What's On in Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes

Kids for a Quid

Venue: Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway

Website: www.chinnorrailway.co.uk

All-Day Rover tickets are issued at just £1 for each 3-15 years Child from 10 March until 31 October 2024. (Maximum*2 Children per Adult or Senior ticket holder); Child 0-2 years Free (no ticket required).

Spring Programme

Venue: Willows Activity Farm

Address: St Albans

Website: www.willowsactivityfarm.com

Enjoy a visit to Willows Activity Farm for a wonderful Spring day out! Their daily programme includes adventure play, funfair rides, tractor ride, farmyard animals, indoor soft play, inflatables, Puddle...

Disney's Aladdin

Venue: Milton Keynes Theatre

Website: www.atgtickets.com

One lamp, three wishes and infinite possibilities… Disney's Aladdin features iconic music by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, and Tim Rice. This exuberant production is filled with unforgettable magic, comedy...

Foster Care Fortnight

Venue: Various locations

Website: www.buckinghamshirecouncil.gov.uk/campaign/foster-care-fortnight

Buckinghamshire Council will be celebrating the Fostering Network’s ‘Foster Care Fortnight’ between 13-27th May. This year's theme is #FosteringMoments – join them for an in-person information...

Foster Care Fortnight

Venue: Online

Website: www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/campaign/foster-care-fortnight

If you’ve ever wondered whether fostering might be right for you now is the perfect time to find out more. Throughout Foster Care Fortnight and beyond find out about the children, carers, and the community...

Home Education Days - Communities (Geography)

Venue: Bekonscot Model Village and Railway

Website: www.bekonscot.co.uk

Two new Home Ed Days will be running during the 2024 season. These days, each on a specific educational topic, include full days entry to the model village, access to downloadable teaching resources and...

Foodbank Weekend

Venue: Gulliver's Land Theme Park

Website: www.gulliverslandresort.co.uk

Book discounted theme park tickets from £14pp* in support of local foodbank charities. Simply bring a non-perishable food item to donate on the day to help support people in crisis across the UK.

May Storytelling

Venue: Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre

Website: www.roalddahlmuseum.org

Head to the indoor Wondrous Woods room to listen to some of your favourite extracts from Fantastic Mr Fox and Danny the Champion of the World, performed by the storytelling experts. Storytelling free with...

Celebration of Wool

Venue: Hogshaw Farm

Website: www.hogshawfarm.co.uk

Have a fun family day learning all about wool and meet special guests Shaun the Sheep and Timmy from Timmy Time! Enjoy regular character appearances throughout the day, plus loads of exciting woolly activities,...

Comedy Club 4 Kids

Venue: Norman Bragg Studio, Aylesbury

Website: www.atgtickets.com

The show is family friendly, but without any patronising idiocy. In fact, it's just like a normal comedy club, but it's on in the day, kids are allowed in, and thus there is a higher than usual chance...

Gnometastic

Venue: Waterperry Gardens

Website: www.waterperrygardens.co.uk

Half term fun at Waterperry Gardens. Help the gnomes in the gardens who have forgotten their names. Find all eight gnomes (and their names). £3.95 per child with a prize. Children must be accompanied...

Half Term Hoedown

Venue: Odds Farm Park

Website: www.oddsfarm.co.uk

Watch the expert led Sheep Shearing demonstrations, try your hand at welly wanging, plus join Farmer Oddsocks and friends for an interactive country dancing sessions in the Show Marquee plus Cowboy crafts....

May Bank Holiday - Escape from the Aviary

Venue: Waddesdon

Website: www.waddesdon.org.uk

Get up close and personal with birds of prey. Learn about their habits, habitats, and history as well as how you can help them in the wild. Plus Makendoo Workshops, face painting and much more! From 25...

National Children's Gardening Week

Venue: Nationwide

Website: www.childrensgardeningweek.co.uk

An annual celebration of the fun that gardens hold for kids, supporting Greenfingers charity which is dedicated to providing magical gardens for children in hospices suffering from life limiting illnesses....

Roald Dahl Storytelling

Venue: Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre

Website: www.roalddahlmuseum.org

Enjoy storytelling from Fantastic Mr Fox or Danny the Champion of the World. Suitable for all ages. Free with Museum admission, no need to book just listen out for announcements on the day.

Ickle Owl Augmented Reality Trail

Venue: Stowe Gardens

Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Head to Stowe this May half-term for the augmented reality trail, Ickle Owl, created in collaboration with Stowe School. Ickle has fallen and strayed from her nest, and it's up to you to help her find...

