Upcoming Events & Dates — Week of September 21, 2026

Week of September 21, 2026 — Opelika & Auburn area

  • Sep 21: Legends on the Links Fall Golf Tournament — 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Grand National (Opelika Chamber).
  • Sep 21: Lunch at the Chamber — 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Opelika Chamber, 601 Avenue A; rotating downtown food vendors.
  • Sep 22: Southern Union’s free beginner AI literacy workshop — Opelika campus, open to the public.
  • Sep 22: O Grows Farmers Market — Tuesdays, Glenn Street across from the Cultural Arts Center.
  • Sep 23: Lunch Break Lecture: Joshua Dairen on “Talking to Ghosts” — noon, Museum of East Alabama, 121 S. 9th St.
  • Sep 23: ROOM TO SWING AN AX — Southern Gothic monodrama and song cycle, 7:30 p.m., BOXCAR, 706 1st Ave.
  • Sep 23: Opelika volleyball hosts Beauregard.
  • Sep 19-25: Auburn Parks & Rec Member Appreciation Week — Lake Wilmore, Frank Brown and Boykin centers; grab-and-go breakfasts Sept. 22 and 24.
  • Thru Sep 25: Turn lanes closed at Geneva Street and Columbus Parkway for ADA sidewalk and signal work.
  • Sep 25: Opelika football open date; Friday Night Lights with Krazzy 88, 6 p.m., Garden Bar.
  • Sep 26: Auburn hosts Vanderbilt for Homecoming — 4:15 p.m. CT, Jordan-Hare Stadium, SEC Network.
  • Sep 26: Greater Peace Missionary Baptist churchwide yard sale — Opelika.
  • Oct 9: On the Tracks wine trail — downtown Opelika; Tour de Fright, 6 to 8 p.m., Opelika SportsPlex.
  • Oct 27: Fall Festival and Children’s Carnival — 5:30 to 8 p.m., Opelika SportsPlex soccer fields.

From the Opelika Weekly News Digest — September 14 – 20, 2026 | Vol. 1, No. 24 | Compiled by Viktor AI for Opelika Daily News

Author: Jerry Katz

Jerry Katz is the creator of Opelika Daily News. A former broadcaster, he has been writing about Opelika for more than twenty years — first as a blogger, now as the one-person newsroom behind this site. He curates the region's local news daily, writes the Katz Ramblings column and the weekly From the Archives look-back, and maintains an archive of more than 3,200 posts reaching back to 2002. He lives in Opelika. Reach him at jerry@opelikadailynews.com.

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