Town Park Fireworks on 31 October now opens at 5pm, display 7pm. Before it: the Black Literature Festival on the 18th and a half term of Halloween shows.

The biggest date in Enfield’s next six weeks is the last one in October: the council’s Town Park Fireworks on Saturday 31 October, Halloween night. The box office has moved the times later, so the gates now open at 5pm and the fireworks go up at 7pm. Before it come the Bee and Honey Show at Capel Manor this weekend, a nine-night run of a new Enfield-written play at Dugdale Arts Centre, the borough’s Black Literature Festival on Sunday 18 October and a half term week of Halloween events. Early November brings Diwali workshops at Forty Hall and an Eagles tribute at Millfield Theatre.

Updated 4 October: Saturday’s finished events removed, Chickenshed’s Halloween Tales (26 to 29 October) and a Halloween ghost craft workshop at Dugdale Arts Centre added. Our new Halloween in Enfield page brings the week’s Halloween events together.

Everything below comes from the organisers’ own listings, read on 3 and 4 October 2026, and every entry links back to its source so you can check before you set off. Where an organiser has not published a price, we have left it out. For places that are open whatever the month, see our guide to things to do in Enfield.

This week

Sunday 4 October.

  • Bee and Honey Show, Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October, 10am to 5pm, last admission 4pm, Capel Manor Gardens, Bullsmoor Lane, EN1 4RQ. On Sunday, adults £9, concessions £8, children 3 to 15 £5.50, family £28, plus booking fees online. A live observation hive, beekeepers answering questions and local honey on sale. (Capel Manor Gardens)
  • Jah Makin It Happen, a reggae musical, Sunday 4 October, 6pm, Millfield Theatre, Silver Street, N18 1PJ. £27 for adults, £25 for under 16s and seniors. A Windrush-era family story told through reggae, about three hours with an interval. Age guidance is 5 and over. (Millfield Theatre)

Next week

Monday 5 to Sunday 11 October.

  • Stories Boys Don’t Like To Tell, Friday 9 to Saturday 17 October, 7.45pm, with 3pm matinees on Saturday 10 and Saturday 17, Dugdale Arts Centre, 39 London Road, EN2 6DS. £15 and £20. A new play by Enfield playwright Ellis Witter and Dumisani “King Cas” Moyo, part of Black History Month. There are no performances on Sunday 11 or Monday 12. (Dugdale Arts Centre)
  • Capel Manor College open day, Saturday 10 October, 10am to 3pm, Capel Manor Gardens, Bullsmoor Lane, EN1 4RQ. Free once you register online. Tours, tutors and live demonstrations for anyone weighing up a course. Registering also gets you into the gardens free. (Capel Manor Gardens)
  • Enfield Town v Dulwich Hamlet, Saturday 10 October, 3pm, Dave Bryant Stadium, Donkey Lane, EN1 3PL. Adults £16 on the gate or £15 online, under 16s £4 or £3. League football at the fan-owned club’s home ground. (Enfield Town FC)
  • Come Mek We Larf Comedy Special, Saturday 10 October, show 7pm, doors 5pm, Millfield Theatre, Silver Street, N18 1PJ. £30 plus booking fee. Slim, Dizzle, Annette Fagon and Andrew Mensah, hosted by Mr Cee, with a free after party until midnight. Over 18s only. (Millfield Theatre)
  • The King of Pop, Sunday 11 October, 7.30pm, Millfield Theatre, Silver Street, N18 1PJ. £27. Navi’s Michael Jackson tribute with a live band and dancers. (Millfield Theatre)

Later in October

Half term for Enfield schools is the last week of the month, and most of the family listings fall in it. Our October half term page has the school dates and more ideas.

