Thames Side Brewery's beer festival runs 15 to 18 October, Staines Market's free Halloween disco is on 31 October, and Kempton's fireworks are on 7 November.

October in Staines-upon-Thames belongs to two venues. Thames Side Brewery on Hale Street has something on almost every night, building to its beer festival from Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 October. Staines Library Hub in the Elmsleigh Centre carries the half term programme, with two family shows and a month-long river exhibition. After that, the biggest night in the borough is the fireworks at Kempton Park on Saturday 7 November.

Everything below comes from the organisers’ own listings, read on 29 September and rechecked on 3 October 2026, and every entry links back to its source so you can check before you set off. Spelthorne schools are off for two weeks this year, Monday 19 to Friday 30 October, and our October half term page has the rest of that fortnight. For places that are open whatever the month, see things to do in Staines.

This week

  • Unbroken Stix, tonight, Saturday 3 October, 8.30pm, Thames Side Brewery, 1 Hale Street, TW18 4UW. Free entry. Classic rock covers, from Hendrix and Pink Floyd to AC/DC and Fleetwood Mac (Thames Side Brewery).
  • Hoaxwind, Sunday 4 October, 4pm to 7pm, Thames Side Brewery. Standard tickets £15, with no booking fee on the brewery’s own ticket site. A six-piece London tribute to Hawkwind’s 1970s period (Thames Side Brewery tickets).
  • Floodlit Racing, Monday 5 October, Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 5AQ. Gates 3pm, first race 4.23pm, last race 8.30pm. Tickets from £16. Evening racing on the all-weather track (The Jockey Club). More floodlit meetings are listed through October and into November, and the Kempton fixture list has each one’s times.
  • Message in a Bottle, exhibition opening, Tuesday 6 October, 6pm to 6.45pm, Staines Library Hub, Elmsleigh Centre, TW18 4QB. Drinks and a welcome talk open a river-themed exhibition by I Am Flow’s Heron Project, the Waterway Pickers Staines and local artists. The exhibition then runs to Monday 2 November (Visit Staines).
  • Quiz Night, Wednesday 7 October, 7.15pm, Thames Side Brewery. £3 a person. The brewery’s monthly quiz (Thames Side Brewery).
  • Business English taster session, Thursday 8 October, 10am to 12pm, Staines Community Centre, Thames Street, TW18 4EA. Free. It covers meetings, professional emails, presentations and job interview preparation. Register by emailing stainesesol@gmail.com (Visit Staines).
  • Blood in the Dojo, Friday 9 October, 8.30pm, Thames Side Brewery. Free entry. A Surrey rock and metal covers band, from Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden to Rage Against the Machine (Thames Side Brewery).

Next week

  • River-themed arts and crafts and writing workshops, Saturday 10 October, 1.30pm to 3pm, Staines Library Hub. An arts and crafts workshop for families and a writing workshop for adults, both part of the exhibition (Visit Staines).
  • Ibiza on Thames, Saturday 10 October, from 6.30pm, Thames Side Brewery. Free entry. A three-DJ club night with a light show (Thames Side Brewery).
  • Dry Rot and same., Sunday 11 October, 3.30pm to 7.15pm, Thames Side Brewery. Free entry. Dry Rot play from 3.30pm to 4.45pm, then same., a brother duo from Staines making their debut at the brewery, from 5.15pm. The brewery has changed this line-up since late September, when Lizards of Rock were listed (Thames Side Brewery).
  • Laureate’s Lounge poetry open mic, Tuesday 13 October, 6.45pm, Thames Side Brewery. Free for the audience. An evening of spoken word and poetry (Thames Side Brewery).
  • Thames Side Brewery Beer Festival, Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 October, Thames Side Brewery. Beers from a range of breweries, every festival beer £5 a pint, during the bar’s standard opening times. The brewery also lists a preview night on Wednesday 14 October (Thames Side Brewery).
  • The Watsons, Thursday 15, Friday 16 and Saturday 17 October, 7.30pm, Riverside Arts Centre, 59 Thames Street, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 5QF. The Riverside Players of Sunbury stage a comedy built on the novel Jane Austen never finished (Riverside Players).
  • Regrade, Friday 16 October, 8.30pm, Thames Side Brewery. Free entry. A five-piece rock covers band playing the brewery for the first time, during the beer festival (Thames Side Brewery).

