Running through Halloween, the Ski Sprites are manufacturing fear down at their annual (and aptly named) Fear Factory out at the Eau Claire County Expo Center on Fairview Drive. It’s the area’s largest haunted house-style attraction, so if you love walking down dark hallways and having people pop out of nowhere at you, then this is the place. 7 bucks a scare. Details.

Also on Saturday: Kids Carnival @Mabel Tainter, UWEC Homecoming Parade, New Moon Mehndi, Anna Johnson, Jimmy Buffet Party, Geoffrey Keezer, 80's Dance & Costume Party (and another one), Guante Big Cats!, Capaciti & A-Scratch, Homecoming Show: Irie Sol, Desolatevoid, and Eau Claire Blues All Stars.

Interesting Movies: Capitalism: A Love Story, Carmike Independant Film Series, Lars and the Real Girl.

Art Shows: Some of our Own, Caradori Pottery 23rd Annual Fall Show, Encore! The Renaissance of Wisconsin Opera Houses, Isabelle Mondelaers Photography, Exploding Peacocks, The Four-Color World: Comics, Models & More, and Madison Artists from the Leff Collection 1950-1990.