136 things to do in Memphis this week

Updated Wednesday, October 21· every event verified at the organizer’s own page

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Today — Wednesday, October 21

  • Fall Tram Tours at Memphis Botanic Garden

    Memphis Botanic Garden · 10:00 AM · Included with Garden admission ($12 adults, $10 seniors 62+, $7 kids 2-12, under 2 free)

    Hop-on tram loops through the 96-acre garden. It's an easy fall-color outing on a sunny 78-degree day.

  • Hot Off the Wall: the Dixon's annual art sale

    Dixon Gallery & Gardens · 10:00 AM · Free admission

    A week-long sale of original work by national and emerging artists, open during museum hours. Proceeds fund the Dixon's education programs.

  • Spooky Science: Dissecting Mini Brains

    Hollywood Library · 4:00 PM · Free

    Kids slice into a Jell-O brain to learn what each part does. A gross-out Halloween science hour.

  • Kaleidoscope Club (ages 5-9)

    Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Farnsworth Education Building · 4:00 PM · $8; members free

    A weekly after-school art or garden project for kids 5 to 9 at the Dixon.

  • Vermicomposting 201

    Frayser Library · 4:30 PM · Free

    A worm-composting follow-up class in the library's outdoor classroom: build an earthworm habitat to keep at home.

  • Foam Force: Nerf games for kids 7-10

    Germantown Community Library (Germantown) · 5:00 PM · Free (registration required)

    An hour of Nerf challenges and team games for kids 7 to 10. If the weather turns, it moves indoors as a Lego program.

  • Practical Approaches for Healthy Eating

    Lucius E. & Elsie C. Burch, Jr. Library (Collierville) · 6:00 PM · Free

    U of M nutrition students share everyday healthy-eating tips at the Collierville library.

  • Le Bonheur Zoo Boo: Sensory Night

    Memphis Zoo · 6:00 PM · $20 members / $23 non-members (separate Sensory Night tickets)

    Wednesday is Zoo Boo's one sensory-friendly night, a calmer version of the Halloween walk for families who need it. Train rides are free.

  • Fitness Under the Stars: Mat Fusion Pilates

    Sunset Canopy, Tom Lee Park · 6:00 PM · Free

    A free Pilates class under the Sunset Canopy on the river, part of River Parks' four-week Wednesday series.

  • Rock Painting: The Ghostly Gallery (evening session, adults)

    Germantown Community Library (Conference Room) (Germantown) · 7:00 PM · Free (pre-registration required)

    Grown-ups paint stones into little ghosts and haunted scenes for the porch or garden.

  • University of Memphis Wind Ensemble

    Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center · 7:00 PM · Free (claim tickets online)

    A free evening concert from the U of M's top wind band. It's an easy alternative if you're not headed to the Grizzlies game.

  • Laugh Box: DeShun Macintosh & Richard Douglas Jones

    Hattiloo Culture Box · 7:00 PM · $12 advance / $15 door

    Hattiloo's weekly comedy room puts two regional comics a few feet from your table: Macintosh works family and fatherhood bits, and Jones calls himself a 'Southern Fried Nerd' with Comedy Central credits.

  • Belhaven w/ The Stupid Reasons, Squib Kick

    Growlers · 8:00 PM · $10

    A cheap weeknight rock bill on Poplar: three bands for ten bucks at Growlers.

  • Evil Karaoke

    Hi Tone (Small Room, downstairs) · 8:00 PM · Free (no cover)

    Karaoke with a dare wheel: pick your song, spin, and do whatever it says to win a prize.

  • The Deltaz

    Hernando's Hide-A-Way · 8:00 PM · $20–$25

    A country band on a Wednesday at the old South Memphis juke joint, and the late-night open jam starts after it.

  • Open Jam Night (Late Night Edition)

    Hernando's Hide-A-Way · 10:00 PM · Free (no cover)

    Bring an instrument or just a beer: the weekly open jam moves to 10 PM this week, after the Deltaz set.

