Arts & film in Charlottesville

Arts & film in and around Charlottesville over the next 30 days: exhibitions, film screenings, gallery openings and art walks, updated every day.

125 events · updated Sunday at 8:36 PM

Tuesday

October 13

Chess Mates: Fall Session 1

Virginia Discovery Museum · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

Fall 2026 Exhibition Openings | Small Special Collections Library

Harrison Institute and Small Special Collections Library · Charlottesville

Charlottesville Mural Collective Meeting

Visible Records · Charlottesville

Wednesday

October 14

Northside Library · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

Wednesday Evening Book Group

Gordon Avenue Library · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

Thursday

October 15

Brown Baggers Book Club

Central Library · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

Animal Book Club

Central Library · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

UVA MFA Reading Series

New Dominion Bookshop · Charlottesville

House Music - Third Thursdays

Ix Art Park · Charlottesville

Friday

October 16

Day-Off Camp: Monster Mash

Virginia Discovery Museum · Charlottesville

Visible Records Studio Visits

Visible Records · Charlottesville

Saturday

October 17

Poetry Book Group

Gordon Avenue Library · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

Art Lab: Create Art Prompt Cards

The Scrappy Elephant · Charlottesville

Sunday

October 18

Movie Friend Screening

Visible Records · Charlottesville

Tuesday

October 20

Chess Mates: Fall Session 1

Virginia Discovery Museum · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

Make Your Own Magic: Hats & Brooms

Ix Art Park · Charlottesville

Wednesday

October 21

Time not listed

Ink & Income: Building Your Author Ecosystem -- Revised Description

WriterHouse · Charlottesville

Indivisible Charlottesville Phone Bank

Visible Records · Charlottesville

Light House Studio Shorts

Violet Crown 5 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 4 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 3 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 1 & 2 · Charlottesville

Wednesday Evening Book Group

Northside Library · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

The Blood Countess

Violet Crown 5 · Charlottesville

Thursday

October 22

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

Violet Crown 5 · Charlottesville

Jail Time Records

Violet Crown 6 & 7 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 3 · Charlottesville

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Violet Crown 5 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 1 & 2 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 6 & 7 · Charlottesville

A Cree Approach

Violet Crown 4 · Charlottesville

Adult Movie Night: Us (2019)

Northside Library · Charlottesville

Daughters of the Forest

Violet Crown 3 · Charlottesville

Cherry and Virgin

Violet Crown 1 & 2 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 6 & 7 · Charlottesville

No More Punk Time: The Last Days of Crayola House

Violet Crown 5 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 4 · Charlottesville

Friday

October 23

Violet Crown 3 · Charlottesville

A Suite of Short Films by Kevin Jerome Everson

Violet Crown 5 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 4 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 6 & 7 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 5 · Charlottesville

The Journey to Gyeong-Ju

Violet Crown 3 · Charlottesville

Short Films: The B-Sides

Violet Crown 4 · Charlottesville

Everything Else is Noise

Violet Crown 1 & 2 · Charlottesville

Drunk Black History

Ix Art Park · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 6 & 7 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 5 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 1 & 2 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 4 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 3 · Charlottesville

Saturday

October 24

All of a Sudden

Violet Crown 6 & 7 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 4 · Charlottesville

Our Community. Our Canvas.

Violet Crown 5 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 3 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 1 & 2 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 4 · Charlottesville

A Price We Have to Pay

Violet Crown 5 · Charlottesville

Aanikoobijigan (Ancestor / Great-Grandparent / Great-Grandchild)

Violet Crown 3 · Charlottesville

Poetry and Place: Writing about Landscape, Home, and Travel (Margaret Mackinnon)

WriterHouse · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 1 & 2 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 6 & 7 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 4 · Charlottesville

Making It – Film Industry Career Panel

Violet Crown 3 · Charlottesville

When a Witness Recants

Violet Crown 1 & 2 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 6 & 7 · Charlottesville

Cville Kiki Halloween Show

Visible Records · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 5 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 3 · Charlottesville

Short Films: Life Framed

Violet Crown 4 · Charlottesville

The Dreamed Adventure

Violet Crown 1 & 2 · Charlottesville

Just An Illusion

Violet Crown 6 & 7 · Charlottesville

American Hustle — Special Event with David O. Russell

Violet Crown 5 · Charlottesville

Short Films: ReCaptcha

Violet Crown 3 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 4 · Charlottesville

