Good morning, Flagstaff! It’s a good weekend to celebrate spooky season and the last of the fall colors in Flagstaff as Halloween (and inevitable cold) inches closer!

👉 Ever wished you could more easily tell which events are free? We’re trying something new and putting a ticket emoji 🎟️ next to events that have a stated entry cost. We hope this is helpful, let us know either way!

Today in Flagstaff Inspires:

— Alissa Zorn & Alexandra Wittenberg

HalloWEEK starts tomorrow.

We’ve combined our love for Halloween and community, dedicated this a week to locals:

We can’t wait to spook the streets with you!

🏢🏗️ CCC will begin a $100 million construction project soon, adding a Health Building to its Lone Tree Campus and adding another story to its Fourth Street location. The East Side Library on the Fourth Street campus will be temporarily housed at the Continental Plaza Shopping Center during construction.

🪫Dispose of household hazardous waste and other hard-to-recycle materials for free at Flagstaff’s Drop-Off Day. Saturday Oct 24 at 10am, Coconino County Health and Human Services.

🏠 Students in NAU’s Community-University Public Inquiry Program aim to put the humanity back into public housing. They need your input in this survey! Results will be used to address barriers for developing sustainable housing.

🤸🏻🌟Levitate trampoline park is celebrating its 3 year anniversary with a Fall Festival Oct 23rd. There will be a neon lights party from 5-10pm with pumpkin decorating, glow-in-the dark jumping, fall photos, a costume contest, treats and giveaways. Free for members and $13 for non-members.

👻💉Velvet Veil Med Spa is hosting The Haunted Open House of Laser Oct 25th from 2-8pm, with a Zap & Glow Test Lab, Apothecary of Scary Serums, Spooktacular Photo & Game Zone and Withing Hour Raffle Wheel.

🧺 Get a jump on holiday shopping at The Creative Casita Harvest Market Saturday Oct 24 from 9am-5pm. This locally-focused market features handmade, vintage, and upcycled treasures from 50+ vendors, plus delicious samples and a cozy atmosphere.

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💀🎶 Celebrate the Day of the Dead with the 23rd Annual Celebraciones de la Gente Oct 24-25th at the Museum of Northern Arizona. Enjoy cultural dances and mariachi music, brightly adorned ofrendas, sugar skull decorating, face painting and food vendors. We hear the event is to die for.🎟️

🍂🍺Get tickets for the first ever Freaky Fall Flavors 5-course beer dinnerOct 27th at Brews & Cues! Chef Angela from Beaver Street Brewery will prepare the eats, with professionally paired beers from Lumberyard. 🎟️

👻🌿 Spooky Bioactive Terrarium Workshop: Plantae will teach you to design and build your own self-sustaining, living terrarium. Ticket includes all supplies needed to make a thriving miniature ecosystem! 21+, 3-5pm, Dark Sky Brewing 🎟️

✏Sketch & Chill: Bring a sketchbook or drawing tablet and meet with other art makers for beginner friendly drawing prompts and sketching. 4-5:30pm, East Flagstaff Public Library

🎃Community Pumpkin Carving: Enjoy a pint and carve a pumpkin for the Arboretum’s pumpkin walk! Carving is free for the whole family while supplies last. 4:30-6:30pm, Mother Road Brewing

♿📽️ Disability Culture, Community and Art in Short Films: Flagstaff director John Schaffer will be screening three short films as part of Cultural Connections’ "Disability Culture Revealed". 7pm, 201 E Birch Ave

🌄Last Gardeners Market & Mountain Town Market of the season: Look for bulbs to plant this fall, produce, bread, treats and more. 9am-1pm, Pine Forest School Parking Lot

🧛🏻‍♀️🍭KOA Trunk or Treat: Everyone is invited to a fun-filled family day with open playground and bounce pillow, vendor market, activities and crafts, trick or treat and costume contest. 10am-4pm, Flagstaff KOA

💖Downtown Flag Wellness Crawl: Grab a friend and explore the wellness focused businesses of downtown, enjoying specials, samples and surprises at each stop. 11am-3pm, Start at Northern Arizona Massage and Wellness 🎟️

👰🏻‍♀️Flagstaff Wedding Expo: The 3rd annual free expo featuring 25 wedding vendors, samples, giveaways and more. With DJ Grateful Soundz. 11am-3pm, Doubletree

🎿Tips Up Winter Kickoff Party: Join Arizona Snowbowl at Mother Road for $5 Tips Up IPA drafts, 50–70% Off Winter Gear, raffles and live music! 1-5pm, Mother Road Brewing.

