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North by Northwest: Oktoberfest

You know what'd be good right about now, fellow workaday toiler? A weekend full of beer, brats, and bands. That's craft beer and bratwursts and live bands, of course. And, lucky us, it's all happening at this festival of Germanically inflected cuisine and frivolity, during which there's also a stein hoisting contest, a brat eating contest, and – pardon us while we squeeeee – a canine costume contest! With a separate wiener-dog category! October, you're getting better every minute.

Oct. 20-21. Sat., noon-9pm; Sun., 11am-7pm. $2 and up.
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Austin Margarita Festival

Check it out: Live music, Downtown location, and a potent panoply of margaritas – that's frozen or on-the-rocks, as you like – available in more than two dozen flavors throughout what a diehard Jimmy Buffett fan might call a chillaxing event. Never mind that lost shaker of salt, amigo, just be prepared to sip the night away in sweet liquid style.

Sat., Oct. 20, noon-8pm. $23-175.
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Guy FieriCon Austin

FieriCon is, quote, "a collection of Guy Fieri (and Girl Fieri) enthusiasts who embrace all things Flavortown and, yes, if you so dare, to even dress up as the Mayor of said town himself!" Oooooookay. Note: This will be the third FieriCon in the USA. Some fellow named Dave Gold started the thing – a sort of garrulous bar crawl on steroids – in NYC, then took it to Milwaukee, and now, well, we reckon that now all of Austin can help make sure St. Anthony's ghost is spinning in his fucking grave, n'est-ce pas?

Sat., Oct. 20. Free.
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Sweet Eats Fruit Farm Fall Festival

Located east of Georgetown on the banks of the San Gabriel river shaded by pecan trees, Sweet Eats Farm is a peach orchard that offers activities for the whole family to enjoy. This fall, Sweet Eats will be hosting a fall festival featuring classics like hay rides, face painting, and a pumpkin patch.

Through Nov. 4. Sat.-Sun., 9am-6pm

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The Boozery: A Haunted Bar Takeover

If this is October, then that East Austin bar called Craftsman is transforming itself into a haunted pop-up boozery, offering spookily themed cocktails, scares, and surprises. Well, whattaya know, mortal: It's October! Pro tip: Try the "Billy Butcherson" cocktail with its Grand Marnier foam.

Through Oct. 31

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