Things To Do This Summer Holidays in Bucks
2026-06-02T18:18:56Z
The summer holidays have a way of sneaking up on us — one minute the school run is in full swing, the next you’ve got six weeks stretching out ahead. Whether you’re planning every day in advance or taking a more relaxed approach, there’s plenty to enjoy across Buckinghamshire this summer.
This is the season for making the most of the longer days. From family-friendly events and outdoor adventures to ice cream stops and countryside walks, there are endless opportunities to get out and explore. Whether you’re looking for big days out or simple ways to keep the kids entertained, Buckinghamshire has something for everyone.
You might have a calendar full of activities already, or you may be searching for inspiration week by week. Either way, you’ll find plenty of easy wins across the county: parks, playgrounds, nature reserves, cafés, riverside walks and local attractions that make for memorable summer days.
Things To Do This Summer
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Festival Of Archaeology @ Discover Bucks Museum
Celebrate the Festival of Archaeology with exclusive tours of our new SAXONS exhibition and fun craft activities for children
📅
Saturday 18th July
🕰️
10am
-
4pm
📍 Discover Bucks Museum
🔗 See More Info
Create! Terrific Tudor Crafts
Step back in time and discover what life was like in 16th-century Amersham! Led by a costumed Tudor interpreter, you'll make your own leather pouch and herb bag, learn to play the traditional game of Nine Men's Morris, and take part in a lively Tudor play
📅
Sunday 19th July
🕰️
1:30pm
-
3:30pm
📍 Amersham Museum
💷 £5
🔗 Explore This Event
Toni Ashwood
Join Toni from Easely Does It for a fun-filled, family-friendly acrylic painting session packed with creativity, colour, and canine cuteness.
📅
Wednesday 22nd July
🕰️
10:30am
-
12:30pm
📍 National Trust Hughenden
💷 £20
🔗 Find Out More
Sprinkles Family Painting Workshop
A Creative Workshop Full of Sweet Treats, Colour & Magical Fun
📅
Friday 24th July
🕰️
10:30am
-
12:30pm
📍 National Trust Hughenden
💷 £20
🔗 Learn More
Pink Flamingo Family Painting Workshop
Join Toni from Easely Does It for a bright, cheerful, family-friendly acrylic painting session bursting with colour, creativity, and tropical charm.
📅
Saturday 25th July
🕰️
10:30am
-
12:30pm
📍 National Trust Hughenden
💷 £20
🔗 Learn More
South Asian Family Fun Day
Head down to the We Make Wycombe hub for a vibrant and family-friendly celebration of South Asian culture
📅
Saturday 25th July
🕰️
11am
-
3pm
📍 We Make Wycombe Hub, 1-2 Cornmarket, High Wycombe, HP112BW
🔗 Learn More
Beach Bag Decorating Family Workshop
Get ready for a fun, hands-on creative session with our Decorate a Beach Bag family crafternoon! Together, you’ll design and personalise your very own canvas tote — perfect for sunny days, seaside trips, and summer adventures.
📅
Monday 27th July
🕰️
2pm
-
4pm
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
🔗 Find Out More
Children's Holiday Workshop: Pottery - Pinch Pot Animals
We will use air-hardening clay so you can take your creations with you at the end and paint them at home
📅
Monday 27th July
🕰️
10am
-
12:30pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £16
🔗 Find Out More
Teens' Holiday Workshop: Introduction To Oil Painting
This fun, hands-on workshop is designed for teens who want to explore the world of oil painting
📅
Monday 27th July
🕰️
10:30am
-
1pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £25
🔗 Explore This Event
Windswept Family Painting Workshop
Get ready to paint one of Britain’s most beloved animals in our Windswept Family Painting Workshop! Together, you’ll create a charming painting of a Highland cow with a wonderfully windswept fringe, full of character, warmth, and personality.
📅
Monday 27th July
🕰️
9:30am
-
11:30am
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
🔗 Learn More
Children's Holiday Workshop: Pottery - Pumpkins With Bugs
We will use air-hardening clay so you can take your creations with you at the end and paint them at home
📅
Tuesday 28th July
🕰️
10am
-
12:30pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £15
🔗 Explore This Event
Enchanted Creature Dream Catcher Family Workshop
Join Toni at 9:30am on Tuesday 28th July for our enchanting Magical Creature Dream Catcher Family Workshop at The Walled Gard
📅
Tuesday 28th July
🕰️
9:30am
-
11:30am
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
🔗 Find Out More
Happy Cat Family Painting Workshop
Get ready to create something utterly adorable in our Happy Cat Family Painting Workshop!
📅
Tuesday 28th July
🕰️
2pm
-
4pm
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
🔗 Learn More
Children's Holiday Workshop: Coral Reef Collage
Young artists can brush up their painting, drawing and collaging skills in this class with art tutor Lindsey Grexhammer
📅
Thursday 30th July
🕰️
1pm
-
4pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £19
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Enchanted Creature Lantern Family Workshop
Step into a world of magic, imagination, and glowing creativity with our Enchanted Creature Lanterns family craft workshop. Together, y
📅
Thursday 30th July
🕰️
9:30am
-
11:30am
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
🔗 Learn More
Mini Makers Sunflower Collage Family Workshop
Join Toni from Easely Does It for a colourful, hands-on family workshop designed for children aged 3+ and their grown-ups.
