📅 August 2026 Events in Southend-on-Sea

Sun 9 Aug — Fri 14 Aug

Thorpe Bay Summer Open

📍 Thorpe Bay Lawn Tennis Club

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

Introduction to American Big Rig Truck Driving — Southend-on-Sea

📍 Saffron Walden

From £149

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

60 Minute Under 17's Driving Experience — Southend-on-Sea

📍 Saffron Walden

From £81

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

The Ford GT Driving Experience and High Speed Passenger Ride - Weekday — Southend-on-Sea

📍 Saffron Walden

From £123

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

Double American Muscle Car Blast plus High Speed Passenger Ride — Southend-on-Sea

📍 Saffron Walden

From £87

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

Junior Aston Martin Thrill - Weekday — Southend-on-Sea

📍 Saffron Walden

From £69

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

Junior American Truck Driving Experience — Southend-on-Sea

📍 Saffron Walden

From £87

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

Drifting Experience with Passenger Ride — Southend-on-Sea

📍 Saffron Walden

From £162.50

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

Family Supercar Driving Experience for Four - Anytime — Southend-on-Sea

📍 Saffron Walden

From £172.50

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

American Muscle Car Blast — Southend-on-Sea

📍 Saffron Walden

From £40

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

Little Learners Driving Experience — Southend-on-Sea

📍 Saffron Walden

From £26

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

Triple American Muscle Car Blast plus High Speed Passenger Ride — Southend-on-Sea

📍 Saffron Walden

From £119

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

Indulgent Day for Two at Greenwoods Spa

📍 Greenwoods Spa, Stock

From £240

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

Visit to a RHS Garden for Two — Southend-on-Sea

📍 Chelmsford

From £44

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

Classic Spa Day with Afternoon Tea for Two at Greenwoods Hotel & Spa

📍 Greenwoods Hotel & Spa, Stock

From £160

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

Classic Spa Day with Lunch for Two at Greenwoods Hotel & Spa

📍 Greenwoods Hotel & Spa, Stock

From £160

Sat 8 Aug — Mon 31 Aug

Sound Bath

📍 The Alchemy Hub UK

£15.50

Thu 13 Aug — Fri 14 Aug

BRIDGE - Introduction to Shamanism

📍 Luminous Living Ltd

£434.07

Thu 13 Aug

Mum & Baby Pilates

📍 DRIFT

£12.00

Fri 14 Aug

Summer Floating Sound Bath

📍 PENNY HOMES LTD

£35.00

Fri 14 Aug

CONFI-DANCE • SCHOOL OF CREATIVE FLOW •KLLXKT

📍 The Yoga Factory

£15.00

Sat 15 Aug

Beach day

📍 Shoebury East Beach

£16.96 - £20.21

Sat 15 Aug

Bhakti Lyfe - Music | Mantra | Meditation

📍 Short Street

£7.00

Sun 16 Aug

Move into Being - Ecstatic Dance - Sunday afternoons at Strictly Smartz

📍 Strictly Smartz

£16.96

Thu 13 Aug

Summer Green Space Games - Maldon

📍 Promenade Park

Thu 13 Aug

Hanningfield family bat evening

📍 Essex Wildlife Trust Hanningfield Reservoir Nature Discovery Park

£10.88

Fri 14 Aug

Belfairs Wilder Holiday Club

📍 Essex Wildlife Trust Belfairs Nature Discovery Centre

£42.00 - £46.00

Fri 14 Aug

Summer Green Space Games - Heybridge

📍 King George V Playing Field

Sat 15 Aug

Allhallows-on-Sea Coastal Loop

📍 Saint Davids Road

£8.30

Sat 15 Aug

Pilgrimage - St Peter's Way: Stage One

📍 Shenfield train station

£8.50

Sat 15 Aug

Maldon’s Salty Sea Dog Tour

📍 The Blue Boar

£44.04

Sun 16 Aug

Family Adventure Afloat

📍 Queenborough Harbour

Mon 17 Aug

Summer Green Space Games -Cold Norton

Mon 17 Aug

Summer Green Space Games -Woodham Walter

📍 Bell Meadow

Tue 18 Aug

Hanningfield Wilder Holiday Club

📍 Essex Wildlife Trust Hanningfield Reservoir Nature Discovery Park

£46.00

Wed 19 Aug

Of Source and Sanctuary: A Social History of Prittlewell (Evening Walk)

