Weekend Planner, Oct. 28- Oct. 29 (VIDEOS)
Are your Halloween plans set for the weekend? If not, we have a list of Halloween events and 15 songs to add to your Halloween party playlist for your consideration.
Here are some additional weekend events from the MyMCMedia.org calendar:
Friday, October 28:
- The Roundhouse Theater’s production of Angels in America closes Sunday.
- Kids are encouraged to come in costume to Cabin John Ice Rink’s Not So Spooky Skate.
- Residents can take a walk along Damascus Community Recreation Center’s Bates Trail of Nightmares.
- Tour the Fear Factory haunted house while supporting youth programs.
- Take a walk through one of Montgomery County’s most popular Halloween attractions, Markhoff’s Haunted Forest. Field of Screams is also open tonight.
- Australian acrobatics group Gravity & Other Myths perform at BlackRock.
- Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club presents a musical tribute to Tina Turner.
- Author and storyteller Garrison Keillor performs at Strathmore.
- The Second City Touring Company perform at Montgomery College’s Cultural Arts Center in Silver Spring.
Saturday, October 29:
- Sandy Spring Museum has a special effects makeup workshop for Halloween.
- Pumpkin Rock N’ Roll at Warner Circle Park in Kensington includes a pumpkin derby, costume contest and parade, music and more for a family Halloween festival. RSVP online to avoid lines on site.
- Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Ross Boddy Neighborhood Recreation Center will include tours of the renovated center.
- Elementary school aged children are invited to a Costume Jam at the Coffield Community Recreation Center. Expect music, games, line dancing, face painting, a moon bounce and a costume parade and contest.
- Glen Echo’s Fall Frolic is an annual Halloween-themed family event.
- “Trick for a Treat” Skate jam at the Gaithersburg Skate Park includes three levels of skating competition.
- The Roundhouse Theater’s production of Angels in America closes Sunday.
- Australian acrobatics group Gravity & Other Myths perform at BlackRock. Earlier in the day, the group conducts a tumbling workshop for ages 8 and up.
- Strathmore’s Artists in Residence perform a Cabaret at AMP by Strathmore.
- Floyds Row performs contemporary and experimental chamber music at Gaithersburg’s Arts Barn. The group performs Jackaroe in this YouTube video.
- Residents can take a walk along Damascus Community Recreation Center’s Bates Trail of Nightmares.
- Take a walk through one of Montgomery County’s most popular Halloween attractions, Markhoff’s Haunted Forest. Field of Screams is also open tonight.
- Grammy award winning jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant performs at the Bethesda Blues & Jazz.
- Silver Spring’s annual Zombie Walk begins at Art’s Alley, behind Denizens Brewing Co.
Sunday, October 30:
- Australian acrobatics group Gravity & Other Myths perform at BlackRock.
- Classical pianist Denis Matsuev performs Beethoven Sonata No. 31 at Strathmore.
- The final performance of Roundhouse Theater’s production of Angels in America is today.
- Boo at the Barn family event features art activities, games, a costume parade and trick-or-treating at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn.
- October is National Energy Action month and the Department of Environmental Protection will showcase energy saving tips at five different libraries across the county for its Energy Exploration event.
- Take a walk through one of Montgomery County’s most popular Halloween attractions, Markhoff’s Haunted Forest. Field of Screams is also open tonight.
- Grammy award winning jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant performs at the Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club.
More things to do: see the latest Culture Spot MC video calendar:
Correction: The Silver Spring Zombie Walk is Saturday, October 29.
Silver Spring Zombie Walk is actually on Saturday, October 29 and not Friday, October 28
Thank you for the comment and clarification. The post has been updated to reflect the Silver Spring Zombie Walk to take place on Saturday, October 29.