Warwick Mop is 16 and 17 October, Lord Leycester ghost tours start the same night and Kenilworth fireworks are 7 November at £14. Every date, time and venue.

The next six weeks belong to Warwick. Warwick Mop fills the town centre on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 October and comes back a week later as the Runaway Mop, half term brings Halloween at both castles and the Lord Leycester’s candlelit ghost tours, and on Saturday 7 November the Kenilworth Castle fireworks (£14 adults, £7 children) and the Warwick Town Bonfire (from £10) go head to head. In between, the Diwali lights go on at 7pm on the Parade on Sunday 1 November.

Everything below was read from the organisers’ own listings on 5 October 2026, and every entry links to its source so you can check before you set off. Royal Spa Centre prices are the box office’s ticket prices. For places that are open whatever the month, see our guide to things to do in Leamington.

This week

  • Warwick Words History Festival, Monday 5 to Sunday 11 October, Castle Hill Baptist Church and other Warwick venues. Thirty-nine talks across Warwick, most of them at Castle Hill Baptist Church, CV34 4EX. Tickets are sold talk by talk through the Royal Spa Centre box office on 01926 334418. Thirteen were sold out on 5 October, among them Alison Weir, Katja Hoyer, Dan Cruickshank and all three talks inside Warwick Castle. (Warwick District Council)
  • Max Hastings: Plunder, Sunday 11 October, 3pm, Bridge House Theatre, CV34 6PP. The historian on the last of the war in Europe in 1945, for Warwick Words. £20, doors 2.30pm. (Warwick Words box office)
  • Dan Jones: Castles, Sunday 11 October, 7.30pm, Bridge House Theatre, CV34 6PP. The festival’s closing Sunday talk, on a fortified history of the world. £20, doors 7pm. (Warwick Words box office)
  • Ballet Theatre UK: The Snow Queen, Sunday 11 October, 7.30pm, Royal Spa Centre, CV32 4HN. Touring ballet, £26, or £24 for under 16s, students and over 60s. (Royal Spa Centre)

Later in October

Warwickshire’s half term is Monday 26 to Friday 30 October, and our school term dates page lists the schools that differ. Our Halloween and half term page has the detail on every event below that week.

  • Gilbert O’Sullivan in Concert, Wednesday 14 October, 7.30pm, Royal Spa Centre, CV32 4HN. The singer-songwriter in concert, £38. (Royal Spa Centre)
  • Warwick Mop, Friday 16 October, 5pm to 10.30pm, and Saturday 17 October, 12pm to 10.30pm, Warwick town centre, CV34 4SA. The funfair takes over Market Place and the streets around it. There is no entry charge and each ride is paid for separately. Town centre roads close from 4.45pm on Thursday 15 October to 11.59am on Sunday 18 October. Our Warwick Mop page has every closure. (Warwick District Council)
  • Spooky Tours: The Lord Leycester After Dark, Friday 16, Saturday 17, Friday 23, Saturday 24, Tuesday 27, Wednesday 28, Thursday 29 and Friday 30 October, 6.30pm to 7.15pm, The Lord Leycester, 60 High Street, Warwick. A candlelit guided tour of the site’s ghost stories, with no scare actors. Adults £15, children £10, and not suitable for under-10s. Some of the route is not wheelchair accessible. (The Lord Leycester)
  • Andrew Roberts: Napoleon and His Marshals, Friday 16 October, 7.30pm, Castle Hill Baptist Church, CV34 4EX. A Warwick Words talk held five days after the festival week. £20, doors 7pm. (Warwick Words box office)
  • Runaway Mop, Friday 23 October, 5pm to 10.30pm, and Saturday 24 October, 12pm to 10.30pm, Warwick town centre, CV34 4SA. The fair’s second weekend, with the same hours and the same road closures from 4.45pm on Thursday 22 October. (Warwick District Council)
  • Leamington Pumpkin Path, Saturday 24 October to Sunday 1 November, Leamington town centre. BID Leamington’s half term trail around the town centre shops. Our Halloween and half term page explains how it works. (BID Leamington)
  • Halloween half term at Kenilworth Castle, Saturday 24 October to Sunday 1 November, 10am to 4pm, Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden, CV8 1NG. Storytelling, games, a themed trail and a daily fancy dress competition. It is included in the standard entry price and free to English Heritage members. (English Heritage)
  • The Haunted Castle, Saturday 24 October to Sunday 1 November, 10am to 5pm, Warwick Castle, CV34 4QU. The castle’s daytime Halloween event: live shows, mazes and the birds of prey display. From £29, pre-booked only, and the castle says it is not suitable for babies and under-fives. (Warwick Castle)
  • Castle After Dark, Saturday 24 October and Thursday 29 to Saturday 31 October, 6pm to 10pm, Warwick Castle, CV34 4QU. Scare mazes, live music and street food, from £27. The event page recommends it for ages 10 and over; the castle’s FAQs say 12 and over. (Warwick Castle)
  • Pumpkin giveaway in Warwick, Tuesday 27 October, 12pm to 4pm, Market Place, CV34 4SA. Warwick Town Council fills the square with 500 pumpkins and gives them away free. The listing says to come early. (Warwick District Council)
  • Women of Troy, Wednesday 28 October to Saturday 7 November, Loft Theatre, CV31 3AA. Euripides in a new version written and directed by David Fletcher. Most nights start at 7.30pm, but Saturday 31 October is at 8pm and Sunday 1 November at 5pm. There is no show on Monday 2 November. (Loft Theatre box office)
  • Dr Richard Shepherd: Time of Death, Thursday 29 October, 7.30pm, Royal Spa Centre, CV32 4HN. The forensic pathologist’s talk, £31.50. (Royal Spa Centre)
  • Trick or Treat Twilight Market, Friday 30 October, 3pm to 8pm, Market Place, CV34 4SA. A free Halloween market with a themed disco, the magician Angus Baskerville, stilt walkers and fire breathers. More than 30 traders were listed on 3 October. (CJ’s Events Warwickshire)
  • Showaddywaddy, Saturday 31 October, 7.30pm, Royal Spa Centre, CV32 4HN. The rock and roll band in concert, £30.50. (Royal Spa Centre)

