Thursday ends loud at Lily's Snack Bar, where Mean Green's fall tour lands with Wyndrider and Hempire. Doors are at 8, music starts at 9, and it's $7 at the door.
5pm Seven Devils Trunk-or-Treat at The Park at Seven Devils, free candy, popcorn and hot dogs.
7pm Pauletta Hansel and Hilda Downer at Huzzah Books, 114 Clement St., free. Hansel, Cincinnati's first poet laureate, reads from her collection Understory: A Women's History of Appalachia alongside Hilda Downer, the High Country Poet Laureate.
7pm Halloweekend in the Plemmons Student Union Solarium, a costume live music night with DirtyBitDJ and more, until 10.
8pm Mean Green, Wyndrider, Hempire at Lily's Snack Bar, $7, music at 9.
9:30pm UNDRGRND Presents Local Love: Open Deck Night at Boone Saloon, dance and EDM, $5, 21+.
It cools off by the late sets, so bring a jacket.
More spooky nights are on the High Country Haint List.
11am Halloween Flash Day at Iron Orchid Tattoo Studio, arms and legs only, flash $50 to $200, fairy hair and feather installs 3 to 5pm, cash and Venmo.
7pm Thriftsmith presents Halloween @ ZRCskate in Trade, Tenn. Costumes required, with Bedrumor, Proxima System and Ellie K's Wurld, doors at 7, music at 8, $13 in advance, $15 at the door.
Friday night cools off by the 8pm music, so a layer under the costume is a smart call.
Watauga County commissioners put the 2027 reappraisal rules on the agenda for final adoption, currently slated for Nov. 17, after an Oct. 20 public hearing where no one signed up to speak. New values take effect Jan. 1. The details.
Two congressional districts split the High Country. Watauga and Ashe are in District 5, Avery is in District 11, where state Rep. Jennifer Balkcom is the Republican nominee after U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards ended his reelection bid in August. Who is on each ballot.
Watauga's creative economy grew in 2025. Creative industry earnings rose 14.6% to more than $25.1 million, and sales rose 22.5% to about $65.3 million, per the 2026 Creative Economy Snapshot. The numbers.
App State's record label Split Rail Records is back after two years, led by juniors Karina Prut and Brett Menz. The revival.
Early voting ends Saturday, Oct. 31, at 3pm. Sites and hours.
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