Calendar of Events October 2026

Daily

Second Harvest Mobile Markets & Food Sorting 2-harvest.org

Mondays   

• Stress-Busting for Caregivers, Frontier Behavioral Health Caregiver Support, Zoom, 2 to 3:30 p.m., 458-7450, caregiversupport@fbhwa.org

• Culture Nights, American Indian Community Center, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., 535-0886 aiccinc.org

Tues  

• Passage Meditation Group, Spokane Buddhist Temple, 927 S. Perry, 6 to 7:30 p.m., 534-7954, spokanebuddhisttemple.org, Easwaran.org

• Compassion Every Day, Weekly Class with Sravasti Abbey, Pend Oreille PUD, 130 N Washington, Newport, 6:30 to 8 p.m., to Nov 17, sravastiabbey.org/event

Tues/Fridays

• A Language of Life, Non-Violent Communication Practice Group, NAACP Spokane Building Restorative Communities Initiative, Tues 10 to 11:30 a.m., Liberty Park Library, Fri 12:30 to 2 p.m., Zoom, register brcspokane@gmail.com

Weds

• Beginning Buddhism, Spokane Buddhist Temple, 927 S. Perry, 6 to 7:30 p.m., sravastiabbey.org

• Spokane Folklore Society Contra Dance, Woman's Club of Spokane, 1428 W Ninth, 7:15 to 9:30 p.m., 838-2160, spokanefolklore.org

Weds to Oct 28

• Storytime, Wishing Tree Books, 1410 E 11th, 10:30 to 11 a.m., 315-9875, wishingtreebookstore.com

Weds Oct 21-Nov 25

• Discussion on Magnifica Humanitas with Liv Larson, ELCA Lutheran NW Intermountain Synod, Zoom, 6:30 p.m.

Thurs 

• Taizé Prayer, Zoom, 4:15 p.m., bartletts@gonzaga.edu

Sats  

    

• Sharing the Dharma Day, Sravasti Abbey, 692 Country Lane, Newport, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., sravastiabbey.org

To Oct 29

       

• Richard Kenton Webb Exhibit, Bryan Oliver Gallery, 300 W Hawthorne, M-F 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., https://www.whitworth.edu/cms/

Oct 1

• Fig Tree Benefit/Fundraising, Board Meetings, 12-1 p.m., 1-3 p.m., mary@thefigtree.org

       • People Who Care Luncheon, Transitions, The Davenport Grand Hotel, 333 W Spokane Falls Blvd, 12 to 1 p.m., 328-6702, help4women.org

       • Into Africa Auction, Partnering for Progress for work in Kenya, Gonzaga University Hemingson Center, 702 E Desmet, 5:30 to 8 p.m., 720-8408

Oct 1-2 

          

• Terrain 17, multimedia art and music event, Terrain, 314 W Riverside, Th 6 to 9 p.m., Fri 5 p.m. to 12 a.m., terrainspokane.com/terrain

Oct 3

  

• 16th Annual Touch-A-Truck for Junior League of Spokane, Spokane Community College, 1810 N Greene, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 499-1209, spokane.jl.org/support-us/touch-a-truck

• Walk to End Alzheimer's, Gesa Pavilion, 574 N Howard, register 9 a.m., walk 11 a.m., 206-363-5500

• Oktoberfest, German American Society, 4 to 11 p.m., richaspen8833@gmail.com

• EnVision Gala, benefiting SafePassage ID, Coeur d'Alene Resort, 5 p.m., event.auctria.com/d536aad3-1ebd-4413-9b2a-88aca65f63b1

• Transitus Prayer Service, celebrating the Jubilee 800th Year of St. Francis of Assisi, St. Francis of Assisi Parish, 1104 W. Heroy, 7 p.m., sbongiorno@fspa.org

• Fall Family Weekend Choir Concert, Gonzaga Choirs, Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts, 211 E DeSmet, 7:30 to 9 p.m., ticketcenter@gonzaga.edu

Oct 3-4 

          

•Spokane Symphony Americana Masterworks Series, The Fox Theater, Sat 7:30 p.m., Sun 3 p.m., foxtheaterspokane.org/event/americana

Oct 6

  

• Faith Action Network Spokane Area Autumn Regional Meeting, 1612 W. Dalke, 2 to 4 p.m., fanwa.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=339

• "From the Potter's Wheel to the Potsherd Gate," Flannery Lecture, Anathea Portier-Young, Gonzaga Cataldo Hall, 4:30 to 6 p.m., mccruden@gonzaga.edu

Oct 6, 13, 20, 27

• Writing Grants for the Common Good, Idaho Nonprofit Center, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., emma@idahocf.org

Oct 7  

• Caregiver Conference, Caregiver Support Program, Frontier Behavioral Health, CenterPlace Event Center, Spokane Valley, 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., 458-7450, eventleaf.com/e/2026Caregiver

• Spokane Candidates Climate Change Forum, GU Globe Room, Cataldo Hall, 6 p.m., gonzaga.edu/climate-institute/events