📅
Friday 31st July
🕰️
10:30am
-
12:30pm
📍 National Trust Hughenden
💷 £20
🔗 Explore This Event
Pop-up Paper Tales
Get hands-on with papercraft and cut, fold and decorate to make a fantastic fold-out townscape. Your creation will show what’s going on above and below ground.
📅
Friday 31st July
🕰️
11am
-
3pm
📍 The Roald Dahl Museum
💷 £5
🔗 Learn More
Colin Family Painting Workshop
Join Toni from Easely Does It for a bright and colourful family-friendly acrylic painting session packed with imagination, creativity, and plenty of rainbow fun.
📅
Sunday 2nd August
🕰️
10:30am
-
12:30pm
📍 National Trust Hughenden
💷 £20
🔗 Learn More
Museum Makers
Get creative together with local award winning illustrator Elly Bazigos at Amersham Museum! Inspired by the rich histories and fascinating collections of Amersham Museum, these hands-on sessions invite families to explore the past through art. Discover stories hidden in objects, photographs, and archives — then bring them to life using a variety of exciting materials and techniques.
📅
Sunday 2nd August
🕰️
10am
-
11:30am
📍 Amersham Museum
💷 £12
🔗 Explore This Event
Vanbrugh Weekend
Get ready for a weekend packed with creativity, imagination, and activities for all
📅
Sunday 2nd August
🕰️
10:30am
-
4:30pm
📍 Stowe House, Buckingham
💷 £3
🔗 Find Out More
Children's Holiday Workshop: Pottery Dragons
We will use air-hardening clay so you can take your creations with you at the end and paint them at home
📅
Monday 3rd August
🕰️
1:30pm
-
4pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £16
🔗 Find Out More
Mini Makers Swan Collage Family Workshop
Join Toni from Easely Does It for a colourful, hands-on family workshop designed for children aged 3+ and their grown-ups.
📅
Monday 3rd August
🕰️
2pm
-
4pm
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
🔗 Find Out More
Painted Pony Family Painting Workshop
Step into a world of symbolism, and creativity with our Painted Pony family painting workshop
📅
Monday 3rd August
🕰️
9:30am
-
11:30am
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
🔗 Explore This Event
Drawing Afternoon: Truth & Folly In The Garden - Wycombe Museum
A friendly drawing workshop, led by Ellie Reid, exhibiting artist of Fractured Land Collective
📅
Tuesday 4th August
📍 Wycombe Museum
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Rosie Family Painting Workshop
Get ready for a calm, creative, and joy-filled experience with our Rosie family painting workshop! Together, you’ll create a charming, expressive painting of Rosie — a lovable dachshund with heart-shaped glasses, full of personality and playful spirit.
📅
Tuesday 4th August
🕰️
9:30am
-
11:30am
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
🔗 Learn More
Children's Holiday Workshop: Bonkers Bubble Art!
It’s such fun to blow coloured bubbles onto paper to create a background and practice effects from pulling string
📅
Wednesday 5th August
🕰️
10am
-
12:30pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £16
🔗 Find Out More
Create! Pop Art Posters
Take inspiration from objects in the museum and make your own colourful pop art picture
📅
Wednesday 5th August
🕰️
11:30am
-
3pm
📍 Amersham Museum
💷 £3
🔗 See More Info
Bubbles Family Painting Workshop
Get ready to create something colourful, cheerful, and full of ocean magic in our Bubbles Family Painting Workshop! Together, you’ll paint an adorable whale swimming through the sea, sending a trail of beautiful rainbow bubbles soaring from its blowhole.
📅
Thursday 6th August
🕰️
2pm
-
4pm
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
🔗 Find Out More
Children's Holiday Workshop: Printmaking - Inky Animals
In this hands-on workshop, children will create playful prints of their favourite animals or own pets using funky foam and lino techniques
📅
Thursday 6th August
🕰️
10am
-
12:30pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £16
🔗 See More Info
Neon Pandas Family Workshop
Get ready for a bright, colourful, and joy-filled experience with our Neon Pandas Family Painting Workshop! Together, you’ll create a vibrant, eye-catching painting of adorable pandas brought to life with bold neon colours, playful patterns, and glowing details
📅
Thursday 6th August
🕰️
9:30am
-
11:30am
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
🔗 See More Info
Teens' Holiday Workshop: Printmaking - Inspired By Street Art
Explore bold, creative printmaking inspired by the energy of street art
📅
Thursday 6th August
🕰️
1pm
-
3:30pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £16
🔗 Explore This Event
Buzz Off Family Painting Workshop
Join Toni from Easely Does It for a fun-filled, family-friendly acrylic painting session packed with humour, creativity, and plenty of character
📅
Friday 7th August
🕰️
10:30am
-
12:30pm
📍 National Trust Hughenden
💷 £20
🔗 Explore This Event
Teens' Holiday Workshop: Pottery - Doorway To Another World
It is often said that doors are portals to other places and sometimes even other worlds
📅
Friday 7th August
🕰️
1:30pm
-
4pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £15
🔗 See More Info
Blaze Family Painting Workshop
Looking for a fun family activity in Downley or High Wycombe? Join us for a colourful evening of creativity with Family Paint Party: Blaze
📅
Saturday 8th August
🕰️
2pm
-
4pm
📍 The Bricklayers Arms
💷 £22
🔗 Learn More
Summer Sizzler Pass At Odds Farm Park
Enjoy endless summer adventures and sensational savings for you and your family with our Summer Sizzler Pass!
