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Treats for kids Halloween Longmont Costume Dance Party: 10 a.m. Friday, Carbon Valley Regional Library, 7 Park Ave, Longmont. Show off your Halloween costume before the night of tricks and treats begins. There will be dancing, activities, treats and a costume parade through the library. Free; facebook.com/carbonvalleyregionallibrary. Louisville Halloween Spooktacular: 10:15 a.m. Friday, Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St., Louisville; Celebrate Halloween in costume while reading spooky stories, dancing to spooky songs, working on Halloween crafts and trick-or-treating around the library. Free; louisvilleco.gov. Trunk ‘Or Treat in Longmont: 11 a.m. Friday, Western Meadows on Main St., Longmont. Foolish Vinyl is hosting this Car Meet on Halloween as a Trunk ‘Or Treat. Wear a costume and hop from car to car to load up on candy. Trick or Treat Boulder Boo Bash: 4-6 p.m. Friday, Lucky’s Market, 3960 Broadway, Boulder. Bring the whole family for this fang-tastic Halloween celebration, featuring an afternoon of spooky fun, treats and games. There will be cookie decorating, a jack-o’-lantern judging contest, trick-or-treating, pumpkin bowling, a witch hat ring toss, cornhole, a kids’ coloring station and more. Free; tinyurl.com/bdfmj3nr. Boulder’s Munchkin Masquerade: 3-6 p.m. Friday, Historic Downtown Boulder & Pearl Street Mall, Boulder. For scary amounts of cuteness, head to downtown Boulder. Unicorns, Stormtroopers, Batman, princesses, monsters, butterflies and more will flood Pearl Street for the best trick-or-treating in town, with many businesses filling kiddos’ buckets to the brim with candy. Free; boulderdowntown.com. Science Heroes Assemble: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, NCAR Mesa Lab, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder. Super Science Saturday is a celebration of science that draws thousands of excited and curious people of all ages to the NSF NCAR Mesa Lab. This week’s event is called “Heroes Assemble,” and it will feature wizard shows, magic shows, weather balloon launches, Ping-Pong and activity tables galore.Free; scied.ucar.edu. Boulder Magic Show: noon and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. The Dairy Arts Center hosts a family-friendly event to celebrate the spookiest of seasons in the right way — with a magic show that’s fun for all ages. Hosted by Boulder’s magician extraordinaire, Braden Carlisle, he performs innovative feats of magic, fused with family-friendly fun. $28-$40; thedairy.org. North Boulder’s Día de Muertos – A Living Tradition: 1 p.m. Sunday, North Boulder Library, 4500 13th St., Boulder. Attend a workshop led by Museo de las Americas for an afternoon of decorating sugar skulls and creating paper marigolds and papel picado and have a chance to celebrate loved ones through art. There will be a discussion of cultural evolution and an exploration of how colonization has influenced traditions. Free. calendar.boulderlibrary.org. Tricks for adults Boulder Comedy Coven: 7 p.m. Thursday, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. This all-female stand-up comedy show is billed as “an antidote to perpetual patriarchy,” according to Stephanie Sprenger, a producer of the Comedy Coven. The group works together to highlight women in comedy, a response to a cutthroat industry dominated by men, the founders said. The 90-minute show is Halloween-themed, “because the patriarchy is scary.” $28.75; thedairy.org/event/comedy-coven. Halloween Cruiser Ride: 7 p.m. Thursday, Green Leaf Park, Folsom and Pearl streets, Boulder. The Cruiser Ride has been rolling through Boulder since the 1990s and is still going strong. It takes off every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. from Green Leaf Park in themed costumes and this week’s theme is Halloween. Join the crew and get rowdy on tow wheels. Free. facebook.com/HappyThursdayCruiserRide. “Rocky Horror Picture Show” with live shadowcast: Two shows at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Thursday, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder. Enjoy this classic film with an audience participation twist. A shadow cast is an ensemble of performers that act out the movie while it is playing and serve as catalysts for the audience to participate in callbacks or use their props. Be prepared to dance, yell, sing and more. $23; z2ent.com. Halloweekend Haunted Tavern: 11 a.