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The Morning Brief
Champaign–Urbana, IL • Friday, October 09, 2026
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Today ☁️ 83° / 52° dew 36° dry | Sat ☁️ 84° / 57° dew 43° dry | Sun 🌧 75° / 59° dew 59° comfortable | Mon ☁️ 87° / 62° dew 56° comfortable |
| | Today: Bring a light jacket (feels like 53° at 7 am). Sunset at 6:22 pm. |
| TODAY — Friday, October 09 | | Live Music | | 5:00 pm | ★ Erik Lund's Jazz Friends · Rose Bowl Tavern Join Erik Lund (trombone) and friends for a Friday Happy Hour of straight-ahead jazz. | | 7:30 pm | ★ Hindsley Symphonic Band and Wind Orchestra · Foellinger Great Hall Program Hindsley Symphonic Band Ethan Jankowski: For Good Measure Paul Dooley: Moonlight Muse Harriet Steinke: Time Machines Dwayne S. | | 7:30 pm | ★ Joshua Redman Quartet · Tryon Festival Theatre Acclaimed saxophonist Joshua Redman returns to Krannert Center for the first time in 10 years for a highly anticipated performance… | | 9:00 pm | ★ Friday Night Late w/ DJ A-Ron · Cowboy Monkey | | Everything Else | | 5:00 pm | ● The Librarians: A Film Screening with Becky Calzada · Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium Special guest, Becky Calzada, a librarian featured in the film, will be present after the screening for a fireside chat with Emily Knox… | | 6:00 pm | ● Paddles & Pints Date Night Pickleball Tournament · 2203 W John Street, 2203 W John Street Whether you’re bringing your spouse, significant other, best friend, or favorite pickleball partner… | | 7:00 pm | All Skate: DoctoberFest ALL SKATE is the full history of roller rinks and roller skating as told by a diverse group of people who are currently involved with roller skating… | | 7:00 pm | Fall Prairie Skies · Staerkel Planetarium A live narrated tour of the wonders of tonight's sky, accompanied by some of the legendary stories of the ancient sky. | | 7:00 pm | ● Friday Funnies featuring Phoenix Improv/Spicy Clamato · Illini Union Courtyard Café These nights will feature campus comedy/improv groups, local funny people, or national comedians and improv groups. |
| | TOMORROW — Saturday, October 10 | | Live Music | | 12:00 pm | ★ CU Folk & Roots Festival · The Urbana Free Library Join us for an afternoon of music performances and culture! | | 7:30 pm | ★ Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: Mahler's Third Symphony · Foellinger Great Hall To open its 67th season, the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra is joined by the University of Illinois Women’s Glee Club and the Central Illinois… | | 9:00 pm | ★ Old To The New: Ideal DJ Wesjile · Cowboy Monkey | | Everything Else | | 9:30 am | Reentry Simulation and Panel Discussion hosted by Education Justice Project · University YMCA Gain a deeper understanding of the complex systems and structural barriers that impact successful reentry after incarceration. | | 10:00 am | History and Heritage Day · 421 N 4th St, Brooklyn Join the Historical Society of Brooklyn, Illinois (HSOBI) on History and Heritage Day, as we celebrate the installation of a plaque on the Mother… | | 10:00 am | Kampsville Knap-In · McCully Heritage Project The annual Kampsville Knap-In features flintknapping demonstrations and tutorials, an atl-atl range, a game field for Chunkey and Cherokee Marbles… | | 10:30 am | ● Curator Talk & Tour | "In Search of a Future" at Krannert Art Museum · Krannert Art Museum Join Kathryn Koca Polite for a special tour of In Search of a Future. | | 11:00 am | ● Conversation Café · The Urbana Free Library Language Exchange - Intercambio de Idiomas - Échange Linguistique | | 11:00 am | Japan House Fall Open House - Japan House's Past, Present, and Future · Japan House Please join Japan House for tea ceremonies and learn about Japan House's history and vision for the future