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
10:00 pm	AURIC / Barren / Dissonant Possession JR’s Lightbulb Club	Music
10:00 pm	Monster Mash Halloween Party Nomads Music Lounge	Music
10:00 pm	The Squarshers / Woody & Sunshine Ryleigh’s	Music

Sunday, Nov. 1

There’s an enormous show at George’s on Sunday. It’s a benefit for dancing man Ralph Odom (affectionately known as Giant Mountain Troll), who lost his house in a fire recently. Local bands Dawn Cate and the Rhythm Kings, Earls Garage, Leah & The Mojo Doctors, Oreo Blue, The Nace Brothers, and The Cate Brothers will perform. Here’s more info.

There’s also a benefit at Greenhouse Grille. The Natural State Burial Association, an organization working to create green burial grounds in Northwest Arkansas and educate the community about alternative death care, will be raising funds for their new non-profit. Details are here.

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Sunday, November 1

1:00 pm	Degree Recital: Ryan Trickey, saxophone Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall	Music
2:00 pm	Arkansas volleyball vs. Alabama Barnhill Arena	Sports
2:00 pm	Benefit for Ralph Odom George’s Majestic Lounge	Fundraiser
2:00 pm	Bluegrass music Nomads Music Lounge	Music
2:00 pm	TheatreSquared: Water by the Spoonful Nadine Baum Studios	Performance
2:00 pm	Trike Theatre presents: DRACULA NWACC White Hall Auditorium	Performance
2:30 pm	Chamber Recital: Judd Burns, voice Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall	Music
5:00 pm	Day of the Dead Fundraising Party Greenhouse Grille	Fundraiser
7:30 pm	Open mic night Dickson Street Pub	Music