🐶👻 Howl-O-Ween Pet Parade will fill Downtown with costumed pups

TOGETHER WITH

Good morning, Flagstaff! We have a lot of music going on this weekend, and the adorableness of dogs in costumes for Howl-O-Ween.

In today’s Flagstaff Inspires:

• 🔋 Drop-Off Day lets you put waste in the right place

• 👜Last Urban Flea Market of the year

• 🎶 Wild Flagstaff Music Festival

Let’s go!

— Alissa Zorn

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AROUND TOWN

Swing by Drop-Off Day to put your waste in the right place!

🔋 Drop-Off Day is hosted twice a year by the city. The next one is Saturday Oct. 25th, 10am-2pm at Coconino County Health & Human Services, 2625 N. King St.

The following items are accepted:

• Aerosol cans

• Batteries

• Expired medications

• Medical syringes

• Electronics: computers, printers, flat-screen TVs, etc.

• Sensitive documents for onsite shredding (2 boxes/ person max)

Learn more and see the full list of accepted items here.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

🎊 Celebraciones de la Gente: Experience the vibrant traditions of Mexican heritage at the 22nd Annual Celebraciones de la Gente! Cultural dances, music, remembrance, kid activities and delicious food! October 25 & 26, Museum of Northern Arizona

Friday 10.24

🧶The Knitting Hour: All skill levels welcome! Members of Fiber Artists of Northern Arizona Guild are available to teach beginners and help knitters out. 1-3pm, Downtown Library

🎃 Free Community Pumpkin Carving: Enjoy a pint and carve a jack-o’-lantern! Free for the whole family while supplies last. Your creation will be lit alongside hundreds of others at the Arboretum’s annual Pumpkin Walk (Oct 25th). Carving is Oct. 24th, 4-6:30pm, Mother Road Brewing

🌠 Preserving Lowell’s Legacy: A Journey into the Archives Go behind the scenes with Lowell Observatory’s archives team to discover how they preserve, catalog, and share more than 130 years of history. 6-7pm, Lowell Observatory

Saturday 10.25

👜Last Urban Flea Market of the Year: Don’t miss this eclectic market with vintage, upcycled, artisan, and antique treasures! 9am-2pm, City Hall Parking Lot

☁ Studio Art Sale: Come get pots, bowls or a new piece of art! Ceramicist Chas Frisco is hosting an art sale in his home studio. 10am-4pm, 2787 W Darleen Dr, Cheshire

🎨 Loosen up & Trust Your Artistic Instinct Class: No judgement here, just fun & creativity. You’ll walk away with a newfound confidence and an expressive abstract painting! 11am-12:30pm, Meadowlark Art Studio

🍂 Harvest Festival: Celebrate the season with cultural dances, presentations, and hands-on demonstrations hosted by The Indigenous Circle of Flagstaff. Everyone welcome! 11am-3pm Indigenous Community Culture Center 419 N Mogollon St

🎶 Wild Flagstaff Music Festival: Free, family-friendly celebration. All day jams, dance, storytelling, and hands-on workshops. A chance to learn, connect, and create together! 11am-11pm, The Gopher Hole

🍺🖌 Spooky Season Paint & Sip: Create a beautiful spooky season painting! Ticket includes instruction and all supplies needed. Ages 21+ 12:30-2:30pm, Dark Sky Beer Garden

🐝 Preparing Your Bees For Winter Beginning beekeepers will learn basic skills for overwintering the beehive and improve the chances for the colonies' survival through the cold months. 1-2pm, Downtown Library

🎃 Pumpkin Walk: Beer, food trucks, kid activities, music and hundreds of lit pumpkins! 3:30-7:30pm, The Arboretum

🖌 Acrylic Painting Explorations for Kids: This class focuses on process over product and empowering individual creativity. All supplies are included. Ages 5-7 at 2-3pm, Ages 8-12 at 4-5pm, Meadowlark Art Studio

🐶👻 Howl-O-Ween Pet Parade: A spooktacular pet-friendly Halloween celebration with costumed pets, a parade, contests, and an after-pawrty. 4-6pm - Heritage Square Hangout-Pet Parade & Costume Contest Signup, 6-6:30pm - Pet Parade from Heritage Sq to Dark Sky, 6-10pm - After Pawrty at Dark Sky Beer Garden

🌈🎲 Queer Game Night: Enjoy a fun-filled evening of board games, good company, and community support. 50% of the entry cost benefits one-n-ten. 6pm-12am, Good Game Cafe