📅
Saturday 8th August
📍 Odds Farm ParkWooburn CommonHigh WycombeHP10 0LXGet directions
🔗 Explore This Event
Mini Makers Peacock Collage Family Workshop
Join Toni from Easely Does It for a colourful, hands-on family workshop designed for children aged 3+ and their grown-ups.
📅
Tuesday 11th August
🕰️
2pm
-
4pm
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
🔗 See More Info
Create! Marvellous Marbling
Take inspiration from the beautifully decorated endpapers of our newly conserved Amersham Bible and discover the magic of marbling
📅
Wednesday 12th August
🕰️
1:30pm
-
3:30pm
📍 Amersham Museum
💷 £3
🔗 See More Info
Spike Family Painting Workshop
Join Toni from Easely Does It for a delightful family-friendly acrylic painting workshop inspired by one of Britain’s best-loved woodland animals.
📅
Wednesday 12th August
🕰️
10:30am
-
12:30pm
📍 National Trust Hughenden
💷 £20
🔗 Learn More
Campfire Family Painting Workshop
Gather around the glow of creativity with our Camp Fire Family Painting Workshop! Together, you’ll create a beautiful painting of a glowing campfire nestled amongst the trees of a peaceful forest at twilight.
📅
Thursday 13th August
🕰️
9:30am
-
11:30am
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
🔗 Explore This Event
Milton Keynes Museum Promises Way More Than The ‘bear’ Necessities this Summer Holiday!
If you go down to Milton Keynes Museum this August, you are sure of a big surprise - the history hub is hosting a fabulous new event: a Teddy Bears’ Picnic
📅
Friday 14th August
🕰️
10:30am
-
4:30pm
📍 MK Museum
💷 £12
🔗 Find Out More
Big Family Weekend
Get ready for a sizzling summer celebration at The Walled Garden! With sunshine in the forecast, this is set to be our biggest event of the season – and you’re invited
📅
Saturday 15th August
🕰️
From
12pm
📍 The Walled Garden, High Wycombe
🔗 Learn More
Free Art Drop-in At Great Missenden Library
Do you want to explore being creative? Do you have a child who loves making art? No previous experience necessary, all ages welcome to make some art around Bucks Culture Weekends 2026 theme ‘roots and rituals’
📅
Saturday 15th August
🕰️
10am
-
1pm
📍 Great Missenden Library
🔗 See More Info
Make Your Own Memory Book, Photo Album Or Recipe Keeper
Create a handmade photo album, recipe book or memory journal inspired by family stories and traditions
📅
Saturday 15th August
🕰️
10:30am
-
12:30pm
📍 Chalfont St. Peter Community Library
🔗 See More Info
Abstract Painting Workshop
Abstraction is a way of creating art that has become the cornerstone of the modern artistic movement
📅
Sunday 16th August
📍 We Make Wycombe Hub
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Abstract Painting Workshop With Artist Derek Ogbourne
Join us for a fun, lively, and hands-on workshop suitable for all ages and abilities. Together, we'll explore three different approaches to abstraction through a series of creative exercises.
📅
Sunday 16th August
🕰️
3am
-
5am
📍 The Hub, We Make Wycombe
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Jazz Talk
Join Della Fitzgerald (Marlow Museum) and Simon Lenton (Marlow Jazz Club) as they explore the life and influence of Marlow's Mr Jazz Michael Eagleton
📅
Thursday 20th August
🕰️
7:30pm
-
8:30pm
📍 Marlow Museum Pop Up, All Saints Church Hall, Marlow
💷 £5
🔗 Explore This Event
Pink Mermaid Family Painting Workshop
Dive into a magical underwater adventure with our Pink Mermaid Family Painting Workshop! Together, you’ll create a beautiful painting of a pink-tailed mermaid relaxing in the warm sunshine, basking in the shallow waters of a sparkling tropical lagoon.
📅
Thursday 20th August
🕰️
9:30am
-
11:30am
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
🔗 Explore This Event
Princes Risborough Play Day
The Milton Keynes Play Association’s Messy & Imaginative Play Van will be visiting Princes Risborough this Summer! Head to Wades Park for a fun-filled event on Thursday, 20th August 2026 from 09:30 AM – 11:30 AM
📅
Thursday 20th August
🕰️
9:30am
-
11:30am
📍 Wades Park, Stratton Road
🔗 See More Info
Aurora Wolf
21st August- Ticket For “Aurora Wolf” Family Painting Morning 10:30am at National Trust Hughenden
📅
Friday 21st August
📍 Hughenden Manor
🔗 See More Info
Aurora Wolf Family Painting Workshop
Join Toni from Easely Does It for a magical, family-friendly acrylic painting session inspired by the beauty of the night sky and the wonder of the natural world.
