Good morning, Waco. This is The Waco Buzz, the local newsletter already thinking about Halloween costumes.
Halloween is less than two weeks away, and if you're anything like me, you'll wait until the last minute. Here are three costumes that require only a white T-shirt and a Sharpie.
Write “Go ceilings!” on it. You're a ceiling fan.
Draw spots on it. You're a cow or a dalmatian.
Write numbers on it. You're someone people can count on.
In today's Sunday Sip:
🍌 Waco Lands Banana Ball
🏡 Home of the Week: 12010 Kenai Circle
📅 Three Events to Circle This Week
💛 Waco Gem: Waco Adapt
☕ Origin Story: Novum Coffee
Let's get to it!
- Sam Harper
TOGETHER WITH CHEVY OF WEST
🛻 Two ways to save on a Silverado
Cooler mornings are a good time for an honest look at the truck in your driveway. Does it start every time? Does it still fit everything you haul home from Lowe's on Saturday?
If the answer is “mostly,” Chevy of West owner Leo Pacheco and General Sales Manager Mark Varia have two ways to make the conversation easier on a 2026 Silverado 1500. Well-qualified buyers can get 0% APR for 5 years. Or, on select models, take a $6,000 cash allowance plus another $2,000 in bonus cash. Which one wins depends on your math, so it's worth sitting down with the team to run both.
👉 See Silverado inventory at chevyofwest.com*
*Terms apply
🍌 Waco Lands Banana Ball
Photo: Baylor University
On Friday I told you Banana Ball was coming to McLane. Here's the full story.
What it is: Banana Ball is the fast, loud, fans-first style of baseball created by the Savannah Bananas. There are no walks, points are awarded by the inning, and if a fan catches a foul ball, it's an out. Add the dancing and trick plays, and it feels more like a party than a baseball game.
The Waco stop on the 2027 world tour features the Tailgaters taking on the Party Animals (no Savannah Bananas this time) on Friday and Saturday, May 7 and 8, 2027.
Why it matters: Banana Ball has sold out every game since 2016. Now, the global phenomenon is coming to Waco for two games. Circle the weekend. This could be one of Waco's biggest weekends in recent memory.
There's a fun Waco connection: Two Banana Ball broadcasters, Drake Toll of the Party Animals and Cam Stuart of the Indianapolis Clowns, are Baylor alumni. Toll's Party Animals will take the field in Waco.
How to sign up: The only way to enter for a chance to buy tickets is through Banana Ball's official lottery. It's open now and closes Oct. 31 at 10:59 PM CT. A random drawing decides who gets a chance to buy. Standard tickets start at $35, and Meet and Greet tickets start at $125. Banana Ball says tickets sold anywhere else are likely fraudulent, so skip the resale sites.
Can't wait until May? Tickets are on sale now to hit golf balls on the field at McLane. Topgolf Live Stadium Series runs Thursday, Oct. 29 through Sunday, Nov. 1, with hitting bays at one end of the stadium and targets down the field.
🏡 Home of the Week
Together with Waco Area Realtor Lezlie Roark
Welcome to Home of the Week. We'll give you a few clues about a local home for sale. You guess the price.
12010 Kenai Circle
We featured this Woodway home a couple of months ago, and the price has dropped since. Your guess might need an update.
4 beds, 3 baths, 2,845 sq ft in Tanglewood Estates, zoned for Midway ISD
Backyard with a custom waterfall, splash pad, fire pit and covered patio
Kitchen with an oversized island, a Texas-sized walk-in pantry and a 6-burner gas range with double oven
A playroom that can double as a home office, movie room or gym
👉 Take your best guess at the list price, then peek at the answer here.
Want to see it in person? Connect with Lezlie Roark for your private tour.*
Lezlie Roark, our Home of the Week partner, is also the listing agent on this property.
TOGETHER WITH CEDAR HOLLOW
🌳 Waco, Meet Cedar Hollow
What would it look like to have more space, more quiet and still be close enough to town for a quick trip to H-E-B? That's Cedar Hollow, a new neighborhood just across Lake Waco, near Helberg Barbecue. It has 33 lots ranging from 1 to 3 acres, just outside city limits, so owners won't pay city property taxes. Only 6 of the first 12 preferred-pricing spots are left, so see the lots still available or call/text Colton Nixon at 254-230-6061.*
📅 Three Events to Circle This Week
Next Thursday through Sunday is packed: a four-day Silobration, a Halloween-season thriller, and spaghetti for a good cause.