with the Ogura-Sato Annex. | | 12:00 pm | ● Fall Family Fun Fest at John Street Pickleball Courts · 2301-2315 W John Street, 2301-2315 W John Street Kick off fall break with an afternoon of free family fun at the John Street Pickleball Courts! | | 12:00 pm | ● Illini Softball vs Illinois Wesleyan · Eichelberger Field | | 1:30 pm | Cookie Queens: DoctoberFest A celebration of girlhood and the complexities that come with it, Cookie Queens is a coming-of-age story about the joys, pressures… | | 2:00 pm | 2nd Annual Downtown Champaign Craft Crawl · Farren's at The Inman | | 2:00 pm | ● Brewery Tour and Tasting · Riggs Beer Company | | 2:00 pm | ● Latin American Story Time · The Urbana Free Library | | 3:00 pm | ● Fall Fusion Festival · Downtown Urbana Library staff will have an activity for all ages at the festival! | | 3:00 pm | ● LEGO Club · Main Library | | 3:30 pm | Joybubbles: DoctoberFest A boy discovers he can control the global telephone system by whistling a magic tone. | | 4:00 pm | ● A Decade of Delicious: Harvest Market Fresh · Harvest Market, The Nook | | 4:00 pm | ● Illini Softball vs Spoon River · Eichelberger Field | | 6:00 pm | ● The Last Picture Shows: DoctoberFest Filmmaker Rustin Thompson journeys into the American West on a search for traces of what was once a center of small-town life: the movie theater. | | 8:00 pm | All Rockstars Go To Hell Tour · The Space | | 8:00 pm | ● Pinball: Beyond The Bumpers: DoctoberFest Pinball: Beyond The Bumpers is the most complete and visually dynamic documentary ever made about Pinball. | | 9:00 pm | India Ferrah drag show · Amy's Place |
| | ONGOING | | ongoing | ★ 2026 CU Folk & Roots Festival · Rose Bowl Tavern through Sat, Oct 10 The 18th Annual CU Folk and Roots Festival in Urbana, IL! | | ongoing | 2027 Park Board Election: Packet Pickup · Bresnan Meeting Center through Fri, Nov 20 Two Champaign Park District Park Board of Commissioners seats on the ballot in 2027. | | ongoing | ● [I] Illini Women's Tennis vs ITA Midwest Regionals · Atkins Tennis Center through Sun, Oct 11 | | repeats | ★ Day schedule · Rose Bowl Tavern Fri, Sat at all day | | ongoing | ● Fall Pickleball Tournament Extravaganza · 2203 W John Street, 2203 W John Street Sat, Oct 10 through Sun, Oct 11 Join players from across the region for our Fall in Love with Pickleball Tournament – a two-day outdoor event featuring exciting competition… | | ongoing | ● Library Friends Exhibit : Celebrating Pride: 50+ Years of LGBTQ+ History at Illinois · Display Cases near Main Stacks, Main Library through Fri, Oct 30 Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month by exploring 50+ years of LGBTQ+ student history at the University of Illinois! | | ongoing | ● Morrow Plots Exhibit: These Plots Are Older Than We Are · 220 Corridor Exhibition Space, Main Library through Thu, Oct 29 The University of Illinois is home to the world's oldest crop rotation study and a piece of living history - the Morrow Plots. | | ongoing | ● “I could people the hours with creations” — Celebrating Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein · Main Library Room 346 through Thu, May 13 This exhibition provides some context for the writing of Frankenstein and examines the significant cultural impact that it has had since its… |
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Who we called: UI Campus Calendar (16 listings); Champaign Park District (4 listings); Champaign Public Library (1 listing); Chambana Film Society (5 listings); Parkland College (1 listing); Visit Downtown Champaign (0 listings); Cowboy Monkey (2 listings); Eventbrite (Champaign, IL) (7 listings); Rose Bowl Tavern (4 listings); Urbana Free Library (4 listings); Eventbrite (Urbana, IL) (3 listings); Eventbrite (Savoy, IL) (2 listings).
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