Hey there, Cedar Rapids! 🎉
It’s Halloween weekend in Eastern Iowa! 🎃 Enjoy family fun at Fall-o-Ween, Hallowed Harvest, and Bloomsbury Farm’s Iowa Fall Festival. 👻 Ready for a scare? Check out Circle of Ash, Scream Acres, or Frights by Candlelight at Brucemore. Catch Pippin at Kirkwood, shop the Rockwell Craft Fair, or celebrate the CeMar Trail ribbon cutting. 🚲 Tonight, enjoy live music, EDM, costume parties, and karaoke as Halloween festivities kick into high gear!
A big shoutout to our sponsors, Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust for helping make Cedar Rapids Daily possible and supporting all the amazing things happening in our community.
☀️ CEDAR RAPIDS DAILY
Friday, October 30, 2026
Your guide to what’s happening around Cedar Rapids and Eastern Iowa — in five minutes or less!
🌧️ FORECAST
Showers and storms likely, with a high of 57° and a low of 50°.
⭐ TOP 10 HIGHLIGHTS
🎃 Fall-o-Ween: Family Fun for Everyone
🕯️ Frights by Candlelight at Brucemore
🍂 Hallowed Harvest at Linn County Fairgrounds
👻 Circle of Ash Haunted Attraction
🎭 Pippin at Kirkwood
📻 War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast
🔮 Paranormal Investigator Scott Johnston
🎨 42nd Annual Rockwell All Employee Craft Fair
🚲 CeMar Trail Ribbon Cutting
🎶 Halloween Weekend: Live Music, EDM & Karaoke
🌿 HEALTH, WELLNESS & FITNESS
💪 Geri-Fit
🕗 8–8:45 a.m. and 1–1:45 p.m.
📍 Ely Public Library | 💲 Free
Strength, balance, flexibility and mobility classes for adults 60 and older. Geri-Fit can also help address arthritic conditions and support bone health.
🧘 Find Your Center
🕣 8:30–9:30 a.m.
📍 NewBo City Market
Take a break from competing priorities with movement, breathing exercises, reflection and discussion. This weekly, martial arts-inspired series offers practical tools for managing stress and finding clarity. Drop in whenever you can.
🍽️ Encore Café — Registration Required
🕦 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
📍 Marion Public Library
Enjoy dietitian-reviewed meals alongside activities and educational sessions designed to support health, social connection and quality of life for older adults. The program is presented by Heritage Area Agency on Aging.
🎨 Art in the Moment
🕑 2–3 p.m.
📍 Cedar Rapids Museum of Art | 💲 Free
People living with dementia and their care partners are invited to a dementia-friendly museum tour and conversation led by trained docents. Registration deadline was October 23; contact Melissa McClure at 319-861-7976 or mmclure@mercycare.org for information.
👨👩👧👦 FAMILY, KIDS & HALLOWEEN FUN
📚 Early Learning Story Time at Busse Branch
🕤 9:30–10 a.m.
📍 Busse Branch
A fun story time for children ages 2–5 featuring stories, songs, movement and bubbles.
🎨 Doodlebugs
🕥 10:30–11 a.m.
📍 Hiawatha Public Library
An art-based story time for preschoolers presented by the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art.
🎃 Fall-o-Ween: Family Fun for Everyone
🕔 5–7 p.m.
📍 Salem United Methodist Church
Bring the whole family for Trunk-or-Treat candy, games, basket and bag giveaways, and food and coffee trucks. Everyone is welcome!
🎃 Hallowed Harvest
🕡 6:30–10 p.m.
📍 Linn County Fairgrounds, 201 Central City Rd., Central City, IA
🎟️ $30 per family/group of up to four; $5 per additional person
Wander through a glowing pumpkin patch and fall lights during this no-scares autumn celebration for all ages. Get tickets.
🧱 Teen Anime Club
🕞 3:30–4:30 p.m.
📍 Busse Branch
Teens will start with a craft or activity before watching the beginning of Dungeon People, rated TV-14.
🎃 Halloween Week in Marion
🕚 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
📍 Cedar Witch Goods, 945 6th Ave., Marion, and Familiar Cat Café, 935 6th Ave., Marion
The neighboring businesses are celebrating Halloween all week!
Cedar Witch Goods: Witchy Book Swap from noon–1 p.m. and 5–6 p.m. Bring books in good condition, including fiction, fantasy, horror, occult, herbalism and more.
Familiar Cat Café: Sound Healing by Sonorous Well-Being from 5:30–7 p.m. Enjoy a relaxing sound-healing session surrounded by friendly feline companions. Tickets and registration.
All week: Cedar Witch Goods is collecting books for Friends of the Library.
🍂 Iowa Fall Festival
🕐 1–5:30 p.m.
📍 Bloomsbury Farm, 3260 69th St., Atkins, IA
Enjoy U-pick pumpkins and flowers, a giant corn maze, photo opportunities, fall treats and attractions for all ages. The festival runs through October 31. Tickets and details.
👻 Frights by Candlelight
🕔 5–9 p.m.
📍 Brucemore
Explore the mansion after hours and encounter local actors sharing haunting tales in select rooms. A cash bar and card readings in the study add to this literary fright experience.
🧟 Scream Acres
🕡 6:30–10 p.m.
📍 Bloomsbury Farm, near Atkins, IA
Face three indoor haunted attractions and a pitch-black haunted cornfield, then enjoy live music, food and drinks in the 21+ beer garden. Recommended for ages 12 and older; guests under 16 need an adult chaperone. Tickets and details.
🎃 Circle of Ash — 25 Years of Scares
🕖 7–11 p.m.
📍 Linn County Fairgrounds, 201 Central City Rd., Central City, IA
🎟️ $31.58 online / $35 at the gate
Experience three haunted attractions in one night: Frightmare Forest, The Manor and Socko’s Fun House. Get tickets.