Oct 8 

• Bluegrass & Brews: A Jewish Family Services fundraiser, The Grain Shed, 1026 E. Newark, 5:30 to 8 p.m., 413-8254, sajfs.org

• Planning Ahead: Supporting Aging Loved Ones, In the Center, 110 S Main, Colfax, 6 p.m., 397-4366, cydney@whitcolib.org

Oct 8, 22 

 

• Dances of Universal Peace, Unity Spiritual Center, 2900 S. Bernard, 6:30 p.m., 818-6733

Oct 8-14 

        

• Spiritual Discipline of Contemporary Iconography, Kara Gillette, Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude, stgertrudes.org/retreats

Oct 9, 10 

• South Indian Classical Vocal Music Workshop, South Asia Cultural Assn, Fri Shadle Park Library, 2111 W Wellesley, workshop, 7 p.m.; Sat performance, Unity Spiritual Center, 2900 S Bernard, 6:30 to 9 p.m., Indian dinner RSVP at 467-5558

Oct 10

• Garry Bible Collection from the NW Museum of Arts and Culture, St. John's Cathedral, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., stjohns-cathedral.org

• Gathered For Good, benefit for Lutheran Community Services NW, The Boxcar Room, 116 W Pacific 100, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., lcsnw.org

Oct 10-11 

      

• "Awakening Our Hearts," Communal Grief Retreat, Harmony Woods Retreat Center, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., harmonywoods.org

• Read Together for Let Freedom Ring Day in Banned Books Week, Spokane Public Library, Manito Park, 11 a.m., 444-5364, spokanelibrary.org

Oct 11

• Spokane Soup Fundraiser for Community Nonprofits, West Central Community Center, 4 to 6:30 p.m., spokanesoup.com

Oct 12

• Following the Elders, Indigenous Peoples Day, Riverfront Park, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Oct 12-16

 

• Western Buddhist Monastic Gathering 2026, Sravasti Abbey, sravastiabbey.org

Oct 13

• Eastern Washington Legislative Conference Planning Meeting, Zoom, 3:30 p.m., kaye@thefigtree.org

• Innovia Foundations Annual Reception, Spokane Convention Center, 334 W Spokane Falls Blvd, 4 p.m., 624-2606, info@innovia.org

Oct 13-15

• R.U.N. in Unity Conference on Salmon & Orca Recovery, Spokane Tribe Resort & Casino, columbiasnakeriver.com/run

Oct 14

• CDAIDE Chef Challenge, Hagadone Event Center, 5:30 p.m., cdaide.org

• People Power: Shaping Our Future Together, Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane, Benefit Dinner, 5:30 to 7 p.m., pjals.org/2026benefit

• Author Jon Meacham Presidential Historian and Pulitzer Prize-Winner, Whitworth President's Forum, The Fox Theater, 6 p.m., foxtheaterspokane.org

• Rooted in Freedom, Helping Captives fundraiser with Tim Tebow, Victory Faith, 2024 N Argonne, Spokane Valley, 6 p.m., 922-0939, helpingcaptives.org

Oct 14-17

 

• Women Build, Habitat for Humanity Spokane, habitat-spokane.org/womenbuild

Oct 15

• Souport the End of Homelessness, St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho fundraiser, North Idaho Fairgrounds, Coeur d'Alene, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., donnabrundage@stvincentdepaulnorthidaho.org

• Sabes Que, Hispanic Business Professional Association, Nuestras Raíces, 1214 E Sprague, 6 p.m., 557-0566, raiceswa.org

• General Meeting, NAACP Spokane Branch, SCC Building 6, The Lair, 6:30 p.m., naacpspokane.org

Oct 16

• Family Support Conference, Spokane Disability Collaborative, Spokane Community College Lair, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., spokanedisabilitycollab.com

• UnGala fundraiser, Family Promise of Spokane, Centennial Ballroom, Spokane Convention Center, 334 W Spokane Falls Blvd, doors open 4:30 p.m., familypromiseofspokane.org/ungala

• Mosaic Gala for World Relief Spokane, The Pergola, 2928 N Madelia, 6:30 the 8:30 p.m. wr.org

Oct 17

• Socktober Monster Dash 5K & Kids FunRun, Teen and Kid Closet, Heritage Cemetery, 10 a.m., teenkidcloset.org

 • No Kings Rally, B.A. Clark Park, marches 12 p.m., main gathering, 4 p.m.

