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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.
Monday–Friday
Halloween at the Square
Fountain Square
Monday, 11a–2p: Pumpkins on the Plaza
Monday, 6–8p: Fright Night Trivia
Tuesday, 11a–2p: FSQ Eats ft. Spooky Beats
Tuesday, 5–8p: A Ghoulishly Groovy Night of Jazz at the Square: Higher Heights
Wednesday, 11a–2p: FSQ Eats: Candy Apple Decorating
Wednesday, 5–8p: Bewitchin’ Blues
Thursday, 11a–2p: FSQ Eats presents a Spellbound Screening
Thursday, 5–8p: Step by Step: The Monster Mash
Friday, 11a–2p: Costume Contest with JonJon and iHeart Radio
Friday, 6–9p: Jammin’ on the Square ft. The Naked Karate Girls
Free admission
Tuesday
Book Release: Teddy Lou, Bell Guru
STEM picture book by local author Chris Demeropolis.
Inaugural Paper Plane Derby
Rhinegeist, 5:30–8:30p
Register for one of 20 spots to participate or watch for free.
Register here
Tuesday–Thursday
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.
Separate ticketed event
Wednesday
Horror Movie Survival Camp: Poltergeist
Overlook Lodge, 8p (doors at 5p)
Seating is free, first come first served.
Thursday
CAC Halloween Party
Contemporary Arts Center, 10:30–11:30a
Halloween-themed Art Play. Create “scary” artwork, then trick-or-treat throughout the museum. Stick around for yoga.
Free for members, $5 for nonmembers; free for families with valid SNAP or food assistance card; designed especially for children ages 2–6 years old
Friday
Trick or Treat at the Market
Findlay Market, 4–6p
Market Merchants dress up and pass out candy to any kiddo in costume. All businesses passing out candy in the Market House and at surrounding storefronts will be clearly marked.
Free admission
Art After Dark: All Hallows’ Eve
Cincinnati Art Museum, 5–9p
Spend your Halloween in one of the country’s most haunted museums, featuring DJs, scary stories by docents in the galleries, a giant puppet parade, puppet making, cash bars, food for purchase, and after hours access to ticketed exhibitions. Costumes encouraged.
Free admission
Murder Mystery Cruise “Henry Potter and The Vanishing”
BB Riverboats, 7–9p (boarding at 6p)
Interactive murder mystery dinner experience presented by Murder and Merriment Theatre Company, as you eat, drink, and play detective for the night.
4th Annual Mock Ball
Woodward Theater, 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
Freaky Friday Halloween Party
Factory 52, 7p
DJ Diamond from 8–11:30, LED dance floor, spooky cocktails, and creatures of the night. Costume contest at 10p.
Free admission
Trick or Treat After Party: Haunted Headphones Silent Disco
Braxton Union, 7–11p
7p movie night on the lawn, silent disco from 8 to 11, and costume contest at 9.
Monster Mash Halloween Party
Braxton Covington, 7p–midnight
DJ Nat Jones, LED dance floor, spooky cocktails, and creatures of the night. Costume contest at 10p. Free admission
Nightmare on the Dock
Riverside Marina, 8p
Live music by the Bunker Boyz, themed selfie stations, and prizes for the best costumes.
Friday and Saturday
Halloweekend
Rhinegeist
Friday: Annual Halloween drag show at 8p
Saturday: Family friendly activities in the taproom from 12 to 6, then Naked Karate Girls at 8. There will also be local food vendors.
Free admission
Fall in Cincinnati 2025
Friday–Sunday
Christmas by Curated
Curated Fine Furnishings & Design
Weekend of exclusive Christmas decor shopping while sipping on a signature cocktail and enjoying freshly baked cookies.
Holidays in Cincinnati 2025
Saturday
CAM Kids Day: Tea Party
Cincinnati art Museum, 11a-3p
Themed drop-in activities, story times, performances, hands-on art making, scavenger hunts, and more.
Free; drop-in and pre-registered programs available
ARI’s 2nd Annual Pumpkin STEM
Carriage House Farm, 11a–5p
Get hands-on with science this fall with pumpkin launching (must register and pay), local vendor booths, STEM demonstrations, pumpkin decorating, and food and drinks.
Free admission
Pumpkin Chuck Festival
Stanbery Park, 12–5p
Trebuchets and catapults, live music, CAM cruiser from the art museum, natured themed maze, games for kids and adults, food and drinks, and craft fair.
Free admission
Sticker Trading Hours
The Sticker Shop (Wyoming), 1–3p
First Saturday of every month.
All ages welcome
Howl-O-Ween Dog Costume Contest
Findlay Market, 4:30–6p
Treats, programming, and prizes.
Skully Rout
Alive & Well, 7p
Halloween cocktails and DJ.
Free admission
Saturday and Sunday
Disney’s Hocus Pocus in Concert
Music Hall, 7:30p (11/1) and 2p (11/2)
Sunday
Daylight Saving
Remember to turn your clocks back one hour at 2a.
MakeHers Market
MadTree Brewing, 11a–3p
Local female makers, business owners, and service based companies offer 60+ opportunities to buy, connect, and learn from the ladies in our region who are paving the way with their hard work. In collaboration with Power to Pursue.
Free admission
Pumpkin Smash
Liberty Center, 12–2p
Bring your old, rotting jack o’lanterns and SMASH them in our open-top dumpster. Pumpkins only. Pumpkins with non-biodegradable items (excess paint, glitter, googly eyes, stickers and candles) will not be accepted.
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
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
MLS Cup Playoffs (Round Two best of three)
FC Cincinnati @ Columbus Crew
Saturday at 7p
Watch: Apple TV; Listen: FOX 1360
Cincinnati Cyclones vs. Bloomington Bison
Heritage Bank Center
Saturday at 7:30p
Day of the Dead Night
Week Nine Cincinnati Bengals vs. Chicago Bears
Paycor Stadium
Sunday at 1p
Watch: CBS; Listen: 700 WLW, ESPN 1530, 102.7 WEBN
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 November 23
The Heart Sellers
Playhouse in the Park.
Click here for the Playhouse’s 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
Stumps Lanes and Cinful Eats
5536 Bridgetown Road
Casual bowling alley offering open play and leagues, plus pizza and yard games
Mon, 4–9p
Tues–Thurs, 9a–9p
Fri–Sat, 9a–11p
Sun, 12–9p
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
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]
