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An Old Market Fall Festival: Beats, Bites & Autumn Nights

🍂 Celebrate fall in the heart of the Old Market!
Join Sunday, October 19, 2025 for Beats, Bites & Autumn Nights — a fall festival filled with music, food, and fun. Enjoy the Old Market Witches Walk 2025, live bands, flame-grilled eats, an urban pumpkin patch, spooky cocktails, and more!
🔗 All the details: OldMarket.com/fall
✨ Festival Highlights
🎶 Live Music on the Catalyst Patio & at The Dubliner Pub
🧙‍♀️ Witches Walk – 4:00 PM stroll | 5:00 PM awards ceremony
🎃 Urban Pumpkin Patch – Pumpkins from Callahan Creek Wholesale
👻 Costume Fun – Dress up & join the festivities
🍔 Flame-Grilled Fall Menu + spooky cocktails & seasonal drinks at Catalyst | The Farnam
📍 Catalyst Patio + Harney Street | Old Market
🗓️ Sunday, October 19 | 2:00 – 8:00 PM
🎉 Presented by The Dubliner Pub, The Farnam Hotel & Old Market Association
✅ Free to attend | Open to all ages
🍂 Food & drinks available for purchase

Woofstock: Halloween in the Bark

Woofstock event logo

Sunday, October 5
10am-2pm
Turner Park

Free and open to the public

Dress those furry friends to the nines and strut on over to Turner Park for a dog-focused day of fun at Midtown Crossing! Woofstock brings pets, their humans and the community together for an energetic fall day, complete with: 

  • Pup-Up Dog Park (in Turner Park), all sizes and breeds
  • Local vendors with pet-themed offerings
  • “Pet and Play” with local rescues
  • Outdoor Yard Games
  • Dog Costume Parade at Noon
  • Plenty of food and drink on the Turner Park Patio – your pup is welcome!
  • “Pawsport” BINGO

Apple Tasting

They have a new batch of apples to taste and rate this year, generously donated by Vala’s Apple Orchard! Come for fresh fruit and lots of other fun for the whole family!  Drop in anytime. No library card or registration required.

3D Self Portraits

How do you see yourself?  Use simple supplies to create a portrait that jumps off the page!  For Grades K-5.

Dragons Love Tacos Theater Workshop with the Rose

Kids Ages 3-Grade 1 are invited to explore the world of theater through the story of Dragons Love Tacos, guided by a Rose Theater educator!  A grownup is required to stay in the building.  No library card or registration required.

NOTE: This event takes place at the Gretna United Methodist Church, 11457 S. 204th St.

Boredom Busters: Whiteboard Pictionary

The second and fourth Tuesday after school stop by the library for a fun activity. Snacks provided. For ages 8-12.

Tuesday, September 9 — 3:30 p.m.
Perler Bead Crafts

Tuesday, September 23 — 3:30 p.m.
Whiteboard Pictionary

Boredom Busters: Perler Bead Crafts

The second and fourth Tuesday after school stop by the library for a fun activity. Snacks provided. For ages 8-12.

Tuesday, September 9 — 3:30 p.m.
Perler Bead Crafts

Tuesday, September 23 — 3:30 p.m.
Whiteboard Pictionary

Apple Festival Preschool Party

Littles and their grownups are invited to join us for this hour of fun themed play! Celebrate the harvest season with a delightful array of books, crafts, activities and plenty of apples.

Bison Fest at Botna Bend

In honor of National Bison Day, come visit our bison herd out at Botna Bend Park and learn more about this magnificent species and the conservation efforts that help protect them.

Swing by between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. for fun, family-friendly activities, including:

  • Botna Bend’s live bison herd
  • Atlatl throwing
  • Bison wool spinning
  • Flint knapping
  • Hay rack rides
  • Bison artifacts
  • Food by The Feed Trough
  • Crafts
  • Fossils
  • Union Pacific Railroad Museum: Learn about the history of bison and the railroad
  • The Nature Conservancy: Learn about the symbiotic relationship between bison and the prairie 
  • Music by Ron Cisar
  • Video presentations on the Joy Creek Major archaeological site & Coralville Lake’s Devonian Fossil Gorge

This event is free with a $3 park entry fee or an annual permit and will be held RAIN or SHINE. We’ll see you there!