  • Afara, with Uğur Aslan, Thursday 15 October, 7.30pm, Millfield Theatre, Silver Street, N18 1PJ. £35 and £50. An arabesk musical performed in Turkish. Nobody is admitted once it has started. (Millfield Theatre)
  • Bound by Purpose, Built for Praise, Saturday 17 October, 7pm, Millfield Theatre, Silver Street, N18 1PJ. £20. The Source Community Gospel Choir marks its fifth anniversary with a gospel musical. (Millfield Theatre)
  • Chickenshed Quiz Night, Saturday 17 October, quiz 7.30pm, doors 7pm, Chickenshed, 290 Chase Side, N14 4PE. £15 a head or £120 for a team of eight. Eight rounds, a picture round and a raffle, with a ploughman’s supper and one drink included. (Chickenshed)
  • Enfield Black Literature Festival, Sunday 18 October, 1pm to 7pm, Dugdale Arts Centre, 39 London Road, EN2 6DS. £10 all-inclusive, £5 for the workshops only. Thirteen published authors, panels from 2.20pm, three writing workshops from 1.15pm, bookstalls and a Windrush exhibition. It is run by Enfield Caribbean Association with AFIWI Book Club, and tickets are sold through the association. (Dugdale Arts Centre)
  • An Evening with Rudolph Walker CBE, Sunday 18 October, 5pm, Millfield Theatre, Silver Street, N18 1PJ. £30. The actor talks through 60 years on screen, with a guest appearance from Diane Parish and a book signing afterwards. Proceeds go to the Rudolph Walker Foundation and Platinum Performing Arts. (Millfield Theatre)
  • The Big Sing, Friday 23 October, 7pm, Millfield Theatre, Silver Street, N18 1PJ. £18.50. Live singers, audience singalongs, music quizzes and an after party with DJ Blackwood, about five hours in all. Over 18s only, and ID is checked. (Millfield Theatre)
  • The Story of Lovers Rock (2011), Friday 23 October, 7pm, Dugdale Arts Centre, 39 London Road, EN2 6DS. £8. Black Film Club’s October screening, presented with the Enfield Caribbean Association. (Dugdale Arts Centre)
  • Enfield Town v Lewes, Saturday 24 October, 3pm, Dave Bryant Stadium, Donkey Lane, EN1 3PL. Adults £16 on the gate or £15 online, under 16s £4 or £3. The second home league game of the month. (Enfield Town FC)
  • Oktoberfest, Saturday 24 October, doors 6pm, band 7pm to 10pm, Dugdale Arts Centre, 39 London Road, EN2 6DS. £14, including a pretzel and a half pint. The comedy oompah band The Stompin’ Steiners turn the hall into a Bavarian beer hall. (Dugdale Arts Centre)
  • Baby Gospel Family Concert, Sunday 25 October, 11am, Dugdale Arts Centre, 39 London Road, EN2 6DS. Adults £14.50, seniors £10, children over 2 £4.50, under 2s free. Members of CK Gospel Choir sing Motown, Bob Marley and gospel standards in a 45 minute concert built for babies and their families. (Dugdale Arts Centre)
  • Halloween Spooktacular at Capel Manor, Monday 26 to Saturday 31 October, 10am to 4pm, last admission 2pm, Capel Manor Gardens, Bullsmoor Lane, EN1 4RQ. Pre-booked adults £12 and children £16, or £15 and £20 on the door. A half term trail through the gardens and a horror maze in the Manor House. A child ticket includes a pumpkin and a bouncy castle token. Pumpkin painting is £3 extra and must be booked. (Capel Manor Gardens)
  • Halloween Tales, Monday 26 to Thursday 29 October, 10am and 11.30am, Chickenshed, 290 Chase Side, N14 4PE. From £7, babies under six months free. A 45 minute silly-scary Halloween edition of Tales from the Shed for ages 0 to 6; fancy dress encouraged. (Chickenshed)
  • The Mystery of Dugdale Arts Centre, Wednesday 28 October, 12pm and 2.30pm, Dugdale Arts Centre, 39 London Road, EN2 6DS. £10 and £12. A board-game style murder mystery for children, led by Danyah Miller, where the audience works through the clues. (Dugdale Arts Centre)
  • Capel Manor After Dark: ghostly tales and history tour, Friday 30 October, 6pm to 8pm, Capel Manor Gardens, Bullsmoor Lane, EN1 4RQ. £40, pre-booking essential. A twilight ghost tour of the gardens, archive cine film of the estate and a gift bag. The ticket also covers daytime entry to the gardens. Adults 18 and over. (Capel Manor Gardens)
  • LDN Wrestling: October Showdown, Friday 30 October, 7pm, Dugdale Arts Centre, 39 London Road, EN2 6DS. £15 and £20. Family wrestling for half term, about two hours. (Dugdale Arts Centre)
  • Lights, Camera, Murder, Friday 30 October, 7.30pm, Millfield Theatre, Silver Street, N18 1PJ. £30. An immersive murder mystery with a complimentary cocktail, Caribbean food on sale and an old school after party. Over 18s only. (Millfield Theatre)
  • Trick and Treat Circus Live, Saturday 31 October, 11.30am, Dugdale Arts Centre, 39 London Road, EN2 6DS. £12 and £14. An hour of magic and circus tricks for young children, billed as spooky but not scary. Costumes are welcome. (Dugdale Arts Centre)
  • Halloween Ghost Art Workshop, Saturday 31 October, 1.30pm, Dugdale Arts Centre, 39 London Road, EN2 6DS. £9.50 for a child with an accompanying adult. An hour making a flying ghost from paper plates, paint and lollipop sticks to take home. (Dugdale Arts Centre)
  • Town Park Fireworks: a Halloween Spooktacular, Saturday 31 October, 5pm to 8pm, Enfield Town Park, Cecil Road. Adults £15.40, under 16s £10.50, under 5s £4.25, family of three £35.20, plus £1.50 a ticket. Gates 5pm, last entry and fancy dress judging 6.30pm, fireworks 7pm, with a funfair and fire dancers. There are no tickets on the gate and no digital tickets: collect them from Dugdale Arts Centre by 5pm on Friday 30 October. (Enfield Council)

Our Enfield fireworks page has the banned items, the gates and the road restrictions around the park.

