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🎭 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Milton Keynes Theatre


Time: 14:30 - 21:30

🌈 Starring X-Factor winner Joe McElderry as the roof-raising Pharaoh, the smash-hit London Palladium production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat returns to Milton Keynes Theatre this August 2025!

🗓 2025 DATES
▪️Wednesday 6th August - 7:30pm
▪️Thursday 7th August - 2:30pm & 7:30pm
▪️Friday 8th August - 7:30pm
▪️Saturday 9th August - 2:30pm & 7:30pm
▪️Sunday 10th August - 1:00pm & 5:00pm
(Two hours including intervals)

🎭 ABOUT
The multi award-winning show has been performed hundreds of thousands of times including multiple runs in the West End and on Broadway, international tours in over 80 countries worldwide and has become one of the world’s most beloved family musicals.

🎟 TICKETS COST: From £24.50
The Box Office is open for 90 minutes prior to the performance commencing.

🤩 MEMBERS?
Membership Benefits - 25% off pre-show drinks (30mins prior) 

👸 Island Princess Moana Visit - Funtivity, Leighton Buzzard


Time: 09:30 - 11:30

🌞 We have lots of exciting things planned as well as our usual sessions at Funtivity in Leighton Buzzard and we hope to see you there!

🙋‍♀️ Miss Rachel (Under 5's only)
▪️Monday 28th July 2025
▪️9.30am - 11.30am

👸 Island Princess, Moana Visit
▪️Thursday 7th August 2025
▪️9.30am - 11.30am

🐻 Teddy Bears Picnic (Make your own Teddy Bear and Picnic lunch included!)
▪️Friday 15th August 2025
▪️9.30am - 11.30am
▪️12pm - 2pm

🧁 Cream Tea and Sweet Treats (One for the adults to enjoy too!)
▪️Thursday 21st August & Saturday 23rd August 2025
▪️2.30pm - 4.30pm

🌞 Summer Tuff Trays (Under 5's only)
▪️Thursday 28th August 2025
▪️9.30am - 11.30am

🎟 BOOKING & MORE INFORMATION
Please see our booking page via the event link for more info on each event and to book.

ℹ️ BOOKING ENQUIRIES/CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone:
07863 296087
📧 Email:
hello@funtivityplayvillage.co.uk

🎡 Willen Lake Summer Fair 2025


Time: 13:00 - 21:00

🎠 Milton Keynes, Willen lake summer funfair is returning this Summer 2025. Free Entry.

🗓 2025 SUMMER DATES
All the fun of the fair will be returning to Willen lake from the 24th July everyday until 17th August 2025.

🕐 TIMES
▪️Weekdays 1pm - 9pm
▪️Weekends 12pm - 10pm

🎡 WHAT TO EXPECT
With new rides for 2025 there’s something for the whole family to enjoy so fetch your family to Milton Keynes favourite park for some summer fun!
✨️ Waltzer
✨️ Superstar
✨️ Miami
✨️ Dodgems
✨️ Twister
✨️ Orbiter
✨️ Giant Wheel
✨️ High Flyer
✨️ Midnight Express
✨️ Apple Coaster
✨️ LOADS Of Childrens Rides
✨️ Games & Stalls

🅿️ PARKING
Plenty Of Onsite Parking (Fee's Apply).

🐋 Free Ocean Exploration - Tring Museum


Time: 10:30 - 15:30

🌊 Drop in to our ocean-themed handling and craft workshop.

▪️AGES:
Recommended for ages 4+.

🗓 2025 DATES
▪️
Tuesday 22 – Thursday 24 July
▪️Tuesday 29 – Thursday 31 July
▪️Tuesday 5 – Thursday 7 August

🕛 TIMES
10.30am –12.00pm and 14.00pm–15.30pm

🐳 EVENT DETAILS
Get up close to fascinating specimens as you discover the wonderful variety of sea life, from corals and seahorses to whales and sharks. Find out how plastics affect them and how together we can help look after these incredible creatures.

🐢 GET CREATIVE
Plus, create and take home an ocean animal craft to remember your day.

