CAN’T MISS WITH CHIP CHANDLER OCT. 15

Tuesday

​​Golden Spread Farmers Market: Panhandle-area farmers harvest their wares every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, delivering it to the market the next morning. (7 a.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays until sell-out; 3701 Plains Blvd.; 806-383-1366)

Jazztober: Center City of Amarillo’s annual fall concert series continues with jazz combo Sean Vokes & Friends. (6 p.m. Tuesday; Historic Bivins Home, 1000 S. Polk St.; free; 806-372-6744)

Kayla Richardson: Catch the Amarillo singer offering dinner music at Big Jim’s Pizza Co. (7 p.m. Oct. 15; 3801 Olsen Blvd., Unit 9; 806-352-5050)

Wednesday

The Solano Project: The Amarillo band rocks away the midweek blues on Smokey Joe’s patio. (6 p.m. Wednesday; 2903 S.W. Sixth Ave.; 806-331-6698)

Bryan Robertson: The Amarillo singer heads underground at the Barfield’s Paramount Recreation Club speakeasy. (7 p.m. Wednesday; 600 S. Polk St.; 806-414-2200)

Thursday

“Smile 2”: Brace yourself for this horror sequel. Also opening: animated film “Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue.” (Opens Thursday; Cinemark Hollywood 16, 9100 Canyon Drive; Cinergy, 9201 Cinergy Square; and Scene One Westgate Mall Cinemas, 7701 W. Interstate 40)

​​Golden Spread Farmers Market: Panhandle-area farmers harvest their wares every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, delivering it to the market the next morning. (7 a.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays until sell-out; 3701 Plains Blvd.; 806-383-1366)

The Farmers Market at the Country Corner: Buy from local producers south of Amarillo at this market, open through November. (5 to 8 p.m. Thursday; 2210 E. Farm-to-Market Rd 1151; 575-779-9499)

Maroon & White Tip-Off Classic: Supporters of West Texas A&M University’s men’s and women’s basketball programs will enjoy dinner, drinks and meet-and-greets with team members. (6 p.m. Thursday; Piehl Barn, 800 N. Farm-to-Market Road 2381; tickets $100; 806-236-7726)

“Goosebumps”: The kiddie horror movie continues a month of family-friendly Halloween film screenings at Sad Monkey Mercantile. (6:30 p.m. Thursday; 9800 Texas Highway 217; free; 806-488-2658)

Amanda Johnston: The Texas Poet Laureate offers a reading at the Texas Poets’ Corner at West Texas A&M University’s Cornette Library. (7 p.m. Thursday; free; 806-651-2215)

Rick Todd: The Amarillo folk singer offers dinner music at Big Jim’s Pizza Co. (7 p.m. Thursday; 3801 Olsen Blvd., Unit 9; 806-352-5050)

Fall Choir Concert: West Texas A&M University’s choirs join forces for an evening of standards, spirituals and more. (7:30 p.m. Thursday; Mary Moody Northen Recital Hall; free; 806-651-2840)

Christopher Erin & The Obvious Few: Kick off the weekend with the Amarillo band at Smokey Joe’s patio. (8 p.m. Thursday; 2903 S.W. Sixth Ave.; 806-331-6698)

Gannon Fremin & CCREV: The Oklahoma rock band revs up for a show at Golden Light Cantina. (9 p.m. Thursday; 2908 S.W. Sixth Ave.; cover; 806-374-9237)

Friday

Boo at the Zoo: Get your spook on at Amarillo Zoo in their annual Halloween celebration, featuring costumed characters, enrichment stations, treats and more. (6 to 9 p.m. Friday; continues Saturday; 700 Comanchero Trail; admission $10; 806-381-7911)

Night Glow: Amarillo artists team up to revive and expand this celebration of flame-produced art, including glassblowing, torch working, blacksmithing, jewelry smithing and ceramic raku firing demonstrations. Stick around for a glow-in-the-dark party featuring a DJ, food trucks, vendors and more. (6 to 9:30 p.m. Friday; Arts in the Sunset, 3701 Plains Blvd.; admission $5; 800-692-1338)

Amarillo Scaregrounds: Ghouls and goblins rise again at this seasonal favorite, offering four attractions. Open weekends through Nov. 1. (7 to 11 p.m. Friday; 2736 S.W. 10th Ave.; tickets $40 and up; 806-367-9516)

Jackie Haney & Geezers Gone Wild: The Amarillo classic rock band gets down at Shark Beach Burgers. (7 p.m. Friday; 1505 E. Farm-to-Market Road 1151; 806-335-5644)

