Welcome back to The To-Do List, where Daily Memphian staffers suggest their favorite events and activities for the coming week.

This week, Collage Dance Collective opens its 17th season, the Broad Avenue Art Walk returns and “Monty Python’s Spamalot” opens at the Orpheum.

Flightmares: Aerial Arts Haunted Experience at High Expectations studio, Friday-Saturday:

Haunted house meets aerial performance in this spooky show. Aerialists will perform with silks, chains and other apparatuses as they take the audience through three Halloween scenes: an abandoned hospital where strange experiments take place, a haunted graveyard and a mysterious attic. Shows at 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. $32. 319 Cumberland St. More info here. — Phillips

Urban Bush Women Dance Co. free community workshop and performance at Buckman Performing & Fine Arts Center, Friday:

Urban Bush Women Dance Co. will perform and lead a free dance workshop on Friday, Oct. 23. (Courtesy Buckman)

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar founded the theatrical dance company Urban Bush Women in 1984. The company will host a public “Dance for Every Body” community workshop at 5:30 p.m; all participants will receive free admission to the ensemble’s later show (which otherwise costs $40). No dance experience is required for the movement jam/dance class, which will involve use of breath, weight, polyrhythm and call-and-response. The performance will feature the program “This Risk,” including “Shelter” (performed to live music), as well as “Batty Moves” and “Contemplations on Legacy.” 5:30 p.m. (workshop), 7 p.m. (performance). Workshop is free; performance tickets are $40. 60 Perkins Extd. — Perry

Collage Dance Collective’s ‘Origins’ at Playhouse on the Square, Friday-Sunday:

Collage Dance kicks off its 17th season with “Origins.” It features four works: Darrell Grand Moultrie’s “Frankly Speaking” (with music of Aretha Franklin), Kevin Iega Jeff’s “Flack” (with music of Roberta Flack), Joshua Manculich’s “Wash” (inspired by the Mississippi River) and Crystal Pite’s “Four Solitudes” (featuring Memphis Symphony Orchestra pianist Adrienne Park performing the music of Schubert). 7:30 p.m. on Friday, and 2:30 pm. on Saturday and Sunday. $32.07 - $52.77. 66 S. Cooper St. — Elle Perry

Call of the Banshee at Bar DKDC, Friday: 

The event flyer promises “a haunting night of songs by candlelight.” Performers include singers Rachel Maxann, Nubia Yasin, Raneem Imam and Mary Hatley. Donations will be accepted for nonprofit Ladies in Need Can Survive, including non-perishable food items, grocery store gift cards, toiletries, feminine care products and wellness items. 9 p.m. $15 at the door. 964 S. Cooper St. More info here. — Perry

Howl-O-Ween Hustle 5K at the Memphis Zoo, Saturday: 

The Memphis Zoo is launching a new 5K race this season. You’ll want to wear a costume for the Howl-O-Ween Hustle 5K, because there’s a costume contest at the afterparty. There’s also live music, and your race fee includes zoo admission, so you can stick around all day if you want. There’s also a virtual run option for those who want to participate elsewhere. 7:30 a.m. $70 nonmembers, $60 members, $50 for virtual. 2000 Prentiss Place. More info here. — Phillips

Broad Avenue Art Walk in the Broad Avenue Arts District, Saturday:

Sara Bolton (front) and S.J. Smith of High Expectations performed aerial arts at the Broad Avenue Art Walk in 2023. (Ziggy Mack/The Daily Memphian file)

The weather is nice, and it’s time to do some walking. There’s nothing I love more than buying some art during my walks. That’s why I will be headed to the Broad Avenue Art Walk, where more than 65 art and vintage vendors will be set up along the street. But don’t keep your eyes just on the goods; there will be aerial-arts performers, live music and, most importantly, a corgi parade. Plus, officials asked vendors to stay away from generative AI to make this market as AI-free as possible. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free to attend. Click here for more information and the schedule. — Kelsey Bowen

Junior League Estate Sale at the Junior League of Memphis, ends Saturday:

My mama raised me right; Saturdays are for estate sales. The Junior League of Memphis estate sale wraps up Saturday, so it’s your last chance to get your hands on some stuff. The sale features household items and furniture. Who knows what’s buried in that beautiful building? The best part: It’s 50% off on Saturday, baby! 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free to attend. 3475 Central Ave. Click here for more information. — Bowen

Art on Fire at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Saturday: 

