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Events for October, 2025

Wednesday, October 8, 2025
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9:00amCT Downtown Days Photography Contest
Everyone is encouraged to come view the entries and vote for Public Favorite
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69529.)
10:45amCT Lindsey Wilson University Weekly Chapel Service
Open to the public, in the historic John B. Begley Chapel
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69394.)
11:00amCT Adair Co. Caregiver Support Group meeting
New location - The Welcome and Development Center, lower level, 201 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY. Anyone that is caregiving for another person is invited to come, have a complimentary light lunch, share information and find resources.
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69569.)
1:30pmCT Rep. Barr at Hardee's Columbia
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69626.)
5:00pmCT History vs. Hollywood: Hamilton
W.W. Slider Humanities Center Recital Hall; featuring a talk by history professor Lucas Somers before a screening of the 2020 filmed version of the Broadway production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical.
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69518.)

Thursday, October 9, 2025
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9:00amCT Downtown Days Photography Contest
Everyone is encouraged to come view the entries and vote for Public Favorite
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69530.)
9:00amCT Special called Fiscal Court meeting (click for agenda)
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69625.)
10:00amCT Graveside memorial for Cheryl S. Strodtman, 81, Campbellsville, KY (1944-2025)
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69538.)
11:30amCT Bliss Club meeting
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69604.)
5:00pmCT Adair Co. Arts Council meeting
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69556.)

Friday, October 10, 2025
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7:00amCT Annex Building closed today for Downtown Days
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69605.)
9:00amCT Downtown Days: Adair Co. Genealogy Homecoming
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69516.)
9:00amCT Downtown Days Photography Contest
Everyone is encouraged to come view the entries and vote for Public Favorite
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69531.)
10:00amCT Public Square closed to traffic for Downtown Days Fall Festival
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69535.)
NoonCT Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Fifty and Five South
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69552.)
4:00pmCT Tebbs Bend Night Ride
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69358.)
4:30pmCT 2025 Downtown Days: Vendor booths open
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69590.)
5:00pmCT 2025 Downtown Days: Registration for CBC Corn Hole Tournament
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69591.)
6:00pmCT Knifley Christian Church celebrates 150 years
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69574.)
6:00pmCT Revival at Hogards Chapel Global Methodist Church
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69581.)
6:00pmCT Green River Band kicks off Downtown Days with concert
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69586.)
6:00pmCT 2025 Downtown Days: Columbia Baptist Church Corn Hole Tournament
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69592.)
6:00pmCT 2025 Downtown Days: The Green River Band in Concert
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69593.)
7:30pmCT 2025 Downtown Days: Family Tradition in Concert
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69594.)

Saturday, October 11, 2025
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6:00amCT First day of KY youth-only modern gun season
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69369.)
7:00amCT The 5K Run for JOY October 11 part of Downtown Days
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69482.)
8:00amCT Downtown Days: No Farmers Market on the Square today
Check back October 18 and 25 for the last 2 markets of the 2025 season.
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69577.)
8:00amCT 2025 Downtown Days: Classic Car Show registration
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69595.)
8:00amCT 2025 Downtown Days: Tractor Exhibition
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69596.)
9:00amCT Adair County Genealogy Homecoming
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69517.)
9:00amCT Downtown Days Photography Contest
Everyone is encouraged to come view the entries and vote for Public Favorite
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69532.)
9:00amCT Check-in Begins for Downtown Days Pageants
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69584.)
10:00amCT 2025 Downtown Days: Beauty Pageants
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69597.)
12:30pmCT 2025 Downtown Days: Miltown Praise Band
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69598.)
1:30pmCT 2025 Downtown Days: Magician Lance Burton
Magic Show with special guest Gabrielle Versace.
Followed by City of Columbia Mayor Pam Hoots Mini Pumpkin Giveaway
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69599.)
3:30pmCT 2025 Downtown Days: Southern Crew Line Dancers
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69600.)
4:15pmCT 2025 Downtown Days: Drawings and Raffles
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69601.)
5:00pmCT Benefit auction at Bowling Park to help family with sick child
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69587.)
5:30pmCT 2025 Downtown Days: Lewis Brice in Concert
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69602.)
6:00pmCT Knifley Christian Church celebrates 150 years
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69575.)
6:00pmCT Revival at Hogards Chapel Global Methodist Church
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69582.)
7:00pmCT 2025 Downtown Days: Jerrod Niemann in Concert
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69603.)

Sunday, October 12, 2025
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10:30amCT Knifley Christian Church celebrates 150 years
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69576.)
6:00pmCT Crown of Life at Through The Fire Worship Center
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69578.)
6:00pmCT Revival at Hogards Chapel Global Methodist Church
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69583.)

