Racing at Pitchcroft on 7, 12 and 21 October, fireworks at Norton on the 24th and Sixways on 7 November (£12), half term trails and the Cathedral diary.

Worcester Racecourse has three afternoons of jump racing left before its season ends, on Wednesday 7, Monday 12 and Wednesday 21 October. Then come the firework nights: Norton on Saturday 24 October, Webbs at Wychbold on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 November, and Sixways on Saturday 7 November, where the early bird offer has now closed and adults pay £12. In between, the Cathedral has a concert most weekends, the Commandery runs torchlit tours, and half term brings trails to both city museums and a wizarding event at Spetchley.

Everything below was read from the organisers’ own pages on 3 October 2026 and checked again on 6 October. Each entry links to its source, so check it before you set off. For places that are open whatever the month, see our guide to things to do in Worcester. The Art Gallery’s Monet loan show has its own page.

This week

Tuesday 6 to Sunday 11 October.

  • Autumn Afternoon Racing. Wednesday 7 October, Worcester Racecourse, Pitchcroft, WR1 3EJ. Gates open 11.35am, first race 1.35pm, last race 4.35pm. Advance tickets from £14.50. An extra fixture transferred from Ludlow (Worcester Racecourse).
  • Autumn Lunchtime Recital Series. Thursday 8 October, 12.15pm, Worcester Cathedral, WR1 2LA. Graham Thorpe plays the organ; the Kapsetaki Twins play piano on 15 October, then the series runs each Thursday from 5 to 26 November. Donations at a retiring collection (Worcester Cathedral).
  • Harry Potter Night. Thursday 8 October, 3.30pm to 7.30pm, Children’s Library, The Hive, Sawmill Walk, WR1 3PD. Wand making, a sorting hat, a LEGO challenge and a treasure hunt (The Hive).
  • Pumpkin Patch, Bennetts Willow Barn. Sunday 4 to Thursday 29 October, Manor Farm, Malvern Road, Lower Wick, WR2 4BS. Thursdays and Fridays 10am to 2pm and weekends 10am to 3pm in term time, daily 10am to 3pm in half term. Entry from £4 booked ahead, £1.50 more on the day; pumpkins extra by size. Pick-your-own from the farm’s own field, with After Dark evenings on 23 and 30 October (Bennetts Willow Barn).
  • Ballet Theatre UK: The Snow Queen. Thursday 8 October, 7.30pm, Swan Theatre, The Moors, WR1 3ED. £20 to £28 plus a £3.50 transaction fee (Worcester Theatres).
  • Scouting for Girls. Friday 9 October, 7pm, Worcester Cathedral. Adults from £55. A seated concert of the band’s hits (Worcester Cathedral).
  • Tunde Baiyewu. Saturday 10 October, 7pm to 10pm, Worcester Cathedral. Adults from £54. The performance starts at 7.45pm; minimum age 12 (Worcester Cathedral).

Next week

Monday 12 to Sunday 18 October.

  • Monday Afternoon October Jump Racing. Monday 12 October, Worcester Racecourse. Gates open 12.07pm, first race 2.07pm, last race 4.37pm. Advance tickets from £19.50 (Worcester Racecourse).
  • Worcester City v Stourbridge. Tuesday 13 October, 7.45pm, Sixways Stadium, Warriors Way, WR3 8ZE (Worcester City FC).
  • After-dark Tours at The Commandery. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 13 to 29 October, 6.30pm and 8pm, The Commandery, Sidbury, WR1 2HU. £16.50, ages 14 and over, about an hour. Torchlit tours of one of the city’s oldest buildings and its ghost stories (Museums Worcestershire).
  • Pygmalion. Wednesday 14 to Friday 16 October, 7.30pm, Swan Theatre. £9 to £16 plus a £3.50 transaction fee (Worcester Theatres).
  • Show and Tell: The Civil War. Thursday 15 October, 7pm to 8.30pm, The Hive. £10, booking essential. Archive documents and 17th century battlefield finds (The Hive).
  • Enough? installation. Friday 16 October to Thursday 5 November, Worcester Cathedral, during visiting hours. An installation of 260 figures about civilian deaths in war (Worcester Cathedral).
  • The Music Of Oasis By Candlelight. Friday 16 October, 7.30pm, Worcester Cathedral. Adults from £14.50. Oasis songs by candlelight with a live band (Worcester Cathedral).

