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Dates to Know in Cincinnati: October
September 1–October 31
Elly De La Cruz Shirt for Donors
For the first time in Hoxworth’s history, an exclusive donor gift will run for two full months. From September 1 through October 31, everyone who donates whole blood or platelets at one of Hoxworth’s seven neighborhood centers or select mobile drives will receive a limited-edition Elly De La Cruz shirt (while supplies last) as a thank-you for saving lives.
through Sunday
The Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition
The Emery Theater
Youth edition of Frank L. Baum’s timeless classic, The Wizard of Oz.
60-minute runtime
Ohio Renaissance Festival
Renaissance Park
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
The Notebook
Aronoff Center
Click here for the 2025–26 Broadway in Cincinnati season schedule
Tuesday
Trunk or Treat
Sharon Woods, Sharon Center, 5–6:30p
Tuesday–Sunday
Jack O’Lantern Glow
Cincinnati Zoo
Family friendly immersive walkthrough experience with more than 6,000 hand-carved pumpkins and fall displays along a half-mile trail in the Zoo. Additional dates: October 28–30.
Separate ticketed event
Wednesday–Sunday
Fright Fest
Limited seating will be available at all outdoor venues. Feel free to bring your own lawn chairs, picnic blankets, and any other movie night necessities. Each venue will have popcorn and other snacks, available for purchase, as well as Coke products and beer, wine, and cocktails.
Wednesday: Beetlejuice on Fountain Square, 8:30p
Thursday: Goosebumps marathon on Court Street Plaza, 8:30p
Friday: Hocus Pocus at Washington Park, 8:30p
Friday: Nightmare on Elm Street at Memorial Hall, 11p (registration required; 21+)
Saturday: Haunted Mansion at Imagination Alley, 7p
Sunday: Scooby Doo Live Action at Ziegler Park, 7p
Free admission (unless otherwise noted)
Thursday
Pints & Plants
Braxton Union, 5–8p
Friends of the Boone County Arboretum’s mobile classroom that brings environmental education right to you, showcasing amazing plant and animal specimens—a fun and interactive way to learn about the environment for all ages. Braxton will donate $1 per pint to support the Children’s Garden.
Free admission
Boo Fest
Clippard Family YMCA, 6–7:30p
Activities, dancing, and trunk-or-treat stations. Costumes encouraged.
Free admission
Boo Fest
Blue Ash YMCA, 6–8p
Activities, dancing, and trunk-or-treat stations. Costumes encouraged.
Free admission
CMC After Hours: Halloween Edition
Cincinnati Museum Center, 7p
Strange science, mysterious specimens, spooky experiments, open exhibits, and themed cocktails and food available for purchase. Costumes encouraged.
21+; Tickets
Friday
Halloween Stroll & Shop
Rookwood Commons and Pavilion, 10a–1p
Rookwood swag bags with toys and crafts for first 100 children, Cincinnati Circus face painting and balloon artists, inflatable slide, petting zoo, and trick or treat stops at participating stores. Costumes encouraged.
Free admission
HallowEve Brew Bash 2025
Ault Park, 6p
Your ticket includes ten (10) five-ounce tastings from local breweries. There will also be live music, food truck, wine, soft drinks, and water. Costumes encouraged.
Boo Fest
Clermont County YMCA, 6–8p
Activities, dancing, and trunk-or-treat stations. Costumes encouraged.
Free admission
Howl at the Hall
Westwood Town Hall, 6–9p
Games, activities, and crafts; complimentary fresh popcorn; trick or treat stations; outdoor Halloween movie under the stars; food truck fare available for purchase.
Free and open to all ages
Boo Fest
Gamble-Nippert YMCA, 6–9p
Activities, dancing, and trunk-or-treat stations. Costumes encouraged.
Free admission
Boo Fest
RC Durr YMCA, 6:30–8:30p
Activities, dancing, and trunk-or-treat stations. Costumes encouraged.
