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Halloween-themed events are always worthy of attention, especially if you’re a fan of the silly and spooky. When you combine it with the opportunity to do some actual good for people in need, that’s when things are REALLY worth it! Running from October 15th to October 30th, Scare For a Cure features Halloween special effects artists, set builders, audio and lighting techs, costume designers, make-up artists, and actors ready and waiting to welcome guests into the best haunted house event in the Austin area!  Participants will crawl, crouch, and interact with actors as they physically travel through the haunted house experience! There will be plenty of blood, slime, obstacle courses, slides, and REAL balls of fire! The staff is 100 percent volunteer and features an array of dedicated individuals ready to help this Halloween season feel absolutely spectacular. And the very best part of all? All net profits from the haunted house will be donated to local cancer-related charities and o...

There’s plenty of reasons to get excited if you’re living in the Austin area! Pioneer Farms, one of the best local living history museums in the region, is hosting its annual Pumpkin Nights event! At Pumpkin Nights, guests can venture along a half-mile walking path, where they’ll discover the Forbidden City, a Pirate’s Cove, and plenty of fantastical lands built using over 5,000 hand-carved real and artificial pumpkins.  It’s truly an amazing spectacle to behold as well as the perfect way to celebrate the spirit of the Halloween season! Plus, there will be plenty of space and fresh air for everyone, allowing for the chance to make holiday memories that will last a lifetime! The event runs from September 30th to October 31st, ending the Halloween season with a royal bang with scenic, spooky sights you won’t want to miss! Austin will be hosting a wide variety of different seasonal holiday events this year, Pumpkin Nights merely being the first of the lot! If you’re living in the area...

Feeling bored in Austin?  Well look alive, Austinites! Running from August 21st to August 22nd, Future Front Texas will be presenting a lively weekend of pop-up shops, performances, artists, designers, and plenty of shopping opportunities to take advantage of! Austin’s Front Market and Festival will be featuring over 100 vendors for two days of certified Texan fun, complete with DJ sessions, craft demonstrations, art installations, live outdoor music, and plenty more!  For curious Austinites, whether you’re exploring solo or with family and friends, this is the perfect opportunity to take advantage of some wonderful shopping and entertainment opportunities, as well as become more acquainted with what’s going on around the city. For anyone looking for some hands-on fun, I definitely recommend this event, if only for some quality live performances that any worthy Austinite would be proud to witness.  Austin hosts some lively and entertaining experiences no matter the occasi...

Cowabunga!  Get out the surfboards and your floaties because Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark will be hosting its Flowapalooza Festival, specifically the Flowboarder, FlowTour Nationals Championship. This three-day festival will feature an exciting array of live music, carnival games, immersive activities, food, beverages, door prizes, and plenty more!  The FlowRider is the world’s first and most famous surf-simulating machine. Epic Waters is home to a FlowRider Double (basically a two-lane attraction), making it the largest FlowRider in North Texas. For this event, thrill-seeking guests can compete for some AMAZING prizes as the FlowTour Nationals will give professional FlowRider competitors the chance to show off their skills right in front of a lively crowd. But even if you’re not competing in the surfing event, you can still enjoy some truly excellent merchandise when you show up, including shirts, drink tickets, a swag bag, and more!  Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark is loca...

Movies are probably my real, true love in life. Especially the classics.  Now I could bore you to tears with a long-winded lecture about why you’re obligated as a human being to experience classic cinema for yourself, but I’ll save some time and just say this much--they’re good. REALLY good. And even if the old black and white style isn’t part of the mainstream anymore, it’s still nonetheless an important means of experiencing the films that shaped the course of cinema as we know it today.  For Austin residents, the time has come to fully experience the beauty of classic cinema, along with plenty of assorted favorites, under the glow of the legendary Paramount Theatre. Running throughout the summer all the way to August, guests can attend a screening of some of the best films that cinema has to offer, from Psycho to Jaws to Sunset Boulevard, and more! Even modern classics like Get Out will be making an appearance as well. Austin’s Paramount Theatre is one of the most interesti...

Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water... When Jaws first came to theaters in the summer of 1975, no one could have foreseen the massive impact it had on movies, as well as the entire concept of the Hollywood blockbuster. As the first official summer blockbuster introduced to mass audiences, Jaws holds a high level of significance for both movie buffs and audiences everywhere.  As such, what better way to pay tribute to this amazing film than to experience it the way it was always meant to be? That is to say, on the WATER. Alamo Drafthouse has partnered with High Beam Events to feature Jaws directly on the water at Volente Beach on Lake Travis. The film will be shown on a huge inflatable outdoor screen placed at the water’s edge with viewers getting the chance to watch the movie while floating in inner tubes, allowing for a swimmingly spooky atmosphere to add to the overall experience. Viewers might even feel a tiny little tug below the depths from time to time ...

Austin is absolutely wild...literally! One of the more exciting things to do around the city is to take a gander at some of its most iconic imagery and wildlife. And I’m not talking about its downtown area! One thing that Austin has above all other cities in Texas is its absolutely stunning display of public bat watching.  Yes, you heard me...BATS. These squeaky little critters might seem a bit spooky up close, but there’s something eerily breathtaking about seeing a bunch of them flying around from a distance. And Austin fits that description swimmingly, to the point where Austin residents now have the opportunity to see it for themselves during the perfect hours of the evening!  Capital Cruises has, for many years now, advertised its internationally-famous bat watching tour. Tours depart 30 minutes before sunset and allows for guests to experience the heart-pounding magic of watching these fascinating creatures lift-off together in the night sky--a real eye-opening experienc...