{"id":429989,"date":"2026-09-08T22:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T22:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/429989\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T22:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T22:24:13","slug":"halloween-dia-de-los-muertos-and-live-music-6-events-to-attend-in-austin-in-october-central-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/429989\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween, D\u00eda de los Muertos and live music: 6 events to attend in Austin in October | Central Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for activities to do in Austin this fall? Check out the Fear Fair at Sign Bar, see the Cold War Kids at Party for the Parks or celebrate D\u00eda de los Muertos with the Mexic-Arte Museum. There is something for everyone to enjoy in Austin this October.<\/p>\n<p>This list is not comprehensive. All events are subject to change.<\/p>\n<p>Fear Fair at Sign Bar<\/p>\n<p>Fear Fair at Sign bar is returning for the second year, bringing a maze, live actors, photo opportunities and themed cocktails. Visitors can also book a daytime matinee walkthrough without live actors. Sign Bar will host a Witchy Vendor Market on Oct. 15 from 7-10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Sept. 16-Nov. 1, times vary$6.50 (daytime matinee), $14.50 (live actor maze)9909 FM 969 Bldg. 3, Austin<a href=\"http:\/\/www.signbartexas.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.signbartexas.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Party for the Parks<\/p>\n<p>Austin Parks Foundation is hosting its annual fundraiser for the city\u2019s parks. Cold War Kids will headline the fundraiser, taking place at ACL\u2019s Tito\u2019s Stage.<\/p>\n<p>Viva la Vida Festival &amp; Parade<\/p>\n<p>Mexic-Arte Museum will host its 43rd annual Viva la Vida Festival &amp; Parade in downtown Austin, celebrating D\u00eda de los Muertos. The festival will begin with a Grand Procession at noon, followed by traditional foods, art activities, local artists, retail offerings, a low-rider exhibition and live performances.<\/p>\n<p>AIA Austin Homes Tour<\/p>\n<p>The 40th annual self-guided tour is returning this fall, featuring the work of nine local architects. Guests will see homes from architects like DK Studio, Pollen Architecture and Davey McEathron Architecture.<\/p>\n<p>D\u00eda de los Muertos<\/p>\n<p>Waterloo Greenway is hosting a D\u00eda de los Muertos celebration at Moody Amphitheater. The event will include a main ofrenda and pet altar, traditional dances, ballet folklorico, mariachi performances, face painting, food and an artisan market.<\/p>\n<p>Austin Food &amp; Wine Festival<\/p>\n<p>The 15th annual food and wine festival will highlight national and local chefs, restaurants, spirits and wines. Attendees can expect to see live demonstrations, tastings and hands-on grilling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Looking for activities to do in Austin this fall? Check out the Fear Fair at Sign Bar, see&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[149301,132,134,133,71335,149300,149297,33972,149299,987,574,46108,1811,149298],"class_list":["post-429989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-aia-austin-homes-tour","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-austin-parks-foundation","tag-cold-war-kids","tag-diacutea-de-los-muertos","tag-events-near-me","tag-fear-fair","tag-halloween","tag-live-music","tag-mexic-arte-museum","tag-october","tag-sign-bar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}