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Tomorrow — Thursday, October 22

  • MPL Fall Book Sale (opening day)

    Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library · 3:00 PM · Free entry

    Thousands of used books, CDs, DVDs and vinyl at cheap prices; runs Thu 3-7, Fri-Sat 10-5, Sun 11-2.

  • Mid-South Maze: classic corn maze, Thursday hours

    The Mid-South Maze · 4:00 PM · $12 adults (13+), $8 kids 6-12, 5 & under free

    October Thursdays the maze stays open till 10, so an after-school corn maze works on a weeknight; the haunted version is Friday and Saturday only.

  • Ghoul's Night Out on the Hernando Square

    Downtown Hernando / Courthouse Square (Hernando) · 4:00 PM · Free to attend

    Downtown Hernando's shops stay open in costume, with spooky specials and treats around the square. Come dressed up.

  • DNA's 2nd Annual Meal on Main

    Main Street between MLK Jr. Ave and Pontotoc Ave · 4:30 PM · $79.95 (+$2 fee)

    The Downtown Neighborhood Association closes a block of Main Street for one long, linen-covered dinner table under string lights. Chef Jimmy Gentry of The Lobbyist cooks two proteins over open flame right on the street, after a social hour with discounted drinks and live music. Drinks are not included in the ticket.

  • Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Mixer (Mid-South Latino Chamber)

    Uncle Goyo's Mexican Restaurant · 5:30 PM · $20 MLCC members / $25 non-members

    The Latino chamber's October networking mixer, a business-owner sip-and-mingle over Mexican food.

  • Embracing Firestorms, Envisioning Futures: The Hooks Art Exhibition

    University of Memphis - Wilder Tower, 11th floor · 5:30 PM · Free (RSVP)

    The Hooks Institute opens a social-change art show in the U of M's administration tower.

  • Fiber Arts Open Studio (ages 16+)

    Dixon Gallery & Gardens · 5:30 PM · Free

    Bring your knitting, crochet or quilting project and work alongside other fiber artists; it meets fourth Thursdays.

  • Memphis Black History documentary & panel discussion (free food & drinks)

    Kukutana African American History and Culture Museum · 5:30 PM · Free (Eventbrite RSVP)

    A free Black-history documentary screening and open panel, with food and drinks, at a small North Memphis museum.

  • Halloween at Singleton: Haunted House

    Singleton Community Center (Bartlett) · 6:00 PM · $2 at the door; $5 Fast Pass (100 per night, sold online)

    Bartlett Parks turns its community center into a haunted house two nights running (Thursday and Friday). On Friday it adds a Halloween carnival with games, candy and a costume contest.

  • Ain't I Clean? Lansky Bros. exhibit opening reception

    Stax Museum of American Soul Music · 6:00 PM · Free (RSVP requested)

    A new Stax exhibit on the Beale Street clothier that dressed Rufus Thomas, Isaac Hayes and Elvis opens with a free reception; guests are invited to wear their own Lansky pieces.

  • Get Outside! Fitness: Yoga Sculpt

    Shelby Farms Park · 6:00 PM · Free (registration required)

    A YMCA-led mix of yoga flows, short cardio bursts and bodyweight strength work, outdoors and free with sign-up.

  • Free drop-in yoga at the Dixon

    Dixon Gallery & Gardens · 6:00 PM · Free (drop-in)

    All-levels yoga with instructor Laura Gray McCann at the Dixon; no sign-up, just show up.

  • Concerts in The Grove: Memphis Wind Symphony

    GPAC - The Grove (outdoors) (Germantown) · 6:30 PM · $0-$23 incl. fees

    Outdoor lawn concert of pop tunes and big-band favorites; gates at 5:30 with Smoke & Toast and Soi #9 food trucks.

  • Memphis Tigers football vs. East Carolina

    Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium · 6:30 PM · From $21

    A Thursday-night home game on ESPN2, and ESPN's SportsCenter on Campus broadcasts live from Tiger Lane 4-4:30 PM beforehand. Lots open at noon; the Pouncer's Pals kids zone (inflatables, yard games) opens on Tiger Lane at 3:30. It's the third straight year the game doubles as the DeAngelo Williams Foundation breast-cancer awareness night.

