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Dates to Know in Cincinnati: October 2026
through Sunday
Mary Poppin’s Jr.
Emery Theatre
Click here to view The Children’s Theatre’s 2026–27 season
Tuesday–Sunday
BOOP! The Musical
Aronoff Center
Click here to view the entire 2026–2027 season
Wednesday
Queen City Zumbini
LilyPad Cincinnati, September 2–October 21, 9:15–10a
Weekly Zumbini classes on Wednesdays. Click here for single classes.
$5 Burger Wednesday
Arnolds Bar & Grill
There is also live bluegrass on Wednesdays from 6 to 8.
Fall in Cincinnati 2026
Thursday
Opening Night: OctKNOWber Nights
Know Theatre
Series of performances, featuring nine different shows throughout the month of October.
Through October 30
October Concert
Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum, 7–8:30p
StringSource will be playing music from the 1970’s and 1980’s in the Norman Chapel. This is a free concert however we will be accepting monetary donations for CAIN (Churches Active In Northside).
CMC After Hours: Halloween Edition
Cincinnati Museum Center, 7–10p
21+ night at the museum, complete with themed programming and interactive experiences. Food and drinks available for purchase; costumes encouraged.
Tickets
Friday
Boo Fest
RC Durr YMCA, 6–8p
Costumes are encouraged as families enjoy activities, dancing, and trunk-or-treat stations.
Free admission
HallowEve Brew Bash
Ault Park, 6–8p
The ultimate Fall beer and costume party, complete with ten (10) five-ounce tastings from some of Cincinnati’s best craft breweries, live music, and food truck.
Howl at the Hall
Westwood Town Hall, 6–9p
Activities, artists and vendors, and trick or treating before a family friendly outdoor movie with popcorn.
Free admission
Party in the House
Mercantile Immersive, 6–9p
Benefiting New Life Furniture Bank, the evening will include a dit-down dinner, open bar, one-of-a-kind tablescapes, and inspiring stories of impact.
Tickets
Friday and Saturday
Sharon Woods Haunted Village
Sharon Woods Heritage Museum, 6–10p
Family friendly, slight-fright event featuring trick or treating through the Village, games, a haunted house, balloon animals, and more.
Friday–Sunday
Vintage Market Days of Dayton-Cincinnati
“Collected & Curated”
Greene County Fairgrounds (Xenia)
Upscale, vintage-inspired, indoor/outdoor market featuring original art, vintage, furniture, boutique clothing, jewelry, handmade goods, home décor, food trucks, seasonal plantings, and more.
Tickets
Fright Fest
Washington Park, Memorial Hall, Ziegler Park, Imagination Alley
Friday, 10/23 at 8:30p: Ghostbusters at Washington Park
Meet us on the Lawn before the show for Ghostbusters-themed games and activities.
Friday, 10/23 at 11p: Rocky Horror Picture Show at Memorial Hall (21+)
Saturday, 10/24 at 7p: Beetlejuice (1988) at Ziegler Park
Catch a fan-favorite on the expansion; dress your best and enter to win in our costume contest.
Sunday, 10/25 at 7:30p: It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and Hotel Transylvania at Imagination Alley
Meet us for a spooky double-header paired with pumpkin painting.
Football Watch Parties and Season-Long Raffle
Wings & Rings (Finneytown and Beckett Ridge locations)
Football is back and they will have weekend specials to giveaways to celebrate:
Fridays: half price appetizers from 3p (happy hour) until close and Kids Eat Free (one free kids meal per paying adult meal)
Saturdays, 12–8p: half price appetizers
Sundays, 12–8p: half price appetizers and drink specials
ALL SEASON LONG NFL RAFFLE every Sunday during the 1p and 4p games:
– Receive 1 raffle ticket for every $10 spent (e.g., a $100 check = 10 tickets)
– One winner will be selected every Sunday for a prize valued at $100
– Winners are drawn during the 4th quarter of the 4p games and do not need to be present
Grand Prize Raffle: All tickets earned throughout the season will be entered into a drawing during the Big Game for a chance to win a 65″ Smart TV.
