Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers Oct 01, 8pm, WUIS Bedrock Series brings Seattle singersongwriter to center. $19. Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth St, 217-523-2787.
LOESS Rock, Fossil and Gem Show Oct 01-02, 10am-6pm Sat, 10am-5pm Sun, Exhibits, demos, rock identification, kids activities. $2, under 12 free. Illinois Building. 622-3484. Illinois State Fairgrounds, 801 Sangamon Ave.
Harvest Fest and Fish Fry Oct 01-02, 1-6pm, Celebrate fall at this popular festival with food and outdoor music, two bands each day. No coolers or pets. 635-9900. Hill Prairie Winery, 23753 Lounsberry Rd, Oakford.
Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive Fall Festival Oct 01-02, 8-09, 140 miles, 15 villages, arts and crafts, antiques and collectibles, food, and historic sites and buildings in beautiful Fulton County. 309- 647-8980. Spoon River Valley, Canton. spoonriverdrive.org.
Abe’s Corn Maze Oct 01-Oct 22, 10am-6pm, 12- 6pm Sun, Walk ten-acre corn maze, over three miles of twists and turns. $5-$3. abesocornmaze.org. 522-5632. iWorship Center, 3200 Shaler Road.
Roland Folse Oct 01-30, 4-6 Tue-Sat, 1-3pm Sun, Folse’s paintings, ceramics and woodworking on display. Opening reception Oct. 1, 6-8 p.m. David Strawn Art Gallery, 331 W. College Ave, Jacksonville.
Buxton’s Haunted Corn Maze Oct 01, 07-08, 14-15, 21-22, 28-29, 9am-5:30pm, 6:30- 11pm Fri-Sat, Seven-acre maze, friendly during the daytime and scary at night. Sat- Sun free hayrides. Admission. Buxtons Garden Farm and Flower Shop, Route 121, Sullivan.
Shotgun Manor Haunted House Oct 01-29, 7:30-11:30pm Fri- Sat, Wonderfully spooky haunted house run by Sullivan Ambucs, every weekend in October. Tickets at door. Shotgun Manor, 14 S. Washington, Sullivan.
Springfield Civic Garden Club Oct 03, 9-11:30am, SCGC’s Liz Drake discusses growing, har vesting, drying and cleaning gourds and using them in arts and crafts. Westminster Presbyterian Church, Walnut St. 522-4415.
Re-trial of Mary Surratt Oct 03, 5:30pm, Be there as Lincoln assassination conspirator is retried by Appellate Court Judge Thomas Appleton and Assistant Sangamon County State’s Attorney Bill Davis and local attorneys Carol Posegate, Steven Beckett and Greg Harris. Springfield actress Aasne Vigessa portrays Mary Surratt. $25. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 212 N. Sixth St, 782-5764.
Capital Area Education Fair Oct 05, 9am-2pm, Free. Orr Building. 629-6003. Illinois State Fairgrounds, 801 Sangamon Ave.
Pied Piper Architectural Tour Oct 05, 5:30pm, Free one-half hour professionally-guided architectural tour highlighting downtown buildings. Reception follows. Meets at Lincoln- Herndon Law Office. 544-1723.
Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis Oct 06, 7:30pm, Internationally critically-acclaimed and touted as an extraordinarily versatile orchestra by The Los Angeles Times. Sangamon Auditorium, UIS, 1 University Plaza, 217- 206-6160, 800-207-6960.
