Everything Halloween this week for the kids and kids at heart
Here is a comprehensive list of fall festivals, Halloween parties, and fun for all. Items in italic are for those 21 and older only.
Friday, Oct. 30: Trick or Treat night in Carson City ONLY
-- Free Admission to the Nevada State Museum and the Nevada State Railroad Museum
-- Nevada Day Party at the Pumpkin Patch at Red Horse Ranch: 4849 Cochise St (10am-6pm; free admission)
-- Pumpkin Patch Harvest Festival with Hay Slide, Kiddie Land Straw Maze, Farm Animals and more at Corley Ranch: 859 Highway 395 South, Gardnerville (11am-4pm; free admission on weekdays)
-- RSVP Carnival at Mills Park (12pm-9pm; all day wristband $30, discount coupon at RSVP booth)
-- Annual Safe Trick or Treat at the Carson Mall: 1313 S. Carson Street (3pm-5pm; free; Professional Photos in the ‘Graveyard’ $10)
-- Trick or Treat at the Governor’s Mansion with performances by Controlled Burn: 606 Mountain Street (5pm-8pm)
-- Downtown Business Association Candy Crawl: Downtown Carson City (5:30pm-6pm)
-- Safe Halloween Celebration with Costumes and Crafts at the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada: 813 N. Carson Street (6pm-8pm; $5 per child, adults free)
-- Blinky Man Costumed Night Time Bike Ride with Lights: begins at the Firkin and Fox (meet up 5:30pm-6:30pm; ride 6:30pm-10pm with stops at Tap Shack, Living the Good Life, the Feisty Goat Pub, the Governor’s Mansion, and the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Brewery Arts Center; ride is free, but patronage at stops is encouraged. Bring a bag of candy for trick or treaters)
-- Eat, Drink, and Be Scary Halloween Party and Costume Contest with Live Music by Jimmy Mallett and Jack Clifton at El Charro Avitia: 4389 S. Carson Street (6pm)
-- A Haunted Open Mic at A to Zen: 1803 N. Carson St. (7pm; costume contest with prizes)
-- Happy Halloween Yoga Class at Gaia Wellness and Yoga: 1475 Old Hot Springs Rd, Ste 1 (7pm; by donation; costume contest)
-- Halloween Costume Party and Contest at Crossroads Lounge: 300 E. Winnie Lane (8pm; happy hour prices 8pm-12am)
--Halloween Dance and and Costume Contest at Slotworld Casino (8pm)
--Halloween Party and Live Music with Thre3 Guyz Rockin’ AKA The Iron Age at Westside Pour House (8pm)
-- Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall (Party starts at 8:30 and movie airs at 10pm; $10 advance tickets, $15 at the door; Bag of props to the first 25 at the door, costume contest and games before the show)
--Halloween Party and Costume Contest with music by The Remains at the Spoke Bar and Grill: 3189 Deer Run Road (8pm)
-- 3rd Annual Halloween Bash with Live Music by Cosmic Bugaloo at Flight: 2244 Meridian, off Airport in Minden (8:30pm-12am; $10 includes beer, house wine, or well drink of your choice and a Flight Frightful Bites appetizer plate; costume contest)
-- Halloween and Day of the Dead Party with DJ Brunch Dizzle at Remedy’s: 306 E. Williams Street (9pm; free face and body painting by Lynzie Ruecker, tips welcome)
-- Rat Finks Voodoo Party with music by Los Pistoleros at the Genoa Bar in Genoa
-- Halloween Party at the Blue Bull: 107 E. Telegraph Street (9pm; drink and shot specials; prize for best male and female Costume)
Saturday, Oct. 31: Nevada Day
-- Free Admission to the Nevada State Museum and the Nevada State Railroad Museum
-- Pumpkin Patch Harvest Festival with Pig Races, Hay Slide, Kiddie Land, Straw Maze, Farm Animals and more at Corley Ranch: 859 Highway 395 South, Gardnerville (11am-5pm; $4, additional cost for rides, etc.)