Sixth Street Massacre: The terror-filled haunt returns weekends through Oct. 31. (7 to midnight Friday; 3015 S.W. Sixth Ave.; admission $30; text 806-337-0749)

Beyond Country: The Amarillo duo hits the roof at Crush. (8 p.m. Friday; 627 S. Polk St.; 806-418-2011)

Boss 420: The Amarillo rock band rolls up a good time on Smokey Joe’s patio. (8 p.m. Friday; 2903 S.W. Sixth Ave.; 806-331-6698)

The Buster Bledsoe Band: The Amarillo country band returns for a night at the Western Horseman. (9 p.m. Friday; 2501 E. Interstate 40; 806-379-6555, Ext. 2999)

The Charlie Hickman Band: The Red Dirt band takes the stage at Hoots Pub. (9 p.m. Friday; 2424 Hobbs Road; cover)

New Generation Band: The young Amarillo rock band returns to the stage at Broken Spoke Lounge. (9 p.m. Saturday; 3101 S.W. Sixth Ave.; no cover; 806-373-9149)

The Ty Blackburn Band: The Amarillo country band takes the stage at Golden Light Cantina. (9 p.m. Friday; 2908 S.W. Sixth Ave.; cover; 806-374-9237)

Saturday

Canadian Fall Foliage Festival: The northeast Panhandle town’s annual autumnal festival features foliage tours, a poker run, a cornhole tournament, food trucks, art exhibitions and more. (all day Saturday; continues Sunday; various locations in Canadian; 806-323-6234)

​​Golden Spread Farmers Market: Panhandle-area farmers harvest their wares every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, delivering it to the market the next morning. (7 a.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays until sell-out; 3701 Plains Blvd.; 806-383-1366)

Anything That Goes Car Show: Enjoy a day checking out virtually any kind of car under the sun, as well as a fall festival for kids, at this event for Randall County 4-H. (10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday; 200 N. Brown Rd. in Canyon; 806-468-5543)

Gee Family’s Sweet Corn & Pumpkin Patch: Enjoy this fall favorite, featuring a corn maze and a slew of family-friendly activities every Saturday through Oct. 26. (10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday; 7651 Whitaker Road; admission $7; 806-346-5677)

Maxwell’s Pumpkin Farm: Celebrate the autumnal season with activities including cornhole, kids’ activities, the eponymous maze and more weekends through Nov. 3. (10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday; admission $19.95 online, $24.95 at the gate; 12908 S. Bell St.; 806-373-9600)

Drink & Ink: Pondaseta Brewing Co. hosts a special afternoon with Amarillo tattoo artists and drink specials. (noon to 6 p.m. Saturday; 7500 S.W. 45th Ave.; 806-418-6282)

Fall Festival & Car Show: Auto fans can enjoy a family-friendly day at The Church at Quail Creek, featuring food trucks, games and more. (noon to 4 p.m. Saturday; 801 Tascosa Road; free; 806-358-7861)

Panhandle Pride Festival: Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month with this day-long festival of good times, good tunes and a good sense of pride. (Full disclosure: I’m one of the emcees.) (1 to 10 p.m. Saturday; Amarillo Civic Center Complex North Exhibit Hall, 401 S. Buchanan St.; free, donations accepted; 806-318-8809)

Llano Annual Historic Tour: Go back in time for a tour of Amarillo’s past through the prism of the city’s oldest cemetery. (2 to 5 p.m. Saturday; 2900 S. Hayes St.; 806-376-4538)

SAGE Fall Festival: West Texas A&M University’s Students Assisting in Good Endeavors hosts an afternoon full of fun and games, including a pie-eating contest, in a fundraiser for Fill with Hope. (1 to 5 p.m. Saturday; Agricultural Sciences Complex on WT’s Canyon campus; admission $4 adults, $2 children)

“Saw”: The torture-porn horror flick gets unrated 20th-anniversary screenings. (4 and 7 p.m. Saturday; continues Oct. 23; Cinemark Hollywood 16, 9100 Canyon Drive)

Hank Vincent: The Amarillo singer offers an evening of tunes at Bar Z Winery. (5 p.m. Saturday; 19290 Farm-to-Market Road 1541; 806-488-2214)

Monster Bowl: Don your favorite Halloween costume and lace up your shoes for this annual fundraiser for Junior Achievement. (5 to 10 p.m. Saturday; Western Bowl, 5120 S. Western St.; $300 for teams of five; 806-824-9605)

