Go, Ideas for your weekend: Cider Pressing, final market weekend, dog show

1. Tastes of autumn

Celebrate the harvest, autumn colors and bluegrass with a mug of cider during the annual Apple Cider Pressing at the Cedar Creek Grist Mill. This popular event features volunteers and visitors pressing about 10,000 pounds of apples into fresh cider using hand-cranked presses. Visitors can help crank the press, enjoy bluegrass performances on the back deck and tour the historic mill. The event kicks off at 9 a.m. Oct. 29 and runs until 4 p.m., or when the apples run out, at the grist mill, 43907 N.E. Grist Mill Road, Woodland. It’s a free event, but donations are always welcome. 360-225-5832 or http://cedarcreekgristmill.org

2. Boo Ground

The annual Battle Ground Halloween Fun Fest offers a free trick-or-treat street and fright-night party for kids from 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 31. Costumed children can visit shops along Main Street, east of state Highway 503, to collect candy at businesses that have a paper jack-o’-lantern in the window. Kids can trick or treat on Fourth Street, next to the Battle Ground Chamber of Commerce office. The fight-night party will be at the Battle Ground Community Center, 912 E. Main St., Battle Ground, with activities and dancing for all. 360-687-1510 or www.battlegroundchamber.org/pages/HalloweenFunFestTrick-O-TreatingMore

There’s also a bit of Spooktacular Fun from 2 to 5 p.m. Oct. 30. The Prevent Together: Battle Ground Prevention Alliance hosts a alcohol-free and drug-free party for Battle Ground students in the fifth through 12th grades at Bailey’s Tiger Bowl, 211 N. Parkway Ave., Battle Ground. Enjoy a free afternoon of bowling, pizza, pop and prizes, with costumes encouraged. There will be a conversation about underage drinking prevention from 2 to 3 p.m. followed by the party from 3 to 5 p.m. School identification must be presented at the door to attend. 360-624-6186 or www.preventtogetherbg.org

3. Market bids goodbye

This is the last weekend of the 2016 Vancouver Farmers Market, and the market will celebrate with some Halloween activities. There will be a mini-pumpkin giveaway and decoration station, and a costume party. On Sunday, the first 500 kids will receive Boo Bucks, $2 vouchers to spend at the market, at the information booth. Many of the seasonal vendors will be on hand with the produce, baked goods, flowers, food and crafts needed to celebrate the holiday. The farmers market runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 29 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 30 along Sixth and Esther streets in downtown Vancouver. 360-737-8298 or www.vancouverfarmersmarket.com

4. Ogres, donkeys and princesses

Prairie High School Drama will take audiences to the swampy land of “Shrek the Musical.” Adapted from the animated film, the musical follows Shrek, an ogre who just wants his swamp back, wisecracking Donkey and Fiona, a feisty princess who refuses to be rescued, along with a dozen other fairy-tale misfits and a villain who’s a little short-tempered. Shows start at 7 p.m. Oct. 28-29 and Nov. 4-5; 1 p.m. Oct. 29; and 6:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at Prairie High School, 11311 N.E. 119th St., Vancouver. Tickets are $12, $8 for seniors and $6 for students. www.greateventseats.com/battleground

5. Dog show

The Vancouver Kennel Club hosts its annual All Breed Dog Show with more than 1,500 dogs participating. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the parades of canines, visit vendors and meet owners, handlers and dogs. There will be competitive obedience and agility rally events each day. A Canine Good Citizen Test will be each day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds, 17402 N.E. Delfel Road, Ridgefield. The shows begin promptly at 8 a.m. Oct. 29-30 and will continue until late in the afternoon. Admission is free, and parking is $6. 503-239-1080 or www.clarkcoeventcenter.com/events