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54th Annual Fall Festival
Saturday, September 14 | 9:00am – 5:00pm
Garden & Arts Center
Over 50 vendors selling homemade, artist-made items. Live performances, artist demos, an exhibit reception, food trucks, and children’s activities. Free to the public.
HorrOddity Expo
Saturday, September 14 | Noon – 9:00pm
Prima Vista
Freaks, geeks and monsters! Horror and oddity creators of all kinds as well as food vendors and celebrity guests. Enjoy a Horror Cosplay Contest – everyone is welcome to sign up.
At’l Do Farms Corn Maize
September 14 – November 9
Tuesday-Friday | 6:00-9:00pm
Saturday | 10:00am-9:00pm
Sunday | 2:00-9:00pm
6323 FM 1294
General admission ticket also includes Fairy Tale Trail for young’ins, corn cannon, cow train, hayride to pumpkin patch, Pumpkin Hollow, and the barnyard.
Oddities Movie Watch Party: Coraline
Sunday, September 15 | 7:00pm
CASP Studio F: 408 Avenue J
Bring a chair or blanket to watch in the studio! $5 suggested donation.
South Plains Fair
September 20 – 28 | Various hours
105 E Broadway
Rides, games, livestock shows, attractions, entertainment, and more!
September Wine Dinner: A Toast to Autumn
Thursday, September 26 | 6:30pm
The Willows: 6305 82nd
Five-course dinner, and wines will be carefully paired with each course by a Level 1 Sommelier. Locally-sourced ingredients and seasonal flavors! Buy tickets online.
Nightmare on 19th’s 2nd Annual Dark Market
Saturday, September 28 | 6:00pm
602 E 19th
Local vendors will be displaying and selling spooky and special crafts. This frightful fair will take place on the Midway on opening night. Free to shop.
Nightmare on 19th
Various nights September 28 through November 2
See website for dates
602 E 19th
West Texas’ only Halloween scream park! Midway will feature a “Dark Market” of local, creepy crafters and artisans. There is no charge to experience the Midway and shop.
Llano Estacado Haunted Wine Run 5k
Saturday, October 5 | 9:00am
Llano Estacado Winery
Halloween-themed event that features the amazing scenery and landscape of Llano Estacado Winery. Walkers and runners welcome! Register online.
All Hallow’s Eve Night Market
Saturday, October 5 | 6:00 – 9:30pm
3414 Belmont
Candy at each vendor booth! Vendors will have vintage and Y2K items, handmade jewelry and more! Additionally, there will be a mobile coffee vendor! We’ll also be having a Halloween outdoor movie showing. We will be set up in the front and backyard, so be on the lookout for the market sign!
Pumpkin Carving Competition
Tuesday, October 15 | 6:00 – 9:00pm
Hodges Community Center: 4011 University
Prizes will be awarded to Best Team theme, Best Parks and Rec theme, and Best Pumpkin. Register your team online here by October 13. Registration is required and is FREE. Teams will be provided with one carving kit and 10 pumpkins. There is no minimum or maximum requirement for team size.
16th Annual Pumpkin Trail
Thursday, October 17 – Sunday, October 20
Daylight Hours: Friday through Sunday | 9:00am – 6:00pm
Evening Hours: Thursday & Sunday | 6:00 – 8:45pm and Friday & Saturday | 6:00 – 9:45pm
Lubbock Arboretum: 4111 University
Bring your families and friends and walk along a lighted trail of carved jack-o-lanterns! Stroller and wheelchair accessible. Admission is FREE.
Hub City Renaissance Festival
Saturday, October 19 | 11:00am – 9:00pm
LHUCA
Celebrate the arts, music, theatrical performances, and more! Buy tickets online.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Saturday, October 26 | 7:30pm
Buddy Holly Hall
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas in concert! This holiday season, prepare to be swept away by a thrilling live orchestral performance of Tim Burton’s iconic stop-motion masterpiece. Performed live at Buddy Holly Hall with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra. Buy tickets online.
Haunted Cellars
Saturday, October 26 | 8:00pm
English Newsom Cellars
$20 for tour and a glass of wine. Buy tickets online.
