Homecoming on the big screen, a Celtic Halloween and a harmony concert fill Saturday in Flint

FLINT, Mich. — Saturday, Oct. 17, gives Flint visitors a full day and night of free and low-cost plans, starting with a homecoming watch party downtown and ending with a chamber-folk concert on the city’s cultural corridor.

The Flint Institute of Music opens the day at 1 p.m. with a Homecoming Game Day party on Second Street in front of the Capitol Theatre. The street party offers inflatables, games, food, giveaways and music from DJ SicMusiq. The theater opens at 3 p.m. so fans can watch the University of Michigan homecoming game on the big screen, with kickoff listed for 3:30 p.m. and raffles and prizes during the broadcast.

Admission is free, but FIM requires registration and invites donations to its KidsTix program. University of Michigan-Flint students and alumni who sign in at the event can pick up a free T-shirt plus vouchers for food, according to the listing. FIM venues do not allow re-entry once a ticket is scanned.

At 5 p.m., Glenwood Cemetery hosts Celtic Halloween, an immersive evening on the folk traditions of Ireland, Scotland and Wales presented with UM-Flint’s history and theatre and dance programs. The Flint Scottish Pipe Band says the night includes costumed Celtic spirits, a traditional roast pig dinner, folk customs and live music from Roane and the pipe band. Pre-registration is required through go.umflint.edu/celtic-halloween-2026.

In the same 5-to-7 p.m. window, the Flint Public Library holds Vinyl Night at Totem Books, 620 W. Court St. Teens and adults can bring a favorite record and play two or three songs for the group, the library says.

The night closes at 7 p.m. at the Mott Memorial Building Auditorium, 1401 E. Court St., with the Flint Jewish Federation’s 14th annual Humanity in Harmony Concert. Grammy-nominated violinist and composer Meg Okura leads the AdaMa Quartet, joined by clarinetist Guy Yehuda, bass clarinetist Tasha Warren and cellist Dave Eggar. Ann Arbor folk group Mustard’s Retreat, singer-songwriter Sheldon Low and FIM’s Dort Honors String Quartet of high school musicians are also on the bill. Tickets are $11, fees included, and are required.

Families looking to fill the rest of the weekend can also head north of the city to Crossroads Village, 6140 N. Bray Road, where Genesee County Parks’ Halloween Ghosts & Goodies runs Oct. 16-18. Weekend hours are noon to 9 p.m., and village-only tickets are $17.

Sources:
Flint Institute of Music, “Homecoming Game Day at the Capitol Theatre,” Oct. 17, 2026, https://thefim.org/event/umgameday/
Flint Scottish Pipe Band, “Celtic Halloween at Glenwood Cemetery,” https://flintscottish.com/celtic-halloween-at-glenwood-cemetery/
Gloria Coles Flint Public Library, “Vinyl Night with the Library @ Totem Books,” Oct. 17, 2026, https://www.fpl.info/event/vinyl-night-library-totem-books-31140
Flint Institute of Music, “Music Around Town: Flint Jewish Federation: 14th Humanity in Harmony Concert,” Oct. 17, 2026, https://thefim.org/event/matflintjewishfederation2/
Genesee County Parks, “Halloween Ghosts & Goodies,” https://geneseecountyparks.org/halloween-ghosts-goodies/
Photo: Michael Barera, “Flint July 2018 28 (The Capitol Theatre).jpg,” July 2, 2018, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), cropped; derivative under the same ShareAlike license, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flint_July_2018_28_(The_Capitol_Theatre).jpg

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