Pumpkin Pageant and Harry Potter Costume Contest

Downtown Camas 304 NE 4th Ave., Camas

Decorated pumpkins will adorn shops and businesses as costumed Harry Potter fans fill the streets in downtown Camas for October’s First Friday, 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 7.  Festivities will include voting for the “People’s Pumpkin” award, crafts and activities, photo ops, dining, after-hours shopping, live music and a Harry Potter costume contest with prizes. […]

free
Event Series Portland Dance Film Fest

Portland Dance Film Fest

Whitsell Auditorium, Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland

Portland Dance Film Fest runs Oct. 7-9, playing in the Portland Art Museum's Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 S.W. Park Ave, Portland. The festival features 29 films curated from 12 different countries. General admission is $15. Students and artists are $12. Get complete details and tickets at portlanddancefilmfest.com.

$12 – $15
Event Series Oktoberfest at ilani

Oktoberfest at ilani

ilani Casino Resort 1 Cowlitz Way, Ridgefield

ilani Casino Resort, 1 Cowlitz Way, Ridgefield, invites everyone to grab a stein for its inaugural Oktoberfest celebration, Oct. 7-9. Attendees can choose from hundreds of German, international and local brews and sample a selection of traditional Bavarian foods from bratwurst to sauerkraut. Oktoberfest weekend begins with the O’Zapft Dinner at Rose & Thorn from 7 to […]

$31 – $54

Cinema of Horrors Drive-In at the Clark County Fairgrounds

Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds 17402 NE Delfel Rd, Ridgefield

Cinema of Horrors drive-in movie experience returns to the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds,  17402 N.E. Delfel Rd, Ridgefield, with classic horror movies playing from Oct. 7-31; see the full list of films below or visit ridgefield.cinemaofhorrors.com. The event is a live-action horror movie experience where screams from the screen come to life. […]

$49 – $69
Event Series ScareGrounds at Oaks Park

ScareGrounds at Oaks Park

Oaks Amusement Park 7805 S.E. Oaks Park Way, Portland

The twisted minds at ScareGrounds PDX present three bone-chilling haunted attractions at Oaks Park, 7805 S.E. Oaks Park Way, Portland, from Sept. 30 through Oct. 30. ScareGrounds is open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, plus Oct. 26, 27 and 31. Experience The Silver Scream, Grimthorne Manor and The Complex haunted houses, plus dodge monsters on the […]

$18 – $33