🎟 BOOKING ADVISED
Half-terms and school holidays are particularly busy times for us. Booking is advised to guarantee entry.
Book your free entry ticket

♿️ ACCESSIBILITY
This event is fully wheelchair accessible.
We can provide you with a wheelchair or folding chair to carry if you email us at:
📧 Email: tring-bookings@nhm.ac.uk.
If you’d like to discuss accessibility
requirements, email us.

🅿️ PARKING 
There is free car parking on Hastoe Lane. It has 48 spaces, including three Blue Badge holder spaces and two parent-and-toddler spaces.
Alternative car parks are available off the High Street. The car parks managed by Dacorum Borough Council are free for the first hour with a small charge after that.

💦 FREE Bennett's Splash Park in Dunstable 2025


Time: 10:00 - 18:00

💦 Bennetts FREE Splash park is great for a fun day out for all the family with a play park and Cafe onsite.

📆 2025 DATES
▪️Monday 5th May - Sunday 31st August
▪️7 days a week
▪️10am - 6pm

💦 FREE FAMILY FUN
Enjoy the 16 super soaking water features ranging from gentle mists, spray arches and tipping buckets to spray shooter cannons. The Splash Park is designed to be enjoyed by children of all ages from 2 years to 10 years.

Those who are older are asked to act responsibly for the safety of all.
Please note, the Splash Park will have 10 minute intervals where the water will stop to ensure water safety quality checks, why not take this opportunity to refresh at the Splashside Cafe.

❗️IMPORTANT INFORMATION
*Bennett’s Splash Park and Splashside Café may be subject to closure due to unforeseen circumstances due to weather, technical faults or other issues beyond our control. For regular updates, please follow us on Facebook: @bennettssplash *

🍕
THE SPLASHSIDE CAFE
The Splashside Café adjacent to the Splash Park offers an array of food and drinks for all to enjoy such as freshly prepared milkshakes, delicious pizzas, classic fish finger bap and much more! Please note, last orders are 5.30 pm. View the menu here.

🅿️ PARKING - Charges may apply
When driving to Bennett’s Splash, please park in Ashton Square Car Park located off Bull Pond Lane, LU6 3BE.
The Splash Park is a minute walk from here, into Bennett Memorial Recreation Ground. Please take care when crossing the road.
ASHTON SQUARE CAR PARK is owned and operated by Central Bedfordshire Council. Please check the machines for chargeable days and hours.

🎶 Food Truck Fridays at The Mill Coffee Shop, Bromham


Time: 16:00 - 21:00

🎉 Food Truck Fridays are back! Bedfordshires best Friday night filled with the best food trucks, music and onsite bar in Bromham!

🗓 2025 DATES & TIMES
Every Friday from:
▪️9th May-29th Aug 2025
▪️4:00-9:00pm

😋 ABOUT
Food Truck Friday is Back! Join us this Summer at the Mill for great street food and live music, May - August 2025 every Friday evening.

👍 FREE ENTRY
It is a free event from 4pm but if you would like to save yourself a seat, book a table!

💷 COST IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BOOK A TABLE - BOOKING CAN BE MADE VIA THE EVENT LINK
▪️Front bench seating 4-6 people - In front of live music £15 per bench
▪️Rear bench seating 6-8 people - Out of view of live music £10 per bench

🌧 WEATHER DEPENDENT
The event is open air so weather dependant, if the weather forecast is unsuitable for the event, the event managers will cancel the event the Wednesday before the event and refunds will be issued for any table bookings for that week.

🅿️ PARKING
We offer free parking but this can be limited. We would advise if you are local to walk down and enjoy a few more drinks.

ℹ️ MORE INFORMATION
Please be aware our guest food trucks are street food trucks not fast food outlets. Wait times and supply can vary due to high demand. We have increased our offering from 2024 and have tried our best to meet expectations.

CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 07745 522 610
📧 Email: themillenquiries@gmail.com
(You can also contact through on the website via the event link)

🎧 Live DJ - The Chequers, Houghton Regis


Time: 20:00 - 00:00

🎧 A live DJ every Friday at The Chequers in Houghton Regis (A Hungry Horse Pub).
Keep updated on the Facebook page via the event link.

▪️AGE: Over 18's Only!

