COMING UP · FRI 9 - SUN 11 OCTOBER
70 reasons this weekend is sorted
Every event, opening and one-off across Nottingham this weekend, plus where to eat when everyone's flagging. Your only problem now is choosing.
Dementia Carers' Café
A free monthly get-together at Derby Theatre for unpaid carers and people living with dementia.
FRI 9 OCTOBER
Friday
MORNINGToddler Trundles
Hartshill Hayes Country Park · 10:00
MORNINGLittle Farmers Club
White Post Farm & Zoo · 10:00
from £11.95
ALL DAYDelilah Legends - Food & Wine Event
Delilah Fine Foods · all day
from £69
- AFTERNOON
Home educator sessions
Hartshill Hayes Country Park · 13:00
EVENINGFriday Roller Disco
Redhill Leisure Centre · 17:00
from £5.20
EVENINGAdvanced Game Sessions
Laser Tag Nottingham · 19:00
from £10
EVENINGThe Upbeat Beatles
Century Theatre · 19:30
from £24
SAT 10 OCTOBER
Saturday
MORNINGParkrun
Rushcliffe Country Park · 09:00
free
MORNINGWinding Engine House Saturday tours
Bestwood Country Park · 10:00
free
ALL DAYPumpkin Paint & Sip
White Post Farm & Zoo · all day
ALL DAYMonthly observing session
Flamsteed Observatory · all day
free
ALL DAYHaunted Heritage
Cromford Mills · all day
ALL DAYThe Wollaton Hall Organ
Wollaton Hall & Deer Park · all day
MORNINGChorister Experience 2026
Southwell Minster · 10:00
free
MORNINGAttenborough in Watercolour - Painting Workshop
Dukes Wood Nature Reserve · 10:00
- ALL DAY
Rapunzel
Derby Theatre · all day
- ALL DAY
Connections Company
Derby Theatre · all day
from £390
MORNINGLego Club
Beeston Library · 10:30
free
- MORNING
Wildlife Watch
Rushcliffe Country Park · 11:00
EVENINGHalloween Farm After Dark 2026
The Halloween Farm (at Cattows Farm) · 17:00
from £24.99
EVENINGGhosts of the Gaol
National Justice Museum · 18:00 & 19:00
from £15
EVENINGMotown by Candlelight
Leicester Cathedral · 18:30
from £10
- EVENING
An Evening with Hannah Brine
Century Theatre · 19:30
from £20
SUN 11 OCTOBER
Sunday
- ALL DAY
Steaming Days at Nottingham Industrial Museum
Wollaton Hall & Deer Park · all day
- ALL DAY
Wellbeing at Wollaton
Wollaton Hall & Deer Park · all day
- ALL DAY
Saucebox!
Derby Theatre · all day
ALL DAYWellbeing at Newstead
Newstead Abbey · all day
ALL DAYHalloween Make a Bear
Moores Nurseries and Garden Centre · all day
- ALL DAY
The Comedy Store 2026
Derby Theatre · all day
- MORNING
Beaver Enclosure Tour
Dukes Wood Nature Reserve · 10:30
MORNINGShorty Sundays
NQ64 Nottingham · 11:00
free
AFTERNOONSunday Countryman
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway · 12:45
from £67
- EVENING
Music in the State Chamber 2026
Southwell Minster · 19:30
free
NO ALARM CLOCK NEEDED
Running all weekend
FRI + SATCricketer & Stockinger: Exploring the Relationship Between Cricket & Framework Knitting
Framework Knitters Museum · 09:00
free
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Hidden History Tours
Wollaton Hall & Deer Park
FRI + SATTappers (3 years+)
babyballet Nottingham
from £3.60
FRI + SAT + SUNLagosPhoto: Stories of Movement and Belonging
Lakeside Arts
free
FRI + SAT + SUNBlazing Halloween
Drayton Manor
FRI + SAT + SUNPizza Experience
Gusto Italian Nottingham
from £42.50
FRI + SAT + SUNMeerkat Talk
Twycross Zoo · 10:00
FRI + SAT + SUNRoom on the Broom Corn Maze
Twycross Zoo · 10:00
from £5
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Prehistoric Lives in the Trent Valley
Lakeside Arts
FRI + SUNBoulder Tots
YMCA Climbing Centre Newark
FRI + SAT + SUNCheer Up Chuckaboo Trail
The Workhouse and Infirmary · 10:30
