What's Up: 10/30 - 11/5

Whether you are looking to rock out, appreciate some art or pig out at a festival, The Lantern has you covered. Here you will find a heavily researched — but still tragically incomplete — list of happenings around Columbus next week. Click the title of any event for more info.

Please note: Admission prices are listed before taxes/fees.

PARTIES AND COSTUME CONTESTS

• Thursday, Oct. 31
  • Skully’s Annual Halloween Bash 8 p.m. at Skully’s Music-Diner ($5)
  • Actual Halloween 9 p.m. at Bullwinkles (FREE)
  • Creepy Tiki Halloween Hangout 6 p.m. at Ace of Cups (FREE)
  • Halloween at Platform 6 p.m. at Platform Beer Company (FREE)
  • Jack’d Halloween Party 9 p.m. at Gaswerks (FREE)
  • Halloween AF 2019 8 p.m. at Seventh Son Brewing (FREE)
  • A Kooky, Spooky Halloween Edition of The Royal Fern 8 p.m. at Antiques on High (FREE)
  • October Thirsty-First Halloween Party 5 p.m. at Parsons North Brewing Company (FREE)
  • Halloween ft. Solar Bandit 8 p.m. at The Shrunken Head ($5)
  • Halloween Costume Contest 10 p.m. at Union Cafe (FREE)
• Friday, Nov. 1
  • Bob’s Halloween Party 6 p.m. at Bob’s Bar (FREE)
• Saturday, Nov. 2
  • HEATWAVE Halloween Hangover 10 p.m. at Ace of Cups ($5)

MUSIC AND PERFORMANCES

• Wednesday, Oct. 30
  • A Last Youth Halloween 7 p.m. at Woodlands Tavern ($10)
  • Bonnets: How Ladies of Good Breeding Are Induced to Murder 7:30 p.m. at Roy Bowen Theatre through Sunday ($20)
• Thursday, Oct. 31
  • Ectoplasm ft. Dan Deacon 9 p.m. at Otherworld ($35)
  • Egg Drop Soup // Wasp Factory // Tetnis 9 p.m. at Cafe Bourbon Street ($5)
  • Foo Trippin’ Halloween Show w/ Harmless Habit 7 p.m. at Big Room Bar ($10)
  • The Rocky Horror Show 8 p.m. at Short North Stage ($35)
  • Paisha’s Place 8 p.m. at Streetlight Guild ($10)
  • Reflex Machine // Ope // BODY FARM // Big Mood 10 p.m. at Dirty Dungarees Laundromat and Bar (Suggested Donation)
  • Scary Movie Mayhem Starring Virginia West 7 p.m. at Axis ($15)
  • Be MOVED: A Collection of Short Ballets 7:30 p.m. at BalletMet ($29)
  • Jesse Blankenship Band // Molars // Betty Bangs 7 p.m. at Rumba Cafe ($5)
• Friday, Nov. 1
  • Sleater-Kinney 7 p.m. at Newport Music Hall ($35)
  • Starset 6 p.m. at Express Live! ($25)
  • Prince Daddy & The Hyena 7 p.m. at Donatos Basement ($13)
  • Of Two Minds // Try not to Die // Quorian 9:30 p.m. at Classics Victory’s Live (FREE)
  • First Fridays Masquerade Party ft. MojoFlo 9 p.m. at XO Nightclub ($10)
  • Sylmar w/ Tango Moms 9 p.m. at Rumba Cafe ($7)
  • Harlem Renaissance Remix: Keepin’ Time 8 p.m. at Streetlight Guild ($10)
  • Hannah Wants 9 p.m. at Dahlia Nightclub ($10)
• Saturday, Nov. 2
  • Julia Michaels: IM World Tour 7 p.m. at Newport Music Hall ($30)
  • Icon For Hire w/ Veridia 7 p.m. at A&R Music Bar ($15)
  • Phaser 2 10:30 p.m. at Otherworld ($25)
  • Fishbowl Improv: The 10th Anniversary Alumni Show 7:30 p.m. at US Bank Conference Theater (FREE)
  • Alrosa Villa & 7DE Welcomes: Mushroomhead 6 p.m. at Alrosa Villa ($25)
  • Rings of Saturn 5:30 p.m. at Skully’s Music-Diner ($20)
  • David Wax Museum w/ The Sea The Sea 9 p.m. at Rumba Cafe ($20)
  • Fister // Weed Demon // Pistil // Suffering, Praying Hands 7 p.m. at Big Room Bar ($10)
• Sunday, Nov. 3
  • Leftover Crack 6 p.m. at Ace of Cups ($22)
  • mc chris 7 p.m. at Big Room Bar ($25)
  • Added Color w/ More Than Never // To Kill A Monster // Harmless Habit & Court 6 p.m. at Woodlands Productions ($10)
  • ROH: Unauthorized 5:30 p.m. at Express Live! ($30)
  • Sunday Service ft. The Paisley Bandits Noon at Elevator Brewing Company (FREE)
  • Sombre Arcane // Diplodocus // Haudh // Morihaus 7 p.m. at Packrat Comics ($5)
• Monday, Nov. 4
  • Bob Dylan & His Band 8 p.m at Mershon Auditorium ($90)
  • Topher James and Biscuit Brigade 7 p.m. at Strongwater Events (FREE)
• Tuesday, Nov. 5
  • Rotting Out // Natty Select // En Love // Cue Ball 7 p.m. at Ace of Cups ($15)

FOOD AND DRINK

• Wednesday, Oct. 30
  • America’s Got Zombies: Living with the Undead 6 p.m. at Seventh Son Brewing (FREE)
  • Wine-or-Treat! $15 Wine Tasting 5 p.m. at The Kitchen ($15)
  • Beakers & Brews with COSI 6 p.m. at BrewDog Franklinton (FREE)
• Thursday, Oct. 31
  • October 20 for $20 Wine Tasting 6 p.m. at Wine on High ($20)
• Friday, Nov. 1
  • Snow Cone Release Party 3 p.m. at Wolf’s Ridge Brewing (FREE)
• Sunday, Nov. 3
  • Columbus Dessert Festival 10 a.m. at the Grand Event Center at Grandview Yard ($15)

ART AND FILM

• Friday, Nov. 1
  • Columbus is SO Gay: An Image History of LGBTQ Activism 7 p.m. at Stonewall Columbus (FREE with RSVP)
  • We Are All Animals 6 p.m. at Blockfort (FREE)
• Saturday, Nov. 2
  • Pop-Up Art Gallery 5 p.m. at Elevator Brewing Company (FREE)
• OTHER
• Wednesday, Oct. 30
  • Halloween at Dueling Axes 5 p.m. at Dueling Axes ($35)
  • Halloween in Columbus 8 p.m. at The Goat (FREE)
  • Costumed Scary-oke 9 p.m. at The Walrus (FREE)
  • Horror Movie Trivia Night 8 p.m. at The Little Bar (FREE)
• Thursday, Oct. 31
  • Name That Tune Trivia – Super Spooky Edition 7 p.m. at The Shrunken Head (FREE)
  • Costume Karaoke 10 p.m. at Oldfield’s North Fourth Tavern (FREE)
  • Halloween Open Throw 7 p.m. at Capital Axe Throwing ($15)
• Friday, Nov. 1
  • Witches’ Weekend 6:30 p.m. at The Magical Druid through Sunday (FREE)
• Saturday, Nov. 2
  • Dia de los Muertos Community Celebration 5:30 p.m. at Columbus Museum of Art ($10)
• Sunday, Nov. 3
  • Circle of the Dark Mother Monthly Meeting 6:30 p.m. at WitchLab ($5)