November

  • Diwali lights switch-on, Sunday 1 November, 5pm to 8pm, The Parade, CV32 4AT. A free evening of Dhol Tasha drumming and Bollywood song and dance. The Diwali light is switched on at 7pm by Councillor Naveen Tangri and Councillor Hema Yellapragada. Our Diwali lights page has more. (Warwick District Council)
  • Tom Stade: Rules, Sunday 1 November, 7.30pm, Royal Spa Centre, CV32 4HN. The Canadian comedian’s new stand-up show, £27. The box office showed 44 seats left on 5 October. (Royal Spa Centre)
  • Gaslight, Monday 2 to Saturday 7 November, Talisman Theatre and Arts Centre, CV8 1EG. Patrick Hamilton’s Victorian thriller, directed by Julien Rosa. Performance times are on the theatre’s booking page. (Talisman Theatre)
  • Stan Mellor Chase Day, Tuesday 3 November, first race 1.02pm, Warwick Racecourse, CV34 6HN. Seven jump races, the last at 4.02pm, after a Last Post ceremony and wreath laying at 11.30am. Under 18s go free and veterans get discounted entry with ID. (Warwick Racecourse)
  • The Phantoms starring Lee Mead, Friday 6 November, 7.30pm, Royal Spa Centre, CV32 4HN. A musical theatre concert, £36, or £35 for concessions. Only 8 seats were left on 5 October. (Royal Spa Centre)
  • Warwick Town Bonfire, Saturday 7 November, gates 5pm, Warwick Racecourse, CV34 6HN. A children’s display at 6pm, the bonfire lit at 6.30pm and the main fireworks at 6.40pm, with tickets from £10 in advance. It is a charity night for the Lions and Rotary clubs, and the racecourse points drivers to Cape Road and St Nicholas car parks. It clashes with the Kenilworth display, so our fireworks page compares the two. (Warwick Racecourse)
  • Round Table Fireworks Spectacular, Saturday 7 November, gates 5.30pm, Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden, CV8 1NG. Tickets are now on sale: adults £14, children aged 5 to 17 £7 and under fives free. A family of one adult and two children pays £21, and two adults and two children £35. There is a mini display at 6.15pm, last entry at 6.45pm and the main display at 7pm. There is no parking on site and pushchairs are not allowed in the field. Kenilworth Round Table gives every penny of profit to local causes. (English Heritage)
  • Remembrance Sunday, Warwick, Sunday 8 November, 9.50am, War Memorial, Church Street. The procession leaves the Court House at 9.50am for the service at St Mary’s Church. It leaves the church at 10.50am for the two minute silence and wreath laying at the memorial at 11am, and the parade marches from Church Street at 11.15am. (Warwick District Council)
  • Remembrance Sunday, Whitnash, Sunday 8 November, 10am, St Margaret’s Church. The service is at 10am, followed by wreath laying at 11am at the memorial outside the church. (Warwick District Council)
  • Remembrance Sunday, Leamington, Sunday 8 November, 10.50am, War Memorial, Euston Place, CV32 4AT. The parade forms at Regent Street and Windsor Street and the open air service begins at about 10.50am. The return march is at about 11.30am. The council lists eight streets closed from 6am to 1pm, under a heading that gives the date as 9 November; Remembrance Sunday is the 8th. Our Remembrance page lists them. (Warwick District Council)
  • Remembrance Sunday, Kenilworth, Sunday 8 November, 10.54am, Kenilworth War Memorial, CV8 1LS. Parades from Upper Rosemary Hill and Talisman Square arrive for a service that runs from 10.54am to 11.35am. Roads around Abbey Hill close from 8am to 12pm. (Warwick District Council)
  • Armistice Day service, Warwick, Wednesday 11 November, 10.45am to 11.15am, War Memorial, Church Street. A short service at the memorial. Church Street is closed from 8am to 12pm. (Warwick District Council)
  • There’s A Monster In Your Show, Thursday 12 November, 1.30pm and 4.30pm, Royal Spa Centre, CV32 4HN. Tom Fletcher’s Who’s in Your Book? picture books as a 50-minute musical with Little Monster, Dragon, Alien and Unicorn. From £16. (Royal Spa Centre)
  • Kerry Ellis: Rock Anthems, Friday 13 November, 7.30pm, Royal Spa Centre, CV32 4HN. The singer Brian May cast in We Will Rock You, doing Queen, Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler. From £32. (Royal Spa Centre)
  • Omid Djalili: Namaste, Saturday 14 November, 8pm, Royal Spa Centre, CV32 4HN. Stand-up, age 16 and over, £32, doors 7pm. (Royal Spa Centre)
  • Leamington Lights Big Switch On, Sunday 15 November, 3pm to 6pm, The Parade, CV32 4AT. Free live music, food stalls and family entertainment, ending with the Christmas lights switch-on at 5.30pm. The stage line-up is still listed as “tbc”. The Parade, Warwick Street and Regent Street close from midnight to 11pm. Our switch-on page has the full closures. (Warwick District Council)

