What's On

Get ready for an incredible year of events in Southend! From unique family-friendly experiences to world-class street art and energetic live music, 2025 is set to be unforgettable.

Southend Halloween Parade – Is back for the fifth year and promises to be bigger and better!

Poppies on the Pier – New for 2025 Poppies on the Pier will see thousands of hand crafted red poppies cover Southend Pier in remembrance of the 80 anniversary of VE Day.

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Taste Of The Caribbean Food & Drink Festival

Priory Park

Thu 12.00am

The Struggle to Build Southend’s First Pier

Southend Pier Museum

Thu 12.00am

Music in the Park | Essex Police Band

Priory Park

Thu 12.00am

Two lions and a monkey stand upon a rock with a dessert sunset background

Mufasa The Lion King

The Palace Theatre

Thu 12.00am from £5.00

A group of men and women in colourful 70s disco outfits dancing under a glitter shower

Mamma Mia!

The Palace Theatre

Thu 12.00am

A woman sits on sofa in a living room holding a book

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy

The Palace Theatre

Thu 12.00am

Cyber Security Pop-up Session

Leigh Library

Thu 12.00am

Music in the Park | Swan Saxophone Quartet & Salvation Army Band

Priory Park

Thu 12.00am

Vulcan Summer Taxi-Run

London Southend Airport

Thu 12.00am

Family History Drop-in Session

The Forum, Southend-on-Sea

Thu 12.00am

Southend RNLI Mulberry Fun Run

Thorpe Bay Beach

Yoga4all Summer Festival

Garon Park

Thu 12.00am

Help Us Find Southend’s Hidden Heritage

Prittlewell Priory

Thu 12.00am

A male storyteller stands on a dark stage and looks up at the sky

Stories in the Dark

Garon Park

Thu 12.00am

The Planetarium – After Hours

Beecroft Art Gallery

Thu 12.00am

Allo Allo Interactive Comedy Dinner

The Royal Hotel

Thu 12.00am

Music in the Park | Essex Concert Band & Fakenham Town Band

Priory Park

Thu 12.00am

Drone shot of carpark filled with different styles of cars

Petrolheads on the Beach

Shoebury East Beach

Thu 12.00am

The Billy Joel Songbook 2025 Tour

Cliffs Pavilion

Thu 12.00am

Waverley Sailing Trips

Southend Pier & Railway

Robbie Williams Tribute

The Royal Hotel

Thu 12.00am

Music in the Park | The Revival Band & Jackie Wilson Says

Priory Park

Thu 12.00am

Exhibition Opening: Poulomi Basu, Always Coming Home

Focal Point Gallery

Thu 12.00am

Visit the Vulcan

London Southend Airport

Thu 12.00am

Phil Burdett Ensemble

The Palace Theatre

Utah Saints and Bentley Rhythm Ace

Chinnerys

A cartoon mermaid with red hair floats in the ocean with a red crab and yellow fish

The Little Mermaid

The Palace Theatre

Thu 12.00am

A man and a woman embrace against a backdrop of the Eiffel Tower at night

April in Paris

The Palace Theatre

Thu 12.00am

A man sits by a large window at a desk with papers on, writing

Mr. Burton

The Palace Theatre

Thu 12.00am

40s & 50s Vulcan Hangar Dance

London Southend Airport

Thu 12.00am

Southend Pier Marathon

Southend Pier & Railway

Thu 12.00am

Prittlewell Priory – After Hours

Prittlewell Priory

Thu 12.00am

Last of the Lizardmen & Monumental

The Palace Theatre

Cartoon characters from British comedy series over the years

Best of British Comedy Dinner

The Royal Hotel

Thu 12.00am

Southend Halloween Parade

Southend Seafront

Thu 12.00am

Fright Fantastic

Adventure Island

Pumpkins on a hay bale next to a historic building

Prittlewell Pumpkin Patch & Petting Farm

Prittlewell Priory

Thu 12.00am

A cartoon illustration of a small alien inside a colourful flying saucer hovering near a grey moon-like planet with craters. A yellow-orange flag with a skull symbol is planted on the planet’s surface. The background is dark purple, representing outer space.

Spooky Space Day

Southend Central Museum

Thu 12.00am

Crimson Peak

Prittlewell Priory

Thu 12.00am

SOLD OUT Vulcan VIP Visit

London Southend Airport

Thu 12.00am

Poppies on the Pier

Southend Pier & Railway

Chris Robson band & AJE

The Palace Theatre

Darren Jones & Rosie Barrett Dulake & Leo Walrus

The Palace Theatre

The heads of an animated cowboy waring a hat next to a blonde lady with a pink bow in her hair with a tiny policewoman on her shoulder

Toy Story 4

The Palace Theatre

Thu 12.00am

A man in a blue suit stands between a woman in a long green dress and a woman in a pink showgirl outfit

Pal Joey

The Palace Theatre

Thu 12.00am

A man wearing a jacket and tie stands before a blackboard. On a desk next to him is a penguin

The Penguin Lessons

The Palace Theatre

Thu 12.00am

Vulcan VIP Visit

London Southend Airport

Thu 12.00am

Southchurch Hall – After Hours

Southchurch Hall

Thu 12.00am

Four artists: Jonathan Ansell, Michael Christie, Duncan Sandilands, Michael Conway standing side by side, dressed in matching ornate black jackets with gold military-style trim. They are posing against a dark, textured background, looking in different directions with serious expressions.

Phantoms of the Popera

The Palace Theatre

Thu 12.00am

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