The Blazers started off the preseason with a win against Golden State as they find their new rhythm with Dame's return and new addition Ja Morant, whose smile is so present all the time the New York Times wrote about it! The regular season begins Oct 21 against Phoenix at Moda Center. Find their season schedule and catch all the games on RipCity Radio 620
The Spirit of Halloweentown, an October event in St. Helens, Oregon, that features haunted tours, celebrity appearances, costume contests and more.
The Great Portland Grape Stomp is Saturday Oct 10. Portland Wine Company Celebrates 20 Years. Anyone else instantly think of the famous I Love Lucy episode with Lucy stomping grapes? Every year this comes around I say I'm going to go recreate that. Teams of four can register to stomp on grapes in a barrel and compete for prizes. Tickets are now available for participants and observers to join the celebration.
Portland Retro Gaming Festival is Oct 9-11 at the Oregon Convention Center. Tons of classic video and arcade games features expert panels, cosplay competitions, dozens of local and international exhibitors with rare finds, and a 30,000-square-foot “retrocade” with hundreds of games to play. I'm just here for Ms Pac-Man, what's your fav? Did you know they sell these things online?
The Hood River Valley Harvest Festival is Oct 9-11.
K103 listeners are invited to Celebrate the Life of Craig Walker Saturday Oct 10 at Willamette Ale & Cider House in West Linn. Special guests will share stories of experiences with Craig. They'll be raising money for Blood Cancer United.Everyone is encouraged to wear a red sweater as a nod to Craig's trademark! We want to take an epic group photo
The West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta is Sunday October 18 at Tualatin Commons. What a blast for paddlers piloting a gaggle of gigantic gourds through a watercourse.
The Midnight PDX on Belmont, a moody, gothic-tinged rock-and-roll cocktail lounge upstairs with an intimate live music and event basement venue. It’s an easy spot to escape the drizzle and dive into seasonal events.
Rose City Reads $1 Kids Book Sale is a great way to build your family library. Every children's and young adult book, from board books to YA novels, will be sold for just $1. The sale runs Friday Oct 9 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday Oct 10 from 11 a.m. to noon.
The Portland Book Festival (formerly “Wordstock”) is November 2-8 and features a pretty great lineup of local and national authors.
PUMPKIN PATCHES & CORN MAIZES
Lee Farms Fall Festival in Tualatin is open through Halloween (at which time they switch to Christmas trees) If you go for nothing else but their fresh hot apple cider donuts, it's worth the trip!
Find the fun near you: The family farm that made Hillsboro famous on "Little People, Big World" is Roloff Farms. Plumper Farms on NW Old Cornelius Pass Road, Frog Pond Farm in Wilsonville. Fall has been falling at Liepold Farms in Boring since 1998. Take a ride on the Boo Train at Flower Farmer in Canby. “Pigtucky Derby Pig Races” is the fall event you didn't even know you needed and it's only at French Prairie Gardens in St. Paul. Hoffman Farms has 20 varieties of pumpkins, a 10-acre corn maze, the “Scholls Valley Railroad,” and live music on the weekends. In Aurora at
Fir Point Farms you can visit Hazel’s Nut House, a little wooden hut carpeted with nutshells. In Hood River Packer Orchards have been around for over 100 years, and 10 years ago they added a pumpkin patch, a corn maze, animals and a big hay slide to the party.
Of course Sauvie Island is a great place to visit in the fall with three fun farms featuring all the picture taking, pumpkin picking, animal petting, corn mazes and hayrides you could want. The Maize At The Pumpkin Patch, Bella Organic (who also has a haunted corn maze) and Topaz Farm.
HAUNTED HOUSES
Keeping Portland, free and spooky, local artist Mike Bennett has opened a free, immersive haunted house in Northeast Portland. Dead Media Video Rentals, features famous movie monsters going back to the 30’s through today. It’s a walk-through storyline set inside a fictional video rental store. And the owner says it’s all ages, so just 4 out of 10 on the scary scale.
The Fear PDX is 13 haunted attractions including 5 featured haunted houses in one location at 12219 NE Glisan Street Portland.
Scaregrounds PDX at Oaks Park is an entire Haunted Theme Park. 2 immersive main haunted houses + 5 additional haunted houses (upgraded ticket) + Halloween theme park serving food, drinks, oddities.
The Cinema of Horrors Haunted House in Kelso offers up four haunted houses with movie-quality scares! Just 45 minutes from Portland, located at the Three Rivers Crossing in Kelso, WA
Shanghai Tunnels Underground Tours at the Haunted Merchant Hotel. Named one of the most haunted places in America by Conde Nast, USA Today, Thrillist and Cosmopolitan Magazine. Now with over 14,000 square feet of underground space.
The historic Irvington Peace House has been transformed into Crow Manor, a seasonal haunted house attraction raising money for Doernbecher Children's Hospital.
BEST PLACES TO VIEW FALL FOLIAGE
Portland’s fall color starts popping in October as maples, oaks and dogwoods shift from green to gold, orange and red. Peak timing varies, but the Farmers’ Almanac and Travel Oregon point to mid‑ to late October. In town, late October is usually reliable, with color lasting into early November. Some of our favorites include:
Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park comes alive this time of year and if you don't take some pictures you'll kick yourself later. The colors are breathtaking.
Speaking of peak picture taking, Cathedral Park is an incredible backdrop in the fall against the St. John's Bridge.
Pittock Mansion. I mean, have you ever been? The sweeping views of this beautiful place we call home, plus the nearby hiking trails through the trees. Magical in the fall!
The living museum that is Hoyt Arboretum. With more species of shrubs and trees than any other arboretum in the country!
STACEY & MIKE'S WATCHLIST
From the couch...
Freeform has the 31 Nights of Halloween and AMC has FearFest hosted by the Crypt Keeper.
HBO Max has a curated collection called "Horror Comes Home", and Hulu has Huluween.
"NCIS" diehard fans don't miss CBS on October 6! A triple-header premiere that kicks off with Season 24 of the original "NCIS" followed by the new "NCIS: New York" starring LL Cool J and wraps up with Season 3 of "NCIS: Origins".
The new "Carrie" miniseries hits Prime Video Oct 7th.
Season 6 of "Abbott Elementary" premieres Oct 7th.
Marvel's latest spinoff "Vision Quest" will be on Disney+ Oct.14th.
Season 23 of "Grey's Anatomy" premieres Oct 15th.
Apple TV will steam “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!” for free Oct. 17 and 18. "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" will be free to watch on Nov. 14 and 15, and "A Charlie Brown Christmas" will be free on Dec. 12 and 13. Of course if you have an Apple+ subscription you get to watch them anytime you want.
In theaters...
The horror movie Other Mommy hits theaters Oct 9. Jessica Chastain plays a nice normal mommy to a little girl but also plays a shape shifting psycho version of her mom. It will be #1 projected to scare up $20 at the box office.
"The Social Network," sequel "The Social Reckoning", also out Oct 9, is projected to make up to eight-million in its debut.
Verity is the thriller based on the Colleen Hoover novel (so good!) starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett. Out Friday Oct. 2
Tom Cruise's "Digger" is out Friday Oct 2. Intriguing trailer. (NSFW trailer below thanks to a whole lotta cursing) Did Tom take a break from being a daredevil action star to actually sink his teeth into "acting?"
The "Social Network" sequel "The Social Reckoning" and the horror flick "Other Mommy" will be released on the 9th.
The newest "Street Fighter" movie comes out on the 16th.
And the concert film documenting the final Ozzy Osbourne live performance, "Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning", hits theaters October 28th.