Gonerfest, free blues at the Shell, and Latin Fest takes Overton Square

Hey Memphis 👋 It's Thursday. 84 today, 63 tonight, and dry and 87 through Saturday, with a slight chance of a Sunday shower. Last Thursday we were writing about a heat advisory, so take the gift.

It's Gonerfest week, Latin Fest takes Overton Square Saturday, and "Weird Al" plays Southaven. Five things tonight, then all three days.

Gonerfest 23, night one — Wiseacre OG Taproom, 2783 Broad Ave., 5:30 PM, $60 plus fee. Goner Records' garage-punk reunion opens with seven bands, Horsegirl closing at 10:15. Friday and Saturday are $70; Sunday's finale at the Shell is free. Details

Arts in the Alley — Collierville Town Square, 100 W. Mulberry St., 6:30–9 PM, $50. Painters work live in the alley while Kevin & Bethany Paige play, and the ticket covers food, beer and wine. Details

Concerts in The Grove: Bailey Bigger — GPAC, 1801 Exeter Rd., Germantown, 6:30 PM, $13, kids $8. A Memphis songwriter on the lawn stage, with food trucks. Details

Art for Jobs — Advance Memphis, 575 Suzette St., doors 5:30 PM, free with an RSVP. More than 100 Memphis artists in a South Memphis warehouse; buy at 6:30, carry it home tonight, and the money funds job training. Details

Fall Movie Night: Project Hail Mary — Overton Square courtyard, 7 PM, free. The Thursday series we flagged last week starts tonight. Bring a blanket. Details

FRIDAY

Memphis Country Blues Festival — Overton Park Shell, 1928 Poplar Ave., 5:30–9 PM, free. The Shell revives its 1960s blues festival with the North Mississippi Allstars and Mr. Sipp. Coolers welcome. Details

Honoring Dolly: 9 to 5 — Halloran Centre, 225 S. Main St., 9 AM, 2, 5 and 9 PM, free. Four free showings for Dolly Day. Pick your shift. Details

Tako's Secondhand Gala & Fashion Show — 240 Madison Ave., doors 6 PM, runway 7 PM, standing room free. Local designers and upcycle artists send out new looks made entirely from secondhand clothes. Wear your best thrifted fit. Details

Love's Labor's Lost — Bartlett Performing Arts Center lawn, 3663 Appling Rd., Bartlett, 7 PM, free. Tennessee Shakespeare Company's free outdoor tour. Bring a chair and a picnic; it plays the Collierville depot Saturday at 7, too. Details

SATURDAY

Latin Fest 901 — Overton Square, 2101 Madison Ave., noon–6 PM, free. Cazateatro's Hispanic Heritage Month party: a Parade of Nations at 12:15, then flamenco, Opera Memphis and salsa, with Area 58 closing at 5:10. Details

Hernando Water Tower Festival — Hernando Courthouse Square, 9 AM–3 PM, free. 150-plus vendors around the square, food trucks on Panola Street and a free Kidz Zone. Details

EuroFest Car Show — C.O. Franklin Park, 7725 Poplar Pike, Germantown, 10 AM–3 PM, free to look. The 42nd year, benefiting Madonna Learning Center. Details

Tiger Pro Wrestling — Meddlesome Brewing, 7750 Trinity Rd., Cordova, 7 PM, $15, all ages. A wrestling ring in a taproom. Details

Hattiloo's 20th Celebration — Overton Park Shell, 7–9 PM, free. Hattiloo's birthday goes outdoors: music, comedy, spoken word and theatre. Details

"Weird Al" Yankovic — Landers Center, 4560 Venture Dr., Southaven, doors 7, show 8 PM, $46.80–$217.40. Puddles Pity Party opens. Details

SUNDAY

Asian Night Market — Agricenter, 7777 Walnut Grove Rd., Saturday 4–10 PM and Sunday 11 AM–7 PM, $15 online through Friday ($20 after), kids $5, under 6 free. More than 100 food booths and lion dancers; food costs extra. Details

