This week in Lynchburg (Oct 28-Nov 3)

135 or so events this week. Halloween lands on a Saturday, so the back half of the week is costume parties, trick or treating, ghost walks and cover shows, with Roanoke Ballet's Dracula at the Academy Friday. Before that there's the last Rivermont Farmers Market of the season, pottery and craft classes, library programs, trivia and game nights. Clocks fall back an hour early Sunday, and Tuesday is Election Day. If I'm missing something, or you've got an event you're hosting or want to share, let me know.

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Dracula (Roanoke Ballet Theatre), Fri · 7:00pm at the Historic Academy Theatre · $48-$75.

Halloween Cover Show Extravaganza, Fri · 7:00pm at Super Rad Arcade Bar · $15 · six local bands play Electric Wizard, Metallica, Title Fight, AFI, Green Day and blink-182.

Spider-Ween Halloween Open House, Sat · 6:00-10:00pm at The Clarity House · free family Halloween night with candy, popcorn, a costume contest and rock painting.

🟢 free · 🟠 paid · 🎤 karaoke

🟠 Wednesday Independent Studio · 9:30am-12:00pm · May Carter Pottery Studio · $160 · multi-week studio access session, first meeting

🟠 Open Studio · 10:00am-2:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $25-$60 · drop in and work on your own project, priced by project tier

🟢 Builders Club (Downtown) · 10:00am-5:00pm · Downtown Branch · drop-in LEGO and DUPLO building station all day

🟢 Bookmobile · 10:00am-4:00pm · Riverside Park, Hillcrest, Fairview Center · Riverside Park, 2238 Rivermont Ave 10:00am-12:00pm · Hillcrest Apartments, 3000 Birchwood Dr 12:30-1:30pm · Fairview Center, 3621 Campbell Ave 3:00-4:00pm

🟢 Halloween Storytime & Craft · 10:30-11:30am · Miller Center Library Hub · takes the place of Family Storytime this week, first come first served

🟢 Rivermont Farmers Market · 3:00-7:00pm · Riverside Park · last market of the season, music by the Riverside String Band

🟠 Butterfly Pinning · 3:30pm · Scrappy Elephant · $35 · ages 14+

🟢 The Wolf Man (1941) · 4:00-5:30pm · Forest Library · Blast from the Past Monster Movies, ages 10+

🟠 Intermediate Sewing: Using a Sewing Pattern · 5:30-7:30pm · Needle Ninja Sewing Studio · four Wednesdays, needs basic machine sewing, sign up at needle-ninja.com

🟢 Chess Club · 6:00-9:00pm · Starr Hill On Main · all skill levels, open to the public (Pierce)

🟠 Holiday Mats · 6:00-8:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $45 · door mat workshop

🟢 5v5 Pickup Soccer · 6:00-8:30pm · The Pitch at the Stadium District · hosted by Hill City FC, register at hillcityfc.com, spots limited

🟢 Open Mic Night · 6:00pm · Big Lick Tropical Grill · weekly Wednesday open mic (Jodie Davis)

🟢 Run Club · 6:00pm · Three Roads Brewing BURG · weekly run, runners get 20% off afterward

🟢 Wednesday Lorcana Play · 6:00pm · Underground Cards & Disc Shop, FOREST · weekly Disney Lorcana TCG play

🟠 Intermediate & Advanced Hand Building · 6:30-9:00pm · May Carter Pottery Studio · $205 · multi-week pottery course

🟢 Bar Exam Trivia · 7:00pm · Apocalypse Ale Works, FOREST · weekly Wednesday trivia (Tyler Wolff)

🟠 Disney Lorcana Casual League Play · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · weekly Wednesday Lorcana night

🟢 Halloween Trivia · 7:00-9:00pm · Tiger Sun · from Tiger Sun's October calendar

🟢 Live Celtic Music · 7:00-10:00pm · Dish · Jim Robertson & Friends

🟠 MTG Standard Gameplay · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · weekly Magic: the Gathering Standard play

🟢 Trivia Night · 7:00pm · Three Roads Brewing BURG · weekly Wednesday trivia

🟠 Union Arena Weekly Locals · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $7.99 · weekly TCG locals

🟢 Emo / Alt / Scene / Metal Night · 10:00pm to close · Dish · Wednesday late night with Allison

🎤 Karaoke: The Water Dog 6:00-9:00pm, Wine Down Karaoke · The Vault at The Raven Branch 6:00-9:00pm, half-price cocktails (Robert Pennix, Shining Star Karaoke) · Lola's 7:00pm (Mogu Entertainment) · Scoreboards 8:00pm · EL 32 10:00pm to close (Rhodey Entertainment)

