📅 October 2026 Events in Canterbury

Fri 9 Oct — Sat 10 Oct

Crave The Rave Presents: CHAD HARRISON!

📍 Club Chemistry

Fri 9 Oct — Sat 10 Oct

Crave The Rave Presents: CHAD HARRISON (top floor takeover)

📍 Club Chemistry

Sat 10 Oct

90s, 00s, Ibiza & Club Classics Bottomless Brunch

📍 The Cuban

From £45.00

Wed 7 Oct

Open Mic Night

📍 Lympne Castle

Thu 8 Oct

Justin Sullivan & Dean White

📍 Ashford Revelation

Thu 8 Oct — Fri 9 Oct

Indie Rock Night ∙ ARCTIC MONKEYS VS OASIS *10 £3 TICKETS LEFT*

📍 Club Chemistry

£3.00

Thu 8 Oct — Fri 9 Oct

Indie Rock Night ∙ ARCTIC MONKEYS VS OASIS *8 £3 TICKETS LEFT*

📍 Tokyo Tea Rooms

From £3.00

Thu 8 Oct — Fri 9 Oct

Indie Rock Night ∙ ARCTIC MONKEYS VS OASIS *7 £3 TICKETS LEFT*

📍 Tokyo Tea Rooms

From £3.00

Fri 9 Oct

FOLKESTONE SILENT Discos for Grown ups 70s 80s V 90s OOs DISCO PARTY!

📍 Leas Cliff Hall

Fri 9 Oct — Sat 10 Oct

Juicy ⚪️ All White Party | Canterbury

📍 Club Chemistry

From £4.00

Fri 9 Oct — Sat 10 Oct

Juicy ⚪️ All White Party | Canterbury *4 £3 TICKETS LEFT*

📍 Club Chemistry

From £10.00

Sat 10 Oct

Eternal Light

📍 St Mary the Virgin Church, Minster

Mon 5 Oct

Autumn Release Sound Bath & Spiced Cacao

📍 Canterbury Yoga Studio

£25.00 - £44.04

Tue 6 Oct

Great Stour Zen Meditation Group

📍 Thanington Neighbourhood Resource Centre

Tue 6 Oct

Sound Bath, Ashford

📍 Ashford & Folkestone Quaker Meeting

£16.96

Tue 6 Oct

First Tuesday Sound Bath at the Yurt - Quiet View, Kingston / Canterbury

📍 The Quiet View

Sold out at source

Wed 7 Oct

The Collagen Trend, What is it all about?

📍 Essella Wax Boutique

Wed 7 Oct

The Breakfast Table - Where connection is made and inspiration flows

📍 Starbucks

Wed 7 Oct

Autumn Unwind

📍 The Body Shop

Thu 8 Oct

Conversation in the Cafe. Women’s Health 5

📍 Wagtails Cafe and Bar

Sat 10 Oct

Wellbeing Bubble Walk for Grief & Loss - Hothfield Heathlands & Lake House

📍 Lake House Kent

Sat 10 Oct

Guided Meditation In Folkestone

📍 Atma Lounge

Sat 10 Oct

Flow Dance Meditation

📍 Whitstable Yoga & Wellbeing Centre

£14.00

Sat 10 Oct

Open-air Qigong - Guided Practice

📍 Westgate Gardens

Tue 6 Oct

Life Drawing in the Heart of Whitstable Kent Tuesdays 7pm-9pm from 8/9

📍 In A Space Creative Hub

£15.00 - £80.00

Wed 7 Oct

Meditative Stitches with Cristina Rebeccani Coretti

📍 Goodnestone Park Gardens

Sold out at source

Wed 7 Oct

Live Music & Life Drawing

📍 100 Upper Pemberton

£100.00

Thu 8 Oct

Poetry Atelier

📍 The Coffee Corner

Thu 8 Oct

Voice At Ease Singing Workshop

📍 Friends Meeting House

£10.00

Fri 9 Oct

Sip & Paint at the Pub

📍 The Drapers Arms

Fri 9 Oct

Coffee & Collage

📍 Okay Coffee

Sat 10 Oct

Sensory Movement Workshop

📍 Folkestone

Sat 10 Oct

Halloween Tarot Paint & Sip

📍 Singleton Environment Centre

Tue 13 Oct

Creating Invisible Libraries - research workshops Ashford (ages 50+)

