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The Jolly Postman
14th February-1st January 2027
Venue: The Postal Museum
Website: www.postalmuseum.org
Step inside the story in an immersive exhibition celebrating 40 years of the much-loved children’s book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Meet the Jolly Postman – off on his rounds with letters for some...
The Saxons
28th March-1st November 2026
Venue: Discover Bucks Museum
Website: www.discoverbucksmuseum.org
Step back into an age of warriors, treasures, and village life. Meet the Saxons through engaging films, sounds, and immersive experiences. Hands-on interactives and digital storytelling bring history vividly...
Foodie Family Fridays
8th May-25th September 2026
Venue: Cogges Manor Farm
Website: www.cogges.org.uk
Cogges are opening their spacious Café courtyard, putting on some chilled out beats, inviting a festival style food truck courtesy of Uggy's Pizza and The Crock Pot and opening the Cogges Summer Bar.This...
We're Going on a Bear Hunt at Cliveden
9th May-5th July 2026
Venue: Cliveden
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk
The award-winning animation, based on the much-loved picture book, will be brought to life through a series of interactive installations. Get ready to swish, splash and squelch your way through this new...
We're Going on a Bear Hunt at Cliveden
9th May-5th July 2026
Venue: Cliveden
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk
The award-winning animation, based on the much-loved picture book, will be brought to life through a series of interactive installations. Get ready to swish, splash and squelch your way through this new...
Annie
21st June-26th July 2026
Venue: Milton Keynes Theatre
Website: www.atgtickets.com
Set in 1930s New York, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage. Her luck soon changes when she's chosen to spend a fairytale Christmas with famous billionaire,...
Cogges Summer Fete
27th June 2026
Venue: Cogges Manor Farm
Website: www.cogges.org.uk
A day of traditional family fete games in the farmyard, a bouncy castle and races on the Manor House Lawn, ending with the much loved Tractor Tug of War! The café will be serving a range of hot and cold...
King John vs King Richard
27th June 2026
Venue: Chiltern Open Air Museum
Website: www.coam.org.uk
History was kind to one brother, but were they both equally good or bad? Well, you decide. Meet Richard and John and speak to some of Britannia's historical interpreters, representing kings, knights, barons...
Party in the Barn
27th June 2026
Venue: Cogges Manor Farm
Website: www.cogges.org.uk
Party in the Barn is a live music event for all the family. A line up of the best local bands belting out music to make you want boogie! Kids will love the live music and the space to dance as well as...
Othello – Outdoor Theatre
28th June 2026
Venue: Waterperry Gardens
Website: www.waterperrygardens.co.uk
Join The Lord Chamberlain’s Men this summer for Othello, one of the most captivating and thrilling plays ever written. See it performed how William Shakespeare first saw it, in the open air, with an...
The Tiger Who Came To Tea
29th June 2026
Venue: Milton Keynes Theatre
Website: www.atgtickets.com
The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don’t expect to see at the door is a big, stripy tiger! Don’t miss this stunning...
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
2nd-4th July 2026
Venue: Stantonbury Theatre
Website: www.stantonburytheatre.co.uk
Featuring much loved pop and musical theatre classics, including Any Dream Will Do, Close Every Door, There’s One More Angel In Heaven and Go, Go, Go Joseph. This is a youth theatre show produced by...
Moving the Mail
5th July 2026
Venue: Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
Website: www.bucksrailcentre.org
Learn all about how the Travelling Post Office was an integral part of the railways. They will also have miniature ride-on trains which are run by sister society VAMES (there is a small £1.50 charge for...
As You Like It
9th July 2026
Venue: The Quarry Theatre
Website: https://quarrytheatre.ticketsolve.com/
Join the troupe at the Quarry Theatre for a fantastically funny bicycle-powered production of Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’. Pedalling from venue to venue with all of their set, props and costumes...
The Princess Proms
11th July 2026
Venue: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Website: www.atgtickets.com
Prepare for a show-stopping performance with heartwarming and nostalgic songs from animations including Frozen, Wicked, K-Pop Demon Hunters, Moana, The Wizard of Oz, Beauty & The Beast, Anastasia, Pocahontas,...
Bluey's Big Play
16th-19th July 2026
Venue: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Website: www.atgtickets.com
Bluey, Bingo, Bandit and Chilli are heading to Aylesbury in the live stage show, Bluey’s Big Play. Featuring brilliantly created puppets, this theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children’s...
Six The Musical
22nd-26th July 2026
Venue: Wycombe Swan
Website: www.trafalgartickets.com
From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century...