📅
Friday 21st August
🕰️
10:30am
-
12:30pm
📍 National Trust Hughenden
💷 £20
🔗 Find Out More
High Street Dioramas
Build a 3D high street scene from the past, present or future including local landmarks, characters and features of Marlow life through the ages
📅
Friday 21st August
🕰️
10am
-
2pm
📍 Marlow Museum Pop-Up
🔗 Find Out More
Sunflower Unicorn Famil Painting Workshop
Get ready for a magical, golden, and creativity-filled experience with our Sunflower Unicorn Family Painting Workshop! Together, you’ll create a beautiful painting of an enchanting unicorn crowned with radiant sunflowers, brought to life with shimmering metallic golds, warm bronzes, and rich summer-inspired tones.
📅
Friday 21st August
🕰️
2pm
-
4pm
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
🔗 Explore This Event
Vache Baroque Summer Haf
Our Children’s Summer Camp offers a rich and varied programme of enrichment activities designed to provide young people with a broad, high-quality, creative experience across the week
📅
Friday 21st August
📍 The VacheVache LaneChalfont St. GilesHP8 4SDGet directions
🔗 Find Out More
Make Your Own Mixed Media Heritage Artwork - A Wooden 'desk Sitter' Inspired By Chesham's Past
Create a mixed media artwork - a wooden 'desk sitter' - inspired by the historic Chesham photographs held by Chesham Library, and from shared memories, maps, art supplies and local heritage and ephemera
📅
Saturday 22nd August
🕰️
10:30am
-
1:30pm
📍 Chesham Library
🔗 Learn More
Summer Fayre At Medical Detection Dogs
Join us for an afternoon of fun at the Medical Detection Dogs centre just outside Great Horwood
📅
Saturday 22nd August
🕰️
12pm
-
4pm
📍 Medical Detection Dogs Centre
🔗 Learn More
Family Whittling - Bucks Culture Open Weekend
Join us in the garden at Amersham Museum for a family whittling workshop inspired by the Chilterns’ heritage craft of green woodworking and bodging
📅
Sunday 23rd August
🕰️
10:45am
-
11:45am
📍 Amersham Museum
💷 £7
🔗 Explore This Event
Longridge Activity Centre Summer Haf
Whilst the children are not quite old enough to head out on the river, they will enjoy days full of outside adventure
📅
Monday 24th August
📍 Longridge Activity CentreQuarrywood RoadMarlowSL7 1REGet directions
🔗 Find Out More
Seahorse Family Painting Workshop 9:30am
Get ready to create something soft, colourful, and full of underwater charm in our Seahorse Family Painting Workshop! Together, you’ll paint a beautiful seahorse surrounded by delicate coral and ocean plants, using a dreamy palette of pastel colours
📅
Monday 24th August
🕰️
9:30am
-
11am
📍 The Walled Garden, High Wycombe
🔗 Find Out More
Unicorn Wall Hanger Family Workshop 2pm
Join Toni at 2pm on Monday 24th August for our enchanting Magical Unicorn Family Craft Workshop at The Walled Garden, Chorley Road, High Wycombe, HP14 3AP
📅
Monday 24th August
🕰️
2pm
-
3pm
📍 The Walled Garden, High Wycombe
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Eye Of The Tiger Family Painting Morning 9:30am
Get ready for a calm, creative, and inspiring experience with our Eye of the Tiger family painting workshop! Together, you’ll create a bold, expressive painting of a powerful tiger — striking, focused, and full of character
📅
Tuesday 25th August
🕰️
9:30am
-
11am
📍 The Walled Garden, High Wycombe
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Llama Love” Family Workshop 2pm
Join Toni at 2pm on Tuesday 25th August for our fabulous Llama Love Family Craft Workshop at The Walled Garden, Chorley Road, High Wycombe, HP14 3AP
📅
Tuesday 25th August
🕰️
2pm
-
3:30pm
📍 The Walled Garden, High Wycombe
🔗 Explore This Event
Create! Clay Fantastic Faces
Take inspiration from the portrait busts in our exhibition and sculpt your own clay head! Discover how artists use facial features and expressions to create character, then shape, pinch and model a unique face to take home
📅
Wednesday 26th August
🕰️
11:30am
-
3pm
📍 Amersham Museum
💷 £3
🔗 Find Out More
Neon Elephants Family Painting Workshop 2pm
Get ready for a colourful, creative adventure in our Neon Elephants Family Painting Workshop! Together, you’ll create a vibrant painting featuring a beautiful pink elephant and a striking blue elephant, brought to life with dazzling neon highlights and bold contemporary colours
📅
Thursday 27th August
🕰️
2pm
-
3pm
📍 The Walled Garden, High Wycombe
🔗 See More Info
Summer Haf With Wycombe Youth Action
This Easter, we are giving young people the opportunity to engage in team sports, games, and dance
📅
Thursday 27th August
📍 Eastside Community Centre, Highcrest SchoolHatters LaneHigh WycombeHP13 7NQGet directions
🔗 Find Out More
Windswept Family Painting Workshop 9:30am
Get ready to paint one of Britain’s most beloved animals in our Windswept Family Painting Workshop! Together, you’ll create a charming painting of a Highland cow with a wonderfully windswept fringe, full of character, warmth, and personality
📅
Thursday 27th August
🕰️
9:30am
-
11am
📍 The Walled Garden, High Wycombe
🔗 Explore This Event
Family Fridays
Free, drop-in to our Pop-Up Museum in All Saints Church Hall
📅
Friday 28th August
🕰️
10am
-
8pm
📍 Marlow Museum Pop-Up
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Lines Of Tradition: The Rituals & Rhythms Of Madhubani Art
Please note that this activity is included in the standard admission price
📅
Friday 28th August
🕰️
11am
-
3pm
📍 Chiltern Open Air Museum
🔗 Learn More
Harvest Festival
Celebrate the year's harvest at Oxmoor as the farm comes alive with inspiration, conversation and community
📅
Saturday 29th August
🕰️
10am
-
6pm
📍 Oxmoor Farm
💷 £10
🔗 Find Out More
Summer Of Play At Waddesdon Manor
Each week we introduce a new theme with fun activities to get stuck into
📅
Saturday 29th August
🕰️
11am
-
5pm
📍 Waddesdon Manor
🔗 Explore This Event
Sunflower Coo Family Painting Workshop
Join Toni from Easely Does It for a heartwarming, family-friendly acrylic painting session inspired by the beauty of the countryside.
