Open Studios on 9 and 10 October, Jane Eyre at the Rose from the 13th, Howl'o'ween daily from 17 October and Tolworth fireworks on 1 November: 46 dates.

The Rose follows Three Men in a Boat with Jane Eyre from Tuesday 13 October, Chessington’s Howl’o’ween runs daily from 17 October, the borough’s fireworks are at Corinthian-Casuals in Tolworth on Sunday 1 November, and the Christmas market is due in the Ancient Market Place from Thursday 12 November. This weekend brings two days of open studios on Thames Street, a sleep-out in All Saints churchyard and bathtubs down St Mark’s Hill in Surbiton.

The everyday Ancient Market is closed after the fire there early on 6 October (our report). On 8 October the Christmas market’s own site still listed its usual dates.

Every entry below comes from the organiser’s own listing or the council’s events calendar, first read on 29 September 2026 and rechecked on 8 October, and each one links back so you can check before you set off. For places that are open whatever the month, see things to do in Kingston.

This week

  • Three Men in a Boat, on now to Saturday 10 October, Rose Theatre, High Street, KT1 1HL. Thursday 8 October at 2.30pm and 8pm, Friday 9 October at 7.30pm, and Saturday 10 October at 2.30pm (captioned) and 7.30pm (audio described, with a touch tour). The Rose’s own new comedy from Jerome K. Jerome’s novel (Rose Theatre).
  • Knit Wits Haus of SIBLING, on now to Saturday 9 January, Kingston Museum, Wheatfield Way, KT1 2PS. Rare knitwear from Kingston University’s fashion archive, curated by Kingston School of Art students (Kingston Heritage).
  • Howl’o’ween at Chessington World of Adventures, on now to Sunday 1 November, Leatherhead Road, KT9 2NE. Open on 10 and 11 October, then every day from 17 October to 1 November. Halloween shows, rides at dusk and a scare zone, with day tickets from £34 a person online and £66 on the gate. Our Kingston Halloween page has the extras and the palace and pumpkin events nearby (Chessington).
  • Kingston Open Studios, Friday 9 and Saturday 10 October, 11am to 5pm, KOPPEL Kingston, 29 Thames Street, KT1 1PH. Free, with an RSVP. Painters, a milliner, jewellers, printmakers and designers open their studios (The KOPPEL Project).
  • Different People, Friday 9 October, 12pm to 2pm, Rose Café, Rose Theatre. Free. A collective of local musicians playing jazz, blues, pop, soul and soft rock; they return on 17 November (Rose Theatre).
  • Jam sessions, Friday 9 October, 4pm to 6pm, Save The World Club, 18 Southsea Road, KT1 2EH. An open jam to try the charity’s music facilities, also on 16 and 23 October. RSVP on the listing (Save The World Club).
  • World on a Plate: Thai Meatballs and Noodle Salad, Saturday 10 October, 11am to 1pm, Save The World Club, 18 Southsea Road, KT1 2EH. £5. A guided cookery session for over-18s, cooking in pairs; bring a 600ml lunch container. Booking for each session closes a week before (Save The World Club).
  • Jam making: marmalade and more, Saturday 10 October, 2pm to 5pm, Save The World Club, 18 Southsea Road, KT1 2EH. The second of the club’s annual harvest and preserving sessions (Royal Borough of Kingston).
  • Corinthian-Casuals v Badshot Lea, Saturday 10 October, 3pm, King George’s Field, Queen Mary Close, Tolworth, KT6 7NA. Combined Counties Premier South. Adults £10, concessions £6, under-13s £1 (Corinthian-Casuals).
  • Shine Bright UK Annual Community Event, Saturday 10 October, 4pm to 8pm, Kingston Academy, Richmond Road, KT2 5PE. Music, dancing, a fashion show, crafts, food and a raffle for World Mental Health Day. Adults £6, children £3, food included (Shine Bright UK).
  • KCAH Big Sleep Out, Saturday 10 October, registration from 7.30pm, pack down by 6.30am, All Saints Church, Kingston. A sponsored night in the churchyard on World Homelessness Day, for up to 70 adults, raising money for single homeless people in the borough; bring a winter sleeping bag (Kingston Churches Action on Homelessness).
  • Ski Sunday, Surbiton, Sunday 11 October, 11am to 1pm, St Mark’s Hill, KT6 4PJ. Free, for over-18s. Ride a bathtub or blocks of ice down the hill, or just watch; safety kit is provided. It is followed by The King’s Soup, a shared vegetarian meal in Claremont Gardens, KT6 4BN, from 1.15pm to 4.30pm (The Community Brain; council listing).
  • Learn to grow your own food, Kingston Orchard Project, Sunday 11 October, 2pm to 4pm, Knollmead Allotments, Tolworth, KT5 9QP. The first of three Sunday sessions for beginners (tools and preparing beds, then sowing on 18 October and harvesting on 25 October). Under-14s with a parent; bring gloves and water. Buses 281, 406 and 418 to Tolworth Station, then a 12 minute walk (Save The World Club; council listing).

