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Special Film Screening: Twilight

Doors/Bar @ 6PM, Movie @ 7PM

Join us for a special screening of Twilight! Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson star in this wonderfully heightened melodrama about the existential dilemma a young woman faces when she finds out the person she is falling in love with is a vampire.

See it Friday, Oct. 18 at 7. The bar opens at 6, so come early for special cocktails.

Location: The Balcony at the Varsity, 418 S. Illinois Ave.

Special Film Screening: Donnie Darko

Doors/Bar @ 6PM, Movie @ 7PM

With breakthrough performances from Jake and Maggie Gyllenhal and a stellar soundtrack that includes Tears for Fears, Joy Division and Echo & The Bunnymen, Donnie Darko is an unlikely hero’s journey of young man filled with suburban malaise who must transcend time to set the world straight.

See it Saturday, Oct. 19 at 7. The bar opens at 6, so come early for special cocktails.

Location: The Balcony at the Varsity, 418 S. Illinois Ave.

Haunted Hallow

11:00AM-4:00PM

Our fall family fun festival returns! The Haunted Hollow provides a perfect Halloween atmosphere for everyone with a balance of laughs and gasps in a safe and fun environment. Both free and ticketed activities are available at the door!

Location: Touch of Nature Camp 2 (1206 Touch of Nature Road Makanda, IL)

SIU After Dark Presents: Outdoor Horror Movie Nite: Original "Friday the 13th"

Movie starts at dusk (around 6:30PM)

Celebrate spooky season with the classic "Friday the 13th" shown on a big screen right next to the campus lake! Free popcorn, drinks and snacks are provided (while supplies last). Make sure to bring lawn chairs and blankets to enjoy the showing!

Location: Becker Pavilion; SIU Campus boat docks (Rain Location: Student Center Auditorium (2nd Floor)

The Pumpkin Glow

5:30PM-9:30PM

A Nighttime Jack-O-Lantern Hike held at Green Earth's Oakland Nature Preserve

Location: Oakland Nature Preserve, 1201 N Oakland Ave, Carbondale

Special Film Screening: Blair Witch Project

Doors/Bar @ 6PM, Movie @ 7PM

With breakthrough performances from Jake and Maggie Gyllenhal and a stellar soundtrack that includes Tears for Fears, Joy Division and Echo & The Bunnymen, Donnie Darko is an unlikely hero’s journey of young man filled with suburban malaise who must transcend time to set the world straight.

See it Saturday, Oct. 19 at 7. The bar opens at 6, so come early for special cocktails.

Location: The Balcony at the Varsity, 418 S. Illinois Ave.

The Pumpkin Glow

5:30PM-9:30PM

A Nighttime Jack-O-Lantern Hike held at Green Earth's Oakland Nature Preserve

Location: Oakland Nature Preserve, 1201 N Oakland Ave, Carbondale

Carbondale Park District Presents Hocus Pocus 2

6:30 PM

Carbondale Park District will be showing a family outdoor movie, Hocus Pocus 2, at Parrish Park on October 25 at 6:30 PM.

Location: Parrish Park

Dia de Los Muertos (AKA Community Altar)

Open to view all day

Please join SI CABE in honoring our loved ones who have passed on as we create a community altar.

Location: The Varsity Center

Spooky Catalyst Bike Race

Registration at 9AM, Race starts at 10AM

Join us for a scary good time at our second annual Spooky Catalyst Race, taking place on October 26, 2024. Categories include youth, beginner, intermediate, and advanced.

Location: Touch of Nature Camp 2 (1206 Touch of Nature Road Makanda, IL)

Murdale Safe Howl-o-Ween

10AM-2PM

Trick-or-treat with Murdale Merchants and enjoy a day filled with bounce houses, hayrides, games, bison burgers, snow cones, and more! The Howl-o-Ween fun begins at 10:00AM and goes until 2:00 PM in the parking lot of the Murdale Shopping Center. Friends of Carbondale Community Dog Parks is working with Murdale to host a Pet Parade, Canine Costume Contest! Pooch Pictures! Treats Trinkets and More!

Location: Murdale Shopping Center

Candy Walk

12pm-2pm

October 26th 12pm-2pm Carbondale’s downtown businesses will have sweet treats to hand out, and spooktacular activities to get involved in! All ghouls and goblins are welcome to walk around downtown and fill their treat bags. Start at Carbondale Main Street at 121 S. Illinois Ave. to pick up a map of the full list and map of participating businesses, or check out the Carbondale Main Street Facebook page. If you have any questions, call 618-529-8040.

Location: Downtown Carbondale

Make & Take + Treats at 607

12pm-2pm

Come for the Candy Walk, stay for some fun kids’ art projects sponsored by Artspace 304! Join us on the patio of 607 S Illinois: pick up some candy and take a pause while the kids create a make-and-take art project.

Location: 607 S. Illinois Ave.

The Great Carbondale Pumpkin Race

Registration: 1pm – 1:45pm, Event: 2pm

The Great Carbondale Pumpkin Race is a lively and family-friendly annual event where creativity, competition, and community spirit come together. Participants design and race their own "pumpkin racers," which are pumpkins mounted on wheels. Held in downtown Carbondale under the Mill Street underpass, this fun-filled event brings together people of all ages to celebrate the fall season with exciting races, food vendor, and a costume parade. This year’s race beneficiaries are the Science Center and Read SI.

Location: Mill St. Underpass (Rain location: Carbondale Park District - Lakeland Center, 925 S. Giant City Road)

Keep Carbondale Weird Run/Walk

2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Run, Walk, Crawl, or Fly in your Weird and Spooky Costumes to Raise Funds for a Good Cause. Register as an Individual or Create a Team and coordinate your costumes then you will get a team link where people from your workplace, friends, or family can donate to your team link.

Location: Town Square Pavillion, 121 N Illinois Avenue, Carbondale IL 62901

The Pumpkin Glow

5:30PM-9:30PM

A Nighttime Jack-O-Lantern Hike held at Green Earth's Oakland Nature Preserve

Location: Oakland Nature Preserve, 1201 N Oakland Ave, Carbondale

Off the Rails Halloween Concert featuring The People Brothers Band & Ernie Johnson From Detroit

7-10 PM

Off the Rails Halloween Concert featuring The People Brothers Band & Ernie Johnson From Detroit at the Washington Street venue in downtown Carbondale. Bring your lawn chairs, pack the coolers, put on your costume, and spend the Halloween weekend grooving to some good music! You won’t want to miss this free all ages show featuring a costume contest, local vendors, BYOB & BYOC!

Location: 200 Washington St.

Special Film Screening: Scream

Doors/Bar @ 6PM, Movie @ 7PM

We cap off the Halloween season with Wes Craven’s meta horror classic, Scream! A masked killer is wreaking havoc on the small town of Woodsboro, but classes are canceled so why not have a party? With a perfect ensemble cast including Drew Barrymore, Rose McGowan and, of course, Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott, Scream! is an examination of what the horror genre had become while also redefining it.

See it Thursday, Oct. 31 at 7. The bar opens at 6, so come early for special cocktails.

Location: The Balcony at the Varsity, 418 S. Illinois Ave.

The Great Southern Illinois Pumpkin Smash

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

The Pumpkin Smash is a communities' effort to divert pumpkins from landfills by providing locations for residents to drop-off jack-o-lanterns to be composted. It is typically held each year the Saturday after Halloween. Don’t Trash it, Smash it!

Location: SIU Farms Service Center