Oct 18

• Embodied Resistance, PJALS and Embodying Racial Justice, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., embodyingracialjustice.org/course-calendar/introduction-to-embodied-action-one-day-course

Oct 21

• Diffusions: St. Gertrude of Helfta: Companion for the Millennium, reading book by Sr. Evangela Bossert and meditation with Samantha Miller, St. Gertrude's Monastery, stgertrudes.org/retreats

Oct 22

• "Human Flourishing in the Age of AI," Weyerhaeuser Center for Christian Faith & Learning Speaker Series, Meghan Sullivan, University of Notre Dame, Cowles Auditorium, 4 p.m., forms.whitworth.edu/calendar/event/detail/11237

• Dinner with Pope's Astronomer, Br. Guy Consolmagno SJ, Immaculate Heart Retreat Center (IHRC), 6910 S. Ben Burr, 5:30 to 9 p.m., 448-1224, ihrc.net

• Beyond Conservation: Rights of Nature and the Reorientation of Environmental Law, Racel Kurtz-McAlaine, Gonzaga Institute for Climate, Hemmingson Auditorium and Live-streamed, 6 p.m., gonzaga.edu/climate-institute/events

Oct 23

• Trunk or Treat, American Indian Community Center, 1025 W Indiana, 2 to 4 p.m., 535-0886, aiccinc.org

• Rukavina Lecture: Loving Strangers, Meghan Sullivan, University of Notre Dame, GU Philosophy Department, Hemmingson 004, 5 to 7 p.m., gonzaga.edu/news-events/events/rukavina-lecture-fall-2026-10-23-2026

Oct 23-25

 

• "A Jesuit's Guide to the Stars," Weekend Astronomy Retreat, Immaculate Heart Retreat Center, 6910 Ben Burr, 6 p.m. to 1 p.m., 448-1224, ihrc.net

Oct 24

• Vintage Fair, The Woman's Club of Spokane, 1428 W 9th, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 838-5667, info@TheWomansClubofSpokane.org, www.thewomansclubofspokane.org

Oct 25

• Dementia Friends Program, Fairfield Community Church, 204 W Hamilton, 12 p.m., 954-3041

• Taizé Hour of Prayer, IHRC, 5 p.m., 995-0987

• Aged to Perfection, Cooking for a Cause, 55 years of Meals on Wheels Greater Spokane County, Shriners Event Center, 5 to 9 p.m., mowgsc.org/events

Oct 27

• The Letter: An Intimate Pilgrimage with Cheryl Johnson and Tim Oberholzer, Spirit Center at the Monastery of St. Gertrude, https://stgertrudes.org/retreats/  

Oct 29

• Lunch & Learn, Board Member Boot Camp, CDA Nonprofit Committee, Hospice of North Idaho, community Room, 2290 W Prairie, Coeur d'Alene, 2 to 5 p.m., CDA Regional Chamber, emma@idahocf.org

• The State of Women and Children, Women Helping Women Fund, Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, 5 to 7 p.m., whwfspokane.org/events

 • Strong Heart, Still Water, Cup of Cool Waters gala and auction, Shriner's Event Center, 5:30 to 9 p.m., 747-6686, cupofcoolwater.org

• 10th Annual Bra-lloween Fundraiser, Breast Intentions, The Boxcar Room, 116 W Pacific, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., breastintentionsofwashington.org

Oct 29-Nov 1

• "God's Greater Glory and You," 4-Day Ignatian Retreat with Fr. Jack Bentz, S.J., Immaculate Heart Retreat Center, 4:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., 448-1244, ihrc.net

Oct 30

• The Third Cup, tea and coffee with former refugee women, Mahima International, Woman's Club of Spokane, 1428 W Ninth, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., mahimainternational.org

Oct 30-31

       

• Spokane Handweavers' Annual Show and Sale, Spokane Art Supply, 1309 N. Monroe St., Fr 12 to 6 p.m., Sat 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., 434-9223, president@spokaneweavers.org, http://www.spokaneweavers.org

Oct 31

• Fall Vintage & Handmade Fair, 925 NE N Fairway, Pullman, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 339-5582

Oct 31

        

• El Mercadito, Latino Market, Latinos En Spokane, 402 S. Pittsburg St., 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., latinosenspokane.org 

Nov 4

 

• Kootenai County Weaver Awards, Innovia Foundation, btowery@innovia.org, (208) 292-1635, (208) 771-0817

Nov 5

 

• The Fig Tree Benefit/Fundraising, Board Meetings, 12-1 p.m., 1-3 p.m., mary@thefigtree.org

Nov 8

 

• 15 years: Many Faiths Fighting for Justice, Faith Action Network's Annual Dinner Fundraiser, Gonzaga's Hemmingson Center, 5 p.m., https://fanwa.ejoinme.org/15YearsSpokane

To Nov 14 

     

• Unto the Ends of the Earth, The Legacy of the Great Commission in the Inland Northwest, St. John's Cathedral, Th-Sat 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., stjohns-cathedral.org

Nov 20

• Hayden Chamber Fashion Show, Best Western Coeur d'Alene Inn, 506 W Appleway, Coeur d'Alene, all day, https://stvincentdepaulnorthidaho.org/event/hayden-chamber-fashion-show/

Nov 21

• Salmon Tales, Salish School of Spokane fundraiser, Gonzaga University John J. Hemmingson Center, Grand Ballroom, 702 E Desmet, 6 to 8 p.m., www.salishschoolofspokane.org