Last week, we gave you a head start on haunted happenings in our inaugural Halloween special issue. Now that the candy is purchased and the costumes are plotted out, here are the highlights, plus a few new entries for your consideration. Happy Halloween!
Thu, Oct 29
Ridglea Theater (6025 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, 817-738-9500) is hosting Prince Again, “the world’s No. 1 Prince tribute,” for the venue’s Halloween Party. Doors open at 7pm. Tickets start at $26.29 on Eventbrite.com.
Fri, Oct 30
Today is the last day for early voting in Tarrant County for the midterm elections. You know what to do! If you don’t, check out our Metro section for some guidance.
Sat-Sun, Oct 31-Nov 1
Scarborough Renaissance Festival now transforms into a vibrant yet spooky Halloween fantasy in the fall. Scarborough’s Hollow (2511 FM 66, Waxahachie, @ScarboroughsHollow) offers more than 20 live acts, 70 artisan shoppes, and a wild lineup of drinks and eats, including apple-pie nachos, s’mores funnel cake, hot-chocolate bombs, pumpkin-pie fluff, soups served in bread bowls, and, indeed, gigantic turkey legs. Scarborough’s Hollow’s final days of the season are this Saturday, plus a special Día de los Muertos celebration on Sun, Nov 1.
Courtesy SRFestival.com
Sat, Oct 31
Billy Bob’s Texas (2520 Rodeo Plz, Fort Worth, 817-624-7117) welcomes Here Come the Mummies, an eight-piece “funk-rock band of 5,000-year-old Egyptian mummies with a one-track mind: terrifying funk from beyond the grave.” Doors open at 6pm, and the show starts at 10pm. Tickets start at $28 at AXS.com or BillyBobsTexas.com.
Courtesy AXS
Sundance Square (420 Main St, Fort Worth, 817-222-1111) is hosting Trunk or Treat from 5pm to 11pm. Children and adults are encouraged to wear Halloween costumes for free family-friendly fun. Food trucks will be on-site for eats, and the plaza bars will be open for drinks. The evening kicks off at 5pm with DJ music, followed by dance lessons with DanceMakers of Texas at 6pm and trunk-or-treating with the Fort Worth chapter of Duke’s Car Club 6pm-8pm, with the variety band The Highrollers playing from 7pm to 11pm. There is no cost to attend.
Downtown Arlington in general, and Create Arlington specifically, invite you to attend what they hope will be an annual tradition. The free family-friendly festival Shakespeare LIVE! RenFest at Levitt Pavilion (100 W Abram St, Arlington, 817-543-4308) combines a traditional Renaissance faire with Halloween and Día de los Muertos. From noon to 6pm, spend the afternoon enjoying art, music, theater, and lots of eats and drinks. Themed costumes are encouraged: Renaissance royalty and knights, fairies and witches, Shakespearean characters and the like. Then at 7pm, there will be a live performance of Macbeth. There is no cost to attend.
Local metaphysical shop Maven’s Moon (8341 White Settlement Rd, White Settlement, 817-367-9235) hosts a Samhain & Halloween Gathering from 5pm to 11pm with live music by Darrin Kobetich and Morgan & The Wright Tones, dance performances by Dark Veil Troupe, artisan and food vendors, a Samhain ceremony, and a costume contest. Admission is $5.
Platinum Music Complex (7301 Northeast Loop 820, NRH, 682-276-4770) is hosting the EP Release Halloween Party for The Demons of the South by metal outfit Hell’s Half Acre with opening band Deviation. Doors are at 6pm, and the show starts at 6pm. Cover is free. Costumes are encouraged.
Southside Cellar (125 S Main St, Fort Worth) is hosting Halloween at the Cellar at 6pm with food and drink specials, a $500 costume contest for “best duo,” and live music and DJ sets by Brewed Up Joe and Pudge.
Sun, Nov. 1
From 11am to 5pm, Crockett Street will close for Artisan Circle’s third annual Día de los Muertos celebration. This outdoor festival features live mariachi performances, street-style tacos, buttery elote, local artisans, photo opportunities with a roaming Catrina, and entertainment for all ages. A pop-up market by Latina-owned company Cultura Markets will also sell handmade goods from local artisans, including specialty products that celebrate Hispanic culture and traditions. Along with street food options outside, Mexican restaurant La Cabrona (2933 Crockett St, Fort Worth, 682-224-2560) is offering its popular all-you-can-eat buffet for $35. Free parking is available in five garages.
Tue, Nov 3
Born cursed? The first Tuesday of the month is for you! Whatever you’re doomed with, The Boiled Owl Tavern (909 W Magnolia Av, Fort Worth, @TheBoiledOwlTavern), via a mysterious entity known only as Night Owl, is showcasing various forms of high-decibel, psychic exorcism the first Tuesday of every month. The series Born Cursed features local artists and bands that skew toward the ear-scorching end of the pop-music spectrum. The first one, in September, offered industrial-gothcore project Digimechanoid and sludge-metal clowns Channel Planet. The next Born Cursed is on Tue, Nov 3, with Fort Worth metalheads Arenda Light and Pleasr. No cover, 21+, starts at 9pm. — Steve Steward