🟢 Monster Mash Dance Party · 10:30-11:15am · The Aviary at Miller Park · costumes welcome, no registration, space limited

🟢 River Ridge Kids Club: Dive Into Adventure · 10:30-11:15am · River Ridge Mall · storytime, a free craft and a Hill City AquaZoo animal to meet

🟢 Bookmobile · 11:00am-4:30pm · Peaks View, Cornerstone, Humane Soc., Goodies · Peaks View Park 11:00am-12:00pm · Mobil (Cornerstone), 1209 Greenview Dr 12:30-1:30pm · Lynchburg Humane Society, 1211 Old Graves Mill Rd 2:00-3:00pm · Mister Goodies at Schewels, 7007 Timberlake Rd 3:30-4:30pm

🟠 Beginning Hand Building · 1:00-3:30pm · May Carter Pottery Studio · $205 · multi-week pottery course

🟠 Kid's Clayworks: Bugs, Wings & Things · 4:15-5:45pm · May Carter Pottery Studio · $130 · kids' clay class

🟢 Bookmobile at Smith's Pumpkin Patch · 5:00-7:00pm · Smith's Pumpkin Patch · evening bookmobile stop at the patch

🟢 LEGO Club · 5:00-6:15pm · Forest Library

🟢 Paw-Loween Pet Costume Contest · 5:00pm · Waterstone Pizza

🟠 Mindful Flow Yoga · 5:30pm · Sattva Yoga & Wellness Center · $10 drop-in · new Thursday class with Kate McPhatter, free for members

🟢 Problem Gambling Awareness Talk · 6:00pm · Temple Baptist Church Chapel · hosted by Horizon Behavioral Health

🟠 Presbyterian Cemetery Ghost Walk · 6:00-9:00pm, last tour 8:05 · Presbyterian Cemetery · $25 · $15 under 12, $20 students and military, $5 more at the door · family friendly tonight and Friday, Lynchburg Historical Foundation

🟢 Halloween Costume Party with Rare Form · 6:00-9:00pm · Hill City Pub · live music and a costume party

🟢 Live Music: The Pete Turpin Band · 6:30pm · Big Lick Tropical Grill

🟢 One Piece Play · 6:30pm, alongside Pokemon Weekly Tournament at the same time · Underground Cards & Disc Shop, FOREST · weekly TCG play

🟠 Thursday Independent Studio · 6:30-9:00pm · May Carter Pottery Studio · $160 · multi-week studio access session

🟠 Yu-Gi-Oh! Weekly Locals · 6:30pm · Dragon Fire Games · weekly Thursday TCG locals

🟠 Ethereal Element, Dover And The Elevators and body issues · 7:00pm, doors 6:30 · Super Rad Arcade Bar · $10 at the door

🟢 Bingo Night · 7:00pm · Three Roads Brewing BURG · weekly Thursday bingo (Donna Kay)

🟢 Kreative Room Unfiltered · 7:00pm · The Music Hall · weekly open mic for music, spoken word and comedy

🟢 Music Bingo · 7:00pm · Apocalypse Ale Works, FOREST · weekly Thursday music bingo (Mike Hand)

🟢 Tapas & Tunes: Hunter Overstreet · 7:00-10:00pm · Dish · Thursday live music series

🟠 Thursday Night Commander · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · includes a pack · weekly Magic: the Gathering Commander night

🟠 Line Dancing Thursday · 8:00pm-12:00am · The Trading Post Music Hall & Speakeasy · $10 · weekly party with in-house instructors all night, ages 16+

🟢 Divorced Dad Rock Night · 10:00pm to close · Dish · with Allison

🎤 Karaoke: No 7 Rooftop Bar 8:00-11:00pm (Rhodey Entertainment)

🟠 Friday Independent Studio · 9:30am-12:00pm · May Carter Pottery Studio · $160 · multi-week studio access session

🟠 Friday Open Studio · 9:30am-12:30pm · Living Line Studio · $90 · ten-visit pass sold on Big Cartel

🟠 Open Studio · 10:00am-2:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $25-$60 · drop in and work on your own project, priced by project tier

🟢 Halloween Board Games · 10:30am-12:30pm · Miller Center Library Hub

🟠 Little Picasso Art Club · 10:30-11:30am · Scrappy Elephant · $13 · toddler storytime and art project, ages 18 months to 3 years

🟢 The Bremen Town Musicians · 12:00-1:00pm · Forest Library · family opera from Opera on the James' Tyler Young Artist Program