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Sunday. West End, 926 Pearl St, Boulder. All weekend, the Tavern will be serving up witch’s brew, vampire cake, pumpkin deviled eggs and spooky food and drink specials; thewestendtavern.com/event/halloweekend Punketry – Halloween Edition: 6 p.m. Friday, Trident Booksellers and Cafe, 940 Pearl St, Boulder. This festive costume party will feature improv, poetry and scary stories with local poets, along with a costume contest. Free, tridentcafe.com. Witches’ Brew Rendezvous and Headlamp Climb: 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, Movement Boulder, 2845 Valmont Road, Boulder. Movement Boulder is hosting a Witches’ Brew Rendezvous and Headlamp Climb, a unique community event where climbers scale the walls in the dark, lit only by their headlamps. The evening will feature lights-out climbing with headlamps, a costume contest, a raffle and prizes and candy and local vendor booths. movementgyms.com/boulder. Vampire Ball: 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. For one night only, creatures of the night, their fiends, friends and foes will gather for an evening of dark opulence and electric indulgence. Dance in the grand ballroom, meet the Vampire Queen, enjoy live performances from Thee Fiasco and Saline Conjure, watch a screening of “The Lost Boys” and come dressed to distress. $51-$82; thedairy.org/event/the-vampire-ball. Halloween Bash: 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, Velvet Elk Lounge, 2037 13th St., Boulder. Come in costume and enjoy a special three-set Halloween show from the Boulder band The Good Kind, with live music connisseurs Russ Grabski, John Kang, Drew Michael and R.T. Weber. $26; velvetelklounge.com. Halloween Light Show with Melvin Seals and JGB: 7 p.m. Friday, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St, Boulder. This crew continues the musical legacy of the Jerry Garcia Band, of which Melvin Seals was a longtime member. They play Saturday, too, but the Friday show will include a Liquid JPEG Halloween Light Show, so take your vitamins and eat your veggies. $52; z2ent.com. Vincent Antone concert: 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. Dress up and dance Hallow’s Eve away with Vincent Antone, an Austin-based multi-instrumentalist artist who combines elements of dance music with all sorts of genres; $32. z2ent.com. Fifth annual Motown Haunted Prom: 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, Roots Music Project, 4747 Pearl St., Suite V3A, Boulder. Costume up for the hottest Halloween dance party. Live seven-piece band brings Motown magic with three powerhouse vocalists. $30; rootsmusicproject.org/calendar. Halloween with B-Love: 9 p.m. Friday, Map of Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder. Wear a costume and dance to some funk at this free show. mountainsunpub.com. Late-night Halloween Party: 10:30 p.m.Friday, Stella’s Cucina, 1123 Walnut St, Boulder. This late-night party will have tunes spun by resident DJ daVvé. A ticket gets guests access to the party, a complimentary glass of a featured Halloween cocktail and a night of dancing and costume fun. $15; stellascucina.com. Halloween Bar Crawl: 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, The Spotted James, 1911 11th St., Boulder. Round up the boo crew, show off cool costumes and prepare for a night of creepy cocktails, chills and bar-hopping fun. $12; tinyurl.com/5n8dhvjs. Dia de los Muertos Community Ofrenda: Open through Sunday, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder. BMoCA’s community installation celebrating Día de los Muertos has various ofrendas on display, created with the help of Javier Flores and Lizette Guadalupe, in its lobby through Sunday. Free; bmoca.org. Longmont Leftoween: 5 p.m. Friday, Left Hand Brewing, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont. This spooktacular event has been moved into the tasting room and will feature boos and brews. Free. lefthandbrewing.com. Halloween Happy Hour: 5 p.m. Friday, HQ Coworking, 712 Main St., Longmont. Costumes are encouraged, bring a dish or drink to share, and swing by for a laid-back night of laughs, good conversation and a little Halloween mischief; Free; mrmoneymustache.com/hq. Halloween Bash: 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, Oskar Blues, 1555 S. Hover St., Longmont. Enjoy live music, a costume contest and drink specials at Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids & Solids.; visitlongmont.org. Halloween