Taste of Hoover
Aldridge Gardens celebrate the variety of culinary styles found throughout the city. Enjoy the Gardens, listen to live entertainment and sample delicious dishes, $50 non-members, $40 members, www.aldridgegardens.com.
Aldridge Gardens celebrate the variety of culinary styles found throughout the city. Enjoy the Gardens, listen to live entertainment and sample delicious dishes, $50 non-members, $40 members, www.aldridgegardens.com.

Join St. George Church, 425 16th Avenue South, 35205 for Hesychia: Finding Inner Stillness through the Jesus Prayer starting at 6 p.m. The evening is free, but does require advanced registration. For more information or to register, please visit www.saintgeorgeonline.org.
Enjoy western music, hay wagon rides, the pumpkin patch and hay mountain! Kids are welcome to come dressed in western attire. $10 per person and includes a pumpkin and all events except for food, arts and crafts and horseback rides. Sat. 9am-dark and Sun. 1pm-dark, www.oldbakerfarm.com.
Hosted by Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum in Calera. Ride train to the Pumpkin Patch for hayride, bounce house, corn maze, and more. Train departures are 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturdays and 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Sundays. Purchase tickets at www.hodrrm.org or call 205-757-8383.
Enjoy fun for all ages at the 2nd Annual Smokin' & Stokin' Backyard BBQ Competion at the Trussville Civic Center on October 12, 2019 from 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Sample and vote for your favorite BBQ and enjoy corn hole competition, entertainment, food trucks, KCBA & ABA Competitive Teams and more! Tickets are $10 ...

Free event 5-8pm on the grounds of the Emmet O’Neal Library, 50 Oak St, Mountain Brook, 35213. Hosted by Magic City Smooth Jazz with the help of Thomas Waters State Farm, www.thomaswaters.com. Learn more at www.magiccitysmoothjazz.com, 205-616-1735, www.facebook.com/magiccitysmoothjazz.Read more here! Thomas Waters and his State Farm team helped host Jazz in the Park in Homewood last fall. ...

11 a.m. free worship event at Samford University's Hodges Chapel. Mark Gignilliat will preach a sermon from Romans 11:33-36 called, "Soli Deo Gloria!"
The Cathedral Choir, under the leadership of Frederick Teardo, Director of Music and Organist, and Charles Kennedy, Associate Director of Music and Organist, sings monthly Choral Evensong services throughout the program year. The service of Choral Evensong uses the Order for Evening Prayer, taken from the 1662 edition of the Book of Common Prayer. Each ...
Tours, refreshments, entertainment, and more, Brookdale University Park, 400 University Park Dr, 35209, 205-870-0786, www.brookdale.com.

Shopping extravaganza with unique vendors, Café and Sweet Shoppe. Admission $5. Hosted by Just Keep Smiling. 9am-5pm Friday, 9am-3pm Saturday. Cookies with Your Favorite Characters is Sat. 10-Noon. Proceeds assist families with children in medical crisis, www.justkeepsmiling.org.

Listen to a conversation about the relationship between mental health and spirituality and learn how to no longer allow difficulties like depression, anxiety and everyday struggles to limit you during this inaugural retreat held at Shocco Springs, Ala. Read about the retreat speakers and more here. Register at www.nolimitsretreat.org.
Hosted by Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum in Calera. Ride train to the Pumpkin Patch for hayride, bounce house, corn maze, and more. Train departures are 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturdays and 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Sundays. Purchase tickets at www.hodrrm.org or call 205-757-8383.