What's on in Warwick this weekend: Warwick Words, food fest and dungeon tour

By James Smith

26th Sep 2024 | Local News

Here is our list of top picks for events in Warwick this weekend - brought to you in partnership with CJ's Events Warwickshire.

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Here are our top picks for the coming days:

1. Food Festival

Warwick town centre is set to be taken over by the new Autumn Food Festival this weekend.

Organised by CJ's Events Warwickshire, the event follows the hugely successful May food festival which moved to St Nicholas Park for the first time this year.

For Sunday's (September 29) event over 50 businesses will head to Market Place bringing a huge range of food and drink.

Visitors can explore a rich variety of 50 plus stalls offering freshly prepared dishes, artisan food products, and delicious beverages. Whether you're a fan of gourmet street food, local farm produce, or international flavours, the Autumn Food Festival has something to satisfy every palate.

More details here.

2. Warwick Words

Dan Jones, Alison Weir and Terry Deary are among the speakers heading to Warwick this autumn for Warwick Words History Festival 2024.

The acclaimed literary festival will once again head to the town between September 30 and October 6.

A whole host of well known authors are set to feature at the History Festival.

Warwick Words started life in October 2002 as the Warwick Literary Weekend before expanding from a weekend to a week.

More details here

Warwick Words History Festival runs between September 26 and October 6 (image via Warwick Words)

3. Dungeon Tour

Missed out earlier this summer? Why not take the Dungeon Tour at Shire Hall on Saturday (27 September).

This tour covers over 300 years of trials, judgements and imprisonments at Warwick's Shire Hall.

Discover a piece of crime and punishment history in Warwick.

This tour covers over 300 years of trials, judgements and imprisonments. See the civil and criminal courts, holding cells and the 17th century dungeon. Hear how justice was handed down in the past.

More details here.