Sunday

October 25

Violet Crown 1 & 2 · Charlottesville

Rock and Reel: A Film About Monticello's Black Fiddlers

Violet Crown 3 · Charlottesville

Love, Your Birth Mom

Violet Crown 5 · Charlottesville

Carl Sagan: We are Made of Star Stuff

Violet Crown 6 & 7 · Charlottesville

Fight Like a Ghoul

Visible Records · Charlottesville

Landscapes of Memory

Violet Crown 4 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 3 · Charlottesville

Rehearsals for a Revolution

Violet Crown 1 & 2 · Charlottesville

Building Worlds: The Art of Production Design

Irving Theater, CODE Building · Charlottesville

Once Upon A Time In Harlem

Violet Crown 5 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 6 & 7 · Charlottesville

Short Films: New Tide: Virginia Student Filmmakers

Violet Crown 4 · Charlottesville

The Endless Frontier

Violet Crown 3 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 1 & 2 · Charlottesville

Welcome to the Fishbowl

Violet Crown 4 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 6 & 7 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 3 · Charlottesville

Violet Crown 1 & 2 · Charlottesville

Short Films: Our Wealth in Common

Violet Crown 4 · Charlottesville

Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls: Another Side of Woody Guthrie

Violet Crown 5 · Charlottesville

Monday

October 26

Time not listed

November Exhibitions

McGuffey Art Center · Charlottesville

Tuesday

October 27

Mystery Book Group

Northside Library · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

Sci-Fi Reading Challenge Zoom Discussion: Kate Wilhelm

UVA Library · Charlottesville

Make Your Own Magic: Oracle Cards

Ix Art Park · Charlottesville

Play Reading Group

Visible Records · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

Bottle House · Charlottesville

Wednesday

October 28

Global Artivism with Mirta Toledo

Ix Art Park · Charlottesville

Why Read Poe? with Emily Ogden

Harrison Institute and Small Special Collections Library · Charlottesville

Northside Library · Charlottesville

Thursday

October 29

Poe Book Club: Halloween Edition

Harrison Institute and Small Special Collections Library · Charlottesville

Boo Bash - Night 1

Virginia Discovery Museum · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

Friday

October 30

Boo Bash - Night 2

Virginia Discovery Museum · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

Sunday

November 1

Time not listed

Cville Tree Week with Releaf Cville

Ix Art Park · Charlottesville

Time not listed

Gallery De/install - Common Space Closed

Visible Records · Charlottesville

Community Open House

Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society · Charlottesville

Charlottesville Community Potluck

Visible Records · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

ART LAB: Pocket Alter

The Scrappy Elephant · Charlottesville

Monday

November 2

Day-Off Camp: Road Trip!

Virginia Discovery Museum · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

Surprise Craft Night

The Scrappy Elephant · Charlottesville

Tuesday

November 3

Day-Off Camp: Road Trip!

Virginia Discovery Museum · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

Wednesday

November 4

Wegmans Wednesday

Virginia Discovery Museum · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

Co-Working at Welcome Gallery | November

Welcome Gallery · Charlottesville

Northside Library · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

Navigating Opportunities: Open Calls & Approaching Galleries

Second Street Gallery · Charlottesville

Thursday

November 5

DH Lecture: Reading Poetry's Data with Meredith Martin

UVA Library · Charlottesville

Central Library · Charlottesville

Friday

November 6

Literary Masterpieces Book Group: Steppenwolf

Gordon Avenue Library · Charlottesville

Date Night Drop-off

Virginia Discovery Museum · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

McGuffey Art Center · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

Saturday

November 7

Virginia Discovery Museum · Charlottesville

Arts & film · 1 more date

125 events are listed in Charlottesville over the next 30 days, at 22 places. 16 are free. Saturday, October 24 is the fullest day, with 24.

Questions

What is on in Charlottesville over the next 30 days?: 125 events are listed in Charlottesville over the next 30 days, at 22 places. 16 are free. Saturday, October 24 is the fullest day, with 24.
Are there free things to do in Charlottesville over the next 30 days?: Yes. 16 of the 125 listed events are free, including Fall 2026 Exhibition Openings | Small Special Collections Library at Harrison Institute and Small Special Collections Library, Book Talk at Northside Library and Wednesday Evening Book Group at Gordon Avenue Library.
What is on in Charlottesville in the evening over the next 30 days?: 63 listed events start at 5 PM or later. The first is Fall 2026 Exhibition Openings | Small Special Collections Library at Harrison Institute and Small Special Collections Library, Tuesday at 5:30 PM.
Where do these listings come from?: Every listing comes from the place holding it, such as Violet Crown 5, Violet Crown 4 and Violet Crown 3, and the site is updated every day. Each listing links to the venue’s own page, which has the final word.