Saturday
Annual Trunk or Treat
Bierman Autism Center – Mason) 10a–12p
FREE, sensory friendly experience with treats and surprises.
Trick or Treat Trail
Imago, 10a–12p
Family friendly event with a pumpkin painting craft, hot chocolate and donuts, and trick or treating along the trail.
Free admission (register here)
Hyde Park Market
1345 Grace Avenue, 10a–3p
Local curated artisan market
Free admission
WestSide Market: Halloween Edition
Westwood Town Hall, 10a–3p
Vendors, trick or treating throughout the market (costumes encouraged), food, and music.
Free admission
ArtisanFest513 Monster Mash Fall Business Flea
Elm Street Plaza, 10a–4p
Featuring a family dance party, bark or treat, and Halloween family photos.
Free admission
Trick or Treat on the Square
Hyde Park Square, 11a–2p (storytime at 10:30a)
Visit participating Hyde Park Square businesses for Halloween treats and family-friendly fun. Costumes and treat bags encouraged.
Fall Market on the Levee
Newport on the Levee, 11a–5p
Local shopping, family activities, crafts, live music, and seasonal photo opportunities. Face painting and petting zoo from 12 to 4.
Free music
Boo Fest
Powel Crosley Jr YMCA, 12–3p
Costumes are encouraged as families enjoy activities, dancing, and trunk-or-treat stations.
Free admission
Howl-O-Ween Hootenanny
ArtsConnect Springfield Twp, 12–3p
Outdoor Halloween celebration featuring trunk-or-treating, hay maze scavenger hunt, pick and paint your own mini pumpkin, face painting, crafts, and activities throughout the day. There will also be indoor glow golf and concessions indoors at The Grove Event Center.
Free admission (some activities do have a cost involved)
Red Dog’s Bark or Treat
MadTree Brewing, 12–3p
Trick or treating for dogs, costume contest, adoptable dogs, vendors.
Free admission
Dark Market: Cryptids of Cincinnati
Rhinegeist, 12–7p
Curated collection of over 35 artists, makers, and curators of mystics, oddities, apothecary, herbology, alchemy, curiosities, tarot, and more. There will also be music and food available for purchase.
Halloween Craft Club
Chasing Cali, 1–2p
Spectacular crafts and STEM activity for children ages 6 to 9.
Tickets
College Hill Forum Trunk or Treat
College Hill Town Hall, 2–4p
Plus activities and games.
Free admission
Avsten Spooky Fest
Avsten Construction, Hamilton, 3–7p
Trunk or treat, pumpkin painting, face painting, balloon artist, vendors, s’mores, food, and more.
Free admission (tickets here)
Cyclones Season Opener
Heritage Bank Center, 7:05p
The Cincinnati Cyclones have their First Face-Off in front of the home crowd against the Bloomington Bison.
$2 hot dogs, sodas, and beers
Saturday and Sunday
2026 Cincinnati Coffee Festival
Music Hall Ballroom
Sample coffee roasters, tea and pastry shops, bakers, chocolatiers, and more from around the region. There will also be latte art and live talks, music, and vendors. Benefiting the Ohio River Foundation.
Tickets
HallZOOween
Cincinnati Zoo, 12–5p
Fun day at the school complete with trick or treat stations, special animal enrichment and chats, Pumpkin Express Train Ride (additional charge applies), Not So Scare-ousel (additional charge applies), games, coloring stations, and daily Costume Cavalcade at 12p. Remaining weekend: 31–November 1
Included in Zoo admission (bring your own treat bag)
Sunday
Boo Fest
ME Lyons YMCA, 12–3p
Costumes are encouraged as families enjoy activities, dancing, and trunk-or-treat stations.
Free admission
Immersive Watch Party: Cincinnati Bengals vs. Baltimore Ravens
Mercantile Immersive, 12–4p
Tickets include food, nonalcoholic beverages, floor-to-ceiling screens, and a piece of complimentary WAAWEES jewelry. A portion of proceeds will benefit RisnerUp Foundation.
