👻 Hauntings & History Tours, Theresa Caputo Live & More | This Week in Cheyenne

It’s Monday, October 12th. 🙌 Have a Fun Week!

Tuesday, October 13th

Intuitive Acrylic Painting | 5:30 p.m. | Cheyenne Creativity Center, 500 W 15th St, Suite 160 | $29.95 | Explore a more free-flowing approach to acrylic painting using collage, layered paint, mark-making, and paper elements. All materials are provided, though participants are welcome to bring personal items like ticket stubs, receipts, book pages, or handwritten letters to work into their piece.

DIY Time Crunch Mini Workshop | 6:00 p.m. | Board & Brush Cheyenne, 1719 Pioneer Ave | $40 | Short on time but still want to make something? Pick a mini wood project, choose your paint and stain colors, and get step-by-step help creating a piece to take home.

Taproom Bingo with Ken | 6:00 p.m. | Black Tooth Brewery, 520 W 19th St | Free to Attend | Grab a seat and play a few rounds of bingo with Ken.

Halloween Jeopardy | 6:30 p.m. | Blue Raven Brewery, 209 E 18th St | Free to Attend, Register Online | Put your spooky trivia knowledge to the test during a Halloween-themed round of Jeopardy. Space is limited to 10 teams, register your team here.

Wednesday, October 14th

Trivia Wednesday | 6:30 p.m. | The Paramount Ballroom, 1609 Capitol Ave | Free to Attend | Grab a team, order a drink, and see how your crew stacks up at this trivia night.

Theresa Caputo Live! The Experience | 7:30 p.m. | Cheyenne Civic Center, 510 W 20th St | $59.68+ | Theresa Caputo, best known as the Long Island Medium, brings her live show to Cheyenne for an evening of stories, humor, audience interaction, and what she describes as messages from departed loved ones.

Thursday, October 15th

Thankful Thursday | 4:00 p.m. | East Lincolnway Event Hall, 3839 E Lincolnway | Free to Attend | This week’s Thankful Thursday benefits the CFD Old West Museum, with raffles, food, and a live auction helping support the museum’s work preserving and sharing the history of the American West.

Bunco Night | 6:00 p.m. | Wagonhound Wine Co., 1610 Capitol Ave | Free to Attend | Roll the dice during a casual night of Bunco with prizes and gift cards up for grabs.

The Legend Dinner Club | 6:00 p.m. | Location Revealed Day Of | $15.99 + Cost of Meal | Meet five new people over dinner somewhere in Cheyenne. You’ll be matched with your table ahead of time, receive your restaurant location the morning of, and get the location of this month’s Halloween-themed after-party during dinner. Registration ends Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.!

Friday, October 16th

Booklovers Bash 2026: Small Towns, Big Stories | 5:00 p.m. | Little America, 2800 W Lincolnway | $125+ | The Laramie County Library Foundation’s annual fundraiser features bestselling author Patrick Ryan, along with dinner, a dessert dash, and an evening supporting the local library.

Nightmare on 17th Street: Dinner & A Haunt (Also Sat) | 6:00 p.m. | The Metropolitan Downtown, 1701 Carey Ave | Cost of Dinner | Start the night with dinner at The Metropolitan Downtown, then head over to Nightmare on 17th Street. Each entree purchased includes one free haunted house ticket for that night. Reservations are encouraged.

Oktoberfest German Food Class | 6:00 p.m. | Olive & Herb, 1507 Stillwater Dr, Unit G | $65 | Spend the evening learning a traditional German menu with guest chef Jeanice during this Oktoberfest-themed cooking class. The 90-minute class features German dishes prepared with Olive & Herb’s oils and balsamic blends.

Live Music with Davis and Mavrick | 6:00 p.m. | Black Tooth Brewery, 520 W 19th St | Free to Attend | Catch live music from Davis and Mavrick to start the weekend.

DIY Teen Workshop | 6:00 p.m. | Board & Brush Cheyenne, 1719 Pioneer Ave | $35 | Teens can pick a mini wood project, choose their paint and stain colors, and get step-by-step help creating a piece to take home.

Hauntings & History Tours (Also Sat) | 6:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. | Capitol Ave & W 15th St | $15+ | Climb aboard the Cheyenne Street Railway for a trip through the city’s darker side, with stories of ghostly encounters, mysterious happenings, and the people and places that left their mark on Cheyenne history.

Art for Art | 7:00 p.m. | The Lincoln, 1615 Central Ave | $27.88 | Arts Cheyenne’s annual Art for Art event brings local artwork, drinks, shopping, live music, and a few surprises together for a night supporting Cheyenne artists and the local arts community.

Nightmare on 17th Street (Also Sat) | 7:00 p.m. | Knights of Pythias, 312 W 17th St | $20 | Nightmare on 17th Street is back for another weekend of scares, with the long-running downtown haunted house opening its doors Friday and Saturday night.

Saturday, October 17th

Cheyenne Farmers Market | 8:00 a.m. | CFD Parking Lot, 8th Ave & Hynds Blvd | Free to Attend | The Cheyenne Farmers Market wraps up its season with a Halloween twist. Shop the final market of the year while kids trick-or-treat from vendor to vendor and show off their costumes along the way.