Costume Party: 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, Bootstrap Brewing, 142 Pratt St., Longmont. Funk It Up is a funk, R&B, Motown, dance and classic rock band covering dance tunes from Joe Cocker and James Brown to Lady Gaga and Big Head Todd (and many other bands). Wear a costume and dance the night away; bootstrapbrewing.com. Halloween Party: 7 p.m. Friday, Axe Me Out, 2318 17th Ave., Longmont. Get ready for a hauntingly good time featuring music, dancing and costume contests. Throw some axes, or a rage fit, and definitely dress to impress in your scariest or silliest Halloween attire for a chance to win exciting prizes. There will be delicious treats, drinks, voodoo doll-making and flash tattoos. justaxemeout.com. Bricks on Main Halloweekend: 6-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 471 Main St., Longmont. Friday’s party will feature live music by Queso Ra and Saturday’s by Mojomama. There will be dancing, food, a costume contest and more. Free; bricksonmain.com. Noche de Museo – Celebrating Day of the Dead: 7 p.m. Saturday, Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Head to the Stewart Auditorium for an evening of live performances in celebration of Dia de Muertos. Watch Aztec dance crew Grupo Azteca Tlahuitzcallii perform, listen to rock and roll from iZCALLi and hear poetry from ZBassSpeaks. $18-$20; longmontcolorado.gov/event/noche-de-museo. Lafayette Coloween – Haunted Fun House and Open Bar: 9 p.m. Friday, Bounce Empire, 1380 S. Public Road, Lafayette. Inside the world’s largest indoor inflatable park, this party turns into an exclusive, adults-only Halloween playground. Tickets include an all-inclusive open bar all night long. There will be neon-lit inflatables, slides, lounges and immersive attractions along with DJ tunes pumping EDM, house and remixes while aerialists and costumed performers roam. tinyurl.com/38nbjj76. Halloween Rocks concert: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, Nissi’s, 1455 Coal Creek Drive, Unit T, Lafayette. Northern Colorado variety rock band Last Men On Earth has been jamming for over 10 years and feature members of The Long Run (Colorado Eagles tribute band) and others NoCo bands. Dress in costume and rock out to some live tunes. Free; nissis.com. Día de los Muertos Closing Celebration: 3-7 p.m. Nov. 7, The Collective, 201 N. Public Road. Celebrate the closing of this exhibition for an afternoon of face painting and an evening of cultural music and Mexican dance in the gallery. Free. lafayetteco.gov/1713/The-Collective-Community-Arts-Center. Louisville Chili Cook-Off and Costume Party: 11:30 a.m. Friday, Juniper Village, 1078 S. 88th St., Louisville. Sample a variety of delicious, homemade chili or join the fun and enter your own chili into the contest. Come in costume, bring your appetite, and help us crown the 2025 Chili Champion. Open to the community: friends, neighbors and chili enthusiasts welcome. Local firefighters will serve as judges. RSVP please to 303-665-3722 or teresa.rawson@junipercommunities.com. tinyurl.com/yvutyws7. Lyons Halloween Toga Party: 7 p.m. Friday, Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons. Lyons bands The 89s and Manotaur will perform at the bar’s first-ever Halloween Spooktakular and toga party. Come in whatever costume you choose and be ready to party. oskarbluesfooderies.com/lyons. Monster Mash Bash: 8 p.m. Friday, MainStage Brewing, 450 Main St., Lyons. Come boogie with Well Chuned for the Monster Mash Bash on Halloween night. Expect a night full of fun, costumes, and a special selection of dance floor groove tunes right in the heart of Lyons. Free; mainstagebrewing.com. Erie Terror in the Corn: 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Anderson Farms, 6728 County Road 3 1/4, Erie. A mile-long haunted attraction through a cornfield and the abandoned town of Raven’s Gulch. The ticket includes access to the fall festival activities, which include a large corn maze. $43-$48; terrorinthecorn.com. Halloween Safety Stop: Round up the little cowboys, space rangers and toys of all kinds for the Halloween Safety Stop. This year’s theme is Toy Story, and the lobby will be transformed into a playful, safe stop for trick-or-treaters. Swing by for candy, meet characters and grab some safety tips to keep Halloween night fun and worry-free; 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, Erie Police Department, 1000 Telleen Ave., Erie; erieco.gov. Nederland
