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Events for October, 2025

Thursday, October 2, 2025
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7:30amCT 2025 Fall Fencing School
Russell County Extension, 2688 U.S. 127 Russell Springs, KY.
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69434.)
1:00pmCT Community opioid meeting
Dr. Jason Roop will present "Exploring the Trait-Based Model of Recovery and Prevention" in the basement of the Adair County Annex Building, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69527.)
2:00pmCT Services for Louella (Lucy) Helm, 68, Columbia, KY (1957-2025)
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69533.)
3:15pmCT In person signups for Adair Co. Little League Basketball
Adair Co. Elementary School lobby, 870 Indian Dr, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69442.)
5:00pmCT Basketball: ACMS Girls at Metcalfe Co.
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69146.)
5:30pmCT Volleyball: Indians at Barren Co
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69553.)
6:00pmCT Football: Adair Co. Middle School CKMSAC Playoffs location TBD
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69294.)
6:30pmCT Adair Co. Extension District Board meeting
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69461.)
6:30pmCT The Lefevre Quartet singing at Pickett's Chapel Church
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69540.)

Friday, October 3, 2025
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10:00amCT Campbellsville University Homecoming weekend
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69550.)
10:30amCT Adair Co. Food Pantry Baked Potato Fundraiser
Enjoy one of our Chef Ole Jo Barbee's famous fully loaded baked potatoes with butter, sour cream, cheddar cheese and BBQ, and your choice of Coke, Sprite, Diet Pepsi, or Water, all for just $10.00. (Additional donations welcomed for this great cause.)
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69511.)
NoonCT Pops & Son Tires Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69503.)
3:00pmCT Woman9 exhibit artist reception
Pence-Chowning Art Gallery
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69497.)
5:00pmCT Youth Revival at Christie Chapel Church - Bro. John Boy Russell
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69544.)
7:00pmCT Football: Indians at Larue County
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69537.)

Saturday, October 4, 2025
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7:00amCT 43rd Annual Pumpkin Festival in Edmonton
Click for schedule
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69486.)
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: 69384.)
9:00amCT Giles Festival at the historic Log Cabin in Knifley
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69534.)
9:30amCT Armed Women group meets monthly in Adair
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69504.)
10:00amCT Ribbon cutting ceremony for World Class Beauty Salon
100 Wall Street, Columbia, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69542.)
10:00amCT Campbellsville University Homecoming day
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69551.)
NoonCT Cross Country: ACHS Indians at Louisville XC Classic
E.P. Tom Sawyer Park, 3000 Freys Hill Rd., Louisville, KY
Meet Info: loucrosscountryclassic.com
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69312.)
5:00pmCT Fish Fry at Bearwallow Church
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69508.)
5:00pmCT Youth Revival at Christie Chapel Church - Bro. Jordan Burton
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69545.)

Sunday, October 5, 2025
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5:00pmCT Youth Revival at Christie Chapel Church - Bro. Jeremy Wethington
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69546.)
6:30pmCT Fall Revival at Purdy Separate Baptist Church
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69554.)

Monday, October 6, 2025
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6:30amCT KY Fish and Wildlife fall surplus auction
KDFW Headquarters, 1 Sportsman's Lane, Frankfort, KY
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69490.)
4:00pmCT Story Alley at the Library
Stop by the Adair County Public Library any time between 4pmCT and 6pmCT and stroll through the alley to read through the pages of the fall favorite, Waltz of The Scarecrows. Kids will receive a free craft!
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69541.)
5:00pmCT Adair County Genealogical Society monthly meeting
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69357.)

Tuesday, October 7, 2025
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8:00amCT Last day to enter the Downtown Days Photography Contest
Entries must be turned in to the Genealogy & History Research Center before 5pmCT today.
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69528.)

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.)
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.)
10:00amCT Graveside memorial for Cheryl S. Strodtman, 81, Campbellsville, KY (1944-2025)
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69538.)

Friday, October 10, 2025
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9:00amCT Adair County 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.)

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.)
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.)

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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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.)
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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

Monday, October 27, 2025
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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.)

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.)
6:00pmCT ACHS Class of 1995 reunion
(Comments or corrections for this event? Please mention Event ID: 69476.)

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.)

Events for December, 2025

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.)

Events for January, 2026

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.)

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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