Free Fall Community Day | 9:00 a.m. | Cheyenne Children’s Museum, 1618 O’Neil Ave | Free to Attend | Spend the day at the Cheyenne Children’s Museum with free admission, hands-on fall-themed activities, engineering challenges, pumpkins, and more. The first 200 guests will also receive a meal voucher to use at one of the food trucks on-site.

2026 Autumn Fest & Pumpkin Patch (Also Sun) | 10:00 a.m. | Windy Creek Farm, 3700 Campstool Rd | $6+ | Head out to Windy Creek Farm for pumpkins, a corn maze, hay maze, train rides, bounce houses, pumpkin bowling, giant games, and more fall activities for the whole family.

Halloween Harvest Market | 10:00 a.m. | Event Center at Archer, 3801 Archer Pkwy | Free to Attend | Shop from local vendors, bring the kids for trick-or-treating at participating booths, check out the 4-H Showcase, play carnival games, and enjoy balloon twisting, face painting, raffles, and more during this annual Halloween market.

Permanent Jewelry Pop-Up (Also Sun) | 10:00 a.m. | Beach Please Drink Company, 1717 Warren Ave | Price Varies | Add a little sparkle to the weekend with a permanent jewelry pop-up featuring bracelets, anklets, necklaces, and personalized pieces.

UW Football Watch Party | 1:30 p.m. | Black Tooth Brewery, 520 W 19th St | Free to Attend | Catch the Wyoming game Saturday afternoon, then stick around for Ladies Night with $2 off pints from 5:00 p.m. to close.

Fall Festival | 3:00 p.m. | Cheyenne Classical Academy, 5200 Ridge Rd | Donation Entry | Cheyenne Classical Academy’s fall festival brings together food, games, vendor shopping, classroom raffles, a bake sale, and trunk-or-treat. Admission is a donation of cash, school supplies, or canned goods for the food bank.

Crab Crack 2026 | 4:30 p.m. | Cheyenne Shrine Club, 224 E Iowa St | $50+ | Come hungry for the Cheyenne Shrine Club’s annual all-you-can-eat Crab Crack. Proceeds benefit the Shrine Club and Masonic Building Foundation, with dinner service beginning at 5:00 p.m.

A Night of Italian Opera | 6:00 p.m. | L’Osteria Mondello | Reservations Required | Spend the evening with Opera Uncorked Wyoming and L’Osteria Mondello for a night of Italian opera paired with dinner. All ages are welcome, and reservations are required.

Fall Flannels Pick Your Project Workshop | 6:00 p.m. | Board & Brush Cheyenne | $73 | Pull on a flannel and spend the evening making a custom wood project from Board & Brush’s gallery. This workshop is 16+, BYOB, and pre-registration is required.

Bingo Loco | 7:00 p.m. | The Lincoln, 1615 Central Ave | $37.25 | Bingo gets a full-on party makeover with DJs, dance-offs, lip-sync battles, confetti, and some very nontraditional prizes. This traveling show turns a few rounds of bingo into a high-energy night out, and it’s 18+.

A Journey Through the ’60s! | 7:30 p.m. | Cheyenne Civic Center, 510 W 20th St | $41+ | Take a musical trip through the 1960s with hits from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, The Kinks, The Byrds, and more. The show combines live music, vintage costumes, multimedia visuals, and familiar songs from the decade.

Sunday, October 18th

Soulful Sunday: Get Mindful Over Mimosas | 11:00 a.m. | Railspur | $25 | Ease into Sunday with an all-levels yoga class from Little Lotus Yoga. Admission includes an hour-long yoga session and a bottomless mimosa.

✈️ More Denver Flights: Cheyenne Regional Airport is adding more daily flights between Cheyenne and Denver.

⚡ Power Pain: Neighbors north of Cheyenne are pushing back on plans for a new Black Hills Energy natural gas power plant.

👻 Hotel Hauntings: Ghost hunters recently explored the cellar of Cheyenne’s historic Plains Hotel.

🚂 844 Hits the Rails: Union Pacific’s No. 844 is returning for a holiday tour, where it will reunite with Big Boy No. 4014.

🏕️ Camping Expansion: A new KOA campground is being built on the southside of town.

🍺 Games Changing: Some Wyoming bars are ending shake-a-days and football pools following changes under a new state law.

🔌 Power Pushback: Laramie County residents are raising concerns about a proposed 16-mile power line connecting to a Colorado wind farm.

🚒 New Engine: Laramie County Fire Authority has ordered a new custom fire engine using Sixth Penny funds.

💻 Powering Google: Black Hills Energy plans to invest $1.8 billion in infrastructure to serve Google’s Cheyenne data center.

🌿 Kratom Conversation: The Laramie County Sheriff’s Office has announced a public discussion focused on kratom and its regulation in Wyoming.

🧁 New Bakery: Sweet Saddle Bake Co. has a new location in Cheyenne’s south side.

Tom Papa is bringing a night of stand-up to downtown later this month with his Grateful Bread Tour. Papa has spent more than 20 years in stand-up, with comedy specials, books, podcasts, and late-night appearances along the way. His current material leans into family life, marriage, everyday routines, and the kind of small frustrations that somehow get funnier the more familiar they feel. He’s also built a following well beyond the stage through his Netflix specials and Breaking Bread podcast. If you’re in the mood for a big-name comedy stop without having to leave Cheyenne, put this one on the calendar. Tickets are on sale now! Thurs, Oct 22nd, 7:00 p.m., The Lincoln, 1615 Central Ave, $42.59+.