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# This Week’s Events and News: October 18–24, 2026
- URL: https://lagrandeloop.com/this-weeks-events-and-news-october-18-24-2026/
- Published: 2026-10-18T15:10:08.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T03:15:14.000Z
- Description: Events coming up this week a public safety reminder
- Author: Evan Humphry
- Tags: Newsletter, Events, News, #newsletter-draft, #newsletter-week-start-2026-10-18, #newsletter-week-end-2026-10-24

This week’s newsletter is a bit more of a public safety reminder (with upcoming events, too!). With the sidewalk construction on Main Street, college students back in town, and the recent nice days for walking—and the not-so-nice ones soon to come—I wanted to pass along this flyer from ODOT and our local Safe Routes to School organization. It’s a helpful reminder of crosswalk laws and safety tips for both drivers and folks walking around town.  
  
[https://www.oregon.gov/odot/Safety/Documents/Guide\_To\_Oregon\_Crosswalk\_Laws\_EN.pdf](https://www.oregon.gov/odot/Safety/Documents/Guide%5FTo%5FOregon%5FCrosswalk%5FLaws%5FEN.pdf?ref=lagrandeloop.com)

![](https://lagrandeloop.com/content/images/2026/10/data-src-image-750da8c7-dedc-4f04-b62b-a36623daac35.png)

Be safe out there!  
  
Here are community events coming up around La Grande for October 18–24, 2026.

## Upcoming Events

## Sunday, October 18

- [**Summerville Stables Pumpkin Patch — Oct. 3-31**](https://lagrandeloop.com/family/summerville-stables-pumpkin-patch-oct-3-31/) *(Family, Outdoors)* — Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 3-31, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Summerville Stables. $15 online; $18 at the gate; free for children younger than 2.

## Monday, October 19

- [**Coffee with Councilor Hickey — Oct. 5-26**](https://lagrandeloop.com/coffee-with-councilor-hickey-oct-5-26/) *(City Council, Government)* — Mondays, Oct. 5-26, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at The Press Room, 1124 Washington Ave., La Grande. Coffee available for purchase.
- [**Union County Trail Expansion Interest Meeting — Oct. 19**](https://lagrandeloop.com/union-county-trail-expansion-interest-meeting-oct-19/) *(Outdoors)* — Union County trail expansion interest meeting — 6 p.m. Oct. 19 at Church of the Nazarene, 1120 Birch St., Elgin.

## Tuesday, October 20

- [**A Man Called York — Oct. 20**](https://lagrandeloop.com/community/a-man-called-york-oct-20/) *(Community)* — Tuesday, Oct. 20, 6-7 p.m. at Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St., La Grande.
- [**Pinochle social group — Tuesdays**](https://lagrandeloop.com/community/pinochle-social-group-tuesdays/) *(Community)* — Tuesdays at 1 p.m. at the La Grande Senior Center. The pinochle social group is open to everyone.

## Wednesday, October 21

- [**Bingo — Wednesdays**](https://lagrandeloop.com/community/bingo-wednesdays/) *(Community)* — Wednesdays at the La Grande Senior Center. Card sales begin at 1:30 p.m.; bingo starts at 2 p.m. Cash prizes.
- [**Online privacy workshop for seniors — Oct. 21**](https://lagrandeloop.com/community/online-privacy-workshop-for-seniors-oct-21/) *(Community)* — Online privacy workshop for adults 65 and older — Oct. 21, 2-3 p.m. at Cook Memorial Library in La Grande. Bring a device.
- [**Parenting Doc Talk — Oct. 21**](https://lagrandeloop.com/family/parenting-doc-talk-oct-21/) *(Family, Community)* — Parenting Doc Talk — Wednesday, Oct. 21, 5:30-7 p.m. at Huber Auditorium in Badgley Hall at Eastern Oregon University.
- [**Sit and Sip social hour — Wednesdays**](https://lagrandeloop.com/community/sit-and-sip-social-hour-wednesdays/) *(Community, Senior)* — Wednesdays, 9–10 a.m. at the La Grande Senior Center. Free coffee and tea, with sweet treats most weeks.