🟢 Hill City Fall Festival · 4:00-7:00pm · Hill City Sports Center · family fall night

🟠 Trick or Treat at the Zoo · 4:00-6:00pm · Hill City AquaZoo · trick or treating, pumpkin designing 4:00-5:00pm and Halloween bingo 5:00-6:00pm, costumes encouraged

🟢 Teen Movie Night: The Book of Life · 4:00-6:00pm · Forest Library

🟠 Family Crafts & Treats · 5:00-8:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $10-$20

🟢 Live Music: Andrew Beverly · 5:30-8:30pm · Charley's Restaurant & Catering · Live in the Tavern series

🟠 Mobile Raku Workshop with Brett Thomas · 6:00-8:30pm · May Carter Pottery Studio · $175

🟠 Presbyterian Cemetery Ghost Walk · 6:00-9:00pm, last tour 8:05 · Presbyterian Cemetery · $25 · $15 under 12, $20 students and military, $5 more at the door · family friendly, book ahead since the 6:25 and 7:15 tours are full, Lynchburg Historical Foundation

🟠 Digimon Weekly Locals · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · weekly TCG locals

🟠 Dracula (Roanoke Ballet Theatre) · 7:00pm · Historic Academy Theatre · $48-$75

🟠 FNM Weekly Booster Draft · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · weekly Friday Night Magic draft

🟢 Friday Night Magic: Commander · 7:00pm · Underground Cards & Disc Shop, FOREST · weekly Commander night

🟠 Halloween Cover Show Extravaganza · 7:00pm, doors 6:00 · Super Rad Arcade Bar · $15 · Opium Church as Electric Wizard, Revolt as Metallica, Feels Like Falling as Title Fight, Up The Downclines as AFI, Her Majesty as Green Day, Super Sad as blink-182

🟠 Halloween Paint & Sip · 7:00-9:00pm · Peggy Burruss Art Studio · $35

🟢 Movies in the Beergarden: Halloweentown · 7:00pm · Apocalypse Ale Works, FOREST · outdoor fall movie series, no cover

🟠 Star Wars Unlimited Weekly League Play · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · weekly TCG locals

🟠 Haunted Pub Crawl · 7:30-9:30pm · The Historic Bragassa Toy Store · $35 · haunted downtown pub crawl by lantern, 21+ (Hill City Tours)

🟢 Live Music: Matt Crowder · 7:30pm · Big Lick Tropical Grill

🟠 Masquerade Night · 9:30pm-12:00am · Skyline · $20 · rooftop of the Virginian Hotel, ticket includes late appetizers and a dessert table, 21+, sales close at midnight Thursday

🟠 Hallo-Queen Drag Night · 10:00pm · Dish · $5 at the door · Kurry, Tamzin, Jezzi and Lokum, costumes encouraged

🎤 Karaoke: Scoreboards 9:00pm

🟢 Saturday Market · 8:00am-1:00pm · Lynchburg Community Market · weekly produce, food and crafters market

🟢 Forest Farmers Market · 8:00am-12:00pm · behind the Forest Library · produce, meats, honey, flowers and breads

🟢 Harvest Festival '26 · 9:00am-1:00pm · Lynchburg Community Market · same morning as the Saturday Market

🟢 Mindful Movement Saturday Yoga · 9:45-10:45am · Sattva Yoga and Wellness Center · free community class with Gary, sign up on Eventbrite or Sattva's site

🟢 Balloons + Co's 1st Boo-thday Bash · 10:00am-2:00pm · Balloons & Company · trunk or treat, vendors and food, Halloween karaoke by Singagram, all ages

🟠 Devoted Souls: A Love Story of Point of Honor · 10:00am-12:00pm · Point of Honor · $10 · house and grounds tour marking the 189th anniversary of the Oct 31, 1837 wedding held there, ending with wedding cake and tea, 15 guests, reservations required

🟠 Halloween Palette Knife Painting Class · 10:00am-12:00pm · Scrappy Elephant · $35

🟠 Sea Glass Trees · 10:00am-12:00pm · Hammer & Stain · $50

🟢 Spooky Book Fair · 10:00am-3:00pm · Lynchburg City Armory · Fox Burrow Books' all-ages fair with used and new books, crafts and local artisans, costumes encouraged, free registration

🟠 Last Day of Pumpkin Season · 10:00am-8:00pm · Smith's Pumpkin Patch · $40 per child season pass · last day of the season, buy the biggest carving pumpkin and the rest are half off

