Happy Friday, Memphis!

We like making your life easier. Every Friday, we round up events and live music happening this weekend around the 901, so that all you have to do is decide who you're bringing.

Let's dive in.

What's Happening This Weekend

All Weekend Long

🍖 Bartlett Festival, BBQ Contest & Car Show (W.J. Freeman Park, Bartlett)
Free festival with a BBQ contest, car show and live music. Free shuttles run from Bartlett Baptist Church.

  • Friday: 5:30 to 10 PM, with Bruce Key Band and Your Mom's New Boyfriend on the music lineup

  • Saturday: 9 AM to 5 PM

🎄 Mistletoe Merchants of Memphis (Agricenter International)
The holiday shopping market is back. One-day tickets are $11.37 and a three-day pass is $21.72.

  • Friday: 9 AM to 8 PM, with Margaritas & Mistletoe from 4 to 8 PM ($21.72)

  • Saturday: 9 AM to 5 PM, with Muffins & Mimosas from 9 AM to noon ($21.72)

  • Sunday: 11 AM to 4 PM

🎡 Mid-South Fair (Landers Center, Southaven)
The fair runs Oct. 1 through 11. Check the fair's page for Friday hours.

  • Saturday: 1 to 11 PM

  • Sunday: 1 to 10 PM

🍺 Zootoberfest (Memphis Zoo)
Oktoberfest at the zoo, with $12 steins for the 21+ crowd (zoo admission required).

  • Saturday and Sunday: 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM

🦎 Memphis Reptile Expo (Pipkin Building)
Snakes, lizards and more. Tickets are $12 online or $15 at the door.

  • Saturday: 10 AM to 5 PM

  • Sunday: 10 AM to 3:30 PM

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🎶  Live Music Around the City

🎸 Friday, October 2

Downtown

  • Rum Boogie — Cowboy (4–7PM), The Sensations (8PM–12AM)

  • Silky O'Sullivan's — Buddy Albert (1–5PM), band (6–10PM), Dueling Pianos (7PM–1AM), DJ Taz (10PM)

  • Tin Roof — Benton Parker (7PM), Rodell McCord (10:30PM); Green Room: Computermane (8PM), DJ Bori (10:30PM)

  • B.B. King's — Beale St Blues Band (12PM), Memphis Jones (4PM), BB King All-Stars (8PM)

  • Ghost River Brewing — Boat Crew Paradise Tour (6–10PM, ticketed)

Midtown

  • Hi Tone — Dungeons & Drag Queens (doors 7PM, big room); Subteens, Deaf Revival, Ryan Kidd and the Kobras, Armed Spiders (doors 8PM, small room)

  • Lafayette's Music Room — Machinetown (6PM), Proving Ground (9:30PM)

  • Bar DKDC — Jack Oblivian (9:30PM)

  • Growlers — Convictions with Afterlife, Stray View, Taken by Tides and Collective Dust (6:30PM)

  • Minglewood Hall — Drake White with Bella McCormick and Fox N' Vead with Taxi (doors 7PM, both listed at 8PM)

  • Satellite Music Hall — Punchis Punchis Banda Rave, 18+ (8PM)

  • Crosstown Arts — The LeWitt Etudes with Dave Soldier and Alex Greene (7:30PM, Green Room, $25)

East Memphis

Germantown • Bartlett • Lakeland • Collierville

South Memphis

🎤 Saturday, October 3

Downtown

  • Rum Boogie — Red Thomas (4–7PM), The Sensations (8PM–12AM)

  • Silky O'Sullivan's — Buddy Albert (1–5PM), New Era Band (6–10PM), Dueling Pianos (7PM–1AM), DJ Tree (10PM)

  • Tin Roof — Hunter Creed (3PM), Benton Parker (7PM), Rodell McCord (10:30PM); Green Room: Computermane (8PM), DJ Bori (10:30PM)

  • B.B. King's — Beale St Blues Band (12PM), Flic's Pic's Band (4PM), BB King All-Stars (8PM)

  • Ghost River Brewing — Pam & Terry (2–6PM), Tilt (6–10PM)

  • Flyway Brewing — "This Is Music" with Harris & Fitz (5PM)

Midtown

  • Hi Tone — Hidden Sixes, Red Sun Sermon (doors 7:30PM, small room); Outside Source, Strooly, Dancealone (doors 9PM, big room)

  • Lafayette's Music Room — Rice Drewry Collective (5PM), Seeing Red (9PM)

  • Bar DKDC — Foxy Dance Party from Nashville with DJs Clarence Edwards, Groovyspank and DJ Spaceage (9PM, $10, 21+)

  • B-SIDE — An Evening of Ornamented Time: Late Night Cardigan, Recent Future, Rosey, Chayse Porter (9PM, doors 8PM, $10)

  • Lamplighter Lounge — "I'm Da Birthday," a birthday show for Jordan Occasionally: Jamogi, Celest, Davidd, Jodis Fable and Jordan Occasionally (8PM–12AM, $5 presale, $10 at the door)

  • Growlers — The Satin Hour with Dedrick, Alexis Norman, Ozioma, Ricky Davine and DJ Solo (7PM)

  • Minglewood Hall — Xavier Wulf: The Cool World Tour (doors 7PM, show 8PM)

  • Crosstown Arts — Modern Jazz Masters: Troy Roberts with the Ted Ludwig Trio (7:30PM, Green Room, $25)

Germantown • Bartlett • Lakeland • Collierville

South Memphis

🎶 Sunday, October 4

Downtown

Midtown

  • Bar DKDC — Paws & Tunes, a benefit for The Rescued Pack: Alexis Jade, Mary Hatley, Kim Garmon (3–8PM, suggested $20 donation)

  • Lafayette's Music Room — Wyly Bigger (12PM), Pulse (5PM)

  • Hi Tone — The Sweet Kill, DJ Audio Spectre (doors 7PM, small room)

  • Huey's Midtown — The Chaulkies (3–6PM)

East Memphis

Germantown • Bartlett • Lakeland • Collierville

Millington • DeSoto

That's it for this week!

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Enjoy your weekend, Memphis. We'll see you Monday!

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