# Things to do with kids in Nashville this weekend

> 12 family events on Fri, Oct 30 – Sun, Nov 1 in the Nashville–Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin area. Times are Central Time.

Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about
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Towns with listings: Nashville (11), Murfreesboro (1).

## Fri, Oct 30 – Sun, Nov 1

### Nashville (11)

- [Cheekwood Harvest](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/cheekwood-harvest--listing-62dc69d844d171a0e225ea9e) — Oct 24 – Nov 1 · 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Cheekwood Estate & Gardens · All ages · From $14 · checked Oct 24. Cheekwood's six-week fall festival fills the 55-acre botanical garden with about 100,000 pumpkins and enters its final week. Families follow the new Marigold River, a ribbon of…
- [The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Shadow Puppet Show (Wishing Chair Productions)](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow-shadow-puppet-show-wishing-chair-productio--listing-de9015c01c0a0a16becfea6a) — Fri, Oct 30 (+1 more date) · 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM · Nashville Public Library — Main Library (Childrens Theatre) · Free · checked Oct 24. Nashville Public Library's resident puppet company, Wishing Chair Productions, performs Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as a shadow-puppet show in the Children's…
- [Boo at the Zoo](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/boo-at-the-zoo--listing-531607a2233c9024ac5ea295) — Oct 24 – Nov 1 · 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM · Nashville Zoo at Grassmere · All ages · From $19 · sold out when last checked · checked Oct 24. Nashville Zoo's evening Halloween event runs nightly through November 1. Children ages 2 to 12 collect treats at 10 trick-or-treat stations (a souvenir bag is included), and…
- [A Haunted House in Warner Woods](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/a-haunted-house-in-warner-woods--listing-aa96937f25d0cf9e9c4f8bc1) — Fri, Oct 30 · 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM · Warner Park Nature Center · Ages 16+ · checked Oct 24. A Halloween-season evening hike for teens and adults at the Warner Park Nature Center. Participants hike a short trail deep into the forest, work together to solve a nature…
- [El Día de los Muertos at Cheekwood](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/el-dia-de-los-muertos-at-cheekwood--listing-c4dd04729a26c91325ae8eae) — Sat, Oct 31 (+1 more date) · 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Cheekwood Estate & Gardens · All ages · Paid · checked Oct 24. Cheekwood's 27th annual El Día de los Muertos festival, billed as the region's largest Day of the Dead celebration, fills the estate for two days. Families tour ofrendas…
- [Halloween at Adventure Science Center](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/halloween-at-adventure-science-center--listing-1120cc5a4b4a792eccf0047d) — Sat, Oct 31 · 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Adventure Science Center · All ages · From $18 · checked Oct 24. On Halloween Saturday, Adventure Science Center invites kids to come in costume for a full day of trick-or-treating with candy stations spread throughout the building, plus…
- [Creature Casualties: Halloween Nature Trivia](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/creature-casualties-halloween-nature-trivia--listing-d498bca7a369f49a29f00d13) — Sat, Oct 31 · 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM · Warner Park Nature Center · Ages 8+ · checked Oct 24. On Halloween morning, Warner Park Nature Center naturalist Elyse Dilks hosts a 90-minute trivia program about the real-life "creature casualties" of the forest in Warner Parks…
- [Mr. Bond's Science Guys: Spooky Science Show](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/mr-bond-s-science-guys-spooky-science-show--listing-0105cd281a281ede8ab4c287) — Sat, Oct 31 · 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM · Nashville Public Library — Inglewood Branch · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. On Halloween at noon, Mr. Bond's Science Guys bring a seasonal science show to the Inglewood Branch library. The hour-long show reveals the science behind dense, eerie fog, makes…
- [Anime Dance Party at the Main Library](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/anime-dance-party-at-the-main-library--listing-ac0e195b39c3eb91f4223b43) — Sat, Oct 31 · 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM · Nashville Public Library — Main Library (The Commons) · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. The Main Library hosts an Anime Dance Party on Halloween afternoon in The Commons on the third floor. Kids, teens and grown-ups dance to favorite songs from favorite anime…
- [Teen Fest: Halloween at the Frist](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/teen-fest-halloween-at-the-frist--listing-9430c88b7da733490ce9382f) — Sat, Oct 31 · 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM · Frist Art Museum · Free · checked Oct 24. The Frist's Teen Arts Action Group hosts a free Halloween afternoon for teens in the museum Auditorium. Teens come in costume to enter the costume contest (no masks or weapons)…
- [Día de los Muertos at Adventure Science Center](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/dia-de-los-muertos-at-adventure-science-center--listing-53c44b2930e259eda5cd41ab) — Sun, Nov 1 · 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM · Adventure Science Center · All ages · From $18 · checked Oct 24. Adventure Science Center marks Día de los Muertos on Sunday, November 1. From 10 am to 1 pm, Catrinas and Catrines from Dakinitri Studio stroll the building handing out Mexican…

### Other towns in the Nashville–Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin area (1)

- [Toddler Spooktacular at Patterson Park](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/toddler-spooktacular-at-patterson-park--listing-f3d31ddb2f8fbe21fc147278) — Fri, Oct 30 · 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM · Patterson Park Community Center, Murfreesboro · Ages 2–5 · checked Oct 24. Patterson Park Community Center invites toddlers ages 2 to 5 and their grown-ups to a Toddler Spooktacular on Friday morning, October 30, from 10 to 11:30 am. The city's listing…

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