ETC. OCT. 6-7

The fifth annual Splendor of China, a trade show and cultural event, features more than 100 booths with products including food, fashion, gifts, souvenirs, jewelry and antiques. The event also kicks off the 59th Narcissus Festival with appearances by contestants. Among the performances: acrobats, face-changing magicians, and dancers from the Sichuan Provincial Chinese Folk Art Performance Group of China. And there's more: lion dances, Chinese dog show, keiki corner, 1,000-year-old-egg-eating contest, mah jong exhibition, cooking demonstrations, acupuncture and health exhibits. Information on the 2008 Beijing Olympics and official logo items will be available, too.

10 a.m.-9 p.m. Oct. 6, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 7 / Blaisdell Exhibition Hall / $5 general, $3 military, free for children 10 and younger / 533-3181, www.splendorofchina.com.

FESTIVAL: OCT. 6

Celebrate with one of O'ahu's oldest communities at the 12th annual Discover Mo'ili'ili Festival, presented by the Mo'ili'ili Community Center. Cultural entertainment, an assortment of food, crafts, keiki activities and a photo exhibition will take place at the Old Stadium Park. There are free narrated trolley tours through the neighborhood to learn about historic places, too. Among the performers: Phoenix Dance Chamber, Royal Hawaiian Band, Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Yamada Dance Group and the Small World Harmonica Band.

9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Oct. 6 / Old Stadium Park, Mo'ili'ili / Free / 955-1555.

FESTIVAL: OCT. 7

It's a seafood-lover's dream. Mahimahi and 'ahi, ono and ulua ... the Hawaii Fishing and Seafood Festival has a little something for everyone. Join gear suppliers, seafood distributors, marine product providers and learn to spin cast, tag moi and papio, create gyotaku fish prints, purchase fish, tie an assortment of marine knots and gear up for skin diving. The entertainment lineup includes Willie K, Keiki Palaka Band, Namaka O Pu'uwai Aloha and Believe.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 7 / Pier 38 / Free / www.fishtoday.org.

EXPO: OCT. 7

Books, coins, fossils, furniture, jewelry, toys, postcards, aloha shirts, musical instruments and more will be at the Wiki Wiki One Day Vintage Collectibles & Hawaiiana Show, below. Vendors from O'ahu, the Neighbor Islands and the Mainland will fill more than 90 tables at the collectibles show that showcases items that are at least 20 years old. The vintage event is held in the spring and fall.

10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Oct. 7 (early entry at 9 a.m., $15) / Blaisdell Center, Hawai'i Suites / $3.50 general, $2 children 7-11 / 941-9754, www.ukulele.com/wikiwiki.html.

ETC.: OCT. 7

Dogs, cats, rabbits, turtles, other creatures and their owners unite for Pet Walk, above, a benefit for the Hawaiian Humane Society that consists of a 2-mile course through Magic Island and Ala Moana Beach Park. The day includes a pet costume contest, pet games, entertainment by Kalaeloa, agility course, exhibit and information booths with vendors such as Bark Avenue, Hawaii Pet Nanny, Pet Power Hawaii and Interquest Detection Canines. Pet Walk registration starts at 7 a.m.

8 a.m. Oct. 7 / Magic Island, Ala Moana Beach Park / Pledges and donations accepted / 946-2187, www.hawaiianhumane.org.

CONCERT: OCT. 13

Get ready for a night of dancing and partying, '90s style. For the first time in Honolulu, C&C Music Factory (featuring Freedom Williams), The Cover Girls and Seduction will strut down memory lane with hits such as "Gonna Make You Sweat," "Things That Make You Go Hmmm," "Wishing On A Star," "Show Me," "Heartbeat" and "Two To Make It Right." DJs G-Spot, James Cole and Quiksilva will be spinning '80s and '90s tunes throughout the night.

Doors open at 7 p.m. Oct. 13 / Pipeline Cafe / $35 / 877-750-4400, www.ticketmaster.com.

FESTIVAL: OCT. 18-28

More than 150 feature films, documentaries, shorts and animated pieces from around the world, including South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, New Zealand, India, Taiwan, Italy, France and the U.K., will be presented at the 27th annual Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival. Among them: "Love and Honor," the final film in director Yamada Yoji's samurai trilogy; "Rails and Ties" starring Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden, "The Kite Runner," based on the best-selling novel by Khaled Hosseini; and "August Rush," starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Keri Russell, above.

Various times Oct. 18-28 / Regal Cinemas Dole Cannery and Hawai'i Theatre / $10 general, $9 students, seniors and military; tickets go on sale to HIFF members Oct. 8, to the general public Oct. 12 / 550-8457, www.hiff.org.

HALLOWEEN: OCT. 20-28

Halloween is right around the corner, and so are the most important element: pumpkins! Aloun Farms' yearly Pumpkin Patch on the farm in Kapolei features pumpkin-picking, hay rides, jumpers, food and flyin' Hawaiian pumpkin slingshot. Bring a nonperishable canned food donation to donate to the Hawaii Foodbank and receive a mini flat pumpkin.

9 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 20-21 and 27-28 / Aloun Farms, 91-1440 Farrington Highway / $3 parking fee, plus price of pumpkins / 677-9516.

CONCERT: OCT. 23

New Jersey's rocking and rolling Fountains of Wayne, below, bring their musical tales of white-collar folks to a gig at Pipeline Cafe. On their last album, "Traffic and Weather," lyrics include characters such as a Department of Motor Vehicles worker; Seth Shapiro and Beth Mackenzie, in an almost hook-up between two lonely, hard-working New Yorkers; and an exhausted couple at an airport baggage claim.

8 p.m. Oct. 23 / Pipeline Cafe / $22 general, $45 VIP / 877-750-4400, www.ticketmaster.com.

HALLOWEEN: OCT. 31

Ghoulish ghosts and ghastly goblins — but of the not-so-threatening kind — will gather on Halloween night at Bishop Museum's 20th annual Treat Street, left. Keiki of all ages are invited to participate in an evening of safe trick-or-treating along the colorful Treat Street, with costume and pie-eating contests, storytelling, games and food.

5:30-8 p.m. Oct. 31 / Bishop Museum's Great Lawn / Free, donations welcome / 847-3511.