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Here's what to do this weekend across the Triangle

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It's shaping up to be a beautiful fall weekend in the Triangle. Here's how you can take advantage of it:

🪩 Listen to electronic music at the Slingshot Festival of Music on Friday and Saturday.

🎡 Make it out to the fairgrounds in Raleigh for the final weekend of the State Fair.

Here are some tips for doing the fair on a budget.

🎃 Watch the annual Pumpkin Flotilla float across Bond Lake in Cary on Friday at twilight, featuring local music, food and other Halloween activities.

🧟 Take part in downtown Cary's Zombiepalooza, an annual zombie short film competition that features Halloween-themed events in Downtown Cary Park on Friday.

💀 Celebrate Día de Muertos on Sunday in downtown Raleigh, hosted by Revista Latina.

📖 Go shopping for printed media at the Zine Machine Fest in downtown Durham on Sunday.

🧛 Watch the Carolina Ballet's performance of "Dracula" on Friday and Saturday in Raleigh.

🐶 Bring your dog out for Barktoberfest in Durham on Saturday, hosted by Beyond Fences.

🖼️ Check out the recently opened "Ancient Nubia" exhibit at the N.C. Museum of Art.

🍻 Go to the last Oktoberfest celebration of the season on Saturday at the American Tobacco Campus in Durham, put on by Fullsteam Brewery and East of Texas.

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