📅
Saturday 29th August
🕰️
10:30am
-
12:30pm
📍 National Trust Hughenden
💷 £20
🔗 Learn More
The Art Exhibitionists Present: Lindengate Festival Of Arts And Gardens
Set within six acres of stunning therapeutic gardens, the festival brings together art, nature, music, creativity and community spirit in one of Buckinghamshire's most inspiring and tranquil settings
📅
Monday 31st August
🕰️
10am
-
4pm
📍 Lindengate Charity
💷 £8
🔗 See More Info
The Great Dragon Adventure @ Discover Bucks Museum
Set off on a thrilling Dragon Quest this summer at Discover Bucks Museum in Aylesbury and turn your museum visit into an unforgettable family adventure
📅
Monday 31st August
📍 Discover Bucks Museum
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Theatre
The Big Meet
West Wycombe once again plays host to a celebration of interesting vehicles from far and around
📅
Saturday 18th July
🕰️
10am
-
4pm
📍 The Walled Garden, High Wycombe
🔗 Find Out More
Bluey's Big Play
Bluey, Bingo, Bandit and Chilli are heading to Aylesbury in the Olivier award-nominated live stage show, Bluey’s Big Play
📅
Sunday 19th July
🕰️
10am
-
11am
📍 Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
💷 £20
🔗 Find Out More
Annie
THE SMASH-HIT WEST END PRODUCTION OF ANNIE, THE WORLD'S FAVOURITE FAMILY MUSICAL, RETURNS WITH A NEW UK AND IRELAND TOUR, STARRING CLAIRE SWEENEY AS THE TYRANNICAL MISS HANNIGAN!
📅
Saturday 25th July
📍 Milton Keynes Theatre
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Family Fun Day
Join us at The Stables for a fun-filled day of creativity for children and their grown-ups!
📅
Sunday 26th July
📍 The Stables, Milton Keynes
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The Tales Of Peter Rabbit
Join Peter and Benjamin on their hair-raising adventures in this enchanting adaptation of the much loved Beatrix Potter classic – a treat for all the family!
📅
Sunday 26th July
🕰️
2:30pm
-
4:15pm
📍 Ascott House and Gardens - National Trust
💷 £12
🔗 Explore This Event
FNHC On Stage Present Fame
Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity proudly presents Fame at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre!
📅
Sunday 2nd August
🕰️
2:30pm
-
5pm
📍 Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
💷 £22
🔗 Learn More
K-Pop Icons
Get ready to sing, dance and party like never before with the K-POP ICONS – the ultimate live concert starring the UK’s first virtual K-Pop band and a sensational live dance crew delivering a world-exclusive experience celebrating Korea’s global music phenomenon.
📅
Thursday 6th August
🕰️
7pm
-
9pm
📍 The Elgiva
💷 £23
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A Midsummer Night's Dream With Shakespeare Circus At The Arches Theatre
A man version of Shakespeare’s most popular play will sure to have you in fits of laughter as well as enchanting you with the magic and mystery of the forest
📅
Saturday 15th August
🕰️
7pm
-
9:30pm
📍 The Arches Theatre (Clifton Reynes)
💷 £18
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A Suitcase Of Stories
Join Theatre Shed at Chesham Library for a vibrant and inclusive family drama workshop celebrating the unique tapestry of our community
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Saturday 15th August
🕰️
10:30am
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12pm
📍 Chesham Museum
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderland With LOL Productions At The Arches Theatre
Follow Alice down the rabbit hole and meet all manner of strange and extraordinary characters in this curious hour-long family friendly theatre production
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Sunday 16th August
🕰️
3:30pm
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4:30pm
📍 The Arches Theatre (Clifton Reynes)
💷 £12
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In The Night Garden Live
In the Night Garden Live is coming to Wycombe Swan in 2026! Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka and friends are back in their fun-filled live show Igglepiggle’s Busy Day! Join Igglepiggle as he looks for his friends in the Night Garden by following their funny sounds until he finds them all! You’ll see all your favourite characters beautifully brought to life with full-size costumes, magical puppets, and enchanting music
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Thursday 20th August
📍 Wycombe Swan
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The Dinosaur That Pooped A Rock Show!
