Bengaluru, No. 19

BLR Daily.

Saturday, 31 October 202613 things, 3 min

A Halloween mansion in Hennur, a rupee history at BIC, Stanfest in Yelahanka.

Good morning. Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, and the city has been rehearsing since Thursday.The BLR Daily desk

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Pick of the day
Halloween4:30 pm

Halloween Hennur

SoMAD Halloween Carnival at Oia, Hennur

A mansion done up for Halloween with a lineup of DJs. Costumes expected.

4:30 pm Oia

Tickets · from Rs 299

via District

Today by the clock

  1. 10 amBangalore Business Literature FestivalKoramangalafrom Rs 299
  2. 11 amStanfest 2026Yelahankafrom Rs 149
  3. 11:30 amGoing SoloDomlurFree
  4. 12 pmHaunted IslandWhitefieldfrom Rs 100
  5. 3 pmAlter Magazine #7 launch in HalasuruHalasuruFree
  6. 4 pmSpooky pumpkin bucket workshop at URUJP Nagarfrom Rs 549
  7. 4:30 pmSoMAD Halloween Carnival at OiaHennurfrom Rs 299
  8. 6:30 pmTales of the RupeeDomlurFree
  9. 8 pmAshwin Srinivas Live at Ministry of ComedyKoramangala

Today and tonight

8 things

Events on today, sorted by start time.

10 amFrom Rs 299
Books10 am

Books Koramangala

Bangalore Business Literature Festival

A day of business authors and panels at the Koramangala Club.

The Koramangala Club

Tickets · from Rs 299

via Allevents

11 amFrom Rs 149
Festival11 am

Festival Yelahanka

Stanfest 2026, a creator and gaming fest

A full day of esports, creators and stand-up up north.

Presidency University

Tickets · from Rs 149

via District

11:30 amFree
Film11:30 am

Film Domlur

Going Solo: two Indian women ride London-Edinburgh-London

A documentary on 1,500 km in six days, with the directors.

Bangalore International Centre

RSVP

via BIC

12 pmFrom Rs 100
Halloween12 pm

Halloween Whitefield

Haunted Island, a Halloween carnival at Nusa

Daytime slots, so the kids get a Halloween too.

Nusa

Tickets · from Rs 100

via District

3 pmFree
Launch3 pm

Launch Halasuru

Alter Magazine #7 launch in Halasuru

Alt Carbon launches its new issue. Entry needs host approval.

Register

via Luma

4 pmFrom Rs 549
Workshop4 pm

Workshop JP Nagar

Spooky pumpkin bucket workshop at URU

Paint your own Halloween bucket in an hour. Good for kids.

URU

Tickets · from Rs 549

via HighApe

6:30 pmFree
Talk6:30 pm

Talk Domlur

Tales of the Rupee, a history from 1538 to the present

An Ashmolean curator on five hundred years of one coin.

Bangalore International Centre

RSVP

via BIC

8 pm
Comedy8 pm

Comedy Koramangala

Ashwin Srinivas Live at Ministry of Comedy

An hour and a half of stand-up on 80 Feet Road.

Ministry Of Comedy

Details

via Allevents

The city is talking

2 things

What Bengaluru is reading and arguing about today.

The city is talkingCivic

Civic Citywide

GBA starts its "Ward One" fix-up drive in 43 wards on November 1

Garbage, potholes, broken roads and junction crossings, with Bescom and BWSSB roped in.

reported 31 Oct

Read

via The Hindu

The city is talkingRail

Rail Citywide

Rs 666 crore contract signed for the Hebbal to Yeshwanthpur suburban rail viaduct

7.8 km elevated, a double-decker station at Mathikere, 24 months to build.

reported 30 Oct

Read

via Times of India

Builders

2 things

Talks, meetups and deadlines for people who make things.

Tech11 am

Tech MG Road/Central

Behind the Loop: the invisible labour powering AI, at Swissnex

A day on the data workers who label and train the models.

11 am Swissnex in India Free

Register

via Luma

Tech6 pm

Tech HSR

eChai Startup Demo Day, HSR edition

Early-stage founders pitch on stage, then the networking.

6 pm UrbanVault HSR Layout 477 Free

RSVP

via Allevents

That is Saturday. Book the cab before the witches do.