Dancing Anyways throws a Halloween dance party at Parallel Brewing and Wine Bar tonight, 6 to 10, with spooky visuals and a costume contest. Come dressed to distress.
3pm Appalfest on Sanford Mall, from App State's Appalachian Popular Programming Society, until 6.
6pm Dancing Anyways: Halloween Edition at Parallel, until 10, with a costume contest.
6pm Tea For T Fundraiser at 3rd Place, a tea party for Boone's trans community hosted by The D-Word Times and Queer Sphere, with a raffle for a free $100 tattoo.
7pm The Hitchcock Radio Hour at the Historic Banner Elk School, two tales of horror staged like a 1940s live broadcast. It runs again Saturday.
7pm Ghost Train at Tweetsie, until 10:30. Tickets are date and time specific, so buy ahead. The scariest parts suit ages 8 and up.
Clear and sunny, 63 at best, easing to 50 by 10pm. Bring a jacket for the evening. More spooky nights are on the High Country Haint List.
11am Knifemaking and leatherworking demos at the Original Mast Store in Valle Crucis, until 5. Watch a knife get hammered out, then watch the sheath get stitched to fit it. No cost listed.
2pm Brikhouse Fall Craft Market, the first one ever, with local vendors and applications still open.
7:30pm Steep Canyon Rangers at the Appalachian Theatre.
9:30pm Dr Bacon with My Gal Monday at Boone Saloon, Appalachian funk and rock, $5, 21+.
Saturday is sunny and 60, dropping to 42 by 10pm, so bring a jacket to the night shows.
Watauga's early voting turnout topped 6,300, up 37% from 2022 after five days (the tracker). Our /vote page posts each day's count for Watauga, Ashe and Avery.
Boone's town council backs a pre-application for the RenewNC workforce housing ownership program, which would build five single-family homes on town-owned land. It unlocks up to $25,000 for engineering and evaluation.
Foscoe Home Team runs Goodpeople Thrift so the nonprofit can buy groceries with what neighbors donate. Donate, shop, and the money turns into food.
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