When Danny and Dino’s favourite rock band are playing their last ever concert, they go on a quest to get the last two tickets
📅
Saturday 22nd August
📍 Wycombe Swan
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Our Stage Summer Drama
Our Stage is Creative Learning’s new inclusive drama project for 12 to 18 year olds - the programme is designed to be particularly supportive of young people with disabilities, neurodivergent young people, and those with additional needs
📅
Monday 24th August
🕰️
10:30am
-
1:30pm
📍 Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
💷 £40
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The Jungle Book, With Immersion Theatre
Immersion Theatre are thrilled to bring their trademark energy to their wildly entertaining musical adaptation of the Rudyard Kipling family favourite, THE JUNGLE BOOK!
📅
Sunday 30th August
🕰️
5:15pm
-
7pm
📍 Ascott House and Gardens - National Trust
💷 £13
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History and heritage
Free Craft Workshops: Migration Stories
Chesham Museum warmly invites children and families from our Chesham Mosque community to three free workshops inspired
📅
Saturday 18th July
🕰️
9:30am
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11:30am
📍 Chesham Town Hall
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The Saxons Weekend At Discover Bucks Museum
Step into the world of the Saxons this summer with a family-friendly weekend of live action, storytelling and hands-on discovery at Discover Bucks Museum
📅
Sunday 2nd August
🕰️
10am
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4pm
📍 Discover Bucks Museum
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Quiet Opening SEN Family Friendly Morning
Explore the museum in your own way during our relaxed SEND opening
📅
Tuesday 11th August
🕰️
10am
-
12pm
📍 Amersham Museum
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Live Storytelling With The Red Phoenix
Buckinghamshire is an ancient county of Roman forts and highwaymen, motorways and urban myth
📅
Friday 14th August
🕰️
11am
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3:30pm
📍 Discover Bucks Museum
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Teddy Bears Picnic
If you go down in the museum today, you’re sure of a big surprise!
📅
Tuesday 18th August
🕰️
10am
-
1pm
📍 Amersham Museum
💷 £3
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MATRIĊI: IL-PUNT TAT-TMIENJA (Matrix: The Point Of Eight)
Step into a cinematic void where ancient textile heritage, profound historical migration, and modern data security converge
📅
Saturday 22nd August
🕰️
2pm
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3:30pm
📍 1st Floor Meeting Room, High Wycombe Library, 5 Eden Pl, High Wycombe HP11 2DH
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Victorian Weekend
Travel back to the 19th century at Victorian Weekend at Chiltern Open Air Museum, a Victorian living history event in Buckinghamshire and a perfect family day out near London
📅
Sunday 23rd August
🕰️
10am
-
5pm
📍 Chiltern Open Air Museum
💷 £17
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Peek Behind The Pages
Curious about what’s hidden behind the scenes at the Museum? Then join us for a fascinating mini archive adventure! Guided by the Head of Collections, families with children aged 8 and up will get a rare, up-close look at real archive treasures
📅
Thursday 27th August
🕰️
10:30am
-
2:30pm
📍 The Roald Dahl Museum
💷 £5
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Viking Raid
Step into the early medieval world as Viking raiders clash with local defenders in dramatic combat displays
📅
Monday 31st August
🕰️
10am
-
5pm
📍 Chiltern Open Air Museum
💷 £17
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Music
Summertime Swing
We are delighted to announce that Summertime Swing is back by popular demand! Following its previous sell-out success, this much-loved event returns to the idyllic village of The Lee for another unforgettable afternoon of music
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Sunday 19th July
🕰️
2:15pm
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6pm
📍 The Lee Cricket Club
💷 £20
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Mike Sanchez Band
British singer and pianist Mike Sanchez is one of the most exciting and charismatic performers in the world of rhythm & blues and rock 'n' roll
📅
Friday 24th July
📍 The Stables, Milton Keynes
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Midsummer Music
Join us for a full day of live entertainment, with four fantastic live music acts performing throughout the afternoon before our late-night DJ takes over to round off the celebrations
📅
Saturday 8th August
🕰️
From
2pm
📍 Bicester Hotel Golf and Spa
💷 £5
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Sing Along Show Case On The Cobbles
Get ready to shine, sparkle, and sing your heart out! Join DJ Dan Blase on Market Square for a fabulous Sing Along Showcase, where kids can grab the mic and show off their talents with their favourite songs
📅
Thursday 13th August
📍 Market Square
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Children's Jazz Workshop
Follow in the footsteps of Marlow's Mr Jazz, Michael Eagleton and discover the wonders of Jazz music
📅
Saturday 29th August
🕰️
10:30am
-
12:30pm
📍 Marlow Museum Pop Up, All Saints Church Hall
💷 £5
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Parklife Weekend 2026
Aylesbury’s biggest free music festival returns this August bank holiday weekend
📅
Sunday 30th August
📍 Vale Park
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Pool Party At Crazy Bear Beaconsfield
Crazy Bear in Beaconsfield has lined up the ultimate bank holiday weekend stacked with lively events for partygoers
📅
Sunday 30th August
🕰️
2pm
-
10pm
📍 Crazy Bear Beaconsfield
💷 £60
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Other Events
Marcel Lucont: Les Enfants Terribles – A Gameshow For Awful Children
Winner: Best Kids Show 2022 - Leicester Comedy Festival / UK Kids Comedy Festival
📅
Sunday 19th July
📍 The Stables, Milton Keynes
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Conjuring On The Cobbles!
