Things to Do in Louisville
October Events:
Oct 1
Analog Cannibal, North by North, jeez Loueez @ Butchertown Social
Dead Horses @ Zanzabar
Historic Old Louisville Walking Tour @ 4th Street
Oct 2
Lizzo @ Louisville Palace
Live jazz @ Nachbar
2019 Taste of Louisville @ Mile Wide Beer Company
Oct 3
Spafford @ Zanzabar
Historic Old Louisville Walking Tour @ 4th Street
The World’s Largest Halloween Party @ Louisville Zoo
Chick-FiL-A Daddy Daughter Princess Ball
Oct 4
JCPS Fall Break
Waterfront Botanical Gardens Grand Opening @ Waterfront Botanical Gardens
Skid Row with Fire Department @Iroquois Ampitheater
Louisville Palace Halloween Movie Series: Beetlejuice @ Louisville Palace
The World’s Largest Halloween Party @ Louisville Zoo
St. James Art Fair
Oct 5
JCPS Fall Break
St. James Art Fair @ St. James Court
The Four Horsemen @ Mercury Ballroom
Maggie’s 5k @ Waterfront Park
LRS Fest @ Waterfront Park
The World’s Largest Halloween Party @ Louisville Zoo
Oct 6
JCPS Fall Break
Support Paws with Purpose @ Le Moo
Bitchcraft Fair Louisville @ Louisville Palace
The World’s Largest Halloween Party @ Louisville Zoo
Octoberfest @ Blind Squirrel
St. James Art Fair @ St. James Court
Oct 7
JCPS Fall Break
Live jazz with the Buzzard @ Decca Restaurant
How Great Thou Art- The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley
Oct 8
Historic Old Louisville Walking Tour @ 4th Street
Art + Lunch @ 21C Museum
Oct 9
Lucy Dacus with Liza Anne and Sun June @ Headliners
Live jazz @ Nachbar
Phil Collins Still Not Dead Yet, Live! @ KFC Yum Center
Waterfront Botanical Gardens Preview Party @ Waterfront Botanical Gardens
Oct 10
Andrea Gibson @ Headliners
Here Comes the Mummies @ Mercury Ballroom
Historic Old Louisville Walking Tour @ 4th Street
The World’s Largest Halloween Party @ Louisville Zoo
Oct 11
Thomas Rhett: A Very Hot Summer Tour 2019 @ KFC Yum Center
Bulleit Frontier Fair @ Bulleit Bourbon
Louisville Men’s Basketball
The World’s Largest Halloween Party @ Louisville Zoo
Oct 12
Gravely Oktoberfest @ Gravely Brewing Company
Wine on the River @ Waterfront Park
The World’s Largest Halloween Party @ Louisville Zoo
Jack O’Lantern Spectacular @ Iroquois Ampitheater
Foxhollow Farm Hoedown @ Foxhollow Farm
80’s and 90’s Rock the Belle Cruise
Louisville City Fan Appreciation Day @ Slugger Field
Oct 13
Making Movies @ Odeon Louisville
Rupaul’s Drag Race: Werq the World Tour 2019 @ Louisville Palace
2019 Louisville Kidney Walk @ Waterfront Park
Ironman Louisville @ Waterfront Park
Femme Fair @ Copper and Kings Distillery
Oct 14
Columbus Day
Live jazz with the Buzzard @ Decca
Quiz Night @ Tin Roof
Oct 15
Wage War @ Mercury Ballroom
Historic Old Louisville Walking Tour @ 4th Street
Farm to Table Dinner @ Jeptha Creed
Oct 16
Wale- Everything is Fine Tour @ Mercury Ballroom
Live jazz @ Nachbar
Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Seminar @ University of Louisville
Oct 17
Carrie Underwood @ KFC Yum Center
Jidenna-85 to Africa Tour @ Mercury Ballroom
Maddie and Tae’s Meet and Greet @ KFC Yum Center
The World’s Largest Halloween Party @ Louisville Zoo
Oct 18
Ruston Kelly @ Mercury Ballroom
Louisville Palace Halloween Movie Series: Hocus Locus @ Louisville Palace
Wu-Tang Clan @ Old Forester’s Paristown Hall
Chance the Rapper: The Big Day Plus Special Guests @ KFC Yum Center
The World’s Largest Halloween Party @ Louisville Zoo
Wreking Crue- The Motley Crue Experience with Wyld Ryde @ Bourbon Hall
Oct 19
Southern Culture on the Skids @ Headliners
Via Colori Street Painting Festival @ Waterfront Park
Courier Journal Wine and Food Experience @ Meeting St.
