Things to Do in Midland

Every event worth knowing about in Midland, plus the best of Odessa. Updated every day.

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Spooky season

Halloween in Midland

trunk or treats, fall festivals, spooky storytimes and Día de los Muertos celebrations, now through Nov 1.

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168 upcoming events

Monday, October 12

Metal Monday

6 PM · Waystone Brewing

FreeMusic & Nightlife

Tuesday, October 13

Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture: CASA West Texas

11:30 AM · Permian Basin Petroleum Museum

FreeClasses & Talks

George Bancroft at Pi Social

7 PM · Pi Social

FreeMusic & Nightlife

Sevendust & Theory of a Deadman: The Dead/Seven Tour

7:30 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

Music & Nightlife

Wednesday, October 14

Horror Movie Trivia Night

6:30 PM · Tall City Brewing Co.

FreeFood, Drinks & Markets

Thursday, October 15

Harvesting Hope Fall Market

4:30 PM · Aphasia Center of West Texas

FreeCommunity & Causes

Pumpkin Palooza

5 PM · Midland County Public Library (Downtown)

FreeFamily & Kids

Halloween Cookie Decorating Class

7 PM · The Cookie Encounter (address shared after registration)

Classes & Talks

Friday, October 16

Hudson Westbrook

6 PM · Midland County Horseshoe

Music & Nightlife

Arts of the Heart Fall Art Sale

6 PM · Midland Palette Club Art Center

FreeArts & Theater

10th Annual Recycle Fashion Show

7 PM · Odessa Marriott Hotel & Conference Center

Arts & TheaterOdessa

Odessa Jackalopes vs. Amarillo Wranglers

7:15 PM · Ector County Coliseum

Family & KidsOdessa

Meteor Shower

7:30 PM · Midland Community Theatre

Franco Escamilla: El Juicio

8:30 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

Saturday, October 17

Energy City Race

7:45 AM · Fasken Oil and Ranch

Outdoors & Sports

Fall Fest Color Run

8 AM · McKinney Park

Family & KidsOdessa

Walk to End Alzheimer’s: Permian Basin

9 AM · Scharbauer Sports Complex

FreeCommunity & Causes

307 Farmer’s Market at the Horseshoe

9 AM · Midland County Horseshoe

FreeFood, Drinks & Markets

Chalk the Block

10 AM · Centennial Park

FreeArts & Theater

Dia de los Muertos Festival

10 AM · Arts Council of Midland

FreeCommunity & Causes

Boss Moms Harvest and Hustle Market

10 AM · Ector County Coliseum

FreeFood, Drinks & MarketsOdessa

Monster Card Show at the Ector County Coliseum

10 AM · Ector County Coliseum

Community & CausesOdessa

City of Odessa Fall Festival

12 PM · McKinney Park

FreeCommunity & CausesOdessa

Midland Classical Academy: Knight to Remember

12:30 PM · Bush Convention Center

Community & Causes

TCU vs. Wyoming Men’s Basketball Exhibition

1 PM · Midland College

FreeOutdoors & Sports

Fall Plant and Seed Swap

1 PM · Tall City Brewing Co.

FreeCommunity & Causes

Halloween at the Horseshoe

6 PM · Midland County Horseshoe

FreeFamily & Kids

UTPB Football vs. Western Oregon

6 PM · Astound Broadband Stadium

Outdoors & Sports

Cinema Under the Stars: Hocus Pocus

7 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

Fright Night Salsa Fiesta

7 PM · The Destination

Music & Nightlife

Extreme Dwarfanators Wrestling

7 PM · Ector County Coliseum

Outdoors & SportsOdessa

Roar With Laughter

7:30 PM · Grace Presbyterian Church

Stoney LaRue

8 PM · The Venue at Live Oak

Music & Nightlife

Tuesday, October 20

Trunk-or-Treat Fundraiser presented by the MCT Pickwicks

5 PM · Midland Community Theatre

Brighton Serrato at Pi Social

7 PM · Pi Social

FreeCommunity & Causes

Thursday, October 22

Recent Masters: Gallery Reception

5 PM · University of Texas Permian Basin

Arts & TheaterOdessa

Ladies Night at the Ellen Noël Art Museum

6 PM · Ellen Noël Art Museum

FreeArts & TheaterOdessa

Roger Creager with Gunnar Latham: Free Family Night at Centennial Park

6 PM · Centennial Park

