Good morning, Flagstaff! Feeling scared by how the finicky Flagstaff weather might affect Halloween weekend? We’ve selected plenty of outdoor and indoor events for the Halloweekend. Check out parties, trunk or treats, ghost tours, movie screening, crafting nights and more!

Today in Flagstaff Inspires:

— Alissa Zorn & Alexandra Wittenberg

🎃The (first ever!) Flagstaff Pick-or-Treat Acoustic Porchfest is coming on Halloween, brought to you by the team behind the Flagstaff Folk Festival.

It’s FREE! Here’s how to participate:

👻Come out and hear live music amongst the Halloween festivities!

Do you love live music? Want a fun way to meet fellow music lovers and make a difference in our community? Consider joining Flagstaff Volunteers for Live Music! FVLM is a service organization offering volunteer support for local live music events. Lend a hand to make more events like Porchfest happen!

🚗❌ It’s that time again… starting Nov 1st, remember not to park on city streets or alleyways from midnight until 7am. This is to leave the pathways open in case streets need to be plowed. There are a few exceptions. Restrictions end April 1st.

🚨 A flood watch is in effect for much of Northern Arizona this weekend. It’s a good reminder to sign up for emergency notifications from Coconino County if you haven’t yet, to get import real-time safety updates during critical situations.

🐔Fat Hen had its soft opening last week and is now open to the public. Note that they’ll be accepting Salsa Brava gift cards through Dec 31, 2026.

👢 A Shoe Palace is coming soon to Flagstaff Mall, bringing name brand sneakers, streetwear, backpacks and more. The chain started in California in 1993.

🧙 All costumes are free until they’re gone at Trash Panda Thrift! Open 10am-5pm weekdays and 12-5pm weekends.

🍔🎃 Kids eat free at Oakmont Flagstaff Oct 30th-Nov 1st with an adult order.

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🧠Sign up for Science of Preventing Alzheimer's Talk: The Northern Arizona Alzheimer’s and Dementia Alliance present this FREE presentation via Zoom on Nov 3rd at 2pm. Registration required.

🖼️ Beginning Printmaking: Learn easy techniques to make a block print! After applying ink, you can print your design as many times as you want! (Also offered Nov. 7th.) 10-11:30am, Meadowlark Art Studio 🎟️

🎃Halloween Bash at Basecamp: Come early for pumpkin carving and stick around for live music, a costume contest and the Haunted Trail. 3-10pm, Basecamp at Snowbowl

🍪🚘NAH Trunk or Treat: Come out with friends and family for some scary good treats. 4-6pm, 1329 N. Beaver St

🐩🎃Bark & Boo Trunk or Treat: Bring your pup for a dog costume contest, meet adoptable dogs, and enter raffles in this benefit. La Cura Mexican Food Truck + tastings from Mother Road. 4-7pm, Americana Motor Hotel

🐈‍⬛⛸️ Spooky Skate: Ice skate in costume! There will be a costume contest with prizes. 5:30-8pm, Jay Lively 🎟️

👻🍻Southside Haunted Pub Tour: Experience the haunted history of Flagstaff’s Southside with a 2-hour tour stopping at 3 breweries. Featuring original research on the railroad, saloons and ladies of the evening. RSVP. 21+ Mother Road, 6pm 🎟️

🦇🍿Fright Night at the Rec Center: Enjoy popcorn, candy, drinks and a Halloween movie with the family. Wear a costume and bring something cozy to sit on!6-8pm, Hal Jensen Rec Center

🐈‍⬛Bingo, Beats & Beer! Halloween theme! Come in your Halloween costume to Hops on Birch for FREE Bingo with fun prizes. 6:30-8:30pm, Hops on Birch

🕷️ Spiders and the Discovery of Pluto with Todd Gonzales: This talk explores the surprising connection between arachnology and astronomy. 7:15-7:45pm, Lowell Observatory 🎟️

👨🏻‍🎤🍺Timberline Costume Party: Wear your costume and enjoy fish and chips and drink specials all day long. Costume contest at 8:30pm, Timberline Tavern

🎃Visitor Center Halloween Bash: Kids, come dressed in your favorite Halloween costume for crafts, costume contest and fun! 10am-1pm, Flagstaff Visitor Center

💀📽️ Movie at Lowell Universe Theater - Coco (Rated PG): In this gorgeous animated adventure, Miguel must journey into the Land of the Dead to seek his ancestors and undo a curse. 1-2:45pm, Lowell Observatory 🎟️