My Year Walk - May

Venue: Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre

Website: www.roalddahlmuseum.org

Embrace the seasons on a guided Roald Dahl countryside walk; kick up some leaves, ramble through woods and listen to extracts from Roald Dahl’s My Year in the beautiful woods and fields that inspired...

The Roman Gladiators Return!

Venue: Chiltern Open Air Museum

Website: www.coam.org.uk

This event promises to be both educational and entertaining, providing a unique opportunity for families to learn about the fascinating world of Roman gladiators while also enjoying an action-packed day...

Dragon Adventure

Venue: Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

Website: www.bucksrailcentre.org

Calling all Knights and Princesses! It’s time to get your best outfits on and meet a huge, smoke-breathing Dragon! They also have some baby dragons to meet, appearing at intervals throughout the day....

Half Term Dino Venture Fun

Venue: Willows Activity Farm

Address: St Albans

Website: www.willowsactivityfarm.com

There are Dinosaurs to meet and fossil finding fun in the giant sandpit, a Dino Hunt around the farm park with a certificate and Jurassic arts and crafts. The Puddle Play Park is open too where your mini-dinos...

May Half Term Activities

Venue: Bletchley Park Trust Ltd

Website: www.bletchleypark.org.uk

Discover more about Bletchley Park and its key role in the preparations for D-Day with engaging family activities as part of marking D-Day 80. Children can collect their ‘TOP SECRET’ mission packs...

Olaf Falafel's Stupidest Super Stupid Show

Venue: The Elgiva Theatre

Website: www.elgiva.com

Join comedian and children’s author Olaf Falafel for an hour of kids’ comedy which will be the stupidest he has ever let trickle from his brain. There might be some truth-telling cheese and dolphins...

Diddly Danny Pots

Venue: Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre

Website: www.roalddahlmuseum.org

Make a clay pot inspired by Danny the Champion of the World.Discover how Danny’s dad managed to hide 120 pheasants then make a clay pot to hide some clay pheasants of your own. Wonderfully messy, but...

Discover and Make: Mini Model Camp!

Venue: Wycombe Museum

Website: www.wycombemuseum.org.uk

In the past, bodgers (men who turned wood to use for chair legs and parts) would live and work in huts out in the woods. In this session, make your own miniature bodger’s hut woodland camp using a mix...

Terrific Tuesday

Venue: Chiltern Open Air Museum

Website: www.coam.org.uk

Wellbeing themed family crafts, clay modelling and activities.

The MK-7 Experience

Venue: Red Bull Racing

Address: Bradbourne Drive, Tilbrook

Website: www.experiences.redbullracing.com

The Red Bull Racing Events Team will be on-site with authentic Formula One™ artefacts and go behind the scenes and visit the Red Bull Racing Heritage Workshop, where the experienced engineers work on...

Fantastic Clay Feast

Venue: Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre

Website: www.roalddahlmuseum.org

Listen to some descriptions of Mr Fox’s fantastic Feast, before creating your own in clay.Clay can be marvellously messy so make sure you wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. 11am, 12pm, 2pm,...

May Half Term - Celestial Sound Cloud

Venue: Waddesdon

Website: www.waddesdon.org.uk

An interactive digital sound and light sculpture inspired by cosmic clouds and nebulas – the clouds of dust and gases in which stars are formed. Its beautiful mirrored and infinite looping form is suspended...

You Choose

Venue: Stantonbury Theatre

Website: www.stantonburytheatre.co.uk

Based on the brilliant book by Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt, (Shark in the Park and Hairy Maclary Shows) bring you an interactive musical show for all the family. But in this show – YOU CHOOSE what...

Construct a Caravan

Venue: Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre

Website: www.roalddahlmuseum.org

Get stuck in with loads of junk modelling materials to construct your own mini caravan and petrol pumps. Discover how Roald Dahl found ideas for Danny’s home, then have a go at being as inventive as...

Relaxed House Openings

Venue: Waddesdon

Website: www.waddesdon.org.uk

Designed for neurodivergent adults and children and their family, friends or carers. The relaxed house openings offer a calmer visit to the historic house. During this time will be a limited capacity,...

Sleeping Beauty - Rare Productions

Venue: The Elgiva Theatre

Website: www.elgiva.com

According to the curse, the princess would prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel on her 18th birthday and would die. A good fairy, however, intervenes and alters the curse, stating that the...

The Comedy of Errors

Venue: Quarry Theatre

Website: www.quarrytheatre.ticketsolve.com

The Comedy of Errors Pedalling from venue to venue with all of their set, props and costumes on the back of their bikes, the HandleBards are a four-strong troupe of actors who are spending the summer bringing...

