Friday, October 30 through Sunday, November 1, 2026
Halloween lands on a Saturday this year, and Missoula is making the most of it: The Rocky Horror Show Live does the Time Warp at the Wilma both nights, the Roxy runs a Halloweekend marathon of Critters, Pumpkinhead, Dream Warriors and Halloween, Griz hockey hosts Utah State and Utah at Glacier Ice Rink, and MCT's teen cast opens Newsies Jr. Add a free all-day Industrial Arts Block Party on Ronan Street, Latin Night of the Dead at the Elks, a Monster Mash contra dance in the UC Ballroom, costume contests at just about every bar in town, and a Día de los Muertos celebration downtown on Sunday, and you will want to pace yourself.
Missoula
Friday
- The Rocky Horror Show Live, Night 1, The Wilma, 131 S. Higgins, late show doors 11 PM, show 11:59 PM, $65 to $114, all ages with parental discretion. Montana Actors' Theatre's annual audience-participation musical; the 8 PM early show is sold out, and the late shows include some partial nudity.
- Disney's Newsies Jr., MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams, 7 PM, rated G, tickets through MCT. The eighth through twelfth grade cast takes on the newsboys' strike in a 60-minute version; it repeats Saturday and Sunday at 2 and 5 PM.
- Griz hockey vs. Utah State, Glacier Ice Rink, 1101 South Ave. W., 7:30 PM, $10 standing room, $15 bleachers, $30 mezzanine, $7 students. First of two home games this weekend.
- UM Big Bands: The Jazz Standard, Dennison Theatre, 7:30 PM, tickets through GrizTix. The School of Music's big bands play jazz standards with a few surprises.
- The Foilies with Seditious Activity, TV Letdowns and No Policy, ZACC Show Room, 216 W. Main, doors 7:30 PM, show 8 PM, $12 at the door ($15 to $20 supporter tickets), all ages. Montana speed-rock and punk, costumes strongly encouraged.
- Matter of the Imagination Halloween Party, The Roxy Lounge, 718 S. Higgins, 7 to 10 PM, free with a $15 suggested donation. The local sci-fi and fantasy nonprofit hosts a horror-story open mic, games, a costume contest and free cupcakes.
- Twin Peaks, episodes 19 to 21, The Roxy Theater, 5:15 and 8 PM, tickets at the Roxy. The season two watch party repeats Saturday and Sunday at the same times.
- Haunt in the Halls at Free Cycles, 732 S. 1st St. W., 6 to 8 PM Friday and Saturday, $5 suggested donation, all ages. An interactive mystery maze of spirits and haunts, raising money for the Free Cycles Forever campaign. Costumes encouraged.
- Halloween Dodgeball Tournament, Fort Missoula Regional Park, 3219 Fort Missoula Rd., 6 to 8 PM, register ahead through Missoula Parks and Recreation. Six-player squads in costume, with prizes.
- Unseen Missoula: Screams and Spirits, meets at First Interstate Bank, 101 E. Front St., 5:45 to 7:45 PM, $25, limited tickets. The Downtown Missoula Partnership's walking tour of the city's spine-chilling history; a second tour runs Saturday 6:30 to 8:30 PM.
- Turner Farms pumpkin patch, 3515 S. 3rd St. W., noon to 7 PM, free admission. Friday is the farm's last scheduled day of the 2026 season, so this is the final chance at the patch, the gourd tunnel and the pumpkin wall.
- Spooky Science at spectrUM, second floor of the Missoula Public Library, 2 to 6 PM Friday and Saturday, free. Drop-in guided science activities with a Halloween theme.
- Trunk or Treat at Missoula Valley Senior Living, 5 to 7 PM, free. Decorated trunks, candy and costumes shared with the residents.
- Checkmate, Sacred Ally Empowerment Arts Center, 8 PM to 2 AM, $10. A black-and-white costume dance party with the 4 Phat sound system from Bozeman playing breakbeats, jungle and techno, plus tarot, mocktails and art.
Saturday
- Clark Fork River Market, under the Beartracks Bridge, 9 AM to 1 PM, with live music 10 AM to 12:30 PM, and Missoula Farmers Market, north end of Higgins, 9 AM to 12:30 PM. Both markets wrap up their seasons today.
- Moon-Randolph Homestead open day, 1515 Spurlock Rd., 11 AM to 5 PM. The historic North Hills homestead opens its gate for first-come tours on Saturdays through October, so this is the last open day of the season.
