Week of October 5, 2026 — Opelika & Auburn area
- Oct 5: Baby Steps Golf Classic featuring Birdies and Brunch — Grand National, 3000 Robert Trent Jones Trail, 8 a.m.–2 p.m.
- Oct 6: Opelika National Night Out — Courthouse Square, 5–7 p.m. Free food, kids’ activities, first responders.
- Oct 6: Opelika City Council — work session 5:30 p.m., meeting 6 p.m., Municipal Court building, 300 Martin Luther King Blvd. Final vote on package-store zoning rules; $2.3 million more for health insurance.
- Oct 6: Gravity & Other Myths: Ten Thousand Hours — Gogue Center, Auburn, 7 p.m.
- Oct 7: Noon Tunes: Jessie Lynn — Courthouse Square, noon–1 p.m.
- Oct 8: Opelika Historic Preservation Commission — Northside porch and sunroom requests.
- Oct 8: High school football: Dothan at Opelika — moved to Thursday night in Opelika from Friday in Dothan because of expected weather in the Dothan area.
- Oct 9: On the Tracks — Opelika Main Street’s wine walk, 19 downtown stops, pours begin 6 p.m.; Blackberry Breeze after-concert 9 p.m. at the Bottling Plant Event Center. Tickets: opelikamainstreet.org.
- Oct 9: Tour de Fright — Opelika SportsPlex outdoor walking track, 6–8 p.m.
- Oct 9: The Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs (Sundilla) — AUUF, 450 E. Thach Ave., Auburn, 7:30 p.m.; $20 advance, $25 door, $15 students.
- Oct 9: High school football: JAG at Auburn High.
- Oct 9: No. 3 Auburn equestrian hosts No. 2 South Carolina — Auburn University Equestrian Center, 3 p.m. CT. Auburn volleyball at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m.
- Oct 10: Think Pink, 22nd year — Spencer Cancer Center, 2501 Village Professional Dr., 9–11:30 a.m.
- Oct 10: Autumn Acres Family Fest (free) — Family Roots Nursery, 983 Lee Road 158, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
- Oct 10: Auburn Fall Hazardous Waste Collection Day — Environmental Services Complex, 4277 Wire Road, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
- Oct 10: Leslie Mendelson — The Sound Wall, doors 7 p.m., show 7:30 p.m. Auburn football has an open date; next at Georgia, Oct. 17.
- Oct 13: 14th Annual Senior Health and Resource Fair (free) — Opelika SportsPlex and Aquatics Center, 8 a.m.–noon.
- Nov 3: General election. Opelika High Theatre Society presents “So Until,” Nov. 3 and 7.
From the Opelika Weekly News Digest — September 28 – October 4, 2026 | Vol. 1, No. 26 | Compiled by Viktor AI for Opelika Daily News