Free admission
Friday Night Frights Films at the Factory: Hocus Pocus
Factory 52, 7p
Free admission
Opening Reception: Sheida Soleimani: What a Revolutionary Must Know
Contemporary Arts Center, 7–10p
Celebrate the world premiere of the first US solo museum exhibition dedicated to Soleimani’s work. Soleimani was raised in Loveland, is an Iranian-American artist, educator, and activist whose multimedia work excavates histories of political violence connecting Iran, the United States, and the broader Middle East. The reception will feature exclusive gallery access, cash bar, artist talk, and after party. The exhibition is on view through January 25, 2026.
$5 admission (free for members)
Keep Cincinnati Beautiful’s Cincy Block Party
Benken Garden Center, 7–11p (VIP hour from 7–8)
Each ticket includes a variety of small bites from local eateries, ring toss, spin-and-win, raffle baskets, split the pot; complimentary beer and wine, dance floor, complimentary valet, and a voucher for two Reds games tickets. All proceeds benefit Keep Cincinnati Beautiful.
Tickets
Mad Monster Party
Black Lagoon, 9p–2a
Highball transforms into an eerie playground of immersive cocktails, chilling decor, and beats that keep the night alive until the witching hour, featuring DJs, themed cocktails, and more.
Tickets
Friday and Saturday
Sharon Woods Haunted Village
Heritage Village Museum, 6–10p
Explore the village meeting ghosts, witches, spiders, and a fortune teller along the way. Wander through the haunted woods. Original play “Pride, Prejudice & the Pursuit of Brains.” There will also be balloon art, games, face painting, Cryptid Quest, a maze, and more.
$15 admission at the door
Fall in Cincinnati 2025
Friday–Sunday
2025 Cincinnati Comic Expo
Sharonville Convention Center
Annual show celebrating all periods and genres of pop culture with an emphasis on comics and including graphic novels, artwork, games, toys, movies, and television. There will also be panels, autograph sessions, and photo ops.
Admission includes the costume contest and many other events
Vintage Market Days of Dayton-Cincinnati
Greene County Fairgrounds
Three-day vintage-inspired market featuring original art, antiques, clothing, jewelry, handmade treasures, home decor, outdoor furnishings, consumables, seasonal plantings, and more.
Spooky Secrets Tour
Covington Plaza
Discover “spirited” spots in historic Covington, hear about ghostly visitations, and learn some of the city’s gruesome history in this two-mile walking tour. Rain or shine.
Tickets
Saturday
Women in the Outdoors Series: Archery
Winton Woods, 10a–12p
Improve your outdoor skills in a welcoming women-only environment.
Register here
Hyde Park Market
1345 Grace Avenue, 10a–3p
Local curated artisan market featuring more than 50 local vendors.
Free admission
Halloween Storytime
The Bookery, 10:30a
Seven Year Stampede
Sonder Brewing, 11a
Sonder’s 7th anniversary celebration complete with line dancing, live music, curated food menu, Western themed fun and games, and beer releases all day long.
Free admission
Trunk or Treat
Cincinnati Animal CARE (Colerain Avenue), 11a–1p
Bring a donation for the treat drive and meet adoptable animals. There will also be some activities.
Free
Passport to Success
Western Hills Country Club, 11a–2p
Annual fundraiser for Santa Maria, including a brunch buffet, keynote speaker, silent auction, and more. Santa Maria serves about 3,000 individuals each year through early childhood development, financial coaching, employment support, housing stability, and health and wellness education.
Tickets
Boo Fest
Powel Crosley YMCA at ArtsConnect, 12–3p
Activities, dancing, and trunk-or-treat stations. Costumes encouraged.
Free admission
Howl-O-Ween Hootenanny
ArtsConnect Springfield Twp, 12–3p
Trunk or treating with local businesses, face painting, games, crafts, hay maze scavenger hunt, pick and paint your own mini pumpkin, Halloween DJ, pet costume contest at 2p (pre-register here), and more.
Free admission
Red Dog’s Bark or Treat
MadTree Brewing, 12–3p
Bring your dog trick or treating to collect treats. There will be a costume contest, vendors, and adoptable dogs from Proud Pup’s Rescue.
All friendly, leashed dogs welcome. Event is free and open to the public.
Harvest Moon Festival
Dater Montessori Elementary, 1–4p
Games, inflatables, concessions, and more. Ages 2 and under free to play. Get a discount when you purchase 3+ wristbands. Benefiting Friends of Dater Montessori.
