1 Bring the kids to the track for Family Adventure Day [4], with pony rides, a petting zoo and more at Churchill Downs.
2 Live music during Monday Jazz with The Buzzard [5], at Decca.
3 Modest Mouse [6] presented by WFPK at the Louisville Palace.
4 Explore some of the Speed Art Museum’s most well-known pieces during the Collection Highlight Drop-in Tour [7].
5 Hip-hop icon DJ Quik with Geto Boys’ Scarface [8] at Mercury Ballroom.
6 Old Lou Brew [9] features local breweries, at the Edison House.
7 The St. James Court Art Show [10] in Old Louisville (Oct. 6-8).
8 The Simon and Garfunkel Story [11], a tribute to the rock duo, at the Kentucky Center.
9 Murder mystery and musical theatre join forces for The Mystery of Edwin Drood [12] at the Alley Theatre (Oct. 5-28).
10 U of L men’s soccer vs. Florida Atlantic [13], at U of L Soccer Park.
11 New Orleans rapper Curren$y [14] at Diamond Pub & Billiards.
12 Horror Movies in the Courtyard presents Rosemary’s Baby [15], at Copper & Kings Distillery.
13 Star Dust [16], a dance tribute to David Bowie at the Brown Theatre.
14 Louisville City FC vs. Richmond Kickers [17], at Slugger Field. U of L football’s homecoming game against Boston College [18], at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium.
15 The Louisville Palace screens Hocus Pocus [19] as part of its Halloween Movie Series.
16 Audubon Country Club hosts the Colon One Golf Scramble [20], to benefit colon cancer screening, support and research.
17 Congressman John Yarmuth is among the featured speakers at the Church-State Separation Forum [21] hosted at Sullivan University.
18 Sample the city, literally, at the 44th Annual Taste of Louisville [22] at Louisville Executive Aviation.
19 University Jazz Ensemble II [23] directed by Gabe Evans, at the U of L School of Music.
20 U of L’s Axton Reading Series [24] features award-winning authors (and spouses) Sarah Gorham and Jeffrey Skinner in the U of L Ekstrom Library’s Bingham Poetry Room.
21 Nationally acclaimed author of The Empathy Exams Leslie Jamison delivers the keynote for the Louisville Literary Arts’ Writer’s Block Festival [25] at the Tim Faulkner Gallery.
22 Enjoy the fall season with pumpkin slingshots, a hay maze and more, during ColorFest [26] at Bernheim Arboretum.
23 Spend a night at the theater with Three Funny Guys [27] at Derby Dinner Playhouse.
24 The Eagles [28] at the KFC Yum! Center.
25 Broadway comes to Louisville with Finding Neverland [29] at Whitney Hall (Oct. 24-29).
26 Indulge in Israeli street food during the Tel Aviv Street Food Pop Up [30] at Haymarket Whiskey Bar.
27 Kentucky Opera presents Dead Man Walking [31], based on the memoir that inspired the Oscar-winning movie, at the Brown Theatre (Oct. 27-29).
28 Boo Dell [32] at Yew Dell Botanical Gardens offers Halloween fun for the whole family.
29 Dracula [33] at Actors Theatre (Oct. 1-Nov. 2).
30 Grammy award-winning bassist Victor Wooten featuring Dennis Chambers and Bob Franceschini [34] presented by WFPK at Headliners Music Hall.
31 View thousands of carved pumpkins during the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular [35] at Iroquois Park (Oct. 12-Nov. 5).
This originally appeared in the October 2017 issue of Louisville Magazine. To subscribe to Louisville Magazine, click here. [36] To find your very own copy of Louisville Magazine, click here. [37]
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