Next week

  • Jane Eyre, Tuesday 13 to Saturday 24 October, Rose Theatre. A Rose Theatre production of Charlotte Brontë’s novel. Evenings at 7.30pm, with 2.30pm matinees on 15, 17, 22 and 24 October and a 6.30pm start on Tuesday 20 October (Rose Theatre).
  • Learn to grow your own food, Chalice Garden, Thursday 15 October, 2pm to 4pm, Save The World Club, 18 Southsea Road, KT1 2EH. Sowing, planting out and germination, with harvesting on 22 October. Parking is limited; buses 71, 281, K2 and K3 stop at Surbiton Crescent (Save The World Club; council listing).
  • Jazz with the Half-Diminished Band, Thursday 15 October, 12pm to 2pm, Rose Café, Rose Theatre. Free lunchtime jazz from a local quintet, back on 5 November (Rose Theatre).
  • Jazz Fridays, Friday 16 October, from 10.30am, Rose Café, Rose Theatre. Free. The Café Jazz Band plays the Great American Songbook; it is back on 6 and 13 November (Rose Theatre).
  • Edith Gardens Community Open Day, Saturday 17 October, 10am to 2pm, Edith Gardens Local Nature Reserve, off Raeburn Avenue, Surbiton. Free, book a ticket. Pond-dipping, planting and wildlife spotting to mark the reserve reopening; the K2 and 665 stop at Edith Gardens (Citizen Zoo, via Eventbrite).
  • World on a Plate: Crispy Seafood and Vegetable Pancake, Saturday 17 October, 11am to 1pm, Save The World Club, 18 Southsea Road, KT1 2EH. £5, over-18s, cooking in pairs (Save The World Club).
  • Corinthian-Casuals v Wallingford & Crowmarsh, Saturday 17 October, 3pm, King George’s Field, Tolworth. Premier Challenge Cup first round (Corinthian-Casuals).

Later in October

  • Melbury Music Quintet, Tuesday 20 October, 12pm to 2pm, Rose Café, Rose Theatre. Free lunchtime jazz, blues, pop and soul, back on 12 November (Rose Theatre).
  • Women’s social darts taster session, Wednesday 21 October, 7.30pm to 9.30pm, The Bricklayers Arms, 53 Hawks Road, KT1 3DS. Free, for a beginners’ women’s team starting in January. Twelve places (The Women’s Amateur Darts League; council listing).
  • Vinyl Records and CD Jumble, Saturday 24 October, 2pm to 6pm, Save The World Club, 18 Southsea Road, KT1 2EH. Browse the charity’s donated records and CDs in its warehouse, The Circulatory; sales by reasonable offer, and bring cash for anything under £5 (Save The World Club).
  • World on a Plate: Chicken and Lemon Risotto, Saturday 24 October, 11am to 1pm, Save The World Club, 18 Southsea Road, KT1 2EH. £5, over-18s, cooking in pairs (Save The World Club).
  • Kingston Jobs Fair, Tuesday 27 October, 10.30am to 1.30pm, Guildhall, High Street, KT1 1EU. Free. Employers, same-day interviews, training and CV help (Royal Borough of Kingston).
  • Room on the Broom, Tuesday 27 October to Sunday 1 November, Rose Theatre. Tall Stories’ version of the Julia Donaldson picture book, at 10.30am and 1.30pm each day (1.30pm only on the 27th), with a relaxed performance on Thursday 29 October at 1.30pm (Rose Theatre). Our October half term page has the school dates, including the schools that break a week early.
  • Gurkha Curry Night, Thursday 29 October, 6.30pm to 9pm, The Circulatory, Save The World Club, 18 Southsea Road, KT1 2EH. Nepalese food and culture: cook and share traditional dishes, with live Nepalese music and dance. Bring a dish to share with its ingredients listed. Proceeds go to charities in Nepal. A second evening is listed for Saturday 31 October at 5.30pm; RSVP on the listing (Save The World Club).
  • Decolonising Kingston: The Living Archive, Friday 30 October to Saturday 14 November, Kingston History Centre, Guildhall, KT1 1EU. Free. Thursday to Saturday, 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm. A community-led exhibition of stories, poems and memories, marking 50 years of Kingston Race and Equalities Council (Kingston Heritage).
  • Corinthian-Casuals v Alton, Saturday 31 October, 3pm, King George’s Field, Tolworth. Combined Counties Premier South, adults £10 (Corinthian-Casuals).