Tickets
Game Day Factory 52
Watch home and away games on the massive outdoor TV screen with access to several food and drink options.
Free admission
Game Dey Watch Party
MadTree Taproom
Every game day—all season long. Food available for purchase, sound on extra TVs, pitchers and buckets, and reservations available.
Watch Party
Rhinegeist
Watch every game on the big screen in the taproom.
Free admission; reserve a table here
Sports
Cincinnati Cyclones First Face-Off
Cincinnati Cyclones vs. Bloomington Bison
Heritage Bank Center, 7:05p
$2 hot dogs, sodas, and beers
Week Seven: Bengals @ Ravens
Sunday at 1p
Watch: CBS; Listen: 700 WLW, ESPN 1530, 102.7 WEBN
2026 Bengals Game Dey Guide
Ongoing
Free Daily Public Tours
Cincinnati Art Museum
Tuesday–Sunday, 1p
Thursday, 6:30p
Free admission
Union Terminal Rotunda Tours
Cincinnati Museum Center
Fridays at 1:30p, 2:30p, and 3:30p
Saturdays at 11:30a, 12:30p, and 1:30p
Sundays at 12:30p, 1:30p, and 2:30p
Free admission
through October 31
FotoFocus Biennial
FotoFocus
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Click here for the 2026–27 season schedule
through November 1
Mrs. Mannerly
Ensemble Theatre
Regional comedy revival.
Click here to see Ensemble Theatre’s 2026–27 season
Ohio Renaissance Festival
Renaissance Park, 10:30a
Lively shows, food and drink, and unique shops that transport you back in time to the days of knights and queens.
Weekends and Labor Day
Once Upon a Mattress
Covedale Theatre
Through November 1
through November 7
Get Happy: Angela Ingersoll Sings Judy Garland
Playhouse in the Park, 7:30p
Emmy-nominated performance seen on PBS, award-winning actress Angela Ingersoll sings the works of Judy Garland in a special concert event.
View the 2026–27 season here
through January 4, 2027
LEGO® Jurassic World: The Exhibition
Featuring more than 50 massive dinosaurs, iconic scenes, and interactive props made from over six million LEGO® bricks. You can also build your own LEGO scene and add your own plate to a communal mystery mosaic. On view through January 4, 2027.
Exhibition ticket required
through January 10, 2027
Capturing the Cincinnati Sound
CHPL – Main Branch (Joseph S. Stern, Jr. Cincinnati Room)
An exhibit celebrating the record labels, recording studios, and music entrepreneurs who helped shape Cincinnati’s musical legacy. From local jazz recordings in the 1920s to today’s independent labels and studios.
Free admission
through January 24, 2027
Edie McKee Harper: Modernist at Play
Taft Museum of Art
Harper’s exploration of diverse materials (photographs, paintings, enamels, weavings, illustrations, and prints) through more than 100 works of art, re-examining her minimalist—and often playful—style to reveal a sophisticated artist who expanded the possibilities of mid-20th-century art and design.
Tickets required for Wednesday–Saturday admission; free Sundays and Mondays
through February 7, 2027
In the Interest of Time
Contemporary Arts Center
Work by seven artists with ties to Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky who investigate the relationship of their subject matter to time, moving beyond the conventional wisdom that a photograph captures a single moment of truth.
Support for this 2026 FotoFocus Biennial exhibition was provided by FotoFocus
Widline Cadet: Seremoni Disparisyon (Ritual [Dis]Appearance)
Contemporary Arts Center
Exploring Black diasporic life through Cadet’s deeply personal examination of emigrating from Haiti to the United States, family, memory, and belonging.
A Featured Exhibition for the 2026 FotoFocus Biennial: The Long View
through March 7, 2027
The Art of Charley Harper: Creatures Wild and Tame
Cincinnati Art Museum
An in-depth look at the work of the beloved mid-century modern artist, designer, illustrator, and nature advocate.
