Cressida Cowell opens the Children's Book Festival on 17 October, Dinton After Dark is on Halloween and the fireworks on 7 November. 40 dated events.

The two biggest dates in the next six weeks sit either side of half term. The Wokingham Children’s Book Festival fills the Town Hall and the library on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October, and Cressida Cowell opens it. The fireworks at Cantley Park follow on Saturday 7 November, with the torchlight procession through the town first. In between, half term runs from Monday 26 to Friday 30 October, Dinton Pastures has something on almost every day of it, and Halloween night brings both Dinton After Dark and Twyford’s bonfire.

Every listing below was read on 3 October 2026 from the organiser’s own page, or the town council’s Love Wokingham calendar, and each one links back to it. Prices are given only where the organiser publishes them. Dates can change, so use the link before you set off.

This week

  • Twyford Together Charity Family Fun Run, Sunday 4 October, 9am to 12.30pm, King George V Recreation Ground, Loddon Hall Road, Twyford, RG10 9JA. Races from a 100m pre-school toddle at 9.30am up to a 3km, plus a family relay, with all profits to Twyford Charities Together. Online entry has closed, so enter on the day: £5 for the toddle, £8 for the other races and £8 a relay team. Arrive half an hour before your race. (Twyford Together)
  • Comedy at Salty Olive, Wednesday 7 October, 8pm to 10.45pm, Salty Olive, Elms Field, RG40 2EZ. Laughter Craft Comedy with Matt Richardson and James Ellis. Dinner can be ordered from 5pm to 7pm, and tables are booked with the restaurant. (Love Wokingham, Wokingham Town Council)
  • Wokingham Film Society: The Secret Agent (15), Thursday 8 October, 7.30pm, The Whitty Theatre, Luckley Road, RG40 3EU, £7.34, or £4.69 for members. Kleber Mendonça Filho’s political thriller, nominated for four Oscars. (The Whitty Theatre)
  • Paulo’s Circus, Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 October, Dinton Pastures Country Park, Davis Street, Hurst, RG10 0TH, £9 to £14. The circus is back at Dinton for a third year. Weekend shows are at 1pm, 3.30pm and 6.30pm, and weekday times differ. Booking is direct with the circus. (Wokingham Countryside, Love Wokingham)
  • Wokingham Repair Café, Saturday 10 October, 10am to 12.30pm, All Saints Church, Wiltshire Road, RG40 1TN. Volunteers mend clothes, lamps, bikes, toys and laptops. Register the repair online first and quote the ticket number at the door. The next one after this is Saturday 14 November. (Wokingham Repair Café)
  • Mobile climbing tower pop-up, Saturday 10 October, 10am to 4pm, California Country Park, Nine Mile Ride, RG40 4HU, £4 a climb. Taster climbs for ages four and up, adults included. No booking is needed. (Wokingham Countryside)
  • Wokingham Town v Broadfields United, Saturday 10 October, 3pm, Lowther Road, RG41 1HY. Combined Counties League Premier Division North, from the club’s own fixture list. (Wokingham Town FC)

Next week

  • Luckley Lectures: The Amazing Adventures of James Ketchell, Wednesday 14 October, 6pm, The Whitty Theatre, Luckley Road, RG40 3EU, £7.50. A talk by the adventurer who has rowed the Atlantic, climbed Everest and cycled, flown and sailed round the world. (The Whitty Theatre)
  • RSPB bird walk, Thursday 15 October, 10am to 12.30pm, Dinton Pastures Country Park, RG10 0TH, £7.50. A beginners’ walk round the lakes and hides with RSPB Wokingham and Bracknell. (Wokingham Countryside)
  • The Welkin, Thursday 15 to Saturday 24 October, 7.45pm, no performance on Sunday 18th, Wokingham Theatre, Twyford Road, RG40 5TU, £17, plus £2.50 a booking. A drama about a jury of twelve women in rural Suffolk in 1759. Wednesday 14th is a private charity night, so the public run starts on the 15th. (Wokingham Theatre)
  • Comedy Night at Dinton, Friday 16 October, 7.30pm to 10pm, Dinton Activity Centre, Sandford Lane, Hurst, RG10 0SU, £16. Paul Thorne headlines, with Kevin Daniel and Emanuel O. Over 18s only, the bar opens at 6.30pm, and a £5 car park ticket can be booked with the seat. (Wokingham Countryside)
  • Hike the Night for Guide Dogs, Saturday 17 October, 6pm to 10.30pm, Dinton Pastures Country Park, RG10 0TH. A 10km sponsored walk after dark for the charity Guide Dogs, which takes the bookings. Dogs can come too. (Wokingham Countryside)
  • Wokingham Children’s Book Festival, Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October, Wokingham Town Hall, RG40 1AS, Wokingham Library and the Carnival Hub sports hall, RG40 2AF, £3 a seat for each event. Cressida Cowell opens it at 1pm on Saturday in the sports hall. Sunday has sessions from 10am, the last starting at 3pm, with Holly Webb, A.F. Harrold and Hannah Lee among the authors. One Sunday session, Becky Goddard-Hill’s, is cancelled. (Wokingham Town Council)