FreeFamily & Kids

Community Trunk or Treat at Community National Bank

6 PM · Community National Bank (Cuthbert Branch)

FreeFamily & Kids

That Arena Rock Show

7:30 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

Music & Nightlife

Friday, October 23

Spooky Health and Wellness Fair

4 PM · Midland County Horseshoe

FreeCommunity & Causes

Halloweenfest

6 PM · Hogan Park

FreeFamily & Kids

BPW Woman of Achievement Dinner

6 PM · Petroleum Club of Midland

Community & Causes

Friday Night Live: Johnny Blaine and The Spur Band

7 PM · The Destination

Music & Nightlife

Meteor Shower

7:30 PM · Midland Community Theatre

Saturday, October 24

Paint the Park Cancer Awareness Walk and Color Run

9 AM · Memorial Gardens Park

Community & CausesOdessa

Truck or Treat

10 AM · Midland Fire Department Central Fire Station

FreeFamily & Kids

Cruise for a Cause Car Show

10 AM · Midland County Horseshoe

Community & Causes

Boo Fest with Modern Pop Up Market

11 AM · Museum of the Southwest

FreeFamily & Kids

Odessa Día de los Muertos Festival and Parade

4 PM · Downtown Odessa (Texas Ave between 2nd and 7th Streets)

FreeCommunity & CausesOdessa

Howl-O-Ween Fest

5 PM · PetSmart Midland

Community & Causes

Midland Humane Coalition Furr Ball

6 PM · Petroleum Club of Midland

Community & Causes

Vintage Vibes and Classic Rides Gala

6:30 PM · Midland County Horseshoe

Community & Causes

Miguel Hernandez y Agresivo

7 PM · The Destination

Music & Nightlife

West Texas Symphony: Haunting Halloween Harmonies

7:30 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

Howl at the Moon Dueling Pianos: Halloween Edition

8 PM · The Venue at Live Oak

Music & Nightlife

Sunday, October 25

Midland Bible Church Country Fair

4 PM · Midland Bible Church

Community & Causes

Greenwood High School Trunk or Treat

5 PM · Greenwood High School (West Parking Lot)

FreeFamily & Kids

Throwbacks & Tacos

5 PM · Pi Social Downtown Midland

Music & Nightlife

Tuesday, October 27

United Way of Midland: Power of the Purse

6 PM · Bush Convention Center

Community & Causes

Trunk or Treat at Juji’s Kitchen

6 PM · Juji’s Kitchen

UTPB Symphonic Winds: The Stars and Stripes Forever

7 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

FreeMusic & Nightlife

Midland College Broadway and Jazz Night

7 PM · Midland College

Music & Nightlife

Bo & Mia Z at Pi Social

8 PM · Pi Social

FreeCommunity & Causes

Wednesday, October 28

Pumpkin Walk at the Bush Family Home

4:30 PM · Bush Family Home State Historic Site

Thursday, October 29

Every Neighbor Valued Workshop: The Power of Moments

9 AM · Stonegate Fellowship

Classes & Talks

Family Science Night: Mad Scientist’s Lab

6:30 PM · Permian Basin Petroleum Museum

FreeClasses & Talks

Friday, October 30

Truck-or-Treat with Odessa Fire Rescue

9 AM · Odessa Fire Rescue Central Firehouse

FreeFamily & KidsOdessa

Trunk-or-Treat with Odessa Police Department

4 PM · Odessa Police Department

FreeFamily & KidsOdessa

Once Upon a Spooky Tale (Downtown Library)

4:30 PM · Midland County Public Library (Downtown)

FreeFamily & Kids

MCT Thinking Cap Players: The Quiet Helping

5:30 PM · Midland County Public Library (Downtown)

FreeArts & Theater

Haunted Color Run and Trunk or Treat at Permian High School

5:30 PM · Permian High School

Family & KidsOdessa

T.I. featuring Waka Flocka

6 PM · Midland County Horseshoe

Music & Nightlife

Goodfellas Hair Studio Halloween Bash

6 PM · Goodfellas Hair Studio

Friday Night Live: The Ric Carr Band

7 PM · The Destination

Music & Nightlife

Sci-Friday: The Time Machine

7 PM · Museum of the Southwest

Meteor Shower

7:30 PM · Midland Community Theatre

Saturday, October 31

Farmers Market Pop-Up at the Coliseum

11 AM · Ector County Coliseum

FreeFood, Drinks & MarketsOdessa

Once Upon a Spooky Tale (Centennial Library)