😋 HUNGRY?
The Hungry Horse always has some great food and drinks offers, food is served untill 9pm. Click here to view the website.

CONTACT NUMBER
☎️ Phone: 01582 865970

🌞 Free Summer of Play: Dunstable Downs Sports Village


Time: 10:30 - 17:00

⚽️ This year, see our Estate transform into a Sports Village with free, outdoor activities like football, cricket, hockey, tennis, table tennis, athletics, frisbee golf, mini croquet and Wednesday soft archery for you to get stuck into.

🗓 2025 DATES & TIMES
▪️
Monday 21st July - Sunday 31st August
▪️10:30am - 17:00pm

✅️ NO BOOKING REQUIRED JUST TURN UP
Activities are self-led, just pick up the equipment from the Sports Village. Accessible drop off points and sensory sports equipment is also available. Please get in touch if you wish to find out more.

🗓 DATES FOR COACH-LED ACTIVITIES
Alternatively join one of our coach-led activities delivered by local sports groups:

🏹 Pepperstock Archers soft archery sessions:
▪️
10 August, 12.00pm-4.00pm

🌳 Let’s Get Going nature-based games:
▪️
01 August, 10.00am-12.00pm
▪️08 August, 10.00am-12.00pm
▪️15 August, 10.00am-12.00pm
▪️22 August, 10.00am-12.00pm
▪️29 August, 10.00am-12.00pm

✅️ NO BOOKING REQUIRED
FREE ENTRY! Suggested £2 donation.

🅿️ PARKING
Car parking charges apply, free for National Trust members.

📍MEETING POINT
Dunstable Downs: Head to our Visitor Centre or Sports Village to pick up your map and activity sheet.

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 01582 500920
📧 Email: dunstabledowns@nationaltrust.org.uk

⛱️ The Beach at Frosts, Woburn Sands 2025


⛱️ Get ready for sun, sand and lots of smiles... as your little ones enjoy The Beach at Frosts in Woburn Sands this Summer 2025!

🪣 EVENT DETAILS
Join our resident lifeguards for two hours' worth of fun and games on our fully covered beach, with a play area suitable for toddlers.
With plenty of seating for the grown-ups to relax, enjoy food and drink whilst the little ones play. This is the perfect summer treat for everyone!

Sessions times:
▪️9.30am - 11.30am, 12pm to 2pm & 2.30pm - 4.30pm
▪️*Sunday sessions 11am to 1pm & 2pm to 4pm

🎟 TICKETS COST:
You can book tickets on Frosts website via the event link.

▪️Child includes 1 adult: £5.99
▪️Under 12 months attending with an older child: Free
▪️Additional adult: £1

🏖 Summer Beach Party 2025 - The Old Watermill, Barton-le-Clay


Time: 10:00 - 16:30

🏖 Ready to feel the sand on your toes?
Our summer pop up beach is coming back this half term 2025 at The Olde Watermill, Barton-le-Clay.

🧒 AGES: 2 - 8


🗓 DATES 2025
▪️
26th July - 31st August
▪️
Thursday - Sunday's

🕐 SESSION TIMES
▪️
10:00am, 12:00pm, 2:30pm
▪️Each session is 2 hours

🏰 WHAT TO EXPECT
Come and build sandcastles on the beach, enjoy time on the pedal boats then bounce away on the 4 bouncy castles including the popular assault course. Come and enjoy some fun in the sun!

🚣‍♀️ THE WATER BOATS
The boats are in a large inflatable pool and the children all wear a life jacket.

🎟 TICKETS COST: £8 PER CHILD
Plus booking fee. You can book tickets via the event link. 3 adults allowed per booking.

🤩 We can't wait to see you there for some summer fun.

  😍 ABOUT THE OLDE WATERMILL SHOPPING VILLAGE
The Olde Watermill Shopping Village is set in and around an historic Watermill.
There has been a Watermill on the site since 1086 as the Watermill is mentioned in the Domesday book and it is one of the oldest overshot Watermills in the country.
Over the last few years, it has been lovingly restored and is now home to over 20 unique and individual shops as well as the Mill House Restaurant, Tea Room & Cafe, an antique centre, Miller’s Shopping Arcade and a soft play area for the children.