📍 Jasmin Vardimon Company

Tue 13 Oct

Explore Postgraduate Teacher Training at CCCU: Primary, Secondary and Further Education

Thu 15 Oct

Sip & Paint at Pàpa Bianco

📍 Papà Bianco

Tue 6 Oct

Whitstable, Kent - Simply Business Club Face to Face Networking

📍 Riverside Church Whitstable

£13.70

Wed 7 Oct

Breakfast Club - Networking Event

📍 IslandWorks at Dockyard Church

Wed 7 Oct

Thanet Premier Business Group at Quex Barn in Birchington

📍 Quex Barn Farm Shop

Wed 7 Oct

Ashford Business Networking Event

📍 Ashford Indoor Bowls Centre Ltd

Wed 7 Oct

Ashford, Kent - Simply Business Club Face to Face Networking

📍 Holiday Inn Ashford - North A20, an IHG Hotel

Wed 7 Oct

Synergy Ashford Networking

📍 Metro Bank

Wed 7 Oct

Long Game for beginners - How to Network Comfortably Monthly

📍 Hampton by Hilton Canterbury

£22.38

Wed 7 Oct

East Kent Special Constabulary Training Night

📍 Lower Hardres Village Hall

Sold out at source

Thu 8 Oct

Folkestone, Kent - Simply Business Club In-Person Networking

📍 Burlington Hotel | BW Premier Collection

Thu 8 Oct

East Kent Business Networking Event

Thu 8 Oct

Student Shoppers

📍 The Body Shop

Mon 12 Oct

Synergy Ashford Business Networking

📍 The New Fox Inn

Tue 6 Oct

Buggin' About Tuesdays 2026

📍 Singleton Environment Centre

Tue 6 Oct

Baby & Toddler at Junior King's

📍 The Hamels

Sold out at source

Tue 6 Oct

ND Play n Connect

📍 Sturry Social Centre

Wed 7 Oct

My Birth Recovery 6 week series in Canterbury AND online 07/10/26-18/11/26

📍 70 Thanington Rd

£20.00 - £120.00

Thu 8 Oct

Toddler Time Thursdays - Tots on the Move Multi Sports

📍 The Hamels

Fri 9 Oct

Buggin' About 2026

📍 Singleton Environment Centre

Sat 10 Oct

The Romanian Saturday School "Stefan cel Mare si Sfant" Kent

📍 St Stephen's Church Hall

Sun 11 Oct

Bubble Church

Sun 25 Oct

Bubble Church

📍 St Martin's Church, Herne

Tue 27 Oct

Halloween Children’s Half-term Workshop

📍 The Monument

£22.38

Wed 28 Oct

Wild Wednesday

📍 Singleton Environment Centre

Thu 29 Oct

Family Event: Halloween Craft & Campfire at West Blean and Thornden Woods

📍 West Blean and Thornden Woods

Free - £12.00

Wed 7 Oct

A historical tour of Canterbury's Pubs - SAINTS AND SINNERS

📍 Canterbury West Station

£27.80

Thu 8 Oct

A historical tour of Canterbury's Pubs - PINTS AND PILGRIMS

📍 Canterbury West Station

£27.80

Sat 10 Oct

Queenborough Social Bike Ride

📍 Queenborough

Sun 11 Oct

Bison Ranger Experiences: A Morning at West Blean

📍 West Blean and Thornden Woods

Sold out at source

Thu 15 Oct

Art Club

📍 Singleton Environment Centre

Sat 17 Oct

FORAGE & NIBBLE in Whistable (Kent)

