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10/30/2026

10/27/2026

THIS WEEK IN HOCHATOWN 🎃

October 26–November 1

Happy Sunday! I'm a local cabin owner, and I put this list together each week for my guests, sharing it here for anyone visiting, too.

QUICK PICKS

🎃 Family Halloween plans: Idabel trick-or-treating Friday; Harvest Fest, Choctaw Landing, and Safe N Sane Saturday
🎶 Halloween night music: Mountain Fork Brewery, Abendigo's, Choctaw Landing, and the Saloon
🍷 Midweek plans: w**e, painting, bingo, and karaoke
↓ Full schedule below

MONDAY 10/26

• 5:45 PM: Yoga with Denise, Campe’ Dieme Diem, Broken Bow
• Running all week: Holly Creek Oak Hill Haunted House, Broken Bow (last week of the season, through Oct 31)

TUESDAY 10/27 - A GOOD DAY TO EXPLORE

Fall color, lake time, or a quieter day around Beavers Bend.

WEDNESDAY 10/28

• 6:00-8:00 PM: Paint your Sass Off, Girls Gone W**e, Broken Bow
• 8:00-10:00 PM: Music Bingo, Tipsy Beaver, Broken Bow

THURSDAY 10/29

• 5:30 PM: Beginners Belly Dancing, Gallery 259, Hochatown
• 6:30-7:30 PM: Music Bingo, Mountain Fork Brewery Tap Room, Hochatown
• 7:00-11:00 PM: Haworth FFA Haunted House, Haworth (haunted carnival, Oct 29-31, about 20 minutes east)
• 7:00-11:30 PM: Karaoke, Tipsy Beaver, Broken Bow

FRIDAY 10/30

• 3:30-5:30 PM: Downtown Idabel Trick-or-Treat, Idabel
• 6:30-9:30 PM, live music: Clay Logan, Mountain Fork Brewery, Hochatown (free)
• 7:00-9:00 PM: Fall Music on Main, Broken Bow
• 7:00-9:00 PM, live music: Heather Linn, Abendigo's Grill & Patio, Broken Bow
• 7:00-10:00 PM: Corner Loop Skating Rink Open Skate, Broken Bow
• Evening: Fort Towson Haunted Trail, Fort Towson (Oct 30-31, about 45 minutes out)

SATURDAY 10/31

🎃 Family events & trick-or-treating
• 12:30-7:00 PM: Hugo Pumpkin Festival, Hugo ($15 ages 3 and up, 2 and under free, about an hour west, last weekend of the season)
• 2:00-5:00 PM: Harvest Fest, Green Chapel, Wright City (family harvest festival with hay rides and trunk-or-treating)
• 5:30-8:30 PM: Trunk-or-Treat, Choctaw Landing, Hochatown
• 6:00-8:00 PM: Safe N Sane, downtown Broken Bow (downtown Halloween with a costume contest)
• Also tonight: last night for the Holly Creek Oak Hill Haunted House, and the second night of the Fort Towson Haunted Trail

🎶 Music & nightlife
• 7:00 PM, live music: Payton Howie, Mountain Fork Brewery, Hochatown (free)
• 7:00-9:00 PM, live music: Lee Mathis and The Brutally Handsome, Abendigo's Grill & Patio, Broken Bow
• 7:00 PM-12:00 AM: Boos and Booze Halloween Pregame, Scotty Doggs Hide Out, Hochatown (across from the Saloon)
• 8:30-11:30 PM, live music: Enter Eden, Cypress Lawn, Choctaw Landing, Hochatown (outdoor show at the casino lawn)
• 9:00 PM, live music: Cash Bash, Hochatown Saloon, Broken Bow (doors 8:30 PM)

SUNDAY 11/1

• 1:00-5:00 PM: Hugo Pumpkin Festival, Hugo (last day of the season, $15 ages 3 and up, 2 and under free)
• Prefer a slower Sunday? Explore Beavers Bend, visit the Forest Heritage Center Museum, or plan some time along the Mountain Fork.

BEFORE YOU GO

• Weather: Warm early in the week, with rain in the Halloween weekend forecast. Bring a rain layer, take gravel cabin roads slowly, and check outdoor-event updates before heading out.
• Burn ban still in effect in McCurtain County (since Oct 13): no open burning or outdoor fire pits, even at the cabin. Check the county's order for exactly what's allowed, and violations can mean a fine up to $500. Use battery lights in jack-o-lanterns, not candles.
• Muzzleloader and archery seasons are open this week. If you hike outside the park, wear orange; no hunting inside Beavers Bend State Park, so park trails are the easy choice.
• Clocks fall back at 2:00 AM Sunday, Nov 1, so you gain an hour of sleep and sunsets get earlier after that.
• Halloween tip: Hochatown cabins sit far apart on dark, winding roads with no sidewalks, so plan on the organized trunk-or-treats and Safe N Sane instead of door-to-door trick-or-treating. Bring a flashlight, drive slowly, and watch for deer at dusk.