-- RSVP Carnival at Mills Park (12pm-9pm; all day wristband $30, discount coupon at RSVP booth)
-- 22nd Annual Trick or Treat Halloween Safety Street at the CVIC Hall in Minden (3pm-8pm; $3 per child)
-- Goblin Parade in Virginia City (5pm, Safe Trick or Treating along C Street to follow)
-- Genoa’s Annual Halloween Party, Pot Luck, and Hay Ride at Town Hall, Genoa (5:30pm-9pm; bring side dish and bottle of wine or beer for Parents’ Bar; Main dish and soft drinks provided; music and kids games; open to Genoa area residents)
-- Cemetery Night Walk at the Silver Terrace Cemetery in Virginia City (6pm-11pm; Halloween is the ONLY time the cemetery is accessible at night)
-- Haunting of the Opera House Ball with music by Flock of 80z at Piper’s Opera House in Virginia City (7pm-10pm; under 21 $20, 21 and over $30; wine and spirit tasting and costume contest; the debut of Virginia City’s signature Spirit: Frey Ranch’s Cemetery Gin)
-- Halloween Party at the Blue Bull: 107 E. Telegraph Street (9pm; drink and shot specials; prize for best overall Costume)
-- Halloween Costume Party with Live Music by Dirty Fingers at Whiskey Tavern: 3481 Hwy 50 East (8pm, music at 9pm; drink specials, costume contest and prizes)
-- All Hallows Eve and Nevada Day Party at the Feisty Goat Pub: 1881 E Long St
Sunday, Nov. 1:
-- RSVP Carnival at Mills Park (12pm-8pm; all day wristband $30, discount coupon at RSVP booth)
- Brewery Arts Center
- Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall
- Carson City
- 21 and older
- 395
- A to Zen
- adults
- Airport
- animals
- arts
- Arts and Entertainment
- bar
- bar and grill
- beer
- bike
- Bike Ride
- Blue Bull
- brewery
- brewery arts
- Business
- C
- candy
- carnival
- carson
- Carson Street
- Casino
- celebration
- cemetery
- center
- child
- City
- class
- contest
- COSMIC
- Costume Contest
- costumes
- Crafts
- Crossroads Lounge
- dance
- day
- Day of the Dead
- Deer
- DJ
- donation
- downtown
- Downtown Business Association
- Downtown Carson
- drink specials
- Drinks
- E
- Fall
- Farm
- festivals
- Firkin and Fox
- Free
- free admission
- FRIDAY
- fun
- games
- Genoa
- Genoa Bar
- Halloween
- Halloween Party
- harvest festival
- haunted
- Heart
- highway
- Highway 395
- Hot Springs
- kids
- Kids!
- life
- live
- Living the Good Life
- Mills Park
- Minden
- mountain
- Movie
- museum
- Music
- Nevada
- Nevada Day
- Nevada State Museum
- Nevada State Railroad Museum
- Northern Nevada
- Open Mic
- opera
- Painting
- Parade
- parties
- party
- Performance
- photos
- prizes
- pumpkin
- pumpkin patch
- railroad
- Red
- Rocky Horror Picture Show
- RSVP
- run
- Safe
- Safe Trick or Treat
- Safety
- saturday
- Show
- silver
- Slotworld
- SlotWorld Casino
- south
- Spoke Bar
- state
- The Blue Bull
- the brewery arts center
- The Carson Mall
- The Nevada State Museum
- The Nevada State Railroad Museum
- The Spoke Bar
- The Spoke Bar and Grill
- Town Hall
- Trick or Treat
- Trick or Treating
- Virginia City
- walk
- Wellness
- wine
- winnie lane
- yoga
- yoga class
- Zen
- Carson Mall
- Downtown Carson City
- El Charro Avitia
- festival
- Gardnerville
- live music