Later in October

  • The Wokingham Walk, Sunday 18 October, rolling start 9am to 10.30am, Elms Field, Wellington Road, RG40 1BN. A charity walk of 5, 10 or 15 miles, starting and finishing at Elms Field. The finish is staffed until 5pm and well behaved dogs are welcome. (Wokingham Lions Club)
  • Pinewood Miniature Railway public running, Sunday 18 October, 1.30pm to 4pm, Pinewood Leisure Centre, Old Wokingham Road, RG40 3AQ. Train rides on the third Sunday of the month. The last running day of the year is Sunday 15 November, 11am to 3pm. (Pinewood Miniature Railway)
  • Wokingham Town v Wallingford & Crowmarsh, Tuesday 20 October, 7.45pm, Lowther Road, RG41 1HY. Combined Counties League Premier Division North, from the club’s own fixture list. (Wokingham Town FC)
  • Mayor’s Charity Quiz Night, Friday 23 October, 7pm to 10pm, quiz from 7.30pm, The Oakwood Centre, Headley Road, Woodley, RG5 4JZ, £7 plus a 59p booking fee. Teams of up to eight, a cash bar and a raffle, raising money for Woodley Volunteer Group and Woodley Festival of Music and Arts. (Woodley Town Council)
  • The Marrakesh Express, Friday 23 October, 7.30pm, The Whitty Theatre, Luckley Road, RG40 3EU, £24.79. Wokingham Music Club presents a tribute to Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. (The Whitty Theatre)
  • Hallo’Welly’Ween, Friday 23 to Saturday 31 October, 9.30am to 4.30pm daily, Wellington Country Park, Riseley. Circus shows in the Big Top at 11am, 1pm and 3pm, discos, crafts, animal talks from ferret racing at 11am to a tortoise meet and greet at 3pm, and Halloween train rides at £1. The day ticket price shows only at booking. Our half term page has the full timetable. (Wellington Country Park)
  • Pumpkins and Phantoms Halloween Trail, Saturday 24 October to Sunday 1 November, 9am to 4pm daily, Dinton Activity Centre, RG10 0SU. A self-guided trail of just under 2km, with a small prize for a finished map. Paths suit wheelchairs and buggies. Maps are booked online, and the price shows at booking. (Wokingham Countryside)
  • Wokingham Town v Abingdon United, Saturday 24 October, 3pm, Lowther Road, RG41 1HY. Combined Counties League Premier Division North, from the club’s own fixture list. (Wokingham Town FC)
  • Pumpkin Fair, Sunday 25 October, 11am to 3.30pm, Dinton Pastures Country Park, RG10 0TH, £2, under 12s free. Donkey rides, farm animals, craft stalls and children’s rides, run by JL Events. No booking, dogs on leads welcome, and it is not a pumpkin patch. (Wokingham Countryside)
  • Autumn and Winter Wild Days, Monday 26 to Friday 30 October, 9.30am to 4.30pm, Dinton Activity Centre, RG10 0SU, £27 a half day, £54 a full day. Half term land and water sports on Black Swan Lake for ages 8 to 14. (Wokingham Countryside)
  • Park Opera: The Merry Widow, Tuesday 27, Wednesday 28, Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October, The Whitty Theatre, Luckley Road, RG40 3EU, £23.72, or £11.86 concessions. Lehár’s operetta in four performances. The theatre’s listing gives no start times, so check the booking page. (The Whitty Theatre)
  • CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation, Friday 30 October, 7.45pm, Wokingham Theatre, Twyford Road, RG40 5TU, £10. An improvised crime comedy in which nobody, the cast included, knows who the killer is. (Wokingham Theatre)
  • Woodley Halloween Event, Friday 30 October, times not yet published, Woodley town centre. Family activities and Halloween competitions, organised by the town centre manager. (Woodley Town Council)
  • Dinton After Dark, Saturday 31 October, 4.30pm to 6.30pm, Dinton Pastures Country Park, RG10 0TH, £9 adults, £4 children aged 3 to 12, under 3s free, plus a booking fee. A lakeside trail that is spooky but not scary, with marshmallow roasting. Parking is included, torches are required and booking is essential. A separate 5km night run follows at 7.15pm. Our half term page has more. (Wokingham Countryside)
  • Guided Evening Paddle, Saturday 31 October, 5pm to 7pm, Dinton Activity Centre, RG10 0SU, £30 adults, £20 children aged 8 and over. On the water at 5.30pm by paddleboard, kayak or canoe, with glow sticks and a hot chocolate back on shore. (Wokingham Countryside)
  • Twyford Round Table Bonfire and Fireworks, Saturday 31 October, gates 6.30pm, bonfire 7.30pm, fireworks 8pm, King George V Playing Fields, Loddon Hall Road, Twyford, RG10 9JA. Advance tickets £8 adults, £4 youth and seniors, £2 under-12s, plus a booking fee; on the door £12, £6 and £2. A Halloween night, so fancy dress is encouraged. Our fireworks page has both displays. (Twyford Round Table, Ticket Tailor)