2024 Dia De Los Muertos Lubbock 5K & Fun Run
Saturday, November 2 | 9:00 – 11:30am
Landwer House in Buddy Holly Park
Dia De Los Muertos is a day to honor those who passed before us. No matter the reason you are running or the person you are celebrating, we will be there to support you every step of the way. Come celebrate a tradition through fitness and friends! Register online.
2nd Annual Autumn Festival
Saturday, November 2 | Noon – 7:00pm
Lubbock Memorial Arboretum
Live music, vendors, food truck, and family-friendly events!
Frostoberfest
Saturday, September 28 | 4:00 – 11:00pm
Frost Brewhouse: 3121 34th
A day of frosty fun with a new beer, live music, and pop-up vendors!
Little Woodrow’s Oktoberfest
Saturday, September 28 | 6:00pm
6316 66th
Stein Hoisting competition at 9:00pm – cash prize!
Oktoberfest 2024
Sunday, September 29 | Noon
Escondido Grill
Local breweries, live music, food trucks & fun for the whole family. Wear your best lederhosen & dirndl for a chance to win the best dressed award.
Children’s Home of Lubbock: Fall Festival
Saturday, October 5 | 10:00am – 2:00pm
4404 Idalou
Silent auction & raffle, games, hayride & train ride, inflatables, bake sale, live music, food trucks, and more!
Lucky Dollar Trunk or Treat
Saturday, October 5 | 1:00 – 3:00pm
4408 50th
Candy, games, fun costumes!
Trick or Treat Night
Friday, October 11 | 5:30 – 7:30pm
The Mom Lounge: 4414 82nd, Ste 216
Stroll through a not so scary space to collect candy! Bounce house, shopping from local vendors, and candy too. This event is for all ages. Buy tickets online.
Wolfforth’s 34th Annual Harvest Festival
Saturday, October 12 | 9:00am
People’s Bank Stadium
More details to come!
Adventure Park Fall Festival
Saturday, October 12 | 4:00 – 8:00pm
5110 29th
Car show, vendors, games, train rides, make & take crafts, live music and more! New: Hay Maze and Pumpkin Patch!
CTK Schools: Fall Festival
Sunday, October 13 | 11:00am – 4:00pm
4011 54th
Fun games, yummy food, entertainment, silent auction, raffle, and more! Free admission, but ticket purchase is required for games and food.
Catholic Charities: Family Fall Fest
Friday, October 25 | 6:00pm
1505 34th
Games, candy and resources at The Resale Center. Costumes encouraged! Free.
Trick or Treat Street
Friday, October 25 | 6:00 – 8:00pm
Safety City: 4500 Avenue U
Candy, games, and door prizes!
Idalou Harvest Co. Fall Festival
Saturday, October 26 | 10:00am – 5:00pm
12206 E Hwy 62 (Idalou)
Pumpkin bash, games, music, wine, food and more! Pumpkin decorating contest, best costume contest.
RMHC of the Southwest Trunk or Treat
Saturday, October 26 | Noon – 2:00pm
3413 10th
Candy, games and fun! Trick-or-treaters are encouraged to bring items from the RMHC wish list to help support families who have a child receiving medical care. Free to the community.
Shepherd King Lutheran Church Fall Fest
Saturday, October 26 | 6:00 – 8:00pm
2122 18th
Fun for the whole family! Music, games, food, prizes.
Redbud Trunk or Treat
Sunday, October 27 | 5:00 – 7:00pm
Rendezvous Hair Studio: 1102 Slide, Ste 31
Halloween event for the family.
Silly Science Carnival
Tuesday, October 29 | 10:00am – Noon
Science Spectrum
A fun Fall and Halloween themed event just for children 18 months to 5 years of age. Games with guaranteed prizes, science crafts and demonstrations, spooky critters, and the ever popular costume parade make this a can’t-miss fall event!
Spooky Science Carnival
Wednesday, October 30 | 5:00 – 9:00pm
Science Spectrum
Science meets carnival games with guaranteed prizes, robotics from local high school students, creepy critters, hands-on science experiments, and Spooky Science Shows round out a frightfully fun night of spooky, not scary, entertainment! The Spooky Science Carnival is recommended for families with children up to age 12. This event is included with your museum admission.
Bacon Heights Fall Festival
Wednesday, October 30 | 6:00 – 8:00pm
Bacon Heights Church: 5110 54th
Games, food, candy, inflatable! Admission is free.
