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Top story Santa's grotto Eastbourne 2026: Drusillas from 21 Nov Drusillas opens Santa's cottage on 21 November, Meads Magic has a free grotto on 27 November and Winterland's runs 15 to 24 December. Dates and booking rules. · 6 min read

Dates for the diary

  1. Fri 23 Oct New Sussex Opera: Charpentier's David and Jonathan 7pm · Devonshire Park Theatre · From £28
  2. On now to 24 Oct Barnum Congress Theatre · From £22.50
  3. 23 to 24 Oct Looking for Ghosts Royal Hippodrome Theatre · From £55
  4. 23 to 24 Oct Looking for Ghosts: paranormal night at the Royal Hippodrome Royal Hippodrome Theatre · From £55
  5. Sat 24 Oct Tea and Tour, Congress Theatre backstage Congress Theatre · From £20
  6. Sat 24 Oct Oktoberfest Winter Garden · From £27
  7. Sat 24 Oct Eastbourne parkrun 9am · Shinewater Park · Free
  8. Sat 24 Oct Tracy Borman: Tudors on Tour 7.30pm · Devonshire Park Theatre · From £33
  9. 24 to 30 Oct Half Term Horrors at Knockhatch Knockhatch Adventure Park
  10. 24 Oct to 1 Nov Spook-tacular Halloween at Blackberry Farm Blackberry Farm Park · From £6.75
  11. 24 Oct to 1 Nov Halloween Shriek Week Drusillas Park
  12. 24 to 25 Oct Beachy Head Marathon weekend Dukes Drive, Eastbourne seafront

More stories

Eastbourne Eastbourne Halloween 2026: 9 events, 23 Oct to 1 Nov Pick pumpkins at Blackberry Farm for £6.75, carve at Sharnfold for £6.95, Knockhatch scare mazes 24 to 30 Oct, a seafront kids' party 30 Oct: every dated event. · 8 min read Eastbourne Saffrons fireworks Eastbourne: Fri 6 Nov, display 7.30pm Eastbourne fireworks 2026: The Saffrons, Fri 6 Nov, gates 6pm, display 7.30pm, advance tickets only. Plus Hailsham, Seaford and Ninfield bonfire dates. · 7 min read Events What's On in Eastbourne: Marathon 24 Oct, Fireworks 6 Nov Beachy Head Marathon 24 and 25 October, Saffrons fireworks Friday 6 November, Christmas lights on at 6pm on 28 November: 40 dated listings to 5 December. · 9 min read Eastbourne Eastbourne October half term 2026: 16 things with a date October half term in Eastbourne is 26 to 30 October. The new Beachy Head Experience opens 24 October, plus pumpkins, Knockhatch, Drusillas and Brainiac Live. · 7 min read Eastbourne Eastbourne panto 2026: Cinderella, 11 Dec to 17 Jan Eastbourne has two pantos in 2026: Cinderella at Devonshire Park, 11 Dec to 17 Jan, from £17.50, and Dick Whittington at the Royal Hippodrome from £12. · 7 min read Eastbourne Beachy Head Marathon 2026: 24 Oct, starts 8.45am Beachy Head Marathon starts 8.45am Sat 24 Oct on Dukes Drive, half 8am Sun 25 Oct. Final details are out: start times, bag drop, parking, where to watch. · 5 min read Eastbourne Eastbourne Christmas markets 2026: Meads and Little Chelsea Meads Magic is Fri 27 Nov, the town centre switch-on market Sat 28 Nov, and Little Chelsea Fri 4 Dec with fireworks at 8pm. All free. Times and places. · 3 min read Events Heritage Open Days Eastbourne 2026: held 11 to 20 Sept Heritage Open Days 2026 ran in Eastbourne from 11 to 20 September, opening the Wish Tower, Royal Hippodrome backstage and Towner's store free of charge. · 3 min read Eastbourne Eastbourne Bonfire Night: 2026 held 3 Oct, 2027 date TBC Eastbourne Bonfire Night 2026 was Saturday 3 October. No 2027 date yet: this page keeps the 2026 route, road closures and times until the society sets one. · 11 min read Eastbourne Eastbourne Remembrance Sunday 2026: 8 Nov, parade 10.25am Eastbourne's Remembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026: parade forms on Cornfield Road at 10.25am, service at the War Memorial 10.40am, silence at 11am. · 6 min read Eastbourne Eastbourne Christmas lights switch-on: Sat 28 Nov, 6pm Eastbourne's Christmas lights go on at 6pm on Saturday 28 November on Terminus Road, after a Christmas market and live music from 9am. Line-up still to come. · 5 min read