Urban Bourbon Half Marathon @ 4th Street Live
Oct 20
The World’s Largest Halloween Party @ Louisville Zoo
Secret Garden Party @ Yew Dell Botanical Gardens
Pumpkin Pickin’ with the Panellas
Bounce Fest- the All Adults Inflatables Festival @ Water Tower Park
Oct 21
Live jazz with the Buzzard @ Decca
Quiz Night @ Tin Roof
Oct 22
Fall, Halloween or Thanksgiving Flower Arrangement @ The Hub
Celine Dion: Courage World Tour @ KFC Yum Center
Oct 23
Big K.R.I.T. – From the South with Love @ Mercury Ballroom
Live jazz @ Nachbar
Historic Old Louisville Walking Tour @ 4th Street
Oct 24
Vince Gill @ The Louisville Palace
Historic Old Louisville Walking Tour @ 4th Street
The World’s Largest Halloween Party @ Louisville Zoo
Oct 25
MercyMe: Imagine Nation Tour with Crowder and Micah Tyler @ KFC Yum Center
The World’s Largest Halloween Party @ Louisville Zoo
Louisville City Halloween Party @ Slugger Field
Oct 26
Tony and the Tan Lines 80’s Extravaganza, Part 2 @ Headliners
Halloween for Huntington’s Disease @ Mercury Ballroom
Out of the Grave 5k @ Waterfront Park
Historic Old Louisville Walking Tour @ 4th Street
Nightmare on Fourth Street Halloween Party @ 4th Street Live
Oct 27
Atreyu-20 year Anniversary Tour @ Mercury Ballroom
The World’s Largest Halloween Party @ Louisville Zoo
Bounce Fest- the All Adults Inflatables Festival @ Water Tower Park
Oct 28
Tiffany @ Headliners
Live jazz @ Decca
Oct 29
Loud Luxury @ Mercury Ballroom
Historic Old Louisville Walking Tour @ 4th Street
Oct 30
Live jazz @ Nachbar
Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly- The Rock ’n’ Roll Dream Tour
Disney’s the Lion King @ Kentucky Center
Hocus Pocus Trivia @ Tin Roof
Swan Lake @ Louisville Memorial Auditorium
Oct 31
Historic Old Louisville Walking Tour @ 4th Street
Halloween @ Hideaway Saloon
Halloween @ Hard Rock Cafe
November Calendar of Events
Nov 1
Louisville Palace Movie Series: Nightmare Before Christmas @ Louisville Palace
Historic Old Louisville Walking Tour
Disney’s The Lion King @ Kentucky Center
Nov 2
Chris Stapleton @ KFC Yum Center
Coin @ Mercury Ballroom
Out of the Darkness Walk @ Waterfront Park
Disney’s The Lion King @ Kentucky Center
Bacon Jam Festival @ Fourth Street Live
Nov 3
Fall Back!