🎳 Scare Time After Dark
🕙 10 p.m.–midnight
📍 Spare Time Cedar Rapids
🎟️ $15.99 per person
Celebrate Halloween with two hours of unlimited bowling, shoe rental, party lights and music. Food and drinks are available for purchase. Walk-ins only; bowling is subject to lane availability.
🛍️ SHOPPING, CRAFTS & COMMUNITY
🧵 42nd Annual Rockwell All Employee Craft Fair
🕘 9 a.m.–7 p.m.
📍 Radisson Hotel Cedar Rapids | 💲 Free admission
Shop an assortment of handmade items at this annual craft fair, open to the public. The fair also runs Saturday, October 31, from 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
💻 Technology Help Table
🕧 12:30–1:30 p.m.
📍 Marion Public Library
Get hands-on help from AT&T staff with phones, tablets, settings, apps and general device questions. Bring or know your passwords for account-related assistance, if possible. Individual help may be limited to about 10 minutes.
🚲 CeMar Trail Ribbon Cutting
🕛 Noon
📍 Near Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Celebrate the completion of the CeMar Trail, connecting Downtown Cedar Rapids to Uptown Marion. The event is free, and the public is encouraged to attend.
🍻 Kingston Yard Halloween Bar Crawl
🕔 5–9 p.m.
📍 The Yard
Visit participating Kingston Yard locations—Big Grove Cedar Rapids, Pickle Palace, AC Bar and Local Pour—and collect a punch at each stop to enter a prize drawing.
🎨 ARTS, CULTURE & THEATRE
🎭 Pippin — Kirkwood’s Fall Musical
🕢 7:30–9:30 p.m.
📍 Ballantyne Auditorium, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids
Follow Pippin, a young prince searching for an extraordinary and fulfilling life, in this musical featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) and circus-inspired theatricality. Tickets are available in advance or at the door; free for Kirkwood students, faculty and staff. Tickets and details.
Additional performances run October 31, November 1, and November 5–7. The November 7 performance includes ASL interpretation.
📻 War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast
🕢 7:30 p.m.
📍 Giving Tree Theater
Experience a live radio-play recreation of the infamous 1938 Orson Welles broadcast. This production follows a radio ensemble recreating the legendary alien-invasion broadcast with live sound effects, vintage commercials and suspenseful storytelling.
😈 The Exorcist
📍 Theatre Cedar Rapids
This chilling stage adaptation of William Peter Blatty’s novel explores the battle between faith and evil. Running October 9–November 1, the production includes graphic language, loud noises, simulated medical procedures, violence and depictions of demonic possession. Check Theatre Cedar Rapids for showtimes and tickets.
📽️ Fall Front Lawn A/V Experiment
🕖 7–10 p.m.
📍 Tree of Liminality
DJ Caterwaul spins records while coordinating a multichannel video projection on the Heart House front lawn. Costumes are encouraged, with a suggested theme of a well-known artist or artwork. Bring a lawn chair or blanket; hot chocolate and other treats may be available.
🔮 Paranormal Investigator Scott Johnston
🕖 7 p.m.; doors open at 6:30 p.m.
📍 The History Center
🎟️ $10 general admission / $8 for History Center members
Hear stories from Iowa paranormal investigations, including the Villisca Axe Murder House, Farrar Schoolhouse, Malvern Manor and Edinburgh Manor. Scott Johnston will share recordings, demonstrate equipment and discuss how investigators approach unexplained activity.
🎶 LIVE MUSIC, NIGHTLIFE & ENTERTAINMENT
🎸 The Detour Band Halloween Party
🕗 8–11 p.m.
📍 El Kahir Shrine
🎟️ $10 cover
Dance to favorites from artists including Luke Combs, the Eagles, Eric Church, Journey, Morgan Wallen, Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd and more. The Halloween party also features costume cash prizes, a silent auction and drink specials.
🎧 EDM Night
🕘 Doors at 9 p.m.
📍 The Ideal Theater & Bar
🎟️ $15 at the door or $10 with RSVP | 21+
The Ideal transforms its historic silent-film house into a dance floor for house, riddim and techno. Expect a powerful sound system, craft cocktails and a curated 21+ atmosphere.
👠 Dvyne’s Halloween Heels Class
🕗 8 p.m.
📍 Basix
Join a one-hour heels dance class. Your registration includes a $5 drink ticket and entry to the night’s show. Bring comfortable heels, and wear a costume if you like.
🎤 Viking Lounge Halloween Weekend
🕘 9 p.m.
📍 Viking Lounge
Friday features a costume party all night and karaoke from 9 p.m.–2 a.m. Saturday brings karaoke, costume contests and prizes, including a $50 bar tab for first place, a $25 bar tab for second and free pizza for third.
🎤 Karaoke Friday
🕘 9 p.m.–2 a.m.
📍 Sammy’s Lounge
Sing your favorite songs at this weekly Friday-night karaoke event.
🎳 Halloween Night at Spare Time
🕙 10 p.m.–midnight
📍 Spare Time Cedar Rapids
🎟️ $15.99 per person
The Halloween edition of Scare Time After Dark includes unlimited bowling for two hours, shoe rental, party lights and music. Walk-ins only.
Special Thanks
A big shoutout to our sponsor: Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust.
With five convenient locations across the greater Cedar Rapids area and yes, the best cookies on the planet, Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust is a place where relationships and service truly matter. From personal to business banking, CRBT is here to support you every step of the way. Come meet the People you can bank on at crbt.bank. Member FDIC
Thank you for being part of the Cedar Rapids Daily community. We can’t wait to see you at these events! Until next time, stay curious and keep exploring.
Warm regards,
The Cedar Rapids Daily Team
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