Monday, October 13, 2025
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5:00pmCT Silent City Tour of the Columbia Cemetery
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69359.)

Tuesday, October 14, 2025
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9:00amCT Adair Food Pantry, 203 South Monroe Street, Columbia, KY
Open 9am-12pmCT, Contact: Michele Fruth, Director, 270-250-5432
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69566.)
5:00pmCT Basketball: ACMS Girls at Barren Co.
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69147.)

Wednesday, October 15, 2025
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8:00amCT Last day to sign up for Adair Co. Little League Basketball
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69440.)
9:00amCT Kentucky Virtual Job Fair
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69037.)
10:45amCT Lindsey Wilson University Weekly Chapel Service
Open to the public, in the historic John B. Begley Chapel
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69395.)
5:00pmCT LWU Arts and Humanities Month: Hot Takes
An invitation for people to share their opinions about literature and pop culture, Thomas D. Clark Reading Room of the Katie A. Murrell Library. Hot food and drinks will be provided.
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69519.)

Thursday, October 16, 2025
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4:00pmCT Cross Country: ACHS Indians at Heartland Conference (time TBA)
Marion County High School, 735 E Main St, Lebanon, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69313.)
6:00pmCT Football: Adair Co. Middle School CKMSAC Finals location TBD
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69295.)

Saturday, October 18, 2025
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7:00amCT Cross Country: ACHS Indians at KTCCCA Meet of Champions (time TBA)
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69314.)
8:00amCT Color Outside the Lines 5K
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69432.)
8:00amCT Pumpkin Carving Contest at Jim Blair Center
Sponsored by The Columbia-Adair County Tourism Commission
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69465.)
8:00amCT Farmers Market on the Square
8amCT to 1pmCT at the corner of Campbellsville and Merchant Street
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69570.)
10:00amCT Adair Co. Fairy Fair
New Adair County Fairgrounds, 156 Industrial Park Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69557.)
NoonCT McClister Family Reunion
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69543.)

Sunday, October 19, 2025
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2:00pmCT LWU Arts and Humanities Month: Piano Extravaganza -- Part II
W.W. Slider Humanities Center Recital Hall
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69520.)
2:00pmCT A Piano Extravaganza! Part II
W.W. Slider Humanities Center Recital Hall, 155 Blue Raider Drive, Columbia, KY
Free and open to the public. A goodwill offering will be taken.
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69588.)

Monday, October 20, 2025
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8:00amCT Lindsey Wilson Alumni Fine Art Exhibition
Exhibit in the Lucretia C. Begley Art Gallery and in the foyer of the W.W. Slider Humanities Center at Lindsey Wilson University
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69319.)
6:00pmCT Adair Co. Cattlemen's Association meeting
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69627.)

Tuesday, October 21, 2025
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9:00amCT Adair Food Pantry, 203 South Monroe Street, Columbia, KY
Open 9am-12pmCT, Contact: Michele Fruth, Director, 270-250-5432
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69567.)

Friday, October 24, 2025
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5:00pmCT LWU Alumni Gallery Art Show Reception
Lucretia C. Begley Art Gallery in the W.W. Slider Humanities Center
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69521.)
7:00pmCT Shot, Stabbed, Hanged and More
Walking Tour of the Columbia Public Square
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69360.)
7:00pmCT Hootenanny, A Community Jam
Blue Raider Band Building Band Room
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69522.)

Saturday, October 25, 2025
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7:00amCT Cross Country: Class 2A Region 2 Championships (time TBA)
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69315.)
7:00amCT TJ Health Columbia annual Health Fair
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69447.)
8:00amCT Last of the Season Farmers Market on the Square
8amCT to 1pmCT at the corner of Campbellsville and Merchant Street
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69571.)

Sunday, October 26, 2025
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10:30amCT Tabernacle Christian Church Homecoming Service
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69536.)
3:00pmCT Basketball: LWU Men vs Brescia
Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69606.)

Monday, October 27, 2025
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1:00pmCT Public Reception for Green Co. Arts Show Council Annual Art Show
The historic Greensburg Depot, 107 S. Depot St., Greensburg, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69561.)
3:30pmCT Spooky Story Read-A-Thon and Bake Sale
Dr. Shilpan M. Patel '04 Amphitheater
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69523.)
7:00pmCT Rocky Horror Picture Show screening and costume contest
Thomas D. Clark Reading Room of the Katie A. Murrell Library
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69524.)

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
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9:00amCT Adair Food Pantry, 203 South Monroe Street, Columbia, KY
Open 9am-12pmCT, Contact: Michele Fruth, Director, 270-250-5432
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69568.)
6:00pmCT Basketball: LWU Men vs Reinhardt (GA)
Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69607.)