November

  • K-Pop Power and Pop Idols: Spooky Edition, Sunday 1 November, 1pm and 4.30pm, Millfield Theatre, Silver Street, N18 1PJ. £21 plus booking fee. An interactive sing-along show with a best dressed prize, about 1 hour 40 minutes. (Millfield Theatre)
  • Diwali craft workshops at Forty Hall, Sunday 1 November, Forty Hall, Forty Hill, EN2 9HA. Two one-hour sessions for adults, children or both together: a mirror-work keepsake box at 11am (adults £20, under 15s £17, ages 5 and over) and a toran wall hanging at 1.30pm (adults £22, under 15s £18). Materials included. (Forty Hall Estate, toran workshop)
  • Power to Make a Change: The Surface, Tuesday 3 November, 7pm, Millfield Theatre, Silver Street, N18 1PJ. £20. Hip-hop theatre about four teenagers offered a flawless parallel world, with movement direction by Kenrick H20 Sandy. About 75 minutes, no interval. The daytime shows that week are for schools only. (Millfield Theatre)
  • Talon: The Best of Eagles, Saturday 7 November, 7.30pm to 10pm, Millfield Theatre, Silver Street, N18 1PJ. £30, seniors £28. The seven-piece band plays Hotel California, Take It Easy, Desperado and the rest of the Eagles catalogue. (Millfield Theatre)
  • Enfield Town v AFC Whyteleafe, Saturday 7 November, 3pm, Dave Bryant Stadium, Donkey Lane, EN1 3PL. Adults £16 on the gate or £15 online, under 16s £4 or £3. The first home league game of November. (Enfield Town FC)
  • Are You Even Indian?, Friday 13 November, 7.30pm, Dugdale Arts Centre, 39 London Road, EN2 6DS. £12.50. Dance theatre about a British-born Indian woman and an Indian-born man who fall in love, and the question of which country is home. About 65 minutes. (Dugdale Arts Centre)
  • Wicked: For Good (2025), Saturday 14 November, 11am, Dugdale Arts Centre, 39 London Road, EN2 6DS. Adults £8, children £4. Black Film Club’s family screening, with activities after the film, run with the Enfield Caribbean Association. (Dugdale Arts Centre)

Remembrance Sunday is 8 November. The council had not published this year’s programme on 3 October, so it has no dated entry here yet; it normally announces in the last week of October. Our Remembrance Sunday page sets out where the three services are normally held. Further ahead, we have the Forty Hall Christmas Fayre, whose ticket listing has been taken down from the box office though the dates still stand, the pantomime at Millfield Theatre and Chickenshed’s Christmas show.

Regular events

  • Enfield Market, every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 9am to 4pm, Market Place, Church Street, EN2 6LN. The chartered market in the Market Place, held in trust by the Old Enfield Charitable Trust, with a street food court. (Enfield Market)
  • Grovelands parkrun, every Saturday, 9am, Grovelands Park, The Bourne. Free. A timed 5k that starts at the north corner of the lake. Register once with parkrun and bring your barcode. (parkrun)
  • Pymmes parkrun, every Saturday, 9am, Pymmes Park, Victoria Road, N18 2UG. Free. The Edmonton 5k, with coffee afterwards at the park café. (parkrun)
  • Tales from the Shed, Saturdays 10, 17 and 24 October, 10am and 11.30am, Chickenshed, 290 Chase Side, N14 4PE. From £7. Chickenshed’s story show for children up to six, with a new story each week. (Chickenshed)
  • Forty Hall Farmers Market, second Sunday of the month: Sunday 11 October, which is also Apple Day, then Sunday 8 November, Forty Hall Farm, Forty Hill. The farm calls it the only London farmers’ market on a certified organic farm. It has not published opening times for these dates. (Forty Hall Farm)

Forty Hall Farm itself opens every Saturday and Sunday, 11am to 3pm with last entry at 2.30pm, at £4 for adults and £1 for children (Forty Hall Farm).

Getting there

Dugdale Arts Centre, the Market Place and Town Park are all within a few minutes’ walk of Enfield Town station. Forty Hall and Capel Manor are in the north of the borough, both with their own free car parks. If you are driving into Enfield Town, our parking in Enfield page has the council car parks and tariffs, and the roadworks and travel page has current closures. For rail, see train times to London.

Send us your event

Running something in Enfield, Edmonton, Southgate, Palmers Green or Winchmore Hill? Email hello@enfieldtoday.co.uk with the date, time, venue, price and a photo. Listings are free of charge, and yours goes on this page and in the diary on our What’s On section.

This page is rewritten as organisers confirm new dates. Dates and times can still change, so use the links before you travel.

Sources

Image: “Enfield Market, Enfield Town” by Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enfield_Market,Enfield_Town-geograph.org.uk-_4767832.jpg).