Your #COLAweekend guide | October 27-29, 2017

This weekend – or should I say *Weeknd* – is jam-packed with UofSC Homecoming + concerts at Colonial Life Arena. But, of course, even these events can’t eclipse the fact that it’s also Halloweekend.

Happy trickin’ + treatin’,

-Anjali

Friday | Oct. 27

Weather: 76° | Sunny | 0% chance of rain

MustDo: LPHH presents: Thriller | 9 p.m. | Tapp’s Arts Center | 1644 Main St. | $7-10 | doors open 8 p.m. 🎃

Cause: 5th Annual Fundable Awards Ceremony & Silent Auction benefitting Able S.C. | 6-9:30 p.m. | 701 Whaley | $50 | celebrating passing of Able’s Persons with Disabilities Right to Parent Act; plus hors d’oeuvres, open bar + signature drink by Bourbon, live music + entertainment

UofSCHoCo:

• At Home in the Heart of the Horseshoe: a book signing with First Lady Patricia Moore-Pastides | 1:30-2:30 p.m. | My Carolina Alumni Center lobby | 900 Senate St. | free
• UofSC Homecoming Street Party | 7-9 p.m. | Foundation Square at the intersection of Greene + Lincoln Streets | free to register 🐔
• 1801 Moments: History Through the Five Senses | 10:30-11:30 a.m. | Alumni Center Ballroom | 900 Senate St. | free | register
• Black Alumni Council: Garnet & Black Alumni Networking Social | 6-8 p.m. | NBSC Lobby | 1221 Main St. | free to register

Show:

• 2017 Cockstock Homecoming Concert ft. 21 Savage | 8:30 p.m. | Colonial Life Arena | 801 Lincoln St. | free/UofSC students + $23.75/general public

• Third Eye Blind | 8 p.m. | Music Farm | 1022 Senate St. | $35.50-39 | Doors 6:30 p.m.

Gala: Gala With A Bite | 9 p.m.-12 a.m. | City Market Place | 70 Gervais St. | $85/single + $150/couple

Film:

• Drive-in Halloween Festival: The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 6-11 p.m. | Columbia Speedway | 2001 Charleston Hwy., Cayce | $30 per car

• Summer Movie Night in the Park: Hocus Pocus | 8 p.m. | Emily Douglas Park Amphitheater | 2500 Wheat St. | bring donations for Harvest Hope Food Bank; gates open 7:30

Dish: Trick or Treaters’ Dinner | Lowes Foods | 3-5 p.m. at 5222 Sunset Blvd. + 4-6 p.m. at 2440 Augusta Hwy., Lexington | free 🍬

Party:

• Sensational Epics Halloween Party | 7-10:30 p.m. | Lourie Center | 1650 Park Cir. | $25 | doors 6:30 p.m.
• River Rat Brewery Halloween Party | 7-10 p.m. | River Rat Brewery | 1231 Shop Rd. | haunted brewery tour, halloween-themed beers, costume contest + more 👻

Theatre:

• Evil Dead, The Musical | 8 p.m. | Trustus Theatre | 520 Lady St. | $25-35
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | 7:30 p.m. | Village Square Theatre | 105 Caughman Rd., Lexington | price

ForKids: Trunk or Treat | 5:30-7 p.m. | Robert Mills House Parking Lot | 1616 Blanding St. | free 🍭

TheAlbum: V by The Horrors | Post-punk | Stream or buy at Amazon, iTunes, TheHorrors.co.uk or locally at Papa Jazz | rec by DJ Dr. P

Saturday | Oct. 28

WaterCooler: South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt football game | 4 p.m. | Williams-Brice Stadium | $25+ 🏈

UofSC HoCo: Carolina Football Homecoming Tailgate | 1 p.m. | Gamecock Park across from Williams-Brice Stadium | $25-50

Festival:

• Will O’ the Wisp | 4-8 p.m. | Saluda Shoals Park | 5605 Bush River Rd. | $2/adult, $7/child
• Hallopalooza XII | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Wingard’s Market | 1403 N. Lake Dr., Lexington | free

Show:

• The Weeknd’s “Starboy: Legend of the Fall 2017 World Tour – Phase Two” | 7:30 p.m. | Colonial Life Arena | 801 Lincoln St. | $39.75+ ⚡
• Flip FabriQue | 3:30 p.m. | Harbison Theatre | 7300 College St., Irmo | $22
• Gladys Knight | 7 p.m. | Township Auditorium | 1703 Taylor St. | $49+ | doors 6 p.m.

Health: Free Flu Shots | 12-2 p.m. | Richland Library Ballentine | 1200 Dutch Fork Rd., Irmo | free

Party:

• Halloween Masquerade Party | 8 p.m. | The Aristocrat | 1001 Washington St. 🎭
• Invasion! | 9 p.m.-2 a.m. | Art Bar | 1211 Park St. | free admission | 21+

Opening: Columbia Art Center Grand Opening | 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. | 1227 Taylor St. Suite C | free

Dish: U-Love HalloVegan Fest | 12:45-8 p.m. | Universal Love Vegan Cafe | 4622 N. Main St. | free

Tour: Murders and Mysteries Walking Tour | 8-9:30 p.m. | 116 E. Main St., Lexington | free

ForKids: Last Saturday in OZ | 11 a.m.-2 p.m. | S.C. State Museum | 301 Gervais St. | $6.95+

Sunday | Oct. 29

Drink:

• Second Annual Halloween Harry Potter Pub Crawl | 5 p.m. | Art Bar | 1211 Park St.🍺
• An Evening of Wine & Words | 7-9 p.m. | Chayz Lounge at Nonnah’s | 923 Gervais St. | $11.54 🍷
• Terror at the Tap | 6-10 p.m. | Random Tap | 10509 Two-Notch Rd. | costume contest

Film: Columbia Jewish Film Festival: The Pickle Recipe | 3 p.m. | The Nickelodeon | 1607 Main St. | $9

Active: Pop-up Workout at Athleta Cross Hill | 5-6 p.m. | Athleta Cross Hill | Cross Hill Market | free

Dish: Brunch at Swamp Cabbage Brewery | 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. | Swamp Cabbage Brewing Co. | 921 Brookwood Dr. | $25

Show:

• EarleJam 2017 | 3-7 p.m. | Earlewood Park | 1113 Parkside Dr. | free
• Back To School Tour ft. Taylor Girlz, Silento + more | 5 p.m. | Township Auditorium | 1703 Taylor St. | $26+ | doors 4 p.m.

Celebration: South Carolina UN Day Celebration! | 1-4 p.m. | S.C. State House | 1201 Main St. | free

Festival: Halloween Fest/Pumpkin Carving Competition | 2-6 p.m. | Swamp Cabbage Brewing Co. | 921 Brookwood Dr. | free to register 🎃

Party: Halloween Party at Tallulah | 6-10 p.m. | Tallulah | 2400 Devine St. | $45

AllWeekend

DayTrip: Vintage Market Days® Southern Charm | Fri.-Sun. | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Camden City Arena | 517 Bull St., Camden | $5 | free re-entry all weekend

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