What's on in Grays on a budget?
21 upcoming events
We've rounded up 21 upcoming events in Grays on a budget — concerts, parties, theatre, exhibitions, family outings — updated every day. Pick a theme or just scroll.
Events in Grays on a budget
Wed14
Tomorrow
Thu15
Thursday 15 October
Later
Wed 21 · 6 PMFree
🏷️Other
SHILOH 2026_NOW
Church of His Presence, UK, The Queensgate Centre
Sat 24 · 7:45 AMFree
🏃Running🌳Outdoors
KNEAD FOR SPEED x EGO-FREE RUN CLUB
lakeside shopping centre
Sat 24 · 1 PMFree
🪡Crafts
Affordable Art for Sale in Orsett
Wellcome Church
Sun 25 · 9 AMFree
🏷️Other
OneLastStance cars cameras and coffee morning
AmD Tuning
Sun 25 · 10:30 AMFree
🏰Heritage
Essex Fire Museum Open Day
Essex Fire Museum
Tue 27 · 10:30 AMFree
🏰Heritage
Essex Fire Museum Open Day
Essex Fire Museum
Tue 27 · 3 PMFree
♿Disability
Progressing into adulthood - Education
South Essex College - Thurrock Campus
Fri 30 · 7 PMFree
Next Up Live: Open Mic
Casco Lounge
Wed 4 · 5:20 PMFree
🎒Students
Open Evening | Palmer's Campus
USP College - Palmer's Campus
Sun 8 · 9:30 AM£12.62–19.12
🎊Socials🤾Sports & fitness
Ultimate Victory Dance Championships 2026 Essex
Thameside Theatre
Sun 22 Nov · 10:30 AMFree
🏰Heritage🗺️Guided tour
Essex Fire Museum Open Day
Essex Fire Museum
Wed 25 Nov · 9:30 AMFree
Recruitment Discovery Event - Palmer's Campus - 25 November 2026
USP College - Palmer's Campus
Fri 4 Dec · 7 PM£15.40
🏷️Other
Oasiz
Civic Hall
Mon 14 Dec · 10:30 AMFree
🏰Heritage🐣Animals
Essex Fire Museum Open Day
Essex Fire Museum
Thu 28 Jan · 5:20 PMFree
Open Evening | Palmer's Campus | 28 January 2027
USP College - Palmer's Campus
Thu 11 Mar · 9:30 AMFree
Recruitment Discovery Event - Palmer's Campus - 11 March 2027
USP College - Palmer's Campus
Tue 22 Jun · 3 PMFree
Progressing into adulthood - Employment, Benefits and Budgeting
South Essex College - Thurrock Campus
Tue 27 Jul · 3 PMFree
Progressing into adulthood - Wellbeing
South Essex College - Thurrock Campus
See also in Grays on a budget
Fri 30 · 7 PMFree
🎫Concert
OPEN MIC - Next Up Live!
Casco Lounge, West Thurrock
Fri 16 · 6 PM£10–12
🎸Rock🤘Metal
Soldiers Of Rage
The Red Lion, Gravesend
Sat 17 · 7:30 PMFree
🎫Concert
Carla O'Neill Live @taproomupminster
1b Sunnyside Gardens, Upminster
Fri 23 · 7:30 PM£27.80
🌐World music🎶Singer-songwriter
Bollywood Time Machine 2.0 – Gravesend
The Woodville, Gravesend
At 8 PM£12–15
💜Soul / Funk🎷Jazz
Andrew Linham’s Soul Jazz
Queen's Theatre Hornchurch, London
Sat 17 · 7 PMFree
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Concert by Mosaic Choir
St Margaret's Church
Sat 17 · 7:30 PM£6.13
💿DJ set🎊Socials
Navratri and Dandiya 2026
1ST OCKENDON SCOUTS HALL, SOUTH OCKENDON
Sat 31 · 2 PM
🎉Club
AURA: HALLOWEEN 2026
The Dog & Partridge, North Stifford, RM16 5UQ
Sat 24 · 4 PM£13.70
🎩Ballroom✨Belly dance
EHA Feel Alive Dance Tribe | Rumba, Cha Cha, Bollywood and Live DJ
Weldon Heart Community Centre, Ebbsfleet Valley
Sat 24 · 4 PM£11.99
🎉Club
Dartford - DayClubbers: The Halloween Day Party!
