The East Passyunk Avenue BID and Nice Things Handmade take over the Avenue between Morris and Dickinson for Halloween day. There's an 80-plus vendor market, food and drink, pumpkin carving, a costume contest and live music. Kids can do the Creepy Crawl, a trick-or-treat route where you check business windows for spiders or critters, since that's where the candy is. Going in the morning means the kids burn off the first round of sugar before real trick-or-treating, and I call that a strategy. Fall Fest

South Philly (Bella Vista / Italian Market) · Sun Nov 1 · 11am-9pm · free

Día de los Muertos on South 9th Street and at Fleisher

The day part runs 11 to 5 on 9th Street between Federal and Christian, organized by the Asociación de Empresarios Mexicanos de Filadelfia (AEM), with stages, mariachi, traditional dance, food and craft vendors, and memorial altars. ColorWheels runs free kids' art projects on Christian between 8th and 9th from 2 to 4. From 4 to 9, La Calaca Flaca hosts the evening part outdoors in Fleisher Art Memorial's parking lot at 719 Catharine St, with a procession, an artisan market and live music. The program says it's free and happens rain or shine. It's a day to honor people we've lost, so give the altars a quiet minute before you hit the food vendors.

Somebody finally found where Center City's little delivery robots all go to recharge.

West Philly Bizarre sets up 50-plus local artists, makers and small sellers in Clark Park at 43rd and Chester. Expect handmade stuff, vintage, art and the kind of jewelry table you didn't know you needed. It happens rain or shine with no rain dates, and it runs most Saturdays through Nov 21. Grab a coffee on Baltimore Ave first and do a lap before you buy anything.