Events Calendar

Sun. Oct. 6 1pm (click for all dates)

Dear Evan Hansen

Pablo Center at the Confluence
Eau Claire

Stage

Every Saturday, Sunday until Oct. 26, 10am-4pm

Field of Screams Family Fun Days

Rockin' T-R Ranch
Eau Claire

Kids Halloween

Every Day from Oct. 10 to Oct. 12

UW-Eau Claire Homecoming

UWEC Alumni Association
Eau Claire

Sat. Oct. 12 9am-2pm (click for all dates)

Fall Creek Fall Fair

Library Parking lot across from The Red Fern Cafe
Fall Creek

Thu. Oct. 17 5:30-6:45pm (click for all dates)

High Bridge Howl

Phoenix Park
Eau Claire

Wellness Halloween

Sat. Oct. 19 11am-10pm (click for all dates)

Lions Oktoberfest

Moose Lodge
Eau Claire

Saturday, October 19, 2024

All DaySaturday Oct. 19

Public Telescope Viewing

Join members from Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society at Hobbs Observatory to view the night sky through telescopes.

Hobbs Observatory
Fall Creek

Outdoors

7:30am-1pm Saturday Oct. 19

Eau Claire Downtown Farmers Market

Local musicians and artist markets every Saturday.

Phoenix Park
Eau Claire

Farmers Markets

8-9:15am Saturday Oct. 19

Goat Yoga

A relaxing all levels yoga session with some gentle stretches and calm while being nudged and nuzzled with playful goats.

Hidden Timber Soul Sanctuary
Fall Creek

Fitness

8-9:15am Saturday Oct. 19

Trail Church

Hike in nature, wonder in community. A fun, inclusive, conversational hiking group for Chippewa Valley neighbors to talk about spiritual things on nature trails.

Centennial Park Trails
Altoona

Spirituality

8am-1pm Saturday Oct. 19

Menomonie Farmers Market

Fresh local produces, lunches, vendors, and more.

Wilson Park
Menomonie

Farmers Markets

9am-noon Saturday Oct. 19

Friends of the Library Book Sale

Children, Young Adult and Adult books, Audio Visual Materials and More. Saturday Bag Sale First bag $5, Second bag $3, Additional $1.

Chippewa Falls Public Library
Chippewa Falls

9am-3pm Saturday Oct. 19

Annual Elk Mound Fall Craft Fair

Annual Elk Mound fall art & craft sale. Over 150 vendors. Concessions available.

Elk Mound High School
Elk Mound

9am-4pm Saturday Oct. 19

HCC Egg Roll Sale

Grab their signature pork & veggie egg rolls. Proceeds benefit their commercial kitchen. Orders come with signature savory sweet & sour sauce.

Hmong Christian Church
Eau Claire

Food & Drink

9am-7pm Saturday Oct. 19

Immaculate Conception Parish Festival

Family fun & camaraderie over a two day festival. Saturday: Mass at 5pm, White Elephant Sale 9am-7pm, Sunday: Mass at 8:30am & 10:30am, silent auction 9am-3pm, bake sale 9am-3pm, face painting 11am-2pm, food served…

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Eau Claire

9am Saturday Oct. 19

Goldstar Tech Marketplace Warehouse Sale

Warehouse + mixed media sale with discounts up to 85% off retail prices. Free cookies, coffee, and lemonade, and weekly giveaways.

Goldstar Tech Marketplace
Eau Claire

9:30-10:30am Saturday Oct. 19

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: "The Wit and Wisdom of JFK: Wisconsin Edition" w/ BJ Hollars

WI provided Kennedy with opportunities to transform mishaps into humor and he found the wisdom of laughing at oneself and winning over WI voters.

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire

10-11am Saturday Oct. 19

Author Talk: "Dr. Kate is On the Way!"

A presentation about Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb, a beloved female WI medical professional and her time working as a rural medical doctor.

Elk's Lodge
Eau Claire

Words Kids

10-11:15am Saturday Oct. 19

Goat Yoga

A relaxing all levels yoga session with some gentle stretches and calm while being nudged and nuzzled with playful goats.

Hidden Timber Soul Sanctuary
Fall Creek

Fitness

10-11:30am Saturday Oct. 19

Page Turners Book Club

A themed book talk where you choose your monthly read and participate in a lively and engaging discussion about books related to the theme.

Bloomer Public Library
Bloomer

10am-2pm Saturday Oct. 19

Market on the Farm

Join Inga, host of the PBS series “Around the Farm Table” at her farm. Meet the cows, see the farm and shop from local farmers.