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
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10:45amCT Lindsey Wilson University Weekly Chapel Service
Open to the public, in the historic John B. Begley Chapel
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69396.)
4:00pmCT Semester Abroad: Sampling the Harlaxton Experience
J.L. Tuner Leadership Center
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69525.)

Friday, October 31, 2025
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5:00pmCT Treats on the Town
Adair County Elementary School, 870 Indian Dr, Columbia, KY, 5pmCT to 7pmCT
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69539.)
6:00pmCT Lindsey Wilson University Safe Halloween
6pmCT-9pmCT, Doris and Bob Holloway Health & Wellness Center, 299 Williams St., Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69547.)

Events for November, 2025

Saturday, November 1, 2025
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7:00amCT Cross Country: KHSAA State XC 2A Championships (time TBA)
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69316.)
9:30amCT Armed Women of American meeting
At the Adair County Sportsman Club, 7200 Fairplay Road, Columbia, KY.
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69579.)
2:00pmCT Breeding Church Fall Festival
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69585.)
4:00pmCT Basketball: LWU Men vs Fisk University (TN)
Brady Button Memorial Classic, Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69608.)
6:00pmCT ACHS Class of 1995 reunion
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69476.)

Sunday, November 2, 2025
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2:00amCT Daylight Saving Time ends
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69580.)
4:00pmCT Basketball: LWU Men vs College of Coastal Georgia
Brady Button Memorial Classic, Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69609.)

Friday, November 7, 2025
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8:30amCT Red Cross blood drive at Campbellsville University
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69573.)

Saturday, November 8, 2025
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6:00amCT First day of KY modern gun season
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69370.)
8:00amCT Last day for vendor registration for Christmas on the Grounds
The Adair Co. Fair Association will be hosting the First Annual Christmas Bazaar "Christmas on the Grounds" at the New Fairgrounds on Saturday, December 6, 2025.
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69548.)
10:00amCT Adair Co. Annual Book Fair and Arts & Crafts Show
Adair Co. VFW Post #6097, 500 Green Hills Road, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69501.)

Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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9:00amCT Kentucky Virtual Job Fair
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69038.)
6:00pmCT Basketball: LWU Men vs Simmons College of KY
Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69610.)

Monday, November 24, 2025
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6:00pmCT Basketball: LWU Men vs Midway University (KY)
Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69611.)

Events for December, 2025

Wednesday, December 3, 2025
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6:00pmCT Basketball: LWU Men vs Indiana University Columbus
Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69612.)

Saturday, December 6, 2025
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9:00amCT First Annual Christmas on the Grounds
Free Christmas Bazaar at the New Fairgrounds, 156 Industrial Park Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69549.)
3:00pmCT Basketball: LWU Men vs Shawnee State University (OH)
Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69613.)

Saturday, December 20, 2025
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3:00pmCT Basketball: LWU Men vs Union Commonwealth University (KY)
Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69614.)

Events for January, 2026

Saturday, January 3, 2026
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6:30pmCT Basketball: LWU Men vs Washington Adventist University
Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69615.)

Thursday, January 8, 2026
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6:30pmCT Basketball: LWU Men at Campbellsville University
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69616.)

Saturday, January 10, 2026
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3:00pmCT Basketball: LWU Men vs Cumberland University (TN)
Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69617.)

Thursday, January 15, 2026
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7:30pmCT Basketball: LWU Men vs Freed-Hardeman University (TN)
Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69618.)

Saturday, January 17, 2026
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3:00pmCT Basketball: LWU Men vs Bethel University (TN)
Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69619.)

Tuesday, January 20, 2026
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8:00amCT Lindsey Wilson Faculty and Staff Art Exhibition
Exhibit in the Lucretia C. Begley Art Gallery at Lindsey Wilson University
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69320.)
6:00pmCT Basketball: LWU Men vs Ohio Christian University
Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69620.)

Thursday, January 29, 2026
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7:30pmCT Basketball: LWU Men vs Campbellsville University
Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69621.)

Events for February, 2026

Thursday, February 5, 2026
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7:30pmCT Basketball: LWU Men vs University of the Cumberlands (KY)
Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69622.)

Saturday, February 7, 2026
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2:00pmCT Basketball: LWU Men vs Carolina University (NC)
Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69623.)

Thursday, February 19, 2026
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7:30pmCT Basketball: LWU Men vs Georgetown College
Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69624.)

Events for March, 2026

Monday, March 16, 2026
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8:00amCT Natalie Jackson Art Exhibition
Exhibit in the Lucretia C. Begley Art Gallery at Lindsey Wilson University
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69321.)


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