Art on Fire is at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens on Saturday. (Courtesy Dixon)

The Dixon’s annual fire-filled fundraiser supports the institution’s on-site education and community outreach for its art and horticulture programs. General admission includes fire performers, beer, wine and food from 20 local restaurants and caterers. Also happening at the Dixon is the annual Hot Off the Wall art sale. The free event offers the chance to purchase original works from emerging and more established artists. Funds support Dixon’s educational programming. This sale takes place during regular museum hours and during Art on Fire. The event is for those age 21 and up, and IDs are required. 7-11 p.m. $75 members, $95 non-members, $95 day of event. 4339 Park Ave. — Perry

Bog Fest at Bog & Barley, Saturday:

Bog & Barley will host Bog Fest on Saturday, Oct. 24. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)

Celebrate fall, Irish-style, at Bog & Barley’s second annual Bog Fest. There will be family-friend activities, like pumpkin painting, games and live music. And you can try an Irish coney dog (topped with shepherd’s pie mix, mustard and onion on a potato bun) and Irish apple cake with toasted almonds. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 6150 Poplar Ave., Suite 124. More info here. — Phillips

Dia de los Muertos Parade & Festival at Court Square, Saturday:

The Dia de los Muertos Parade is moving from Midtown to Downtown this year. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)

This Dia de los Muertos event is moving Downtown this year, since the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is closed. Cazateatro Bilingual Theatre Group is partnering with the new Memphis Art Museum and the Orpheum Theatre Group for the parade, which starts in Court Square, goes along Main Street and ends at the Halloran Centre. The post-parade fest will include live music, art activities, face painting and more. Parade starts at 11 a.m., and the fest begins at noon. Free. 62 N. Main St. More info here. — Phillips

Mekong Memphis Festival at Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Memphis, Sunday:

The Mekong Memphis Festival will be held at the Vietnamese Buddhist Temple of Memphis. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)

In 1975, refugees from Vietnam and other parts of Southeast Asia settled along the Cleveland Street corridor in Washington Bottoms. The neighborhood was a vibrant melting pot until a Florida-based development company purchased land in the neighborhood and pushed out the refugee population for a project that never happened. But some vestiges of the old neighborhood remain, like the Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Memphis, which is hosting this 50th anniversary celebration with food, music, art and more. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. $10 for general admission or free to kids under 12. 1368 Jefferson Ave. More info here. — Phillips

Alley Dayz on Beale Street, Monday:

The Downtown Memphis Commission’s Alley Dayz parties are typically held in alleys. But this one — the finale for 2026 — is taking over part of Beale Street. There will be live music, vendors and more in the section between the Orpheum Theatre and the Mobility Center. That’s the area with the fairy lights. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. More info here. — Phillips

‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’ at The Orpheum Theatre, opens Tuesday:

Monty Python’s "Spamalot” opens on Tuesday, Oct. 27. (Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman/The Orpheum Theatre)

“Spamalot” is what happens when Monty Python gets ahold of the Round Table and a Broadway budget. Lovingly ripped off from the 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” it sends King Arthur galloping across medieval England on two coconuts, recruits knights whose chief qualifications are enthusiasm and a pulse, and stages a Holy Grail quest that keeps getting derailed by French taunts, killer rabbits and one very demanding shrubbery. The plot’s crowning absurdity: the Knights Who Say “Ni!” won’t let Arthur pass until he mounts a Broadway musical, and the rest of the show is him obliging — badly, gloriously and under the supervision of a diva who considers the Holy Grail a supporting role in her story. “Spamalot” won the 2005 Tony for best musical, a win that gave Memphis' Orpheum Theatre its second Tony Award as an investor and co-producer of Broadway shows. Runs through Nov. 1. Times and ticket prices vary. 203 S. Main St. More information here. — Alys Drake

Ecstatic Dance at Neshoba Unitarian Universalist Church, Wednesday:

If you enjoy sound meditations, you might also enjoy ecstatic dance. Kinsley South Mitchell, a DJ and vinyl librarian who leads free jazz meditations at the Memphis Listening Lab, hosts this event. Mitchell describes ecstatic dance as freeform, with no choreography and no dance experience needed, with participants led from grounding to release to stillness. Attendees are asked to wear comfortable clothing and to bring water. Free childcare is offered for parents who want to participate. Register by Friday here for childcare. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free admission. Click here for more info. 7350 Raleigh Lagrange Road, Cordova. — Perry

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