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Looking for something to do? From workshops to free family festivals, Rugby's event calendar is packed!

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SUN 01 NOV · ENTERTAINMENT · FAMILY FUN · FOOD AND DRINK

Diwali Celebration

Town Centre · 14:00-19:00

ON NOW Until 14 Mar 2027
FAMILY FUN Saturday Duplo Club Rugby Library · 10:30
ON NOW Until 19 Oct 2026
FAMILY FUN Story Stomp at Rugby Library Rugby Library and Information Centre · 11:00-11:30
ON NOW Until 21 Nov 2026
EXHIBITIONS Paula Rego: Visions of English Literature Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
12 OCT · MON
FOOD AND DRINK Brownie Buddies The Brownie Addict · 10:30am - 12:30pm
12 OCT · MON
SPORT Ready Steady Dance Rugby Library · 14:00-14:45
14 OCT · WED
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Stained Glass Bookmark Making Rugby Library · 10:30-12:00
14 OCT · WED
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Pumpkin Paint & Sip Bacco Lounge · 19:00
15 OCT · THU
LIVE MUSIC Onyx Brass Rugby School
15 OCT · THU
FOOD AND DRINK Rugby Distillery Gin Tasting Rugby Distillery, Home Farm, Rugby · 19:30-21:30
16 OCT · FRI
LIVE MUSIC The Take That Experience Benn Hall · 19:30
17 OCT · SAT
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Jesmonite Making Workshop with Afternoon Tea Izzy Loops, Rugby · 12:00 - 14:00
17 OCT · SAT
LIVE MUSIC Born to Swing Benn Hall · 19:30
17 OCT · SAT
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Sip & Paint with Muse and Mimosas The Hideout · 19:00-21:00
17 OCT · SAT
FOOD AND DRINK Rugby Distillery Gin School Experience Rugby Distillery, Home Farm, Rugby · 15:00-18:00
17 OCT · SAT
EXHIBITIONS Rugby College Open Event Rugby College (part of WCG) Technology Drive, Rugby, United Kingdom · 10:00-14:00
17 OCT · SAT
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Birds of Prey in Coloured Pencil The Percival Guildhouse · 10:00-16:00
17 OCT · SAT
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Air Dry Clay Sculpting The Percival Guildhouse · 10:00-16:00
17 OCT · SAT
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Learn to Sew in a Day The Percival Guildhouse · 10:00-16:00
17 OCT · SAT
FOOD Rugby Food & Faith Festival United Reformed Church · 13:30-16:30
18 OCT · SUN
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Kids Pumpkin Painting Bacco Lounge · 15:00
20 OCT · TUE
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Terrarium Workshop Bacco Lounge · 19:00
20 OCT · TUE
ENTERTAINMENT Author Evening: Sarah Clegg Hunts Bookshop · 19:00-20:30
22 OCT · THU
LIVE MUSIC Swing From Paris Rugby School
22 OCT · THU
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Paula Rego: Printmaker A Talk with Paul Coldwell Rugby Art Gallery & Museum · 18:30-20:00
23 OCT · FRI
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Sip & Paint Rugby School
23 OCT · FRI
LIVE MUSIC Ultimate Coldplay Benn Hall · 19:30
23 OCT · FRI
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL The Map is the Story Art at the Alex · 11:30-12:15
23 OCT · FRI
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL grasruts zine Art at the Alex · 12:30-16:00
23 OCT · FRI
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Website Words That Work The Seven Stars · 16:00-18:00
23 OCT · FRI
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Town Centre Literary Walking Tour Rugby Town Centre · 11:00
23 OCT · FRI
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Children’s Storytelling at Rugby Library Rugby Library and Information Centre · 14:00-14:30
23 OCT · FRI
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Writing Fighting with Christian Cameron and Emma Burnett The Benn Partnership Centre · 19:00-21:00
23 OCT · FRI
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL A Poetic Interruption The Merchants Inn · 20:00-23:00
23 OCT · FRI
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Quiet Reading Space Rugby Library and Information Centre · 14:00-15:30
23 OCT · FRI
WELLBEING The Mum Club- Halloween Brunch Club The Tuning Fork, Houlton · 10:00-12:00
23 OCT · FRI
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Halloween Pottery Painting Izzy Loops · 17:30-19:30
23 OCT · FRI
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Soulful Sound Space: Sound and Music Relaxation Friends Meeting House, 28 Regent Place, Rugby, CV21 2PN · 18:30-19:30
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL She’s Not Done Yet: Celebrating Older (Queer) Women in Fiction (and the Importance of Representation) The Rugby Hotel · 09:30-10:30
