This weekend in Lynchburg (Oct 30-Nov 1)

85 or so events this weekend. Halloween lands on Saturday, so the whole weekend is built around it. Friday has Roanoke Ballet Theatre's Dracula at the Historic Academy Theatre and a Halloween cover show at Super Rad; Saturday brings trunk or treats, costume parties and the Presbyterian Cemetery ghost walks. Sunday is the quiet one, with Music Bingo at Three Roads BURG and a metal show at Super Rad. Friday also has Hallo-Queen Drag Night at Dish and a pumpkin patch that closes for the season Saturday. 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, Fri · 7:00pm at the Historic Academy Theatre · Roanoke Ballet Theatre, $48-$75.

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

Super Sad w/ Dead Cool Halloween Party, Sat · 8:00pm at Super Rad Arcade Bar · third annual Halloween bash with a costume contest, $20 or $15 in costume.

🟢 free · 🟠 paid · 🎤 karaoke

🟠 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 · pass for ten visits 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

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

🟠 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

🟠 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 (Lynchburg Historical Foundation)

🟢 Live Music: 501 Coyotes · 6:30pm · Trailhead · Em Foris opens

🟠 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

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

🟢 Heroes & Villains · 10:00pm-2:00am · EL32 · Halloweekend night with reggaeton, hip-hop and Latin hits

🎤 Karaoke: Scoreboards 9:00pm

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

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

🟢 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

🟠 Spooktacular Halloween Scavenger Hunt · 10:00am-12:00pm · Amazement Square · $10-$15 museum admission · search all four floors of the museum for spooky surprises and treats

🟢 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

🟢 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

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

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

🟢 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

🟢 Trunk or Treat at HumanKind · 2:00-4:00pm · HumanKind campus · third annual foster care trunk or treat with games, a hayride, candy and food trucks

🟠 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

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

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

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

🟢 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

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

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

🟢 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

🟠 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

🟠 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

🟢 Halloween Party with DJ T-Rex · 10:00pm · Dish · special guest DJ T-Rex, costumes encouraged

🟢 Trick or Treat After Dark · 10:00pm-2:00am · EL32 · Halloweekend costume party with cocktails

🟠 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

🟢 Live Music: Andrew Beverly · 1:00pm · The Water Dog · Sunday Session

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

🟢 Riftbound Play · 3:00pm · Underground Cards & Disc Shop, FOREST · weekly TCG play

🟢 Weekly Lorcana Play · 3:00pm · 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)

All weekend

🟠 Smith's Pumpkin Patch · 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

🟢 Spooktacular Weekend · Fri-Mon · Downtown Lynchburg · district-wide fall weekend with themed specials and events

🚗 Worth the Drive

🟠 Haunted Trail · Fri 7:00-10:00pm · DeVault Family Vineyards, Concord · $10-$20 · $10 under 21 and $20 for 21 and over, plus a small ticket fee · last night of the hayride, final one leaves at 10:00pm

🟢 Downtown Bedford Trick or Treat · Fri 3:00-5:00pm · Downtown Bedford · hosted by Rowlett's Auto & Tire, participating businesses mark the door with an orange pumpkin

🟠 Line Dancing Night: Halloween Theme · Fri 7:00-10:00pm · Beale's Brewery, Bedford · $10 · Boot, Scoot & Brews with Hometown Line Dancing, costumes encouraged

🟠 Spooktacular Haunted Chairlift Rides · Fri-Sat 6:30-9:30pm · Wintergreen Resort, Roseland · haunted chairlift ride with spooky scenes, then campfires, Halloween activities and a nightly movie

🟠 Halloween Harvest Fest · Fri-Sun 12:00-6:00pm · Blue Toad Hard Cider, Roseland · trick or treating, live music, the corn maze and campfires

🟠 Fall Festival · Sat 10:00am-4:00pm · Twin J Ranch, Bedford · $5 · vendors, car show, live music, food trucks, pony rides and face painting

🟢 Trick or Treat at Historic Avenel · Sat 5:30-8:00pm · Historic Avenel, Bedford

🟢 Halloween in Downtown Lovingston · Sat 6:00-9:00pm · Downtown Lovingston · streets close around 5:30pm, trick or treating from about 6:00pm

🟠 HallowQueen After Party · Sat 8:00pm-12:00am · Bedford Area Family YMCA, Bedford · $20 · ages 21+, DJ Ed, costume contest, food and drink, proceeds go to the Y's children's programs

🟠 Halloween DJ Night · Sat 8:00pm-12:00am · Rustburg Ruritan Club, Rustburg · $10 · best couples costume contest, BYOB, light concessions (DJ Don Hartman)

🟢 Fall Brunch Market · Sun 10:00am-3:00pm · Beale's Brewery, Bedford · LoveLYH's Magical Mystery Makers Market, the first one in Bedford

🟠 Paint & Sip: October Morning · Sun 2:00-4:00pm · Hazy Mountain Vineyards, Afton · $44.16 · guided painting with Blue Ridge Brushes, all materials included

🗓️ Coming up next week (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 · The Music Hall · $15-$20

🟢 Holiday Fine Art Market, Fri Nov 6 and Sat Nov 7 · Lynchburg Art Club & Gallery · opening weekend of the holiday market

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

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