St. Isidore’s Dairy
Osseo

Farmers Markets

10am-3pm Saturday Oct. 19

The Annual Granny Sales

A sale with lots of crafts, food, vintage, and fun. They bold two sales a year.

St. Johns Apartments
Eau Claire

10am-4pm Saturday Oct. 19

Field of Screams Family Fun Days

Games, petting zoo, corn maze, haunted trail and barn, pumpkin carving and painting, face painting and more.

Rockin' T-R Ranch
Eau Claire

Kids Halloween

10am-4pm Saturday Oct. 19

Banbury Place Fall Market

Three floors of 30+ guest makers & artists, open studios, shop local unique goods, enjoy live music, and grab food.

Banbury Place, Building 13
Eau Claire

10am-5pm Saturday Oct. 19

Projects on the Porch (P.O.P)

Drop-in glass fusing activity most Saturdays and Sundays in the fall. See website for exact dates, times, and available projects.

The Glass Orchard
Eau Claire

Crafting & Making Kids

10:30-11am Saturday Oct. 19

Family Storytime

Age-appropriate stories, rhymes, fingerplays, flannels, music, and movement to help your child develop language and early literacy skills.

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire

Kids

10:30am-12:30pm Saturday Oct. 19

Dabble Box Open Lab

Stop down to the Dabble Box and see where your creativity takes you. Lots of equipment and supplies available for all ages.

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, RCU Dabble Box Makerspace

Crafting & Making

10:30am-12:30pm Saturday Oct. 19

Hammered Copper Cuff

You’ll be able to create two cuffs, one thick and one thin. Experiment with different textures, stamps, and patinas.

Collective Charm
Chippewa Falls

Crafting & Making

11am-noon Saturday Oct. 19

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: "Small in Size, Big in Personality" w/ Mary Bergin

Bergin will share her selective guide to rural treasures and her affinity for small-town life in Wisconsin.

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire

11am-5pm Saturday Oct. 19

Big Papa BBQ at Riverbend Winery

Big Papa BBQ will be serving up your favorites.

River Bend Winery & Distillery
Chippewa Falls

Food & Drink

11am-5pm Saturday Oct. 19

Vendors in the Vines: Artist and Maker Market

Sip and shop with local artists and makers. Listen to music with 40 Fingers from 2-5pm. Big Papa BBQ food truck serving from 11am-5pm.

River Bend Winery & Distillery
Chippewa Falls

11am-9pm Saturday Oct. 19

Fall Fun at Govin's Farm

Enjoy fall fun in an 11 acre corn maze, pick out a pumpkin from the patch, shoot from the pumpkin cannon, explore the corn maze, a flashlight maze adventure, and more.

Govin’s Farm
Menomonie

Fall Fun

11am-10pm Saturday Oct. 19

Lions Oktoberfest

German food, Oktoberfest Drinks, raffles, live music (Rhythm Playboys 1-4pm) and Crimson Theory (7-10pm).

Moose Lodge
Eau Claire

11:15am-12:15pm Saturday Oct. 19

Pablo Center ARTmobile @ the Library

Connects people of all ages to the visual arts with fun, inspiring, and relevant art projects that have an educational component.

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire

Kids

noon-5pm Saturday Oct. 19

Record Market

Record venders from MN and WI are getting together their best vinyl/cds/tapes for a record market

The Brewing Projekt
Eau Claire

noon Saturday Oct. 19

Benefit for Sarah Bergeron Cancer Treatments

Come participate in the fund-raising benefit to cover medical expenses, lost wages, medical appointments, and travel expenses for Sarah Bergeron of Eagleton at the Pines Ballroom in Bloomer. Starts at noon, prizes at 6pm. Chicken dinner. Silent auction and raffles feature a zero-turn lawn mower, PlayStation 5 and gaming chair, John Deere gun safe, 65” TV, huge flip flop grill with cover, meats, and more.

Pines Ballroom
Bloomer

Causes

1-2pm Saturday Oct. 19

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: "Adversity is a Team Sport" w/ Amy Pease

"Northwoods" is a murder mystery that goes beyond the crime to explore themes of strength in the face of adversity.

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire

1-4pm Saturday Oct. 19

Nick Hensley

Nick Hensley and Love Songs For Angry Men is a full acoustic band with 3 studio albums under their belt. Lyrically driven Americana with a shot of Celtic pain.

