Fall Fest Memphis
St. Brigid Catholic Church
Friday-Saturday, October 18-19
Fall Fest Memphis is a two-day music fest with a backyard barbecue cook-off, a car show, vendors, food trucks, and a carnival with rides. The Friday music lineup features Rock The Boat (5 to 7:30 p.m) and Thumpdaddy (8 to 10:30 p.m.); and Saturday’s has Generation X (10 to 11 a.m.), The Amber McCain Band (11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.), Area 51 (1 to 2 p.m.), Kruzz Kuntrol (2:30 to 3:30 p.m.), Mariachi Fiesta Band (4 to 5 p.m.), Southbound (5:30 to 6:30 p.m.), THE SHOTGUNBILLYS (7 p.m to 8 p.m.), and Elevation Memphis: A Tina Turner Tribute Experience (8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.).
Lizzie: The Lizzie Borden Musical
TheatreWorks @ The Square
Performances October 18-November 3
Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one. You know the story, and New Moon Theatre is putting a rock musical twist to it, with a sound owing less to Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber than to Bikini Kill, the Runaways, and Heart. Catch New Moon’s latest production Lizzie Thursdays at 7:30, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $30/adults and $25/seniors, students, teachers, and military. Purchase them here.
Come As Thou Art
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Friday, October 18, 8 p.m.-11:45 p.m.
Walk, walk, fashion baby at the inaugural Come as Thou Art Costume Ball. Don your most imaginative attire, either inspired by the night’s theme — the enchanting world of Tim Burton — or the spirit of an artist or designer. The evening will be capped off with a fashion show by Sonin Lee. General admission tickets are $60 and can be purchased here.
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Memphis
Shelby Farms Park
Saturday, October 19, 9:30 a.m.
Making Strides has always been more than just a walk; it’s a movement. The American Cancer Society is making it easier for anyone, anywhere, to make an impact. They know the future can be free from breast cancer. This year’s day of fellowship and fundraising will have lots of family-friendly fun, so bring the whole family and make a morning of it. The event opens at 9:30 a.m. with lots of things to do, the onstage program starts at 10:20 a.m., and the walk begins at 11 a.m. Register here.
RiverArtsFest
Riverside Dr.
Saturday-Sunday, October 19-20, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Ain’t no river wide enough to keep me from getting to RiverArtsFest, the largest juried artist market and urban festival in the Mid-South. This year’s festival features 165 artists participating in the artist market, plus hands-on art activities, artist demonstrations, and two stages of entertainment (see here for the schedule).Proceeds from the festival support year-round community and arts education programming for students, arts educators, and the public. Tickets are $10/one-day general admission, $15/two-day general admission, $5/youth ages 6-17, and free/children 5 and under; purchase them here.
Family Fun Day
Metal Museum
Saturday, October 19, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
As part of the Metal Museum’s fundraiser Repair Days, the museum is hosting a Family Fun Day, offering hands-on activities, demonstrations, and kid-friendly games on museum grounds, plus free admission. Guests can make their own wire figures and paint their own metal or plaster molds for free. There are also a few paid activities, where you can take away your very own sculpture. Be sure to stick around for the big Iron Pour at 2 to 4 p.m. as glowing orange molten iron is poured into molds, creating solid pieces as it cools. The museum’s Master Metalsmith Preston Jackson will give an artist talk at 4 p.m. RSVP for the talk here. You can bring your metal items to the museum to have them restored through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., for Repair Days. Find more information at metalmuseum.org/repair-days.
Southwest Twin Harvest Celebration & Festival
Southwest Twin
Saturday, October 19, noon-4:30 p.m.
Celebrate the season at the Southwest Twin. The Harvest Celebration & Festival will host vendors, food trucks, entertainment, and activities for all ages. This event is free.
Pansy Pre-release Book Signing and Q & A
DeMoir Books & Things
Saturday October 19, 1-5 p.m.
Join Pansy author Jasper Joyner for a pre-release book signing and discussion with novelist, educator, and DeMoir Books & Things owner, Jeremee DeMoir. Several Pansy copies will be available for purchase at this free event prior to its official release Tuesday, October 22nd. Pansy is a nonlinear, episodic memoir that combines poetry, cultural criticism, and essays. It follows transmasc, Southern writer Jasper as they fumble through an awkward Memphis upbringing in the ’90s and early aughts, an insufferable Nashville PWI, and a fierce NYC queer awakening, all with a poignant throughline on Black exceptionalism, focused on Jasper’s wildly agonizing first publishing experience with novel, Juniper Leaves.
Cooper-Young Beerfest
Midtown Autowerks
Saturday, October 19, 1-5 p.m.
Beer me, what a brewtiful event that is in store for you at Midtown Autowerks. It’s time for the annual Cooper-Young Beerfest. First and foremost a fundraising event for the Cooper-Young Community Association (CYCA), the fest brings more than 30 local and regional brewers within a day’s drive from Cooper-Young to the historic neighborhood. Tickets include a 2024 Beerfest mug, unlimited samples of beer, and a great time. Goner Records will supply tunes, and food will be available for purchase from local food trucks. Get tickets ($60.54) here.
Time Warp Drive-In: King of Horror – A Stephen King Shocktober
Malco Summer Drive-In
Saturday, October 19, 7 p.m.
Let’s do the Time Warp againnnnnn. It’s just a jump to the left. It’s just a jump to the left, and then a step to the riiiight. Put your hands on your hips; you bring your knees in tight. But it’s the pelvic thrust that really drives you insaaaane. Let’s do the Time Warp againnnnn. Oh, wait. That Time Warp. The drive-in. Let’s do that one again. This month it’s screening a Stephen King triple-feature: Creepshow, Pet Semetary, and Misery. It’s $25/carload.
The Pizza Witches’ Witchy Workout & Pizza Party
Novel
Monday, October 21, 6 p.m.
Move, groove, and sweep with your broom to spooky tunes during a witchy workout. This 45-minute workout is for all levels and will get you moving and grooving to the spookiest Halloween tunes. Tickets are $10 and include a workout, pizza, and dessert. Participants should bring their own mats and towels for end of class stretching.
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