Catford Arts Trail on 10 and 11 October, the Horniman's Day of the Dead on the 31st, then Blackheath Fireworks on 7 November. 39 listings, all dated.

The Catford Arts Trail is the big free weekend of the autumn: on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October close to 100 artists and makers open 27 homes, studios and public venues across SE6. The Horniman’s Day of the Dead fills Saturday 31 October, and Blackheath Fireworks follow a week later on Saturday 7 November. In between, the Broadway Theatre, the Jack Studio and the Albany all have full diaries, with half term running from 26 to 30 October.

Every listing below comes from the organiser’s own page, read on 28 September 2026, and links back to it. Prices are the ones the organiser publishes, and where a price is not shown here the organiser had not published one. For places that are open whatever the month, see our guide to things to do in Lewisham.

This week

  • Cranes, on now until Sunday 4 October, various times, at the Broadway Theatre’s Studio Theatre, Rushey Green, Catford SE6 4RU. £12 to £15. Demi Wilson-Smith’s play about an 18-year-old whose first protest, against student fees in 2010, changes everything. Age 16+, 80 minutes (Broadway Theatre).
  • Flock, Tuesday 29 September to Saturday 3 October, 7.30pm, plus a 3pm matinee on Saturday, at the Jack Studio Theatre, 410 Brockley Road SE4 2DH. £17, or £15 concessions. PlayingON’s play about a brother and sister in the care system, made in and about Lewisham. Age 14+, 70 minutes (Jack Studio Theatre). Our story on the run has the background.
  • Good Chaos Party, Friday 2 October, 6pm, at the Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford SE8 4AG. Pay what you decide. Heart n Soul’s club night for young people aged 10 to 25 with learning disabilities and young autistic people (The Albany).
  • Relaxed Opening: Bright and Early, Saturday 3 October, 9am to 12pm, at the Horniman Museum, 100 London Road, Forest Hill SE23 3PQ. Free, but book ahead. A quieter morning for neurodivergent families, who have the museum to themselves until 10am (Horniman).
  • Documentary film: At the Side of Bruno Groening, Saturday 3 October, 12pm to 3pm, in the Lower Room of the Quaker Meeting House, 2 Lawn Terrace, Blackheath SE3 9LL. Free, with voluntary donations. The film, then an information session from the group (Eventbrite). Our story has what the session claims.
  • Jazz Saturdays, Saturday 3 October, 1pm to 2pm, in the Albany cafe, Deptford. Free. Students from Trinity Laban Conservatoire play; the next is on Saturday 7 November (The Albany).

Next week

  • ORWELL: The Road to 1984, Tuesday 6 to Saturday 10 October, 7.30pm, at the Jack Studio Theatre, Brockley. £17, or £15 concessions. Mark Stratford’s one-man play about the life behind Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Age 13+, 80 minutes (Jack Studio Theatre).
  • STATION, Saturday 10 October, 2.30pm, at the Albany, Deptford. £10, or £8 concessions. Hussina Raja’s immersive living-room installation, presented by Kali Theatre. Age 14+, one hour (The Albany).
  • Catford Arts Trail, Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October, 11am to 5pm, at 27 homes, studios and venues across SE6. Free, no booking. The trail’s tenth year. Collect ten venue stamps to enter a draw for £50 art vouchers (Catford Arts). Our guide to the trail lists the public venues.

Later in October

  • How To Keep Warm In Winter, Wednesday 14 to Sunday 25 October, various times, at the Broadway’s Studio Theatre, Catford. £12 to £15. Kaleb D’Aguilar’s play about a young Jamaican couple sharing a Peckham room in the 1973 three-day week. 90 minutes (Broadway Theatre).
  • ABBAMANIA, Friday 16 October, 7.30pm, at the Broadway Theatre, Catford. £31.95 including a £1.95 booking fee. An ABBA tribute concert that has toured since 1999 (Broadway Theatre).
  • Oliver Samuels in Where Dere’s A Will, Saturday 17 to Saturday 24 October, 7.30pm, at the Broadway Theatre. £43.95 to £46.95 including the booking fee. The Jamaican comedian’s own play about a family waiting on a will. Suitable for 12+ with a parent (Broadway Theatre).
  • Bingo Saturdays, Saturday 17 October, 1pm, at the Albany, Deptford. Free. A bingo afternoon with songs, for all ages (The Albany).
  • Complicité, Tuesday 20 to Saturday 31 October, 7.30pm, not Sundays or Mondays, at the Jack Studio Theatre, Brockley. £17, or £15 concessions. Finn Lanchester’s comedy about a climate protester handcuffed to a tree and an oil engineer at 3am. Age 15+ (Jack Studio Theatre).
  • The Mayor of Lewisham Business Awards 2026, Wednesday 21 October, doors 5pm, ceremony 6pm, at the Broadway Theatre, Catford. Winners of 12 public-voted categories are named on the night (Broadway Theatre). The finalists are here.
  • Eshu at the Crossroads, Saturday 24 October, 10.30am and 1pm, at the Albany, Deptford. £12. A family dance show for age 5+ in the Dance Umbrella festival, told with little or no spoken language (The Albany).
  • Faust with Immersive Live Score, Sunday 25 October, 5pm to 7pm, at the Horniman, Forest Hill. Adults £15. Murnau’s 1926 silent film with a live score of trumpet, violin, guitar and sound effects (Horniman).
  • The Enchanted Cinema: The Music of Spirit Animals, Sunday 25 October at 11.30am and 1.30pm, and Monday 26 October at 10am, 12pm and 2pm, in the Horniman’s Pavilion. £10 per person, adults and children alike. One-hour workshops where children aged 5 to 12 make the sound effects for animations (Horniman).
  • Driving Home, Monday 26 to Saturday 31 October, half-hourly slots from 12pm on Monday and 10am on the other days, at the Albany, Deptford. Pay what you decide. Dante or Die’s 15-minute pop-up installation about the people behind the wheel. Age 14+ (The Albany).
  • Octonauts Storytelling and Craft, Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 October, at 10am, 11.15am, 1pm and 2.15pm, in the Horniman’s Pavilion. £8.50 per child, and each child ticket includes one adult. Ages 4 to 7 (Horniman).
  • The Librarians, Tuesday 27 October, 11am, at Deptford Lounge, Giffin Street SE8 4RJ. Pay what you decide. A family show for age 4+ in BSL and spoken English together (The Albany).
  • Deptford Scratch: Global Majority Spotlight, Thursday 29 October, 7pm, at Deptford Lounge. Pay what you decide. New writing from Global Majority writers, actors and directors. Age 16+ (The Albany).
  • Day of the Dead Family Festival, Saturday 31 October, 11am to 4pm, in the Horniman’s Conservatory. Adults £8, under 16s £6, under 2s free. A procession, mariachi, mask-making and a Mexican makers’ market. Tickets were still listed as coming soon on 28 September (Horniman). Note that the Horniman Gardens are otherwise closed that day.
  • Day of the Dead Evening Fiesta, Saturday 31 October, 7pm to 10.30pm, in the Conservatory. £22, 18+ only, booked in advance (Horniman).
  • Disco Kids: Halloween Special, Saturday 31 October, 2pm, at the Albany, Deptford. £12. A three-hour daytime rave for children aged 3 to 8 and their families, fancy dress welcome (The Albany).
  • Da Mans Dem, Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November, various times, at the Broadway Theatre, Catford. £33.95 to £44.95 including the booking fee. Alan Charles’s comedy about men, love and relationships (Broadway Theatre).

