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Fri, Oct 9

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

The Portland Retro Gaming Expo is one of the largest retro-focused gaming conventions in the United States, dedicated to classic consoles, arcade machines and video game history. Visitors can browse hundreds of vendor tables, play thousands of games spanning more than four decades, and attend panels on game development and preservation.

Fri, Oct 9

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

PAX Aus is Australia's largest gaming convention, bringing together video game publishers, indie developers and tabletop gaming communities for three days. Attendees can try unreleased game demos, join tournaments, and attend panels with industry professionals. The event also features a large freeplay area covering PC, console and board gaming.

Fri, Oct 9

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

One of the world's longest-running literature festivals, staged in a tented village in the Regency spa town of Cheltenham. Over ten days, more than 450 events bring novelists, poets, historians and public figures to the stage for talks, debates, signings and a large family programme.

Sat, Oct 10

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

A two-month celebration of Piedmont's prized white truffle, running every weekend through the autumn hunting season in the Langhe wine country. The heart of the fair is the Truffle Market, where certified fresh tartufo bianco is sold by weight, surrounded by sensory tastings, cooking shows, Barolo and Barbaresco pairings and a charity truffle auction. The 2026 edition is the fair's 96th.

Sat, Oct 10

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

The Brewers Association's flagship public tasting festival, moving outdoors for the first time in 2026 to Denver's Levitt Pavilion. Attendees sample pours from independent craft breweries across the country while the associated competition awards medals in dozens of beer style categories. The new open-air format pairs unlimited tastings with food trucks and live music.

Wed, Oct 14

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

The largest Python community conference in Latin America, spanning six days of talks, tutorials, and open source sprints. It draws students, hobbyists, and professional developers from across Brazil and neighboring countries in a famously welcoming, volunteer-organized atmosphere. Sessions run primarily in Portuguese with a strong first-timer and community-track culture.

Thu, Oct 15

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

A four-night festival of light art and digital culture that turns Prague's historic centre into an open-air gallery after dark. Visitors follow a walking route of video mappings on landmark facades, interactive installations and immersive indoor works by Czech and international artists.

Fri, Oct 16

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

An autumn stargazing festival held inside one of the world's largest accessible dark-sky preserves in the Canadian Rockies. The program mixes guided telescope sessions and night-sky photography walks with science talks from astronomers and astronauts.

Sat, Oct 17

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

A Cape Cod harvest-season street festival where the town's famed cold-water oysters and clams are shucked by the thousands along Main Street. Raw bars, chowder stands and local craft beer sit alongside artisan vendors and the crowd-favorite oyster shuck-off competition. Attendance is capped at 10,000 per day, keeping it a walkable small-town event.

Sat, Oct 17

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

A World Athletics Platinum Label marathon with roughly 32,000 marathon runners plus a big half marathon and 7.5K, starting and finishing inside the 1928 Olympic Stadium. The flat course along the Amstel river and the choice of distances mean friends of different abilities can all race the same weekend and meet at the stadium finish.

Sat, Oct 17

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

An obstacle-run weekend on farmland outside Nashville, with untimed 5K and 15K courses packed with signature mud pits, walls and climbing rigs, plus an 8-hour Infinity endurance option. Obstacles are designed to be tackled as a team rather than raced, so it works best when a group of friends signs up and gets muddy together.

Mon, Oct 19

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

One of the largest open source gatherings on the US East Coast, condensed into two focused days of talks across open source, AI, cloud, and web tracks. Thousands of developers, maintainers, and tech-curious locals attend, and ticket prices stay deliberately accessible compared to corporate conferences. The hallway track and community booths are as much of a draw as the sessions.

Fri, Oct 23

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

Armageddon Expo is New Zealand's biggest pop-culture convention, held over the Labour Day long weekend with dedicated gaming and esports zones alongside anime, comics and celebrity guest programming. The four-day event draws fans from across the country for cosplay competitions, gaming tournaments and exhibitor halls.

Sun, Oct 25

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

Known as 'The People's Marathon', this US Marine Corps-organized race sends tens of thousands of runners past the monuments of the National Mall before a finish at the Marine Corps War Memorial. With no qualifying time and Marines handing out medals, it is a favorite bucket-list race for groups of friends and a spectator-friendly city course.

Wed, Oct 28

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

The 31st edition of the world's largest event dedicated to chocolate, cocoa and pastry, gathering over 500 chocolatiers, pâtissiers and cocoa-producing countries under one roof. Visitors taste and buy bonbons, bean-to-bar tablets and pastries while watching live demonstrations, pastry competitions and the famous chocolate fashion show. Producer stands trace cocoa from plantation origins to finished confections.

Thu, Oct 29

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

This combined event is Southeast Asia's largest gaming gathering, pairing a business conference for industry professionals with a public entertainment area spanning four exhibition halls. Visitors can play upcoming game releases, watch esports showcases and meet developers from across the region. The 2026 edition expands its footprint to more than 35,000 square meters.

Fri, Oct 30

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

An open-air gathering of acclaimed ramen shops from across Japan, each serving full-size bowls of regional styles from Hokkaido miso to Kyushu tonkotsu. Admission to the park is free and visitors buy per-bowl tickets, making it easy to compare several shops in one visit. The 2026 edition runs for five consecutive days over the culture-day holiday weekend.

Sat, Oct 31

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

A nine-day festival of adventure filmmaking and mountain literature held on a campus in the Rockies, celebrating its 51st edition. Screenings of climbing, paddling, and expedition films run alongside author talks, photography exhibits, and a gear marketplace.

Sun, Nov 1

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

One of the world's largest Olympic-distance triathlons, with around 8,000 athletes swimming in Laguna Bay, cycling into the Sunshine Coast hinterland and running along Noosa Parade. The race caps a multi-day sports festival in a beach-resort town, so groups can combine racing or spectating with a spring long weekend away.

Thu, Nov 5

10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

The only FIAPF-accredited competitive film festival in Latin America, held each November in the Atlantic seaside city of Mar del Plata. Its 41st edition offers international and Latin American competitions, retrospectives and industry events across cinemas near the beachfront.