Events in Lanarkshire on 17 October 2025
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Events in Lanarkshire
80’s Mania
Currently taking the UK by storm, 80's Mania is Europe's official Eighties Reunion concert show... it returns to Lanark Memorial Hall on Friday 17th October!
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A Passion For Wildlife
As part of Biggar Little Festival, Biggar Museum are delighted to host photographic exhibition, A Passion for Wildlife, by photographer Jean Manson.
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Acoustic Cafe Nights at the Granary Presents Quick
Acoustic Cafe Nights is delighted to welcome back self-described 'newgrass' band Quick on Friday 17th October!
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Autumn Explorers
Become an Autumn Explorer this October half term and join the Museum of Rural Life for family storytelling and creative activities!
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Beat The Street CamGlen
Beat the Street is a fun, free initiative that will see the streets of Cambuslang and Rutherglen transformed into a giant game during September and October!
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Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Beautiful - The Carole King Musical tells the inspiring true story of King's remarkable rise to stardom, don't miss the Scottish Amateur Premiere at East Kilbride Village Theatre in October!
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Biggar Little Festival
One of the most eclectic festivals rural Scotland has to offer, the Biggar Little Festival offers an inspiring mix of of culture and fun for locals and visitors alike across 10 days in October!
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Biggar Little Festival Art Trail
The annual Biggar Little Festival Art Trail is a road of discovery where you will find unique pieces of art, fine craftsmanship and an incredible range of skills!
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Bookbug at Summerlee
Discover the benefits of sharing stories, songs and rhymes with babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers at Summerlee's weekly Bookbug sessions!
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Caledonia Gladiators Basketball Game
Looking for something different for your next family day? Swap the screens for live basketball entertainment and enjoy big energy, music, mascots and a safe crowd for all ages!
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Clyde Valley Family Park Pumpkin Festival
From the 11th until the 31st of October ALL children visiting Clyde Valley Family Park will get to choose their own FREE pumpkin as part of their ticket and the park's Pumpkin Festival!
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East Kilbride Pumpkin Trail
Get ready as Inspired Events presents East Kilbride's annual Pumpkin Trail in the enchanting Calderglen Country Park between 11th and 19th October!
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Everything Flows: Music in North Lanarkshire
Come hear the memories of local musicians, see costumes, photos and records through the decades or even just come for a boogie at the Everything Flows: Music in North Lanarkshire exhibition!
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Get Walking Lanarkshire Health Walks
Join Get Walking Lanarkshire on one of their regular health walks! Enjoy the fresh air, meet new people and have a good blether!
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Halloween at Castlebank
Halloween is back at Castlebank and its bigger and scarier than ever! Dare you walk through their tunnel of terror and haunted forest with trees, bats, clowns and other horrors of the dark!
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Johnny Cash Roadshow
The Johnny Cash Roadshow, the only show to be endorsed by the Cash Family, is coming to Airdrie Town Hall on Friday 17th October!
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Karen Dunbar
Chewin' The Fat star Karen Dunbar is back with her brand new 2025 Scottish Tour, don't miss her live at The Function Rooms Hamilton on Friday 17th October!
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Lights Out By Nine
Lights Out By Nine are returning to Biggar Corn Exchange on Friday 17th October for the 2024 Biggar Little Festival!
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October Holiday Club at Wiston Lodge
Join the team at Wiston Lodge this October Half Term for five action-packed days of outdoor fun and themed adventures... each day offers a different experience!
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October School Holiday Activities at Summerlee Museum
Entertain the kids with family activities over the October school holidays at Summerlee Museum!
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Pumpkin Festival at M&D’s
The annual Pumpkin Festival at M&D’s is a fantastic experience for the whole family featuring Pumpkin picking, Halloween themed games, spooky storytelling and more!
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Pumpkin Fever
Visitors to East Kilbride town centre are in for a spooky surprise this October as a spine-tingling array of pumpkin props descend on the malls to celebrate Halloween!
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Pumpkin Picking
Craigend Nursery & Coffee Shop's Pumpkin Picking event returns for 2025 with lots of pumpkins to choose from, jumbo games, a carving station and a selection of food and drink trucks!
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Pumpkin Picking at Valley View
Have fun and pick and carve your own pumpkin at Valley View at Gouldings between Saturday 4th and Thursday 30th October!
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Scotland’s SCREAM Park: Freak Show - Uncaged
Freak Show: Uncaged at Scotland's SCREAM Park dares guests to step inside a circus where the freaks are in charge... and flesh is the only applause they crave!
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Scotland’s SCREAM Park: Zombie Checkpoint
This Halloween, Scotland's SCREAM Park and the UK's top zombie adventure creators, Zombie Infection, are teaming up to bring you something epic!