📍 Clowes Wood Car Park

Sat 17 Oct

Whittle your own Walking Stick, Merlin Staff or Foraging Crook - Canterbury

📍 Goodnestone, Canterbury

£64.63 - £86.30

Mon 19 Oct

Guided Tours: The Making of Marlowe Poet, Playwright, Provocateur

📍 The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge

£5.94 - £7.01

Wed 21 Oct

Botanical Forms: Mark Making and Collage with Clare Youngs

📍 Goodnestone Park Gardens

£150.00

Fri 23 Oct

Night Navigation Skills for Beginners in Kent

📍 Faversham Recreation Ground

£49.46

Sat 24 Oct

Sheerness Social Bike Ride

📍 New Road

Sun 25 Oct

Wedding Open Day

Sat 17 Oct

Bottomless Brunch

📍 Papà Bianco

From £25.00

Sun 18 Oct

Bottomless Brunch

📍 Papà Bianco

From £25.00

Wed 7 Oct

The Gluten Free Kitchen

📍 Cacao Atelier

Fri 9 Oct

Paint Amongst The Vines: At Brabourne Vineyard

📍 Brabourne Vineyard

Sat 10 Oct

Kids Club

📍 The Body Shop

Sat 10 Oct

A.T. Patisserie Turns One: A Birthday Coffee Party

📍 A.T. Patisserie

Mon 12 Oct

Harvest Festival 2026

📍 Woolton Farm

From £5.00

Wed 14 Oct

Enchanted Pumpkin Light Workshop

📍 The Monument

£27.80

Thu 15 Oct

Harbour Coffee Co. Cupping

📍 Customs House

Sat 24 Oct

Feast of Saint Jude celebrations

📍 Shrine of Saint Jude

Sat 24 Oct

Halloween Chocolate Tasting Experience - Canterbury

📍 Hotel Chocolat Canterbury

£12.00

Fri 30 Oct

FROZEN AFTER DARK!

📍 DurBAR Cocktail Bar & Lounge

Wed 7 Oct — Wed 14 Oct

Free Padel Taster Sessions

Fri 9 Oct

Rumble Wrestling comes to Whitstable

📍 Whitstable Umbrella Centre

Sat 10 Oct

Rumble Wrestling comes to Ashford

📍 Stour Centre

Sun 11 Oct

Givaudan Ashford 10k

📍 Julie Rose Stadium

From £26.00

Sun 11 Oct

London & South East Tour - David Lloyd Club Herne Bay - 11-10-2026

📍 David Lloyd Club Herne Bay

Thu 15 Oct

Learn Karate - Discovery Session

📍 EKC Group Canterbury College

Fri 16 Oct

Tenterden Cricket Club - Junior Awards Evening

📍 London Beach Country Hotel Spa & Golf Club

Sun 25 Oct

Canterbury Trail Marathon & Half Marathon

📍 CCCU Sports Centre

£42.00 - £57.00

Sun 25 Oct

PubHammer 31

📍 The Limes

£23.00

Mon 26 Oct — Fri 30 Oct

Canterbury Autumn Open 2026

📍 Canterbury LTC

Thu 29 Oct

Rumble Wrestling 2026 Tour comes to Thanet - Birchington - KIDS FOR FIVER

📍 The Centre Birchington

Fri 30 Oct

Learning Disability - Adapted Padel Festival

📍 Smash Padel Whitstable

Thu 8 Oct

Home Ed family meet at sandgate community garden

📍 Sandgate community garden

Thu 8 Oct

Music Bingo

📍 Lympne Castle

Sat 10 Oct

We Are Black Fish OCTOBER Hook Up

📍 The Lazy Shack

Sun 11 Oct

Sunday Roast

Tue 13 Oct

Parenting Beyond Separation - Support Group

📍 Julie Rose Stadium

Wed 14 Oct

Blood donation session

📍 Westgate Hall

Sat 17 Oct

SEC Quiz Nights 2026

📍 Singleton Environment Centre

Sun 18 Oct

Sunday Roast

Sun 25 Oct

Sunday Roast

Fri 30 Oct

Curry & Quiz Night

📍 Lympne Castle

Fri 30 Oct

Curry & Quiz Night – SOLD OUT!

