Things to Do in Memphis This Weekend: Oct 2 to 4

🏮 On the cover: lanterns on Tom Lee Day at the Gumption Revival Lantern Parade. Catch it this Saturday at 5.

Rain jackets are coming out of the closet 🧥 A cold front rolls through Friday, and Memphis is meeting the first cool weekend of the season the way it does best: with a lantern parade, over 50 murals going up on Broad Avenue, a wing showdown at Stax and a midway in Southaven. Amy Grant takes the Graceland Soundstage on Friday night, after a bourbon takeover at Old Dominick Distillery that afternoon, Tom Lee Day lights up the riverfront on Saturday, and Sunday clears up crisp, just right for Hannibal Buress at Crosstown 🎤 Here's every pick for October 2 to 4, hour by hour.

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🌙 Friday Night · Oct 2

⭐ If you only do one thing Friday

8 p.m.

Amy Grant and Mac McAnally at the Graceland Soundstage.

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2 p.m.

Bourbon barrel picks and a Rooster Run kickoff at the distillery, with a Tennessee vs. Auburn watch party to follow.

$5021+
4 p.m.

50+ rides, pig races and a biergarten, open all weekend in Southaven!

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5:30 p.m.

Live music, BBQ contest and fire pits at Freeman Park.

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7 p.m.

Atlanta rock favorites under the Shell's big sky.

Free
7:30 p.m.

Martha Wash and Marsha Warfield bring music and laughs to the Halloran.

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☀️ Saturday · Oct 3

⭐ If you only do one thing Saturday

Gumption Revival Lantern Parade graphic for Tom Lee Day, October 3 at Tom Lee Park in Memphis
5 p.m.

Tom Lee Day lights up the riverfront, with the parade stepping off at 7!

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9 a.m.

150+ merchants, all indoors at the Agricenter.

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10 a.m.

60+ artist booths, live music and food along the Greenline!

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11 a.m.

Live music, a kids zone and Overton Park Ave closed to cars.

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11 a.m.

Memphis spots compete for the People's Choice wing crown.

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Noon

Over 50 murals take shape live on Broad Ave!

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Noon

Raise a stein to a World Beer Cup bronze, with food trucks on Broad Ave!

6 p.m.

Los Kumbia Brotherz, Aztec dance and a cumbia lesson at the Shell.

Free

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🍂 Sunday · Oct 4

⭐ If you only do one thing Sunday

7 p.m.

Stand up night at Crosstown Theater, with doors at 6:30.

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1 p.m.

Crisp Sunday sunshine is made for the midway.

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3 p.m.

A soulful whodunit with music, comedy and a case to crack.

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4 p.m.

Monsters take the ring at Minglewood Hall, kids under 12 free!

$11.45Kids

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