Dixon's Autumn Harvest Winery
Chippewa Falls

1-10pm Saturday Oct. 19

Brews on the Chippewa

Bluegrass music, beverages, food, and more. Try products from Durand Brewing Co., Zymergy Brewing, Bloomer Brewing Co., and more to be announced.

Veteran's Memorial Park
Durand

1:30-3pm Saturday Oct. 19

Crafternoon at the Library

An afternoon of crafting at the library. An example of each craft will be available prior to each month's program.

Altoona Public Library
Altoona

Crafting & Making

1:30pm Saturday Oct. 19

UWEC Theatre: Murder on the Orient Express

Ken Ludwig's clever adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic boasts all the glamour, intrigue, and suspense of Dame Agatha's celebrated novel, with a healthy dose of humor to quicken the pace.

Pablo Center at the Confluence
Eau Claire

Stage

2-3pm Saturday Oct. 19

Menomonie Art Music Society: Nature, The Gentlest Mother

The Menomonie Art Music Society celebrates Nature with selections of classical music performed by local musicians and their students.

Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Menomonie

2-5pm Saturday Oct. 19

Live Music: 40 Fingers

From early 60’s to more recent favorites, the music will have you on the dance floor carrying on like you’re seventeen again.

River Bend Winery & Distillery
Chippewa Falls

2:30-3:30pm Saturday Oct. 19

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: "Big Trouble in a Small Town" w/ Joshua Moehling

Moehling will present his latest novel, Where the Dead Sleep and talk about how he came to write a series.

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire

3-5pm Saturday Oct. 19

Halloween Photo Jam

Attention horror fans, models, and photographers. Come in costume and get into the spooky season for a Halloween horror photo shoot.

At the Garbage Goose at Banbury Place (Building G)

3-6pm Saturday Oct. 19

Chippewa Valley Museum's Carson Park Skelebration and Boo Bash

Features ticketed live theater performances, a flashlight scavenger hunt, crafts, treats, hear tall tales from costumed actors, movie clips, and more!

Chippewa Valley Museum
Eau Claire

Halloween Kids

3pm Saturday Oct. 19

Frost Fan Demonstration

Learn how Leffel Roots Apple Orchard uses a frost fan to protect the apples. See the fan in motion and feel the breeze.

Leffel Roots Apple Orchard
Eau Claire

4-5pm Saturday Oct. 19

Chippewa Valley Book Festival: "Hmong Mythology and Folklore in Fiction" w/ Lori M. Lee

Lee will share a brief history and overview of Hmong mythology and how she incorporated that into Pahua and the Soul Stealer.

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Eau Claire

6-7:30pm Saturday Oct. 19

Dark History Trolley Tour

Board the trolley as we investigate the seedy under belly of Eau Claire’s backstory, sharing historic and modern tales of crime, scandal, and the just plain bizarre.

6pm and 7:30pm. Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat Sept 27 thru Nov 2

The Local Store
Eau Claire

6-10pm Saturday Oct. 19

Night Corn Maze

Bring your flashlights for some nighttime fun at Leffel Roots Apple Orchard. Great for families, couples, & groups. Last entrance at 9pm.

Leffel Roots Apple Orchard
Eau Claire

6-10pm Saturday Oct. 19

Twisted Tales of Terror Haunted Trail

Govin's Farm hosts a haunted trail. Twisting corn field paths filled with witches, clowns, dolls, zombies, werewolves, and more.

Govin’s Farm
Menomonie

6pm Saturday Oct. 19

Rock the Dome | Boogie & The Yo-Yoz

10th annual fall fundraiser to benefit the YMCA. Limited tickets available. VIP includes hearty apps, 2 drink tickets, and reserved tables. Featuring music by Boogie & The Yo-Yoz.

Loopy's Grill and Saloon
Chippewa Falls

6:20-6:40pm Saturday Oct. 19

Community "Drop Off A Dish" Potluck

Drop off a homemade or store bought dish, combined with others, for the adults staying that night at the Soujourner Shelter. Sign up online.

The Sojourner House
Eau Claire

Community

7-8:30pm Saturday Oct. 19

Student Showcase: Level 4 Improv, Level 2 Improv and Standup

See the level 4 improv, level 2 improv and stand-up comedy students in their class showcase.

Oh Claire Improv
Eau Claire

Comedy

7-9pm Saturday Oct. 19

Chippewa Valley Museum's Skelebration and Adult-Scary Chills After Dark

Live performances of chilling tales in historic locations. Tour the haunted machine shed. Historic horror movies. Flashlight scavenger hunt, treats, and more.

Chippewa Valley Museum
Eau Claire