Weston Super Half on Sunday 4 October, the Beach Race on 16 to 18 October, then half term, carnival on 13 November and Fireworks at Sea on the 14th.

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, all read on 29 September 2026. 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

  • The People’s Emergency Briefing, second screening. Tuesday 29 September, 7.30pm to 9.30pm, Nailsea Tithe Barn, Church Lane, BS48 4NG. Free, but advance registration is essential. A film on the climate and nature crisis, followed by a community discussion (Nailsea Town Council).
  • Oasiz. Thursday 1 October, 7.30pm, The Blakehay, 20 Wadham Street, BS23 1JZ. Tickets £23.58. An Oasis tribute night (The Blakehay).
  • Pieces of My Life. Thursday 1 October, 7.30pm to 8.25pm, Front Room Theatre, 13 Central Walk, BS23 1FF. A one-man autobiographical show about clearing a mother’s flat after her death (Front Room Theatre).
  • Kid Carpet and The Noisy Animals: Jack and The Beanstalk (Sort Of). Saturday 3 October, 11am and 2pm, Front Room Theatre. 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. 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.

Two Blakehay shows this week have sold out: Le Vent du Nord on Wednesday 30 September and Shaun Ryder on Friday 2 October (The Blakehay).

Weston Super Half, Sunday 4 October

Three races start on Marine Parade: the new 10K at 8.15am, the half marathon at 9am and the community mile at 9.15am. The event village opens at 7.30am. The half marathon runs on closed roads, along a section of the beach and through a nature reserve, and finishes on the Grand Pier (Weston Super Half, races).

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).
  • Halloween Toddler Crafts. Friday 9 October, 10.15am to 11am, Weston Museum. £5 (Weston Museum).
  • 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 (RHL Activities). Saturday and Sunday are the main race days. Our Weston Beach Race page has the ticket prices, 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).
  • Living Spit presents The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Hen-mark. Thursday 15 October, 7.30pm to 9.20pm, The Blakehay. Tickets £18.45. Hamlet retold by one man, one egg and a trolley of food (The Blakehay).
  • 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).
  • Myths and Legends Quiz. Wednesday 21 October, 7.30pm to 10pm, Weston Museum. £5 (Weston Museum).
  • Heritage Talk: Life in the RAF. Thursday 22 October, 2.30pm to 3.30pm, Weston Museum. Free (Weston Museum).
  • 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).

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).
  • 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.

The parades in Weston and Portishead are covered on our Remembrance Sunday page. Looking further ahead, 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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