Beale Street's last Alley Dayz, a Michelin Bib for Bao Toan, and four days left to vote early

Hey Memphis 👋 It's Monday. Partly sunny and near 76 today, down around 54 tonight. Halloween week, and the weather is still doing September.

Alley Dayz finale on Beale — Beale Street between Main and Front, 5–7:30 PM, free. The Downtown Memphis Commission's last alley party of the year moves to Beale: live music, local vendors and pop-ups under the string lights by the Orpheum. We flagged it last Monday, and now it's here. Details

U of M Jazz Singers — Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center, 7 PM, free (claim tickets online). The university's vocal jazz ensemble in the Scheidt's hall. The free seats hide under "Other Categories" at checkout. Details

winterforever with Livid Noise and Saw It Coming — Growlers, doors 7, show 8, $10. A touring punk act with two Memphis openers, on a Monday, for ten bucks. Details

Field Notes with the Overton Park Conservancy — Overton Park, meet at the Rainbow Lake parking lot kiosk, 12:15–1 PM, free. A 45-minute lunch-hour walk-and-talk on park ecology with the Conservancy's stewardship manager. Leashed dogs welcome. Details

ACOTAR Midnight Release Party — Novel, 387 Perkins Ext., doors 9:30 PM, books at midnight; your ticket is a pre-order of the $32 book. Sarah J. Maas's sixth Court of Thorns and Roses novel lands at midnight, and Novel and Libro are throwing a Prythian-themed party to wait for it: themed food and drink for sale, crafts, then the books come out at 12. Details

Spooky Music Bingo — Huey's Germantown, 8–10 PM, free. Cerrito's Halloween edition of music bingo: a graveyard-smash playlist and prizes for the table that knows its Monster Mash. Details

👶 With the kids

BOO Books! — Randolph Library, 4–5 PM, free. A Halloween storytime with free books to keep, candy and crafts, for little kids through teens. Details

STEM Club — South Library, 4–5 PM, free, ages 8 to 12. The monthly hands-on build for tweens, from popsicle-stick bridges to solar s'mores. Details

Memphis has a new Michelin Bib Gourmand. Bao Toan Kitchen & Bar in Crosstown Concourse made the 2026 American South list on Oct. 21, the only Memphis newcomer this year, and Hog & Hominy kept its Bib. The guide singled out two dishes, the cà ri Sài Gòn and the cánh gà lá chanh. (via the MICHELIN Guide)

Four days left to vote early. All 26 Shelby County early-voting sites are open Monday through Thursday, 11 AM–7 PM, and early voting ends Thursday, Oct. 29. The Election Commission's downtown office at 157 Poplar keeps 9-to-5 hours. Bring a photo ID. (Sites and hours via the Shelby County Election Commission)

Third Street bridge work goes overnight again this week. Tonight from 8 PM to 6 AM the northbound Third Street ramp to southbound I-55 closes for a concrete pour, Tuesday night southbound Third Street closes with detours posted, and TDOT lists Wednesday and Thursday as backup nights. (via TDOT)

Shelby Farms Park's Woodland Discovery Playground closes today and stays closed through January while the park sets up Starry Nights. From Nov. 7, Pine Lake Drive also closes to cars between Great View Drive and the playground. (via Shelby Farms Park Conservancy)

The Downtown Memphis Commission gives its State of Downtown report this afternoon at 3 at the Halloran Centre: what's getting built, what's opened and what's still stuck. It's free, with registration. (via the Downtown Memphis Commission)

Medal Mondays at Wiseacre OG — 2783 Broad Ave., 4–10 PM, $4 pints. Four dollars for the medal winners all evening: Tiny Bomb, Sky Dog, Sky Dog Amber and Oktoberfest. Details

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Memphis Renaissance Festival — the Greensward at Overton Park, Saturday, Oct. 31, 10 AM–5 PM (plus an 18-and-up night, 6:30–10), and Sunday, Nov. 1, 10 AM–9 PM, presale $35 adults, $15 youth. A first-year Renaissance faire on Halloween weekend: a 30-merchant maker village, a tarot tent, Memphis Wrestling's costumed fighters and Tea with the Fairies. Presale ends Friday. Details

Downtown Dining Week — Downtown restaurants, Monday, Nov. 9, through Sunday, Nov. 15. Special menus and multi-course deals at 38 Downtown restaurants so far. Save three receipts and you can enter for a hotel stay and a spa day. Details

Memphis Zoo Lantern Festival — Memphis Zoo, opens Friday, Nov. 13, select nights through Feb. 14, 5–9:30 PM, $25 ($23 members), ages 2 and up. Year two of the lantern walk, with timed online-only entry and a new $75 season pass. Details

Matt L. asked if there's a website with a calendar of everything. There is: heymemphis.co/events has today, tonight and the weekend, built from the same research as this email.

The Halloween house roundup runs Thursday. So far the one organized list in town is Cooper-Young's home decorating contest, which the neighborhood association judges this weekend. If a yard on your street goes all out, reply with the block by Wednesday night.

The tip line never closes — a pop-up, a band, a Monday-night find we missed. No gatekeeping — send it to hey@heymemphis.co.

That's it for today — see you tomorrow at 6.

— Josh