What’s on

Celebrating the launch of our free community songbook supported by Havering London.

Saturday 28th November 10am – 3pm

Romford United Reformed Church Western Road

Beautiful Christmas Tree Festival and Market.

Craft stalls, refreshments, Santa’s grotto, raffle, toys & lots more! Come and join in the fun to raise funds for S.M.I.L.E Romford & Essex and Arthritis UK.

Free indoor event including free bouncy castle for kids, varied stalls including food stalls.

Busk is back!

We welcome people far and wide that want to share their talents!

Get ready to switch the lights on in Elm Park and celebrate the start of Christmas!

Join us for our annual open day on Saturday 31st October

A variety of market stalls will be available to explore

Crafters, small businesses, food stalls, sweets and plenty more including Santa’s Grotto

October Half Term Fun with Halloween at Romford Dogs!

The Appleby Gallery’s current show, Pixels and Pioneers, celebrates 120 years of history with 21st Century technology.

Free entry into our Autumn Craft Market

Join the Havering Volunteer Centre and the Friends of the Sensory Garden for their not so scary Halloween walk!

The Orchestra will bring a touch of early Christmas sparkle to Upminster with an afternoon programme of ‘Dance Music and Carols’.

At Drapers’ Maylands Primary School on Friday 6th November for a spectacular professional firework display

Experience the excitement of Romford’s rave years 1989 – 1999 in this immersive new exhibition.

You will be able to confidently control every aspect of your camera. You won’t just understand photography theory—you’ll know exactly where every setting is on your specific camera and how to use it in real shooting situations and celebrate with exhibtion at the end!

Find all the spooky items and pick your prize!

Silver – an exhibition celebrating 25 years of textiles and mixed media art by The Material Girls.

Why is contemporary art so intimidating and baffling? This lecture explains the motives, techniques and ideas that create contemporary art.

Dante or Die invites you into the passenger seat of a black cab to watch Driving Home, an intimate and immersive 20-minute documentary.

Clare Smith, from the Crime Museum, shares stories of WWII crime, how policing had to deal with changes in the law, blackout, new crimes and arresting a serial killer.

Exploring the link between William Tyndale who over 500 years ago translated the bible into English, and Thames Poyntz, a member of the Poyntz family, whose monuments are found in a chapel in St Mary Magdalene Church, North Ockendon.

The Dragon Theatre Company invites you to test your deductive skills with an interactive evening of drama, intrigue and murder.

Come listen to “look up” by Nathan Byron and Sulwe by LupitaNyong’a

A bold new drama about legacy, illusion, and second chances as one man risks everything for his last great trick.

Dante or Die invites you into the passenger seat of a black cab to watch Driving Home, an intimate and immersive 20-minute documentary.

This is part of our Plants for Pollinators series

Spend a day creating a colour pencil portrait of Clint Eastwood.

The spectacular day of celebrations will include a live DJ and sensational Bollywood and Bhangra performances, as well as a headline acts, arts and crafts workshops, henna, facepainting, delicious food, shopping and much more!

A fun craft session for the whole family to enjoy, decorating Halloween masks!

Create a terrifying pumpkin to add to your spooky set up at home!

Themed activities for kids. Refreshments available in our peaceful, award winning garden.

Using a mixture of materials and paint, create your own Spooky castle with accompanying ghosts, bats, and a scary cat!

Decorate your very own Witch or Wizard hat and cape, then paint a devilishly cute cat and other Halloween characters of your choice!

Three lectures, coffee and light lunch  –  £35.00 By Pamela Campbell-Johnston at the New Windmil Hall Upminster

Head down to the Thames Chase Forest Centre for some Halloween fun during October half term!

Create your own spooky glow-in-the-dark slime!

You’re welcome to come in your spooky outfits!

We would love to see you on the 31^st October 2026 for our SPOOK-taculor quiz night fun!

Elm Park Horticultural Guild welcomes you to their Winter Flower Show celebrating local gardens and allotments. Free entry. Homemade refreshments.

Discover the intriguing and often overlooked past of Purfleet-on-Thames spanning from Tudor times through the 20th Century.

Fantastic fireworks, wonderful indoor craft fayre, live music, fully licensed bar,  BBQ, treats and snacks, a fnatsic experience for the whole family!

The musical movement of Havering’s youth. Every first Saturday of the month next year, we’ll be at home in Harold Hill at the MyPlace Community Centre putting on Havering’s biggest youth event.

