October Arts Events in WSFC
- agaskins4
- Oct 3, 2025
- 4 min read
Ongoing:
Exhibits
She Rises: Arte y Alma de la Mujer Latina (Art & Soul of the Latina Woman)
Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts
Opening October 3, 5-7
Free admission 9:00am - 7:00pm Monday - Friday until November 16, 2025
Associated Artists of Winston-Salem
September 2025-January 2026
Associated Artists of Winston-Salem
October 14, 2025-February 10, 2026
The Calling: Hoodoo’s communion with the ancestors
Delta Arts Center
October 7, 2025 - January 7, 2025
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
September 6–November 1, 2025
Lam Museum of Anthropology
September 9-December 12, 2025
Hanes Art Gallery
October 13 - December 12, 2025
Classes
Private Music Lessons (Woodwinds, Brass, Strings, Guitar, Piano, Voice)
UNCSA Community Music School
September 2 - December 12 (all ages and experience levels)
Choral Ensembles (grades 2 and up)
UNCSA Community Music School
Saturday 6 to December 6 (mornings)
UNCSA Preparatory Dance
September 2 - December 12 (ages 3 to adults)
Authoring Action & Ben Folds
NC Arts Foundation & UNCSA Community Music School
Tuesdays and Thursdays
Elementary, Middle and High school
Community Events
Associated Artists of Winston-Salem
Third Sunday of every month.
Week 1: October 1 - 5
Live Theater
NC Black Rep
October 3 - 19
Live Music
Wake Forest University Department of Music
Tuesday, October 7
Exhibits
Community Events
Fireside Artist Talk: In Black & WhiteNCMA Winston-SalemThursday, Oct. 2, 6:30–7:30pm
Classes
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
Saturday, October 4, 2025 from 7-10 pm
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
Sunday, October 5, 2025 from 1-3:30 pm
Musical Theatre Dance Workshop (morning)
Film Dance: The Choreography of Ashley Wallen from “The Greatest Showman,” for students in grades 6-12
UNCSA Acting Out!
Saturday, October 4, 2025 from 9-10:30 am
Week 2: October 6 - 12
Live Theater
NC Black Rep
October 3 - 19
Live Music
Producing Company Winston-Salem Symphony
Date of event 10/11/25
NCMA Winston-Salem
Sunday, Oct. 12, Doors 6pm, Music 7pm
Movies
Wake Forest University
Thursday, October 9
Community Events
Community Print Night ($10)
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
October 6, 2025
A Conversation with Stephanie Garber (ticketed)
Bookmarks
Wednesday, October 10, 6:30 pm
Bookmarks
Friday, October 10 at 6:30 pm
NCMA Winston-Salem
Saturday, Oct. 11, 11am–2pm
A Conversation with Alan Gratz (ticketed)
Bookmarks
Sunday, October 12 at 3 pm
Classes
Sawtooth School for Visual Art at Generations Center
Monday, October 6, 2025, 1-3pm
Kaleideum
Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 6pm-8:30pm
Associated Artists of Winston-Salem
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Sawtooth School for Visual Art at Generations Center
Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 10 am – 12:30 pm (Registration closes one week prior)
Music Theory: Introduction to Forms and AnalysisMoravian Music Foundation (Christopher Ogburn, Ph.D.)Oct. 7 - Oct. 28, Tuesdays at 1:00pm (free)
Deep Dive into the Archive: Franz Schubert’s Mass No. 3Moravian Music Foundation (Christopher Ogburn, Ph.D.)Oct 9 – 23, Thursdays at 1:00pm (free)
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
Saturday, October 11, 2025, 10 am - 2 pm (Registration closes one week prior)
Associated Artists of Winston-Salem
Saturday, October 12, 2025
Week 3: October 13 - 19
Live Theater
NC Black Rep
October 3 - 19
Mordreadi (Theatrical Staging of the Original Musical)
40+ Stage Company (40plusstage.com)
October 19
Live Music
Piedmont Wind Symphony
10/15/2025 at 6:00PM
A Moravian Singstunde with the Moramus ChoraleMoravian Music Foundation10/17/2025 at 7:00pm; Free.
Muddy Creek Listening Room
10/17/25
Winston-Salem Symphony
10/19/25
Exhibits
The Calling: Hoodoo’s communion with the ancestors
Delta Arts Center
October 17, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Events
A Book Talk with Beth Macy (Free)
Bookmarks
Wednesday, October 15 at 6:30 pm
Velocity Demo Day (Free)
Center for Creative Economy
Thursday, October 16, 3-5:30 pm
Lam Museum of Anthropology
Monday, October 13, 10am-2:30pm
Classes
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
Tuesday, October 14, 6-8 pm
Sawtooth School for Visual Art at Generations Center
Friday, October 17, 6-8 pm (Registration closes week prior)
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
Saturday, October 18, 10 am-3 pm (Registration closes week prior)
Week 4: October 20 - 26
Live Music
Secrest Artists Series: Wake Forest University
Tuesday, October 21
WFU Symphony Orchestra / UNCSA Symphony Orchestra
Friday, October 24
Producing Company Winston-Salem Symphony
Date of event 10/26/25
Piedmont Opera
Sunday, October 26th
Exhibits
NCMA Winston-Salem
Opening reception Thursday, Oct. 23 from 6–8pm | Exhibition Open Oct. 23 – Dec. 27
Community Events
A Book Talk with Olivie Blake (ticketed)
Bookmarks
Friday, October 24 at 6:30 pm
Classes
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
Saturday, October 25, 10 am – 3:30 pm (Registration closes week prior)
Week 5: October 27 - 31
Live Theater
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years
40+ Stage Company (40plusstage.com)
October 31-November 2
Wake Forest University Theatre
October 31-November 1 & 6-8 at 7:30 pm
November 2 & 9 at 2:00 pm
Community Events
Lam Museum of Anthropology
Thursday, October 30, 6pm
Piedmont Opera @ The Historic Brookstown Inn
Tuesday, October 28th at 12pm
Classes
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
Monday, October 27, 10 am – 3:30 pm (Registration closes week prior)
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
Saturday 11/1 and Sunday 11/2, 10 am – 3:30 pm (Registration closes week prior)