🎭 Matilda The Musical Live - Milton Keynes Theatre
Time: 14:30
▪️AGE GUIDANCE: 6+
Please note: Children under 4 years (including babes in arms) will not be admitted. All children must have their own seat.
🗓 PERFORMANCE TIMES
Wed 28 Oct - Sat 14 Nov 2026
▪️Tue - Sat at: 19:30
▪️Wed, Sat and Sun at: 14:30
▪️Thu 29 Oct at: 14:30
🗓 2026 DATES
▪️28 October - 1 November
▪️3 November - 8 November
▪️10 November - 14 November
✨ ABOUT
Inspired by Roald Dahl’s much-loved book, Matilda The Musical tells the story of an extraordinary little girl with a brilliant mind, a vivid imagination and the courage to change her own destiny.
With a book by Dennis Kelly, music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, and direction by Matthew Warchus, this global phenomenon has won more than 100 international awards, including 24 for Best Musical, and has delighted over 12 million people worldwide.
Now celebrating 15 years on stage, this unforgettable production heads back out on tour — bringing its humour, heart and rebellious spirit to Milton Keynes Theatre.
⭐ WHY GO AND SEE IT?
Expect clever storytelling, standout songs, big laughs and plenty of theatrical magic. It’s a brilliant choice for a family theatre trip, a half term treat or a memorable night out.
📝 GOOD TO KNOW
▪️Running time: 2 hours 35 minutes including interval
▪️Captioned performance: Friday 13th November 2026 at 7.30pm
▪️This production includes flashing lights, lasers, loud sound effects, popped latex balloons, stage haze and strobe effects
▪️Actors also interact in audience spaces during the show
🎟 TICKETS FROM: £30.00
Please note: A booking fee of £3.95 is applied to each order.
🔥 OFFER
Plus, there’s a buy one and get one under 16s half price offer on selected seats for Tue–Thu performances.
♿️ ACCESSIBILITY SUPPORT & BOOKING
☎️ Phone: 03330 095 399
Please note you will need to register for the Access Membership Scheme to book tickets.
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👻🚂 Halloween at Leighton Buzzard Railway - 2026
Time: 10:30 - 16:00
🗓 2026 DATES
▪️Saturday 31st October:
▪️Sunday 1st November:
👻 WHAT TO EXPECT
Our station will be creepily decorated, and our volunteers will be in costume to welcome you. Our visitors are encouraged to dress up for the occasion; witches, wizards, ghouls and ghosties will find themselves at home.
At Page’s Park you can join in with grave robbing to find buried treasures. At Stonehenge you will need your thinking heads on to find the hidden letters and unscramble them to find a word and win a prize.
ℹ️ Accessibility
🎟 TICKET COST:
▪️Tickets from £9.00
▪️Under 2: Free
ℹ️ ENQUIRIES
☎️ Phone: +44 (0)1525 373888
🍁 Autumn Trail 2026 - Rushmere Country Park
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
🗓 DATES & TIMES
▪️ 23rd October 2026 - 1st November 2026
▪️ Starts from 10:00am
▪️ Ends at 4:00pm
🍁 EVENT DETAILS
This October Half Term pick up your Autumn Trail Sheet from Visitor Services (£4 per child - includes trail and treat) and head off to follow the clues and solve the puzzle.
It’s a lovely way to get children outdoors, exploring the trails and taking in the seasonal colours of Rushmere Country Park while enjoying a little half term challenge along the way.
Your purchase also helps support the valuable work of The Greensand Trust at Rushmere Country Park, so you can enjoy some autumn family fun while giving back too.
ℹ️ GOOD TO KNOW
This event runs across the October half term period, so it’s ideal if you’re planning a day out in and around Heath and Reach, Leighton Buzzard and the wider Bedfordshire area.
🎫 TRIAL SHEETS: £4 (pay on the day)
🅿️ Please note: Parking charges apply
🎃🔨 Pumpkin Smash 2026 at The Secret Farm
Time: 10:00 - 14:00 Price: £5.00
🔨 EVENT DETAILS
This is where you can bash, crash, and smash your way through the leftover pumpkins in the patch. It’s loud, messy, and absolutely brilliant family fun — the perfect way to say goodbye to pumpkin season in style!
Smash, stomp, splat, or squash as many pumpkins as you like within the smash zone!
Pumpkins in the designated picking patch zone are free to take away with your entry ticket — take a few home and enjoy a cosy winter of pumpkin soup, pies, and purées.
Extended access to our Halloween play areas, so you can squeeze in one last adventure before the season ends.
Bring your friends and family for one more day of laughter, memories, and total pumpkin mayhem.
👀 WHAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR TICKET?
