Haunted Trains, Bonfires and a 4-time Winner

Live music at the Bernardston brewery on Friday night. No cover. The musicians ask for a suggested donation of $5 to $10.

The 1922 silent Nosferatu on a 12-foot screen in the museum gardens, with light refreshments. Bring a blanket or a chair. If the weather turns, it moves inside to the music room. Tickets through the museum.

UMass jazz, wind, orchestral, choral, percussion and chamber ensembles in one show, with the Minuteman Marching Band playing the whole second half. Tickets are $27, or $20 for students, seniors and UMass employees.

A day of open doors across the city, starting at City Hall: the Victory Theatre, the Children's Museum, the fire department, Wistariahurst and the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.

The ninth year, with more than 1,200 free pumpkins to carve while they last, trunk or treat and food trucks on the athletic fields behind Amelia Park. Rain or shine. It also starts the haunted-houses drive-by map that runs to the 31st.

Classic cars, local food and live entertainment on the fairgrounds, run by the fair's own society.

The first one: a half-mile walk between nine mill venues. The ticket covers a T-shirt, art at every stop and five tickets for food or a pour. Registration opens at 1:30pm near the Farm Kitchen Workshop, and there are childcare add-ons for ages 6 to 13.

The Hatfield firefighters' fundraiser, with Giovannie and the Hired Guns headlining, Austin Meade, Sterling Elza and Cottonwood on the bill, and a big fire. $35, and kids 8 and under get in free.

Holly and Rich Eckert demonstrate tinsmithing alongside old toys and games. Included with general admission: $20, $5 for ages 13 to 17, and free for 12 and under.

A pig roast from noon to 3pm, a backyard taproom, and live music from 1pm to 4pm, with pick-your-own apples open the same day. $5 cover. No coolers, outside food or pets.

Free to taste every entry in the beer garden, and free to enter a pot of your own, with prizes for the top three. Entries go to Kara at the brewery.

Old Wine in New Bottles: Beethoven's Fifth, Quinn Mason's trombone concerto Sonorous with Matthew Russo, and Lauren Bernofsky's Overture on themes from The Mensch. Free, like every concert this season.

Look Park's Haunted Train opens Thursday for a ten-night run through Oct 30. Rides go from 5pm to 9pm, with the last ride at 8:45pm each night.

The Halloween BOO-k Bash brings families to the Eric Carle Museum for an autumn-season Saturday morning program. It is listed as a family event, so plan for a mixed-age room.

The Belchertown 4-H Annual Trunk or Treat takes over the Town Common on Park Street for three hours of decorated-trunk candy stops. Costumes are the whole point, and the late-afternoon window works for younger kids who fade by dark.

Union38 Tot Time at the Tilton Library in South Deerfield is the weekday morning drop-in for toddlers and caregivers. A good midweek option up Route 5 if the weekend lineup is already stacked.

The Custom Halloween Candy Bag program at the Palmer Library hands out canvas totes, fabric paint, and fabric markers so kids can decorate their own trick-or-treat bag before the 31st. Trade a plastic pumpkin for something that actually holds the haul.

The Halloween Costume Swap at the South Hadley Public Library trades donated costumes for tickets. Drop costumes (all ages and sizes) at the main desk through Friday Oct 16 to earn a ticket per item, then bring the tickets to the Saturday swap in the Community Meeting Room.

Pumpkin Painting & Pasta Art Making at UMass Downtown lets families paint a mini pumpkin and make a pasta-art craft for National Pasta Day. Part of the UMass free drop-in crafting series for families, so you can arrive when it suits.