Friday, Oct. 28

One of the biggest Halloween parties of the year is happening Friday night this week. Beat Bach’s annual Halloween Dance Party is taking place at 25 E. Center, in the space formerly home to Hawaiian Brian’s. He always goes all out with decorations, and a who’s-who of the local DJ scene will provide the beats. Tickets are $10 at the door.

The Razorback Basketball team will kick off their season with an exhibition versus Central Missouri at Bud Walton Arena Friday night. Tipoff is at 7 p.m.

How about some theatre? TheatreSquared’s I and You continues with performances all weekend scheduled at Nadine Baum Studios.

The first ever Death Fest is also taking place all weekend at the Fayetteville Senior Activity and Wellness Center. The event is described as a “festival exploring society’s evolving arts, laws, and philosophies of Death through workshops, speakers, performances, and conversation.” Here’s more info.

Music-wise, there’s a rock show at Smoke & Barrel with locals Youth Pastor and Ten High, there’s a country show at George’s with Whiskey Meyers, and Omaha, NE electronic duo Linear Symmetry is at Ryleigh’s.

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Full list

11:00 am	Death Fest: A Celebration Fayetteville Senior Activity and Wellness Center	Community
4:00 pm	Pumpkin Ale Release and Halloween Party Fossil Cove Brewing	Beer
5:00 pm	Halloween Animal Science Day Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Arena	Family
5:30 pm	Critical Mass Halloween Ride Fayettechill Clothing Company	Activity
6:00 pm	Nace Brothers / Mary Heather & the Sinners George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
6:30 pm	P.R.I.D.E. Halloween Party UA campus
7:00 pm	Arkansas men’s basketball vs. Central Missouri Bud Walton Arena	Sports
7:00 pm	Jay Yates Foghorn’s on 15th	Music
7:30 pm	Prison Story Project: On the Row UA Global Campus	Performance
7:30 pm	TheatreSquared: I and You Nadine Baum Studios	Performance
8:00 pm	Bert Kreischer Mermaids Seafood Restaurant	Comedy
8:00 pm	Fayetteville Square Dance Backspace	Activity
8:00 pm	Toxic Rhythms Mojo’s Pints & Pies	Music
8:30 pm	Jim Mills Band JJ’s on Dickson	Music
8:30 pm	Laugh Track and Field: Trick and Treat UA campus	Comedy
8:30 pm	Maud Crawford JJ’s Grill	Music
9:00 pm	Whiskey Myers / Stephen Neeper George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
9:30 pm	Beat Bach’s Halloween Dance Party Smoke & Barrel Tavern	Activity
10:00 pm	Linear Symmetry / Syca Ryleigh’s	Music
10:00 pm	Youth Pastor / Ten High Smoke & Barrel Tavern	Music

Saturday, Oct. 29

With Halloween falling on a Monday this year, a lot of places are holding their parties on Saturday night. Here’s our full guide to all the Halloween events that we know of.

The Good Fear (featuring Flyer co-founders Todd Gill and Dustin Bartholomew) is performing their annual set of Tom Petty songs at Kingfish Saturday night.

Maxine’s has completely decorated the bar in a Stranger Things theme, and they’ll host a three-day dance party starting on Saturday as well.

Also Saturday night, Phunbag’s Comedy Improv is planning a special Halloween performance in the basement at Post on Block.

The largest costume contest we’ve heard of is at Grub’s, where the winner will receive a $500 cash prize.

There’s a big Halloween-themed art and music show called 2 Grotesque at Backspace as well. The show features over 30 local artists, and music by five local bands. Among them, May the Peace of the Sea be with You is performing a set of Built to Spill songs. Here’s more info.

Also in music, there’s a big show at George’s with Zoogma, there’s a Sublime tribute at Ryleigh’s, and Joplin band The Too’s will perform at Smoke & Barrel.

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Full list

7:00 am	Saturday Farmers’ Market Fayetteville Square	Community
7:30 am	Fayetteville Half Marathon John McDonnell Field	Activity
9:00 am	Costume Contest Museum of Native American History	Family
9:00 am	Halloween Scavenger Ride Lewis & Clark Outfitters	Family
10:30 am	Super Saturday: Halloween Storytime Fayetteville Public Library	Family
11:00 am	Death Fest: A Celebration Fayetteville Senior Activity and Wellness Center	Community
2:00 pm	TheatreSquared: I and You Nadine Baum Studios	Performance
5:00 pm	Mount Comfort Presbyterian Harvest Fest Mount Comfort Presbyterian Church	Activity
7:00 pm	Caleb Martin Foghorn’s on 15th	Music
7:00 pm	2 Grotesque Halloween Art + Music Backspace	Art
7:30 pm	TheatreSquared: I and You Nadine Baum Studios	Performance
8:00 pm	Phunbag’s Ha-Ha Halloween Show Post on Block	Comedy
8:30 pm	Filthy Habit JJ’s on Dickson	Music
8:30 pm	Jamie Wolfe & the Wranglers JJ’s Grill	Music
9:00 pm	Artinfusion Halloween in the Hollow Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art	Art
9:00 pm	Stranger Halloween: DJ Clunk / Sam Houser Maxine’s Tap Room	Music
9:00 pm	Tom Petty Halloween Cover-Up Kingfish	Music
9:00 pm	Zoogma George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
10:00 pm	Grub’s 15th Annual Costume Contest Grubs Bar and Grille	Activity
10:00 pm	Lou Dog (Sublime Tribute) / Photosphere / Rozenbridge Ryleigh’s	Music
10:00 pm	The Too’s / Grisly Hand Smoke & Barrel Tavern	Music

Sunday, Oct. 30

Longtime local-musician Terry Cagle, drummer for The Cate Brothers and Earl & Them and nephew of the late Levon Helm, suffered a serious injury recently, and the community is coming together on Sunday for a benefit to help pay his medical bills at George’s. There’s an all-star lineup of music, featuring The Cate Brothers, Earl & Them, OREO Blue, Brad James Band (Tulsa), Leah & The Mojo Doctors, Jr Markham and The Caretakers (Tulsa), Left of Center, The Traveling Wheelbearings, Dawn Cate, JT Huff, and Lloyd Price. Music starts at around 2 p.m. and runs until 10 p.m. Here’s more info about the show.

Also on Sunday, local storytelling troupe That’s What She Said will perform a show titled “Spooky Stories and Nightmare Fodder” at Bordinos, and Maxine’s Stranger Halloween continues with DJ Robert Bell.

Full list:

11:00 am	Death Fest: A Celebration Fayetteville Senior Activity and Wellness Center	Community
1:00 pm	Arkansas volleyball vs. Georgia Barnhill Arena	Sports
1:00 pm	Bobby Smith Botanical Garden of the Ozarks	Music
2:00 pm	Terry Cagle benefit show George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
2:00 pm	TheatreSquared: I and You Nadine Baum Studios	Performance
5:30 pm	That’s What She Said: Spooky Stories and Nightmare Fodder Bordinos	Performance
6:30 pm	Halloween Hootenanny! Circus Variety Show Hanshew Road	Activity
8:00 pm	Stranger Halloween: DJ Robert Bell Maxine’s Tap Room	Music
9:00 pm	Cristy Hays Smoke & Barrel Tavern	Music