  • Glow Storytime: Creatures of the Night (Burch Library)

    Lucius E. & Elsie C. Burch, Jr. Library (Collierville) · 6:30 PM · Free

    A blacklight storytime about nocturnal animals. Kids wear white or neon to glow, get glow bracelets at the door, and make a glow-in-the-dark craft. Best for ages 5-10.

  • Echoes in the Room: David Less vs. Robert Gordon

    Memphis Listening Lab (Crosstown Concourse) · 7:00 PM · Free

    Two Memphis music obsessives trade videos and tracks over eight rounds and the crowd scores each round.

  • Speaker Box Slam: Open Mic Night

    Hattiloo Culture Box · 7:00 PM · $10 advance / $12 door (poets free)

    A capped ten-poet slam where the winner takes $200 and hosts the next four weeks.

  • Crosstown Arts Film Series: The Vanishing (1988)

    Crosstown Arts Theater · 7:00 PM · $5

    The original Dutch version of the road-trip disappearance thriller, screened for spooky season.

  • Do You Hear Me? (original student-created play)

    Southwest Tennessee Community College, Union Ave. Campus · 7:00 PM · Free (reserve on Eventbrite)

    Students wrote and stage an original play about self-discovery and courage.

  • Movies Under the Stars: Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island

    Olive Branch City Hall front lawn (Olive Branch) · 7:00 PM · Free

    A free family movie on the City Hall lawn, with Domino's and other pop-ups on site. Next Thursday's Goosebumps screening doubles as a community trunk-or-treat.

  • Overton Square Fall Movie Night: Us

    Overton Square courtyard · 7:00 PM · Free

    Jordan Peele's Us on a free outdoor screen. It's Halloween month in the Thursday series, and Poltergeist (1982) follows next week. Bring blankets and chairs, but no outside food or drink. Rated R.

  • Million Dollar Quartet

    Theatre Memphis (Lohrey Theatre) · 7:30 PM · $15-$62

    The jukebox musical about the one night Elvis, Cash, Perkins and Jerry Lee jammed at Sun.

  • Derek Sheen & Andy Iwancio at The Pit Comedy Club

    The Pit Comedy Club (inside Flyway Brewing) · 8:00 PM · $17

    Thursday headliner night at the small comedy room tucked inside Flyway Brewing.

  • Bobcat / Burning Brigids

    Hi Tone (Small Room, downstairs) · 8:00 PM · $18.50

    Two-band bill in Hi Tone's downstairs room.

  • Cedric Davis Brownlee & The C.D.B Band

    Hernando's Hide-A-Way · 8:00 PM · $10-$15

    Thursday blues night at the old Jerry Lee Lewis-era juke joint on Old Hernando Road.

  • The Pit Comedy Club Thursday Showcase

    Flyway Brewing Co. · 8:00 PM · $10 advance, $17 general admission (21+)

    The pop-up stand-up room's weekly showcase at Flyway; this week's bill is billed by the club as a two-headliner night of touring Seattle comics.

  • Journey to Jersey (Journey / Heart / Bon Jovi tribute)

    Growlers · 8:00 PM (doors 7:00) · $15–$20

    A tribute set covering Journey, Heart and Bon Jovi on the Growlers stage.

  • Thirsty Thursdays Adult Skate (21+)

    Skate Odyssey of Horn Lake (Horn Lake) · 9:00 PM · $10

    Grown-folks skate night with a DJ, 21 and up.

Friday, October 23

  • Cedar Hill Farm Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze (fall season)

    Cedar Hill Farm (Hernando) · 9:00 AM · Fri-Sun gate: $21.95 adults 11+, $19.95 kids 3-10 (+ tax), 2 & under free; online tickets recommended

    A full farm day: hayride out to the pumpkin patch, corn maze, petting zoo, pig races and giant slides, with a pie pumpkin for every paid kid.

