Top 15 things to do this weekend in Cincinnati: Oct. 6-8

Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati Enquirer

Wed, October 4, 2023 at 2:00 AM UTC

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Enjoy three days of arts and crafts, heritage demonstrations, food, music and more at the Kentucky Wool Festival.

1. Kentucky Wool Festival

Enjoy over 100 craft booths, food booths, a wool tent with educational demonstrations and lots of supplies for spinning, weaving, rug hooking, knitting and crocheting, live entertainment, border collie sheep herding, a petting zoo and more. Sheep shearing demonstrations take place at 2, 4 and 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Details: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, 48 Concord Caddo Road, Falmouth. $10, $5 ages 7-18, free ages 6-under. Kywoolfest.org.

Learn to make apple butter in the pioneer fashion this weekend at the Apple Butter Festival, taking place at Hueston Woods State Park.

2. Apple Butter Festival

Learn how to make apple butter in the pioneer fashion, enjoy tours of homestead and barn, craft demonstrations of spinning, weaving and blacksmithing, live music, alpacas. Shop apples, cider, pumpkins, gourds and apple butter, and enjoy a drink in the new beer and wine garden.

Details: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Doty Homestead, Hueston Woods State Park, 6924 Brown Road, Oxford. $10 per carload, $5 single, free ages under 12. Oxfordmuseumassociation.com.

Wander fields of bright sunflowers this weekend at Gorman Heritage Farm's Sunflower Festival.

3. Sunflower Festival

Wander fields of sunflowers, cut your own ($1 per stem), visit education stations, enjoy live music, hayride, carriage rides, local craft vendor, food trucks, HighGrain beer, farm animals and more.

Details: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Gorman Heritage Farm, 10052 Reading Road, Evendale. $15, $8 ages 3-17, $8 ages 60-up. Gormanfarm.org.

The City of Blue Ash hosts its first Brew Ash Beer Run Saturday at Summit Park. The race is followed by a day-long festival featuring music, food and lots of craft beer and seltzers.

4. Brew Ash Beer Run & Festival

The City of Blue Ash hosts it's first Brew Ash Beer Run this weekend. Competitors get three beers throughout the race (one each from Higher Gravity, Fretboard and Fifty West), a unique race medal and post race yoga on the lawn. The community-wide festival kicks off at 3 p.m. with live music, yard games in the park, food trucks and a large selection of craft beer and seltzers.

Details: 11 a.m. Saturday, Summit Park, 4335 Glendale Milford Road, Blue Ash. Free admission. blueashevents.com.

Coney Island hosts a drive-in laser light show this weekend.

5. Drive-In Laser Light Concert

Enjoy two 60-minute laser shows with a 30-minute intermission. Shows include pop, classic country and classic rock hits.

Details: 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Coney Island, Kellogg Ave., Anderson Township. $149 VIP, $39 general. Price is per carload. Freshtix.com.

The Contemporary Arts Center celebrates its 20th anniversary Saturday night.

6. 20 Years at the Center

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the iconic Contemporary Arts Center, the first American project by internationally renowned, Pritzer Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid, and the first U.S. museum designed by a woman. The gala includes one-night-only multimedia installations, artful cuisine and cocktails, a silent auction and more. There's also an afterparty in the CAC Black Box from 9 p.m.-midnight that includes interactive DJ performances, a photo booth and more.

Details: 5-9 p.m., Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E. Sixth St., Downtown. $175. Afterparty only: $40. Contemporaryartscenter.org.

Audra McDonald has won six Tony Awards for her work on Broadway, more than any other performer in history. She performs with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra on Sunday.

7. Cincinnati Pops Orchestra: Audra McDonald

Audra McDonald, winner of six Tony Awards, two Grammys, an Emmy and the National Medal of Arts, performs with the Pops for one night only.

Details: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine. $35-up. Cincinnatisymphony.org.

Pyotr Tchaikovsky's lost eco-opera 'Undina' gets a world premiere this weekend, courtesy of the Queen City Opera.

8. Tchaikovsky’s 'Undina'

In 1869, Pyotr Tchaikovsky composed sketched for an opera called "Undina" – an eco-opera about a community that disrespects the sea and experiences catastrophic consequences – but it was left incomplete. Queen City Opera artistic director Dr. Isaac M. Selya has spent three years reconstructing the opera, and the Queen City Opera brings to the stage the world premiere.

Details: 4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Finneytown Performing Arts Center, 8916 Fontainebleau Terrace, Finneytown. $10-$60. Undina.brownpapertickets.com.

Wood carvers and vendors converge at the Elks Lodge in Cold Spring for the Ohio Valley Woodcarvers Expo, taking place Saturday and Sunday. Pictured: various woodcarving tools.

9. Ohio Valley Woodcarvers Expo

Talented woodcarvers from Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky will be on hand to display and sell their works of art. Prizes are awarded in numerous categories.

Details: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Newport Elks Lodge, 3704 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring. Rivervalleywoodcarvers.com.

The Road Trip Market is an open-air boutique, vintage and handmade shopping experience that takes place twice per year at Boone County Fairgrounds. It happens Oct. 7-8.

10. The Road Trip Market

This outdoor, curated market boasts a wide variety of local artisans, makers and boutiques, each hand-picked to ensure unique, high quality, one-of-a-kind treasures. You'll find a nice mix of vintage, antique, upcycled, handmade and repurposed items for sale.

Details: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Boone County Fairgrounds, 5819 Idlewild Road, Burlington. $12 VIP entry 9-10:30 a.m. Saturday, $7 general, free ages under 12. Free parking. Theroadtripmarket.com.

11. Fall Halloween ArtWalk

More than 100 resident artists open their doors to the public for browsing and buying. Includes live music, food trucks, and guest speakers in the auditorium.

Details: 6-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Essex Art Studios, 2511 Essex Place, Walnut Hills. Free admission. essexstudioscincinnati.com.

12. Walnut Hills Market Oktoberfest

Shop 40 local and regional vendors and makers specializing in artisan crafts, handmade goods, vintage clothing and art. Woodburn Brewery will host live music on an outdoor stage, with games in the garden area. Dog friendly.

Details: noon-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Woodburn Brewing, 2800 Woodburn Ave., Walnut Hills. Free admission. Eventbrite.com.

Enjoy a weekend road trip shopping yard sales along U.S. 25 in Kentucky.

13. Kentucky’s U.S. 25 & Boone Way Yard Sale

Shop 200 miles of yard sales from Richwood to Williamsburg, along scenic U.S. 25 in Kentucky.

Details: Friday-Saturday, State Route 25, Richwood, Walton, Crittenden, Dry Ridge, Williamstown and more. Us25yardsale.com.

14. Devil’s Staircase Pro Hill Climb

Enjoy dirt drags, grudge racing, motorcycle games and an old school field meet with live music on Saturday, AMA Pro Hill Climb races on Sunday.

Details: 10 a.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. Sunday, 1086 Corwin Road, Oregonia. $10 Saturday, $20 Sunday, free ages 12-under. Camping $20 per person, per night. Daytonmc.com.

15. Car Show

One of the largest car shows in the area takes place each October at Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum. It features vehicles 1995 and older. Mini tram tours will be available throughout the day.

Details: noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum, 4521 Spring Grove Ave., Spring Grove Village. Free; bring a non-perishable item to donate to Freestore Foodbank. Springgrove.org.

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Top 15 things to do in Cincinnati this weekend: Oct. 6-8

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