The Leamington Christmas market is on the Parade the same day, 10am to 5pm; our Christmas markets page has every Sunday to 20 December.

Regular events

  • Leamington Autumn Market, Sundays, 10am to 5pm, The Parade, CV32 4BL. More than 80 traders on 11, 18 and 25 October. It becomes the Christmas market on 1 November, and there is no market on Remembrance Sunday, 8 November. Our Christmas markets page has the dates to 20 December. (CJ’s Events Warwickshire)
  • Kenilworth Market, every Thursday, 9am to 3pm, Abbey End, CV8 1QJ. Fruit, vegetables, flowers, fish, baking and clothing. The next one is Thursday 8 October. (CJ’s Events Warwickshire)
  • Warwick Market, Saturdays, 9am to 3pm, Market Place, CV34 4SA. The next is Saturday 10 October. There is no market on 17 or 24 October, when the Mop has the square, and it returns on 31 October. (CJ’s Events Warwickshire)
  • Leamington parkrun, every Saturday, 9am, Newbold Comyn, CV32 4EW. A free, timed 5k that starts and finishes at the football pavilion. Register once before your first run. The organisers warn that the postcode sends some satnavs down Greenwood Court, which has no access, so stay on Newbold Terrace East. (Leamington parkrun)
  • Warwick Racecourse parkrun, every Saturday, 9am, Warwick Racecourse, CV34 6HN. The district’s second free 5k. (Warwick Racecourse parkrun)

Getting there

The Royal Spa Centre, the Parade and the Loft Theatre are within a ten minute walk of each other and of Leamington Spa station. Our parking in Leamington page has the car parks and tariffs, and the roadworks and travel page has the closures. Both Mop weekends shut Warwick’s New Street car park, and Hampton Road car park is closed from 7am on Sunday 11 October to 12pm on Sunday 25 October.

Send us your event

Running something in Leamington, Warwick, Kenilworth or Whitnash? Email hello@theleamingtonpost.co.uk with the date, time, venue, price and a photo. Listings are free of charge, and yours goes on this page and in the diary on our front page.

This page is rewritten as organisers confirm new dates. Dates can still change, so use the links before you travel. More in our What’s On section.

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