Hot Rods on Beale's season finale, Spamalot opens at the Orpheum, and Rocky Horror at Ghost River

Hey Memphis 👋 It's Tuesday. Partly sunny and near 76, with clouds rolling in tonight and a low around 56. Still not a drop of rain in the forecast.

Hot Rods on Beale: season finale — Beale Street, 6–10 PM, free. The last cruise night of the year. The American Muscle Car Club and Perfect Nemesis park on the street itself, and walking the rows costs nothing; only cars with a parking pass can line up. Details

Spamalot: opening night — the Orpheum, 7:30 PM, $46.70–$162.15, ages 8 and up. Monty Python's Holy Grail musical opens an eight-show run that goes through Sunday: two hours and 15 minutes, with intermission. Details

Iron & Wine — Satellite Music Hall, Crosstown, 7 PM, tickets through the venue. Sam Beam's folk project plays the new Crosstown music hall on a Tuesday. Details

Fright-Tober: Halloween (1978) — Crosstown Theater, 1350 Concourse Ave., doors 6, film 6:30, free. The free October horror series closes with John Carpenter's original, four nights before the real thing. Details

Toy Box: Karaoke & R&Bingo — Hattiloo's Culture Box, 37 Cooper St., 6:30–8:30 PM, pay what you want. Hattiloo's Tuesday game night pairs karaoke with R&B bingo, and you name your own ticket price at the door. Details

Rocky Horror at Ghost River — Ghost River Brewing taproom, South Main, 7 PM, no cover listed. Taco Tuesday turns into the Time Warp: Ghost River screens The Rocky Horror Picture Show again, with a limited run of prop bags made by a regular. Come dressed. Details

👶 With the kids

"Howl"oween Spooktacular — Germantown Community Library, 5–7 PM, free, ages 2 to 13. Carnival games, prizes, face painting, balloon animals and a costume contest, no sign-up needed. Details

Mini-Monsters at the Dixon — Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 10:30–11:15 AM, $8 per child, members free, ages 2 to 4, registration required. Costumed toddlers do a Halloween art-and-nature class, then trick-or-treat the staff on the way out. Details

Spooky Disney Music Bingo — The Half Shell, Germantown, 6:30–8:30 PM, free, kids eat free. A villains-edition Disney music bingo for families, with Cerrito hosting. Costumes welcome. Details

Last call on MLGW's surplus auction. Bidding on the light-duty vehicles and the odds and ends closes today, and the trucks, bucket trucks and heavy equipment close Wednesday, all online. (via MLGW)

Culver's is eyeing Lakeland for its first Mid-South store. The ButterBurger chain has a site plan in at the Ashmont development, at Canada Road and Davies Plantation Road, and the planning commission takes it up in November. (via Action News 5)

The World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest turns 50 next spring, May 12–15 at Liberty Park. Team applications open Thursday, Nov. 5, and the Great American River Run opens registration the same day. (via Memphis Flyer)

Memphis Parks pushed registration for its free fall youth basketball league to Thursday, Oct. 29. The 10U and 12U divisions are full, the rest (6U through 18U) still have room, and the season starts Nov. 9. (via Memphis Parks)

Bartlett has a coffee roaster. Baaloo Coffee Roasters at 2821 Bartlett Road soft-opened in August and got its chamber ribbon cutting Oct. 22. Owner Omar Yusuf's family grows coffee in Harar, Ethiopia, and the beans are roasted in-house. (via Memphis Flyer)

Breadie's Cafe is officially open — 120 N. East Yates Rd., East Memphis, Tuesday–Friday 6 AM–6:30 PM, weekends 7:30 AM–2 PM. The new bakery-cafe posted real hours after its grand-opening weekend. The patio waits for spring. Details

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Shell on Wheels: Hallows' Eve at Wiseacre OG — 2783 Broad Ave., Friday, Oct. 30, 5–11 PM, no cover listed. The Overton Park Shell parks its mobile stage at the Broad Avenue taproom for Halloween eve: Recent Future at 5, Bailey Bigger 6:15, Cyrena Wages 7:30, Aquarian Blood 8:45 and Country Westerns at 10, plus a michelada bar and a new beer release. Details

Memphis Samhain Irish Festival — Madison Avenue Park and The Brass Door, 151 Madison Ave., Saturday, Oct. 31, 11 AM–8 PM, free. Halloween's Irish roots, all day downtown: an opening parade, Gaelic sports, céilí dancing, Irish film and Dermot & The Pints. Under 18 with a grown-up. Details

Grizzlies vs. Kings on Halloween — FedExForum, Saturday, Oct. 31, 7 PM, tickets through FedExForum. Halloween night at the Forum doubles as Día de los Muertos night, with a T-shirt giveaway at the door. Details

Arlington, you asked for more of your town: the third annual Trunk or Treat at The Crossing is Thursday, 4–7 PM, free. It leads off Thursday's Halloween weekend guide with the rest.

The Halloween house roundup runs Thursday. If your street goes all out, reply with the block by tomorrow night.

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

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

— Josh