2 PM · Midland County Public Library (Centennial)

FreeFamily & Kids

Trunk or Treat at VFW Post 4149

2 PM · VFW Post 4149

FreeFamily & Kids

Trick or Treat at Tall City Axe House

2 PM · Tall City Axe House

Fall Festival at Holy Cross

5 PM · Holy Cross Lutheran Church

FreeCommunity & Causes

UTPB Football Homecoming vs. Angelo State

6 PM · Astound Broadband Stadium

Outdoors & Sports

Odessa Jackalopes vs. El Paso Rhinos

6 PM · Ector County Coliseum

Family & KidsOdessa

Daring Greatly Halloween Party

7 PM · The Destination

Music & Nightlife

Sunday, November 1

Dia de los Muertos Free Community Art Day

1:30 PM · Ellen Noël Art Museum

FreeArts & TheaterOdessa

Thursday, November 5

Hike with a Homeless Pet

9:30 AM · Sibley Nature Center

Community & Causes

Merry Marketplace

6 PM · Ector County Coliseum

Food, Drinks & MarketsOdessa

West Texas Winds Chamber Concert

7:30 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

FreeMusic & Nightlife

Friday, November 6

Pull for the Paws Clay Shoot

7:30 AM · Midland Shooters’ Association

Community & Causes

First Friday ODTX (November)

6 PM · Downtown Odessa

FreeArts & TheaterOdessa

Saturday, November 7

Midland College Veterans Day Celebration

8 AM · Midland College

FreeCommunity & Causes

Midland Gem and Mineral Show

9 AM · Bush Convention Center

Community & Causes

Model Camp by Model Haus

9 AM · JK Dance Center

Coats4Kids

10 AM · Chad Jones Law

FreeCommunity & Causes

2nd Annual Midland Veterans Day Parade & Celebration

1 PM · Centennial Park

FreeCommunity & Causes

Sibley After Dark

6 PM · Sibley Nature Center

Outdoors & Sports

Hub City Championship Wrestling: November Reigns

6:30 PM · Midland County Horseshoe

Outdoors & Sports

Rock en Espanol 90s Legends with Rastas Retro

7 PM · The Destination

Music & Nightlife

Durango Fest en Odessa

7 PM · Dos Amigos

Music & NightlifeOdessa

Tuesday, November 10

Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture: The Midland and Northwestern Railroad

11:30 AM · Permian Basin Petroleum Museum

FreeClasses & Talks

Midland Chamber Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner

5:30 PM · Bush Convention Center

Community & Causes

Beetlejuice the Musical

7:30 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

Thursday, November 12

Pray2Gather Monthly Prayer Gathering

7 AM · Midland County Courthouse (South Lawn)

FreeCommunity & Causes

Thankful Gnome Cookie Decorating Class

7 PM · The Cookie Encounter (address shared after registration)

Classes & Talks

Friday, November 13

Home for the Holidays Gift Market

10 AM · Bush Convention Center

Food, Drinks & Markets

Los Rangerz: Honky Tonk Experience

7 PM · The Destination

Music & Nightlife

Saturday, November 14

Makers’ Market

11 AM · Arts Council of Midland

FreeArts & Theater

UTPB Football Senior Day vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville

2 PM · Astound Broadband Stadium

Outdoors & Sports

Buckin’ K Bull Bash

5 PM · Ector County Coliseum

Outdoors & SportsOdessa

Liverpool Legends: The Complete Beatles Experience

7 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

Music & Nightlife

Z-RO Live in Concert

9 PM · The Ector Theatre

Music & NightlifeOdessa

Monday, November 16

2026 Distinguished Citizen Award Dinner

6:30 PM · Petroleum Club of Midland

Community & Causes

Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet

7 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

Tuesday, November 17

Midland College Opera and Broadway Scenes Night

7 PM · Midland College

A Charlie Brown Christmas Live on Stage

7:30 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

Permian Basin String Quartet Chamber Concert

7:30 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

FreeMusic & Nightlife

Wednesday, November 18

Jim Gaffigan

7 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

Thursday, November 19

Sips at Sibley

6 PM · Sibley Nature Center

FreeFood, Drinks & Markets

Midland College Student Guitar Recital

7 PM · Midland College

Music & Nightlife

Disney’s Frozen: The Broadway Musical

7:30 PM · Midland Community Theatre

Saturday, November 21

Midland 20 Under 40 Awards Gala

6 PM · Bush Convention Center

Community & Causes

John Crist Live

7 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

Sunday, November 22

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas

4 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

Music & Nightlife

Thursday, November 26

Turkey Trot

8 AM · Addy’s Hope Social Services

Community & Causes

Friday, November 27

Disney’s Frozen: The Broadway Musical

7:30 PM · Midland Community Theatre

Saturday, November 28

Odessa Card and Collectibles Show (November)