## Thursday, October 22

- [**Community Roundtable: Neighbors Helping Neighbors — Oct. 22**](https://lagrandeloop.com/community/community-roundtable-neighbors-helping-neighbors-oct-22/) *(Community)* — Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. at Market Place Fresh Foods, 1912 Fourth St., La Grande. Share ideas for neighbors and organizations helping people who need a hand.
- [**Family Community Dance Night**](https://lagrandeloop.com/family/family-community-dance-night/) *(Family, Community, Music)* — Free community dance night with square dances, reels, and circle dances — all taught on site — with live music. Thu Oct 22, 6–7 pm, Willow Gym, La Grande.
- [**Growing Through Grief Support Group**](https://lagrandeloop.com/community/growing-through-grief-support-group/) *(Community, Health)* — Eight-week grief support group meeting Thursdays, Sept. 24–Nov. 12, 2026, 6–8 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in La Grande.

## Friday, October 23

- [**Louie! Louie! Louie! — Oct. 23**](https://lagrandeloop.com/arts-culture/louie-louie-louie-oct-23/) *(Music)* — Louie! Louie! Louie! — Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m., Swartz Theatre, EOU, $20 at the door
- [**Night Fright Productions Haunted Warehouse — Oct. 2-31**](https://lagrandeloop.com/family/night-fright-productions-haunted-warehouse-oct-2-31/) *(Halloween, Family)* — 7-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Oct. 2-31, at 410 Railroad Ave., Imbler. Tickets start at $20.
- [**Shrek the Musical Jr. — Oct. 16-31**](https://lagrandeloop.com/family/shrek-the-musical-jr-oct-16-31/) *(Family, Art & Music)* — Performances run Oct. 16-31 at the Elgin Opera House Mainstage, with Friday evening shows and Saturday matinees.

## Saturday, October 24

- [**Night Fright Productions Haunted Warehouse — Oct. 2-31**](https://lagrandeloop.com/family/night-fright-productions-haunted-warehouse-oct-2-31/) *(Halloween, Family)* — 7-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Oct. 2-31, at 410 Railroad Ave., Imbler. Tickets start at $20.
- [**Shrek the Musical Jr. — Oct. 16-31**](https://lagrandeloop.com/family/shrek-the-musical-jr-oct-16-31/) *(Family, Art & Music)* — Performances run Oct. 16-31 at the Elgin Opera House Mainstage, with Friday evening shows and Saturday matinees.
- [**Summerville Stables Pumpkin Patch — Oct. 3-31**](https://lagrandeloop.com/family/summerville-stables-pumpkin-patch-oct-3-31/) *(Family, Outdoors)* — Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 3-31, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Summerville Stables. $15 online; $18 at the gate; free for children younger than 2.

## This Week in Local Sports

[**See the complete October 18–24, 2026 sports schedule**](https://lagrandeloop.com/union-county-sports-schedule-oct-18-24-2026/) for Eastern Oregon University and varsity teams from La Grande, Imbler, Union, Elgin and Cove.

