Saturday has a pie contest, two rallies, and a late-night Rocky Horror. AppleFEST runs 8am to noon at the Watauga County Farmers Market, with fresh-pressed cider, an old-time jam, and a pie contest at 11:30. Bring yours by 10am, no sign-up.
9am Woolly Worm Festival at the Historic Banner Elk School. Winter gets read off a caterpillar's 13 bands, one for each week, and they've been doing it since 1978.
9am Valle Country Fair in Banner Elk. Handmade crafts, home-cooked food, and mountain music, free admission.
Noon to 10pm Cider on the Mountain Cider & Music Festival, year two at Appalachian Mountain Brewery & Cidery in Boone. Free to attend, with house ciders plus guest ciders, live music noon to 6, and Eco Spaceship on at 4.
1pm Death Cafe at 114 Clement Street. Tea, cake, and talk about death. Free, every third Saturday.
Two No Kings: Vote Early rallies. In Jefferson, a rally runs 10am to noon on the sidewalk across from Food Lion. In Boone, speakers and bands take the stage in the Ag Center's rear lot 4–6pm, and then folks walk up to King Street for a Honk N Wave, 6 to 6:45pm. Organizers call both nonpartisan.
Neither rally is a polling place. Watauga's early voting sites are closed today and tomorrow, then open Monday, 8am to 7:30pm. Ashe's site, the Agricultural Services Building in Jefferson, is open 8am to 3pm. Sites and hours.
6pm Acapellageddon at the Schaefer Center. App State's five a cappella groups, one stage, and our own Ellen Wong is singing.
6pm Jessica Cory and Morgan DePue release their chapbooks at 114 Clement Street, reading from their work and signing copies.
7pm Local Lore & Funeral Customs in West Jefferson. Ashe County ghost stories and Appalachian funeral customs.
8pm and 11pm The Rocky Horror Picture Show with a live shadowcast at the Appalachian Theatre, plus the late show. Virgin games, and dress up.
9:30pm Jeremy Short + Marc Ridge at Boone Saloon, rock and jam, $5, 21+.
10pm Latin Night with DJ Chayo, 10pm to 2am, free.
Boone Town Council holds a special meeting Monday, Oct. 19, at 5pm at the town-owned lot at 155 WYN Way. The town is asking to rezone the 1.597-acre site from R1A to conditional district R1 for a town facility.
Sunday 7pm. The Synth Workshop at Huzzah Books with the Watauga County Computer Music Center. Every skill level welcome. Bring a laptop and headphones, and download VCV Rack first. It's free software.
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