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Daily Email - Friday - 10/03/2025

October 03, 2025

Welcome to the first weekend in October. No tricks, just treats! Including your chance to win tickets to celebrate the KFC Yum! Center’s 15 Year Anniversary with acclaimed singer, songwriter, musician Zach Top! His Cold Beer & Country Music Tour stops in Louisville on 10/10, with guest Andy Buckner. ENTER TO WIN NOW!*

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • Win tickets to Jesse McCartney at the Louisville Palace on 10/10. His performance will highlight both the songs that first put him on the map and his current work. Enter today for a chance to be there.*

  • The Goatman Festival is probably Louisville’s weirdest festival, held at the home of the legendary Pope Lick Monster on 10/10 & 10/11, featuring lots of haunted attractions, movies, live performances, vendors, and more. Details here.

  • Ring in 2026 with an all Louisville lineup, including DJ Matt Anthony, Carly Johnson, The Jesse Lees, Casey Powell, N8VS, and a live broadcast with WFPK at the Louisville Palace Faces Lobby on 12/31. Grab tickets now!

  • Look ahead to summer this winter when the Discover Boating Louisville Boat, RV, & Sportshow returns to the Kentucky Expo Center 1/28-2/1. Advance tix now available.

  • Continuing their tradition of incredible live recreations of classic rock albums, The Black Jacket Symphony presents Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” at the Lexington Opera House on 2/1. Tickets on sale now!

NIK’S PICS: RUSSIAN CIRCLES W/ YOUNG WIDOWS @ HEADLINERS

Photo: Nik Vechery

Photographer extraordinaire Nik Vechery captured striking images of Russian Circles’ electrifying performance at Headliners Music Hall on 9/25/25, where the Chicago-based post-metal trio delivered a powerful, immersive set. 

Sharing the stage were Louisville’s own Young Widows, whose intense, brooding sound set the perfect tone for the night. 

Vechery’s photos highlight the raw energy of both bands and the vibrant atmosphere of the packed venue. Thanks for sharing, Nik!

TONIGHT

👄 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 50th Anniversary

Tonight, 10/3 @ Louisville Palace (8PM) 

Join the original Magenta, Patricia Quinn, for a screening of the unedited movie, along with a live shadow cast and audience participation. Costumes encouraged.

🚨 Tropidelic

Tonight, 10/3 @ Headliners (8PM) 

This six-piece musical powerhouse from Cleveland is joined by Artikal Sound System, Grieves, and Ipcus Pinecone.

🖤 Va Va Vixens Everlasting Darkness

Tonight, 10/3-Sunday, 10/5 + 10/10-11 (8PM Fri & Sat, 2PM Sun)

Join the Vixens for all that is dark, with a mix of neo-classic burlesque, dangerous circus performances, group dance sequences, comedy, and variety acts.

🎸 Elliott

Tonight, 10/3 @ The Whirling Tiger (8PM)

The Louisville emo band make a hometown stop while on their nationwide tour. Lung opens the show.

🔥 Eric Church: Free the Machine Tour

Tonight, 10/3 @ Rupp Arena (7:30PM)

This electrifying country performer brings the next chapter of his critically-acclaimed live show to Lexington, with special guest the Marcus King Band.

Skelebration 2025

It’s not a trick! It’s the treat you’ve been waiting for! Join the Friends of the Louisville Zoo on Wednesday, 10/8 from 6 – 9 pm for the debut of Skelebration, an exclusive after-hours Halloween event for adults 21 and over.

LOCALS ONLY

“You stand where you fall, you climb when you cave. Your looks spent the life, your body would pay. You’re a minute thin, when the time is always right, You’ve already Americanized your thoughts.” - Elliott