- Halloween Sewing Day with Amanda Browder, Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee, 11 AM to 4 PM, free, no experience needed. A day of community sewing for the Brooklyn-based Missoula native's Soft Monuments textile installations, plus a gallery scavenger hunt with a prize. The free docent tour goes at 11 AM.
- Sugar Skulls and Día de los Muertos, Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St., 11 AM to 1 PM, free with admission or membership. Kids and families make a sugar-skull locust with artist Trini Fleming to add to the center's ofrenda.
- Roxy Halloweekend, The Roxy Theater, tickets at the Roxy. Four horror classics in a row: Critters at noon, Pumpkinhead at 2 PM, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors at 4 PM and John Carpenter's Halloween at 6 PM, with Twin Peaks at 5:15 and 8 PM.
- Industrial Arts Block Party, Ronan Street between Addison and Schilling, noon to 8 PM, free, all ages. Industrial Arts Montana and Starlight Reunion fill the street with free blacksmithing lessons, artist talks, DIY sound systems and a vendor village, then the Night of the Living Bass dance party runs at the American Legion, 825 Ronan St., from 6 PM until 6 AM, $20, 21 and up.
- Latin Night of the Dead, Missoula Elks Lodge, 112 N. Pattee. ¡Viva Montana! runs free kids' activities with rock painting, a piñata and treats from 2 to 4 PM, Monster Mash dance workshops for all ages from 4 to 6 PM, and a Latin social dance from 9 PM to 2 AM with a DJ, live percussion, door prizes and a costume contest, $20, $15 for students, covering the workshop and the dance.
- Disney's Newsies Jr., MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 2 and 5 PM, tickets through MCT.
- Indoor Trunk or Treat, Living Savior Church, 4616 Gharrett St., 4 to 7 PM, free. Treat booths inside, plus free cocoa, cider, mini corn dogs and chicken nuggets.
- Halloween Night Ghost Stories in the Root Cellar, Leaf and Quiet, 6 PM. Storyteller James P. Harte tells ghost stories under the plant shop for Samhain, with pelmeni dumplings from Pelz, apple and pumpkin spice cake and mulled wine.
- Graveyard Stomp, Free Cycles, 732 S. 1st St. W., doors 6:30 PM, $10 to $20 sliding scale at the door, all ages. The River Ramblers bring the bluegrass at 7 and Cash for Junkers the swinging honky tonk from 8:30 to 10, with treats and surprises; costumes are required, and the Haunt in the Halls maze is open for atmosphere.
- Unseen Missoula: Screams and Spirits, meets at First Interstate Bank, 101 E. Front St., 6:30 to 8:30 PM, $25.
- Haunted Prom Halloween Dance Party, Westside Theater, 1200 Shakespeare St., 7 PM, $25, benefit for Montana Public Radio. MTPR DJs Bryan Ramirez and Mike Steinberg spin, with a costume contest and a bar.
- WICKED Halloween: Madhouse Masquerade, Commercial Building, Missoula County Fairgrounds, 1101 South Ave. W., 7 PM to 2 AM, tickets through Eventbrite. Multiple DJs, live performers, burlesque and VIP packages for the fairgrounds' big Halloween night.
- Halloween Rock Extravaganza, ZACC Show Room, doors 7 PM, show 7:30 PM, $10 at the door ($15 to $20 supporter tickets), all ages. Bacon and Egg, Stiff Jeans, Skadget and Isle of Huldra play Kateena and Dave's wedding anniversary show.
- Griz hockey vs. Utah, Glacier Ice Rink, 7:30 PM, $10 standing room, $15 bleachers, $30 mezzanine, $7 students. Halloween costume party night: wear a costume for a shot at prizes and a spot in the intermission game.
- Monster Mash Contra Dance, UC Ballroom, University of Montana, 8 to 10:30 PM, easy-dance workshop at 7:30, donations requested, all ages. The Missoula Folklore Society's Town and Gown dance with UM student musicians and Sky Cova calling; every dance is taught, and no partner is needed.
- The Rocky Horror Show Live, Night 2, The Wilma, early show doors 7 PM, show 8 PM, late show doors 11 PM, show 11:59 PM, $65 to $114, all ages with parental discretion. Halloween night with the fishnets out.
Sunday
- Día de los Muertos Celebration, Confluence Center and the alley behind it, 119 W. Main, noon to 8 PM. The celebration brings Latin music from DJ Big Lou, food and drink vendors, face painting from 2 to 6 PM, crafts for all ages and the community ofrenda, which stays up through Monday.