SOURCES & UPDATES

Confirm times, tickets, and weather changes directly with the venues.
Hochatown Saloon: https://www.hochatownsaloon.com/events

Choctaw Landing events: https://hocha.town/events

Hugo Pumpkin Festival guide: https://
reservationdestinationllc.com/guides/pumpkin-patches-hochatown-broken-bow

Trick-or-treat guide: https://reservationdestinationllc.com/guides/trick-or-treat-broken-bow-hochatown

Burn ban status: https://burnbanradar.com/ok/mccurtain/

Live burn ban status for McCurtain county, Oklahoma. Open burning prohibited. Source cited, timestamped Oct 27, 2026.

10/20/2026

McCurtain County Board of County Commissioners has extended the burn ban until November 2nd (another two weeks).

10/20/2026

THIS WEEK IN HOCHATOWN

October 19 – October 25

Warm, dry, and doing Halloween season right: highs climb from 77 into the mid-80s by the weekend, with lows in the 40s and 50s. Friday is the big night, with a one-night Poe show downtown, a Down-Home Oktoberfest kicking off at the brewery, and Big Boogie headlining the Saloon. Saturday with the Lumberjax Festival and the haunted train.

LIVE MUSIC

• Star Dale @ Mountain Fork Brewery Tap Room, Hochatown — Fri, 6:30–9:30 PM | free
• Caleb Boles @ Abendigo's Grill & Patio, Broken Bow — Fri, 7–9 PM | dinner-and-tunes set
• Big Boogie @ Hochatown Saloon, Broken Bow — Fri, 9 PM (doors 8:30) | $40, Memphis CMG rapper behind "Pop Out" and "BOP" ft. GloRilla
• Cole Stephens @ Mountain Fork Brewery, Hochatown — Sat, 6:30 PM | free
• Ben Brock @ Abendigo's Grill & Patio, Broken Bow — Sat, 7–9 PM | evening set over dinner
• Down Home @ Beavers Bend Brewery, Broken Bow — Sat, 2–5 PM | afternoon set as part of the brewery's Oktoberfest weekend

EVENTS

• Yoga with Denise @ Campe’ Diem, Broken Bow — Mon, 5:45 PM | weekly evening flow, all levels welcome
• Belly Dance with Tammy Gallery 259, Hochatown — Tue, 6:15 PM | beginner-friendly dance class
• WINEDown Town Wednesdays Gone W**e, Broken Bow — Wed, 6M – 8 PM | midweek w**e social with rotating themes
• Lights On Idabel @ Carl Sherman Plaza, Idabel — Wed, 5–7 PM | free family evening downtown as part of the national afterschool rally
• Music Bingo @ Tipsy Beaver, Broken Bow — Wed, 8–10 PM | weekly music trivia night
• Haworth Halloween Trunk or Treat @ 103 N Main St, Haworth — Thu, 4–7 PM | costume candy stroll for families, about 20 minutes east of Hochatown
• Music Bingo @ Mountain Fork Brewery, Hochatown — Thu, 6:30–7:30 PM | brewery bingo night
• Karaoke @ Tipsy Beaver, Broken Bow — Thu, 7–11:30 PM | weekly late-night karaoke
• An Evening with Poe & Friends @ Broken Bow Amphitheatre, Broken Bow — Fri, 6:30–8:30 PM | the Broken Bow Theatrical Society's one-night-only spooky evening: The Raven, The Cask of Amontillado, Annabelle Lee, and more. Bundle up.
• Fort Towson Haunted Trail, Fort Towson — Fri night | haunted trail, about 45 minutes out
• Lumberjax Festival 2026, Wright City — Sat, 8 AM | small-town festival celebrating the area's lumber heritage. Full schedule still TBA, so check the festival's Facebook event page closer to the day.
• UFC 333 watch party @ Center Bar, Choctaw Landing, Hochatown — Sat, 1 PM | catch the fight card at the casino bar
• Trains of Terror Beavers Bend Train Depot & Horse Rides, Beavers Bend State Park — Sat, 6–10 PM | haunted mini-train ride through a dark forest, a spooky-season staple

FOOD AND DRINK

• Down-Home Oktoberfest @ Beavers Bend Brewery, Broken Bow (46 Coho Rd) — Fri–Sun | three-day brewery weekend with food, music, b**r, and limited-edition brews

GOOD TO KNOW

• Burn ban is still in effect across McCurtain County (renewed Oct 13): no fire pits or open flames, even at the cabin. Violation can mean a fine up to $500.
• Deer muzzleloader season opens Saturday Oct 24 (runs through Nov 1), black bear muzzleloader opens too, and archery deer and elk are open all week. If you're hiking, wear orange.
• Two small timber fires southeast of Broken Bow are being brought under control, with no evacuations and no structural threats. Smoke may still be visible in the area.
• Weather: dry all week, highs 77 Monday climbing to 83–85 Friday through Sunday, lows in the 40s and 50s. Full moon Sunday night.
• Spooky-season extras: the Holly Creek Oak Hill Haunted House runs nightly through Oct 31.

LINKS

Hochatown Saloon tickets: https://prekindle.com/events/hochatown-saloon

Big Boogie tickets: https://www.prekindle.com/event/59617-big-boogie-live-at-the-hochatown-saloon-broken-bow