✨️Pumpkins
✨️Parking
✨️Wheelbarrow use
✨️Straw Maze
✨️Straw Bale Climbing
✨️Pumpkin cannon
✨️Graveyard
✨️Various Games
✨️Toilets on site
✨️Mini tractors
✨️Burg Pedal Go-Karts
✨️Climbing Equipment & Swings
✨️Space hoppers
✨️Photo opportunities
✨️Colouring
✨️Activity trail
✨️Spooky Beach
🎟 TICKET COST:
▪️£5 per person
▪️Under 3 are Free
🕷 Spooktacular 2026 at Woodside Animal Farm
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
🗓 2026 HALLOWEEN DATES
▪️24th October - 1st November
👀 Fun activities include:
✨️ Hunt for the Golden Pumpkin and win a prize
✨️ Spooky Walk through
✨️ Halloween Crafts
✨️ Witches & Ghosts hunt
✨️ Scarecrow Field
✨️ Halloween Fancy Dress competition
✨️ Pumpkin Corner *Boo-Tastic photo op
✨️ Creepy Crawlies & Reptile Encounters
✨️ Guinea pig fishing
✨️ Funfair rides
✨️ All the usual indoor and outdoor play
🎟 TICKET COST:
▪️Adult Halloween: £16.50
▪️Child Halloween: £16.50
▪️Tiny Tots Halloween: £6.00
▪️Under 12 months Halloween: Free
🤸♂️ Free Gymnastics Session - Brickhill, Bedford
Time: 10:30 - 11:15
🤩 WHAT TO EXPECT
✨ A fantastic opportunity to have fun, try new skills, build confidence and discover a love for gymnastics!
▪️AGES:
Open to all new members aged 4 years and over.
DETAILS
📅 Sunday 1st November
⏰ 10:30–11:15am
📍 Scott Primary School (North Site), Hawk Drive, Bedford
Whether your child is a budding gymnast or has never tried gymnastics before, we’d LOVE to welcome you!
ℹ️ BOOKING DETAILS
Spaces are limited, so book your FREE place by emailing Mel at mel@falcongym.com
🎆✨️ All Saints Festival Evesong 2026 - All Saints Church, Leighton Buzzard
Time: 08:00 - 18:30
⛪ Church Services:
🕗 8.00am – Morning Service
🕤 9.30am – Morning Service
🕦 11.30am – Messy Mass
🕔 5.00pm – Festival Evensong
🎆 FIREWORKS & SOUP: 6PM
If you're just coming along for the fireworks and soup, please meet in the Vicarage Gardens at 6pm.
Enter through the churchyard and follow the signs.
❤️ Everyone is welcome!
🎆 Scot Club Firework Display 2026 - Bletchley
Time: 16:00 - 20:00
🎇 Fireworks display from 7pm
🎡 Gates open from 4pm
🍔 Food, drinks, stalls, rides, and family fun
🍻 Bar open!
🎟 TICKET COST:
▪️Adults £5
▪️Under 15s £2
Bring the family, grab your tickets via the event link and get ready for a fantastic evening!
👻 Halloween Trail 2026 - Jordans Mill, Broom
Time: 09:30 - 15:30
📅 2026 DATES & TIMES
▪️Saturday 24th October - Sunday 1st November
▪️9:30am - 3:30pm
👻 WHAT TO EXPECT
Step into the shadows for a fang-tastic trail packed with spooky surprises, creepy characters and fun frights around every corner!
🔎Explore the menacing Meadow and wicked Woodland to find 10 spooky Halloween displays. Count how many ‘frights’ you can spot and write the spooky word on your trail sheet.Use your 3D glasses to uncover a hidden letter, find all ten to uncover the spooky Halloween word!👓
💀 Come dressed up, explore, and see if you can find all 10 Frights!
🎟 TICKET COST - NO BOOKING REQUIRED
▪️£4 per child - includes a prize!
🎆 Free Henlow Fireworks 2026
Time: 18:00
📍 LOCATION
Millennium Meadow, Gardeners Lane, Henlow, Bedfordshire
🕕 Free entry from 6pm
🎆 Fireworks display at 7pm
🍔 Food and drinks available
🎟️ FREE ENTRY!
🅿️ PARKING INFORMATION
There is no allocated parking, except for Blue Badge holders (very limited spaces). Visitors are encouraged to walk to the event where possible. Please be considerate of neighbouring properties if parking in surrounding roads.
🚧 ROAD CLOSURE
Gardeners Lane will be closed to vehicles between 5:30pm and 7:30pm.
⚠️ Sparklers are NOT permitted anywhere on the site.
📞 For enquiries: 01462 811800
🍔 £10 Burgers at Hickory's Smokehouse - Milton Keynes
Time: 10:00 - 22:00 Price: £10.00
🗓 WHEN?
Monday 26th October to Sunday 1st November 2026
WHAT BURGERS ARE £10?
🍔 The Oklahoma Smash Burger
🍗 The Southern Fried Chicken Burger
🌱 The Hickory's Veggie Burger
ℹ️ BOOKING INFO...
Book your table on the website via the event link and tell us you're "HERE FOR A £10 BURGER" when you arrive...
