First Friday takes over downtown tonight, and New Holland's fair hits its last weekend

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First Friday has 24 stops tonight, and one of them is a horror movie

October's First Friday runs across two dozen venues in the city tonight, and the galleries are only part of it. Binns Park becomes a salsa and bachata floor from 6 to 8:30, with instruction for anyone who turns up not knowing how. Ewell Plaza fills with craft vendors, food trucks and live music from 5. The Lancaster Science Factory opens its 70-odd exhibits free from 5 to 7, themed this month on manufacturing, and the Lancaster Art Vault debuts four new shows at once.

It gets stranger as the night goes on. Sarah Hawkins will be painting live in the alley beside Vine Bar while people drink Italian wine around her. Organist Larry Hershey plays Bach and Gounod's "Funeral March of a Marionette" at First Reformed at 8. And Zoetropolis closes it out at 9 with "Trick 'r Treat," the 2007 horror anthology, which is about as on brand for the first Friday in October as it gets.

If you have kids you would rather not bring, Tiny Town is running a drop-off night with food and crafts for ages 3 to 10. One thing to know before you plan a route: Urban Arts House is dark this month, owners on vacation.

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What's happening

Friday

Trinity First Friday Speaker Series | Stephanie Celiberti of Buchanan's Wheatland on Buchanan the gentleman farmer, with bells and an organ demonstration at 5 | 5 PM to 6:30 PM | Trinity Lutheran Church, 31 S. Duke St., Lancaster | Free

Peace Kids to the Rescue Art Show and Silent Auction | The 8th annual show, art donated by 72 children aged 3 to 18, benefiting Church World Service and the Arch Street Center | 5 PM to 8 PM, Voices of Peace poetry at 7 | Ware Center, 42 N. Prince St., Lancaster | Free

LPL Open Late: First Friday | The library stays open into the evening for First Friday | 5 PM to 8 PM | Lancaster Public Library, 151 N. Queen St., Lancaster | No admission listed

Vintage Revival Market: Jingle Bells & Boos | More than 65 vendors of vintage finds and handmade goods, with live music and Crazy Goat Coffee pouring | 6 PM to 8 PM | The Shops @ Rockvale, 35 S. Willowdale Dr., Lancaster | $3 admission

Photo Jam | Open photography meetup in the Art Bar | 7 PM to 9 PM | West Art, 816 Buchanan Ave, Lancaster | No admission listed

New Holland Farmers Fair | Second to last day, with the midway, livestock shows and the food stands | Midway 11 AM to 10 PM | 100 blocks of E. and W. Main St., New Holland | Free admission, $25 all-day ride wristband

Saturday

Happy Halloween Costume Swap | Bring a costume your kid has outgrown, leave with one that fits | 9 AM to 12 PM | Manheim Township Public Library, 595 Granite Run Drive, Lancaster | No admission listed

Vintage Revival Market: Jingle Bells & Boos | Day two of the vintage and handmade market, and the free one | 10 AM to 4 PM | The Shops @ Rockvale, 35 S. Willowdale Dr., Lancaster | Free Saturday

Nature Identification Hike | A guided walk learning what is actually growing out there | 1 PM to 2:30 PM | Lancaster County Environmental Center, 1 Natures Way, Lancaster | No admission listed

New Holland Farmers Fair | Last day of the fair | Midway 11 AM to 10 PM | 100 blocks of E. and W. Main St., New Holland | Free admission, $25 all-day ride wristband

Embodyment Productions Presents: Scream Queens | A Halloween-season stage production | 7 PM to 10 PM | Tellus360, 24 E. King St., Lancaster | No price listed

Sunday

Community Yoga w/ Alax | One-hour Vinyasa class in City Hall | 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM | West Art, 816 Buchanan Ave, Lancaster | Pay what you can, $10 to $20 suggested

Eagles vs Rams Watch Party | Sunday football on the big screens | 1 PM | Tellus360, 24 E. King St., Lancaster | Free, with $3 Miller Lite and $1 wings

Now Playing

Ragtime | Three families chasing the American dream at the dawn of the 20th century, running through Oct. 18 | Fri 7:30 PM · Sat 2 PM & 7:30 PM · Sun 2 PM | Fulton Theatre, 12 N. Prince St., Lancaster | Prices vary, $10 student rush and $2 off for 60+

Dear Soldier Boy | Amish musical comedy about two friends writing letters to troops in 1990, running through Oct. 21 | Fri 7 PM · Sat 1 PM | Bird-in-Hand Stage, 2760 Old Philadelphia Pike #A, Bird-in-Hand | Show only $47 adults, $18 children

Joshua | Israel's journey from the Jordan River to the walls of Jericho, running through Dec. 31 | Fri 3 PM & 7 PM · Sat 11 AM, 3 PM & 7 PM | Sight & Sound Theatres, 300 Hartman Bridge Rd., Ronks | $82 to $104 adults, $44 ages 2 to 12

Live music

Friday

Illiterate Light with Alexander Supertramp | Indie rock duo out of the Shenandoah Valley, touring their album Arches | 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM | West Art, 816 Buchanan Ave, Lancaster | No price listed

Corty Byorn & The Light | Live band | 8 PM | Tellus360, 24 E. King St., Lancaster | Free

Saturday

Bad Saints Jazz Festival | The first annual, running Saturday and Sunday, from brass bands and funk to Latin rhythms and soul | All day | West Art, 816 Buchanan Ave, Lancaster | No price listed

Sunday

Bluegrass Jam Session with Jordan Rast | Acoustic open jam, bring an instrument or just listen | 2 PM to 5 PM | Tellus360, 24 E. King St., Lancaster | No price listed

Songs of Good Hope: Glen Hansard Tribute | Tribute to the Frames and Once songwriter | 6:30 PM | Tellus360, 24 E. King St., Lancaster | No price listed

Jazz Night in the Art Bar | Standards with Cory Paternoster, Liam Galiano, Anthony Pieruccini and Brandon Hollinger | 7 PM to 9 PM | West Art, 816 Buchanan Ave, Lancaster | No price listed