Packed weekend in Huntsville
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Huntsville's weekend is full.
Why it matters: No excuse for boredom this weekend, unless you're the indecisive type, I guess.
- 📢 Here's what's on the menu to help you finalize plans:
🎸 Melissa Etheridge & Indigo Girls at the Orion: Apollo South opens Saturday at 5pm, gates at 6pm and the show starts at 7:30pm, headlining Women in Music Week.
- Want to get warmed up? Tonight at the Orion is the Free Day of Dance at 7pm.
🎉 CulturA Festival livens up the Orion 12-7pm Sunday, Sept. 21 for the fourth year, celebrating local Hispanic culture and Hispanic Heritage Month.
- The free, family-friendly event features plenty of music and dancing, Latin food trucks, and local vendors and artisans.
🍺 Oktoberfest at Redstone Arsenal: The 28th Annual Oktoberfest on the arsenal starts tonight at 5pm and runs all weekend at the Redstone Activity Field.
- It's $15 to get in or $25 for admission plus unlimited rides.
🏫 At Campus 805, this weekend caps off the monthlong celebration of its 10th anniversary.
- The fun started yesterday, but there's still plenty of music to catch today and tomorrow at Campus 805, coinciding with Huntsville Music Month.
- Admission is free, and catch food trucks, inflatables, vendors and more.
🖼️ Lowe Mill's Open Studio Night is Saturday, 5-7pm.
- Featured artists: Kathryn Williamson, Paul Cordes Wilm, Nate Husser, Wild Alabama, Kristin Hudson, The Eclectic Frog Collective and Liz Onken.
🎨 The Monte Sano Art Festival runs Saturday and Sunday starting at 9am at Monte Sano State Park.
- More than 140 visual artists and live music are on the agenda this weekend on the mountain, as well as local food trucks.
🪄 Magician Stephen Bargatze takes the stage at Levity Live Sunday at 4pm for wows and laughs.
- An award-winning magician, he's perhaps best-known these days as the father of comedian Nate Bargatze, who just emceed the Emmys.