## More Events Ahead

- Wednesday, Oct. 28 — [**Community Town Hall — Oct. 28**](https://lagrandeloop.com/city/community-town-hall-oct-28/) — Community Town Hall — 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, at EOU Huber Auditorium and online.
- Friday, Oct. 30 — [**Dinner & Live Theater: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Author — Oct. 30–Nov. 7**](https://lagrandeloop.com/dinner-live-theater-mary-shelley-frankenstein-author-oct-30-nov-7/) — Three 6–8 p.m. performances Oct. 30 and Nov. 6–7 at the Elgin Museum & Historical Society, 800 Alder St., in Elgin. Tickets are $45; pre-order at elginmuseum.org.
- Friday, Oct. 30 — [**Night Fright Productions Haunted Warehouse — Oct. 2-31**](https://lagrandeloop.com/family/night-fright-productions-haunted-warehouse-oct-2-31/) — 7-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Oct. 2-31, at 410 Railroad Ave., Imbler. Tickets start at $20.
- Friday, Oct. 30 — [**Shrek the Musical Jr. — Oct. 16-31**](https://lagrandeloop.com/family/shrek-the-musical-jr-oct-16-31/) — Performances run Oct. 16-31 at the Elgin Opera House Mainstage, with Friday evening shows and Saturday matinees.
- Friday, Oct. 30 — [**Witches Night Out — Oct. 30**](https://lagrandeloop.com/food-drinks/witches-night-out-oct-30/) — Witches Night Out — Friday, Oct. 30, 4–9 p.m. at K Voelz Wines, 1104 Jefferson Ave., La Grande. Tarot readings and small bites.
- Saturday, Oct. 31 — [**Community dance — Oct. 31**](https://lagrandeloop.com/arts-culture/community-dance-oct-31/) — Saturday, Oct. 31, 6–9 p.m. at the La Grande Senior Center. $5 admission and a potluck intermission.
- Saturday, Oct. 31 — [**Halloween Party at Clank-Tronix — Oct. 31**](https://lagrandeloop.com/arts-culture/halloween-party-at-clank-tronix-oct-31/) — Halloween Party — Oct. 31 at Clank-Tronix, La Grande. All-ages music 6–8:30 p.m.; later music 9 p.m.–midnight may contain explicit language. $5 admission.
- Saturday, Oct. 31 — [**La Grande Halloween Safe Trick-or-Treat — Oct. 31**](https://lagrandeloop.com/family/la-grande-halloween-safe-trick-or-treat-oct-31/) — Halloween Safe Trick-or-Treat and costume contest — 4–6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, along Adams Avenue in downtown La Grande.
- Saturday, Oct. 31 — [**Night Fright Productions Haunted Warehouse — Oct. 2-31**](https://lagrandeloop.com/family/night-fright-productions-haunted-warehouse-oct-2-31/) — 7-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Oct. 2-31, at 410 Railroad Ave., Imbler. Tickets start at $20.
- Saturday, Oct. 31 — [**Shrek the Musical Jr. — Oct. 16-31**](https://lagrandeloop.com/family/shrek-the-musical-jr-oct-16-31/) — Performances run Oct. 16-31 at the Elgin Opera House Mainstage, with Friday evening shows and Saturday matinees.
- Saturday, Nov. 7 — [**Goat Got Your Pumpkin**](https://lagrandeloop.com/family/goat-got-your-pumpkin/) — Bring your pumpkins and leaves to the compost yard in North Powder for cider and goats!
- Tuesday, Nov. 10 — [**77th Farmer Merchant Banquet — Nov. 10**](https://lagrandeloop.com/community/77th-farmer-merchant-banquet-nov-10/) — Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, at EOU Gilbert Center, 1 University Blvd., La Grande. Start time and admission were not listed.
- Wednesday, Nov. 18 — [**Grande Ronde Symphony Orchestra fall concert — Nov. 18**](https://lagrandeloop.com/arts-culture/grande-ronde-symphony-orchestra-fall-concert-nov-18/) — The orchestra performs from 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 18 at EOU McKenzie Theatre in Loso Hall, La Grande. Tickets are available through the orchestra.
- Thursday, Dec. 10 — [**Annual Holiday Gift Exchange — Dec. 10**](https://lagrandeloop.com/community/annual-holiday-gift-exchange-dec-10/) — Annual Holiday Gift Exchange — Dec. 10, 5–9:30 p.m. at The Train Station in La Grande. Open to all women in Union County. tickets include dinner.
- Saturday, Dec. 12 — [**Winter Fest — Dec. 12**](https://lagrandeloop.com/community/winter-fest-dec-12/) — Winter Fest — Saturday, Dec. 12, at the old Globe Furniture building in La Grande. Holiday market vendors are being sought.
- Sunday, Dec. 13 — [**Community invited to join Handel’s ‘Messiah’ performance — Dec. 13**](https://lagrandeloop.com/arts-culture/community-invited-to-join-handels-messiah-performance-dec-13/) — Performance: 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, at McKenzie Theatre, EOU. Community choir and orchestra rehearsals begin in October.