Comedy Club 4 Kids

Venue: Quarry Theatre

Website: www.quarrytheatre.ticketsolve.com

The show is family friendly, but without any patronising idiocy. In fact, it's just like a normal comedy club, but it's on in the day, kids are allowed in, and thus there is a higher than usual chance...

Musical Theatre Masterclass

Venue: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

Website: www.atgtickets.com

These new Masterclasses, led by the Creative Learning team take inspiration from much-loved shows. Suitable for all abilities, this 3-hour workshop will develop your singing, dancing and acting skills...

Napoleonic Living History Weekend

Venue: Chiltern Open Air Museum

Website: www.coam.org.uk

Watch spectacular displays and thrill at the musket, cavalry, and artillery displays that will transport you to the heart of Napoleonic warfare. Feel the ground shake as cannons roar, horses charge, and...

The Comedy of Errors

Venue: Home Farm on Hall Barn

Website: www.chiltern-shakespeare.co.uk/

There will be 10 performances on the evenings of Wednesday 5th, Thursday 6th, Friday 7th and Saturday 8th plus a matinee on Saturday 8th, the Wednesday 12th, Thursday 13th, Friday 14th, Saturday 15th and...

Charlie Cook's Favourite Book

Venue: Wycombe Swan

Website: www.trafalgartickets.com/wycombe-swan-theatre

Go and delve into a range of books with Charlie Cook, brought to life with puppetry and enchanting songs, and perhaps you will be able to help his sister discover the wonderful world inside a book…Based...

Home Education Workshops - Explore! Wycombe in WW2

Venue: Wycombe Museum

Website: www.wycombemuseum.org.uk

Interactive learning workshops aimed at home educators, targeted at different age groups. Sessions will be run on a different theme, with role play, museum object handling, crafts and activities. Ages...

The Big Help Out

Venue: Nationwide

Website: www.thebighelpout.org.uk

Early involvement in volunteering and social action increases a child’s likelihood of taking part in the future. Working together, teachers have the power to instil the values of compassion and community...

Don't Panic! We CAN Save the Planet

Venue: Quarry Theatre

Website: www.quarrytheatre.ticketsolve.com

Based around his new book children's comedian and author James Campbell presents a positive, funny, life affirming comedy show which will inspire children to feel confident that they can do something on...

Pretty Muddy Kids

Venue: Willen Lake

Address: Milton Keynes

Website: www.raceforlife.cancerresearchuk.org

Pretty Muddy® Kids is a fun-packed muddy obstacle course for children aged 6-12 (over 1.2m tall).The young fundraisers climb, crawl and slide their way around the course at their own pace, accompanied...

The King of Pop starring Navi

Venue: The Elgiva Theatre

Website: www.elgiva.com

Don’t miss this outstanding production featuring hits such as Smooth Criminal, Beat It, Billie Jean, Black or White, Man In The Mirror and the ‘Jackson Five’ classics in a show suitable for the whole...

The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck

Venue: Waterperry Gardens

Website: www.waterperrygardens.co.uk

Prevented from hatching her eggs at the farm, foolish Jemima goes in search of a nesting place in the forest and soon she meets a charming ‘gentleman’ who offers her the perfect nesting place in his...

Bluey

Venue: Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

Website: www.bucksrailcentre.org

Meet the lovable Blue Heeler at intervals throughout the day and enjoy steam train rides. Take a trip on the miniature railway, enjoy the visitor centre and railway museum, watch the model railway and...

Green Festival

Venue: Chiltern Open Air Museum

Website: www.coam.org.uk

Engage your children in educational and interactive activities that teach them about the importance of sustainability and taking care of our planet. From water saving initiatives to nature walks, there...

Father's Day Weekend

Venue: Gulliver's Land Theme Park

Website: www.gulliverslandresort.co.uk

Adults go FREE when accompanied by one full paying child throughout Father’s Day Weekend! This special offer is available at all Gulliver’s Theme Parks on both the Saturday and the Sunday.

Fathers Day Keyring and Card Crafting Workshop

Venue: Hughenden

Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/oxfordshire-buckinghamshire-berkshire/hughenden

Join this free craft workshop where you'll create a personalised Father's Day keyring and card to show appreciation for the father figures in your life. Get crafty, share laughs, and make memories that'll...

Fireman Sam - The Great Camping Adventure

Venue: Wycombe Swan

Website: www.trafalgartickets.com/wycombe-swan-theatre

Join Sam, Ellie, Elvis, Station Officer Steele and Norman in this UK premier, as you become a Pontypandy Pioneer and explore the mountains. With fire engines, helicopters and brand new songs this is one...

