Clematis by FRIGHT
Clematis by Night goes Halloween: hayrides, trick-or-treating and a raffle, with Uncle Morty's Rhythm Cream (a 10-piece soul band) on stage. Bring the kids.
Issue #1 · Thursday, Oct 29, 2026
Things to do in West Palm Beach this week
Welcome to issue #1. Halloween lands on a Saturday, the clocks fall back Sunday, and a real-ice rink opens downtown the same day. If you only do one thing: Clematis by FRIGHT tonight. It's free, on the waterfront, and has hayrides. Every pick links to its source, so check times before you go.
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Halloween weekend
Fright Nights: last two nights
Three haunted houses, scare zones and midway rides. Haunts open at 7pm. Parking is card-only.
Art After Dark: Halloween at the Norton
Friday night at the museum, with a candy scavenger hunt in the garden from 6 to 9, tours and live performances.
Spookyville at Yesteryear Village
The little-kid version: trick-or-treating, a petting zoo, a balloon artist and a light show every night. Saturday runs 11am–9pm.
Olympus After Dark rooftop party
Come as a god, monster or legend. DJs, a judged costume contest, and a shot with every ticket. 21+.
Halloween Night Bar Crawl
A costumed crawl down Clematis with games, prizes and a best-dressed contest. Check in 8–9:30pm. Rideshare.
Emo Night at Respectable Street
Respectables' grand reopening weekend meets Emo Night on Halloween. Costumes encouraged. 21+, and it runs until 5am.
Saturday morning on the water
GreenMarket + Antique & Flea
The Saturday double: produce and prepared food on the waterfront, then antiques a block up Clematis. The first hour is the quiet one.
LagoonFest
The 13th annual family festival for the Lake Worth Lagoon, right next to the market.
Not-So-Spooky Movie Marathon
Drop-in Halloween movies for families in the KidSpace. More giggles than goosebumps. Costumes optional.
Family Studio at the Norton
Ages 5–12 with a grown-up: a short gallery tour, then make your own landscape artwork. Reserve a spot first.
Last weekend: Mr. Jack O' Lanterns Pumpkin Patch
Last chance for pumpkin pictures before it packs up Sunday.
Sunday: clocks fall back
Winter Wonderland ice rink at The Ben
South Florida's only real-ice outdoor rink is back for year three, and bigger, through Jan 3. Skate rental is included.
Dirty Dancing: The Musical, final shows
The stage version, with live music from the film. It also plays Thursday through Saturday if Sunday's full.
Stage, art and free music
Live & Social on the Kravis plaza
Free outdoor sets: theatrical pop-rock from Spider Cherry on Thursday, and Brett Staska's 'coastal cowboy' country-surf on Halloween night.
Hershey Felder: The Piano & Me
A new, personal play with Bach, Chopin and Rachmaninoff played live. Through Nov 22.
Blazing Light: Photographs by Mimi Plumb
Stark black-and-white pictures of the Western landscape. Want the backstory? Plumb gives an artist talk Friday at 6pm (register first).
STORY: PBA Dance Ensemble
Palm Beach Atlantic's dancers do ballet, jazz, tap and hip-hop. Cheap seats for a Wednesday.
Midweek
YouRun Crew morning run
All paces. A good way to start Election Day before you go vote.
Celis Run Club: 3 miles on Flagler
A sunset run along the water, all paces welcome.
Free startup workshop
The city and FAU's small business center host a workshop and networking night for early-stage founders. Register on Eventbrite.
New on the plate
All new restaurants in West Palm Beach →
Pastis
Stephen Starr's Parisian brasserie, the fifth Pastis anywhere, now anchors the new Nora Hotel. Book ahead.
Jack's Bar
The Nora's lobby cocktail bar: pecky cypress and a Spanish Colonial look. Built for a drink before Pastis.
The Daily Focaccia
A locally owned focaccia and sandwich shop downtown. Lunch is sorted.
Niwa + 212 Bagel Co.
The Emelina team's Japanese-Latin spot with a tea garden is slated for October, though no date has been confirmed yet. A New York-style bagel shop is due on Clematis in November.
Goodbye, Camelot
The downtown nightclub closed Sept. 19 after 12 years. The Clematis Starbucks also closed Sept. 26.
Before you vote
Early voting: 28 sites, use any of them
Bring photo and signature ID. Mail ballots are due by 7pm Tue 11/3 at the main office (5pm at branches). Wait times are posted at VotePalmBeach.gov.
Election Day
On Election Day you vote at your own precinct. Look it up with the Precinct Finder.
On your ballot: parks, libraries, schools
Up to $280M in county parks bonds, up to $175M in library bonds, and whether to keep the school district's 1-mill tax from 2027 to 2031. These figures match the official sample ballot.
The local news, short
Monday's commission agenda: a bigger downtown
The Oct. 26 agenda included a first-reading hearing to fold 420 Okeechobee Blvd and 915 S. Dixie Hwy into the Downtown Master Plan, part of a 25-year downtown vision. The zoning changes come later, after state review.
An air-taxi pad on top of a CityPlace garage?
Also on Monday's agenda: letting CityPlace add an electric air-taxi 'vertistop' on the Hibiscus Garage. Any actual landing deck would still need its own approval.
City election set for March 9, 2027
Mayor plus the District 2 and 4 seats, with a runoff March 23 if needed. This is separate from next week's vote.
$150K from the DDA for downtown homeless outreach
The Downtown Development Authority would fund the city's Homeless Outreach Team in the district, with monthly reports back to the DDA.
Parker Avenue project is back on: $5.1M
Approved Oct. 13, along with up to ~$6.4M for three fire trucks and a new three-year SEIU contract.
Roads: what's closed
N. Flagler is fully closed from 30th to 34th until early 2027. S. Flagler closes Fri–Sat for LagoonFest, and Clematis closes Thursday night for Clematis by FRIGHT.
City tests AI to speed up public-records requests
A Knight Foundation grant funds a year-long pilot with Caldera, starting with IT and police records, with staff signing off on every response.
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