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Taylor Fever
ATTENTION ALL SWIFTIES! Alongside her incredible dancers, TAYLOR FEVER is taking UK and European Theatres by storm and for one night only comes to The Town House Hamilton on Friday 17th October!
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The Mythical Mystery Hunt
This autumn, follow Historic Environment Scotland's family trail at Bothwell Castle to discover some of the magical and mystical creatures of Scottish folklore!
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Walk Among Giants - Biggar Little Festival
Bring the kids to Walk Among the Giants at Wiston Lodge as part of The Biggar Little Festival this October and step into a world of Forest Magic!
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You Choose
Nonsense Room Productions bring You Choose, their fantastic interactive musical show for all the family, back to Lanternhouse Cumbernauld on Friday 17th October!
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Events in East Renfrewshire
Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On East Renfrewshire:
East Renfrewshire Bookbug Sessions
Free, fun and fantastic! East Renfrewshire Libraries run several interactive song, rhyme and story Bookbug sessions!
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October Art Camp For Kids
Kids... get ready for a spooktacular October Art Camp at Studio Two Six One where you can create ceramic pumpkins or spooky pots, print your own ghosts or collage a spooky picture!
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Weekly Macmillan Cancer Support & Information Drop-in at Clarkston Library
Every week at Clarkston Library, trained Macmillan volunteers offer a friendly listening ear to anyone affected by cancer, including those with a cancer diagnosis, as well as family and friends.
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Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Edinburgh:
Cuddly Corgi Treasure Hunt
Looking to entertain the kids? Come and spot our cuddly corgis hiding around Britannia’s tour route.
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Beneath The Veil
Beneath The Veil, an exhibition coinciding with World Mental Health Day, focuses on the work of artists using visual art as a means of expression, exploration, connection, release, and recovery.
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Hooked: 500 Years of Addiction
From heroin to gambling, from alcohol to love, explore the history of addiction at Hooked, an exhibition at the Physicians' Gallery.
READ MOREEvents in Fife
Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:
October Holiday Activities at The Scottish Fisheries Museum
The Scottish Fisheries Museum is looking forward to welcoming in local and visiting families to the museum over the October Half Term break.
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Artisan Fridays Market
Artisan Fridays is a weekly hot & cold food market, held every Friday on Kirkcaldy High Street!
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Steaming Ahead : How the Railways Changed the Fish we Eat
In this 200th anniversary year of commercial rail travel in the UK, we take the opportunity to look at the wide-ranging impacts of these technologies on a particular industry – fishing.
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Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:
ir/regular
Join the team at Project Ability for their next exhibition 'ir/regular featuring work from neurodivergent artist Grant Glennie.
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Carmunnock Heritage Trail
Take a unique, free, self-guided, multi-media tour around Glasgow's last village - Carmunnock by following the Carmunnock Heritage Trail!
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Half Term Retro Game Sessions
Join R-CADE for the half term school holidays as they extend their opening times for even more chance to play!
READ MOREEvents in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde
Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
Big Art Show
One of Scotland's largest open entry exhibitions, Paisley's annual Big Art Show, returns for a fourth edition from Saturday 30th August - Saturday 15th November!
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Children’s Art Classes
Come along to our weekly Kids Art Classes (5-12yrs) where you will make new friends in these chilled out sessions creating an artwork of your choosing!
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Little & Mini Buddies
Join St Mirren FC Charitable Foundation for Little & Mini Buddies, fun and engaging football sessions for 3 to 6 years, at Renfrew Leisure Centre.
READ MOREEvents in Stirling
Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:
Stirling University Choir: Handel Messiah & Rutter Requiem rehearsals and concert
Stirling University Choir invites you to join in rehearsing, then performing Handel's Messiah (Part 1) and Rutter's Requiem. Rehearsals are held on campus on Monday evenings.
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Stirling Ghostwalk
Take a tour of the strange tales and stranger characters of Stirling's Old Town on the Stirling Ghostwalk... comedy, drama, fact and fable - fun for boys & ghouls of all ages!
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Live Acoustic Music @ BrewDog
See in the weekend in style with great beer, great food and three hours of acoustic roots, blues, country, soul, pop and jazz tunes from Sci-Fi Jim at BrewDog Stirling!
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Craigbank Farm Pumpkin Experience
Craigbank Farm in Dunlop are throwing open their barn doors for a pumpkin picking and Halloween extravaganza!
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Kelburn Haunted Forest: Nightmare
Celebrate 15 years of Halloween at Kelburn with scares that are bigger, bolder, and more terrifying than ever. Will you survive to relive the NIGHTMARE?
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Kelburn Pumpkin Party
Get ready for a frightfully fun time as Kelburn's Halloween Pumpkin Party returns this October with thrilling activities for all ages!
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The Wandering Witches of Culzean
Can you help the little witches at Culzean Castle and Country Park find the missing ingredient before the witching hour begins?
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