November

  • Corinthian-Casuals Firework Display, Sunday 1 November, gates 4.30pm, King George’s Field, Queen Mary Close, Tolworth, KT6 7NA. Adults £10, children 2 to 15 £7, under-2s free, family of four £30, plus booking fees. Funfair, food court and bars; no sparklers. The club’s site puts the fireworks at about 6.45pm and its booking page at about 7.30pm (Corinthian-Casuals). Our fireworks page has Epsom’s display on 7 November too.
  • Murder She Didn’t Write, Monday 2 November, 7.30pm, Rose Theatre. Degrees of Error’s improvised murder mystery (Rose Theatre).
  • Miss Americana, A Tribute to Taylor Swift, Friday 6 November, 7.30pm, Rose Theatre (Rose Theatre).
  • Repair Café Kingston, Saturday 7 November, 10.30am to 1pm, Kingston Library community room, Fairfield Road, KT1 2PS. Free. Volunteer repairers fix what you bring; last booking or drop-in at 12.30pm. The next one is on 5 December (Transition Town Kingston; council listing).
  • The Rock Anthems Show, Saturday 7 November, 7.30pm, Rose Theatre (Rose Theatre).
  • The Dolly Show, Monday 9 November, 7.30pm, Rose Theatre. Dolly Parton’s songs, led by tribute artist Kelly O’Brien (Rose Theatre).
  • Corinthian-Casuals v Balham, Tuesday 10 November, 7.45pm, King George’s Field, Tolworth. Combined Counties Premier South, adults £10 (Corinthian-Casuals).
  • Developing a circular economy for Kingston, Wednesday 11 November, 12pm to 8pm, Kingston University Town House, Penrhyn Road, KT1 2EQ. Free, book a ticket. A council, Kingston University and Chamber of Commerce event for businesses, students and residents (Royal Borough of Kingston).
  • The Magic of Motown, Wednesday 11 November, 7.30pm, Rose Theatre (Rose Theatre).
  • Kingston Christmas Market, due to open Thursday 12 November and run to Sunday 3 January, Ancient Market Place, KT1 1JS. Stalls 10am to 6pm Sunday to Wednesday and to 8pm Thursday to Saturday; closed all day on Christmas Day. The market’s site still gave these dates on 8 October, after the fire in the square (Kingston Christmas Market). Our Christmas market page has the bar hours.
  • Russell Watson, An Intimate Evening with The Voice, Thursday 12 November, 7.30pm, Rose Theatre (Rose Theatre).
  • Board Game Day with Shakes and Ladders, Saturday 14 November, 11am to 4pm, Rose Café, Rose Theatre. Free (Rose Theatre).
  • Corinthian-Casuals v Knaphill, Saturday 14 November, 3pm, King George’s Field, Tolworth. Combined Counties Premier South, adults £10 (Corinthian-Casuals).
  • The Art of Jazz, from Monday 16 November to Saturday 16 January, Rose Café, Rose Theatre. Free. An exhibition of the late music photographer Freddy Warren, who captured Ronnie Scott’s (Rose Theatre).

The Rose does not print prices on its listings; they appear when you choose a performance. Remembrance Sunday is 8 November, but the council has not yet published this year’s service times, so our Remembrance Sunday page carries last year’s as a guide until it does. The second Kingston half marathon, RunUK’s, is on 22 November: see our half marathon page.

Regular events

  • Kingston parkrun, every Saturday at 9am, next on 10 October. A free 5k on the Thames towpath, starting from the green space at the Kingston and Richmond boundary. Register once before your first run and bring your barcode (parkrun).
  • Celebrate Surbiton, Thursdays, 4.30pm to 8pm, Surbiton Station forecourt. Free street food, drink and entertainment. On tonight, 8 October; the council’s listing does not yet show a later date (Royal Borough of Kingston; The Community Brain).
  • Surbiton Farmers’ Market, the third Saturday of every month, 9am to 1pm, Maple Road. Next on 17 October. Run by volunteers, with the profits going to local charities (Surbiton Farmers’ Market).

Getting there

Most of the Kingston listings sit within ten minutes’ walk of the Market Place: the Rose and the Guildhall are on the High Street, KOPPEL is on Thames Street, Save The World Club is on Southsea Road and the library and museum are on Wheatfield Way and Fairfield Road. For a car, our page on parking in Kingston has the tariffs, and the roadworks and travel page has closures before you set off. Coming by rail, see train times to London.

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 something in Kingston, Surbiton, New Malden, Tolworth or Chessington? Email hello@kingstonwire.co.uk with the date, time, venue, price and a photo. Listings are free of charge, and we add them to this page and to the diary on our What’s On section.

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