November

  • Hollywood under the Stars, Sunday 1 November, 5pm to 8pm, Dinton Pastures Country Park, Davis Street entrance, RG10 0TH, £9.95 adults, £5.95 children, £7.95 carers. Live music, rides and a laser show of 25 to 30 minutes set to film music. No tickets on the gate and no dogs. Pre-booked parking is £5. Our Dinton winter page has more. (Wokingham Countryside)
  • Wokingham Fireworks Spectacular, Saturday 7 November, funfair 5.30pm, procession 6.15pm, fireworks 7.30pm, Cantley Park, RG40 5QG, with the procession from Market Place. The torchlight procession leaves Market Place behind St Sebastian’s band. Tickets are sold in advance only. Our fireworks page has prices, parking and closures. (Wokingham Fireworks)
  • Wokingham Choral Society: Stanford and Rutter, Saturday 7 November, 7.30pm, All Saints Church, Wiltshire Road, RG40 1TN, £20 adults, £5 under 18s. The choir opens its 75th anniversary season with Stanford’s Mass in G and Rutter’s Magnificat, with orchestra. (Love Wokingham, Wokingham Town Council)
  • Wokingham Remembrance Sunday, Sunday 8 November, silence 11am, parade 2.35pm, service 3pm, Market Place, RG40 1AS, and All Saints Church. A two-minute silence in Market Place, then a parade to the 3pm service at All Saints. Our Remembrance page has the road closures. (Wokingham Town Council)
  • Armistice Day act of remembrance, Wednesday 11 November, 11am, Market Place, RG40 1AS. The town council leads a two-minute silence, and its Honorary Bugler sounds the Last Post and the Reveille. (Wokingham Town Council)
  • Death and the Maiden, Wednesday 11 to Saturday 14 November, Wokingham Theatre, Twyford Road, RG40 5TU, £12. A studio night drama: years after a brutal regime falls, Paulina is sure a stranger at her door is the man who tortured her. (Wokingham Theatre)
  • Town Hall Tabletop Takeover, Saturday 14 November, 9.30am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 5pm, Wokingham Town Hall, Market Place, RG40 1AS, £4 a session. Modern board games with demonstrators from Eclectic Games, and Dungeons and Dragons tables running the full three hours. Buy three tickets and get one free. (Wokingham Town Council)
  • Wokingham Town v Harefield United, Saturday 14 November, 3pm, Lowther Road, RG41 1HY. Combined Counties League Premier Division North, from the club’s own fixture list. (Wokingham Town FC)

Regular events

These run whatever else is on. Two more are monthly and are listed by date above: the Repair Café on the second Saturday, and the Pinewood Miniature Railway on the third Sunday until November.

  • Wokingham Market, Every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 9am to 3pm, Market Place, RG40 1AS. Fresh food, plants, crafts and street food, on a charter that dates from 1219. The next market is Tuesday 6 October. (Wokingham Town Council)
  • Dinton Pastures parkrun, Every Saturday, 9am, Dinton Pastures Country Park, Davis Street, Hurst, RG10 0TH, free. A timed 5km. Register once with parkrun and bring your barcode. The next one is Saturday 10 October. (parkrun)
  • Woodley parkrun, Every Saturday, 9am, Woodford Park, starting by the Oakwood Centre, Headley Road, RG5 4JZ, free. Three laps of the park on grass, gravel and tarmac. The next one is Saturday 10 October. (parkrun)

Two things to know before you book

Paulo’s Circus has two sets of dates in circulation. The countryside service, which runs Dinton Pastures, lists the circus from Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 October. The town council’s Love Wokingham calendar lists it from 2 to 11 October, with tickets at £9 to £14, and both describe a two-weekend stay. The circus’s own booking page blocked our checks, so we have listed only the dates both sources share. If you are hoping to go this weekend, confirm with the circus first.

Wokingham Theatre’s home page says The Welkin runs 14 to 24 October. Its box office shows why the public run is shorter: the performance on Wednesday 14th is a private charity night, and there is no show on Sunday 18th.

Coming later

The Winter Carnival is on Sunday 29 November and doubles as the Christmas lights switch-on. The Christmas fairs page has the December dates, the pantomime page has Snow White on 29 and 30 December, and the Santa’s grotto page tracks the Dinton bookings. For places that are open whatever the month, see things to do in Wokingham. Driving in? Our parking page has the tariffs and the roadworks page has the closures.

Send us your event

Running something in Wokingham, Woodley, Earley, Twyford or the villages? Email hello@wokinghamonline.co.uk with the date, time, venue, price and a photo. A listing is free of charge, always. It goes on this page and in the diary on our What’s On section.

Sources

Image: “Wokingham Town Hall” by Reading Tom, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/16801915@N06/5522851741).