Community Calendar

Join us for the 8th Annual Oxfest Music Festival, sponsored by Taco Bell. Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 12:00 noon at the Washington, MO Fairgrounds. Gates open at 11:30. Lots of food, beer and great music!

Proceeds from this exciting event benefits the Duane Haddox Scholarship, Whole Kids Outreach, All Abilities Athletics, Franklin County CASA, One Classroom and the WINGS Educational Foundation

2 Music Stages – 9 Bands
Free Kids Zone with obstacle course, face painting, bounce house, etc
Vendors
Food / Beverages
To benefit the Duane Haddox Scholarship, Whole Kids Outreach, All Abilities Athletics, CASA of Mideast Missouri, The Covering House, One Classroom, and the WINGS Educational Foundation.
Since 2017 OxFest has donated more than $322,000 to charities that help and support children - Providing scholarships for local high school students; grants for teachers to improve their classrooms; and helping impoverished rural families with children receive the healthcare they need.

MAIN STAGE
Shooting Star

Pink Houses USA

The Mighty Pines

Klose Kuarters

The FREEZEOUT Band

The OxFest Blues Stage

Tony Campenella

Jeremiah Johnson

Bag Lunch Blues

The Pugan Experience

Join the us at the St. Paul United Church of Christ on September 21, 2025 at 4:00PM for a concert by The Agape Ringers, Chicago’s premier handbell ensemble. This year’s program encompasses a wide variety of musical styles, from classical to gospel, with arrangements such as the well-known “Rondo alla Turca” by Mozart, “The Greatest Show” from the movie and soon-to-be Broadway musical The Greatest Showman, and many more compositions for handbells.

This event is a free-will offering event.

You can learn more about the ensemble at their website www.AgapeRingers.org, and on Facebook and YouTube by searching for “The Agape Ringers.”  

33rd Historic Shaw Art Fair: A Traditional Fall Classic!
October 4 and 5, 2025 - Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm; Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm
$8 weekend pass at ShawArtFair.org. $10 at-the-gate. Valid both days. Age 14 & under free with adult. At-the-gate ticket $1 off with canned food donation. Flora Place & Tower Grove Avenue, St. Louis, just east of the Missouri Botanical Garden.

The Shaw Neighborhood Improvement Association (SNIA) has hosted the very popular Shaw Art Fair each fall since 1993. The premier fine art fair in St. Louis city features 120 artists and includes food, music, and schools art gallery, and most importantly – great art! Highly rated by participating artists and visitors. On the beautiful tree-lined parkway of Flora Place at Tower Grove Avenue across from the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Info at: ShawArtFair.org - Facebook.com/historic.shaw.art.fair - 314-771-3101

Support provided by:
Missouri Arts Council, Regional Arts Commission, Willert Home Products, Ameren Missouri, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, 4-Hands Brewery, St. Louis Public Radio, St. Louis Homes & Lifestyles, Classic Woodworking & Fiddlehead Fern Café.

33rd Historic Shaw Art Fair: A Traditional Fall Classic!
October 4 and 5, 2025 - Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm; Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm
$8 advance tickets at ShawArtFair.org. $10 at-the-gate. Valid both days. Age 14 & under free with adult. At-the-gate ticket $1 off with canned food donation. Flora Place & Tower Grove Avenue, St. Louis, just east of the Missouri Botanical Garden.

The Shaw Neighborhood Improvement Association (SNIA) has hosted the very popular Shaw Art Fair each fall since 1993. The premier fine art fair in St. Louis city features 120 artists and includes food, music, and schools art gallery, and most importantly – great art! Highly rated by participating artists and visitors. On the beautiful tree-lined parkway of Flora Place at Tower Grove Avenue across from the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Info at: ShawArtFair.org - Facebook.com/historic.shaw.art.fair - 314-771-3101

Support provided by:
Missouri Arts Council, Regional Arts Commission, Willert Home Products, Ameren Missouri, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, 4-Hands Brewery, St. Louis Public Radio, St. Louis Homes & Lifestyles, Classic Woodworking & Fiddlehead Fern Café.

Union Avenue Opera extends its offerings into the fall with the debut of its One-Act Festival, running October 10 and 11 at 7:30 PM and October 12 at 3:00 PM. This exciting new venture features bold contemporary works in an intimate setting, offering audiences a unique opportunity to experience compact, powerful storytelling from emerging and established composers.

The evening features two powerful chamber operas based on this year’s them of Exploring Identity and Injustice through Opera:

dwb (driving while black) – A gripping one-woman opera exploring the emotional tension, fear, and love of a Black mother raising a son in America. Through music and monologue, it paints a portrait of parenting under the constant threat of racial injustice. Music by Susan Kander with a libretto by Roberta Gumbel.