🧙🏻‍♀️🍫Mall Halloween Party: Kids get a treat bag and a map to trick-or-treat at mall stores, vote for favorite decorations, plus enter a raffle and costume contest! 3-5pm, Start outside JCPenny

🧟🍭Downtown Trick or Treat Trail: Grab your trick-or-treat trail map at Heritage Square (or download it online.) After hunting for candy, come back to the square for live music, activities and a Freaky Fashion Show! 4-7pm, Downtown

👻🧙 Mountainaire General Store Trunk or Treat: New owner Nicole is continuing to make the store a gathering place with their first annual Trunk-or-Treat. 5pm, Mountainaire General Store Parking Lot

🎃 🕯️Light Night Carnival: A family-friendly carnival with food, games, candy and more. No scary costumes, please. 5:30-8pm, Mountain View Church

🚗🍬Trash Panda Trunk or Treat: Fun for the whole family with tons of candy, free crafts, live music, bouncy houses and food trucks. 6-9pm, 2230-B East Cedar Av

🍸 Halloween Cocktail Class: Shake up your Halloween at Jimmy D’s Five Spot! Learn to craft three cocktails and take home the recipes to recreate them for your next gathering. RSVP. 3-4:30pm, Jimmy D’s at Mother Road Brewery 🎟️

😱Lowell Universe Theater Movie Screening: Alien (Rated R): In space, no one can hear you scream…Come for a special Halloween movie screening of this classic science fiction-horror film. 5-7pm, Lowell Observatory 🎟️

🎶Howl-O-Ween at The Hive: Live music from The Yoties and special guest Sage Bend, plus a couples costume contest! All ages welcome. 6:30-10pm, The Hive 🎟️

🧙‍♀️ Costume Contest & Party at the Mead Hall: Costume contest and spooky good times. 7-10pm, Drinking Horn Meadery

👻Halloween Party at Mother Road: Gather your crew, dress to impress, and make a night of it. Special cocktails & costume contest. 7-11pm, Mother Road Brewery

🕺Halloween with DJ Mario Soulece: Music, drinks and Halloween fun. 7-11pm, Charly's

🤸‍♀️🌘Momentum Aerial - The Book of Shadows: Nocturne: Watch aerial feats and circus spectacles as haunting tales unfold in this thrilling Halloween aerial performance. 12+ Doors 7pm, Show 8pm, Prochnow Auditorium 🎟️

🎵Dirty Birdies Halloween Bash: Live Music by Pure Prophet and a costume contest with epic prizes including a Grand Canyon Helicopter Tour. 9pm-1am, Dirty Birdies Sports Bar & Grill

👻Mountain Top Tap Room Costume Party: 90s-00s dance music with enigma & company. 9:30-12:30pm

🎴Tarot Readings: Ashley will help you uncover what you need to see when the veil is thinnest! 5-8pm, Drinking Horn Meadery 🎟️

🚒🎃Pumpkin Smash Bash: Take your jack-o-lantern on a one-way trip of destruction - Flagstaff Fire plans to join with their truck and ladder! Turn your pumpkin into life-giving compost. 4-5pm, Downtown Library

The witching hour has begun, and darkness descends upon the auditorium…

Watch aerial feats and circus spectacles as haunting tales unfold! Lost spirits and otherworldly encounters abound as the witches attempt to return them to the other side before closing the veil!

Dress in your best costume! Costume contest for all attendees, with prizes galore.

Doors, 7pm. Show, 8-9:30pm
For ages 12+, Show contains flashing lights

Basecamp Snowbowl | John and Lu Carpino | 5:30-8:30pm
Woody Mtn Wine Lounge | Cameron Jameson | 5:30-7:30pm
Historic Barrel House | Brothers Bard | 6-8pm
AWA Kava | Open Mic | 7:30-10pm
Orpheum | SHREK RAVE | 9pm
Gopher Hole | Warsaw | 9:30pm

Woody Mtn Wine Lounge | 2nd Annual Fall Fest | 2-8pm
West Flag Neighborhoods - See Map | Pick-or-Treat Acoustic Porchfest | 5-8pm
Orpheum Theater | Clay Street Unit | 8pm
Flag Brew | Flagship of Fools | 8pm
Monte V | Scrunge w/ Sea and Rain | 9:30pm
Gopher Hole | Bad Delicious | 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

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