☕️ THE COFFEE SHOP MENU & DETAILS
https://oldewatermill.co.uk/the-mill-house-coffee-shop/

🦁 Universal Credit Low Cost Whipsnade Zoo tickets 2025!


🐵 Reduced price Whipsnade Zoo tickets 2025!
Whipsnade Zoo wants as many people as possible to be able to enjoy a brilliant day out with them, to benefit from the amazing animals which live at Whipsnade Zoo, connect with nature and help us create a world where wildlife thrives.

To help people who might find cost or other challenges a barrier to visiting Whipsnade Zoo, the Universal Credit tickets provide entry at a reduced price.

🙋‍♀️ WHO CAN GET THE REDUCED TICKETS?

Reduced price tickets to Whipsnade Zoo available for those currently receiving:
▪️Universal Credit, 
▪️Working Tax Credit, 
▪️Child Tax Credit, 
▪️Employment and Support Allowance, 
▪️Income Support 
▪️Jobseeker’s Allowance.

🌐 ONLINE BOOKING ONLY VIA THE 'EVENT LINK' BUTTON
These tickets are only available to purchase online in advance, for up to six people per household (under 3’s go free and do not need to book – but must be accompanied by an adult with a booked ticket). As only full price tickets are available to buy at the gate.

📝 WHAT WILL I NEED TO BRING WITH ME?
You'll need to bring proof of eligibility with you and show this when you present your ticket(s) to the friendly staff at the Zoo entrance. This can either be by logging into your Universal Credit portal or by bringing your proof of benefit letter (one proof per household). To be eligible you must have received a Universal Credit payment within the last month and you may also be asked to show photographic ID.

🎟 HOW MUCH ARE THE REDUCED TICKETS?
▪️ADULT (AGES 16+)
  - £7.00 / £6.00     
▪️CHILD (3-15 YEARS) -  £4.00 / £3.00
▪️UNDER 3 - Free

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💡 AN IDEA TO SAVE MONEY ON FOOD...
You can check out the toogoodtogo app to see if they have any surprise bags of food left, generally they are £3 instead of costing £9. Be quick though they can sell out quickly.
https://share.toogoodtogo.com/item/699154/ 

🏰 Friday Fun Day Bouncy Castle - The King's Reach, Biggleswade


Time: 16:00 - 20:00

🏰 Schools out 2025...kids bored?
Join us at The King's Reach in Biggleswade for 4 hours of mad bouncing fun FREE whilst you sit and relax in the garden.

A.T Amusements will be manning the castles, children must be supervised by an adult at all times.

🌧 WEATHER PERMITTING
If its raining we will put an extra bounce day on!

😋 WANT TO SEE THE MENU?
Check out the menu on the website here.

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 01767 667000 

🐞 Insect Trail 2025 - Rushmere Country Park


Time: 09:00 - 16:00 Price: £3.00

🐞 For the Summer Holiday we have an Insect Trail available to pick up from the Visitor Centre at Rushmere Country Park. Find out all about the insects found in the park as you explore and then collect your reward!

ℹ️ DETAILS
Pick up your trail sheet for £3 in the Visitor Centre open 9am – 4pm daily. All proceeds from the trail are invested back into the park which is run on a not for profit basis.

🛝 ABOUT RUSHMERE COUNTRY PARK
A great place to discover nature and enjoy the outdoors with over 400 acres of woodland, heathland and meadows to enjoy. A brand new, bespoke Children's Play Area Heron's Hangout is now open for 2025! Perfect for young adventurers (ages 7+), Heron's Hangout includes nature-inspired play equipment where kids can climb, balance and explore in a safe outdoor setting.

🧚‍♀️ A Family accessible trail is suitable for buggies and wheelchairs where visitors can search for fairies and have a photograph in the Giant’s Chair.

🌳 FOR WALK & TRAIL IDEAS - Click here

📖  FOOD & DRINK
🔸️ The Tree Tops Restaurant and Deck
OPEN:
8am–4.00pm daily
for breakfast, lunch, snacks, drinks, cake and ice cream (hot food served until 3.30pm).