- Griz soccer vs. Idaho, South Campus Stadium, 1 PM, $10. Fans can stay afterward for photos and autographs with the players.
- Disney's Newsies Jr., MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 2 and 5 PM, closing performances.
- Paint Your Own Bath Bomb, Golden Leaf Studios, 2901 Brooks St., drop in noon to 4 PM, tickets through the studio. Autumn-themed bath bombs.
- Twin Peaks, episodes 19 to 21, The Roxy Theater, 5:15 and 8 PM.
- Western Union with Zootown Swing, ZACC Show Room, doors and Lindy Hop lesson 6:30 PM, show 7 PM, $12, $15 with the dance lesson, all ages. Montana's countrypolitan western swing band, with members of the Big Sky Mudflaps.
- Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, Longstaff House, 601 Longstaff St., 7 to 9:30 PM, $25 donation, all ages. Steel pans, electric bass and drums in a mix of jazz, classical and progressive rock; the trio is in town for a concert at UM and plays a house show here.
- Vincent Neil Emerson with Dax Lindholm, Top Hat, 134 W. Front St., doors 7 PM, show 8 PM, $27 advance, $33 day of show, all ages. The Texas songwriter brings his Blue Stars tour through town.
At the library: Friday brings Tiny Tales at 10:30 AM in the Imaginarium, the Watercolor Painting Collaborative and Yarns from noon to 2 PM, and the Young Adult Writers' Group at 3:30 PM, and then the library closes for TLC's After Hours Halloween Party for teens 12 to 18 from 6 to 8 PM, with pizza, an escape room and a costume catwalk (arrive before 6). Saturday's Kids' Halloween Chess Tournament with the Missoula Scholastic Chess Club is free for grades K through 12, registration 9:30 AM and play from 10 AM to 2 PM in the Cooper Room; the Young Kids Dance Party is at 11 AM in MCAT, Story Time at 11:30 AM, the Stop Animation Workshop from 1 to 3 PM and Saturday Tiny Tales at 3 PM, all free, with MakerSpace walk-in hours from 10 AM. The library calendar shows no programs Sunday, and the library is closed Tuesday, November 3 for Election Day except as a polling place.
Brews and music
Friday
- Ten Spoon Winery: The Absent Wilson Conspiracy, 6 to 8 PM, $5 cover, pizza 5 to 8.
- The Old Post: Dan Dubuque, 8 PM. Resonator slide guitar and roots music from the Flathead.
- Dark Horse: Grotesque Burlesque Carnival of Flesh with Blessidoom, DemonDoll, Drown the Sky and Devilution, plus the Illustrated Circus and a wheel of misfortune, 8 PM, 21 and up.
- Sunrise Saloon: Tenacious Dames Riding Club Halloween Karaoke Party, 8 PM, $10 cover, with costume prizes, door prizes and a 50/50 fundraiser for the club.
- The Badlander: Last Drop costume dance party with Pinedrops, Blck Agua and Track Rabbit, doors 8:30 PM, cash cover at the door, 21 and up. $666 in prizes for mad-science costumes, announced at 10:30.
- Monk's: Halloween at Monk's with WOOF and Deja Zoo, 9 PM, no cover, 21 and up.
- Union Club: The Spills, 9 PM, 21 and up.
- Top Hat: Tanner Laws Band, doors 10 PM, show 10:30 PM, $10 at the door, 21 and up.
Saturday
- Draught Works: Jesse the Ocelot, 8 to 10 PM, with the Crappy Halloween Costume Contest from 5 PM. A free pint for anyone who puts in costume effort, and one winner crowned at 7:30 sharp.
- Montgomery Distillery: second annual Halloween party, 6 PM, with spooky cocktails, scary movies all day and a scaredy cat-walk costume contest.
- The Dram Shop: Nightmare on Front St., 8 PM, free, 21 and up. Pumpkin beers and a costume contest at 9 PM.
- The Badlander: Halloween party with DJ Kris Moon and Suka, doors 8:30 PM, 21 and up, with a photobooth and another $666 in costume prizes at 10:30.
- Monk's: Briggs Halloween Bash with DJ Briggs and a surprise opener, doors 9 PM, free before 10 PM, $5 after.
- Union Club: Halloween party with the Joan Zen Band, 9 PM, 21 and up.