📍 Southend Central Museum & Planetarium

Sat 29 Aug

Essex Country & Western Events Hoedown

📍 The Jolly Friar

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

Byrthnoth's Legendary Viking Tour in Essex for Two

📍 Maldon

From £80

Wed 12 Aug — Fri 14 Aug

First Aid at Work (FAW) Course - Southend-on-Sea

📍 Saxon Hall

£430.80

Fri 14 Aug

DIY Structures, Plotlands and Building Differently

📍 Salvation Army Hadleigh Farm Rare Breeds Centre

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

The Great Drift Doughnut Challenge for Two — Southend-on-Sea

📍 Saffron Walden

From £111

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

Introduction to Astronomy One Day Workshop — Southend-on-Sea

📍 Southend-on-Sea

From £87

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

The Great Drift Doughnut Challenge — Southend-on-Sea

📍 Saffron Walden

From £70

Sun 16 Aug

Newsies Jr

📍 The Fishermen's Chapel

£14.25

Wed 19 Aug

Life Drawing at Bits on the Side (19th August, 2026)

📍 Bits on the side

£13.70

Sat 22 Aug — Tue 25 Aug

Superseeded: Cyanotype printing, rewilding, and biodiversity

📍 Hadleigh Park

Sun 23 Aug

Print Club: Screen Printing Open Access

📍 The Old Waterworks

£27.80

Mon 24 Aug

Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) Course - Southend-on-Sea

📍 Saxon Hall

£207.60

Sat 1 Aug — Thu 20 Aug

Dnb Massacre meets Midnight Massacre

📍 The Moonraker Club

From £7.00

Thu 13 Aug

JUVY Under 18s - Summer Tour- Thur 13th August - SOUTHEND

📍 Sunrooms

From £10.00

Sat 22 Aug

Mirage Motion

📍 Sunrooms2 Southend On Sea

Sat 15 Aug

Konnected On The Decks - Southend Pier 15.08.26 (FREE POP UP!)

📍 Southend Pier

Tue 18 Aug

JMT Summer Talks: Railways and Scenery In New Zealand (Part 1)

📍 Jaywick Martello Tower

£3.00

Sun 23 Aug

Porter Brotherhood At The Boatyard

📍 The Boatyard Restaurant

Wed 26 Aug

Sparks

📍 Southend Cliffs Pavilion

Sat 29 Aug

Here We Go Again! The Ultimate ABBA-Inspired Bottomless Brunch

📍 Kingscliff Hotel

£49.46

Sat 29 Aug

Spangled X Rough Tempo -TNA, Nu:Elementz - Azza + Grima

📍 Blackbox Brewery

Sat 29 Aug — Sun 30 Aug

Delirium

📍 Sunrooms 2

From £10.00

Sun 30 Aug

Sun Of A Beach - House of Legends

📍 The Lounge Jazz Bar

Sun 30 Aug

UB40 featuring Ali Campbell - Live in Southend

📍 Garon Park

From £20.00

Sat 29 Aug

90's & 00's Nation presents SED Festival

📍 Garon Park

Sat 29 Aug

SED Fest 2026

📍 Garon Park Southend On Sea

Mon 31 Aug

Raver Tots Outdoor Festival Southend

📍 Garon Park Cricket Ground

£20.00

Sat 15 Aug — Sun 16 Aug

Smoke and Fire Festival Maldon 2026: The 10th Anniversary Edition

📍 Promenade Park, Maldon

Sat 15 Aug

August Picnic in the Park!

📍 Gloucester Park

£0.00

Sun 16 Aug

Brentwood Brick Festival August 2026

📍 Brentwood Centre

£6.00 - £20.00

Sat 29 Aug

TASTE OF THE CARIBBEAN: Food & Drink Festival SOUTHEND ON SEA

📍 Priory Park

£20.21 - £41.88

Sat 29 Aug

SOUTH EAST DANCE FESTIVAL 2026

📍 Garon Park

£22.52 - £28.15

Sun 30 Aug

The Little Loves Summer Fayre Benfleet

📍 Runnymede Hall

Mon 31 Aug

Raver Tots x Garage Nation Festival

📍 Garon Park Southend On Sea

Thu 13 Aug

Sungrow's Product Training at HDM Solar Basildon

📍 HDM Solar Basildon

Sat 15 Aug

Fertility Treatment Options: Brentwood Open Day

📍 London Women's Clinic Brentwood

Sun 16 Aug

Basildon Tech Meetup

📍 Orleto Lounge

Tue 18 Aug

South East Essex- Powered Up Business Networking - August 2026

📍 Benfleet Conservative Club

£9.77

Thu 20 Aug — Fri 21 Aug

First Aid at Work Requalification Course - Southend-on-Sea

📍 Saxon Hall

£322.80

Thu 20 Aug

(FREE) Networking Essex in Southend Thursday 20th August12pm-2pm

📍 Southend The Boundary

Thu 20 Aug

Southend Tech Meetup

📍 The Board Game Hut

Sat 22 Aug

ECM 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY | THE BIG ONE in Partnership with AUTOID