Tickets
Dark Market
Rhinegeist, 2–7p
Curated collection of over 35 artists selling their dark arts, curiosities, apothecary, tarot, oddities, antiques, mystics, alchemy, herbs, and more.
Free admission
Monster Mash 2025
Liberty Center, 3–6p
Store to store trick or treating (while supplies last), crafts, animal exhibit with MetroParks of Butler County, live music, Halloween bounce house, The Hocus Pocus Trio, DORA drinks available for purchase, and more.
Free admission
Run Like Hell 5K
The Banks, 7p
A high-voltage, Halloween-themed night race along Cincinnati’s riverfront. A portion of proceeds benefit The Cure Starts Now.
Register here
Opening Night: The Heart Sellers
Playhouse in the Park. Through November 23.
Click here for the Playhouse’s 2025–26 season schedule
Saturday and Sunday
2025 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
Fall Open House
Joseph Beth Booksellers
Weekend of family fun and savings, including kids’ crafts and story times, Bronte Bistro fall menu sampling, and gift card drawing.
Free admission
HallZOOween
Cincinnati Zoo, 12–5p
Trick or Treat stations, special animal enrichment, Phil Dalton’s Theater of Illusion Shows at 1p and 3p, and Pumpkin Express Train Ride and carousel (additional charges apply).
Included in Zoo admission
Sunday
Halloween Drag Brunch
MadTree Alcove, October 26, 10a–1p
Tickets include brunch, full bar, and drag show hosted by PH Dee.
21+
FREE Yoga at Sawyer Point
Riverfront Rink, 1–2p
Enjoy a combination of movement, breathwork, exercises, sound bathing and meditation facilitated by Marie Asbury of Soaring Soul Wellness. Enjoy a combination of movement, breathwork, exercises, sound bathing and meditation facilitated by Marie Asbury of Soaring Soul Wellness. Weekly through November 2.
Free admission
Learn to Skate With Dylan Morton and David Chambers
Sawyer Point Riverfront Rink, 2–3p
Learn safety, technique, skills and drills to build balance and strength for skating in this beginner-friendly skate course for all levels and abilities. Weekly through November 2.
Free class and free skate rentals with ID
Ongoing
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
Sports
Cincinnati Cyclones vs. Fort Wayne Komets
Heritage Bank Center
Friday at 7:30p
Peanuts Great Pumpkin jerseys, $5 craft draft and seltzers, $1 popcorn, $3 burgers
Week Eight: Cincinnati Bengals vs. New York Jets
Paycor Stadium
Sunday at 1p
Watch: CBS; Listen: 700 WLW, ESPN 1530, 102.7 WEBN
MLS Cup Playoffs (Round One best of three)
FC Cincinnati v. Columbus Crew
TQL Stadium
Monday at 6:45p
Watch: Apple TV; Listen: FOX 1360
Events are subject to change or cancellation. Please click on the link for more information.
through October 30
OctKNOWber Nights
Know Theatre, 7:30p
Series of performances, featuring nine different shows throughout the month of October.
through November 1
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Click here for the 2025–26 season schedule
through January 4, 2026
Recall. Reframe. Respond. The Art of Paul Scott.
Cincinnati Art Museum
Working with new ceramic forms or repurposing antique pieces, Scott breaks, reassembles, erases, and adds details using screenprinting, engraving, and collage processes to create new “historical” patterns. Broadly, his works address updated narratives about art, history and American experiences.
Free admission
through January 11, 2026
Indigo and the Art of Quiltmaking
Taft Museum of Art
For thousands of years, people around the world have treasured textiles dyed with indigo. A synthetic version, developed in the 1880s, still colors today’s blue jeans. This exhibition presents twenty quilts created between the early 1800s and 2015.
Tickets (admission to the museum is FREE on Sundays and Mondays)
through April 12, 2026
Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.
Cincinnati Museum Center, 10a
An exhibition the world needs you to see. Be a witness.
Through this daunting selection of more than 500 original artifacts from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland, as well as more than 20 institutions and museums all over the world, Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. portrays the complex reality of the notorious camp while sharing firsthand stories from those who survived, and those who perished.
