SATURDAY

All the little ghosts and goblins can go BOO at the Bridge for a family costume contest and trick-or-treating, as they walk along the spectacular Royal Gorge Bridge in Cañon City. Free carousel rides, lots of treats and the Skycoaster and Zipline will be open. 4:30–8 p.m. Saturday, tickets $10-15. tinyurl.com/4x8vezr8

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

Time for the quintessential Halloween adult melodrama live at Iron Springs Chateau Theater, “Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Practice your boos. The next three weekends, 9 p.m., $28, no dinner show. Tickets: tinyurl.com/4634k72y Also, Rocky Horror is part of a horror film festival Friday at Ivywild School. 

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

Boulder has an official Indigenous Peoples Day the second Monday in October of every year and activities run for several days to help “correct omissions of Indigenous Peoples’ presence in places, resources and cultural programming.” The showcase this Friday to Sunday is a Roots Music Fest with 750 musicians on 15 stages including Yonder Mountain String Band, The Rumble, Andy Frasco, N. Mississippi Allstars, Karl Densons Tiny Universe and so many more. Tickets and three-day passes $20.65 to $248.04 at boulderrootsmusicfest.org. On the Pearl Street Mall.

SATURDAY

Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble opens its 33rd season with “Gateways: Opening Doors to the Choral Art” featuring the Palmer High School Chamber Singers at historic Grace and St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 601 N. Tejon St., 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Free admission but donations are encouraged. Deborah Jenkins Teske, CVAE Artistic Director said, “By partnering with exceptional young musicians, we not only introduce audiences to young emerging voices but also strengthen the future of the choral art.” cvae.org

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

Wear your costumes and go trick or treating with all the amazing animals during Boo at the Zoo, this weekend and next as well as Halloween, at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.  A costume contest, Haunted House, Spooky Graveyard and Spooky Treats.  Sky Ride $3 per person. From 4 to 8:30 p.m., timed entry tickets purchased in advance. cmzoo.org/events-programs/special-events/boo-at-the-zoo

SATURDAY

GO Boo! at Bear Creek to check out creatures of the night along the trails at Bear Creek Nature Center. Then do a craft and see Pikes Peak State College Wild things for treats. Costumes encouraged. 3-4:30 p.m. for ages 4+ for less spooky critters and shorter trails. 6:15-7:45 p.m. ages 6+ and more scary with a night hike. $10 per person/ $8 per member. Pre-register for times: elpasocountynaturecenters.com.

SATURDAY

Three of the many free Halloween activities in town Saturday. Indoor Mingle at the Citadel Mall, 750 Citadel Drive East, has an afternoon of fun and treats, noon to 4 p.m. For tickets, eventbrite.com. Fall Fun Fest at First & Main Town Center runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with the Cheyenne Mountain Zoomobile, Best of the Springs music groups, kid and dog contest, pumpkins and crafts. facebook.com/firstandmaintowncenter A Hillside Halloween House Party at Hillside Community Center has a fun trick-or-treat-trail, games, music, food and a vendor marketplace at 925 S. Institute St., 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. facebook.com/hillsidecenter

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

That beloved time of year for so many local generations, the Venetucci Pumpkin Fest every October weekend. Always and forever little ones head for the fields to find their favorite punkins to take home, so bring little red wagons to carry them. Starting at 9:30 a.m. and until 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. $5 admission, 3 and under free. Pumpkins $10. Fresh flowers to pick, food to eat, a farm store to visit, a Snack Shack. Hayrides.venetuccifarm.org/pumpkins

SUNDAY

Hear their stories and meet some of the folks buried there, some famous, some hard-working locals and some scandalous. It’s the two-hour tour Legends & Lore Of Fairview Cemetery on the city’s West Side. 1-3 p.m., 1000 S. 26th St. Admission $18, Old Colorado City Historical Society guided walking tour, occhs.org 

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

With an amazing history of horsemanship, 76 years long and earning accolades as the “largest precision drill riding group in the world,” Horsecapades holds its annual fundraising show at National Western Stock Show Event Center in Denver. Known for colorful performances of trick riding and Roman riding harkening back to the Wild West shows of America’s early days. Pre-shows and shows Saturday and Sunday. westernaires.org/events/2025/horsecapades