- Oct 2 "Show Boat" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC
Country Music Association Awards
Oct 5 28th Country Music Association Awards: Vince Gill & Pam Tillis wins
- Oct 15 Philip Glass' Symphony No. 2, for string orchestra, premieres with the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, NYC
Music Concert
Oct 17 Billy Joel performs opening concert at Cleveland's Gund Arena
- Oct 22 "Philadelphia, Here I Come" closes at Criterion NYC after 52 performances
Turbulent Indigo
Oct 25 Reprise Records releases "Turbulent Indigo", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's 15th studio album; wins Grammy Award for Best Pop Album
Music Concert
Oct 29 Pink Floyd finishes their final concert tour with a show at Earls Court in London, England
- Oct 31 "Creep" single released by TLC – their 1st US No.1 (Billboard Song of the Year 1995)
- Oct 31 American jam band Phish performs The Beatles "White Album" as a musical costume during a show at the Glens Falls Civic Center in Glens Falls, New York.
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