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OCT. 11-12
The Halloween Trail Fest, an adventure for the whole family, 6-11 p.m. at Enterprise Enterprise South Nature Park, 190 Still Hollow Loop. Admission is $12 for ages 13 and up, $7 for 4-12 years old and free for those 3 and younger. Parking will be available at Volkswagen. For more information visit the Facebook page or the Halloween Trail Fest website. You may also call 209-5350 or email Halloween@HamiltonTN.gov. Rain or shine.
OCT. 11-13
5th Annual Chattanooga Motorcar Festival Sponsored by Millennium Bank. Click here for more information.
OCT. 11-12, 18-19, 25-26
Chattanooga Zoo is kicking off fall this Friday for the next three weekends from 4-8 p.m. each Friday and Saturday with Boo in the Zoo, an annual Halloween celebration including trick or treating, a scavenger hunt, festive decorations, a bounce house and more. Tickets are $11 for Chattanooga Zoo members, $16 for non-members and free for all guests two years old and younger, and are available here.
OCT. 12
Soddy Daisy Pie Festival from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at First Baptist Church - Soddy Daisy, 10185 Dayton Pike. For more information, call 423-332-2814 or visit www.soddydaisypiefestival.com.
OCT. 14
Jay Hannah of the Cherokee Nation at the Moccasin Bend Fall Lecture Series. Free, open to the public. 7 p.m. at the Tennessee Aquarium IMAX Theater. Registration is required. Register here.
OCT. 17
Photographic Society of Chattanooga annual Open House with special guest Nye Simmons. Social hour at 6 p.m., presentation at 7 p.m. St. John United Methodist Church, 3921 Murray Hills Dr.
OCT. 19
U. S. Navy’s Official 249th Birthday at the Chattanooga Convention Center. Events include a dinner, U. S. Navy ceremony, music and dancing, with a social hour starting at 6 p.m. and the ceremony at 7 p.m. Attire for civilians is formal attire and tickets are $60 each, with checks payable to: Navy Ball Fund, P. O. Box 91104, Chattanooga, Tn. 37412. For military ticket pricing, contact Chief Petty Officer Laura Watters at laura.a.watters.mil@us.navy.mil or Petty Officer Brianna Waddell at briannawaddell.48@gmail.com.
OCT. 19
Best Cellars, a fundraiser for Preserve Chattanooga, at the Hunter Museum of Art. 6-9 p.m. The event presents a selection of premium wines along with fine food and live music. www.preservechattanooga.com/bestcellars.
OCT. 19-20
The Association for Visual Arts will present the fourth annual Between The Bridges local arts festival, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Featuring over 40 artists from Chattanooga and the surrounding areas. In Coolidge Park (the section between the Market Street Bridge and the Walnut Street Bridge). Free.
OCT. 26
Boofest at Cambridge Square, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Over 50 vendors in the square, inflatables, face painting, trick or treating at the vendors booths from 12-2 p.m. and a costume contest at 3 p.m.
NOV. 2
Candy Cane Christmas Market at the Collegedale Commons. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $5 Photo opportunities with Santa, inflatables, petting zoo, face painting, live music, over 75 vendors and food trucks.
NOV. 4
Kelly Hancock at the Moccasin Bend Fall Lecture Series. Free, open to the public. 7 p.m. at Tennessee Aquarium in the TN River Journey Auditorium. Registration is required. Register here.
NOV. 9
Cambridge Squares HoHoHo Christmas Market. Live music, inflatables, face painting, $5 photos with Santa, Over 50 vendors and food trucks to shop and enjoy. Charlotte Grace partners with the Forgotten Child fund for coat donations for this event. We ask that all patrons bring a new coat in any size infant-adult.
NOV. 16
Santa's Christmas Village Market at the Catoosa Colonnade, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Santa visits and photos, over 75 vendors and food trucks, live music, inflatables, face painting and more. Please bring a stocking full of goodies for donation to Stockings of Hope. $5 admission.
NOV. 21
Gratefull, a community traditional Thanksgiving meal at one long table. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the middle of 200 block of East Martin Luther King Boulevard. There is no fee to attend, no expectations, and no agenda—just an open invitation to the community to attend.
NOV. 23
5th Annual Holiday on Hamill Vendor Market. Shop over 125 vendors and food trucks, live music, face painting, carriage rides and more. Free petting zoo and photos with Santa. Register for giveaways like gift cards and prizes as big as TVs. Charlotte Grace partners with the Forgotten Child Fund for toy donation for this event. We ask that all patrons bring a new and unopened toy for donation. All guests that bring a toy donation get one free entry per toy to win a giveaway.