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Amazing Adaptations Talk
Twycross Zoo · 10:30
FRI + SAT + SUNSeptember SpudFest
Manor Farm Park & Woodlands · 11:00
from £3.95
FRI + SAT + SUNHow Did We Get Here? Exhibition at Kedleston Hall
Kedleston Hall · 11:00
FRI + SAT + SUNAnimal Cuddles
Floralands Farm Park · 11:00
from £1
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Giraffe Talk
Twycross Zoo · 11:30
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Gorilla Ranger Chat
Twycross Zoo · 11:30
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Kitchen Garden Tour
The Workhouse and Infirmary · 12:00
free
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Humbolt Penguin Talk & Feed
Twycross Zoo · 12:15
free
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Butterfly House: Meet the Keeper
Twycross Zoo · 12:30
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Ape Feed - Meet the Keeper
Twycross Zoo · 12:40
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Lemur Feed and Keeper Q&A
Twycross Zoo · 12:45
FRI + SAT + SUNPublic Ice Skating
National Ice Centre · 13:30
from £6
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Aldabra Tortoise Talk and Feed
Twycross Zoo · 14:30
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Big Cat Talk & Feed
Twycross Zoo · 15:15
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Lemur Talk
Twycross Zoo · 15:45
SAT + SUNP..P..Pick Up A Pumpkin 2026
Maxeys Pick Up A Pumpkin · 09:00
from £2.50
SAT + SUNPick Your Own Pumpkins Oxton
Nottinghamshire Pick Your Own Pumpkins · 09:30
from £3
SAT + SUNHalloween Trail
Rufford Abbey Country Park
SAT + SUNFright Fiesta
Gulliver's Valley
from £19
SAT + SUNMr Pumpkin PYO 2026
Mr Pumpkin · 10:00
from £2.50
SAT + SUNHalloween Farm Daytime 2026
The Halloween Farm (at Cattows Farm) · 10:00
from £24.99
SAT + SUNKids Club
Arc Cinema Hucknall · 11:00
from £3.50
FOOD & FUEL
Where to refuel when everyone's flagging
Chillis Bridgford
West Bridgford
Classic curry-house plates and tandoori favourites from a Trent Boulevard kitchen built for takeaway and sit-down nights out.
Himalayan Inn
Arnold
Indian and Nepalese curry house in Arnold with a Sunday buffet that has a set price for under-12s.
Kayal Nottingham
Nottingham
South Indian and Keralan cooking in the city centre, known for its dosas, thalis and properly plant-heavy menu.
And if none of that lands, the bankers
Open most weekends, no booking needed. Check hours on the listing before you set off.
13 of the 70 are completely free 👏
Nothing to pay on the door. Some still want a booking, so check the listing.
- Cricketer & Stockinger: Exploring the Relationship Between Cricket & Framework KnittingFramework Knitters Museum · Fri + Sat
- Dementia Carers' CaféDerby Theatre · Fri
- LagosPhoto: Stories of Movement and BelongingLakeside Arts · Fri + Sun
- Kitchen Garden TourThe Workhouse and Infirmary · Fri + Sun
- Humbolt Penguin Talk & FeedTwycross Zoo · Fri + Sun
- ParkrunRushcliffe Country Park · Sat 09:00
- Winding Engine House Saturday toursBestwood Country Park · Sat 10:00
- Monthly observing sessionFlamsteed Observatory · Sat
- Chorister Experience 2026Southwell Minster · Sat 10:00
- Lego ClubBeeston Library · Sat 10:30
- Junior ParkrunRushcliffe Country Park · Sun 09:00
- Shorty SundaysNQ64 Nottingham · Sun 11:00
- Music in the State Chamber 2026Southwell Minster · Sun 19:30
PLAN A DIFFERENT DAY
What's on, when you need it
Everything open and on in Nottingham today, with times and prices.
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