  • Holiday Market at Agricenter (3 days)

    Agricenter International · 9:00 AM · $10 adult 1-day / $20 3-day pass; kids 12 & under free; free parking; tickets online or at the door (cash only)

    A three-day holiday shopping market of handcrafted goods at Agricenter: Fri 9-8, Sat 9-5, Sun 11-4.

  • Hot Off the Wall Art Sale

    Dixon Gallery and Gardens · 10:00 AM · Free entry

    The Dixon's annual sale of original work by national and emerging artists is free to browse during museum hours; proceeds fund its education programs.

  • AIN'T I CLEAN: Lansky Brothers & the Look of Memphis Music (exhibit opens)

    Stax Museum of American Soul Music · 10:00 AM · $20 adults; $16 ages 7-12, 62+, veterans/military/AAA; free 6 and under

    A new Stax exhibit on Lansky Brothers, the Beale Street clothier that dressed Rufus Thomas and a generation of Memphis musicians, opens Friday and runs into May.

  • Fall Book Sale at Central Library

    Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library (meeting rooms) · 10:00 AM · Free admission; items priced

    Thousands of cheap books, CDs, DVDs and vinyl records in the Central Library's meeting rooms. Pair it with the adoption day outside at noon.

  • Stax Museum opens 'Ain't I Clean: Lansky Brothers & the Look of Memphis Music'

    Stax Museum of American Soul Music · 10:00 AM · Museum admission: $20 adults; $16 ages 7-12, 62+, veterans/military/AAA; free 6 and under

    A new Stax exhibit on Lansky Bros., the Beale Street clothier that dressed Elvis and the soul stars, opens to the public Friday and runs into May.

  • Playful Pathways (ages 2-5) at Germantown Community Library

    Germantown Community Library, Children's Program Room (Germantown) · 10:30 AM · Free

    A Friday-morning play program for preschoolers at the Germantown library.

  • Dog-Eared and Adopted: Memphis Animal Services adoption day

    Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library (outdoor grounds) · 12:00 PM · Free

    Shelter dogs and cats looking for homes set up outside the Central Library at lunch; it's billed for all ages.

  • King's Court Chess Club

    Raleigh Library · 3:00 PM · Free

    A twice-a-month chess club at the library for tweens through seniors, beginners welcome.

  • Spooky Storytime

    Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library · 4:30 PM · Free

    Spooky stories and songs for kids up to 12 in the Central Library's children's program room.

  • Trick-or-Treat on Main Street

    Collierville Town Square (Collierville) · 5:00 PM · Free

    Kids trick-or-treat door to door through the Town Square merchants. It's Main Street Collierville's Halloween evening on the historic square.

  • Shell on Wheels: The Four Way Restaurant Legacy Concert

    The Four Way Restaurant · 5:30 PM · From $28.49 (fees included)

    Memphis soul across generations to mark 80 years of the city's oldest soul-food restaurant.

  • Halloween Movie Night: Hocus Pocus

    Ed Rice Community Center · 5:30 PM · Free

    A Memphis Parks community-center screening of Hocus Pocus with Halloween treats.

  • Wolf River Fall Fest

    Shady Grove Trailhead, Wolf River Greenway · 5:30 PM · Free (RSVP)

    The Wolf River Conservancy's free Halloween night on the greenway: train rides along the trail, a costume parade, face painting, balloon twisting, sno-cones, hot dogs and candy.

  • Zombie Paintball & Glow Blaster

    Battlefront Paintball (Shelby Farms) · 6:00 PM · $20 + tax per person

    Fire glowing tracer paintballs at live zombie actors after dark, with a separate non-scary glow-blaster range for kids 5 and up.

  • Le Bonheur Zoo Boo (Thu-Sun this week)

    Memphis Zoo · 6:00 PM · $23 nonmembers, $20 members (ages 2+ need a ticket; online only)

    The reimagined Zoo Boo runs four straight nights this week with free train rides; the zoo flags its Toxic Waste Zone as too much for small kids.

