What's On in Exeter
Things to do in and around Exeter: events, days out and family activities, with the practical details.
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Exeter Halloween 2026: pumpkins, ghost hunts and a free ghost walk
Halloween in Exeter is Saturday 31 October. Darts Farm Pumpkin Fest is £5, Crealy Spook-Fest from £20, plus priory ghost hunts and a free Red Coat ghost walk.
Dates for the diary
- On now to 21 Feb Living Labyrinths: Art and Fungi
- On now to 17 Oct Little Shop of Horrors
- Wed 7 Oct BSL Conversation Café
- 7 to 9 Oct Macbeth
- Thu 8 Oct Exeter Farmers' Market
- Fri 9 Oct 'It Could Be Witches': witch marks and protection magic in medieval England
- Fri 9 Oct The Simon and Garfunkel Story
- Sat 10 Oct Exeter Riverside parkrun
- 10 to 31 Oct Pumpkin Fest at Darts Farm
- 10 to 31 Oct Halloween Spook-Fest at Crealy
- Sat 10 Oct The Wonderful World of Fungi: an urban foray on UK Fungus Day
- 10 to 11 Oct St Nicholas Priory Craft Fair
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Christmas
Exeter ice rink 2026: opens 20 November at Northernhay Gardens
Exeter's undercover real ice rink opens at Northernhay Gardens on Friday 20 November and runs to 3 January. Opening weekend skating £15.50 adult, £12.50 child.
Community
St Sidwell's Exeter: Seed Supper 15 Oct, Free BSL Café
St Sidwell's Community Centre holds a seed-saving talk and supper on 15 October, starts an autumn menu on 6 October and runs a free weekly BSL café.
Charity
Light Beam Appeal: Exeter Curry and Quiz Night on 1 October
Royal Devon Hospitals Charity's quiz raffle will fund tattoo-free radiotherapy cameras at the RD&E, part of a Light Beam Appeal for 1,800 patients a year.
Events
What's On in Exeter: Pumpkin Fest, ghost hunts and the Cathedral Fair
Pumpkin Fest and Crealy Spook-Fest open 10 October, the free Cathedral Autumn Fair is 13 and 14 October, candlelit Queen is 22 October, fireworks 7 November.
Remembrance
Exeter Remembrance Sunday 2026: 8 November, cathedral 4pm
Remembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026. Devon's county service is at Exeter Cathedral at 4pm, no booking; the city service is at the Northernhay war memorial.
Christmas
Santa's grotto in Exeter 2026: four to book, one free
Where to meet Santa in Exeter for Christmas 2026: Winter Wonderland from 28 November, Crealy from £14, Darts Farm at £15 and Princesshay's free sleigh.
Christmas
Exeter Cathedral Christmas 2026: carols, services, tickets
Exeter Cathedral's Christmas 2026: the free Lord Mayor's carol service on 7 December, free Grandisson carols 23 and 24 December, Midnight Mass and concerts.
Christmas
Exeter Christmas Market 2026: 13 Nov to 13 Dec, times set
The Cathedral Green market opens 10am Friday 13 November and closes 5pm Sunday 13 December. Full daily hours, and why other listings show last year's dates.
Exeter
Exeter fireworks 2026: Westpoint on sale, both Sat 7 Nov
Westpoint fireworks 2026 is Sat 7 Nov: 300 drones, advance tickets only, gates close 7pm. Topsham RFC is the same night, £10 adult, £6 child, no parking.
Christmas
Exeter panto 2026: Sleeping Beauty 27 Nov, Pinocchio 12 Dec
Sleeping Beauty opens at the Northcott on 27 November, Pinocchio at the Corn Exchange on 12 December. The £16.50 early bird ends 30 September, then £18.50 up.
Heritage
Heritage Open Days Exeter 2026: What Ran, 11 to 20 Sept
Heritage Open Days 2026 in Exeter has finished: 24 free events ran 11 to 20 September and Passages tours went in minutes. The full list, kept for 2027.