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL The Writer’s Block Escape Room Rugby Library and Information Centre · 10:00-10:30
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Rugby Literary Festival Book Fair Rugby Library and Information Centre · 10:00-15:30
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Quiet Reading Space Rugby Library and Information Centre · 10:00-15:30
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL The Travelling Poet Rugby Town Centre · 10:00-15:30
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Write Your Story The Percival Guildhouse · 10:30-12:30
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Rugby Literary Festival Book Swap Rugby Library and Information Centre · 10:30-15:30
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Don’t Lose the Plot: How to Plot a Romance Novel The Rugby Hotel · 11:00-12:00
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Writing a Fantasy Novel – Time, Inspiration and Word Count Art at the Alex · 11:00-11:45
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Readings and Research for a Fiction Novel The Percival Guildhouse · 12:00-13:00
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Every Picture (potentially) Tells a Story Art at the Alex · 12:00-12:45
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Creativity and Spontaneity on Demand Hill Street Youth and Community Centre · 13:00-15:30
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL The Importance of Being Foolish Art at the Alex · 13:00-13:45
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Many Paths To Publication – Traditional V Self Publishing – the 2026 debate Rugby Art Gallery and Museum · 14:30-15:30
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Freewriting to Enhance Creativity The Percival Guildhouse · 15:30-16:30
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Old Gods and New Nightmares: Natasha Pulley and Jonathan Sims The Rugby Hotel · 19:00-20:00
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL The Secret to Writing Believable Dialogue The Percival Guildhouse · 13:15-14:15
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Writers Block Escape Room Rugby Library and Information Centre · 11:00-11:30
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL A Computational Arts Journey Art at the Alex · 14:00-14:45
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL A Book and a Flower Art at the Alex · 15:00-15:45
24 OCT · SAT
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL A Pocketful of Poets The Rugby Hotel · 16:00-17:00
24 OCT · SAT
THEATRE Calendar Girls The Musical – Opening Night Rugby Theatre · 19:30
25 OCT · SUN
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Quiet Reading Space Rugby Library and Information Centre · 12:00-16:00
25 OCT · SUN
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Local Author Spotlight The Rugby Hotel · 11:00-12:15
25 OCT · SUN
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Outrageous Writing Art at the Alex · 14:00-15:00
25 OCT · SUN
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Book Magic Rugby Library and Information Centre · 14:30-15:30
25 OCT · SUN
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Family Day: Book Cover Drawing Workshop with Aish The Benn Hall · 11:00-16:00
25 OCT · SUN
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL How to Get Started Writing a Book The Rugby Hotel · 10:00-11:00
25 OCT · SUN
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL How to Set Up a Writing Group Art at the Alex · 11:00-11:45
25 OCT · SUN
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL How to Write a Perfect Short Story Art at the Alex · 12:00-12:45
25 OCT · SUN
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Blackout Poetry Workshop Rugby Library and Information Centre · 12:30-13:30
25 OCT · SUN
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL How We Wrote Our First Book Art at the Alex · 13:00-13:45
25 OCT · SUN
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Your Life is Material- How to Write Comedy From Real Life The Rugby Hotel · 13:30-15:00
25 OCT · SUN
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL How to Market Your Book Art at the Alex · 15:00-16:00
25 OCT · SUN
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Rugby Literary Festival Book Bingo Bacco Lounge · 17:00-19:00
25 OCT · SUN
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Family Day: Animal Tales: Session One Benn Hall · 11:00-12:30
