OCTOBER
2: TASTE OF NORTH SHORE/SAMPLE OF SOUTHSIDE, Track 29, 1400 Market St., 6-9 p.m., $60, auction and specialties of local restaurants benefits Northside Neighborhood House. 423-521-2929.
4: BIKETOBER POKER RUN, departs from Ridgeland High School, 2478 Happy Valley Road in Rossville, 10 a.m. registration, 10:30 a.m. first bike out, 3 p.m. last bike in, $20 entry fee with first poker hand, $5 each additional hand, motorcycle ride benefits Walker County Stocking Full of Love children’s Christmas fund. 706-638-1909.
4-5: AUTUMN CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL, Tennessee Riverpark, 4301 Amnicola Highway, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, free admission, 50 cents to $3 for game tickets, benefits Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Chattanooga. 423-778-4338.
11: DARE TO DANCE, Chattanooga Convention Center, 1150 Carter St., 7 p.m., tickets $55 single to $600 for VIP front-row table for four, local amateurs paired with professionals in ballroom dancing competition. 423-265-4397.
11: ROOFTOP HOP, ride the Double Decker Bus or Bike Chattanooga to parties on five rooftops around downtown Chattanooga, 4:30-7:30 p.m., food by 15 local restaurants, music by WTM Blues Band and Futurebirds, general admission $25 Greenspaces members, $55 nonmembers, VIP tickets $100 Greenspaces members, $150 nonmembers. After-party at Rhythm & Brews, free to VIP ticketholders, $5 general admission, $10 to the public. therooftophop.com.