Weston Super Half this Sunday, 4 October, then the Beach Race on 16 to 18 October, Remembrance on 8 November, the carnival on the 13th and Fireworks at Sea.

Two big seafront events frame October in Weston-super-Mare. The Weston Super Half closes roads along the front on Sunday 4 October, and the Weston Beach Race takes over the sand from Friday 16 to Sunday 18 October. Between them and after them, the theatres are busy, Weston Museum has a full half term, and November brings Remembrance Sunday on the 8th, the carnival on Friday 13th and Fireworks at Sea on Saturday 14th.

Everything below comes from the organisers’ own listings, read on 29 September 2026 and rechecked on 2 October. Each entry links to its source, so check it before you set off. A price is shown only where the organiser publishes one. For places that are open whatever the month, see our guide to things to do in North Somerset.

This week

  • Kid Carpet and The Noisy Animals: Jack and The Beanstalk (Sort Of). Saturday 3 October, 11am and 2pm, Front Room Theatre, 13 Central Walk, BS23 1FF. A 45-minute family show in which the Noisy Animals stage a panto (Front Room Theatre).
  • Nailsea community clean-up. Saturday 3 October, from 1pm, meeting at 12.45pm at Millennium Park near the skate park. A litter pick with equipment provided; bring gloves if you have them (Nailsea Town Council).
  • Ska on the Pier. Saturday 3 October, 4pm to 10pm, The Grand Pier, Marine Parade, BS23 1AL. DJ sets, then The Skangsters and headliners The Decatonics. Ages 14 and over, and under-18s need an adult with them (The Grand Pier).
  • An Evening With Danny McNamara, from Embrace. Saturday 3 October, 7.30pm, The Blakehay, 20 Wadham Street, BS23 1JZ. Tickets from £28.70. Stories and songs from the Embrace singer (The Blakehay).
  • Weston Super Half. Sunday 4 October, from 8.15am, Marine Parade. Details below.
  • The Long Ryders. Sunday 4 October, 7.30pm, The Blakehay. Tickets £30.75. The American alt-country band on tour (The Blakehay).

Shaun Ryder’s show at the Blakehay on Friday 2 October has sold out (The Blakehay).

Weston Super Half, Sunday 4 October

Three races start on Marine Parade. The organiser’s pages, read on 29 September, gave the new 10K at 8.15am, the half marathon at 9am and the community mile at 9.15am, with the event village open from 7.30am. On 2 October the organiser’s site was blocking automated checks, and one listing site now gives the community mile at 9.30am, so check the mile’s start on the organiser’s site if you are taking part. The half marathon runs on closed roads, along a section of the beach and through a nature reserve, and finishes on the Grand Pier, which still lists the race for Sunday 4 October (Weston Super Half, races, The Grand Pier).

Entries for 2026 have closed, so this is now a day for spectators. The organisers say there is no official race car park and advise using the town centre car parks. The half marathon has a 3.5-hour cut-off because the roads have to reopen. Our parking page has the car parks and tariffs.

Next week

  • Haile Selassie: The West Country Years. Wednesday 7 October, 6.30pm to 7.30pm, Weston Museum, Burlington Street, BS23 1PR. £5. A talk by George Brendon (Weston Museum).
  • The Selfish Giant. Thursday 8 October, 4.30pm to 5.30pm, The Blakehay. Tickets from £8.20. A family show; the box office lists more than one date (The Blakehay).
  • The Friends of The Playhouse: 35th Anniversary Performance. Friday 9 October, 7.30pm, The Playhouse, High Street, BS23 1HP. Local groups and comedian Adrian Walsh, compered by panto regular Michael Goble (The Playhouse).
  • Weston Card Convention. Saturday 10 October, 10am to 5pm, the Regency Suite at The Grand Pier. The town’s first trading card convention, with independent vendors (The Grand Pier).
  • Not Now Bernard. Saturday 10 October, 11am and 2pm, Front Room Theatre. A one-hour family show about the boy with a monster in the garden (Front Room Theatre).
  • Weston-super-Mare AFC v Folkestone Invicta. Saturday 10 October, 3pm, The Optima Stadium, Winterstoke Road, BS24 9AA. Men’s first team home fixture (Weston-super-Mare AFC).
  • Blakehay Jazz Club. Sunday 11 October, 7.30pm, The Blakehay. Tickets from £15.38. The house band with a special guest (The Blakehay).

Weston Beach Race, Friday 16 to Sunday 18 October

The organiser, RHL Activities, gives the dates as 16 to 18 October 2026, with gates open at 7.30am. Saturday and Sunday are the main race days; Friday is free to watch the SXS class. Adult day tickets are £30 online, and RHL’s FAQ says tickets will also be sold on the day, subject to availability (RHL Activities, tickets). Our Weston Beach Race page has the full price list, the parking options and what happens on each day.

