With the end of the harvest, thoughts turn to preparations for the winter ahead. Events celebrate the bounty of the season and many sporting fixtures and festivals take place while the days are still long and fine.
Some events take place on exactly the same date every year, regardless of which day of the week they fall upon. The following table shows events which are fixed in this way:
| Day | Event | Article |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | London Cromwell Day |  |
| 9 | Flodden Commemoration | |
| 3 | Worcester: Battle of Worcester Commemoration | |
| 17 | West Ardsley: Lee Gap Fair | |
| 29 | Michaelmas | |
Some event dates differ from year to year in order for them to fall on a weekend or during a particular week of the year, for example the 3rd week in January. The following table shows events where dates may vary in this manner:
| Date | Event | Article |
|---|---|---|
| Late August / September | Brambles Bank Cricket Match | |
| Saturday in late August/early September | Palnackie World Flounder Championships | |
| All Month | Blackpool Illuminations | |
| Saturdays throughout September | Blackpool World Fireworks Championships | |
| Most Weekends in September & October | Matlock Illuminations | |
| A Saturday in September (every 5 years) | Cockenzie and Port Seton Box Meeting | |
| Saturday early in Month | Carshalton Straw Jack | |
| A Saturday early in Month | Gloucester Day | |
| Early September for 9 days | Largs Viking Festival | |
| 1st Friday in Month | Colchester Opening of the Oyster Fishery | |
| 1st Friday in Month | Cornwall Crying the Neck | |
| 1st Saturday in Month | Braemar Highland Gathering | |
| 1st Saturday in Month | Cornish Gorsedd/ Gorsedh Kernow | |
| 1st Saturday in Month | Marldon Apple Pie Fair | |
| 1st Saturday in Month | Musselburgh Fishermans Walk | |
| 1st Weekend in Month | Faversham International Hop Festival | |
| 1st Weekend in Month | Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing | |
| 1st Sunday in Month | Clovelly Lobster and Crab Feast | |
| Sunday early in month | Whitworth Rushcart | |
| Saturday nearest 8th | Lichfield Sheriff's Ride | |
| Sunday near 8th | Wirksworth Clypping the Church | |
| Sunday near 11th | Stirling Bridge Battle Commemoration | |
| Monday after 1st Sunday following 4th September | Abbots Bromley Horn Dance | |
| Saturday early to mid September | Richmond First Fruits Ceremony | |
| Sunday early to mid Month | Edinburgh Riding the Marches | |
| 2nd Saturday in month (and other dates following) | Bath Jane Austen Festival | |
| 2nd Saturday | Newent Onion Fayre & Onion Eating Contest | |
| 2nd Saturday | Canterbury Hop Hoodening | |
| 2nd Weekend | World Merrills Championships | |
| 2nd Sunday | Ramsbottom World Black Pudding Throwing Championships | |
| 2nd Tuesday in the Month | Widecombe Fair | |
| Saturday mid-Month | Great Kinder Beer Barrel Challenge | |
| Mid-month, often on a Tuesday | Kew Clog and Apron Race | |
| Sunday nearest 14th | Avening Pig Face Day (Biennial) | |
| 3rd Saturday | Egremont Crab Fair & Gurning Competition | |
| 3rd Weekend | Scottish Battlefields Trust Re-enactments | |
| Friday late in Month | Whitby: John Barleycorn Must Die | |
| Saturday 18th or next following Saturday | Lichfield Dr Johnson's Birthday | |
| Sunday 19th or 1st Sunday following | Painswick Church Clipping & Puppy Dog Pie | |
| Penultimate Sunday in Month | London Horseman's Sunday | |
| Weekend near 25th | Stamford Bridge Battle Weekend | |
| A Weekend late in month | Easdale Island World Stone Skimming Championships | |
| A Sunday late in Month | London Bridge Sheep Drive | |
| A Sunday late in month (usually Last but not always) | London Costermongers Harvest Festival | |
| Saturday in late September or early October | Penryn Mock Mayor | |
| Last weekend in Month | Malvern Giant Vegetable Championship | |
| Last Saturday in Month | Allendale Wolf | |
| Last Sunday | Urswick Rushbearing | |
| Late in Month / early October | Harvest Festival | |
| Late September to mid November | Sussex Bonfire Season | |