This weekend offers both spooky and cozy vibes — perfect for a mid-October weekend.
From a free ghost tour to a pumpkin-focused fall festival, these are the best events happening in Greater Cincinnati this weekend.
If you’re looking for even more to do every day of the week, visit the CityBeat events calendar, which is free to use if you have something planned that you’d like to advertise to CityBeat readers.
City of Bellevue’s Boo in the Vue Ghost Tour
Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at 119 Fairfield Ave. in Bellevue, Ky.
Bellevue historians Jim and Bev McPhail will guide spooky season enthusiasts through an “eerie 10-stop tour filled with ghost stories and urban legends around Bellevue,” according to an event description. The tour is free and open to the public.
Calumet Album Release/Farewell Show with 2-22s and Hello Sapien
Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. at Southgate House Revival, Newport
Cincinnati rock band Calumet is hosting a release show for their new album, Selling Fiction. Calumet will be joined by fellow Queen City acts 2-22s and Hello Sapien.
Opening of two exhibits at the Contemporary Arts Center
Oct. 18 at the Contemporary Arts Center, Downtown
The Contemporary Arts Center is opening its 2025-26 season with two new exhibits — Sheida Soleimani: What a Revolutionary Must Know and Lillian Schwartz: Pictures from a Gallery. Soleimani is an Iranian-American artist, educator and activist who was raised in Loveland. Schwartz, a trailblazer in computer-generated art, shows off her Cincinnati roots as well in her exhibit at the CAC.
Oct. 18 from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. at Heart of Northside, Northside
Learn more about death, mortality and loss with a full day of death education from experts, including death doulas, medium Julie Conrad, social workers and therapists.
International Friendship Day at Theodore M. Berry International Friendship Park
Oct. 18 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Theodore M. Berry International Friendship Park
Celebrate International Friendship Day with a mix of international entertainment, including Taiwanese lion dancers, Japanese taiko drums, Hispanic dancers, Ukrainian dancers, German “polka warriors” and more representation from around the globe. There will also be interactive booths representing Cincinnati’s international sister cities in China, France, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Ukraine and Zimbabwe.
Oct. 18 from noon to 5 p.m. at ARCO Cincinnati, East Price Hill
Shop zines, alternative comics and small press books from local and outside creators, with music from DJ Boywife, poetry by Quills & Queers Cincinnati and a make-your-own zine table by iNK.
Oct. 18 from noon to 7 p.m. on 50 porches throughout Milford
Nearly 70 local and regional bands and musicians will be performing on porches in Milford on Saturday for a truly cozy musical experience. Visit oldmilfordporchfest.com for the schedule of performances.
Oct. 18 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Oct. 19 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Weber’s Farm Market, Harrison
Celebrate all the magic of the fall season with live entertainment, a pumpkin pie-eating contest, a pumpkin toss, axe throwing, log rolling, a beer garden and plenty of fun kid-friendly activities.
Oct. 19 from noon-6 p.m. on Fountain Square, Downtown
Art on Vine’s last outdoor market of the year will include great shopping and community from 80-plus local artists.
Kennedy Heights Harvest Festival
Oct. 19 from 2-5 p.m. at Woodford Academy in Kennedy Heights
This free, family-friendly fall will feature live music and entertainment, a petting zoo, an apple tasting, a pumpkin patch, art activities, a bounce house and more.
Wag-O-Ween at Pins Mechanical Co.
Oct. 19 from 5-7 p.m. at Pins Mechanical Co., Mason
Dress your furry friends up in their cutest (or scariest) Halloween costumes for this doggy Halloween costume contest.