Austin’s own Halloween festival bursts from the crypt with debates, trivia, live podcast recordings of Paranormal Putas and the Best-of-Austin-winning The Night Owl, plus special immersive screenings of John Carpenter’s They Live and Ari Aster’s Midsommar, and an incredible chance to see the work of local short horror maestro and gross-out comedy king Chris McInroy. And what’s Sagebrush without a little music? Join crooning cow punks Gilded Lows for a Haunted Honky Tonk party and costume contest. – Richard Whittaker
Oct. 26-27