CALENDAR: Spooktacular events to chill you to the bone

Staff reports  |  Here’s a huge list of Halloween-related events that will knock off your socks as you quietly get over eating all of the candy for kids — before they show up at your door:

Wednesday, Oct. 30

• Hip-hop Halloween at Purple Buffalo will feature a little bit of everything — art exhibits, dance offs, exclusive merchandise and more. It’s just $5 at the door, or free, if your costume is that cool.
• Red’s Ice House hosts its 15th annual pet + owner masquerade. Dress to impress.

Thursday. Oct. 31

• Halloween and ’70s disco will collide at The Alley’s Studio 300: Disco Halloween party. The restaurant and bowling alley will be turned into a Halloween extravaganza with haunted houses, scare actors and much more.
• Get down with a hoedown at Country Halloween at The Shelter, with live music, a $3 shot menu, drink specials and a costume contest.
• Ink ‘N’ Ivy invites guests to come dressed in their spookiest attire for a party with $5 freaky cocktails and $2 freaky shots. There’s a $10 cover charge, enter if you dare.
• Big Gun Burger Shop is hosting a Halloween show at 10 p.m. with music by Life in Vacuum, Caravela, Wet Leather, and Blackberry Sedan & the Thick Ham Band.
• Spend your Halloween on Shem Creek at Vickery’s Wicked Little Halloween Party with live music and prizes for the best costumes.
• The Brick is hosting Halloween Scary Oke featuring High Society from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. for live band karaoke, a costume contest, and spooky party fun.
• Tin Roof’s Halloween Party will host LanAtron playing hits of the 90s and 2000s and have a costume contest for bar cash.
• It’s a costume party for Halloween at Kwei Fei where a $25 ticket includes snacks all night long and two drinks. Come dressed as a wrestler and you get a free shot and a chance to win the belt. Happy hour prices on drinks will run all night long, from 5 to 10 p.m.
• Red’s Ice House hosts a party, including a huge costume contest, zombie apocalypse style.

Be safe.  Have fun.

Also on the calendar:

Let’s talk Reconstruction:  10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Nov. 1 to Nov. 3, Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.  In this community gathering, the Slave Dwelling Project, sponsored by Magnolia, will offer a fresh perspective to the Reconstruction period that followed the Civil War.  More details.

Nevermore, the play: Through Nov. 3, Dock Street Theatre, 135 Church St., Charleston.  Charleston Stage will present Nevermore! Voyage Into the Netherworld, a play that speculates on an 1847 voyage by author Edgar Allan Poe after which he was found mad and soon died.  The play features scenes from Poe’s stories and includes information on his real visit to Sullivan’s Island in 1817.  More information.  Tickets are $34 to $67 with some discounts.

Coming to the Gaillard.  Check out these awesome coming events at the Charleston Gaillard Center, 95 Calhoun St., Charleston:

Chick Corea Trio:  7:30 p.m. Oct. 29.  Jazz impresario Chick Corea will bring together bass powerhouse Christian McBride and drum master Brian Blade in a trio that earned two Grammy Awards for their first outing, 2014’s landmark 3-CD set Trilogy. Learn more about the trio and show here.  Tickets are $36 to $86.

Goo Goo Dolls: 7:30 p.m., Nov. 17.  Charleston is one of 20 cities in which the band is performing on its tour in support of its 12th studio album, Miracle Pill.  Formed in Buffalo, N.Y., during 1986 by John Rzeznik and Robby Takac, Goo Goo Dolls quietly broke records, contributed a string of staples to the American songbook, connected to millions of fans, and indelibly impacted popular music for three-plus decades. Tickets start at $25.  More.

AFFA Gala 2019: 6 p.m., Nov. 1, The Cedar Room, 701 East Bay St., Charleston.  You can have one of the best nights of the year with this annual fund-raiser for AFFA that is replete with a cocktail hour, silent auction, dinner, live auction and entertainment by the Emerald Empire Band.  Tickets: $180. Learn more now.

Harvest Festival:  11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 2, at Johns Island County Park.  Known for its foot-stompin’ showcase of Charleston’s own bluegrass talent, the festival will offer performances throughout the day will be five bluegrass bands. Plenty of food will be available for purchase, including Southern barbecue, roasted and boiled peanuts, kettle korn, and traditional favorite festival fare, plus cold beverages. Festival-goers are also encouraged to stop by the crafters’ market, which features a variety of hand-made items that make perfect holiday gifts.   All activities are free with the festival admission fee, which is $8 per person; kids 12 and under are free. For more information, visit CharlestonCountyParks.com.

Family Movie Night at Cool Blow Park: 5:30 p.m., Nov. 8, Cool Blow Park, 10 Conroy St., Charleston.  Come at 4:30 p.m. for superhero-themed games and activities from Meeting Street Academy and Early College High School at Trident Technical College before the showing of “Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse” at dark (approximately 5:30 p.m.). Food trucks will have food and drinks available for purchase. Pets on leashes are welcome.  Pre-registration requested. 

Holiday Festival of Lights: Nov. 15 to Dec. 31, James Island County Park.  For the 30th year in a row, the Holiday Festival of Lights returns to make merry magical memories with its vibrant light show is one of Charleston’s most cherished holiday events, featuring an estimated two million dazzling lights. The Holiday Festival of Lights is open every evening, rain or shine, from Nov. 15 – Dec. 31, 2019. The festival opens at 5:30 p.m. nightly and closes at 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. More.

Annual Redux benefit:  8 p.m. Nov. 16, 1056 King Street, Charleston.  Redux Contemporary Art Center will hold its 17th silent and live auction on Nov. 16 to promote contemporary art and culture in Charleston and to continue to provide opportunities for emerging visual artists.  The event is the organization’s primary, annual fundraising event. Funds raised at the Redux auction support for comprehensive exhibitions, education and outreach programs, and robust studio program.  Attendees will be able to bid on art by 150-pus artists and enjoy good food, an open bar and dancing with tunes from a special guest DJ. Tickets start at $60. More info.

Early morning bird walks at Caw Caw:  8:30 a.m. every Wednesday and Saturday, Caw Caw Interpretive Center, Ravenel.  You can learn about habitats and birds, butterflies and other organisms in this two-hour session.  Registration is not required, but participants are to be 15 and up. $10 per person or free to Gold Pass holders.  More:  http://www.CharlestonCountyParks.com.

AREA MARKETS

WEDNESDAYS.  The West Ashley Farmers Market is every Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Ackerman Park off Sycamore Avenue in West Ashley.  The last week of the market will be the first week of October. More.

FRIDAYS/SATURDAYS:  Night Market.  Every Friday and Saturday from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. for the rest of the year, you can shop with 108 vendors, including artists and craftsmen, at the night market on Market Street between East Bay and Church streets.  It’s more than four blocks of local shopping and fun. Free.

SATURDAYS:  Johns Island Farmers Market operates each Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. year-round with more than 50 local farmers and vendors, food trucks, music and more.  The market is located on the campus of Charleston Collegiate School, 2024 Academy Road, Johns Island

SATURDAYS: The Charleston Farmers Market is open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Marion Square each Saturday through Nov. 30.  More info.

NOTE: The Mount Pleasant Farmers Market weekly market on Tuesdays finished in September. The next opportunity to shop is a special Dec. 7 holiday market and craft show at the market pavillion at Moultrie Middle School, 645 Coleman Blvd., Mount Pleasant. Time:  11 a.m to 4 p.m. Free parking. Lots of activities. More info.

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