Ridgeway Run

Venue: Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

Website: www.bucksrailcentre.org

Visitors and rally participants can enjoy full entry to the steam railway, so you can enjoy all the usual fun around site including unlimited steam train rides, and you can take a trip on the miniature...

National School Sports Week 2024

Venue: Nationwide

Website: www.youthsporttrust.org

This year's theme brings a special one-off Euro 2024 event that emphasises football as a means to engage young people in 60 minutes a day of PE, sport and play. By registering, schools will receive free...

Jamboree Weekend

Venue: Gulliver's Land Theme Park

Website: www.gulliverslandresort.co.uk

Get ready for a huge Jamboree Weekend in partnership with The Scouts Association. Perfect for Uniformed Youth Groups, enjoy bushcraft sessions, cookery school, jamboree discovery trail and all our regular...

Medieval Jousting

Venue: Chiltern Open Air Museum

Website: www.coam.org.uk

Step into a world of knights in shining armor and witness displays of incredible skill and horsemanship. Be captivated by the bravery and agility of these armoured knights as they engage in thrilling jousting...

Fireman Sam

Venue: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

Website: www.atgtickets.com

Norman wants to go on an adventure to impress his friends, so when two famous animal explorers arrive in Pontypandy, he decides to follow them into the mountains. But when Norman discovers a rare red squirrel,...

My Year Walk - June

Venue: Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre

Website: www.roalddahlmuseum.org

Embrace the seasons on a guided Roald Dahl countryside walk; kick up some leaves, ramble through woods and listen to extracts from Roald Dahl’s My Year in the beautiful woods and fields that inspired...

Daisy First Aid Course

Venue: Frosts Garden Centre

Website: www.frostsgardencentres.co.uk

Daisy First Aid classes are taught in a fun and informal way without medical jargon so that you can leave a class feeling more confident looking after children in your care. You don’t need to bring anything...

Zog

Venue: Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

Website: www.bucksrailcentre.org

You can meet the dragon at intervals throughout the day plus there will be lots for the whole family to see and do at the heritage railway, with 25-acres to explore! Enjoy steam train rides, take a trip...

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Venue: Milton Keynes Theatre

Website: www.atgtickets.com

Based on Ian Fleming’s timeless story for children and later made into the famous 1968 film, we meet absent-minded inventor Caractacus Potts (Adam Garcia- Wicked, Kiss Me,Kate, Coyote Ugly) who restores...

Home Educators Workshops - Explore!

Venue: Wycombe Museum

Website: www.wycombemuseum.org.uk

Interactive learning workshops aimed at home educators, targeted at different age groups. Sessions will be run on a different theme, with role play, museum object handling, crafts and activities. Ages...

Shelf: The Kids' Show

Venue: Quarry Theatre

Website: www.quarrytheatre.ticketsolve.com

Join best friends Rachel and Ruby for a kids' comedy show that's fun for all the family! Full of sketches, songs, pranks and silliness. Rachel and Ruby use physical comedy and silly characters to bring...

Bucks Music Trust Summer Festival

Venue: Chiltern Open Air Museum

Website: www.coam.org.uk

Around 600 young musicians, aged 4–18 years ranging from beginners to advanced, will be performing on two stages in the open air, with groups, ensembles and choirs of all different types. Take family...

Mrs Armitage on Wheels

Venue: Quarry Theatre

Website: www.quarrytheatre.ticketsolve.com

Adapted from Quentin Blake’s classic tale, Scoot Theatre present a 40-minute interactive, energetic show, celebrating the joy of getting outdoors and being active. Featuring live music, puppetry and...

Ministry of Science LIVE - Science Saved The World

Venue: Milton Keynes Theatre

Website: www.atgtickets.com

Join the presenters as they dive deep into the world of science and look at how science shapes the modern world we live in with a few loud bangs along the way! 100% Educational. 200% Entertaining. 300%...

The Wizard of Oz

Venue: Milton Keynes Theatre

Website: www.atgtickets.com

Direct from The London Palladium, the sensational new production of one of the world’s most beloved musicals comes to Milton Keynes. Starring Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood as The Wicked...

Peppa Pig's Fun Day Out

Venue: Milton Keynes Theatre

Website: www.atgtickets.com

Join Peppa, along with her family and friends as they go to the zoo and the beach for a special party- it’s going to be an exciting and fun packed day. Packed full of songs, dance and muddy puddles,...

The 13 Story Treehouse

Venue: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

Website: www.atgtickets.com/shows/the-13-storey-treehouse

Andy and Terry live in a 13-storey treehouse, make stories together and have a series of completely nutty adventures! A best-selling book live on stage for children aged 6 – 12 (and their adults!). This...