Later in October

  • Crown Ballet presents Swan Lake. Wednesday 14 October, 7.30pm, The Playhouse. Tchaikovsky’s ballet, 1 hour 50 minutes with the interval (The Playhouse).
  • Discos for Grown Ups. Friday 16 October, dancing 7.30pm to 11pm, the Great Hall at The Grand Pier. Ages 18 and over. A 70s, 80s and 90s disco night, booked through the promoter (The Grand Pier).
  • Autumnal Mini Rag Wreath Workshop. Saturday 17 October, 10am to 1pm, Weston Museum. £8.50 (Weston Museum).
  • Charity Quiz in memory of Ethan Treharne. Saturday 17 October, 7pm to 11pm, the Regency Suite at The Grand Pier. Entry £3 a person, teams of up to eight, raising money for Brain Tumour Research (The Grand Pier).
  • Ministry of Science Live! Science Saved the World. Sunday 18 October, 12.30pm and 3.30pm, The Playhouse. A family science show with liquid nitrogen clouds and hydrogen rockets (The Playhouse).
  • A Night At The Proms. Sunday 18 October, 3pm to 5.40pm, The Blakehay. Tickets £21.53. HMS Heron Royal Navy Volunteer Band and Cheddar Male Choir (The Blakehay).
  • Nailsea Community Awards 2026. Wednesday 21 October, doors 7pm, starts 7.30pm, The Grove Sports Centre and Social Club, St Mary’s Grove, BS48 4NQ. The presentation of the town’s community awards, hosted by the chair of Nailsea Town Council (Nailsea Town Council).
  • The Phantoms starring Lee Mead. Wednesday 21 October, 7.30pm, The Playhouse. A night of musical theatre songs, 2 hours 10 minutes including the interval; a 6pm meet and greet is sold separately as an add-on (The Playhouse).
  • Alfie Moore: Fair Cop Live. Friday 23 October, 4.30pm, The Blakehay. Tickets £21.53. The police officer turned comedian with a live version of his Radio 4 show; his 7.30pm show that night has sold out (The Blakehay).
  • Weston-super-Mare AFC v Billericay Town. Saturday 24 October, 3pm, The Optima Stadium (Weston-super-Mare AFC).
  • Halloween at The Grand Pier. Saturday 24 October to Sunday 1 November. The pier is themed for Halloween, with free face painting, a Witches Grotto and Halloween wristbands (The Grand Pier).
  • Weston-super-Mare Ghost Stories. Tuesday 27 October, 7.30pm to 9.30pm, Front Room Theatre. Local ghost stories told by actor Joe Brooks (Front Room Theatre).
  • Jesus Christ Superstar. Wednesday 28 to Saturday 31 October, The Playhouse. Evenings at 7.30pm on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with 2.30pm matinees on Thursday and Saturday. Staged by Weston-super-Mare Operatic Society; age guidance 10 and over (The Playhouse).
  • Dino Day. Thursday 29 October, 10am to 3pm, Weston Museum. Free (Weston Museum).
  • eat:Portishead. Saturday 31 October, Parish Wharf and along the north bank of the Marina. The organiser’s dates list gives no times (eat:Festivals).
  • Secret Affair. Saturday 31 October, 7.30pm, The Blakehay. Tickets £22.55. The mod revival band who supported The Jam on their 1979 tour (The Blakehay).

Half term is Monday 26 to Friday 30 October for most schools. Our October half term page has the rest of the museum’s dinosaur week and the other family events.

November

  • Weston-super-Mare AFC v Braintree Town. Saturday 7 November, 3pm, The Optima Stadium (Weston-super-Mare AFC).
  • Night of Mystery: The Chinese Star Mystery. Saturday 7 November, 7pm to 10pm, Tiffany’s Restaurant at The Grand Pier. £47.50, including a two-course meal. A live-action murder mystery (The Grand Pier).
  • Weston-super-Mare Remembrance Sunday parade. Sunday 8 November, from 10.30am on the High Street, then the Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial in Grove Park with two minutes’ silence at 11am. This year’s parade starts from the High Street rather than the Italian Gardens (Weston-super-Mare Town Council).
  • Nailsea Remembrance Sunday Parade. Sunday 8 November, 10.20am, from outside the scout hut on Hannah More Road to the War Memorial at Holy Trinity Church (Nailsea Town Council).
  • Clevedon Remembrance Parade. Sunday 8 November, 2.30pm to 3.30pm. The town council’s calendar gives the time but not yet the route (Clevedon Town Council).
  • Heritage Talk: Past Industries of Weston-super-Mare. Thursday 12 November, 2.30pm to 3.30pm, Weston Museum. Free (Weston Museum).
  • Weston-super-Mare Carnival. Friday 13 November, 7pm, through the town centre and along the seafront (Weston-super-Mare Carnival). Our carnival page has the route and the car parks that are shut in.
  • Fireworks at Sea. Saturday 14 November, 6.30pm, over Weston bay, with ticketed viewing from The Grand Pier (The Grand Pier). See our fireworks page.

Portishead’s parade and all four towns’ road closures are on our Remembrance Sunday page. Looking further ahead, Clevedon switches on its Christmas lights on Friday 20 November and Nailsea lights its tree on Friday 4 December; we have pages on the Christmas lights switch-ons, the Playhouse pantomime and Santa’s grottos.

Regular events

  • Clevedon Salthouse Fields parkrun. Every Saturday at 9am, Clevedon Salthouse Park, BS21 7TU. The next is Saturday 3 October. A free 5k to walk, jog or run; register once before your first (parkrun).
  • Nailsea Farmers Market. The third Saturday of every month except January, on the High Street around 65 High Street, BS48 1AW. The next is Saturday 17 October. About 50 food, drink and craft stalls, with the road closed to traffic (Nailsea Town Council).

Getting there

Most of the Weston listings are within a ten-minute walk of each other: the Playhouse on the High Street, the Blakehay on Wadham Street, Front Room on Central Walk, the museum on Burlington Street and the Grand Pier on Marine Parade. Our parking page has the car parks and tariffs, and the roadworks and travel page has the closures to plan around.

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.

Send us your event

Running an event in Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon, Portishead, Nailsea or the villages? Email hello@northsomersetpost.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 What’s On section.

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