🔸️ The Herons' Hatch Takeaway OPEN every weekend and weekdays during school holidays.
Breakfast is served from 8am - 11.45am
Delicious choice of food is served from 12 noon to 4pm. All our café food is made to order
Our menu changes regularly - if you would like to know what we offer give us a call on 01525 234260. Opening and closing times may vary.

🐶 DOG AREAS AT THE RESTAURANT
Dogs are welcome on our decking and outside seating areas – assistance dogs only allowed inside the cafe. Dog water bowls are available.

🅿️ PARKING
Parking charges apply.

🌎 World Games Trail 2025 - Jordans Mill, Broom


Time: 09:30 - 15:30 Price: £4.00

🏆 Get active, get competitive and most of all, have fun this summer 2025 at Jordans Mill in Broom!

🗓 2025 DATES & TIMES
Saturday 19th July – Tuesday 2nd September
▪️ 7 days a week
⏰ 9:30am – 3:30pm

⛳️ EVENT DETAILS
Take on our exciting World Games Children’s Trail packed with sporty challenges and giggles all the way.

From sprinting and limbo to rugby, golf, hanging rope, and horse racing, children will complete 10 fun-filled challenges around the trail. Score your progress on the trail sheet, then head to the Mill Shop to collect your well-earned prize!

🏅 Are you up for the challenge?! 🏅

💷 COST - NO BOOKING REQUIRED, PAY ON THE DAY
£4 per child, includes trail sheet and a prize

☕️ THE CAFE
If you are feeling hungry there is also a cafe onsite at a scenic location overlooking the river.
Check the menu out here:
https://jordansmill.com/plan-your-visit/whats-on#riverside-cafe

ℹ️ BOOKING ENQUIRIES/CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone:
01767 603940
📧 Email:
info@jordansmill.com
📘 Facebook:
Jordans Mill

🦆 The Taskmaster Half Term 2025 - Wrest Park, Silsoe


Time: 10:00 - 17:00

🏐 Launching at 17 historic sites, join us at Wrest Park from 19 July - 31 August 2025, for some fun and silliness for all the family to get stuck into.

Enjoy a wide range of hilarious tasks and side-splitting shenanigans. Collect your Taskmaster score card and complete your tasks. Celebrate your silliness with some selfie shots when you reach the finishing zone. 


Wrest Park


🌞 EVENT DETAILS
It’s all fun and games at Wrest Park this summer, with loads of activities for the whole family to get stuck into.

We’ve partnered with TV’s Taskmaster to set you silly challenges as you explore. Collect your Taskmaster score card and complete your tasks. There might be a rubber duck or two to spot on the way too. Celebrate your silliness with some selfie shots when you reach the finishing zone.

Please note: Alex and the Taskmaster team sadly won’t be doing the tasks with you … which does mean you’re in charge. Questionable. But exciting.

Plus, aim for a hole in one with mini golf, and use your imagination to build your own nature themed play structure.

🎟 BOOKING
Book early and save 15%.This event is included in the standard entry price.
Your admission price will depend on the day you want to visit.
Find out more about our pricing.

▪️Adult: From £17.20
▪️Children (5 - 17): From £10.90
▪️Under 5: Free entry
▪️Senior 65+: From £15.90
▪️Student: From £15.90
▪️Family with 1 adult & upto to 3 children: From £28.60
▪️Family with 2 adults & upto to 3 children: From £46.30
▪️Essential Companion: Free

✨️ MEMBERS - FREE
Members get free entry.
If you’re a member, you’ll also need to bring your membership card. You can only use the member rate for people included in your membership.
 
FAQ❓️
Got any questions? Check out our Taskmaster FAQs

☕️ THE CAFE & SHOP
Feeling peckish? Head to the Wrest Park café with its selection of delicious hot and cold meals and snacks, including a homemade soup of the day and freshly made sandwiches.

Take inspiration from history at the shop where you can pick up jams and chutneys, wines, beers, books, garden gifts and more.

🎭 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Milton Keynes Theatre


Time: 19:30

🌈 Starring X-Factor winner Joe McElderry as the roof-raising Pharaoh, the smash-hit London Palladium production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat returns to Milton Keynes Theatre this August 2025!

