Your Mid-South Weekend Guide: Halloween Weekend

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Warm finish to October with an unsettled Halloween weekend ahead! Here’s what’s on around the Mid-South and when rain could impact your plans.

WEEKEND WEATHER OVERVIEW

Friday: Warm, bright and dry — highs around 80, ~10° above average. Great night to be out.

Saturday: Dry start, clouds building. Showers develop Saturday evening with periods of rain overnight Saturday into Sunday morning. Not everyone will see rain for trick or treating; areas near the delta have more of a chance for passing showers than areas to the east.

Sunday / Halloween weekend: Scattered showers Saturday and Sunday, heaviest Saturday overnight into early Sunday. Won’t be a washout — more dry hours than rainy hours — but keep rain gear handy for outdoor events. Much-needed rain as extreme drought continues.

Stay with Action News 5 First Alert Weather team on-air and in the app for timing updates.

THINGS TO DO ALL WEEKEND

MEMREN at Overton Park

Sat-Sun | $75 weekend | $45 Sat | $35 Sun As the veil thins on All Hallow’s Eve, choose your Queen — Day or Night — and join feats of strength, games of skill, tricks of mind.

FRIDAY

Pure Prairie League, Atlanta Rhythm Section & Firefall – Cannon Center

7-11pm | $61-$134 Country-rock / Southern rock night: “Amie,” “So Into You,” “Imaginary Lover,” “You Are the Woman.”

Ayanna Justine, Bo Adams and Faith Alexa – South Main Sounds

7-9pm | $5-$10 donations Original music night with Ayanna returning + local favorites.

SATURDAY

Middle School Girls All-Star Soccer Game – Gaisman Park

10:30am | FREE, bring lawn chairs, food trucks on-site Hosted by Memphis Parks Athletics, sponsored by Instituto De Futbol Memphis.

Memphis Samhain Irish Festival – 151 Madison Ave / Brass Door

11am-8pm | FREE Opening parade, Inis Acla dancers, ceilidh demo, Gaelic sports demo you can join, Dean Harlem and Dermot & The Pints, Irish film, food + pint.

Love in the Club – Satellite Music Hall

8-10pm | $24 | 18+ Ultimate early-2000s throwback — Usher to Missy to Akon.

SUNDAY

Memphis Japan Festival – Memphis Botanic Garden

9:30am-4pm | $12/adult | $7/student & ages 2-12 | under 2 free — rain or shine outdoors Music & dance, martial arts, lectures, arts & crafts, sumo-suit wrestling, Candyman, Japanese garden tours, local Japanese food trucks. Presented by Japan-America Society of Tennessee.

LOCOmotion Community Block Party – Off the Wall Arts

1-5pm | FREE Along Off the Rails Art Line — live music Marcella Simien & Her Lovers, chalk stations, walking tours of new murals, indoor exhibition of 2026 autumn student workshops.

Have a safe, spooky Mid-South Halloween weekend!

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