10 AM · Ector County Coliseum

Community & CausesOdessa

Monday, November 30

Miss May I and Born of Osiris

7 PM · The Ector Theatre

Music & NightlifeOdessa

Tuesday, December 1

The Market at Midland’s Merry Lights

5:30 PM · Centennial Park

FreeFamily & Kids

Wednesday, December 2

The Scout Guide West Texas: December Show

1 PM · Bush Convention Center

Food, Drinks & Markets

Bluey’s Big Play

6 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

Thursday, December 3

Midland College Student Art Exhibition Reception

6 PM · Midland College

Midland Storytelling Festival

7 PM · Bush Convention Center

Midland College Holiday Evening: Choir and Band Concert

7 PM · Midland College

Music & Nightlife

Friday, December 4

Foodees Fest Midland

1 PM · Midland Park Mall

FreeFood, Drinks & Markets

H-E-B Feast of Sharing

4 PM · Ector County Coliseum

FreeCommunity & CausesOdessa

Merry Midland Art Crawl

FreeArts & Theater

First Friday ODTX (December)

6 PM · Downtown Odessa

FreeArts & TheaterOdessa

Disney’s Frozen: The Broadway Musical

7:30 PM · Midland Community Theatre

Saturday, December 5

West Texas Symphony: Sounds of the Season

2 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

Music & Nightlife

Nocturnal Fest

5 PM · Tall City Brewing Co.

Food, Drinks & Markets

Nighttime Jingle Bell Run

5:45 PM · Scharbauer Elementary School

Outdoors & Sports

Sunday, December 6

Christmas Open House at the Turner Mansion

All day · Museum of the Southwest

FreeArts & Theater

Tuesday, December 8

Afternoon Tinsel and Tea

All day · Museum of the Southwest

Brown Bag Lunch: Satin Strings of Permian High School

11:30 AM · Permian Basin Petroleum Museum

FreeMusic & Nightlife

Thursday, December 10

Pray2Gather Monthly Prayer Gathering

7 AM · Midland County Courthouse (South Lawn)

FreeCommunity & Causes

ReinBeer XV

6:30 PM · Museum of the Southwest

Food, Drinks & Markets

Disney’s Frozen: The Broadway Musical

7:30 PM · Midland Community Theatre

Friday, December 11

The Light Was Born

7 PM · The Ector Theatre

Arts & TheaterOdessa

Saturday, December 12

Grinchfest

11 AM · Golf Course Road Church of Christ

The Nutcracker by Midland Festival Ballet

2 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

Midland’s Merry Lighted Christmas Parade

FreeCommunity & Causes

Monday, December 14

Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox: The Future Is Vintage

8 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

Music & Nightlife

Tuesday, December 15

Teacher Winter Wishes Spectacular

1 PM · Bush Convention Center

Community & Causes

Lone Star Brass: Basin Brass Christmas Bonanza

7:30 PM · St. Ann’s Catholic Church

FreeMusic & Nightlife

Thursday, December 17

Disney’s Frozen: The Broadway Musical

7:30 PM · Midland Community Theatre

Saturday, December 19

A Merry Little Christmas Edit Holiday Market

11 AM · Crossroads Lot

Food, Drinks & MarketsOdessa

Thursday, January 14

Pray2Gather Monthly Prayer Gathering

7 AM · Midland County Courthouse (South Lawn)

FreeCommunity & Causes

Theater Thursday

6 PM · Sibley Nature Center

Friday, January 29

Blue October: Foiled

7:30 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

Music & Nightlife

Thursday, February 4

Permian Basin Prayer Breakfast 2027

7 AM · Bush Convention Center

Community & Causes

Thursday, February 11

Pray2Gather Monthly Prayer Gathering

7 AM · Midland County Courthouse (South Lawn)

FreeCommunity & Causes

Saturday, February 20

Heart of West Texas Pageants

9 AM · Bowie Fine Arts Academy

Community & Causes

Thursday, March 11

Pray2Gather Monthly Prayer Gathering

7 AM · Midland County Courthouse (South Lawn)

FreeCommunity & Causes

Sunday, March 21

Cirque Alice

7:30 PM · Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center

Thursday, April 8

Pray2Gather Monthly Prayer Gathering

7 AM · Midland County Courthouse (South Lawn)

FreeCommunity & Causes

Thursday, May 13

Pray2Gather Monthly Prayer Gathering

7 AM · Midland County Courthouse (South Lawn)

FreeCommunity & Causes

Thursday, June 10

Pray2Gather Monthly Prayer Gathering

7 AM · Midland County Courthouse (South Lawn)

FreeCommunity & Causes

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