🟢 Halloween Market & Trick or Treat · 11:00am-5:00pm · Ya Mada, FOREST · market, trick or treating, a costume contest and live music from Hunter Overstreet

🟢 Trick or Treat in the Park · 12:00pm · Miller Park · candy, games and prizes from Lynchburg Food Not Bombs, costumes encouraged, all ages

🟢 Subaru Loves Pets Adoption Meet-Up · 12:00-2:00pm · Terry Subaru · last of the October Saturday meet-ups with adoptable pets

🟢 Pokemon Halloween Costume Contest · 12:30pm · Dragon Fire Games

🟠 Pokemon Delta Reign Prerelease · 1:30pm · Dragon Fire Games · second prerelease Saturday

🟢 National Novel Writing Month Kick-Off · 2:00-3:00pm · Forest Library · start of a friendly November race to 50,000 words

🟠 Yu-Gi-Oh! Weekly Locals · 2:30pm · Dragon Fire Games · $4.99

🟢 Teen Creative Writing Club · 3:30-5:30pm · Forest Library · dedicated writing time and community for teen writers

🟢 Halloween Costume Contest · 4:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · open costume contest at the game store

🟢 Golf Cart Trunk or Treat · 4:00-7:00pm · Lynchburg South Moose Lodge 1727 · open to the public

🟢 12th Annual Trunk-A-Treat · 4:00-6:00pm · The Building Studio · Mental Health & Violence Awareness edition, family friendly

🟢 Boo Bash · 5:00-7:00pm · River Ridge Mall · trick or treat at the stores, photo spots and costumed characters

🟢 Trunk or Treat · 5:00-8:00pm · Timberlake Tavern · decorated trunks, golf carts and candy

🟠 AGAR Java & Jazz: Quintana All-Stars · 6:00-8:00pm, doors 5:15 · Second Stage, AMHERST · $15 adults · $8 students · jazz quintet presented by Amherst Glebe Arts Response

🟠 Presbyterian Cemetery Ghost Walk · 6:00-9:00pm, last tour 8:05 · Presbyterian Cemetery · $35 · Halloween night tours are adults only, $5 more at the door

🟢 Spider-Ween Halloween Open House · 6:00-10:00pm · The Clarity House · 5th annual, Spider-Man theme, free candy, popcorn and coffee, costume contest (sign up by 7:00pm), rock painting, rain or shine

🟠 Disney Lorcana League Play · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · weekly Saturday league play

🟠 Gundam Weekly Locals · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $6.99 · weekly Saturday TCG locals

🟠 Haunted Circus Halloween Party · 7:00pm · Tiger Sun · $10 cover

🟢 Halloween Costume Party with Thunder Ridge Band · 7:00-10:00pm · Hill City Pub · live music and a costume party

🟢 Live Music: The Jangles · 7:00-9:00pm · Trailhead · Halloween night set, costumes encouraged

🟢 MTI's Horrific Halloween Bash · 7:30pm · Apocalypse Ale Works, FOREST

🟠 Doobie Powell · 8:00-10:00pm · The Music Hall · $35-$50

🟠 Ghosts of Gallows Hill · 8:00-9:30pm · Old Court House Steps · $25 · haunted history walking tour by lantern (Hill City Tours)

🟢 Halloween Party with 501 Coyotes · 8:00pm · Big Lick Tropical Grill · live music Halloween party

🟠 Locked in Time · 8:00-9:30pm · Bowman's Locksmith · $25 · ghost walk (Hill City Tours)

🟠 Super Sad w/ Dead Cool Halloween Party · 8:00pm · Super Rad Arcade Bar · $20 · $15 in costume · third annual Super Rad Halloween bash with a costume contest, hosted by Lynchburg Gothic League

🟠 Halloween Party · 9:00pm · Joy & Lynch Christian Warehouse Theatre · $19-$24

🟢 Halloween Party with DJ Set-It-Off · 9:00-11:00pm · The Water Dog · Halloween night DJ party, costumes encouraged

🟠 After Hours Investigation · 10:30pm-12:30am · Historic Presbyterian Cemetery · $45 · $35 as an add-on to a ghost tour ticket · paranormal investigation inside the cemetery, two sessions of 20

🎤 Karaoke: Lola's 9:00pm-1:00am, Halloween costume karaoke (Mogu Entertainment)

🟠 Sewing Machine 101 · 11:30am-1:30pm · Scrappy Elephant · $25

🟠 One Piece Sunday Locals · 2:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · weekly Sunday TCG locals

🟢 Riftbound Play · 3:00pm, alongside Weekly Lorcana Play at the same time · Underground Cards & Disc Shop, FOREST · weekly TCG play