Join us for our Festive stalls with gifts, crafts and delicious treats!

Discover how London’s Christmas lights have evolved since 1954, followed by festive cake tasting.

String your bows and join us for some festive fun in the Forest of Havering!

A fun and engaging look at the history of Christmas and will involve carol singing.

Discover unique gifts, handmade crafts, festive decorations all perfect for your Christmas shopping!

POETRY PANTRY : a community play about real-life stories, told verbatim. This play sheds light on food poverty in Havering.

TV’s Iain Lee invites you to commemorate his 30 years in show business. He used to have impostor syndrome, believing he didn’t deserve his success.

Join us on the last Friday of every month for our Knit and Natter Sessions.

Line dancing classes, every Tuesday at 7.30pm £5pp

Borrow a book about the topic of the month for ages 5+

Skate, Scoot, make new friends, socialise and burn off some energy!

Come and enjoy our weekly Friday reminiscences where we have great fun remembering lots of different subjects from our youth to things we used to play with to big theme tunes to more historic topic like churches and wartime remembrances.  All topics are listed on the museum website.  No need to book, just turn up. Our popular reminiscence sessions are sponsored by Mullis & Peake LLP and take place on Friday afternoons between 1:30pm and 3:30pm. Tickets are £5 each which includes entry to the Havering Museum and refreshments. Come along, make new friends, share your stories, or just listen to fascinating stories.

Free classes for ages 5+

Free classes for ages 8+

TAG is a welcoming, relaxed art group in Upminster, every Tuesday evening from 7.15pm – 9pm.

Meeting once a month to explore the history and heritage of North Ockendon, set in the last of Havering’s East London fenland.

Being the only village in Greater London that lies outside the M25 and sits on the last of the East London fenland, it holds a fascinating history of landscape, Christianity and rural life from the time before Domesday.

Join A Fine Balance for Preview Week, 7–13 September, and experience our brand-new Heated Collection for just £12 per class.

Choose from lots of HOT + WARM Yoga Flow and Pilates Sculpt classes throughout the week, all powered by feel-good infrared warmth.

New to A Fine Balance? You’re welcome!

The Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch’s Memory Café is a relaxed, informal and free drop-in, providing support for people with dementia and their carers.

An entertaining and relaxing evening watching expert flower arrangers create beautiful designs.  See how it’s done with tips from the pros.

New Dimension Choir meet on Tuesday nights during school “term Times” and begin gathering from 7.15pm with rehearsals beginning promptly at 7.45 pm.

Come along to Elm Park Library’s Kids Games Club! We have a selection of board and card games for kids to play with.

Free folk tunes and sea shanty singing every Monday 7-9pm, The Golden Lion, Romford. No experience required. We teach you everything.

Social Gaming including board games, card games and wargaming

Social Gaming including board games, card games and wargaming, Level 3 

Orchard bowls club at the Mardyke Youth and Community Association (South Street, Rainham), is back holding their weekly indoor bowls games!

Join our friendly and welcoming space where the community comes together to learn, share and support one another.

Join our knitting session and help us create items to donate to local causes. All materials provided including patterns. We will provide a mix of knitting and crochet patterns.

Unleash your creative talents every third Thursday of the month with artists Gill and Nigel for FREE!

Unleash your creative talents every third Thursday of the month with artists Gill and Nigel, for FREE!

Join our friendly Elm Park Library group for some crafting! Bring your own project to work on and enjoy some knitting, crocheting and stitching together.

Come along to Elm Park Library to take part in our Chess Club! Our volunteer will give you tips and set up games between people. Maybe you’ll even get good enough to beat him in a game!

Do you know someone who needs help with reading, writing, speaking or spelling English? Romford Library has a dedicated team of volunteers who provide one to one help.

Come and meet new friends, play cards, chess, draughts and other board games

Community Café at New Windmill Hall takes place every Friday from 10.30am to 3.30pm, offering free entry, affordable food and drinks, friendly company and activities for wellbeing.

Open to everyone, it provides a welcoming space to meet others, relax and take part in community life.

Join us every first Tuesday of the month for our Memory Cafe; a small group in a relaxed environment with opportunities to participate in group or solo themed dementia friendly activities.

Come and join our friendly Creative Writing Club which runs fortnightly. £1 per session, refreshments provided.

Learn new skills and meet new friends whilst taking part in gardening and nature based activities.