  • Halloween at Singleton: Carnival + Haunted House

    Singleton Community Center (Bartlett) · 6:00 PM · Carnival $1 ages 13+, free for kids 12 and under; haunted house $2 ($5 Fast Pass)

    A cheap, very local Friday Halloween night: carnival games, candy and a costume contest, with the haunted house open next door.

  • Thee Last Friday: A Night of Music and Poetry

    Club la rumba · 6:00 PM · $12.51

    Live music and spoken word share a South Main stage for a Friday night of live art.

  • Floating Pumpkin Harvest Festival

    Hickory Hill Aquatic Center · 6:00 PM · Free

    Kids pick a pumpkin out of the pool for a decorating contest, plus games, a costume contest and a haunted house — bring swimwear for the water games.

  • Dinner in Hell with Whisks of Doom

    Monster Market · 6:30 PM · $89.86

    A one-night, four-course pie-themed Halloween dinner from Whisks of Doom, served by costumed demons.

  • Haunted Mid-South Maze (plus the daytime classic maze)

    The Mid-South Maze · 7:00 PM · Haunted maze $25 (all ages); classic maze Fri 4-6 PM $12 adults 13+, $8 ages 6-12, 5 & under free

    The corn maze goes haunted after dark on Friday; families who'd rather skip the scares can walk the regular maze from 4 to 6.

  • "Do You Hear Me?" (original student-created play)

    Southwest Tennessee Community College, Union Ave. Campus · 7:00 PM · Free (RSVP)

    Southwest students stage an original play about self-discovery and courage.

  • Into the Mist: A Storyteller's Companion

    Over Keel at the Kent · 7:00 PM · $65.85

    An intimate evening of storytelling, live music, food, wine and visual imagery inspired by Into the Mist.

  • Urban Bush Women

    Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary's · 7:00 PM · $40 (free community workshop at 5:30 PM)

    The Brooklyn-based, Black women-led dance company founded by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar in 1984 plays one night, with a free community workshop beforehand.

  • Bluegrass Jam on the Collierville Square

    Town Square Park (Collierville) · 7:00 PM · Free

    An open acoustic bluegrass jam on the Square; bring an instrument or just listen.

  • Reggae in the Park After Dark

    Court Square Park · 7:00 PM · Free

    The 4th-annual October Friday series brings live reggae, DJs, Caribbean, vegan, soul-food and BBQ vendors and local makers to Court Square. Bring lawn chairs.

  • Willis Alan Ramsey with Mark Edgar Stuart

    Hernando's Hide-A-Way · 7:00 PM · $35-$40

    A rare club date from the Texas songwriter's songwriter, opened by Memphis's Mark Edgar Stuart.

  • Collective Dust w/ Pretty Much Over, Abigail & The Starlings, Sleepless Nights

    Growlers · 7:00 PM · $10

    A four-band alt-rock bill at Growlers for ten bucks.

  • The Hotspot: A VIP Experience (Art on Fire preview)

    Dixon Gallery and Gardens · 7:00 PM · $250 per person; tables of 10 $2,500

    The Dixon opens its 50th-anniversary Art on Fire weekend a night early with a 21+ preview party: live entertainment, food and drinks, and entry to Saturday's Art on Fire.

  • Bev Johnson 50th Radio Anniversary Celebration

    King Palace Event Center · 7:00 PM · $36.97-$754.85 (table tiers at the top)

    A night honoring Memphis radio host Bev Johnson's 50 years on the air.

  • Haunted Maze at the Mid-South Maze

    The Mid-South Maze · 7:00 PM · $25 all ages

    The corn maze off Walnut Grove turns haunted after dark on October Friday and Saturday nights.

  • Collage Dance Collective: ORIGINS (fall season opener), Friday evening

    Playhouse on the Square · 7:30 PM · $30-$50 (Standard, by seating section)

    Memphis's Black-led professional ballet company opens season 17 with four works, among them Crystal Pite's 'Four Solitudes' and Darrell Grand Moultrie's 'Frankly Speaking'.