Looking for something magical and totally FREE to do this summer? Get ready to be spellbound as the amazing Colonel Custard brings his dazzling Conjuring on the Cobbles show to Market Square!
📅
Thursday 30th July
📍 Market Square
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Boggis, Bunce And Bean’s Digging Machines
Channel your inner farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean to creative a nifty digging vehicle out of junk materials
📅
Friday 7th August
🕰️
11am
-
3pm
📍 The Roald Dahl Museum
💷 £5
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Summer Trail
In 2026, the Summer Trail runs from Saturday 25th July to Saturday 15th August
📅
Saturday 15th August
📍 PrincesRisborough
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Clay Foxy Feast
Play with clay and make a feast inspired by Fantastic Mr Fox
📅
Wednesday 26th August
🕰️
11am
-
3pm
📍 The Roald Dahl Museum
💷 £5
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Live Music By Ross Black
Join us this bank holiday weekend as Ross Black delivers rock pop classics with mahogany vocals and moody guitars
📅
Friday 28th August
🕰️
7pm
-
9pm
📍 The Crown, Penn
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Marvellous LEGO® Menagerie
Drop in to our pop-up LEGO® making room and create your own marvellous animal
📅
Friday 28th August
🕰️
10am
-
4:30pm
📍 The Roald Dahl Museum
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Food and drink
Street Food Evening July
Free entry – Dog friendly – Indoor & outdoor seating – Parking on-site
📅
Friday 31st July
🕰️
5pm
-
9pm
📍 The Walled Garden, High Wycombe
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Cellar Tour & History Of Rothschild Wines
Join us for a wine tasting & tour of the historic cellars of Waddesdon Manor
📅
Friday 7th August
📍 Waddesdon Manor
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Mamma Mia! Outdoor Cinema Extrabbaganza At Stowe House, Buckinghamshire
The ultimate ABBA & Mamma Mia! experience in the stunning grounds of Stowe House in Buckinghamshire
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Thursday 20th August
📍 Stowe House Buckingham, England
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Curly Tails Summer Haf
Our activities are centered around enrichment and learning through animal interaction and engagement
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Friday 28th August
📍 Curly Tails, The Thatched House19 Drayton RoadNewton LongvilleMK17 0BHGet directions
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Street Food Evening August
Free entry – Dog friendly – Indoor & outdoor seating – Parking on-site
📅
Friday 28th August
🕰️
5pm
-
9pm
📍 The Walled Garden, High Wycombe
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Workshop
Children's Holiday Workshop: Pottery Throwing
5 hour session gives young creatives a chance to work on a pottery project guided by an expert tutor
📅
Tuesday 4th August
🕰️
10am
-
12:30pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £30
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Titchy Fox Cubs
Why let the big kids have all the fun? Join us for a special led session for our littlest visitors aged from 6 months to 4 years
📅
Wednesday 5th August
🕰️
10:30am
-
2:30pm
📍 The Roald Dahl Museum
💷 £5
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Mr Fox’s Living Landscapes
Use natural materials (including some that grow!) to create a landscape in a container. You’ll find out out how the lovely Chilterns on the doorstep of the Museum inspired the story of Fantastic Mr Fox before getting stuck in.
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Friday 14th August
🕰️
11am
-
3pm
📍 The Roald Dahl Museum
💷 £5
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Into The Woods With Poet Will Burns: A Family Poetry Adventure
Step into the magical landscapes that inspired Roald Dahl’s stories and let your creativity bloom!
📅
Thursday 27th August
🕰️
10:30am
-
12:30pm
📍 The Roald Dahl Museum
💷 £25
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Summer Of Fun At John Lewis High Wycombe
From LEGO® making to character meet-and-greets including Bluey and Mario, we’ve got your summer sorted
📅
Monday 31st August
📍 John Lewis
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Outdoor
Wild Wood Adventure Playground
Visit the newly opened Wild Wood adventure playground at Waddesdon Manor
📅
Saturday 1st August
🕰️
10am
-
5pm
📍 Waddesdon Manor
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Holiday Activity Days For 8 To 12 Year Olds
Holiday Activity Days are for young people between the ages of 8 and 12 who are looking to explore some adventurous activities and get a day of fresh air (no screens!)
