Top events in the UK 2026
The events worth planning around in the UK in 2026 — the biggest and best-known first, with people to go with.
5084 events
31 Oct 2025 – 8 Sep 2028
256 free
Highlights: Canterbury Festival, Belfast International Arts Festival, UK Metals Expo
Any time
Today78This weekend78This month2634Next month2788Free391Highlights5077Festivals350Christmas markets47Halloween250Date night3464With kids1797On your own2951With friends509After-work & aperitivo150With a view4Birthday52Hen and stag parties149Volunteering7Pumpkin patches36Christmas lights19Fireworks64Late-night food1Fruit picking5Foraging11Autumn foliage95Stargazing7Rainy day2527Street food12Oktoberfest8Pantomime16Day of the Dead6
Canterbury Festival
19 Oct 2026 · Canterbury
Belfast International Arts Festival
25 Oct 2026 · Belfast
UK Metals Expo
4 Nov 2026 · Solihull
York Christmas Market
12 Nov 2026 · York
Market / fair
The Piece Hall Christmas Market
13 Nov 2026 · Halifax
Hyde Park Winter Wonderland
19 Nov 2026 · London
Other
London Build Expo
25 Nov 2026 · London
Sports event
London International Horse Show
17 Dec 2026 · London
London Marathon
24 Apr 2027 · London
Cheltenham Jazz Festival
28 Apr 2027 · Cheltenham
Festival
Blenheim Palace Food Festival
29 May 2027 · Witney
Scone Palace Garden Fair
30 May 2027 · Perth
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Runs every yearTicketsHotel Cafe Royal
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Runs every yearColeton Fishacre
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Canterbury FestivalTicketsCanterbury Festival
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Runs every yearTicketsVictoria Cloisters Apartments
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Runs every yearCitrus Hotel Cheltenham By Compass Hospitality
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Runs every yearTicketsOxford Castle Prison
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Runs every yearTicketsTitanic Belfast
8
Runs every yearTicketsSS Nomadic
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Runs every yearTicketsTyneside Cinema
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Runs every yearTicketsThe Snow Centre Manchester
Questions
Top events in the UK 2026: what's on?
5,084 events between 18 Oct – 8 Sep 2028. Among them: Canterbury Festival · Belfast International Arts Festival · UK Metals Expo.
What is the next event in the UK?
Wildscreen Festival on 19 Oct in Bristol.
Which events in the UK are free?
256 events are free, for example Dîdâr: I am the feather and the bird is the… · Mini Motorists Mondays - October · TGT FREE: BABY XL / Arthur Robijns / New Hat.
What are the biggest events in the UK?
The named events of the place: Canterbury Festival (19 Oct) · Belfast International Arts Festival (25 Oct) · UK Metals Expo (4 Nov) · York Christmas Market (12 Nov).
Where in the UK is most going on?
Most events are in London (500) · Llandudno (192) · Newcastle upon Tyne (107).