Can’t Miss Events this October in St. Louis

Hello October! What a fun month filled with fall fun, Halloween events and so many festivals and shows! As usual I am rounding up a huge list of fun events to add to your calendar, many of them are FREE! If you are looking for fall fun ideas like pumpkin patches and apple orchards, check out my St. Louis Fall Fun Guide or my list of Family-Friendly Halloween Events!

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MUST DO EVENTS IN ST. LOUIS THIS MONTH

• First Fridays at the Pulitzer: Latinx Arts Network (FREE) - Friday October 2

• Clue at The Fox - Oct 1-4

• St. Louis Renaissance Festival - Weekends in October 

• Art Hill Movie Night: Men in Black on Art Hill (FREE) on Friday October 2 and Young Frankenstein on October 9 

• Food Truck Friday at Tower Grove Park (FREE) - Friday October 2 

• Cheers and Fears Fest: A Halloween-themed artist market and Spooky Scary release party at Old Bakery - Saturday October 3 

• GroveCrawl in the Grove Neighborhood - Saturday Oct 3 

• CWE Art and Taste - Saturday October 3

• Brewed Arts Festival on Cherokee Street 

• Urban Chestnut Oktoberfest in The Grove (FREE) - October 2-4 

• Sauce Magazine Cocktail Week - Oct 5 - 11

• Best of Missouri Market at Missouri Botanical Garden - October 9-11

• Brew in the Lou in Francis Park - Saturday October 10 

• Shaw Art Fair - October 10- 11 

• Main and Mill Street Festival - Saturday October 10 

• Soulard Oktoberfest - October 9-10

• Howl at Powell, a kid friendly concert with the St. Louis Symphony - Sunday October 11

• Italian Heritage Parade and Festa on The Hill - Sunday October 11

• Florissant Fall Festival - Sunday Oct. 11

• Death Becomes Her at The Fox - Oct 13-25

•  Toddler and Me, Stuffy Sleepover at the Art Museum  Friday, October 16, 2026

• Olivette Harvest Festival (FREE) - Friday October 16

• Chesterfield Fall Festival (FREE) - Saturday October 17

• Vago Park Fall Family Fair (FREE) - Saturday October 17

• Wolf Fest at the Endangered Wolf Center - Saturday October 17 

• Westport Plaza Oktoberfest (FREE)- October 16-17 

• St. Louis Prehistoric Life Show at the Science Center - Saturday October 17 

• Trick-or-TRACK  at the Museum of Transportation - Saturday, October 17

• Harvest Festival at Tower Grove Park (FREE)- Sunday October 18 

• Celebrate 25 Years of the Pulitzer Arts Foundation - Friday, October 16, 5–8pm

• Spirits in the Garden at Missouri Botanical Garden - Friday October 23

• Edward Scissorhands in Concert at Powell Hall - October 23-25

• Old Orchard Fall Festival - October 24-25

• MapleWeird Community 5K & Fun Run at Schlafly Bottleworks - Sunday, October 25, 2026

• Kimmswick Apple Butter Festival (FREE) October 24-25

• CWE Halloween Party (FREE) - October 31

What are you excited about this month??