Later in October

  • WODS: We Will Rock You. Tuesday 20 to Saturday 24 October, 7.30pm, Saturday matinee 2.30pm, Swan Theatre. £22 to £24 plus a £3.50 transaction fee (Worcester Theatres).
  • Wednesday Afternoon October Jump Racing. Wednesday 21 October, Worcester Racecourse. Gates open 11.40am, first race 1.40pm, last race 4.35pm. Advance tickets from £19.50. The last race day of the season (Worcester Racecourse).
  • Carrie Hope Fletcher: The Cathedral Tour. Friday 23 October, 7.30pm, Worcester Cathedral. Adults from £17.50. Songs and theatre folklore (Worcester Cathedral).
  • The Witch’s Potion family trail. Friday 23 October to Sunday 1 November, closed Mondays, The Commandery. £1 per child plus general admission (Museums Worcestershire).
  • Frightful Fairytales family trail. Saturday 24 October to Sunday 1 November, closed Mondays, Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Foregate Street, WR1 1DT. The trail is £1 and activity bags are £2.50; entry is free (Museums Worcestershire).
  • Annual Fireworks Display at The Sergeants’ Mess. Saturday 24 October, Brockhill Lane, Norton, WR5 2PP. The venue has still published the date only, with no time or price (The Sergeants’ Mess).
  • Spellbound: The Enchanted Path to Wizardry. Sunday 25 October to Sunday 1 November, Spetchley Park Gardens, WR5 1RS, just east of the city. The event page gives dates only; garden admission is £11 adult, £7 child, £28 family (Spetchley Park Gardens).
  • Tom Stade: Rules. Sunday 25 October, 7.30pm, Huntingdon Hall. £27 plus a £3.50 transaction fee. The Canadian stand-up’s new show (Worcester Theatres).
  • A Spook-tacular Family Morning. Tuesday 27, Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 October, 10.30am to 12 noon, The Commandery. £5.50 per child plus general admission (Museums Worcestershire).
  • Papermaking Workshop. Wednesday 28 October, 11am and 2pm, The Hive. For ages 6 to 11, 20 places a session, a parent stays. Children learn how paper is recycled and make their own (The Hive).
  • Bridges of Light. Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 October, 6pm to 9pm, Worcester city centre. Free, no tickets. Severn Arts’ light festival, with projections across Worcester Bridge and 34 lit cubes in Cathedral Square (Severn Arts). More on our Bridges of Light page.
  • The Birds. Wednesday 28 to Saturday 31 October, 7.45pm, Swan Studio, The Moors, WR1 3ED. £15 plus a £3.50 transaction fee. Conor McPherson’s thriller about three strangers sheltering from attacking birds (Worcester Theatres).
  • Elvis by Candlelight. Friday 30 October, 7.30pm, Worcester Cathedral. Adults from £15. Sung by Gordon Hendricks (Worcester Cathedral).
  • Worcester City v Bedford. Saturday 31 October, 3pm, Sixways Stadium (Worcester City FC).
  • The Commandery Halloween Ghost Hunt. Saturday 31 October, 8pm to 2am, The Commandery. £40, over 18s only. Run by Fright Nights Worcestershire (Skiddle).
  • Guns Or Roses. Saturday 31 October, 8pm to 11.30pm, The Marrs Bar, 12 Pierpoint Street, WR1 1TA. £15 in advance, £18 on the door. A Guns N’ Roses tribute (The Marrs Bar).

Half term has its own page: Worcester October half term. Pumpkin patches and Halloween night are on Worcester Halloween. All the displays are covered in full on our Worcester fireworks page.