🐶 DOG INFORMATION
We are dog friendly in our bar & outside! Pop a note in the special requests to be seated in the right area.
♿️ ACCESSIBILITY
When filling out the form, ensure you leave a detailed note in the "Special Requests" or "Booking Comments" box specifying that you require a wheelchair-accessible table on the ground level. Because the restaurant features split-level dining and a busy upstairs area, it is highly recommended to call the Milton Keynes team directly.
🕯Celebrate Samhain - A Magical Halloween Workshop - Hertfordshire
Time: 12:00 - 16:00 Price: £20.00
Honour the Past, Divine the Future. A lovely opportunity to embrace the traditions and magic of the season!
✨️ EVENT DETAILS
Enjoy an afternoon of folklore, divination, creativity, remembrance and autumn magic in the beautiful Flopsy Wood!
📅 Sunday 1st November 2026
⏰ 12pm – 4pm
📍 Flopsy Wood, Cock Lane, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 8LS
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
🔮 Halloween Divination – Explore tarot, runes, pendulums and traditional fortune-telling tools.
🧿 Create Your Own Protection Charm – Make a Samhain protection pouch with herbs, charms and intentions to take home.
🕯️ Spirits, Ancestors & Folklore – Discover the history and traditions of Samhain, Halloween and remembering loved ones.
🎃 Autumn Feast – Bring seasonal food to share and enjoy together.
🕯 Guided Meditation & Candle Ritual – Take a gentle journey through the Samhain woods, followed by a candle ceremony to release and renew.
🎟 TICKET COST: £20pp
For more information or to book, contact Amanda & Jeff on 07881 666824.
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🐻 Puzzle & Toy Sale - Keech Charity Shop, Finway Luton
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
🗓 DATES
Join us from Thursday 29th October to Sunday 1st November 2026 for an event you want to miss especially before Christmas!!
🎲 EVENT DETAILS
Thats right, we're back with another four days of toys, puzzles and games and more teddies than we know what to do with!
📍LOCATION
Keech Finway, Unit 10, Finway, Luton, LU1 1TR
🛍 Hoddesdon Indoor Table Top Sale 2026
Time: 09:00 - 13:00 Price: £1.00
ℹ️ ABOUT
The car boot season is over, but the bargain hunting isn't! Our indoor Table Top Sale runs every single Sunday right through to April 2027, so come rain, wind, frost or snow, we're open, warm and dry.
Step inside and discover treasures from every corner of the world of fashion, vintage, collectibles and local art. Whether you're after a designer find, a retro gem, something for your collection or a one-off piece from a local artist, this is where you'll find the bargain of a lifetime.
☕️ REFRESHMENTS
Grab a drink and a bite. Luxury coffees, teas and bacon butties are served throughout the morning, so take your time, browse every table and make a morning of it.
🪙 ENTRY COST: £1.00
(Under 16 are free)
Every £1 entrance fee goes to our local charity, Stars for Smiles, supporting local individuals and organisations who need that extra bit of help. Not only are you backing local sellers, you're giving back to the local community too.
🤑 SELLERS – BOOK YOUR SPOT NOW
▪️Tables £10 each | Rails £5 each
▪️Only 24 tables available, strictly first come, first served
▪️Set-up from 7.30am
▪️Book up to four consecutive weeks in advance (maximum four-week reservation)
Tables go fast, so don't miss out!
✅️ HOW TO BOOK A SPACE
Call 01992 899000 to reserve your space.
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🫧 Halloween Family Weekend 2026 - The Olde Watermill Shopping Village, Barton-le-Clay
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
🗓 2026 DATES
▪️Saturday 31st October: 10am - 4pm
▪️Sunday 1st November: 10am - 4pm
🎈 Balloon modelling — £1 per balloon
🫧 Giant bubble making — FREE
🦉 Meet the owls from Boo Hoo Owl Sanctuary
🚂 Woolsey’s Miniature Railway — £2 per ride
Sadly, the animal farm has had to cancel their visit this weekend.
Bring the family along for a fun-filled weekend — with shops to explore and tasty treats to enjoy too! 🧡
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☠️ The Halloween Maze - The Cross Keys, Pulloxhill
Time: 12:00 - 20:00 Price: £2.50
🕛 MAZE OPENING TIMES
▪️Monday - Friday: 12pm-3pm & 5pm-8pm
▪️Saturday & Sunday: 12pm-8pm
👀 KIDS EAT FOR £2.50 & FREE ENTRY TO THE MAZE!
Monday to Friday 12-3pm and 5-8pm kids can eat from our Halloween menu for £2.50 with every main course and get free entry to the Creepy Maze. Open all day Saturday and Sunday from 12-8pm. You can view the menu on the website.
💷 ENTRY COST TO THE MAZE
Entry to the maze is just £2.50 per person - includes the spooky treasure hunt. Are you brave enough to do the treasure hunt? Bring a torch its creepy in there 🫣
ℹ️ ENQUIRIES
☎️ Phone: 01525 712442