Peak Fighting Championship 39: A featherweight championship bout between Chance Beck and Maike Linhares is the main event for this tour’s return. (5 p.m. Saturday; Amarillo Civic Center Complex Coliseum, 401 S. Buchanan St.; tickets $40 to $125; 806-378-3096) 

Rocktober: Breaking Solace headlines a loud night of tunes with local support from Stealing Handshakes, A Special Case, Berzerk and Bardown at Rockwall Event Center. (5 p.m. Saturday; 16301 Interstate 27 in Canyon; tickets $20; 806-683-2156)

Boo at the Zoo: Get your spook on at Amarillo Zoo in their annual Halloween celebration, featuring costumed characters, enrichment stations, treats and more. (6 to 9 p.m. Saturday; 700 Comanchero Trail; admission $10; 806-381-7911)

Moon Market: Canyon Farmers Market returns for an autumnal event featuring live music, activities, food trucks, vendors and more. (6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday; Fourth Avenue and 15th Street in Canyon; 806-567-0746)

Ray Barbosa: The touring comedian brings his “Cool Ass Tour” to the Amarillo Civic Center Complex Auditorium. (7 p.m. Saturday; 401 S. Buchanan St.; tickets $34 to $44; 806-378-3096) 

Steaks & Two-Steppin: Country singer Lane Smith headlines this fundraiser for Special Olympics at Starlight Ranch Event Center. (7 p.m. Saturday; 1415 Sunrise Drive; tickets $25 to $950; 806-342-0515)

Taste the World: Celebrate Amarillo’s global food scene at this fundraiser for the Refugee Language Project, featuring unlimited food samples from local restaurants and home chefs from the likes of Laos, India, Haiti, Mexico, El Salvador and elsewhere. (7 p.m. Saturday; Arts in the Sunset, 3701 Plains Blvd.; tickets $30 for one, $55 for two;  806-553-5160)

Amarillo Scaregrounds: Ghouls and goblins rise again at this seasonal favorite, offering four attractions. Open weekends through Nov. 1. (7 to 11 p.m. Saturday; 2736 S.W. 10th Ave.; tickets $40 and up; 806-367-9516)

“Back to the Future Part II”: Strap yourself into the Delorean and race to the theater for 35th-anniversary screenings of the sci-fi fave. (7 p.m. Saturday; continues Monday; Cinemark Hollywood 16, 9100 Canyon Drive)

Dueling Pianos: Don Harrington Discovery Center hosts Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar for a fundraiser also featuring food, drinks and live science demos. (7 to 11 p.m. Saturday; 1200 Streit Drive; tickets $150, sponsorships available; 806-355-9547)

Insufficient Funds: The Amarillo party band hits the sand at Shark Beach Burgers. (7 p.m. Saturday; 1505 E. Farm-to-Market Road 1151; 806-335-5644)

Sixth Street Massacre: The terror-filled haunt returns weekends through Oct. 31. (7 to midnight Saturday; 3015 S.W. Sixth Ave.; admission $30; text 806-337-0749)

“Frankenstein”: Lone Star Ballet hopes for a monstrously good show with this stage adaptation of the classic Halloween story. (7:30 p.m. Saturday; Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Buchanan St.; tickets $13 to $43; 806-378-3096)

“In Dreams Awake”: Soprano Greer Lyle joins Chamber Music Amarillo and guest conductor Larry Lang for an evening of contemporary and classical music in AmTech Career Academy. (7:30 p.m. Saturday; 3601 Plains Blvd.; tickets $40; 806-376-8782)

Erratic Soul Variety Show: A host of Amarillo musicians, comedians and burlesque performers team up at Hoots Pub. (8 p.m. Saturday; 2424 Hobbs Road; cover)

Scream & Screen All Nighter: Tascosa Drive-In hosts an all-night Halloween marathon, featuring screenings of “Hotel Transylvania,” “Gremlins,” “The Lost Boys,” “The Shining,” “Nightmare on Elm Street” and “The Exorcist.” (8 p.m. Saturday; 1999 Dumas Drive; $30 per carload; tascosadriveinamarillo@gmail.com) 

Goodbye Hollywood: The Amarillo rock band kicks it up for a show on Smokey Joe’s patio. (8 p.m. Saturday; 2903 S.W. Sixth Ave.; 806-331-6698)

