Things to Do

Step into a world of festive, musical splendour, as Waddesdon - the Rothschild house and garden in Buckinghamshire - is transformed, inside and out.

Don’t be scared to have too much fun this Halloween with the return of popular spooky entertainment at Mead Open Farm.

Her Majesty Queen Victoria and her private secretary will be gracing Leighton Buzzard’s High Street with a visit at this year’s Living History Day, on Saturday (October 5).

Leighton Buzzard Library and Theatre is celebrating its ruby anniversary next week – 40 years after it first opened its doors to the public.

The Leighton Buzzard Railway has announced details of its centenary gala on Saturday and Sunday, October 5 and 6.

Returning to the Second Space following the success of last year’s event, Aylesbury Waterside Theatre will be playing host to some of darts’ sporting legends in An Exhibition of Darts taking place on Sat 24 Aug in the Second Space.

Something different is coming to the annual Linslade Canal Festival in Tiddenfoot Waterside Park this year.

Waddesdon Manor in Aylesbury Vale, Bucks, is a popular destination across the Home Counties.

As the Wimbledon tennis tournament enters its second week, the Ring-tailed lemurs at Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire have been joining in the fun with masks of some of the sport’s biggest stars, including Rafael ‘Rafa’ Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

The parish will once again welcome the “remarkable spectacle” of the Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard truck convoy on Saturday, June 8.

There will be over 40 street food vendors from around the world with delicacies from Sri Lanka, Italy, Brazil and Morocco alongside specialities from New York, Germany and Jamaica in the High Street at this year’s Big Lunch Food Festival in Leighton Buzzard .

The only dedicated UK Cheese and Chilli Festival is coming to Bedford Park over the bank holiday weekend for the first time this year, taking place in Bedford Park this weekend - Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26.