North County Autumn Garden Tour
Celebrating Gardens That Make A Difference. A self-paced tour of gardens in the Paso Robles area showcasing resource-friendly landscapes. For more information call Atascadero Mutual Water Company at 461-7217, ext 17, or visit www.amwc.us.

Colony Days
Colony Days is the major local "founders day" holiday for the city of Atascadero. The even is held the third weekend in October and includes an exciting parade through the downtown area plus a festival of food, crafts and antique cars in and around the Sunken Gardens. "Tent City" celebrates the origins of the city with an authentic historical re-enact of the way the first city settlers lived around the turn of the 20th Century. Hundreds of volunteers put together a tent community complete with actors in costume, a vaudeville revue and period music. Also, be sure you sign up for a weekend of swing dancing as Swing In The Colony presents nationally-renowned swing dance instructors and multiple performance venues. For information on this years Colony Days Celebration visit www.colonydays.com. For more information about Swing In The Colony, visit www.swinginthecolony.com.

Open Studio Tours
The Open Studios Art Tour is SLO County’s largest visual arts event. More than 230 artists throughout the county open their studios to the public on the second and third weekends of October. This event is a wonderful opportunity for artists to show their
artwork and for community members to experience local artist’s studios and purchase pieces directly from the artist. This event also serves as our largest fundraiser of the year through the sale of catalogues that serve as a ticket and roadmap to the studios. The catalogue contains full color samples of each artist’s work, contact information, studio addresses and maps.
Applications are available here for artists interested in participating in the tour. For more information either call (805) 544-9251 or visit our website www.sloartscouncil.org.

Halloween Zoo Boo
The Charles Paddock Zoo presents the annual Halloween Zoo Boo. Trick-or Treat with the animals at this fun event. Call (805) 461-5080 or visit www.atascadero.org for more information.