25 OCT · SUN
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Family Day: Animal Tales: Session Two Benn Hall · 14:00-15:30
25 OCT · SUN
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Family Day: Children’s Storytelling and Crafts with Author Tanya Rosie Benn Hall · 11:00-12:30
25 OCT · SUN
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Family Day: Read Aloud with Children’s Author Rosie Pickering Benn Hall · 14:00-16:00
25 OCT · SUN
RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL Family Day: Create your own Superhero Workshop Benn Hall · 11:00-16:00
25 OCT · SUN
WELLBEING Meet Me on The Mat-cha Baked Brownies · 16:00-18:00
27 OCT · TUE
FAMILY FUN Trick & Treat Circus Live Benn Hall · 13:30
27 OCT · TUE
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Kids Pottery Painting The Brownie Addict · 12:00-14:00
27 OCT · TUE
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Spooky Badge Making Rugby Library · 14:30
28 OCT — 29 OCT
FAMILY FUN Mischief and Magic Trail Caldecott Park · 12:00-16:00
28 OCT · WED
THEATRE Wind in the Willows Rugby School
28 OCT · WED
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Spooky Print Making Rugby Art Gallery & Museum · 10:15am & 11:30am
28 OCT · WED
LIVE MUSIC Oktoberfest The Merchants Inn
29 OCT · THU
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Little Monsters Play Rugby Art Gallery & Museum · 10:15am & 11:30am
29 OCT · THU
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Reading Screams Rugby Library · 15:00
29 OCT · THU
ENTERTAINMENT Drag Bingo The Aviary Bar
29 OCT · THU
WELLBEING Back & Forth Social Night Raglan Arms · 19:00-21:00
30 OCT · FRI
FOOD AND DRINK Pizza & Jazz with Frankie Lee and the Casuals Rugby School
30 OCT · FRI
LIVE MUSIC K-Pop Icons Benn Hall · 19:00
30 OCT · FRI
ENTERTAINMENT Halloween Quiz Night Rugby Library, Little Elborow Street, Rugby, CV21 3BZ · 19:30-21:30 (doors open at 19:00)
30 OCT · FRI
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Spooky Stop Motion Rugby Library · 14:30
30 OCT · FRI
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Plant Bingo: Halloween Edition Bacco Lounge · 18:30-12:30
30 OCT · FRI
FOOD AND DRINK Spooky Pizza & Jazz Night Old Big School · 19:30-22:00
31 OCT · SAT
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Candle Making Workshop with Afternoon Tea Halloween Special Izzy Loops, Rugby · 17:00 - 19:00
31 OCT · SAT
LIVE MUSIC Synthmachine Gig at The Squirrel The Squirrel 33 Church Street, Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom · 21:00
31 OCT · SAT
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Halloween Candle Making Izzy Loops · 12:00-14:00
31 OCT · SAT
FOOD AND DRINK Halloween Bottomless Brunch La Casa Loco · 12:30-15:30
31 OCT · SAT
ENTERTAINMENT Halloween Party Raglan Arms
31 OCT · SAT
LIVE MUSIC Court House Music: Halloween Special The Courthouse · 19:00-14:00
01 NOV · SUN
ENTERTAINMENT Diwali Celebration Town Centre · 14:00-19:00
02 NOV · MON
THEATRE The Princes in the Tower Rugby School
05 NOV · THU
FOOD AND DRINK Rugby Distillery Gin Tasting Rugby Distillery, Home Farm, Rugby · 19:00-21:00
06 NOV · FRI
FOOD AND DRINK Rugby Distillery Gin School Experience Rugby Distillery, Home Farm, Rugby · 19:00-22:00
07 NOV · SAT
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Jewellery Making Workshop with Afternoon Tea Izzy Loops, Rugby · 12:00 - 14:00
07 NOV · SAT
ENTERTAINMENT Rugby Fireworks Whinfield Park · 16:30-19:00
12 NOV · THU
THEATRE LAMDA Showcase Rugby School
12 NOV · THU
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Author Event: In Conversation with Sophie Hannah Rugby Library and Information Centre Little Elborow Street, Rugby, United Kingdom · 19:00-20:00
18 NOV — 19 NOV
THEATRE Scholar’s Play Rugby School
20 NOV · FRI
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Festive Candle Making Workshop with Afternoon Tea Izzy Loops, Rugby · 18:00 - 20:00
21 NOV · SAT
COMEDY Manford’s Comedy Club Rugby School
28 NOV · SAT
THEATRE Dance Showcase Rugby School
11 DEC · FRI
FOOD AND DRINK Rugby Distillery Gin School Experience Rugby Distillery, Home Farm, Rugby · 19:00-22:00
12 DEC · SAT
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Sip & Paint Rugby School
18 DEC · FRI
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Festive Candle Making Workshop with Afternoon Tea Izzy Loops, Rugby · 17:00 - 19:00
19 DEC · SAT
FOOD Pizza & Jazz with Jazz Not Jazz Rugby School
22 DEC — 28 DEC
THEATRE Mother Goose Benn Hall

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