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The calendar in October

October

Frieze week, the Arc, Art Basel Paris, Singapore under lights: the autumn's art and racing month.

A month page is evergreen: it describes what every October looks like on the international calendar, then lists the dated events of the next October with their status.

01Where the season is concentrated

October is the collector's autumn and the racing world's grand finale in Europe. Paris opens the month with the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on the first Sunday and closes Paris Fashion Week in the same days; London follows in the second week with Frieze London, Frieze Masters, PAD London and the auction houses' October sales — the densest art week in the British year; Paris answers a week later with Art Basel Paris in the Grand Palais. The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship plays St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns; the Singapore Grand Prix runs under lights and the United States and Mexico City Grands Prix follow in the Americas; the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, the largest in-water show in the world, closes the month in Florida. The BFI London Film Festival, the Audrain Newport Concours, Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez's first days and the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh fill in the edges.

Shaftesbury Avenue, London Destination London 5 events Vosges Square, Paris, Region of Île-de-France, France Destination Paris 3 events Ca'Rezzonico, Venice facade of Giorgio Massari Destination Venice 1 events Photo of Marina Bay Sands taken from Gardens by the Bay on 03.09.2025, Singapore Destination Singapore 1 events Crown Casino Complex, Melbourne, viewed from the Spencer Street bridge Destination Melbourne 1 events Aerial photographs of Saint-Tropez Destination Saint-Tropez 1 events

02Major events

Week by week: the events that open each week of the month, the most important first.

Oct 1–4Week 1
View from the second level of the Eiffel Tower, Paris Fashion Week Paris Paris Fashion Week Sep 28 – Oct 6 Bluestocking winning team Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 2024, Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Paris Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Oct 3–4 Port of Saint-Tropez, Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Saint-Tropez Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Sep 26 – Oct 4
Oct 5–11Week 2
Formula One Grand Prix Singapore 2013 - Sebastian Vettel in Red Bull Renaul, Singapore Grand Prix Singapore Singapore Grand Prix Oct 9–11 BFI Southbank restaurant below the Waterloo Bridge with marquee advertising its Japan 2021 exhibition in December 2021, BFI London Film Festival London BFI London Film Festival Oct 7–18 White truffles from Alba, Alba International White Truffle Fair Alba Alba International White Truffle Fair Oct 10 – Dec 6
Oct 12–18Week 3
The Frieze Masters tent in Regent’s Park, London, October 2014 London Frieze London Oct 14–18 Autumn at Regent's Park, London, Frieze Masters London Frieze Masters Oct 14–18 The Crosby Garrett Helmet on auction at Christie's, London, on 7 October 2010, London October Auction Week London London October Auction Week Oct 14–16
Oct 19–25Week 4
The Garden in the courtyard of Petit Palais at Paris, France, Art Basel Paris Paris Art Basel Paris Oct 23–25 The start of the 1991 United States Grand Prix Austin United States Grand Prix Oct 23–25 C/n 1091. Built 2008. Henderson Executive Airport, Las Vegas, NV. 3rd March 2016, NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition Las Vegas NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition Oct 20–22
Oct 26–31Week 5
It looks like red was the hit in the finals. 2nd Place Christine Spielmann (left), Winner Chloe Moo (middle) and runner up, Melbourne Cup Carnival Melbourne Melbourne Cup Carnival Oct 31 – Nov 7 Riyadh Future Investment Initiative Oct 26–29 Corrected by Jacek Halicki, Mexico City Grand Prix Mexico City Mexico City Grand Prix Oct 30 – Nov 1

03The ten defining events · October 2026

The full calendar for October · 23 events →

04Important destinations

London and Paris, alternating week by week. Singapore and Austin for their race weekends; Fort Lauderdale for the boat show; Saint-Tropez for the first days; Newport and Trieste for a weekend each; St Andrews for the Dunhill.

City of London skyscrapers viewed from The Queen's Walk Destination London 5 events this month Hôtel de Ville, Paris, France Destination Paris 3 events this month

05Geographic movement

A short shuttle between Paris and London — Arc, then Frieze, then Art Basel Paris — that many people do as a single fortnight. The yachts that were in Monaco in September are in Saint-Tropez in the first week and crossing to the Caribbean or heading to Fort Lauderdale by the end of the month. Formula 1 crosses from Asia to the Americas.

Paris — 3 events Venice — 1 events London — 5 events Singapore — 1 events Melbourne — 1 events Saint-Tropez — 1 events Riyadh — 1 events St Andrews — 1 events Mexico City — 1 events Hong Kong — 1 events Austin — 1 events Miami — 1 events Lexington, Kentucky — 1 events Newport — 1 events Alba — 1 events Las Vegas — 1 events Trieste — 1 events

06Weather

London and Paris are autumnal: mild, wet, short days by the month's end. Singapore is hot and humid under the lights. Austin is warm. Fort Lauderdale is at the tail of the hurricane season and the start of its best weather. Saint-Tropez can still be summer in the first week.

07The most important weekends

The Frieze London weekend in the second week and the Art Basel Paris weekend in the fourth are the two poles; the first weekend, with the Arc and the Paris shows, is the third. In race years the Singapore or U.S. Grand Prix lands on one of them.

08Where the season moves next

November: the New York fall auction weeks and the Melbourne Cup Carnival, Paris Photo, the Geneva watch auctions and the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie, the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the Breeders' Cup, the Hong Kong autumn sales, Abu Dhabi Art, Dubai Watch Week in odd years, the Hospices de Beaune auction — and the first stirrings of the Caribbean season.

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