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The Morning Brief
Champaign–Urbana, IL • Saturday, October 31, 2026
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Today ☁️ 73° / 56° dew 41° dry | Sun ☁️ 70° / 57° dew 49° dry 37% rain | Mon 🌧 65° / 54° dew 56° comfortable | Tue 🌧 70° / 61° dew 59° comfortable 58% rain |
| | Today: Bring a light jacket (feels like 56° at 7 am). Sunset at 5:51 pm. |
| TODAY — Saturday, October 31 | | Live Music | | 11:00 am | ★ Concert for Kids · The Urbana Free Library Join students from the University of Illinois School of Music for a lively mini-concert of music for families and the young at heart… | | 3:00 pm | ★ Los Guapos · Rose Bowl Tavern Los Guapos is a local instrumental trio, inspired by Peruvian Chicha and American psychedelic rock. 🎃 Halloween daytime show! 🎉🎶 Dancey fun | | 8:00 pm | ★ 90's Daughter Halloween · Cowboy Monkey Your Halloween soundtrack just got louder. | | 8:30 pm | ★ Bat Factory || Halloween · Rose Bowl Tavern FWIW, you will not need to pay twice. | | Everything Else | | all day | ● Halloween Booktacular Giveaway · Main Library Celebrate Halloween and autumn with a book treat! | | 8:00 am | ● Science at the Market: UIUC Computer Science Department · Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square | | 9:45 am | Saturday Physics for Everyone: What Can Physics Tell Us About Biological Machines? · Lobby - Loomis Laboratory Of Physics Through many decades of research, scientists have come to understand how dynamic the living cell is. | | 10:00 am | ● Youth Flag Football Camp (1st-4th Grade) · Zahnd Park Learn the fundamentals, improve your skills, and have fun on the field. | | 12:00 pm | ● Youth Flag Football Camp (5th-8th Grade) · Zahnd Park Learn the fundamentals, improve your skills, and have fun on the field. | | 1:00 pm | ● Howl-o-ween · Main Library Join us for an afternoon of Halloween fun with crafts, games, and activities! | | 1:00 pm | ● Library Trick or Treat · The Urbana Free Library | | 1:00 pm | Mt. Hope Cemetery Walk · Mt. Hope Cemetery | | 1:00 pm | Workshop: Performing the Plays of Hrotsvitha (10th c.) · Lucy Ellis Lounge -- room 1080, Literatures, Cultures Join us for a performance workshop centered on two of the plays composed by Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim (c. | | 1:30 pm | Spooky Skate · Ice Arena Get ready for a frightfully fun time at Spooky Skate! | | 2:00 pm | ● public tour FREE · Spurlock Museum Drop in for a tour given by our student gallery guides! | | 2:00 pm | Violent Universe · Staerkel Planetarium Comets, asteroids and meteoroids hurtling through space; stars collapsing under their own gravity… | | 7:30 pm | Sinfonia da Camera: Spellbound · Foellinger Great Hall PROGRAM Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice Georges Bizet: "Habanera" from Carmen Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez Manuel de Falla: El amor… | | 9:00 pm | HALLOWEEN EMO NIGHT · The Space | | 10:00 pm | SigRho Helloween · The City Center |
| | TOMORROW — Sunday, November 01 | | Live Music | | 1:00 pm | ★ Dia de Muertos 2026 · La Casa Cultural Latina Join La Casa Cultural Latina as we honor Día de Muertos, a cherished tradition dedicated to remembering and celebrating the lives of our ancestors… | | 2:30 pm | ★ Philo Country Opry FREE · Rose Bowl Tavern Classic Country and Western Swing with Ed Clem, Dave Ohlsson, Dyke Corson, Chrissy Sparks and more! | | 6:00 pm | ★ Turino Family Band FREE · Rose Bowl Tavern Matt (fiddle, guitar, feet, and vocals) and Tom (banjo, accordions, fiddle, and vocals) have been playing string band, Cajun… | | Everything Else | | all day | ● Make and Take Craft · The Urbana Free Library Do you like crafts and making things? | | all day | The CU Wedding Collective Experience Presented by Michelle’s Bridal · Hotel Royer Urbana Champaign, Tapestry Collection by Hilton | | 12:00 pm | ● Illini Volleyball vs Ohio State - Camper Reunion // Kids Day · Huff Hall | | 1:30 pm | ● Hamilton Sing-Along Matinee · Spurlock Museum In conjunction with our current featured exhibit, Unfinished Revolutions: Living Stories of American Rights… | | 2:00 pm | ● Calling all Writers for Youth! - First Pages · The Urbana Free Library Bring part of your manuscript for peer feedback. | | 3:00 pm | Sunday Salon: Maxwell Schultz, cello & Ana Huerta, piano · Foellinger Great Hall Second-place winner Maxwell Schultz is an emerging cellist from the Chicago area. | | 4:00 pm | ● Time Warp: DoctoberFest Fifty years ago, The Rocky Horror Picture Show burst onto the scene and blew everyone’s minds — a glorious, campy, sexy… | | 6:00 pm | ● Hamilton Sing-Along Evening · Spurlock Museum In conjunction with our current featured exhibit, Unfinished Revolutions: Living Stories of American Rights… |
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Who we called: UI Campus Calendar (14 listings); Champaign Park District (4 listings); Champaign Public Library (4 listings); Chambana Film Society (1 listing); Parkland College (1 listing); Visit Downtown Champaign (0 listings); Cowboy Monkey (1 listing); Songkick (Champaign–Urbana) (0 listings); The City Center (1 listing); Eventbrite (Champaign, IL) (2 listings); The Cosmo (0 listings); Rose Bowl Tavern (4 listings); Urbana Free Library (5 listings); Eventbrite (Urbana, IL) (2 listings); Eventbrite (Savoy, IL) (1 listing).
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