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Top story Harlow Halloween 2026: pumpkin patches and free events Halloween is Saturday 31 October. Free trick or treat fun at the Harvey Centre on 30-31 Oct, two pumpkin patches near Harlow from £6.95, scare nights, prices. · 7 min read

Dates for the diary

  1. On now to 1 Nov Double Agents exhibition The Gallery, Parndon Mill
  2. On now to 31 Oct Cammas Hall Farm Halloween Pumpkin Patch Cammas Hall Farm · From £6.95
  3. On now to 31 Oct Hatter's Farm Pumpkin Picking Hatter's Farm
  4. 7 to 18 Oct Wetherspoon autumn beer festival The William Aylmer
  5. Thu 8 Oct The Simon & Garfunkel Story 7.30pm · Harlow Playhouse · From £29.50
  6. Thu 8 Oct Fire Fire 8pm · Harlow Playhouse · From £3
  7. Fri 9 Oct Frequency Machine DJ drop-in sessions 4.30pm · Hare Street Youth Club · Free
  8. Fri 9 Oct The Magic of the Bee Gees 7.30pm · Harlow Playhouse · From £29.20
  9. Fri 9 Oct Strings of the Night 8pm · Harlow Playhouse · From £8
  10. Sat 10 Oct Harlow parkrun 9am · Harlow Town Park · Free
  11. Sat 10 Oct Pup Up Cafe: Spook-tacular Halloween Party 10am · The Harvey Centre · Free
  12. Sat 10 Oct Screentime Free Film Club 2pm · Harlow Library · Free

More stories

Events What's On in Harlow: Pride on 17 October, Fireworks on 1 November Harlow Pride is free at Passmores Academy on Saturday 17 October and the free fireworks are on Sunday 1 November. 38 dated listings, with times and prices. · 12 min read Remembrance Harlow Remembrance Sunday 2026: 8 November, Town Park Harlow's Remembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026 at Netteswell Cross, Town Park. Last year the march left at 10.30am and School Lane shut 10am to noon. · 3 min read Christmas Harlow Santa's grotto 2026: dates, prices, booking St Clare Hospice's Harlow grotto runs weekends 28 Nov to 20 Dec plus 21-22 Dec, £15 a child, book ahead. The Harvey Centre's £8 drop-in grotto is not dated yet. · 3 min read Town Park Harlow Proms in the Park 2026: held 19 Sept, full line-up Harlow's Proms in the Town Park ran free on Saturday 19 September 2026: gates 4pm, Royal Philharmonic 7.30pm, fireworks 9.25pm. Line-up, entrances, parking. · 9 min read Town Park Harlow fireworks 2026: Sunday 1 November, free, 6.30pm Harlow's free fireworks are on Sunday 1 November 2026 at the Town Park Showground: bonfire 6.15pm, display 6.30pm, roads shut 5.15pm to 8.30pm. Parking here. · 7 min read Town Centre Harlow Christmas Market: 12 to 21 December, Bigger Site Harlow's Christmas market runs 12 to 21 December, four times last year's size and spreading past Broad Walk. The council's own Christmas page still shows 2025 dates. · 6 min read Harlow Playhouse Harlow Panto: Snow White, 48 Shows from 26 November Harlow Playhouse's 2026 panto is Snow White, 26 November to 3 January: 48 shows on 25 dates, from £17, plus £1.80 a ticket. Easter's Rapunzel is on sale too. · 9 min read