ATIK Dartford
Sat 31 · 2 PM£33.22–130.72
🍽️Food💿DJ set
Let Loose Brunch Of Terror
The Yard, Dartford
Thu 15 · 7:30 PM£24
🎭Theatre♀️Feminism
Tits Up
Thameside Theatre, Grays
Mon 12
🕺Musical
Operation Mincemeat
The Orchard, Dartford
Wed 21 · 7:30 PM£17
🕺Musical
The Addams Family Musical
DAODS Heathfields Hall, Dartford
Tomorrow · 7:30 PM
🎤Stand-up😂Comedy
The Ginger Giggle Club
The Dog & Partridge, North Stifford, RM16 5UQ
Wed 21 · 7:30 PM
🕺Musical
Dorian Grey The Musical
The Woodville, Gravesend
Tue 27
🕺Musical
The Picture of Dorian Gray - A New Musical
The Woodville, Gravesend
Fri 16 · 8 PM
🗣️Talk📚Literature
William Schaw Lindsay MP (1815-1877) – shipping magnate
St John's Church Hall (behind the church), Grays
Sat 24 · 2 PMFree
🗣️Talk
The Emancipated Man: Affirming Sonship
Best Western The Thurrock Hotel, Aveley
Wed 21 · 7:15 PM
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Havering Astronomical Society meeting and observing
Thames Chase Forest Centre, Upminster
At 10:30 AM
🗣️Talk
How to understand Contemporary Art
New Windmill Hall RM14 2QH, Upminster
Fri 16 · 11 AM£25
🗣️Talk🧘Wellness
Healthy Hair at Every Stage with Aveda
John Lewis Bluewater, Dartford
Fri 16 · 1 PM£25
🗣️Talk
Behind The Beauty: A Skincare Industry Leaders Panel
John Lewis Bluewater, Dartford
Sat 17 · 10 AMFree
🎬Cinema
FREE KPop Demon Hunters Sing-Along Screening with MINISO
Bluewater Parkway, Dartford
Sat 17 · 11 AM
🖼️Art & Culture
Public Opening 2026
RAF Hornchurch Heritage Centre, Greater London
Sun 18 · 7 PM£0
📜Poetry📚Literature
Holy Moly featuring Shopping List Guy!
The Mole Hole, Gravesend
Wed 4 · 7:30 PM
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Thurrock Astronomy Society meeting
Horndon-on-the-Hill Methodist Hall
Thu 5 · 2 PMFree
📚Literature
Thursday Reading Group
Upminster Library, London
Wed 11 Nov · 11 AM£15
🗣️Talk🍽️Food
✨ The Dermalogica Microneedling & Exosomes Experience ✨
Dermalogica Bluewater, Dartford
Tomorrow · 1 PMFree
🗣️Talk📚Literature
Writing Group
Elm Park Library, London
Tomorrow · 3:30 PMFree
📜Poetry📚Literature
Poetry group
Hornchurch Library, London
Thu 15 · 7:45 PM
🔬Science🌳Outdoors
Informal observing evening with Crayford Manor Astronomical Society
The Dick Chambers Observatory, Dartford
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Venues in Grays on a budget
Thameside Theatre
2 events
Church of His Presence, UK, The Queensgate Centre
1 event
Essex Fire Museum
4 events
South Essex College - Thurrock Campus
3 events
St John's Church Hall (behind the church)
3 events
Civic Hall
2 events
USP College - Palmer's Campus
5 events
Good Lifting Co.
1 event
Lakeside Shopping Centre
2 events
AmD Tuning
1 event
Casco Lounge
1 event
lakeside shopping centre
1 event