Chicken Sh*t Bingo — Hernando's Hide-A-Way, noon–3 PM, no cover. The Sunday game where a chicken picks the winning square. Details

Kafé Kirk: Kirk Whalum & Kayla Waters-Medley — Crosstown Theater, doors 5, show 6 PM, $59 in advance plus fees, $70 at the door. The Grammy-winning saxophonist's jazz series. Details

Pink Palace Crafts Fair — Pink Palace Museum, 3050 Central Ave., Friday through Sunday, 10 AM–5 PM, $10 in advance, $12 at the gate, kids 5 to 12 $3, under 5 free. The 54th fair is back on the Pink Palace lawn, and your ticket covers the museum. Details

Cedar Hill Farm opening weekend — 8 Love Rd., Hernando, Saturday 10 AM–6 PM, Sunday 11 AM–6 PM, $21.95, kids $19.95. Hayrides, pig races, a corn maze, and a pie pumpkin for every paid kid. Details

Outdoor Discovery Day — Ducks Unlimited National Headquarters, 1 Waterfowl Way, Saturday 9 AM–1 PM, free, register ahead. Duck-dog demos, archery and fly casting, gear provided. Details

Super Saturday — Brooks Museum of Art, 1934 Poplar Ave., Saturday 10 AM–noon, free, registration required, ages 5 to 12. Kids draw for a piece headed to the new downtown museum, at the last Super Saturday in Overton Park. Details

Lightwire Theater — Buckman Performing & Fine Arts Center, Sunday, 7 PM, $45. Glow-in-the-dark puppetry: performers in electroluminescent wire tell a story on a blacked-out stage. Details

Last night's Game 2 decided how the Redbirds' season ends. If they won it, the International League Championship comes down to a Game 3 tonight at 6:45 at AutoZone Park, with tickets from $5; if Rochester won, the Red Wings took the title. (via Memphis Redbirds)

Graceland's Holiday Lighting Weekend is Nov. 19–21, and general tickets go on sale Friday at 10 AM. The lighting ceremony on the 19th is free. (via Graceland)

Darren Criss at GPAC has moved from this Saturday to Saturday, Dec. 5 at 8 PM. (via GPAC)

All five DeSoto County library branches are closed Friday for a staff day. (via First Regional Library)

Jazz brunch at The Majestic Grille — Saturday and Sunday, 12:30–2:30 PM, no cover. Memphis Jazz Workshop students and alumni start a monthly brunch residency this weekend. Details

Career Academy can have you trained as a CNA in as little as four weeks for $1,350 all-in, with nothing due until your first day of class — grab a seat in the Oct. 12 class.

If you've wondered whether your child could use a little speech, occupational or physical therapy, tell Midsouth Therapy Group about them and the Cordova team will reach out with next steps.

Beat the first cold morning to the punch: Cordova Heating & Air will give your furnace a once-over anywhere from Collierville to Southaven, so get on the schedule now.

Your back has been asking for this: Worthington Chiropractic in Bartlett's $49 new-patient special covers the exam, X-rays if needed and your first adjustment — book it and mention the special.

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Tom Lee's Gumption Revival Lantern Parade — Tom Lee Park, Saturday, Oct. 3, 5–8 PM, free to watch. Want to carry a lantern? This Saturday's $12 workshops at Beale Street Landing are your last chance to make one. Details

Hannibal Buress — Crosstown Theater, Sunday, Oct. 4, doors 6:30, show 7 PM, $35–$52. Details

The Big One flea market — Liberty Park, Oct. 17–18, $2, kids 12 and under free. Details

A reader caught us: the Tigers are 3-1, not 2-1 as we said Tuesday. They're off this weekend.

Tuesday's question is still open, and nobody has taken a swing yet: what tells you fall has actually arrived in Memphis? With 84 on the forecast, this might be the week. Hit reply.

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

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

— Josh