  • Little Women: The Broadway Musical (closing weekend)

    Germantown Community Theatre (Germantown) · 7:30 PM · $17-$26 (Adult $26, Senior 60+ $21, Student/Teacher/Military $17)

    Final weekend of GCT's fall musical.

  • Memphis Jazz Orchestra featuring Terell Stafford

    Crosstown Arts - The Green Room · 7:30 PM · $25 advance / $35 door

    The local big band hosts the Grammy-nominated trumpeter and Temple University jazz chief for one night.

  • Million Dollar Quartet

    Theatre Memphis (Lohrey Theatre) · 7:30 PM · $15-$62

    Theatre Memphis's main stage restages the 1956 Sun Studio jam of Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis.

  • The Heartshakers (Tom Petty tribute)

    Nashoba (Collierville) · 8:00 PM · $10 cover (included in table reservation fee)

    A Nashville Tom Petty tribute band made up of session players runs through the hits on Nashoba's main stage.

  • Next Stop Comedy

    1 Memphis Street Event Venue (Hernando) · 8:00 PM · $27.86

    A standup showcase with a rotating lineup in downtown Hernando.

  • Music Box: Teal Wright

    Hattiloo Culture Box · 8:00 PM · $20 advance / $25 door

    Intimate music night in Hattiloo's small room; a 10:30 late show is listed too.

  • Choir Boy / Optic Sink / Decoration Policy

    Hi Tone (Small Room, downstairs) · 8:00 PM · $20.50-$23.50

    Cult dream-pop outfit Choir Boy headlines a three-band bill.

  • Superstition: Vampire Masquerade Ball

    Hi Tone (big room, upstairs) · 10:00 PM · $7.50-$19.50

    The dark-dance night throws its annual vampire-themed masquerade.

Saturday, October 24

  • Hernando Farmers Market

    Hernando Courthouse Square · 8:00 AM · Free

    One of the region's best small-town Saturday markets on the old courthouse square. Only two Saturdays are left in the season (Oct 31 adds a Children's Day).

  • Cars and Coffee (Germantown)

    GPAC parking lot (Germantown) · 8:00 AM · Free

    Monthly morning car meet — all makes and ages welcome — with free Kiwanis coffee and donuts.

  • LOChella Homecoming Parade (LeMoyne-Owen College)

    Parade route, McLemore to Saxon · 9:00 AM · Free to watch (public street parade; price not printed)

    Memphis's HBCU wraps homecoming week with a morning parade from McLemore to Saxon, then a music festival and tailgate on Brownlee Lawn from 11 to 3 and a Fisk basketball doubleheader at 5 and 7.

  • Agricenter Fall Harvest Festival

    Agricenter International · 9:00 AM · Free

    Agricenter's annual free harvest festival, with music, food and games built around teaching kids about agriculture.

  • Cedar Hill Farm pumpkin patch & corn maze

    Cedar Hill Farm (Hernando) · 10:00 AM · Weekend gate $21.95 adults (11+), $19.95 kids 3-10, 2 & under free (+tax)

    A hayride to the pumpkin patch, pig races, a petting zoo, giant slides, and a pie pumpkin for every paid kid.

  • Open Barn Hours at 901 Goats

    901 Goats at Walkapony Goat Ranch (Rossville) · 10:00 AM · $10 per person; 2 and under free

    Walk the barn and meet the herd behind Memphis's goat yoga on their working ranch in Rossville.

  • Halloween Spooktacular at the Children's Museum

    Children's Museum of Memphis · 10:00 AM · $25 nonmembers, $3 members

    CMOM's annual Halloween day: a 'Five Wacky Witches' show, a corn maze, glow-in-the-dark spin art, a costume walk and candy.

  • Memphis Cup of Nations & Family Festival

    Bellevue Baptist Church · 10:00 AM · Free

    Soccer teams from 16 nations that call Memphis home play for a title, with world food, dance, kids' activities and live music.

  • Broad Avenue Art Walk

    Broad Avenue · 10:00 AM · Free

    65+ artists, makers and vintage sellers, music on two stages, a 1 PM second line, a noon corgi parade and a kids' zone; leashed pets welcome.

