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What's On in Rugby

Things to do in and around Rugby: events, days out and family activities, with the practical details.

Top story What's On in Rugby: a Free Literary Festival, Then the Fireworks Rugby Fireworks on Saturday 7 November, a free literary festival from 23 October, Benn Hall shows, half-term workshops and Rugby Town home games, all dated. · 8 min read

Dates for the diary

  1. On now to 21 Nov Paula Rego: Visions of English Literature Rugby Art Gallery and Museum · Free
  2. 1 to 3 Oct Guys and Dolls Benn Hall · From £17.50
  3. Thu 1 Oct Poetry Night 6pm · Alexandra Arts · Free
  4. Fri 2 Oct Rugby Market 9am · Market Place
  5. Sat 3 Oct Rugby parkrun 9am · Whinfield Recreation Ground · Free
  6. Sat 3 Oct Pumpkin and mushroom needle felting with Coppice Collection 10.30am · Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
  7. Sat 3 Oct Rugby Town v Atherstone Town 3pm · Butlin Road
  8. Sat 3 Oct Funhouse Comedy Club comedy night 8pm · Wycliffe Rooms
  9. Wed 7 Oct BTH in Pictures exhibition opens Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
  10. Sat 10 Oct Dungeons and Dragons at Rugby Library 9.30am · Rugby Library · Free
  11. Sat 10 Oct African drumming workshop 1pm · Rugby Library · Free
  12. Sat 10 Oct Rugby Town v Tuffley Rovers, FA Vase first round 3pm · Butlin Road

More stories

Half term Rugby October Half Term 2026: 26 to 30 October, What's On Rugby's October half term is 26 to 30 October. A free Halloween trail in Caldecott Park, a circus at the Benn Hall, and free literary festival workshops. · 4 min read Christmas Coombe Abbey Christmas 2026: Luminate 28 Nov to 2 Jan Luminate at Coombe Abbey runs every night from 28 November to 2 January except Christmas Day, 4.30pm to 8pm entries. Parking, dog nights and park hours. · 4 min read Rugby Rugby fireworks 2026: no date yet for Whinfield Park Rugby Round Table has published no 2026 date for the Whinfield Park display and no tickets are on sale. What ran in 2025, and the date the rule points to. · 6 min read Rugby Rugby Christmas lights 2026: no switch-on date yet Rugby has not run a traditional lights switch-on since 2024, the organisation that ran it closed in March, and no 2026 date is published. What is confirmed. · 8 min read Rugby Rugby Panto 2026: Mother Goose 22 Dec, Dick Whittington Jan Rugby has two pantos: Mother Goose at the Benn Hall, 22 to 28 December, from £15.50, and Rugby Theatre's Dick Whittington, 15 to 24 January 2027. · 5 min read Rugby Rugby Remembrance Sunday 2026: 8 Nov road closures Remembrance Sunday falls on 8 November 2026. Rugby's parade and service run from about 10.50am at the War Memorial gates. Closures come in late October. · 4 min read