📍 Lympne Castle

Wed 7 Oct

Community Gaming Sessions: September-October 2026

📍 The Canterbury Primary School

Free - £6.00

Sat 10 Oct

The Youth Club

📍 The Coffee Corner

Sun 11 Oct

Canterbury Campus Open Day

📍 Canterbury Campus

Sat 17 Oct

Campus Tours

📍 Canterbury, Farnham & Maidstone TV Studios

Sat 17 Oct

Undergraduate Open Day: Saturday 17 October

📍 Canterbury, Farnham & Maidstone TV Studios

Mon 19 Oct

Year 6 Open Days 19th - 22nd October 2026

📍 Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys

Sold out at source

Mon 19 Oct

Applying through UCAS: An introduction

Mon 26 Oct

Apprenticeships Open Evening

📍 Herne Bay West Industrial Park

Thu 29 Oct

UNIVERSITY OF KENT: KILIMANJARO INFORMATION MEETING

📍 University of Kent (room: TBC)

Fri 16 Oct — Sat 31 Oct

Canterbury Festival: The PIT

📍 Canterbury Festival

Fri 16 Oct

Canterbury Festival: Talk and drinks reception: The PIT

Sat 24 Oct — Sun 25 Oct

ON REPEAT ∙ Y2K RAVING | Canterbury

📍 Club Chemistry

From £4.00

Mon 26 Oct

Canterbury Festival: PhD student showcase

📍 Canterbury Festival

Tue 27 Oct

Canterbury Festival: A Heavenly Touch

📍 Canterbury Festival

Wed 28 Oct

Canterbury Festival: James Dean and Co.

📍 Canterbury Festival

Thu 29 Oct

Canterbury Festival: Lost Revellers

📍 Canterbury Festival

Fri 30 Oct

Canterbury Festival: Dance After Dark: Process, Practice, Performance

📍 Canterbury Festival

Fri 30 Oct

Canterbury Festival: WomanEwer - We Are Not Beautiful

📍 Canterbury Festival

Tue 6 Oct

Neurodiversity Training for Education Professionals With Fintan O Regan

📍 Hempstead House Hotel & Spa

£105.00 - £130.72

Thu 8 Oct

Kent Section: What happens when the iron topsail blows out by Tim Bishop

📍 Dog & Bear Hotel

Thu 8 Oct

The Universe. . . in Theory - Astrophysics Lecture Series

📍 Sibson Building

£0.00

Thu 15 Oct

In Conversation with Stephen Long - Canterbury

📍 Waterstones

£5.00 - £28.00

Sat 17 Oct

Marlowe and Spycraft

📍 The Learning Lab, The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge

£6.00 - £7.20

Wed 21 Oct

Bioregioning EAST KENT AS A LIVING SYSTEM

📍 Friends Meeting House

Wed 21 Oct

Artist talk and drinks reception: The Estate We Are In

Tue 27 Oct

Money management: Discounts, Savings and Jobs

Thu 29 Oct

Challenging Assumptions: Free Speech and EDI

Sat 31 Oct

Circus Of Horrors Evening Party Brunch

📍 The Cuban

From £45.00

Wed 7 Oct — Thu 8 Oct

SHUTDOWN KENT – Kent’s Most In Demand Event EVER!

📍 Club Chemistry

From £10.00

Fri 9 Oct — Sat 10 Oct

Juicy ⚪️ All White Party | Canterbury *8 £4 TICKETS LEFT*

📍 Club Chemistry

From £10.00

Wed 14 Oct — Thu 15 Oct

WORST BEHAVIOUR – KENT’S WILDEST ALL BLACK PARTY!