  • Fall Tram Tours at Memphis Botanic Garden

    Memphis Botanic Garden · 10:00 AM · Free with Garden admission ($12 adults, $10 seniors 62+, $7 kids 2-12, under 2 free)

    Hop-on tram loops through the 96-acre garden about every 25 minutes, with a different theme each month.

  • Spooky STEM Lab

    Bert Ferguson Community Center (Cordova) · 10:30 AM · Free

    Halloween science experiments for ages 4–12, with adaptive activities for kids on the autism spectrum.

  • Taijiquan with Milan Vigil

    Dixon Gallery & Gardens · 10:30 AM · Free (drop-in)

    A free, no-impact tai chi class for balance and calm, outdoors when the weather allows.

  • Juvenile Court 5th Annual Candy Coated Trunk or Treat

    Juvenile Court of Memphis & Shelby County (Washington Ave side) · 11:00 AM · Free

    A county-run family Halloween afternoon with trunk-or-treat, face painting, a firefighter simulator, a bounce house and a petting zoo. Coats and essentials are available for families who need them.

  • Screaming Vegan Food Festival (rain-date move)

    Pink Palace Museum grounds · 11:00 AM · Free entry

    A plant-based food festival with vendors, local bands, DJs and artisan booths on the Pink Palace lawn.

  • Whitehaven Library's 6th Annual Harvest Festival

    Whitehaven Library (outdoor grounds) · 11:00 AM · Free

    Music, food, literacy games and fall activities on the library grounds in Whitehaven.

  • Kroctoberfest Fall Fun Bash (rodeo theme)

    Salvation Army Kroc Center of Memphis · 11:00 AM · Free

    The Kroc Center's free rodeo-themed fall bash, with inflatables, games and photo ops. Boots and cowboy hats encouraged.

  • Dia de Muertos Parade & Festival

    Main Street to the Halloran Centre · 11:00 AM · Free

    Cazateatro's parade of Catrinas marches down Main from Court Square, then altars, dance, face painting and vendors at the Halloran.

  • Spooky Skate on the riverfront

    Sunset Canopy, Tom Lee Park · 12:00 PM · Free (RSVP)

    A costume-friendly daytime skate with a live DJ, a skate-dance lesson and a limited number of free 30-minute rentals; bring your own pads.

  • Fantasy Faire at Cordova Library

    Cordova Library (outdoor grounds) · 12:00 PM · Free

    Tennessee Shakespeare Company opens it with a sword fight. After that comes a costume contest, a fantasy trivia showdown, a D&D character-creation station, a 'magical marketplace', and a teen writing workshop with World Fantasy Award winner Sheree Renée Thomas.

  • 2026 Overton Square Oktoberfest

    Overton Square, Chimes Square courtyard · 12:00 PM · Free

    The 4th annual Oktoberfest brings craft beer, a stein-holding contest, German food, the polka band Polkawagen, folk dancers and a makers market. Lederhosen are encouraged.

  • Jones Orchard corn maze

    Jones Orchard Fall Fun (Millington) · 12:00 PM · $12 (ages 5+); 4 and under free with a paying adult

    A 10-acre corn maze with in-maze mystery games (who kidnapped Farmer Joe?); already-picked pumpkins for sale at the market next door.

  • Stax Free Family Day with trunk-or-treat

    Stax Museum of American Soul Music · 1:00 PM · Free

    Free museum admission plus face painting, a Kids on the Block puppet show, caramel apple decorating and a Soulsville Charter School trunk-or-treat in the parking lot; costumes encouraged.

  • All Ages Nature Journaling

    Overton Park (Old Forest) · 2:00 PM · $5 (registration)

    A multi-generational session where kids and grown-ups sketch and take notes on what they find in the Old Forest; supplies provided.

  • 901 Wrestling LIVE Taping (matinee)

    Growlers · 2:30 PM · $10-$18

    An afternoon pro-wrestling TV taping inside a Poplar Avenue music bar.