Sunday 10.26

🥕 Flagstaff Community Market: Outdoor farmers market featuring fresh regional produce, prepared food, flowers, breads, local honey, art, and more! 8am-1pm City Hall

🧟‍♀️ Kids Halloween Bash: Bring the family for a morning full of Halloween fun! Kids can enjoy festive crafts and show off their best costumes in the Costume Contest (ages 1–13). 10am-1pm, Flagstaff Visitor Center

🐕 Puppy Yoga: All ages welcome for a relaxing yoga session surrounded by wagging tails and playful energy. Plus, all participating pups are looking for their forever homes! 10:30-11:30am, Dark Sky Beer Garden

🦋 Migration of the Air & Spirit Art Workshop: A four-part series honoring migration, memory, and mystery in the high desert. Small group sessions blend grounding, storytelling, art-making, & poetry. Oct. 26th, Nov. 2nd, Nov. 9th, Nov. 16th, 12-2pm, The HeArt Box Gallery

🧘‍♂️ Yoga for Recovery: This class is about healing, presence, and remembering that you’re not alone on the path of recovery. Free/donation, no prior experience needed—just come as you are. 1-2pm, Happening Here 124 San Francisco St.

🍹 Trivia Night at Annex: Trivia Night with food & drink specials and a chance win a $100 Annex gift card. Teams of up to 5. 6-8:30pm, The Annex

Monday 10.27

👶 Bouncing Babies Story Time: Come play together with interactive songs, fingerplays, knee bounces, stories, and rhymes! 9:15-9:45am, Downtown Library

🎬 Movie & Discussion: High Noon Monthly movie viewing and a group discussion! This month the movie is the classic western, High Noon. 5:30-7:45pm, Downtown Library

🔵Bingo Night at Dark Sky: $5 and 100% of entry fees go directly to the chosen non-profit of the month. Regular Bingo 5:45-8pm Bonus Bingo 8-9pm, Dark Sky Beer Garden

😱 Film Screening - This Land: Not your typical horror film. Beneath the blood, suspense, and shocking twists lies a chilling reflection of our own divided world. 7pm, Theatrikos

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MUSIC

Friday 10.24

Historic Brewing | Joe Baker | 6-8pm
The Station Cafe & Lounge | Karaoke Happy Hour | 6pm
The Annex | West Thumb, Snow Day, Blue Shift | 6-9pm
The Hive | Grindcore Show | 6:30pm
Dark Sky Beer Garden | Cattywampus | 6-9pm
Hops on Birch | Cameron James, Jonathan Cady | 7pm
Ardrey Auditorium | Flagstaff Symphony - Rachmaninoff & Brahms | 7:30pm
Awa Kava Bar | Open Mic | 7:30pm, sign ups 7pm
Charly’s | Andy See & His Swinging Jamboree | 7-9:30pm
Mountain Top Taproom | DuB & Down with the Blues | 8-11pm
Flag Brew | Dead Night | 8pm
The Orpheum | Sons of Habit: A Long Way From Corydon | 8pm

Saturday 10.25

Wanderlust | Tom Andes | 5-7pm
The Hive | Natural Infestation, Mediocre, Mad Society | 7pm
Historic Brewing | Cody | 6-8pm
Yucca North | Big Richard | 8pm
The Orpheum | William Clark Green: Swervin' and Slicin' Tour | 8pm
Flag Brew | West Thumb, Cameron James | 9pm
Monte Vista (upstairs) | Spooky SZN hosted by RAW402 | 7-10pm | $40 pre, $50 door
Monte Vista Lounge | Mad Ugly | 9:30pm

Sunday 10.26

Flag Brew | V-Rae & the Crawdads | 2-5pm
Museum Club | Bluegrass Jam | 2:30-4:45pm
Mother Road | Pete Posie | 4-6pm
Yucca North | Sunday Jazz Society - house band + open jam | 7-10pm

Monday 10.27

Dark Sky Brewing | Gretta Miller | 6-8pm
Museum Club | Open Mic | 6-9pm
Mountain Top Taproom | Open Mic | 7-11pm
Yucca North | Karaoke | 9pm

CONNECTIONS

Jobs & Opportunities

• Museum of Northern Arizona is hiring a Volunteer Program Coordinator.

• Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival is hiring a Marketing & Communications Coordinator and a Programming Director..

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