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Thursday 6th August
📍 Longridge Activity CentreQuarrywood RoadMarlowSL7 1REGet directions
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Tudor Merriment
Step into the lively world of Tudor England at Tudor Merriment, a colourful and family-friendly living history event at Chiltern Open Air Museum
📅
Sunday 16th August
🕰️
10am
-
5pm
📍 Chiltern Open Air Museum
💷 £17
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Awesome Animals Village Trail
You’ll head off on the guided walk around the village of Great Missenden
📅
Tuesday 18th August
🕰️
11:45am
-
2:15pm
📍 The Roald Dahl Museum
💷 £5
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Sports
Action4youth Summer Haf
The Action4Youth HAF programme is running for young people aged 11 to 16 years at The Junction, High Wycombe
📅
Thursday 6th August
📍 The Junction, High Wycombe Library5 Eden PlaceHigh WycombeHP11 2DHGet directions
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Twinkle Twinkle
A nocturnal journey for early years by The Last Baguette, who brought A Winter's Tail to Norden Farm for Christmas 2025
📅
Friday 21st August
📍 Norden Farm Centre for the ArtsAltwood RoadMaidenheadSL6 4PFGet directions
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Fun Fest Marlow – Bourne End Summer Holidays
Fun Fest Marlow is a holiday club which provides high quality, summer camp style childcare for children from 3 years old, offering them a choice from a menu of exciting activities every morning and afternoon.
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Friday 28th August
🕰️
8am
-
6pm
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Big Weekends At Eden
Looking for things to do in High Wycombe this summer? We’re making the summer holidays bigger than ever with the launch of Big Weekends – a six-week programme of free events taking place every Saturday throughout the summer holidays
📅
Sunday 30th August
📍 Eden Shopping Centre
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Health and wellness
Rulo Free Community Summer Party
Chesham's first dedicated Padel & Wellness Club is hosting a free Summer Party on Saturday 8 August from 10am – 10pm, with complimentary padel, Pilates, and family activities throughout the day
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Saturday 8th August
🕰️
10am
-
10pm
📍 Rulo Clubs
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Summer Haf Stealth Martial Arts
This Summer we are running sessions focussed on physical skills such as striking and self-defence, mindfulness, personal and community safety, and food and nutrition with lots of fun and interactive activities boosting personal safety through confidence, setting boundaries, spatial awareness, situational awareness, team work and knowledge on coercion, getting help and the law
📅
Thursday 13th August
📍 Visit websiteAdd to pins
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Nature
Young Growers Summer Club
Enjoy the summer season through August, full of discovery, fun and connection with nature
📅
Monday 10th August
📍 Grow Together Community Allotment, Wycombe
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Creatures On The Cobbles
Meet an amazing mix of reptiles, amphibians, mammals, and invertebrates as our expert team brings a mini animal world right onto the cobbles
📅
Thursday 27th August
📍 Market Square
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Education
Summer Tech Club- Coding, Minecraft, Robots, Space Tech, Game Design For 6 To 14 Year Olds
Monday 17th – Friday 28the August 2026 | Butlers Court School Beaconsfield
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Friday 28th August
🕰️
8:30am
-
3pm
📍 Butlers Court School
💷 £55
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Exhibition
Contemporary Art & Architecture Tour
This is your chance to see exquisite interiors and artworks of two pieces of contemporary architecture on the Waddesdon estate, Windmill Hill, Archive and Flint House and the cotemporary artwork on display in the Water Garden at the Dairy
📅
Friday 14th August
📍 Waddesdon Manor
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Literature
Grandmothers Great Adventure
Donna will be back to share another of her intergenerational stories exploring family histories, roots and healthy rituals as part of my event this year
📅
Saturday 15th August
🕰️
11am
-
12pm
📍 Eden Library
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Movie
Princes Risborough Summer Film Trail
Get ready for some film-tastic fun in Princes Risborough High Street this summer holidays!
📅
Thursday 13th August
🕰️
10am
-
6pm
📍 Princes Risborough High Street
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Networking
Chatty Cafe At Bisham Abbey
A friendly and relaxed senior social group for those living with dementia, their friends, family and caregivers in the local community
📅
Tuesday 18th August &
Tuesday 21st July
📍 Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre
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Science
Planetarium
Join us this summer for a popular daytime night’s sky experience! We’re excited to welcome back two family-friendly shows inside an inflatable planetarium within Stowe House.
📅
Friday 28th August
🕰️
10am
-
5pm
📍 Stowe House
💷 £6
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Town Day Trips
If you fancy exploring somewhere new this summer, why not base a day around one of Buckinghamshire’s towns? Each offers something a little different — from riverside strolls and historic streets to independent shops, cafés and family-friendly attractions:
- Amersham Town Guide
- Aylesbury Town Guide
- Beaconsfield Town Guide
- Chesham Town Guide
- Marlow Town Guide
- Wendover Town Guide
They’re perfect for building a simple but memorable day out — grab a coffee, explore somewhere new, stop for lunch and enjoy a slower pace of summer.
However You Spend It…
The summer holidays don’t need to be packed with expensive trips and non-stop activities to be memorable. A few well-chosen outings, plenty of fresh air and some quality time together can go a long way. Whether you’re discovering new places, revisiting old favourites or simply enjoying what’s on your doorstep, there’s plenty to make the most of this summer.