📍 Club Chemistry

From £8.00

Fri 16 Oct — Sat 17 Oct

Juicy 🏆 Sport Mode | Canterbury

📍 Club Chemistry

From £10.00

Mon 26 Oct — Tue 27 Oct

F*CK ME IT’S HALLOWEEN

📍 Club Chemistry

£10.00

Sat 31 Oct

Halloween Silent Disco @ Guildhall Sandwich

📍 Sandwich Guildhall Museum

Sat 31 Oct

dug up! halloween

📍 Speedway

Sun 18 Oct

Sip & Create Sittingbourne: FALL vs SPOOKY

📍 Sentado Lounge

Thu 29 Oct — Fri 30 Oct

Indie Rock Night ∙ INDIEWEEN (halloween special) *27 £5 TICKETS LEFT*

📍 Tokyo Tea Rooms

From £7.00

Fri 30 Oct

WILK Halloween Quiz

📍 Canterbury Cathedral Lodge

£8.83 - £76.55

Sat 31 Oct

washed up! halloween

📍 Speedway

Sat 31 Oct

Adults Halloween Disco Before Dark

📍 Burlington Hotel | BW Premier Collection

Sat 31 Oct

Halloween Cooking Fun at Goodnestone Park

📍 Goodnestone, Canterbury

£20.00

Sat 31 Oct

Kings Wood Halloween Night Hike

📍 Kings Wood Car Park

£8.30

Sat 31 Oct — Sun 1 Nov

🩸 The Possessed Canterbury – The Halloween Finale🩸

📍 Club Chemistry

£16.00

Fri 9 Oct

Canterbury Silent Book Club

📍 Templeman Library

Thu 15 Oct

Castle Book Club

📍 Lympne Castle

Thu 15 Oct

Canterbury Silent Book Club

📍 Chatterbox

Sat 17 Oct

The Wild Poets Society - New Poetry for Wellbeing group. Hothfield Ashford

📍 Lake House Kent

Sun 25 Oct

Storytelling with the Tarot by Folk Lore Kent

📍 Guildhall

Wed 28 Oct

Canterbury Silent Book Club

📍 Chapters of Sturry

Thu 29 Oct

Tea, done properly - An evening with Good & Proper Tea

📍 Garage Coffee Roasters (Roastery Cafe)

Tue 13 Oct

NHSBT

📍 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Fri 16 Oct

Michael Spicer – Hope All’s Well

📍 Ashford Revelation

Sat 17 Oct

Botanical Gel Plate Printing

📍 The Reece Pavilion, Wye Village Hall

Sat 24 Oct

Paint & Doodle Thanet

📍 Christie's Wine Bar And Bistro

Sat 24 Oct

The Marsh Family Live

📍 RG Studios

From £11

Wed 28 Oct

Cross-dressing capers: reading of John Lyly’s Galatea (1588)

📍 Friends Meeting House

£3.96

Thu 15 Oct

Captain Breadbeard's Alternative Comedy Night

📍 Cosy Club

From £10.00

Wed 7 Oct

Open Mic Comedy Night

📍 SiiP

Fri 9 Oct

Romesh Ranganathan: Work in Progress

📍 Ashford Revelation

Sat 24 Oct

Comedy At The Becket! Absolute Local!

📍 Thomas Becket

Sat 31 Oct

101 Comedy Club Folkestone October 31st 2026

📍 101 Comedy Club

Tue 6 Oct

PALESTINIAN LIBERATION ANTI-COLONIAL RESISTANCE & GLOBAL SOLIDARITY

📍 Grimond Building

Wed 28 Oct

CILT(UK)The Thames Freight Corridor - Hybrid

📍 University of Kent Business School

Free - £5.00

Thu 29 Oct

CCCbeU 2026 Conference: The Future of EDI

📍 Canterbury Campus

Thu 29 Oct

'The Sun Rises Again - Three Horizons for Joy' - CCCbeU 2026 Conference

Mon 5 Oct — Wed 4 Nov

Mark Making

📍 Herbert Read Gallery

Tue 6 Oct

The Making of Marlowe: Poet, Playwright, Provocateur

📍 The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge

£0.00

Thu 8 Oct

Beaney Spotlight Tours

📍 The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge

£0.00

Thu 8 Oct

Mark Making - exhibition launch event

📍 Herbert Read Gallery

Sat 17 Oct

Westgate Hall Market

📍 Westgate Hall

Sat 17 Oct

Hawkinge Card Show

📍 Hawkinge Community Centre

Wed 21 Oct

21st October - Canterbury (UNI) Best Vintage Kilo Sale

Sat 31 Oct

Canterbury Halloween Card Show!

📍 Westgate Hall

Free - £11.55

Thu 15 Oct

Speed Dating in Canterbury | Ages 30-45

📍 One Pound Lane

Sun 25 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Canterbury

📍 Canterbury Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Tue 27 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Canterbury

📍 Canterbury Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Fri 30 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Canterbury

📍 Canterbury Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99