Tickets
WEEKLY EVENTS
MONDAYS
Jazz at the Park
Washington Park Porch, 6–9p
Local and regional jazz acts. Through October 27.
Free admission
The Workshop
Commonwealth Sanctuary, 7:30p (doors at 6)
Free Monday showcase featuring food and drink specials, plus comics in Cincinnati working out their best new jokes.
Free admission; reserve tickets here
TUESDAYS
Social Push Cincy Weekly Rollout
Venues change weekly; click here for schedule
Weekely group rollout featuring a new route every week. All wheels welcome.
Free admission
Westwood Works Out
Westwood Town Hall, 6–7p
Different workouts weekly.
Free admission
Trivia Night
Washington Park, 7–9p
Hosted by Last Call Trivia. Through October 28.
Free admission
WEDNESDAYS
Workout on the Green
Washington Park, 5–6p and 6–7p (click link above for workout lineup)
April 2–October 29
Free admission
THURSDAYS
Drag Bingo with Queen City Charities
Washington Park, 6–9p
Fierce fun and fabulous prizes. Bingo winners will be awarded with drink tickets that can be redeemed at the Porch Bar. Through October 30.
Free admission
Salsa on the Square
Fountain Square, 7–10p
Live local and regional Latin bands specializing in Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia, and Latin Jazz music, as well as local dance instructors hosting large dance classes teaching basic and intermediate Latin dancing.
Free admission
Saturdays
Kids Dance with Sarah Spurling
Sawyer Point Riverfront Rink, 2–3p
Weekly class for kids ages 11 and under—all bodies and abilities—to practice mindful movement, self-expression, and physical language.
Free
Sundays
Music Bingo
MadTree Brewing, 6–8p
Hosted by Last Call Trivia
New To Do
Cincinnati Museum Center
1301 Western Avenue
Now open seven days a week, 10a–5p
Tokyo Pie
633 Madison Avenue (Covington)
Mon–Wed, 4p–12a
Thurs–Fri, 4p–2a
Sat, 11a–2a
Sun, 11a–12a
Japanese inspired pizzas and nightlife
Little Matcha
332 Scott Street (Covington)
First matcha forward cafe in Cincinnati/Covington, featuring matcha, hojicha, genmaicha, and viet.
Nice Life
1150 Main Street (OTR)
Retro cocktail bar and dance hall
Solhaus
15 W 14th Street (floor 2)
Yoga studio in OTR
Chicken Chili
Now available at Skyline Chili resaturants and Kroger
St. Francis Apizza Oakley
3200 Madison Road
Wed–Fri, 4–9p
Sat, 12–9p
Sun, 12–8p
The Liberty Collective
6735 Lakota Lane (Liberty Twp)
Dining destination with five local restaurant stalls, two dessert stalls, and a coffee shop, as well as four bars. Click here for hours.
Doubt It
424 W Sixth Street (Covington)
90s- and 00s-themed bar
Monday–Saturday, 4p–2a; Sunday, 12p–2a;
Happy hour 4–6p, Monday–Friday ($4 drafts, $5 wines, and $6 specialty cocktails)
Cincinnati’s First Kayak Kiosk
Salway Trailhead (4336 Spring Grove Avenue)
Island Frydays Food Truck
College Hill
Open Thursday–Sunday from 11a to 7p while they transition into a brick and mortar location in College Hill’s business district in 2026.
Bricks & Minifigs Maineville
3187 Western Row Road suite 107
Kiki
358 Ludlow Avenue
Tuesday–Thursday, 11a–3p and 4–9p
Friday and Saturday, 11a–3p and 4–10p
The Pilates Table
116 W Benson Street (Reading Bridal District)
CinSei (OTR)
1542 Pleasant Street
Matcha and manga: a third space for the manga and anime community.