Later in October

  • Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey, Saturday 17 October, 2pm to 4.30pm, Staines Library Hub. A documentary screening with an open discussion afterwards. Book a place by emailing daniel@iamflow.org.uk (Visit Staines).
  • CopyBet Jump Sunday, Sunday 18 October, Kempton Park Racecourse. First race 1.46pm, last race 5pm. Tickets from £10. An afternoon of jump racing (The Jockey Club).
  • Wrong Side of the Tracks comedy night, Tuesday 20 October, 7pm, Thames Side Brewery. Tickets £10. The brewery’s monthly comedy club (Thames Side Brewery).
  • The Tailor of Gloucester, Thursday 22 October, 2pm, Staines Library Hub. Tickets are booked with a donation. Farnham Maltings’ stage version of the Beatrix Potter tale, for ages 3 and up, about 90 minutes with a short interval (Eventbrite).
  • Rainbow in Rock, Friday 23 October, 8.30pm, Thames Side Brewery. Free entry. A five-piece playing the music of Deep Purple and Rainbow (Thames Side Brewery).
  • Message in a Bottle, interactive performance and workshops, Saturday 24 October, 12pm and 3pm, Staines Library Hub. Two performances with workshops, part of the river exhibition (Visit Staines).
  • Open Mic Sunday, Sunday 25 October, 4pm to 7pm, Thames Side Brewery. Led by Stu and Steve of the Midnight Tokers. Bring an instrument or just listen (Thames Side Brewery).
  • Expressive Movement workshop, Tuesday 27 October, 10.30am to 12.15pm, Staines Library Hub. A half term workshop for children aged 6 to 8, telling stories through movement, games and music (Eventbrite).
  • I’m Not an Artist… Yet!, from Wednesday 28 October, 1pm to 3pm, Staines Community Centre. The first session of a six-week art course on Wednesdays. The centre takes questions on 01784 463073 (Visit Staines).
  • Once Upon a Whispering Wood, Wednesday 28 October, 2pm, Staines Library Hub. Tickets are booked with a donation. A 45-minute puppetry and storytelling show for ages 3 to 8, followed by a puppet meet and greet (Eventbrite).
  • Graffiti Child, Friday 30 October, 8.30pm, Thames Side Brewery. Free entry. 1970s soul, funk and disco (Thames Side Brewery).
  • Staines Market Halloween Disco, Saturday 31 October, 11am to 3pm, Staines Market, High Street. Free. Pumpkin carving, a spooky children’s disco and activities (Visit Staines).
  • Scream Up: Frankenstein!, Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November, Hampton Kempton Waterworks Railway, Snakey Lane, Hanworth, TW13 7ND. £4.50 for children, £7.50 for adults, advance booking only. Halloween train rides to Frankenstein’s Castle, just over the borough boundary from Sunbury (Hampton Kempton Waterworks Railway).
  • The Deputies, Saturday 31 October, 8.45pm, Thames Side Brewery. Free entry. A live band for Halloween night (Thames Side Brewery).

November

  • Battle of the Bands, Sunday 1 November, 3pm, Thames Side Brewery. Tickets £10. Five local bands compete for the chance to produce a showreel, and the money raised supports vulnerable people in the area (Zeffy tickets). Visit Staines still gives a 3pm start; the brewery’s own calendar now lists it as “Bandfest, charity event” from 4pm, with “more details to follow”, so check before you travel.
  • The Lord John Band, Friday 6 November, 8.30pm, Thames Side Brewery. Free entry. Classic rock, new wave and dance floor fillers on the band’s first night at the brewery (Thames Side Brewery).
  • Kempton Park Fireworks, Saturday 7 November, Kempton Park Racecourse. Gates 5pm, last entry 7pm, fireworks 7.30pm. Advance tickets £10 (The Jockey Club). Our fireworks page has the entry rules for under-18s.
  • ReFloyd, Saturday 7 November, 7.30pm to 10.30pm, Thames Side Brewery. Standard tickets £24; the early bird tickets have sold out. Three hours of Pink Floyd inside a working brewery, with a second show at 4pm on Sunday 8 November (Thames Side Brewery tickets).
  • Remembrance Sunday, Ashford, Sunday 8 November, Ashford War Memorial. The parade begins at 10.45am and the service culminates at 11am; individuals and groups can lay wreaths after it ends at 11.30am (Ashford Wide). Spelthorne Borough Council has not yet published 2026 times for Staines and the other villages. Our Remembrance Sunday page has last year’s times for all seven services.

For pumpkin patches, Thorpe Park’s Fright Nights and everything else for 31 October, see our Staines Halloween page.

Further ahead, the Staines Christmas Parade is on Sunday 22 November, after Staines Rotary’s Santa Fun Run at 10am, and Shepperton Big Tree Night on Wednesday 9 December. Our guide to Santa’s grottos has the visits that take bookings.

Regular events

  • Staines Market, every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday on the High Street. Fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, flowers, clothes and more; the next after today is on Wednesday 7 October (Spelthorne Borough Council).
  • Hazelwood parkrun, every Saturday, 9am, Hazelwood Centre, Hazelwood Drive, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6QU. Free. A weekly 5k to walk, jog or run; the next is on Saturday 10 October (parkrun).
  • Laleham junior parkrun, every Sunday, 9am, Thames Side, Laleham, TW18 1SS. Free. The next is on Sunday 4 October (parkrun).
  • Sunbury Antiques Market, second and last Tuesday of the month, 6.30am to 2pm, Kempton Park Racecourse. Entry is £5 from 6.30am to 8am and free from 8am, with free parking. The next dates are Tuesday 13 and Tuesday 27 October, then Tuesday 10 November (Sunbury Antiques Market).
  • Pebble rhymetime, every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10.30am to 11am, Staines Library Hub. No booking, just turn up; the next is on Monday 5 October (Surrey Libraries).

Staines Library also runs a Duplo club every Saturday from 3pm to 4.15pm and Create Club for ages 11 to 18 every Wednesday from 4pm to 5.30pm. Neither needs booking.

Getting there

Thames Side Brewery, the library in the Elmsleigh Centre, the community centre and the High Street market are all within a few minutes’ walk of each other, so one trip covers most of the town centre listings. If you are driving, our page on parking in Staines has the car parks and the tariffs that changed on 8 September. Coming by rail, see train times to London, and check the roadworks and travel page before a weekend trip.

This page is rewritten as organisers confirm new dates. Dates and times 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 Staines, Ashford, Sunbury, Shepperton, Stanwell or Laleham? Email hello@stainesonline.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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