📍 Beechwood Equestrian Centre

Free - £54.88

Fri 14 Aug

Shumei Natural Agriclture Volunteer sessons 2026

📍 Garon Park

Sun 16 Aug

Kiln Opening with Essex Folk and Fairytales

📍 Salvation Army Hadleigh Farm Rare Breeds Centre

Tue 18 Aug

SAFE Women's Group

📍 SAVS

Sat 22 Aug

Henge

📍 Chinnerys

Sat 22 Aug — Sun 23 Aug

Palmz Birthday Bash

📍 Sunrooms2 Southend On Sea

Sun 23 Aug

Summer BBQ Car Meet at Pristine Classic Cars

Thu 27 Aug

Thursday Evening Drinks- Starting New Group

📍 The Elms

Fri 14 Aug

Islanderz Meetz Sunrooms

📍 Sunrooms 2

Sat 29 Aug

One More Time End Of Summer Day Party

📍 Duchess And Dressmaker Brentwood

Sat 29 Aug — Sun 30 Aug

5 years of Faded Records

📍 Doghouse Record Store

From £3.00

Fri 14 Aug — Sat 15 Aug

XXL Fridays | Hip Hop, RNB, UK Funky, Dancehall nights | Essex

📍 South Street Bar

Sat 29 Aug

immense @ sea ⎮ sunset boat party ⎮ sydney harbour

£11.90 - £30.96

Sun 30 Aug

Konnected Bank Holiday Sunday - Day party - 30/08/28 - Skylah’s Bar

📍 Skylah's Bar

£8.83

Mon 31 Aug

Bank Holiday Bargain - Buzz Bingo Basildon 31/08

📍 Buzz Bingo Basildon

From £6.00

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

RHS Garden Hyde Hall Visit for Two Adults and Two Children with Guidebook

📍 Chelmsford

From £50

Thu 13 Aug

Belfairs Bugs and Butterflies

📍 Essex Wildlife Trust Belfairs Nature Discovery Centre

£5.64

Mon 17 Aug

Art and craft session for children aged 6 to 15 with and without SEND.

📍 The Art Ministry

Free - £6.66

Tue 18 Aug

Belfairs nature scrapbooking for families

📍 Belfairs Nature Discovery Centre (new)

£8.80 - £10.88

Mon 24 Aug

Art and craft session for children aged 6 to 15 with and without SEND.

📍 The Art Ministry

Free - £6.66

Tue 25 Aug

Belfairs nature boat race

📍 Belfairs Nature Discovery Centre (new)

£8.80

Thu 20 Aug

Southend Museums Collections Centre Tour

📍 Beecroft Art Gallery

£13.70

Thu 20 Aug

Southchurch Hall - After Hours

📍 Southchurch Hall

£10.46

Mon 24 Aug

Touch Talk Tour

📍 Focal Point Gallery

Thu 27 Aug

Blank Slate: Self Portrait Illustration

📍 Focal Point Gallery

Free - £10.00

Sat 29 Aug

Creative Open Day: The Test Space

📍 Focal Point Gallery

Thu 27 Aug

Comedy Club Live - Mike Gunn, Kevin Daniel, Jack Hester

📍 The Lion Inn

From £22.00

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

Comedy Murder Mystery Evening with Three Course Dinner for Two — Southend-on-Sea

📍 Westcliff-On-Sea

From £139

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

Comedy Murder Mystery Evening with Three Course Dinner — Southend-on-Sea

📍 Westcliff-On-Sea

From £69

Fri 21 Aug

John & Lee - It's a Birthday Party Show!

📍 Caddies Comedy Club (HOME OF THE LAUGHTER ACADEMY)

Sat 22 Aug

Island Vibes and Old Skool Jams

📍 Balmoral Community Centre

From £49.45

Gift voucher · 12 months to book

Wild Viking Island Tour with Afternoon Tea and Fizz for Two

📍 Maldon

From £150

Sat 22 Aug

Mikey’s City Grill Presents… Island Vibes & Old Skool Jams Brunch

📍 Balmoral Community Centre

Free - £639.79

Thu 27 Aug

Leadership Link at New Hall Wine Estate

📍 New Hall Wine Estate

£44.04