Yee Mama
Now open at Findlay Market, 1801 Race Street
Tuesday–Friday, 9a-6p; Saturday, 8a–6p; Sunday, 10a–4p
Guardia Pizza + Bar
Mt Lookout
Tuesday–Wednesday, 4–9p; Thursday–Saturday, 4–10p
Tickets and Registration for Future Events
4th Annual Mock Ball
Woodward Theater, October 31, 6p (doors at 5)
Live music event, with local bands performing cover sets of famous bands. This year features local band, Sylmar as Deftones, Zack Lemons as John Mayer, and Chordela as Fleetwood Mac. There will also be a costume contest with prizes.
18+; tickets
Flight Night Gala
The Cincinnati Ballet, November 7, 6–10p
Learn more about and fundraise for A Kid Again. Tickets include open bar, drink flights, dessert flight, hors d’oeuvres, raffles, auctions, and games.
Layers of Exploration
Cincinnati Museum Center, November 7, 7p
Annual adults-only night at the museum, complete with light bites from local restaurants, creative cocktails, explosive programming and exclusive access to CMC’s world-class exhibits. All proceeds from the event support the general operating of Cincinnati Museum Center.
Ticket required; 21+
25th Annual Greater Cincinnati Holiday Market
Sharonville Convention Center, November 7–9
220+ vendors, including new vendors, as well as extended hours.
Save $1 buying tickets online
The Angel Run
Kuliga Park, November 8, 9a–1p
Family event featuring a casual fun run/walk, food, music, games, raffles and more. 5K starts at 9 and fun walk starts at 9:15. Benefiting The Cure Starts Now.
Register here
Cincinnati Storytelling Festival
Know Theatre, November 13–15
Featuring national and local professional storytellers from a variety of backgrounds and traditions. There will be fairytales, scary stories, laugh-out-loud tales, and everything in between.
Passes and single tickets
Books by the Banks Writing Contest Entries
Books by the Banks at CHPL – Main, November 15, 10a–4p
Regional book festival with 100+ national, regional, and local authors; panel discussions; kids’ corner with arts and crafts, story time, and more; Teen Scene; 2025 writing contest. (Enter here.)
Aquarium After Dark
Newport Aquarium, November 21, 7:15–11p
Exclusive after-hours admission to Newport Aquarium with pizza party, scheduled activities, self-guided twilight tour with scavenger hunt, and more.
Tickets
Cuisine Art Cocktails
Contemporary Art Center, November 22, 7–11p
The CAC’s largest fundraiser of the year, which celebrates the contemporary culture of Cincinnati with an artful collaboration between community, chefs and mixologists, creatives, and business leaders.
Tickets
Cincinnati Christkindlmarkt Holiday Beer Extravaganza
Moerlein Lager House, November 28 and 29
Local breweries bring their most festive seasonal brews to the riverfront, as well as live music and entertainment and The Cincy Hat onsite for purchases. Plus: The Cincinnati Christkindlmarkt will have food, festive drinks, and gifts.
Tickets
10 Greater Cincinnati Spots That Have Appeared in Movies [citybeat.com]
Celebrate Halloween at Findlay Market With a Costume and Candy Drive, Trick-or-Treat and More [citybeat.com]
Celebrating 170 Years of Findlay Market [cincinnatimagazine.com]
Cincinnati Named No 19 Best Foodie City in America [wallethub.com]
Cincinnati Storyteller Paul Strickland Emcees National Storytelling Festival [citybeat.com]
Cincinnati Zoo Firsts, Lasts, and Bests [cincinnatimagazine.com]
Cincinnati’s Gravediggers Had Some Curious Tales to Tell [cincinnatimagazine.com]
CityBeat Food Writer: These are My Top 7 Places I Tried for the First Time This Year [citybeat.com]
First-of-its-Kind Holographic Haunted House Comes to West Chester for Halloween [citybeat.com]
Greater Cincinnati Breweries Win Big at Great American Beer Festival [citybeat.com]
King Records Documentary Premieres on PBS [cincinnatimagazine.com]
New Walnut Hills Vintage Shop to Host Grand Opening, Unveil Expansion [citybeat.com]
Restaurant Group to Shutter All Greater Cincinnati Dolly’s Locations [citybeat.com]
A Timeline of 150 Years of Zoo History [cincinnatimagazine.com]
Yelp Names Cincinnati’s Court Street Kitchen Among Best New Restaurants [citybeat.com]
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