🗓 2025 DATES
▪️Wednesday 6th August - 7:30pm
▪️Thursday 7th August - 2:30pm & 7:30pm
▪️Friday 8th August - 7:30pm
▪️Saturday 9th August - 2:30pm & 7:30pm
▪️Sunday 10th August - 1:00pm & 5:00pm
(Two hours including intervals)

🎭 ABOUT
The multi award-winning show has been performed hundreds of thousands of times including multiple runs in the West End and on Broadway, international tours in over 80 countries worldwide and has become one of the world’s most beloved family musicals.

🎟 TICKETS COST: From £24.50
The Box Office is open for 90 minutes prior to the performance commencing.

🤩 MEMBERS?
Membership Benefits - 25% off pre-show drinks (30mins prior) 

🎡 Willen Lake Summer Fair 2025


Time: 13:00 - 21:00

🎠 Milton Keynes, Willen lake summer funfair is returning this Summer 2025. Free Entry.

🗓 2025 SUMMER DATES
All the fun of the fair will be returning to Willen lake from the 24th July everyday until 17th August 2025.

🕐 TIMES
▪️Weekdays 1pm - 9pm
▪️Weekends 12pm - 10pm

🎡 WHAT TO EXPECT
With new rides for 2025 there’s something for the whole family to enjoy so fetch your family to Milton Keynes favourite park for some summer fun!
✨️ Waltzer
✨️ Superstar
✨️ Miami
✨️ Dodgems
✨️ Twister
✨️ Orbiter
✨️ Giant Wheel
✨️ High Flyer
✨️ Midnight Express
✨️ Apple Coaster
✨️ LOADS Of Childrens Rides
✨️ Games & Stalls

🅿️ PARKING
Plenty Of Onsite Parking (Fee's Apply).

💦 FREE Bennett's Splash Park in Dunstable 2025


Time: 10:00 - 18:00

💦 Bennetts FREE Splash park is great for a fun day out for all the family with a play park and Cafe onsite.

📆 2025 DATES
▪️Monday 5th May - Sunday 31st August
▪️7 days a week
▪️10am - 6pm

💦 FREE FAMILY FUN
Enjoy the 16 super soaking water features ranging from gentle mists, spray arches and tipping buckets to spray shooter cannons. The Splash Park is designed to be enjoyed by children of all ages from 2 years to 10 years.

Those who are older are asked to act responsibly for the safety of all.
Please note, the Splash Park will have 10 minute intervals where the water will stop to ensure water safety quality checks, why not take this opportunity to refresh at the Splashside Cafe.

❗️IMPORTANT INFORMATION
*Bennett’s Splash Park and Splashside Café may be subject to closure due to unforeseen circumstances due to weather, technical faults or other issues beyond our control. For regular updates, please follow us on Facebook: @bennettssplash *

🍕
THE SPLASHSIDE CAFE
The Splashside Café adjacent to the Splash Park offers an array of food and drinks for all to enjoy such as freshly prepared milkshakes, delicious pizzas, classic fish finger bap and much more! Please note, last orders are 5.30 pm. View the menu here.

🅿️ PARKING - Charges may apply
When driving to Bennett’s Splash, please park in Ashton Square Car Park located off Bull Pond Lane, LU6 3BE.
The Splash Park is a minute walk from here, into Bennett Memorial Recreation Ground. Please take care when crossing the road.
ASHTON SQUARE CAR PARK is owned and operated by Central Bedfordshire Council. Please check the machines for chargeable days and hours.

🎊🏁 Dunstable’s Soapbox Derby 2025 at Priory Gardens


Time: 10:00 - 19:00

🏎 Get ready for an exhilarating day of speed, creativity, and community spirit as Dunstable hosts its very first Soapbox Derby to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Town Council!

This fun-filled event is perfect for families, businesses, and local groups who want to take on the challenge and be part of Dunstable history! 

🎊 WHAT TO EXPECT
As well as the exciting racing, there will also be a giant screen broadcasting the race, plus films shown on the day. Spectators can also enjoy live entertainment, stalls, and onsite bar and catering facilities.

🏁100 METRE TRACK
The Soapbox Derby will see competitors race down our 100m track, leaving from a bespoke ramp to really get you flying. It is completely free to enter, we are looking for businesses, schools, community groups, charities plus friends and families to come together to build your own custom kart. You can even try and get sponsors to raise funds for your kart build.

