LinkedIn Live. The Nashville Technology Council and LinkedIn present LinkedIn Live. Learn how to use the social media platform to effectively brand yourself and your business from LinkedIn representatives and social media experts from the local community. In these fast-paced, 15-minute presentations, local LinkedIn experts provide real-life examples of their personal success using LinkedIn to help drive their small business forward. Expect stories packed with proven tactics, and opportunities to dig into the details with follow-up Q&A. The Frist Center for the Arts, 1-5 p.m. Information: www.technologycouncil.com.sitemason.com/linkedin_live.

SATURDAY, OCT. 4

Spring Hill Battlefield Tour

The Battle of Franklin Trust will offer a comprehensive and special Spring Hill battlefield tour led by Trust CEO and Historian Eric A. Jacobson. The outing will include a tour of Oaklawn Plantation, which was home to Absalom Thompson during the Civil War and Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood’s headquarters on the afternoon and evening of November 29, 1864. The tour will begin at Carnton Plantation at 8 a.m. The group will travel by bus to Spring Hill and will return to Carnton by 11 a.m. Cost: $100 per person. Reservations: 794-0903, [email protected].

Solar Energy Workshop, Tour

LightWave Solar is bringing the American Solar Energy Society’s 19th annual National Solar Tour to Middle Tennessee. The Tour features homeowners and businesses across the country who open their doors to show how solar has helped them slash electric bills, cut carbon emissions, claim tax credits and improve property values. To help Nashville-area homeowners learn more about going solar, LightWave Solar will host an educational workshop at its Antioch office, 3026 Owen Drive, to explain solar energy basics including technology, site requirements and utility and tax incentives. Information: www.eventbrite.com/e/solartourandworkshoptickets12753944391, 641-4050.

BBQ, Blues, Rock & Roll

Free Concert. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. Barbecue purchases available from 5 p.m. until its gone. Sumner Crest Winery, 5306 Old Highway 52, Portland. Information: sumnercrestwinery.com.

Gallatin Main Street Festival

Gallatin Area Chamber of Commerce at Gallatin’s Historic Downtown Square features food, music and festivities for the whole family. Information: www.gallatintn.org/Calendar_of_Events.

THURSDAY, OCT. 16

People’s Law School

Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands is hosting a free program that provides an overview of common civil legal issues that a person might face. Taught by Legal Aid Society attorneys and volunteer attorneys. 6 to 7 p.m., Cohn Learning Center, 4805 Park Avenue. Registration: 298-8050, nashville.gov/ce. This session: Renters’ Rights: This class outlines your legal rights as a renter and how to assert them, what to look for in a lease, how to get your landlord to make repairs, how to get your security deposit back and more.

Oct. 16-18

Donelson Fall Festival & BBQ

FiftyForward Donelson Station spins a 28-year community tradition into a festival with family friendly fun, food and The Haunted Theatre. Festivities begin Oct. 16 at dusk as The Larry Keeton Theatre (108 Donelson Pike, 37214) is transformed into The Haunted Theatre. Festivities continue Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. with many of the same great traditions from the past: live music, silent auction, children’s activities, FiftyForward Bargain Basement, craft fair and market and, of course, delicious barbecue. Information: www.fiftyforward.org.

MONDAY, OCT. 20

People’s Law School

Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands is hosting a free program that provides an overview of common civil legal issues that a person might face. Taught by Legal Aid Society attorneys and volunteer attorneys. 6 to 7 p.m., Wright Middle School, 180 McCall Street. Registration: 298-8050, nashville.gov/ce. This session: The New Healthcare Law: Know the Latest Facts: This class will cover what you need to know about the Affordable Care Act. You will learn how the new law can help you afford health insurance, how to sign up for the insurance market place, how the law affects Medicare and how to sign up for TennCare.

SUNDAY, OCT 12

Music With A Mission

Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers, Steve and Rudy, along with the GRAMMY Award-winning Nashville Symphony, will host this year’s “Music With A Mission” at 7 p.m. at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center to benefit the Nashville Rescue Mission. Also performing: country-recording artist Tracy Lawrence; Lynda Carter, singer, film and television star, who played the role of “Wonder Woman”; the Beegie Adair Trio, highly regarded jazz-recording musicians; Chip Esten, comedian, actor and singer, known for his role as “Deacon” in ABC’s hit drama, “Nashville”; The Henningsens, a family trio of musicians and songwriters; The Willis Clan, of ABC’s “America’s Got Talent” fame, a family of musicians, dancers, athletes, writers and artists; and Jesse Lee Jones, owner of Robert’s Western World and the leader of its house band, Brazilbilly. Information: www.mwmnashville.com.

THURSDAY, OCT. 23

People’s Law School

Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands is hosting a free program that provides an overview of common civil legal issues. Taught by Legal Aid Society attorneys and volunteer attorneys. 6 to 7 p.m., Cohn Learning Center, 4805 Park Avenue. Registration: 298-8050, nashville.gov/ce. This session:

Social Security Options: This course will cover how to apply for and get Social Security retirement benefits, disability benefits, spouse and child payments, Medicare health insurance, Supplemental Security Income disability benefits and old age payments.