🟠 Herakleion, Deceptor, The Ziggurat and Amputee · 6:00pm · Super Rad Arcade Bar · $15 advance · $20 door · metal show

🟢 Music Bingo · 7:00-9:00pm · Three Roads Brewing BURG · Sunday nights in the taproom (Andrew)

🟢 Babygarten · 10:30-11:30am · Miller Center Library Hub · babies 0-23 months plus parents, caregivers and siblings

🟠 Mixed Media Monday · 1:00-2:00pm · Living Line Studio · $35 · weekly mixed media session, open studio follows 2:00-4:00pm

🟢 Little Squirrels' Wyld West Puppet Show · 3:00-3:30pm · Second Stage, AMHERST · weekly puppet show for ages 2-4, 10 seats, first of the season

🟢 Weekly Trivia Night · 6:30pm · Hill City Pub · weekly Monday trivia, this week's theme is random (DJ Liz)

🎤 Karaoke: Tiger Sun 9:30pm-12:00am (DJ Liz)

🟠 Tuesday Morning Pilates with Kaitlen · 8:00am · Sattva Yoga & Wellness Center · $10 drop-in · weekly class, free for members

🟠 Beginner Sewing: Using a Sewing Machine · 10:00am-12:00pm · Needle Ninja Sewing Studio · $98 · three Tuesdays, sign up at needle-ninja.com

🟠 Sit and Stitch · 10:00am-12:00pm · Needle Ninja Sewing Studio · $10 · bring a handwork project in progress, guidance as needed

🟢 Downtown Family Storytime · 10:30-11:15am · Downtown Branch

🟠 Intermediate Knitting · 12:00-2:00pm · Needle Ninja Sewing Studio · $68 · new class, two Tuesdays, sign up at needle-ninja.com

🟢 LEGO Club · 12:30pm · Miller Center Library Hub

🟠 Mindful Flow Yoga · 4:00pm · Sattva Yoga & Wellness Center · $10 · Tuesday class with Kate McPhatter, first class free

🟢 Chess Night · 5:00-7:00pm · Miller Center · drop-in chess for teens and adults

🟢 Jodie Davis Solo Acoustic · 5:30-8:30pm · Fleming Mountain Grill · every Tuesday, with Twofer Tuesday food specials

🟠 Tile Tuesday: Open Play · 6:00-8:00pm · Palmera House · $15 · run by Hill City Mahj

🟢 Tuesday Craft Night · 6:00-9:00pm · Three Roads Brewing · craft and movie night, craft and collage materials provided

🟠 LYH Lindy Hop · 7:00-9:30pm · RiverView Vinyl · $5 · weekly swing night with a lesson included, no partner or experience needed

🟠 One Piece Weekly Locals · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · a pack per win, needs an active Bandai card ID

🟠 Pokemon Tuesday Night Casual Tournaments · 7:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · weekly casual Pokemon TCG tournament

🟢 Movie Night · 7:00pm · Trailhead · last of the four Tuesday movie nights, film picked by a Monday story vote, bring a chair or blanket

🟠 Tuesday Night Pauper · 7:00-10:00pm · Dragon Fire Games · $8.99 · weekly Magic: the Gathering series, entry includes a pack per win

🎤 Karaoke: Big Lick Tropical Grill 5:30pm, Kids Karaoke Dance Party · Dish 10:00pm to close (Allison and Shanice)

All week

🟠 Smith's Pumpkin Patch · Wed-Thu 3:00-8:00pm, Fri-Sat 10:00am-8:00pm · Smith's Pumpkin Patch · $40 per child season pass · adults ride the hayride free with a pass, play area and hayrides close on rainy days, the season ends Saturday

🗓️ Coming up next week

Next week brings First Friday and a holiday market or two, and the full list lands in Tuesday's email:

First Friday at Riverviews, Fri Nov 6 · 5:00-8:00pm · opening of the 18th Annual Juried Show, Modern Twist, with a juror talk and awards at 6:00pm

The Magic Flute, Fri Nov 6 and Sun Nov 8 · Historic Academy Theatre · Opera on the James · $20.50-$250

Will Overman with Vinnie Paolizzi, Fri Nov 6 · 8:00pm at The Music Hall · $15-$20

Holiday Fine Art Market, Fri Nov 6 and Sat Nov 7 · Lynchburg Art Club & Gallery · opening weekend

Fall Thomas Jefferson Wine Festival, Sat Nov 7 · 11:00am-5:00pm at Poplar Forest · $35 tasting · $15 without

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