There are two categories
▪️Juniors 8-17 yrs
▪️Seniors 18+ yrs.

On the day the winners will be overall fastest time in each categories and best presented. We want to see speed but also creativity and fun within the teams and karts. So go wild with your designs.

🏎 ENTERING THE SOAPBOX DERBY
Entering a soapbox derby can be a fun and rewarding experience for several reasons:
Building a soapbox kart requires problem-solving, engineering, and creativity. You get to design and build your own kart from scratch, choosing the materials, shape, and even adding unique features. If you enter as a team, it’s a great way to work collaboratively with colleagues, friends or family.

Successfully completing and racing your soapbox kart can give you a sense of achievement. Whether you win or not, the effort and process of creating something functional and fun is so rewarding. It’s a great opportunity to learn lifelong skills, such as woodworking, engineering, or basic physics (understanding how your kart will perform based on weight, aerodynamics, etc.)

We are hoping our Soapbox Derby event will involve as many local communities as possible, bringing people together to support each other. It’s a chance to meet new people, make new friends, and have fun with your community.
The thrill of racing down a hill and competing for the best time is super exciting and fun.
We hope you will see the benefit and the fun and take part in the first ever Dunstable Town Council Soapbox Derby 2025.
If you have any questions or queries please email events@dunstable.gov.uk

🏅FREE TO ENTER
Deadline for entries is Monday 2 June 2025.
Visit our website via the event link for a registration pack.
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📽 Open Air Cinema - IT (15) - Hitchin


Time: 21:00

😱 Get ready to face your fears and step into the eerie world of Derry as Sundown Cinema presents a spine-chilling outdoor screening of IT at Hitchin, Lavender.

This screening will be on headphones: immerse yourself in the open air on the big screen. Please note that this is a 15 rated film.

😋 FOOD & DRINK
You can bring your own food & drink. Please be mindful of bringing glass. We will have food and drinks available at each venue and we are proud to always ensure that we have a vegetarian and gluten-free option available.

🪑 DECKCHAIRS, BLANKETS & GAZEBO'S
It is possible to bring your own gazebo/tent however we do ask that these are set up towards the rear of the viewing area as not to obstruct anyone in the audience. If you would like to bring along your own chair or beanbag to any of our events then please do.

🚬 SMOKING & VAPING
If you’d like to smoke or vape at our events we ask that you do so away from the viewing areas. This is usually marked by our yellow flags but at some venues we’re unable to erect these, in those instances please smoke or vape towards the rear of the screening.

🌧 WHAT IF IT RAINS?
As an outdoor event we are subject to the whims of the British summer! We only cancel our events if the weather poses a risk to guests, staff or equipment. Only in exceptional circumstances will rain stop a screening so please dress according to the weather forecast. Decisions to cancel an event may not be made until the day of the event.

🅿️ ACCESSIBILITY & CARERS
Parking for those with disabilities is situated next to the entrance to the cinema and we are on hand should anyone need further assistance. Please feel free to contact us at tickets@sundowncinema.co.uk if you are concerned about anything and someone will be more than happy to assist you. Carer/Companion tickets are available to those who hold an Access Card with an ‘Essential Companion’ component. Please note that this is the only card that we accept if you wish to apply for a companion ticket, please see our carer FAQ for more information.

🎟 TICKETS COST:
▪️General Admission - Advance Sale Ticket: £14.80 + £0.74 fee
(Advance ticket admits 1
Saving of 10%
Limited availability
Unseated & Unreserved)

▪️General Admission: £16.50 + £0.83 fee
(Unseated & Unreserved)

▪️Popcorn, Prosecco and Deckchair package for two: £65.00 + £3.25 fee
(Admits 2. Includes two adult tickets, prosecco & popcorn on arrival and two traditional deckchairs positioned at the front of the screening)

🤩 EXTRA OPTIONS
▪️Deckchair Hire: £6.50 + £0.33 fee
▪️Beanbag Hire - £5.00 + £0.25 fee
▪️Gazebo Hire - £30.00 + £1.50 fee

✅️ You can purchase tickets via the event link.