Oakwood Wesleyan Fellowship Trunk or Treat
Thursday, October 31 | 6:00 – 8:00pm
2215 58th
The first 100 children in costume will receive a ticket for one free hotdog meal. Original Plain Jane’s Fried Pies food truck.
Hub City Trunk or Treat
Friday, November 1 | 7:00 – 10:00pm
6501 University
Live DJ, food trucks, costume contests, lots of free giveaways & lots of candy. Family-friendly environment.
2nd Annual Autumn Festival
Saturday, November 2 | Noon – 7:00pm
Lubbock Arboretum: 4111 University
S’mores with heroes, a variety of vendors, thrilling pie-eating contests, and much more. Local bands from Lubbock will be performing live, and there will be plenty of delicious food trucks for everyone to enjoy. Admission is free.
At’l Do Farms
September 14 – November 4
Tuesday – Friday | 6:00 – 9:00pm
Saturday | 10:00am – 9:00pm
Sunday | 2:00 – 9:00pm
6323 FM 1294
First Cumberland Presbyterian Pumpkin Patch
Opening day is September 28
Monday – Friday | 3:30 – 7:00pm
Saturday | 10:00am – 7:00pm
Sunday | Noon – 7:00pm
7702 Indiana
Malta Farms
Opening TBA
Daily 10:00am – 8:00pm
11202 Quaker
Old Macdonald’s
October 5 through November 3
10:00am – 6:00pm | Saturdays & Sundays
11701 N FM 1264
T&J Farms
Opening weekend is October 5 | Info here
6408 FM 41
Tom’s Tree Place
5104 34th
Miss Megan’s Make Room
3307 Elgin
Various Halloween-themed classes and workshops for both children and adults!
PWAT Fall Classes
Painting with a Twist
Witches, pumpkins, leaves, oh my! There are tons of fall classes at PWAT. Check out their website for more information.
Sip + Paint Halloween Door Mats
Friday, September 20 | 6:00 – 7:15pm
The Mom Lounge: 4414 82nd, Ste 216
Gather your friends and get creative! In this fun paint class, you will have 4 examples of how to paint your door mat. You will get one door mat + 2 drink tickets. Buy tickets online.
Nosferatu (1922)
Tuesday, October 8 | 7:00pm
Alamo Drafthouse
The silent classic based on the story of Dracula.
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Monday, October 14 | 7:00pm
Alamo Drafthouse
Isabelle Adjani and Klaus Kinski haunt Werner Herzog’s gothic freak out. Presented in German with English subtitles.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Tuesday, October 15 | 7:00pm
Alamo Drafthouse
One, two, Freddy’s coming for you…
Casper
Saturday, October 19 | 11:00am
Alamo Drafthouse
He’ll romp and play, sing and dance all day – the friendliest ghost you’ve seen.
Ghostbusters (1984) Movie Party
Sunday, October 20 | 6:00pm
Alamo Drafthouse
Classic movie, interactive props…mass hysteria!
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Monday, October 21 | 7:00pm
Alamo Drafthouse
Freddy Krueger goes after his most helpless victims yet: teens in a psych ward.
The Shining
Tuesday, October 22 | 7:00pm
Alamo Drafthouse
Stanley Kubrick’s deft symphony of terror.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Movie Party
Saturday, October 26 | 9:00pm
Alamo Drafthouse
Don’t dream it, be it…at our ROCKY HORROR Movie Party.
Halloween (1978)
Saturday, October 26 | 9:00pm
Alamo Drafthouse
It’s that time of the year again!
Falling for The Wallace
Saturday, October 5 | 4:00 – 9:00pm
Downtown Levelland
Festival booths, food trucks, live music, shopping, art gallery, and kids zone.
Meet Me in the Pumpkin Patch with Wine
Saturday, October 12 | 1:00 – 5:00pm and Saturday, October 19 | 1:00 – 5:00pm
Williams Ranch Vineyard (Plains)
Pumpkin patch in the vineyard! $12 per person includes pumpkin and hay ride. Age 2 and under are free. Food truck, live music and wine tasting available.
Seminole Harvest Festival
Saturday, October 26 | 11:00am – 6:00pm
Gaines County Courthouse (Seminole)
Family-friendly activities, shopping, food trucks, and live music!
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