  • Collage Dance Collective: ORIGINS, Saturday matinee

    Playhouse on the Square · 2:30 PM · $30-$50 (Standard, by seating section)

    Same four-work program as Friday, as an afternoon show.

  • Carnegie Writers' Group at Cossitt Library

    Cossitt Library · 3:00 PM · Free (registration required)

    A free monthly writing workshop downtown with power writing, critique and guest speakers; beginners welcome.

  • Special Needs Trunk N Treat

    Shadowlawn Park (new inclusive playground) (Bartlett) · 3:00 PM · Free

    Bartlett's first trunk-or-treat built for people of all ages with special needs and their siblings, held at the park's new inclusive playground.

  • Memphis Punk Rock Flea Market

    Hi Tone (both rooms) · 4:00 PM · Free

    A free punk-scene flea market takes over both floors of the Hi Tone.

  • Bollywood to Breath Work (Baptist Health & Wellness Series)

    Overton Park Shell · 4:00 PM · Free

    Twenty minutes of Bollywood dance warmup, then breathing and guided meditation on the Shell lawn.

  • Millington PD Trunk or Treat

    Discovery Park (Millington) · 5:00 PM · Free

    Millington's police department hosts a Saturday-evening trunk-or-treat in Discovery Park.

  • The Reset: Sunset Experience

    The Prospect, Tom Lee Park · 5:00 PM · Free (RSVP)

    Bring a blanket for a slow golden-hour evening of music, reflection and stillness by the river, hosted by Regi Hall; snacks welcome, no alcohol.

  • Movie Night in the Park: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

    Davis Park · 5:30 PM · Free

    Free outdoor family screening with free concessions; bring blankets and chairs.

  • Memphis Matters (playback theatre)

    TheatreSouth at First Congregational Church · 7:00 PM · $23.18-$44.52

    Everystory (formerly Playback Memphis) actors turn audience members' true stories into instant theater.

  • Art on Fire (Dixon 50th-anniversary edition)

    Dixon Gallery & Gardens · 7:00 PM · $95 ($75 Dixon members); 21+

    Bites from 20+ Memphis restaurants (Babalu, Torchy's, Flipside Asia, Pete & Sam's, Jamrack and more), plus beer, wine and whiskey, fire performers and live music, all in the Dixon's gardens.

  • Garrison Starr with Kristy Lee

    Crosstown Arts - The Green Room · 7:30 PM · $35 advance / $45 door

    Grammy-nominated producer and songwriter Garrison Starr returns with her new 'swamp gospel' album.

  • Hourglass: James Taylor Tribute

    Bartlett Performing Arts & Conference Center (Bartlett) · 7:30 PM · $40

    A tribute band working through James Taylor's catalog, 'Carolina In My Mind' and 'Fire and Rain' included, in Bartlett's own theater.

  • The Rogue Route Tour with Sarah Jakes Roberts

    Orpheum Theatre · 8:00 PM · $47.60-$292.50

    The bestselling author and Potter's House co-pastor brings her tour of teaching, worship and conversation.

  • The Robert Cray Band

    GPAC - Highland Capital Performance Hall (Germantown) · 8:00 PM · $51-$108 incl. fees

    Five-time Grammy-winning bluesman in GPAC's intimate concert hall.

  • Music Box: Adrian Ace Kennard & Ashundra Bernard

    Hattiloo Culture Box · 8:00 PM · $20 advance / $25 door

    A double-billed music night in the Culture Box, with early and late shows.

  • Joshua Ray Walker - Ain't Dead Yet Tour, with Cecilia Castleman

    Hernando's Hide-A-Way · 8:00 PM · $20-$25

    Dallas country singer on tour, with a big voice for heartbreak songs.

  • Rave Till the Grave

    Growlers · 9:00 PM · $15–$20

    A costume dance party of Halloween-twisted house and dubstep remixes.

Sunday, October 25

Just missed

The last couple of days, for the record — and a pretty good argument for getting tomorrow’s list at 6am.

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