🦌🌲Arizona Rangelands: Flora & Fauna ID Tools: Join Dr. Courtney Duchardt to learn more about common species in our area, plus skills and tools you can use to identify these species! 2-3:30pm, Downtown Library

🧛‍♀️YMCA: Trunk or Treat: Bring the whole family for an afternoon filled with costumes, decorated trunks, and lots of treats. 3-5pm, Flagstaff Family YMCA Parking Lot

🐕👻Howl-O-Ween 2026 - Pet Parade and Costume Contest: Flagstaff's annual pet block party, parade, and costume contest benefiting High Country Humane. 3-7pm, Heritage Square

🎃Pumpkin Walk: Don’t miss out on fall pumpkin fun! Beer, food trucks, kids activities, music and hundreds of lit pumpkins! Sold out online, but they have day-of tickets at the door. 3:30-7:30pm, The Arboretum at Flagstaff 🎟️

🖼️Art Opening - LIFE EXTENDED: LIFE EXTENDED is a career retrospective of Debra Edgerton, the internationally recognized Flagstaff artist and educator. Members preview 5pm, Artist talk & reception 6pm, Coconino Center for the Arts

👠The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Early Show: Watch this annual showing of the cult classic with the amazing shadow cast, The ConGLAMorate. Get ready to yell for the most rowdy fun you can have this side of TRANSYLVANIA!. 7:30pm, Orpheum Theater 🎟️

🤣Stand Up featuring Dylan Fisher and Justin Klose: Dylan and Justin, regulars of Don't Tell Comedy, have appeared at the Comedy Store and the Hollywood Improv, and more. 8-9:30pm, Wanderlust Brewing 🎟️

🍅Community Farmer’s Market: Thriving local market with food vendors, art, fresh produce and more. 8am-1pm, City Hall Parking Lot

🎹🌘Amber Moon Concert + Stargazing: Join Dr. David Koerner for an evening of classical piano music, lunar meditations and telescope viewing. Free but RSVP.

🍬🎃Boys & Girls Club Halloween Party:Families can come in costume for movies, games, popcorn, hot cocoa and more. Plus optional Haunted House! $1 entry. 7-9pm, 301 S Paseo Del Flag

🎵VOCAL LAB: Learn techniques for playful, spontaneous, co-created music-making in a welcoming, low pressure space. 6:30-8pm, Birch District Wellness 🎟️

Join us at Chocolita Cafe Downtown for flights of our delicious Sipping Cacao varieties on Friday, Oct 23rd from 4-8pm!

☕ Experience our traditional flavors - Pure Ceremonial Cacao,  Ancho & Cayenne or Classic Mint, or our unique herbal infused flavors like Chaga Chai or Heartswell (rose & cardamom.)

Vegan, Gluten Free, Low Glycemic, and Fabulously Flavorful! 

📍Located at 123 S. San Francisco St, Ste 5 (off Benton Ave)

Basecamp Snowbowl | Kelly Curtis Hawthorn | 5:30-8:30pm
Woody Mtn Wine Lounge | Charn McAllister | 5:30-7:30pm
Historic Barrel House | Mason Jopes | 12:30-2:30
Charly's | Molly & The Starfish Lovers | 7-9:30pm
Ardrey Auditorium | Dreams of America | 7:30-9:30pm
AWA Kava | Open Mic | 7:30-10pm
Orpheum | Thee Sinseers: Love Stories Tour | 8pm
Hops on Birch | Sunn Rays | 8pm
Mountain Top Taproom | Sea & Rain | 8-11pm

Historic Barrel House | Hana Kahn & Thomas Gunn | 12:30-2:30
Woody Mtn Wine Lounge | The Caverns | 4-7pm
Charly's | Paul Garns | 7-9:30pm
Mountain Top Taproom | Snow Day | 8-11pm
Monte V | Furturist, Reverend John | 9:30pm

Wanderlust | FFTM Bluegrass Jam | 2:30-4:45pm
Harrington's Tap House | FFTM Irish Session | 4:30-6:30pm
Dark Sky Beer Garden | Singer-Songwriter Sundays | 5-7pm
Buffalo Park | Amber Moon Piano Concert | 5:10-7pm

Dark Sky Brewing | Seenan | 6-8pm
Mountain Top Taproom | Open Mic | 7-11pm

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