Disney’s The Lion King @ Kentucky Center
Daylight Savings Ends
Nov 4
Live Jazz with the Buzzard @ Decca Restaurant
The Return: A Beatles Tribute @ Derby Dinner Playhouse
Nov 5
Louisville WBB vs WKU @ KFC Yum Center
Disney’s The Lion King @ Kentucky Center
Nov 6
The Chainsmokers @ KFC Yum Center
Live Jazz @ Nachbar
Wine Down Wednesdays @ Flavour
Nov 7
Disney’s The Lion King @ Kentucky Center
Ky Wireless Holiday Event and Social @ Churchill Downs
Nov 8
Blues Traveler @ Headliners
Nick Offerman @ Louisville Palace
Sixteen Candles @ Mercury Ballroom
Louisville WBB vs. Murray State @ Mercury Ballroom
Disney’s The Lion King @ Kentucky Center
Nov 9
Steve Aoki @ Fourth Street Live
Louisville Soul Music Fest @ KFC Yum Center
Lizzo Drag Brunch @ Le Moo
Louisville MBB vs. Youngstown State @ KFC Yum Center
USA Cares March of Valor @ Waterfront Park
Disney’s The Lion King @ Kentucky Center
Nov 10
Disney’s The Lion King @ Kentucky Center
Owsley Sunday @ Speed Art Museum
Nov 11
Live Jazz with the Buzzard @ Decca Restaurant
World of Dance Live Tour! @ Louisville Palace
Louisville Veterans Day Parade
Veterans Day
Nov 12
Goo Goo Dolls @ Louisville Palace
Louisville MBB vs. Indiana State @ KFC Yum Center
Disney’s The Lion King @ Kentucky Center
Louisville Job Fair @ Hilton Garden Inn Northeast
Nov 13
Wilco Ode To Joy Tour @ Louisville Palace
Live Jazz @ Nachbar
Wine Down Wednesdays @ Flavour Restaurant
Disney’s The Lion King @ Kentucky Center
Nov 14
Gary Allan @ Louisville Palace
The Noise Presents Falling in Reverse @ Mercury Ballroom
Louisville WBB vs Central Michigan @ KFC Yum Center
Disney’s The Lion King @ Kentucky Center
North American Championship Rodeo @ Freedom Hall
Nov 15
Incubus @ Louisville Palace
Satisfaction- international Rolling Stones Tribute Show @ Mercury Ballroom
Disney’s The Lion King @ Kentucky Center
North American Championship Rodeo @ Freedom Hall
Nov 16
Dirty Mind @ META
King Diamond: The Insitute North American Tour @ Louisville Palace
Louisville MBB vs. NCC @ KFC Yum Center
Tree Giveaway @ Louisville Zoo
Disney’s The Lion King @ Kentucky Center
North American Championship Rodeo @ Freedom Hall
Nov 17
Elvis Costello & The Imposters @ Louisville Palace
Disney’s The Lion King @ Kentucky Center
Nov 18
Live Jazz with the Buzzard @ Decca Restaurant
Nov 19
Alice Cooper @ Louisville Palace
Vintage Trouble @ Mercury Ballroom
Thanksgiving Flower Arrangement @ The Hub
Nov 20
The Fall Tour of Hobo Johnson & The Lovemakers @ Mercury Ballroom
Live Jazz @ Nachbar
Louisville MBB vs. USC Upstate @ KFC Yum Center
Nov 21
Louisville WBB @ KFC Yum Center
Thanksgiving Cupcake Class @ 3rd Turn Brewery
Nov 22
Seven Sense Festival’s Psychedelic Soiree Featuring Black Mountain @ Headliners
Trippin Billies: The Dave Matthews Band Tribute @ Mercury Ballroom
Nov 23
Ruen Brothers @ Zanzabar
The Piano Guys @ Louisville Palace
For King and Country: Burn the Ships @ KFC Yum Center
Nov 24
Yelawolf @ Mercury Ballroom
Louisville MBB vs. Akron @ KFC Yum Center
Louisville WBB vs. Boise State @ KFC Yum Center
Nov 25
Live Jazz with the Buzzard @ Decca Restaurant
Louisville Youth Orchestra: The Power of One @ Brown Theatre
Nov 26
We Will Rock You @ Louisville Palace
Panella Pie Day
Nov 27
Live Jazz @ Nachbar
Wine Down Wednesdays @ Flavour Restaurant
That Arena Rock Show: Big Hair Thanksgiving Eve @ Mercury Ballroom
Nov 28
Thanksgiving
Louisville Hungry Turkey 5k @ Louisville Waterfront Park
Thanksgiving Day Cruise @ Captain’s Quarters
Thanksgiving Day @ The Hideaway Saloon
Nov 29
Yuletide @ Yew Dell
Black Friday
Light Up Louisville @ Downtown Louisville
Light Up Louisville Parade
Nov 30
Jackyl @ Mercury Ballroom
Merry Country Christmas @ Ogle Center
Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Musical @ Louisville Palace
Louisville Orchestra: Home For the Holidays @ Kentucky Center
Yuletide @ Yew Dell
Frankfort Avenue Trolley Hop @ Frankfort Avenue