November

  • The Gruffalo. Tuesday 3 to Thursday 5 November, Swan Theatre. £15 to £17 plus a £3.50 transaction fee. Times vary by day, so check the booking page (Worcester Theatres).
  • Paul Merton and Suki Webster’s Improv Show. Friday 6 November, 7.30pm, Huntingdon Hall. £29 plus a £3.50 transaction fee (Worcester Theatres).
  • Webbs Fireworks. Friday 6 and Saturday 7 November, Webbs, Worcester Road, Wychbold, WR9 0DG, about eight miles north of the city. Staggered entry from 5.30pm, fireworks at 7pm, live music either side. £11 adult, £9 child 3 and over; funfair rides £3 each; free parking (Webbs).
  • Sixways Fireworks Night. Saturday 7 November, Sixways Stadium. General admission gates open 5.30pm and the display is at 7.30pm. The early bird offer has ended: adults £12, under-12s £7, family £34, plus fees (Sixways Stadium).
  • Jane Eyre. Saturday 7 November, 7.30pm, Swan Theatre. £16.50 to £25.50 plus a £3.50 transaction fee. A new staging of the Brontë novel by Conn Artists Theatre Company (Worcester Theatres).
  • The UK Premiere of The Worcester Pilgrim. Thursday 12 November, 6.30pm to 7.30pm, Chapter House, Worcester Cathedral. £25, for the choral scholarship appeal. Marks 40 years since the medieval Worcester Pilgrim was found, with a new work by Ian Venables; Evensong is at 5.30pm (Worcester Cathedral).
  • Love Is In The Air. Tuesday 10 to Friday 13 November at 7.30pm, Saturday 14 November at 2.30pm and 7pm, Swan Theatre. £17 plus a £3.50 transaction fee. A visiting company’s show (Worcester Theatres).
  • Pinocchio. Saturday 14 November, 11am and 1.30pm, Swan Studio. £12 plus a £3.50 transaction fee. Puppetry and shadows for ages four and up, 60 minutes (Worcester Theatres).
  • Spetchley Artisan Christmas Market. Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November, Spetchley Park Gardens, WR5 1RS. Free entry to the market and gardens; car parking is £7 and must be booked, but the estate says tickets are “available soon” and has not published times (Spetchley Park Gardens). All the city’s festive markets are on our Worcester Christmas markets page.
  • Paddy Young: Will Sir Be Laughing Alone? Sunday 15 November, 7.30pm, Huntingdon Hall. £23 plus a £3.50 transaction fee (Worcester Theatres).
  • Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby. Tuesday 17 November, 7.30pm, Huntingdon Hall. £25 plus a £3.50 transaction fee (Worcester Theatres).

Remembrance Sunday is on 8 November, but the council has not yet published this year’s timetable. Our Remembrance Sunday page explains what to expect. The festive season has its own guides: the Victorian Christmas Fayre, the pantomime and Christmas at the Cathedral.

Regular events

  • Worcester weekly market. Every Thursday and Saturday, 9am to 4pm, Corn Market. The outdoor market moved here from Angel Place in September under a new operator, Bluebell Events (Worcester City Council).
  • Worcester Pitchcroft parkrun. Every Saturday, 9am, Pitchcroft, Worcester Racecourse, WR1 3EJ. Free. Register with parkrun before your first run (parkrun).
  • Worcester High Street Arts and Crafts Market. Second Saturday of every month, 9am to 5pm, High Street. The next is Saturday 10 October (Cotswold Markets).
  • Worcester High Street Fine Food and Craft Market. First Saturday of every month, High Street. The next is Saturday 7 November (Cotswold Markets).

Getting there

The Cathedral, Huntingdon Hall, the Swan, the Art Gallery and The Hive are all city centre venues. The racecourse says it is a short walk from the centre, and parking in its Centre Course enclosure is free, postcode WR1 3EH. On-site parking for the Sixways fireworks must be bought in advance; Webbs’ parking is free. Our page on parking in Worcester has every council car park and tariff. In half term, no trains call at Foregate Street from Tuesday 27 to Friday 30 October, so use Shrub Hill. Check roadworks and travel before an evening trip.

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.

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