Ticketed. Free for Members. Save $2 when purchasing tickets online.
Click Here for Recurring Weekly Events in Cincinnati
Tickets and Registration for Future Events
Queen City Zumbini
LilyPad Cincinnati, September 2–October 21, 9:15–10a
Weekly Zumbini classes on Wednesdays. Click here for 8-week session and here for single classes.
PSYCHO in Concert
Music Hall, October 27, 7:30p
HauntedHaus Party
Winterhaus on Fountain Square, October 31, 7–11p
Celebrate the grand opening of Winterhaus this year with the spookiest 21+ takeover in the Fountain District: a night filled with immersive decor, costume contests, spooky DJ beats, and more.
Your ticket covers admission to the event and 1 drink ticket.
Imago’s Green Tie Gala
ARCO, November 5, 6–9p
An evening of drinks, food, community, and storytelling. Benefiting Imago’s Branching Out Programs. Learn more about Imago here.
General admission tickets include two drink tickets and light bites
Interstellar Adventures: Saturn
Cincinnati Observatory, November 7, 6–8p
Geared for families with children 5-12 years old, the evening includes adventures that take you around the Observatory and around the Cosmos. Pizza is included in the price of admission. And, if clear, you will view through the telescopes.
Hand Lettering Your Holiday Envelopes
The Sticker Shop, November 14, 5p
An evening of creativity and connection as we learn the art of hand lettering and fun flourishes just in time for the holidays. There will also be light snacks and some supplies will be provided.
Tickets
OMNIMAX® Dinner Dates
Cincinnati Museum Center, 6:30p
November 20: T.Rex
CMC’s take on an immersive “dinner and a date,” complete with a themed three-course menu (guiding you with the tools and skills to cook through it together). Registration includes cooking demonstration and OMNIMAX® screening.
21+
Save the Date: ReMADE
The Art Academy of Cincinnati, December 4
Indigo Hippo fundraiser and gallery show.
White Christmas
Mariemont Theatre, December 12–13
Featuring eight showtimes across two days.
Bluey’s Big Play
Aronoff Center, January 2–3, 2027
Back for three performances at the Aronoff, featuring an original story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm and new music by Bluey composer Joff Bush.
New To Do
VV the Italian Experience Express
Mt Lookout Square
Fresh focaccia, pizza, artisan breads, Italian pastries, house-made gelato, a market filled with specialty products imported directly from Italy, and a curated selection of Italian wines.
The Bagelry Montgomery
11013 Montgomery Road
Celebrate the grand opening of The Bagelry’s third location (OTR, Oakley).
SCPA Cincinnati Adoption Center
1312 Main Street
King Pigeon
2436 Gilbert Avenue
Bar Rosso
Steak, frites, vermouth.
Now taking reservations
Goodwill Colerain Resource Hub
6401 Colerain Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45239
Ohio Valley Goodwill to open second outlet and first-ever resource hub outside main campus.
Camp Washington Skate Park
1201 Stock Avenue
Mariemont Theatre
6906 Wooster Pike
Anchor Wellness Center
8044 Montgomery Road, Suite 160, 4–7p
Newly expanded space.
The Bagel Group
4172 Hamilton Avenue (Northside)
Hand-rolled bagels and steamed sandwiches
Alfio’s, Noche Owners Open New Restaurant in Blue Ash citybeat.com
Celebrating the Harpers’ Legacies cincinnatimagazine.com
Cincinnati Named a Top City for Recreation wallethub.com
Cincinnati’s Culinary Scene is Once Again Nationally Recognized citybeat.com
Cincinnati’s Seven Hills Were First Counted by An Utterly Incompetent Charlatan cincinnatimagazine.com
FC Cincinnati Debuts New Menu for ‘Hell is Real’ Rivalry Matchup citybeat.com
Was Striptease Invented in Cincinnati? Some Burlesque Historians Think So cincinnatimagazine.com