🎶 Silobration Runs Four Days for the First Time
Thu, Oct. 22 to Sun, Oct. 25 | Magnolia Silos, 601 Webster Ave.
Silobration has always been a weekend, and this year it stretches to Sunday. Mt. Joy kicks things off Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Baylor's Foster Pavilion. The Fray plays the Silos on Friday, Dylan Gossett takes the stage Saturday, and Cory Asbury performs Sunday morning. Daytime is free, with 85+ vendors and live music, and this is your final chance ever to tour the Castle. Concerts need tickets. 👉 Plan your visit here
🎭 Wait Until Dark Opens at Waco Civic Theatre
Thu, Oct. 22 | 7 PM | Waco Civic Theatre, 1517 Lake Air Dr.
A woman who recently lost her sight ends up in a deadly game with con men hunting for a mysterious doll in her New York apartment. The play earned Lee Remick a Tony nomination, and the 1967 film starred Audrey Hepburn. It runs through Nov. 1, tickets are $25, and parental guidance is advised. 👉 Get tickets here
🍝 Spayghetti and No Balls
Sun, Oct. 25 | 5 to 8 PM | Art Center Waco, 701 S. 8th St.
Yes, the name is the pun you think it is. The Animal Birth Control Clinic is hosting its second fundraising dinner. Tickets are $25 per plate, and the night includes art in the Hounds in the Hulse Gallery, a silent auction and a sneak peek at No Balls Ball 2026. Proceeds go toward a new transport van for the clinic's Community Care Team. 👉 Get tickets here
SAVE THE DATE
🏀 Lunch With Baylor Coach Scott Drew
Tue, Oct. 27 | 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM | The Baylor Club
KCBI’s Business Connect Lunch brings Christian professionals and business owners together for a meal, meaningful conversation, and encouragement in their faith and work. This month’s featured speaker is Baylor men’s basketball coach Scott Drew, who led the Bears to the 2021 national championship.
Cost is $20 and includes lunch.
💛 Waco Gem: Waco Adapt
Waco Adapt, at 2015 Franklin Ave., is a new gym for veterans and civilians with disabilities. It fills the gap between rehab and regular exercise, helping people who might otherwise be left on their own once therapy ends.
The idea started when physical therapist Antonia Silva kept hearing patients ask where they were supposed to work out next. She teamed up with Edwin Munoz, who started the nonprofit behind the gym, Fearless Ventures Foundation. The doors opened in April.
Next up is the Waco Legends Gala on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 6 PM, with dinner, drinks, testimonials, an auction and dancing to raise money for the gym's continued growth. Local businesses can sponsor the event or a table.
☕ Origin Story
The stories behind Waco's coffee shops
Origin Story is a recurring series where you learn a little more about Waco's coffee shops, because a new one seems to open every month. Find the one you like best, become a regular, learn the baristas' names, and maybe they'll learn yours (and your drink order).
Photo: Novum Coffee
Novum Coffee | 📍 Outside Riverfront Lofts, University Parks Dr.
Novum Coffee opened in September as a cart outside Riverfront Lofts. Owner Thomas Woolley spent time living between Portland and Seattle, and after years working as a barista and cook, he wanted to bring a farm-to-table approach to coffee: quality ingredients from start to finish.The ice and water come from Waco's Blue Jug, the milk from Mill-King, and the syrups and chai are made in-house. The Terra, with sea salt, caramel and boricha syrup, is a top seller.
He worried about being “just another coffee shop” in Waco. Then he heard the local refrain: “the more the merrier.”
👉 Read the full story → by Alexandra Brewer
🙋 Show Up in Waco
The goal of The Waco Buzz is to help you get local again: know your neighbors, meet new people, and make this big small town feel even smaller.
Want to meet people and learn something while walking? Waco Walks is leading a history walk through Cameron Park on Saturday, Oct. 24. Mark Firmin, who wrote the centennial history of the park, is the walk leader.
📍 Sat., Oct. 24 | 9 AM | Redwood Shelter, 2300 Cameron Park Dr.
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