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Southend City BID is launching the brand-new Southend Food and Drink Festival this autumn, a ten-day celebration of local hospitality running from 24th October – 2nd November 2025. With exclusive offers, special menus, and prizes worth over £700, festival goers can explore 18 venues across the city while enjoying a flavour-packed experience.

The Southend Seafront Fireworks 2025 season will run every Saturday night from 27 September to 15 November. Free ten-minute displays will light up the skies, visible all along Marine Parade, with the best views by City Beach.

Westcliff Casino is undergoing a £9.8m restoration, with new gaming facilities, stylish refurbishments, and live entertainment planned throughout 2025. A grand reopening is scheduled for Spring 2026.

A brand-new celebration of five decades of house, disco, and club classics hits Southend’s Cliffs Pavilion this September with Love Sensation Live – an all-local, high-energy music and dance spectacular from TAL Productions.

The critically acclaimed one-woman play Myra’s Story returns to Palace Theatre Southend for one night only this November, starring Fíonna Hewitt-Twamley in a stunning solo performance exploring hardship, humour, and humanity.

Bluey’s Big Play comes to Southend Cliffs Pavilion from 08–12 April 2026, bringing the Emmy® award-winning animated series to life on stage. With puppets, laughter, and an original story by Joe Brumm, this unforgettable family show features Bluey, Bingo, Mum, and Dad on their next big live adventure!

Neil Diamond fans are in for a spectacular evening this autumn as the critically acclaimed tribute show It’s a Beautiful Noise returns to Southend with its brand-new 2025 Orchestral Edition.

On Monday 30 June the Palace Theatre Southend saw a gathering of many famous local bands and musicians as they came together for the very first time for a photo session.

Southend’s music and culture legacy will be in the spotlight thanks to a new map and exhibition launched at the Beecroft Gallery in Southend on Saturday 24 May. The map will herald the ‘Scene by the Sea’ exhibition at the gallery by the Thames Group of Artists.

The smash-hit Legally Blonde The Musical is heading to Southend! The all-new UK and Ireland tour of this Broadway and West End sensation arrives at the Cliffs Pavilion from 16–21 March 2026, promising Southend audiences a fabulously fun, feel-good night at the theatre.