- Sunrise Saloon: costume party with the Western Meadowlarks, 9 PM, 21 and up, with prizes.
- Top Hat: North Fork Crossing Halloween show, 10:30 PM, $10 at the door, 21 and up. Gallatin Valley new-age bluegrass.
Sunday
- The Badlander: Latin Night for Día de los Muertos, doors 9 PM, with Garden City Salsa lessons at 9 and DJ Big Lou after.
Weekly regulars: Sumac's hummus happy hour has Richie Reinholdt Friday at 5 PM; OddPitch runs OffPitch karaoke Friday at 6 PM, bingo Saturday at 6 PM and the pinball tournament Sunday at 4 PM (sign up 3:45); The Old Post has James Lanman every Saturday 7 to 9 PM; karaoke goes Saturday at 9 PM at the Dark Horse (costumes welcome, with Jace Briggle on the mic) and in the Bowl Dog Lounge at Westside Lanes; Leaf and Quiet hosts its free open mic Sunday 2 to 4 PM in the Root Cellar (Friday's Jazz off the Rails is cancelled this week); Cranky Sam runs Sunday Funday game day from noon with a buy-one-get-one flight for tables that bring a board game; Dram Tuff trivia is at the Dram Shop Central Sunday at 6 PM and country karaoke at the Sunrise Saloon Sunday at 8:30 PM.
Lolo and south
Friday
- Field of Screams MT, 1497 Hwy 93 N, Victor, dusk to 10 PM Friday and Saturday. Three haunts in one: Field of Screams, Gateway Manor and The Deadline, closing out the season on Halloween night.
Saturday
- Corpse of Discovery, Travelers' Rest State Park, 6717 Hwy 12 W, Lolo, 11 AM, free, for kids. The park's Halloween happening, with informational booths and candy stops scattered around the grounds. Wear your costume.
- Halloween Party at The Jack Saloon, 7000 Graves Creek Rd., Lolo, 7 PM to midnight, with the Chris Bohenek Duo playing 7 to 11 PM at the Lumberjack.
Sunday
- Sunday patio music at The Jack Saloon, Lolo, 2 to 5 PM. The Jack's weekly patio session; no act was named for this week.
Frenchtown and the Mullan Road
Friday
- Missoula Fall Fest, Grass Valley Farms, 5280 Deschamps Lane, Friday 4 to 8 PM, Saturday 11 AM to 8 PM, Sunday 11 AM to 5 PM, $25, kids 3 and under free. The final weekend of the corn maze, hayride, barrel train and giant hay slide; Sunday is the last day of the season. Turn at the big rooster.
- A Haunting on Porter Lane, 11620 Porter Lane, Frenchtown, 7:30 to 10:30 PM Friday and Saturday, PG-13. The annual haunted house's closing weekend.
Seeley-Swan
Saturday
- Seeley Lake Halloween Event, The Foundation Building, 3150 Hwy 83 N, Seeley Lake, 5:30 PM, all ages. The Seeley Lake Community Foundation and the elementary school's Parent Teacher Club host their second annual night of food, drink, music, Halloween activities and a trunk or treat.
- Halloween Party with Angel and Davey, Hungry Bear Bar and Grill, 6287 Hwy 83, Condon, 7 to 10 PM, 18 and up. Live music, costume prizes and drink specials.
At the library: the Missoula Events board lists a Swan Valley Branch Library story time Friday at 11 AM in Condon, with a story and a craft for preschool through elementary ages, but the library's own calendar does not show it that day, so call the branch at (406) 754-2521 before you go. The calendar shows nothing at the Seeley Lake branch this weekend.
Look ahead: the Festival of the Dead procession steps off from the north end of Higgins at 6 PM on Monday, November 2 (gather from 5 PM), and Tuesday, November 3 is Election Day, with the Missoula Public Library closed except as a polling place. Griz football plays at Eastern Washington at 2 PM Saturday before returning home against Portland State on Saturday, November 7 at 1 PM for the Native American Heritage Game; Griz volleyball hosts Northern Arizona on Thursday, November 5 and Portland State on Saturday, November 7, both at 7 PM in Dahlberg Arena; and Griz soccer hosts Portland State on Thursday, November 5 at 1 PM before South Campus Stadium hosts the Big Sky Conference tournament, with quarterfinals on Wednesday, November 11 at 10:30 AM and 1:30 PM.
Know of something we missed? Send your events to missoulacommons@gmail.com and we will add them.
