| Live Music |
| 6:00 pm | ★ Scairie Prairie Bash · Prairie Farm Get into the Halloween spirit at Prairie Farm with trick-or-treating, hayrack rides, festive fun, games, music, food, and family-friendly frights! |
| 7:00 pm | ★ Ther'Up.Y "Back To Motown" · Rose Bowl Tavern Join us for another amazing tribute to the legends by local phenoms Ther'Up.Y. |
| 8:00 pm | ★ The Braymores · Cowboy Monkey |
| Everything Else |
| 9:45 am | Saturday Physics for Everyone: How Physicists Sparked a Revolution in College Teaching · Lobby - Loomis Laboratory Of Physics There is a growing consensus that the stereotypical college class – where professors mainly lecture while students listen and take notes – is not… |
| 10:00 am | Mini Scientist: Signs of Fall (Registration Required) · Springer Cultural Center This activity is designed for caregiver involvement. |
| 10:00 am | One Room, Two Ways- A Design Workshop · 402 W Town Center Blvd |
| 10:00 am | Stake Service Project · Sola Gratia Farm in Urbana |
| 10:30 am | ● Kids at KAM: Artmaking and More! | Krannert Art Museum · Krannert Art Museum Hands-on art activities for children ages 3+ and their caregivers! |
| 10:30 am | ● Saturday Story Time · The Urbana Free Library Build early literacy skills and have fun together. |
| 11:00 am | Illini Swimming & Diving vs Iowa State - Senior Day · ARC Pool |
| 11:30 am | ● Fast Firsts! (First chapter books edition) · The Urbana Free Library |
| 12:00 pm | ● Makerspace @ Douglass | Drop-in · Douglass Branch Library Library staff will be available to answer your questions. |
| 12:00 pm | Paws & Pours: Halloween Dog Treat Decorating · Wyldewood Cellars Illinois |
| 12:45 pm | ● CU Pride Parade UIUC Cultural Coalition · Downtown Urbana - exact meet up TBD Show up for the LGBTQ+ community by participating in one of the most visible pieces of Pride - the parade! |
| 1:00 pm | ● Film: "If Hafez Wrote a Haiku for Cowboys" (2024) · Spurlock Museum of World Cultures If Hafez Wrote a Haiku for Cowboys Directed by Masahiro Sugano (2024, 115 min) with special guest, Anida Yoeu Ali (U.S. |
| 1:00 pm | ● Library Staff at Pride Fest Parade & Fair · Downtown Urbana Learn about library resources, check out a book, and make a craft! |
| 2:00 pm | ● Jump Into Science · The Urbana Free Library |
| 2:00 pm | ● The B-Sides · Rose Bowl Tavern Local father/son musical duo 'Jake and Jackson' (Tatar) expand their repertoire of 70's/80's favorites to a full band format by adding Josh Houchin… |
| 3:30 pm | La aventura de Big Bird · Staerkel Planetarium Exploren el cielo nocturno con sus amigos de Sesame Street. Únanse a Big Bird, Elmo y Hu Hu Zhu en una exploración de la Luna. |
| 4:00 pm | The Lorraine: DoctoberFest In the heart of Memphis, Walter and Loree Bailey’s Lorraine Motel was both a thriving hub of Black entrepreneurship and a destination for the… |
| 4:30 pm | Más allá del sol · Staerkel Planetarium Celeste es una niña que quiere explorar el Universo. |
| 6:00 pm | Champaign Halloween Singles Mixer 2026 · Murphy's Pub |
| 6:00 pm | RNB PAINT & SIP · Venue at 322 |
| 6:30 pm | 60th Anniversary Celebration of Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church · I Hotel & Illinois Conference Center |
| 6:30 pm | Once Upon A Time In Harlem: DoctoberFest A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with what he considered the most important event… |
| 7:00 pm | A Window into Tennessee · Fire Doll Studio |
| 7:00 pm | Champaign Halloween Singles Mixer 2026 (MEN SOLD OUT) · Murphy's Pub |
| 7:30 pm | Dance at Illinois: October Dance · Colwell Playhouse In this year of the 250th anniversary of our nation, Dance at Illinois celebrates collaboration as the key concept of democracy. |