Boy Named Banjo: The Nashville band promises to deliver a good time at Golden Light Cantina. (9 p.m. Saturday; 2908 S.W. Sixth Ave.; cover; 806-374-9237)

Caroline Grace & The Wild Horses: The touring band saddles up for a show at Western Horseman. (9 p.m. Saturday; 2501 E. Interstate 40; 806-379-6555, Ext. 2999)

Lee Scheetz & Borderline: The Amarillo country band is back in action at Whiskey River. (9 p.m. Saturday; 4001 S.W. 51st Ave.; 806-367-6163)

The Cole Stephens Band: The Texas band takes a shot at Chesney’s Whiskey Saloon. (10 p.m. Saturday; 715 S. Polk St.; cover)

Sunday

Canadian Fall Foliage Festival: The northeast Panhandle town’s annual autumnal festival features foliage tours, a poker run, a cornhole tournament, food trucks, art exhibitions and more. (all day Sunday; various locations in Canadian; 806-323-6234)

Maxwell’s Pumpkin Farm: Celebrate the autumnal season with activities including cornhole, kids’ activities, the eponymous maze and more weekends through Nov. 3. (1 to 7 p.m. Sunday; admission $19.95 online, $24.95 at the gate; 12908 S. Bell St.; 806-373-9600)

Echoes of the Past: The theme of this month’s special event at Wildcat Bluff Discovery Center is “A Haunting History,” with discussions of historically significant landmarks at the bluff, as well as werewolves, Texas ghost towns and more. (2 p.m. Sunday; 2301 N. Soncy Road; admission $4 adults, $3 children, free members; 806-352-6007)

Hocktoberfest: Meet the Amarillo Wranglers, play games, enjoy beer specials and more. (2 to 5 p.m. Sunday; Amarillo Ice Ranch, 301 S. Grant St.; free; public skate $10; 806-242-4233)

Circus of Horror: What makes this, as billed, a “circus like no other”? Clowns, we’re betting. Lots of nasty clowns. (8:30 p.m. Sunday; Starlight Ranch Event Center, 1415 Sunrise Drive; tickets $25 to $50; 806-342-0515)

Monday

“Back to the Future Part II”: Strap yourself into the Delorean and race to the theater for 35th-anniversary screenings of the sci-fi fave. (7 p.m. Monday; Cinemark Hollywood 16, 9100 Canyon Drive)

Horror Movie Trivia: Test your knowledge of slasher films and other seasonally appropriate films in a game night at Pondaseta Brewing Co. (7 p.m. Monday; 7500 S.W. 45th Ave.; 806-418-6282)

Oct. 22

​​Golden Spread Farmers Market: Panhandle-area farmers harvest their wares every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, delivering it to the market the next morning. (7 a.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays until sell-out; 3701 Plains Blvd.; 806-383-1366)

Jazztober: Center City of Amarillo’s annual fall concert series concludes with jazz combo The Martinis. (6 p.m. Oct. 22; Historic Bivins Home, 1000 S. Polk St.; free; 806-372-6744)

Hank Vincent: The Amarillo singer hits the roof at Crush. (7 p.m. Oct. 22; 627 S. Polk St.; 806-418-2011)

Cory Mangum: Catch the Amarillo singer offering dinner music at Big Jim’s Pizza Co. (7 p.m. Oct. 22; 3801 Olsen Blvd., Unit 9; 806-352-5050)

Ongoing

Amarillo Museum of Art: Check out “Shades of Compassion” through Dec. 29 and “Unpacked: Refugee Baggage” through Jan. 5 at the Amarillo mainstay. (2200 S. Van Buren St.; 806-371-5050)

American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum: Take in “Wrangler Women of Influence: Long Live Cowgirls!” through Nov. 23. (2601 E. Interstate 40; 806-376-5181)

Arts in the Sunset: The community gallery hosts National Geographic’s exhibition of “The Greatest Wildlife Photographs” through Dec. 22. (daily, hours vary; 3701 Plains Blvd.; free; 806-354-8802)

Don Harrington Discovery Center: Explore the new permanent exhibition “Discover through Time.” (9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and noon to 4:30 p.m. Sundays; 1200 Streit Drive; admission $14 adults; $11 seniors, military and students, and $9 children; 806-355-9547)

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum: Enjoy “Dali’s Wonderland” through March plus the 2024 Regional Art Faculty Show through Jan. 5, “Remembering Adobe Walls” through May, and a special “Día de los Muertos” exhibition through Nov. 3. (2503 Fourth Ave. in Canyon; 806-651-2244)