This listing is for the weekend of 26 and 27 September 2026, now past: Warwick's free Autumn Food Festival, Warwick Market, Covent Garden Quarter Market.

Warwick’s town centre has the busiest weekend: a market on Saturday and a free food festival on Sunday. Leamington’s monthly Covent Garden Quarter Market is also on Sunday.

Every listing below comes from the organiser’s or venue’s own page, checked on Friday 25 September.

At a glance

What When Where Notes
Middle, Loft Theatre Company Fri 7.30pm, Sat 7.30pm, Sun 5pm Loft Theatre, Leamington See booking page
Warwick Market Sat 26 Sep, 9am to 3pm Market Place, Warwick Open-air market
Warwick Autumn Food Festival Sun 27 Sep, 11am to 4pm Market Place, Warwick Free entry
Covent Garden Quarter Market Sun 27 Sep, 10am to 4pm Warwick Street, Leamington Open-air market

Sunday: Warwick Autumn Food Festival

The organiser, CJS Events, lists up to 40 food and drink traders in Warwick town centre, around Market Place, CV34 4SA.

  • Time: 11am to 4pm
  • Entry: free
  • Also on: a scarecrow stilt walker, children’s rides and chocolate workshops

The nearest car parks named on the event page are New Street (CV34 4RX), West Rock (CV34 4DZ) and Cape Road (CV34 4UN). There are public toilets at 30 Market Place.

Saturday: Warwick Market

The regular Warwick Market runs from 9am to 3pm in Market Place. It sells fruit and vegetables, flowers, baked goods, fish and crafts, and is run in partnership with Warwick District Council.

Sunday: Covent Garden Quarter Market, Leamington

This market is held on the last Sunday of every month, from 10am to 4pm, in the Covent Garden Quarter on Warwick Street, CV32 5JS. The event page promises up to 60 independent stalls, mostly crafts, gifts and local food.

The nearest car parks on the event page are Covent Garden surface car park, St Peter’s multi-storey, Royal Priors and Chandos Street. For charges, see our parking in Leamington guide.

Friday to Sunday: Middle at the Loft Theatre

The Loft Theatre Company is staging Middle by David Eldridge, directed by Viki Betts. The play follows a couple in their forties who have a frank talk about their marriage at 4am. It is the second play in Eldridge’s trilogy. The company staged the first, Beginning, last year.

According to the Loft’s booking page, this weekend’s performances are:

  • Friday 25 September, 7.30pm
  • Saturday 26 September, 7.30pm
  • Sunday 27 September, 5pm

It runs again from Tuesday 29 September to Saturday 3 October. Ticket prices are on the booking page.

What we checked and found nothing

  • Kenilworth Castle: English Heritage lists no events this weekend.
  • Leamington BID: its events page has nothing between the food festival on 12 and 13 September and Turn Leamington Pink from 4 October.

For more ideas, see things to do in Leamington.

Sources: CJS Events Warwickshire event pages; Loft Theatre Company booking page; English Heritage Kenilworth Castle events page; BID Leamington events page. All checked 25 September 2026.