From a concert to a car show, take a look at some events happening in Keller, Roanoke and northeast Fort Worth at the end of October through November. This list is not comprehensive.

Clay Clear Band

Head to the Roanoke Tavern for an open-air evening of music that “tastes like country and burns like rock ‘n’ roll” with the Clay Clear Band from Missouri. The tavern offers drinks, appetizers and casual American cuisine.

• Oct. 30, 8 p.m.

• Free (admission)

• 309 S. Oak St., Roanoke

Trick or Treat on Oak Street

The annual event in downtown Roanoke offers family-friendly Halloween fun with activities for all ages. Participating businesses set up activity and information booths along the trick or treat route.

• Oct. 31, 5-8 p.m.

• Free (admission)

• Oak Street, Roanoke

9 Ounce and Somm opened in north Fort Worth at the end of September.

Owner Ana Stull first envisioned the wine bar concept during the COVID-19 pandemic to honor her mother, who was raised in the Basque Country in northern Spain, according to previous reporting.

The overview: Stull hired Majid Shavandy as the general manager and head chef of the location after decades of running restaurants in Fort Worth.

Shavandy helped craft the menu with odes to dishes from the Mediterranean region and Africa and his daughter helped craft the cocktail menu. Shavandy said the food menu and drink list complement each other.

Dishes include calamari with salsa brava and garlic aioli; duck wings with a sweet apricot chilli glaze; sumac-crusted lamb chops; pan-seared chicken with cannellini beans and Spanish olives; and gambas al ajillo, Spanish-marinated shrimp cooked in olive oil, arbol chili, garlic and fresh herbs.

What else? A cigar lounge is on the patio and the humidor for the cigars arrived the last week of September.

• 9577 Harmon Road, Ste. 105, Fort Worth

Denton County lifted a burn ban that prohibited all outdoor burning at the beginning of October after it was implemented at the end of August.

How we got here: The ban was lifted Oct. 5 after the county received several days' worth of rain at the beginning of the month.

On Aug. 25, Denton County approved the burn ban in response to drought conditions and the nearby Ross fire, according to previous reporting. 

The ban prohibited all outdoor burning, including for vegetation disposal, and mitigated outdoor cooking.

What you need to know: Approved burn days in Denton County will be decided daily between 8-9 a.m., the county website states. Factors like local wind and weather conditions are considered when determining the risk of extreme fires.

A Sandman Signature Hotel is planned to be constructed in Grapevine and Allen ISD is working on renovations with funds from a 2024 Bond. Check out some of the latest construction filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

1. Sandman Signature Hotel in Grapevine

A six-story, 221-room hotel is planned to be constructed near Grapevine Mills, per a TDLR filing. Sandman Signature Hotels offer Canadian hospitality, comfort and style according to its website. A company spokesperson said Northland Properties closed on the 5.9-acre site in August.

• Location: Lot 4 3400 Grapevine Mills Blvd. N., Grapevine

• Estimated timeline: Nov. 15, 2026-Nov. 15, 2028

• Estimated cost: $30 million

2. Providence Church in Frisco

Providence Church in Frisco has purchased a 27-acre site for a new church in Frisco, according to its website. The 61,645-square-foot facility will be constructed along Panther Creek Parkway, according to the TDLR filing.

• Location: Panther Creek Parkway, Frisco

• Estimated timeline: Jan. 4, 2027-June 5, 2028

• Estimated cost: $25 million

The average annual insurance premium for a Texas homeowner rose 79% in six years, from less than $2,000 in 2020 to more than $3,500 this year, Texas Insurance Commissioner Amanda Crawford told state lawmakers Oct. 5.

The overview: The rise in home insurance costs has been caused by severe weather, high inflationary costs impacting home repairs and "the concentration of risk" in the insurance market, Crawford said.

Experts said hardening homes against severe weather could help reduce expensive losses from disasters, resulting in lower insurance premiums.

Zooming in: Proponents of home-hardening incentives have pointed to their success in other Gulf Coast states, such as Alabama. Texas consumer advocacy groups and the insurance industry backed proposals to create a similar grant program last year, according to previous Community Impact reporting, but those measures did not pass.

"Resilience helps homeowners long before it shows up in an insurance bill because a stronger home holds up better when the storm comes," said Chelsea Stallings, a regional vice president for the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies.