📅 October 2026 Events in Portsmouth

Fri 2 Oct

Broadside Sound Present: LSB & Motiv

📍 KOLA ‘formerly Moonshine Club‘

Fri 2 Oct

Locked In Tour - Chichester

📍 Havana Chichester

Fri 9 Oct

Sounds Bossa Nova by Mario Bakuna - Live @Regis School of Music

📍 Regis School Of Music

From £12.00

Thu 1 Oct — Fri 2 Oct

Desi Beatz Portsmouth : FRESHERS ICEBREAKER! | SECRET LOCATION

📍 Secret Location

£3.00

Fri 2 Oct

The Bootleg Beatles

📍 Kings Theatre Portsmouth

Fri 2 Oct

Michael Ball: Glow UK Tour 2026

📍 Portsmouth Guildhall

Fri 2 Oct

Michael Ball

📍 Portsmouth Guildhall

Fri 2 Oct

Damian Lewis

📍 Wedgewood Rooms

Sat 3 Oct

Candlelight Sessions: Jeanie White plus Special Guests

📍 Quay West Studios Ltd

Sat 3 Oct

Octoberfest Hoedown

📍 Shedfield Country Stores

Sat 3 Oct

80s Day Disco: Epsom 🪩

📍 Labyrinth Epsom

£10 - £20

Sat 3 Oct

DAY SESSIONS presents SILENT DISCO - Portsmouth - October 2026

📍 Portsmouth Cathedral

£20.72 - £27.50

Thu 1 Oct

This New Ground collage & zine workshops at Portsmouth History Centre

📍 Central Library

Sun 4 Oct

A Bit Boxy: The Workshop!

📍 Play Office

Tue 6 Oct

Holiday Italian

📍 St Vincent College

Thu 8 Oct — Thu 17 Dec

Holiday Spanish

📍 St Vincent College

Thu 8 Oct

Woodworking Skills

📍 St Vincent College

Fri 9 Oct

Batik - Sunflowers and Seedheads

📍 Meon Springs Fly Fishery

Sat 10 Oct

Create Small Wire Animal Sculptures

📍 Meon Springs Fly Fishery

Sat 10 Oct

Portsmouth 100 Wonders: Central Library

📍 Central Library

Sun 11 Oct

Mixed Media and Wire

📍 Meon Springs Fly Fishery

Mon 12 Oct

Live your Life Workshop - Portsmouth

📍 Holiday Inn Portsmouth, an IHG Hotel

Mon 12 Oct

Stop Smoking Support

📍 The Riverside Centre

Tue 13 Oct

Antenatal Breastfeeding Workshop

📍 Room 13, Lecture Theatre, Education Cente, E Level, Queen Alexandra Hospital

Sat 3 Oct

PAC Pike Care & Teach-In

📍 Sinah Lake

Sat 3 Oct

South & South West Tour - CourtX - 3-10-2026

📍 CourtX

Sat 3 Oct

Oktoberfest 2026 - Fontwell Park Racecourse

📍 Fontwell Park Racecourse

Sat 3 Oct

Selsey Junior Triathlon

£10.00 - £28.00

Sun 4 Oct

Selsey Triathlon

£46.00 - £67.00

Sun 4 Oct

The Isle of Wight Marathon

📍 Isle of Wight Community Club

From £28.00

Fri 9 Oct

Monthly Latin Party - Sabor Latino - Salsa, Bachata & Reggaeton Dance Class

📍 Portsmouth Rail Social Club

Sat 10 Oct

Ken Wharton Memorial Autotests

📍 Peartree Inn & Country Hotel, Smite

Sat 10 Oct — Sun 11 Oct

Portsmouth Tennis Centre Winter Regional Tour 16U Boys

📍 Portsmouth Tennis Centre

Sun 11 Oct

Goodwood Season Finale: Sunday 11th October

📍 Goodwood

Wed 14 Oct

Portsmouth vs Sheffield United

📍 Fratton Park

Sat 17 Oct

SUSSEX WOMENS OVER 40 PADEL CHAMPIONSHIP 2026

📍 Chichester Racquets & Fitness Club

Thu 1 Oct

Applegate Breast Cancer Support Group

📍 The Riverside Centre

Thu 1 Oct

Southsea Creatives Club

📍 Crushed & Cured

£11.55

Thu 1 Oct

Ghandi Charity Buffet Night

📍 Gandhi

Thu 1 Oct — Fri 2 Oct

UOP Punjabi Soc : FRESHERS ICEBREAKER! | GO ROGUE PORTSMOUTH

📍 Go Rogue

£3.00

Sat 3 Oct

Headway | Brain Injury Support Group

📍 The Riverside Centre

Thu 8 Oct

Thusday Board Games Night - Ancient Games

📍 Bateson Hall (Common Room)

Thu 8 Oct

An Evening of Clairvoyance with Lee Roberts

📍 Hayling Island Community Centre Association

£13.70

Sat 10 Oct

Trance Day Party: Bournemouth 🔊

📍 Cameo Bournemouth

£10 - £20

Sat 10 Oct

Forever Oasis at The Rifle Club

📍 The Rifle Club

Sat 17 Oct

An Evening of Psychic Art and Clairvoyance with Angela Mitchell

📍 Hayling Island Community Centre Association

£11.55

Sat 17 Oct

Chris While & Julie Matthews

📍 The Square Tower

Wed 21 Oct

Quiz hosted by Pompey in the Community

📍 Staggeringly Good Brewery

Thu 1 Oct

Networking for Holistic Health Professionals

📍 The Georgian, Haslemere

Thu 1 Oct

LinkedIn Local Portsmouth #20 - 1st Oct 2026

📍 Portsmouth Marriott Hotel

£20.00

Thu 1 Oct

CtrlAltSouthsea

📍 The Brewers Tap

Thu 1 Oct

Larcomes x HASAG Charity Quiz Night

📍 Village Hotel Portsmouth

£13.70

Mon 5 Oct

Simon Evans: Have We Met?

Tue 6 Oct

Portsmouth and Southsea Afternoon Networking at The Parade Tearooms

📍 The Parade Tea Rooms

Thu 8 Oct

Maritime Solent Career Partners Meeting

📍 Andrew Simpson Centre - Portsmouth

Wed 14 Oct

Chichester Networking in Nature- netwalking at Kingly Vale

📍 West Stoke Car Park

£6.13

Thu 15 Oct

Research Showcase – Barriers to Engagement in Underserved Groups

📍 Spark Community Space, The Pompey Centre, Fratton

Tue 20 Oct

RSE Training Portsmouth - 20/10/2026

📍 Saint Mary's Community Health Campus

Thu 22 Oct

The Hampshire Business Show 2026 | The South Coast's Largest B2B Expo

📍 The Ageas Bowl

Thu 22 Oct

After Show Social in Collab With Hampshire Business Show

📍 Utilita Bowl

Fri 2 Oct

Coffee, Chat & Healthier Choices ☕

📍 Rustic Roots

Mon 5 Oct

Stop Smoking Support

📍 The Riverside Centre

Thu 8 Oct

Uncover Intergenerational Patterns: A Family Constellations Day, Cornwall

📍 Scorrier House

Sat 10 Oct

Somatic Embodiment & Movement

📍 Tesco Extra

£0.00

Sun 11 Oct

South Downs Yoga Wellbeing Morning - Yoga & Sound Bath

📍 The Vale Café & Wellness Studio

£45.00

Sun 11 Oct

Sacred Sundays Cacao Sound Ceremonies Wickham

📍 The Yoga Shed, Wickham

From £30

Mon 12 Oct

World Mental Health Day: For Cornwall By Cornwall!

📍 Eden Project

Thu 15 Oct

Mindset Maintenance CIC - Wellbeing Meetup

📍 The Pallant Centre

Sun 18 Oct

Monthly Women's Wellbeing Walk

📍 Hilsea Station

Sun 18 Oct

Vol.3 The Monthly Reset | Group Hypnotherapy & Nervous System Reset

📍 the cove London Road

£27.80

Mon 19 Oct

Stop Smoking Support

📍 The Riverside Centre

Tue 20 Oct

Gongbath at Southsea Castle

📍 Southsea Castle

£27.80

Sat 3 Oct

Boathouse 4 Event - Pontoon Open Weekend - Portsmouth 100 (October)

📍 Boathouse 4

Sat 3 Oct

ALONG THE SHORE

📍 Meeting Point - Outside the D-Day Story

£15.00

Sat 3 Oct

Cornwall Wildlife Trust AGM 2026 (and optional Wildlife Walk)

📍 Shire House

Sat 3 Oct

Murder Mystery – interactive murder mystery event

📍 Staggeringly Good Brewery

Wed 7 Oct

Rail2Rail - Shanklin to Sandown - 7 October - 7 Miles (Donation)

📍 In front of Shanklin Train Station

Thu 8 Oct

Castle to Crown - 8 Oct - 8 Miles (Free)

📍 Carisbrooke High Street Long Stay Car Park

Thu 8 Oct

Bowcombe Valley Archaeology Walk - 8 October - 3.5 Miles (Paid Event)

📍 Carisbrooke Priory car park(behind Carisbrooke Castle)

Sat 10 Oct

Newport Roman Walk - 10 October - 2.5 Miles (Paid Event)

📍 Newport Roman Villa

Sat 10 Oct

29.7.2189: A soundwalk into the future of St Catherine’s Oratory

📍 St Catherine's Oratory

Tue 27 Oct

Portsmouth Ghost Tour

📍 Spice Island

£10

Thu 29 Oct

Autumn Wild Play at Swanwick Lakes

📍 Swanwick Lakes Nature Reserve

Thu 29 Oct

Cold War Bunker Guided Tours at Fort Widley

📍 Peter Ashley Activity Centre - Fort Widley

Thu 1 Oct

British Comedian of the year 2026 in Southampton

📍 The Attic Southampton

Fri 2 Oct

Stephen K Amos & Friends Southampton

📍 The Attic Southampton

Sat 10 Oct

Fawlty Towers Weekend

📍 The Ocean View Hotel

From £290.00

Sat 3 Oct

Simon Brodkin: Unleashed

📍 Portsmouth Guildhall

Mon 5 Oct

MARK SIMMONS

📍 Wedgewood Rooms

Mon 5 Oct

Between The Covers Live - Celebrating Agatha Christie

📍 Fareham Live

Thu 8 Oct

Susan Calman: Tall Tales

📍 Fareham Live

Fri 9 Oct

Phil Wang

📍 Portsmouth Guildhall

Fri 9 Oct

Phil Wang: UH OH

📍 Portsmouth Guildhall

Sun 18 Oct

Josh Pugh

📍 Wedgewood Rooms

Sun 18 Oct

Josh Pugh: Ha Ha, Yeah Sound

📍 Wedgewood Rooms

Fri 30 Oct

Comedy @ The Fort with Geoff Norcott

📍 The Portsmouth Distillery Co

£21.98

Thu 1 Oct

FROM THE HEART POETRY RECITAL

📍 The Square Tower

Thu 1 Oct

Man/Woman/Chainsaw

📍 Wedgewood Rooms

Fri 2 Oct

Nigel Havers - Talking B*ll*cks

📍 Fareham Live

Sat 3 Oct

The Dead Speak - A Killer Events Murder Mystery

📍 Staggeringly Good Brewery

£15.00 - £22.38

Sun 4 Oct

A Night at the Opera by candlelight

📍 Portsmouth Cathedral

From £25.00

Thu 8 Oct

Intaglio Printing With Tetrapaks

📍 Meon Springs Fly Fishery

Fri 9 Oct

Murder Mystery Night

📍 Unite Students - Greetham Street

Fri 16 Oct

Mocktails and Misconceptions

📍 Unite Students - Greetham Street

Fri 16 Oct

Jennie Castell Presents - Shirley Bassey vs Diamonds of the Decades

📍 Newtown House Hotel

£11.55

Tue 20 Oct

NY MET Opera - Macbeth

📍 Ventnor Arts Club

Wed 28 Oct

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds

📍 Portsmouth Guildhall

Sat 31 Oct

Still Life “Movy”: A one-woman archaeodrama

📍 English Heritage - Royal Garrison Church

Sat 3 Oct

Lee-on-the-Solent Holiday & Cruise Show

📍 Community Centre

Sun 4 Oct

Ocean World Travel's Holiday & Cruise Showcase

📍 Utilita Bowl

Wed 14 Oct

Halloween Trivia Night - Newport Isle of Wight

📍 Waterstones

£3.00

Sat 24 Oct — Sun 25 Oct

Ghost hunt at the fabulously haunted Fort Widley.

📍 Fort Widley (dark, haunted tunnels)

£38.62

Wed 28 Oct

Craft Wednesdays - Halloween Crafts

📍 Unite Students - Chaucer House, Portsmouth

Thu 29 Oct

Pumpkin Carving

📍 Rees Hall

Thu 29 Oct — Fri 30 Oct

PORTSMOUTH HALLOWEEN - THE ASTORIA ASYLUM - SOLD OUT 10 YEARS RUNNING!

📍 The Astoria

£8.00

Sat 31 Oct

All Time Emo - Halloween @ Staggeringly Good

📍 Staggeringly Good Brewery

£11.55

Sat 31 Oct

HALLOWEEN PURGE ON THE PIER 🎡 🩸 Portsmouth's Biggest Halloween Event 🎃

📍 South Parade Pier

£4.99 - £14.99

Wed 7 Oct

CIoF Central South Regional Conference 2026

📍 Portsmouth Guildhall

£53.44 - £64.01

Fri 9 Oct

Study Visit: Adaptive Reuse in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

📍 Naval Base Property Trust

£20.00 - £50.00

Sat 10 Oct

researchED Cornwall

📍 Penrice Academy

Tue 13 Oct

Lifecentre 25th Anniversary Conference 2026

📍 The Vicars Hall

Tue 13 Oct

Portsmouth Safeguarding Adults Board (PSAB) Annual Conference 2026

📍 John Pounds Centre

Thu 15 Oct

Portsmouth - Genomics in Primary Care

📍 Holiday Inn Portsmouth by IHG

Sat 17 Oct

Cornwall and West Cornwall Beekeepers' Convention 2026 - 'A Bit of a Do'

📍 Burrell Theatre

Thu 29 Oct

The Big Sustainability Expo 2026

📍 Hilton Southampton - Utilita Bowl

Thu 1 Oct

Special Screening - Bonnie and Clive and The Jive Aces

📍 Ventnor Arts Club

£5.92 - £9.12

Fri 2 Oct

The Lost Boys Halloween Outdoor Cinema at Stansted Park

📍 Stansted Park

£17.37 - £46.49

Sat 3 Oct

Hocus Pocus Outdoor Cinema Spooktacular at Stansted Park

📍 Stansted Park

£10.92 - £46.49

Sat 3 Oct

People’s Emergency Briefing Screening

📍 St. Philip's Church / Cosham larder(Parish of Cosham & Wymering)

Sun 4 Oct

The Nightmare Before Christmas Outdoor Cinema at Stansted Park

📍 Stansted Park

Sun 11 Oct

People’s Emergency Briefing Screening

📍 St Mary’s Church

Fri 23 Oct

Friday Film Screening of 'His House'

📍 University of Portsmouth - Eldon Building

Fri 30 Oct

Film Friday screening of 'The Shining'

📍 University of Portsmouth - Eldon Building

Thu 1 Oct — Fri 2 Oct

Connection Indie Night

📍 The Dockyard

From £3.00

Thu 8 Oct — Fri 9 Oct

Connection Indie Night

📍 The Dockyard

From £3.00

Thu 15 Oct — Fri 16 Oct

Connection Indie Night

📍 The Dockyard

From £3.00

Fri 2 Oct

Kareoke Night

📍 Rees Hall

Sat 3 Oct

The Legends in Vegas - After Hours

📍 Fareham Live

Thu 22 Oct — Fri 23 Oct

Connection Indie Night

📍 The Dockyard

From £3.00

Thu 29 Oct — Fri 30 Oct

Connection Indie Night

📍 The Dockyard

From £3.00

Sat 31 Oct — Sun 1 Nov

Original Sin @ Havana Chichester, 31/10/26

📍 Havana Chichester

From £14.00

Tue 13 Oct

Speed Dating in Portsmouth | Ages 30-45

📍 The Monarch

Sun 25 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Portsmouth

📍 Portsmouth Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Sun 25 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Chichester

📍 Chichester Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Tue 27 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Portsmouth

📍 Portsmouth Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Tue 27 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Chichester

📍 Chichester Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Fri 30 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Portsmouth

📍 Portsmouth Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Fri 30 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Chichester

📍 Chichester Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Thu 1 Oct

Cultural Night

📍 Langstone Student Village

Sun 4 Oct

Portsmouth Distillery Wedding Fayre

📍 The Portsmouth Distillery Co

Wed 14 Oct

Open Umbrella Cancer Support Group

📍 The Riverside Centre

Sat 17 Oct

Coffee on the Coast: Portsmouth’s Specialty Coffee Festival

📍 Royal Maritime Hotel

Free - £19.31

Wed 21 Oct

Women's Fact-Share Social

📍 The Riverside Centre

Sat 24 Oct

Witch Festival Cornwall

📍 Enys Gardens

Thu 1 Oct

Thursday Afternoons in the Chaplaincy Lounge - A Variety of Games & Crafts

📍 Portsmouth University Chaplaincy

Sat 3 Oct

Hope and Ashes - Do you have what it takes to survive the apocalypse?

📍 Fort Cumberland

Thu 15 Oct

Thursday Board Games Night

📍 Catherine House - Student Accommodation

Thu 22 Oct

Thursday Board Games night

📍 Rees Hall

Fri 23 Oct — Sun 25 Oct

Hampshire Chess Congress & Hampshire Individual Championship

📍 The Lysses House Hotel @ The Lysses House Hotel, 51 High Street, Fareham, Hampshire

Fri 30 Oct

Kojak's Revenge

📍 The Rifle Club

Wed 21 Oct

The Psychology of Carl Jung

📍 The Gaiety Southsea

£13.50 - £32.00

Mon 12 Oct

The Gut-Brain Connection: Nourish your mind, body & microbiome

📍 Winchester Science Centre & Planetarium

Mon 12 Oct

Isle of Wight Society Monthly Talk

📍 The Riverside Centre

Thu 15 Oct

HDRC Steering Group - Thursday 15 October 2026

📍 St Luke's Church

Wed 21 Oct

Evidence to Practice in Policing: Missing Persons Showcase

📍 The Future Technology Centre,

Mon 26 Oct — Tue 27 Oct

ACOTAR 6 Midnight Launch Party - Newport Isle of Wight

📍 Waterstones

£5.00 - £27.00

Mon 5 Oct

UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH: KILIMANJARO INFORMATION MEETING

📍 University of Portsmouth

Wed 7 Oct — Thu 8 Oct

Yr11 Photo & catch up

Sun 11 Oct

University Open Days - Accommodation Tours

📍 Ravelin Sports Centre

Thu 15 Oct

Fareham College Open Event - Thursday 15 October 2026

📍 Fareham College

Thu 22 Oct

Open Evening | Thursday 22 Oct 2026 | St Vincent Sixth Form College

📍 St Vincent College

Tue 6 Oct

Baby and Toddler Talk (06.10.26) Gosport Discovery Centre - DS

📍 Gosport Discovery Centre

Wed 14 Oct

Family Food and Fun (14.10.26) Ganger Farm Sports Park - SW

📍 Ganger Farm Sports Park

Thu 15 Oct

Baby and Toddler Talk (15.10.26) Totton Library - WN

📍 Totton Library

Sat 24 Oct

Kids Pizza and Milkshake Workshop

📍 Parsons Collar

Sun 11 Oct

The Decked Card Show 2

📍 The Arena Sports Centre

Sat 17 Oct

Lou Lou's Portsmouth Vintage Market

📍 St Mary’s Church

£3.00

Sun 18 Oct

Southampton Card Show - Trading Card Convention

📍 Utilita Bowl

Sat 31 Oct

Mystic Markets

📍 The Riverside Centre