As One – A groundbreaking chamber opera for two voices and string quartet that follows the journey of a transgender protagonist from youth to adulthood in a deeply personal and moving coming-of-age story. Music and concept by Laura Kaminsky with libretto by Kimberly Reed.

These works offer a bold and intimate evening of opera that speaks urgently to our time. With themes of identity, vulnerability, and the search for understanding, this festival invites audiences into a space of empathy, reflection, and transformation. The 2025 One-Act Festival is made possible by a grant from the Employees Community Fund of Boeing St. Louis and the Whitaker Foundation.

Friday, October 10, 2025 - 7:30 pm

Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 7:30 pm

Sunday, October 12, 2025 - 3:00 pm

*General admission $25

Saint Louis Ballet presents an extraordinary triple bill celebrating the brilliance of musicality, choreographic innovation, and stylistic range. From the jazzy exuberance of Take Five…More or Less by Broadway legend Susan Stroman, to the striking modernism and classical depth of George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, and the elegant precision of his Divertimento No. 15 set to Mozart’s luminous score—this program offers a dynamic journey through rhythm, emotion, and the timeless beauty of ballet.

Saint Louis Ballet presents an extraordinary triple bill celebrating the brilliance of musicality, choreographic innovation, and stylistic range. From the jazzy exuberance of Take Five…More or Less by Broadway legend Susan Stroman, to the striking modernism and classical depth of George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, and the elegant precision of his Divertimento No. 15 set to Mozart’s luminous score—this program offers a dynamic journey through rhythm, emotion, and the timeless beauty of ballet.

Union Avenue Opera extends its offerings into the fall with the debut of its One-Act Festival, running October 10 and 11 at 7:30 PM and October 12 at 3:00 PM. This exciting new venture features bold contemporary works in an intimate setting, offering audiences a unique opportunity to experience compact, powerful storytelling from emerging and established composers.

The evening features two powerful chamber operas based on this year’s them of Exploring Identity and Injustice through Opera:

dwb (driving while black) – A gripping one-woman opera exploring the emotional tension, fear, and love of a Black mother raising a son in America. Through music and monologue, it paints a portrait of parenting under the constant threat of racial injustice. Music by Susan Kander with a libretto by Roberta Gumbel.

As One – A groundbreaking chamber opera for two voices and string quartet that follows the journey of a transgender protagonist from youth to adulthood in a deeply personal and moving coming-of-age story. Music and concept by Laura Kaminsky with libretto by Kimberly Reed.

These works offer a bold and intimate evening of opera that speaks urgently to our time. With themes of identity, vulnerability, and the search for understanding, this festival invites audiences into a space of empathy, reflection, and transformation. The 2025 One-Act Festival is made possible by a grant from the Employees Community Fund of Boeing St. Louis and the Whitaker Foundation.

Friday, October 10, 2025 - 7:30 pm

Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 7:30 pm

Sunday, October 12, 2025 - 3:00 pm

*General admission $25

Saint Louis Ballet presents an extraordinary triple bill celebrating the brilliance of musicality, choreographic innovation, and stylistic range. From the jazzy exuberance of Take Five…More or Less by Broadway legend Susan Stroman, to the striking modernism and classical depth of George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, and the elegant precision of his Divertimento No. 15 set to Mozart’s luminous score—this program offers a dynamic journey through rhythm, emotion, and the timeless beauty of ballet.

Union Avenue Opera extends its offerings into the fall with the debut of its One-Act Festival, running October 10 and 11 at 7:30 PM and October 12 at 3:00 PM. This exciting new venture features bold contemporary works in an intimate setting, offering audiences a unique opportunity to experience compact, powerful storytelling from emerging and established composers.

The evening features two powerful chamber operas based on this year’s them of Exploring Identity and Injustice through Opera:

dwb (driving while black) – A gripping one-woman opera exploring the emotional tension, fear, and love of a Black mother raising a son in America. Through music and monologue, it paints a portrait of parenting under the constant threat of racial injustice. Music by Susan Kander with a libretto by Roberta Gumbel.

As One – A groundbreaking chamber opera for two voices and string quartet that follows the journey of a transgender protagonist from youth to adulthood in a deeply personal and moving coming-of-age story. Music and concept by Laura Kaminsky with libretto by Kimberly Reed.

These works offer a bold and intimate evening of opera that speaks urgently to our time. With themes of identity, vulnerability, and the search for understanding, this festival invites audiences into a space of empathy, reflection, and transformation. The 2025 One-Act Festival is made possible by a grant from the Employees Community Fund of Boeing St. Louis and the Whitaker Foundation.

Friday, October 10, 2025 - 7:30 pm

Saturday, October 11, 2025 - 7:30 pm

Sunday, October 12, 2025 - 3:00 pm

*General admission $25