Events Calendar

Friday, October 9

• The Doobie Brothers

  8:00 PM

  Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Auditorium, 399 McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, TN

  Rock and Roll Hall of Famers on tour — decades of hits from "Listen to the Music" to "What a Fool Believes." Presented by the Tivoli Theatre Foundation.

• Friday Night Lights — High School Football

  7:00 PM (varies by school)

  Local high schools across Hamilton County & the area

  Weekly Friday night football through the regular season — check TSSAA for your local team's matchup and kickoff time. Small admission fee typically applies.

  Weekly through Nov 6

• Free

  Downtown Mahjong

  Fridays, 3:00 PM

  Chattanooga Public Library — Downtown, 1001 Broad Street, Chattanooga, TN

  A weekly drop-in mahjong afternoon at the downtown library — all experience levels welcome, tiles provided. Free.

  Weekly through Dec 31

• Kids

  Fall Festival at Flat Top Mountain Farm (Fridays)

  Fridays 10 AM–6 PM

  Flat Top Mountain Farm, 638 Bowman Cemetery Rd, Soddy-Daisy, TN

  New! Opening day of the farm's fall season (runs through Nov 1) — hayrides, a corn maze, Highland cows and mini donkeys, and mountain views. $12 admission includes a homegrown pumpkin; kids 3 and under free. Free parking, stroller-friendly. Worth the drive north of town.

  Weekly through Oct 30

• Rails, Wizards & Spells (Fridays)

  Fridays 4–10 PM

  Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, 4119 Cromwell Rd, Chattanooga, TN

  New! A family fall event on weekends through Oct 25: a train ride to Wizards Way Village, an enchanted-forest walk, potion-making, oversized games, a hayride and a turntable demonstration. $35 per person, ages 2+; plan on about 2.5 hours.

  Weekly through Oct 23

• Enchanted Pumpkin Patch at Rock City

  Fri 10 AM–10:30 PM

  Rock City Gardens, 1400 Patten Road, Lookout Mountain, GA

  Rock City's fall wonderland — pumpkins, twinkling lights, fall photo spots and seasonal treats among the gardens and rock formations. Runs daily through Oct 31; this file covers the Friday nights.

  Weekly through Oct 30

• Kids

  Mayfield Farm Park Fall Festival (Fridays)

  Fridays 11 AM–4 PM

  Mayfield Farm Park, 257 Hwy 307 E, Athens, TN

  Three corn mazes, a 50-variety pumpkin patch, hayrides, zip lines, a mountain slide, a silo light show, animals and more (40+ activities), running through Nov 8. This is paid admission, not free — buying online saves a few dollars off the gate price; check the ticket page for the current day-by-day prices. Kids 2 and under are always free.

  Weekly through Nov 6

• KidsHalloween

  Boo in the Zoo

  4–8 PM (timed entry: 4-5, 5-6, or 6-7 PM)

  Chattanooga Zoo, 301 N Holtzclaw Ave, Chattanooga, TN

  The zoo's after-hours Halloween event. Zoo members $11.95, non-member kids ages 3-12 $17.95, non-member adults $20.95, kids 2 and under free (reserve a ticket anyway). Tickets are online-only and this one sells out — the zoo closes early (3:30 PM) to reset for it. Also runs Oct 16-17, 23-24 and 31.

• An Evening with Celtic Thunder

  8:00 PM

  Walker Theatre, 399 McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, TN

  The Irish vocal group's greatest-hits show. Presented by the Tivoli Theatre Foundation.

• Chattanooga Ballet: ART / Bridges

  7 PM

  Roland Hayes Concert Hall, UTC Fine Arts Center, 752 Vine St, Chattanooga, TN

  Chattanooga Ballet opens its 2026-27 season with new works by choreographers Kara Wilkes, Jamorris Rivers and Brian McSween. $20–$45 plus a 4% ticketing fee; tickets through UTC's calendar. Also Saturday Oct 10 at 3 PM.

• KidsHalloweenOutside

  Halloween Trail Fest

  6–11 PM

  Enterprise South Nature Park, 190 Still Hollow Loop, Chattanooga, TN

  Too Cute to Spook trick-or-treat trail (kids 12 and under, 6-8 PM, flat paved route), a family-friendly Glow Trail (7-11 PM) and a Haunted Trail (7-11 PM, not recommended for kids under 13; strobes, fog, uneven terrain, no costumes or masks for guests over 12). $15 ages 13+, $7 ages 4-12, free ages 3 and under; shuttle, trails, kids zone and bonfire included. Park at the Volkswagen lot and ride the shuttle: ticket booth closes at 10 PM, arrive by 9:30. Service animals only. Also runs Oct 9-10.

• Jason Lyles Duo

  7:30 PM

  Puckett's Chattanooga, 2 W Aquarium Way, Chattanooga, TN

  No cover; tips for the artist appreciated. Dinner and a show on the riverfront.

• KidsHalloween

  Monster Bash at Creative Discovery Museum

  6–9 PM

  Creative Discovery Museum, 321 Chestnut St, Chattanooga, TN

  New! Costumes, crafts, live critters from the Tennessee Aquarium, a potion lab, bubble painting, a bounce house, s'mores and the new Spooky Town exhibit. $22 general, $10 members, $5 with EBT. Also Saturday Oct 10; pick one date when buying tickets (refunds aren't available, but you may switch days).

• Nik Parr & the Selfless Lovers

  Songbirds, 206 W Main St, Chattanooga, TN

  Regional roots-rock at the Southside guitar museum's live room.

• The Silent Light: Live Metal Scoring to Silent Films

  7:30 PM (dual showings)

  Barking Legs Theater, 1307 Dodds Ave, Chattanooga, TN

  Live metal scoring performed alongside classic silent films.

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