😈 Kiddie scares | Dark laughs | Neighbor fest | Huuuge circus | Harvest party | Buttery rock
SMEAR ON THE SUNSCREEN and dust off yr Ghostface mask, because this week is, uh, a weird mix of outdoor festivals, Halloween stuff, and also outdoor Halloween festival stuff. For indoor cats, we've got symphonic Beatles, buttery retro-rock, and a strong shot of bar-dancing cowpunk crazy. Actually, ditch the costume and come as yourself. Cheers! – Andrew Kiraly 🤍
Be My Neighbor Day
Vegas PBS's community fest is a fam-focused mosh pit of kindness.
Oct. 5 ✦ Downtown Summerlin➤ Also: The 626 Night Market gives the 702 a taste of Asia Oct. 4-6 at The Rio ✦ You auto check out Henderson Hot Rod Days Oct. 4-5 ✦ Join the circus when Ringling Bros. swings into Thomas & Mack Oct. 4-6 ✦ Snatchzel some schnitzel at the German-American Social Club's kid-friendly Oktoberfest Oct. 4-5 ✦ Get the kids booked up at the Summerlin Library Fall Festival Oct. 5 ✦ Catch a mountain high and a beer-tasting buzz at the Lee Canyon Fall Fest Oct. 5 ✦ Bots 'n' drones drop science at STEM Saturday Oct. 5 at Atomic Museum ✦ The Las Vegas Farm Harvest Festival Oct. 5-6 is totally corny in the best way ✦ Kick off a new season of Knight moves at the VGK Fan Fest Oct. 6 at Downtown Summerlin ▼
➤ Also: The Freakling Bros. have a bone – actually, bones – to pick starting Oct. 4 at Desert Breeze Park ✦ Las Vegas Haunts conjures double trouble with two attractions Oct. 4 at The Meadows Mall ✦ Teen musicians' dreams come true at all-ages Nightmare on Main St. Oct. 4 at Taverna Costera ✦ An abanoned house and a lonesome cemetery unleash scares on 31 Freak Street Oct. 4 at Tivoli Village ✦ The kids will screen in delight at Container Park's Spooktacular series starting Oct. 6 ✦ Chop uh I mean shop 'til you drop among the weird wares at Odditique Oct. 6 at Sinwave. ▼
The Beatles' 60th
The Las Vegas Philharmonic fêtes the Fab Four with two dozen symphonic hits.
Oct. 5 ✦ The Smith Center➤ Also: Sing along to the Hamiltonian hits at Hamiltunes Oct. 2-3 at The Space ✦ The UNLV Wind Orchestra brilliantly blows up Bernstein Oct. 3 at UNLV ✦ Savor the Swede sounds of the forest with FRÄNDER Oct. 3 at West Charleston Library ✦ Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks is a moving human comedy Oct. 4-6 at Las Vegas Little Theatre ✦ UNLV Dance bares its Seoul in Together 8 Oct. 4-5 ✦ Fifty-six years later, Tower of Power is still horny, baby, Oct. 5 at The Silverton. ▼
➤ Also: It's Bit Brigade's Super Mario World, we just live in it Oct. 3 at The Usual Place. ✦ Crazy cowpunks play beautiful moo-sic as Hogs 'n' Heifers marks 32 years Oct. 5 ✦ Honky tonk songstress Emily Nenni saddles up Oct. 3 at Backstage Bar & Billiards ✦ Rock out with yr clock out with Time Crashers Oct. 5 at Founder's Club ✦ Musical comedy Dracula-La-La sounds like it totally bites Oct. 4-5 at Winchester Dondero Cultural Center. ▼
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🍖 The Dish List
You'll be feastin' with (not on) heathens at the Pagan Pride Community BBQ Oct. 5 at Desert Breeze Park ✦ Dance 'til you're (un)dead at Zombie Prom Oct. 5 at Beer Zombies in Boulder City ✦ Psst – Green Day hasn't been completely canceled by Las Vegas; savor '90s + aughts sounds at Brunch of Broken Dreams Oct. 5 at The Composers Room ✦ Break the ice with hockey personalities at the What the Puck?! Hazy IPA release party Oct. 7 at Big Dog's ✦ This Oct. 8 bourbon tasting at Nevada Brew Works gets medical equipment for kids in need ✦ Hail some Napa cabs at this Oct. 12 tasting at Rio's Wine Cellar ✦ Good Pie serves up slices in Henderson starting Oct. 13 ✦ Looks like House of Blues has spooked up some more Haunted Brunch dates through Oct. 27.
🐕 Think Pawsitive
Let the dogs (and cats) out at these fun furry events: Unleash your pooch – or adopt one – at Barktoberfest Oct. 5 at Veterans Memorial Community Center, featuring games and activities for both dogs and humans ✦ Raise a toast and raise funds for the Vegas Pet Rescue Project Oct. 5 at HUDL Brewing Company Downtown ✦ Pet cemeteries, burial shrines, and other grave matters are up for discussion at the "Faithful Unto Death" lecture Oct. 5 at Cemetery Pulp by author Paul Koudounaris, an expert on animal memorials.
📙 Get Lit
The Anne Rice Birthday Book Fair Oct. 4 at The Center sounds like a bloody good time, with raffles, art, snacks, and author talks ✦ UNLV reading series Neon Lit sparks up another installment Oct. 4 at The Beverly Theater, featuring Ahmed Naji ✦ Shameless plug: The kickoff meet of the Libros & Chisme Book Club – led by The List curator and my fiancée Kim Treviño – happens Oct. 3 at The Writer's Block. First up: Our Share of Night, a shockingly violent ancestral horror novel about, well, how else to put this, a father and son trying to escape from their family's limb-chopping, demon-worshipping cult.
🧈 Churn Notice
Ah, remember life before smartphones and ubiquitous screens? When the only thing to swipe was your sweat-drenched brow well into your third hour of churning butter? Relive the good ol' old-fashioned old-ass old days at Pioneer Day Oct. 5 at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park. But seriously, the extensive menu of historically accurate activities – from ragdoll-sewing to hayriding to basket-weaving to, yes, butter-churning – sounds like a bracing digital detox for screen-addled kids and adults alike.
🎨 Arty Hard
Handful o' intriguing art shows popping up around the monthly mojo of First Friday. Beat the crowd at the Oct. 3 reception at the Nevada Humanities Gallery for Circle of Animal, stark black and white images by Sharon K. Schafer. Alien bodies morph, smoosh, and resonate at Laura Esbensen's Soma at Core Contemporary Oct. 3. And the reliably provocative Recycled Propaganda umbrellas a host of diverse artists in its Gathering show Oct. 4.