The whole of half term has its own page: what is booked in for October half term.

November

  • Great Expectations, Tuesday 3 to Saturday 14 November, 7.30pm, not Sundays or Mondays, at the Jack Studio Theatre, Brockley. £17, or £15 concessions. A new Dickens adaptation with Pip as a Second World War pilot. Age 13+, 95 minutes (Jack Studio Theatre).
  • Flock: In Formation, Wednesday 4 November, 10am to 5pm, at Goldsmiths, University of London, 8 Lewisham Way SE14 6NW. PlayingON’s conference on how culture can better support care-experienced young people (Eventbrite).
  • Let The Music Play: Celebrating The Music of Barry White, Friday 6 November, 7.30pm, at the Broadway Theatre, Catford. £31.95 including the booking fee. A tribute concert starring William Hicks (Broadway Theatre).
  • Blackheath Fireworks, Saturday 7 November, 5pm to 10.30pm, on Blackheath Common. Tickets from £5 for under 10s, £10 for ages 11 to 15 and £16 for adults, sold through the organiser, Slammin Events. Roads around the heath close from 3.30pm (Lewisham Council). Our fireworks page has the line-up and the closures.
  • The Weight Of Standing, Saturday 7 November, various times, at the Broadway’s Studio Theatre. £10. A world premiere in story, movement and music about Black older people in Britain. 70 minutes (Broadway Theatre).
  • Lovers Rock & Comedy Link Up, Saturday 7 November, 8pm, at the Broadway Theatre. £35 to £37.50. Lovers rock singers and comedians, hosted by Robbie Gee and Felicity Ethnic (Broadway Theatre).
  • 10 Years of Deptford Northern Soul Club, Saturday 7 November, 9pm, at the Albany, Deptford. £15 to £20. The club night’s tenth birthday. Age 18+ (The Albany).

Remembrance Sunday falls on 8 November; the council had not published this year’s services when we checked, and our Remembrance page has last year’s times and places.

Regular events

  • Deptford Market, Deptford High Street, every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 9am to 5.30pm. The high street is closed to traffic from 6am to 7pm on market days (Lewisham Council).
  • Beckenham Place parkrun, every Saturday at 9am, Beckenham Place Park BR3 1SY. Free; register once before your first run (parkrun).
  • Catford parkrun, every Saturday at 9am, Mountsfield Park, Stainton Road SE6 1AN. Free (parkrun).
  • Hilly Fields parkrun, every Saturday at 9am, Hilly Fields, off Adelaide Avenue, Ladywell. Free (parkrun).
  • Brockley Market, every Saturday, 10am to 2pm, Lewisham College car park, Lewisham Way SE4 1UT (Brockley Market).
  • Horniman Market, every Sunday, 10am to 3pm, in the Horniman Gardens, Forest Hill. Free, drop in (Horniman).

Getting there

The Broadway Theatre sits on Rushey Green between Catford and Catford Bridge stations, the Jack Studio is three minutes from Crofton Park, and the Albany and Deptford Lounge are both off Deptford High Street. For the Horniman, Forest Hill station is the nearest. Our trains and travel page has the lines, and the roadworks and travel page lists weekend engineering works, including the closures on the Catford Arts Trail weekend. Driving in, parking in Lewisham has the zones and charges.

This page is rewritten as organisers confirm new dates. Every listing was read from the organiser’s page on 28 September 2026, but dates can change, so use the links before you travel. More in our What’s On section.

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