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Top story What's On in Wokingham: Book Festival, Halloween, Fireworks 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. · 12 min read

Dates for the diary

  1. Sun 4 Oct Twyford Together Charity Family Fun Run 9am · King George V Recreation Ground · From £5
  2. Tue 6 Oct Wokingham Market 9am · Market Place
  3. Wed 7 Oct Comedy at Salty Olive 8pm · Salty Olive
  4. 8 to 11 Oct Paulo's Circus Dinton Pastures Country Park
  5. Thu 8 Oct Wokingham Film Society: The Secret Agent (15) 7.30pm · The Whitty Theatre · From £7.34
  6. Sat 10 Oct Dinton Pastures parkrun 9am · Dinton Pastures Country Park · Free
  7. Sat 10 Oct Woodley parkrun 9am · Woodford Park · Free
  8. Sat 10 Oct Mobile climbing tower pop-up 10am · California Country Park · From £4
  9. Sat 10 Oct Wokingham Repair Café 10am · All Saints Church
  10. Sat 10 Oct Wokingham Town v Broadfields United 3pm · Lowther Road
  11. Wed 14 Oct Luckley Lectures: The Amazing Adventures of James Ketchell 6pm · The Whitty Theatre · From £7.50
  12. Thu 15 Oct RSPB bird walk 10am · Dinton Pastures Country Park · From £7.50

More stories

Christmas Wokingham Christmas Fairs 2026: Dinton, Twyford, Woodley Christmas fairs near Wokingham 2026: Winter Carnival 29 November, Twyford Fayre 4 December, Dinton Festive Fair 5 and 6 December, Woodley 6 December. All free. · 5 min read Dinton Pastures Dinton Pastures in Winter: Gates 6.45am to 9pm, Cafes to 4pm Dinton Pastures is open every day this winter, gates 6.45am to 9pm, parking £3 an hour or £8.50 a day, cafes to 4pm. Laser show 1 November, fair, Santa Dash. · 6 min read Wokingham Wokingham Remembrance Sunday: 8 Nov, Silence at 11am Wokingham's two-minute silence is at 11am on Sunday 8 November 2026 in the Market Place, the parade leaves at 2.35pm and the service at All Saints starts at 3pm. · 6 min read Wokingham Wokingham Halloween 2026: Dinton After Dark £9, Fair £2 Dinton After Dark is 31 October, 4.30pm, £9 adult, £4 child. Pumpkin Fair 25 October at £2, under-12s free, plus a new half-term trail. Half term 26 to 30 Oct. · 8 min read Wokingham Wokingham Santa's Grotto: Dinton Bookings Open Now Dinton Pastures has opened Santa's Grotto bookings for 2026 but has not published dates or a price. Last year it ran weekends from 6 to 21 December at £16 a child. · 6 min read Wokingham Wokingham Fireworks: Sat 7 Nov, Tickets On Sale Now Wokingham fireworks 2026 is Saturday 7 November at Cantley Park: tickets £1 to £10, procession 6.15pm, fireworks 7.30pm. Plus Twyford's 31 October display. · 11 min read Wokingham Wokingham Winter Carnival: Sunday 29 November, 10.30am The Winter Carnival is in Wokingham town centre on Sunday 29 November 2026, 10.30am to 5.30pm, with the town shut to traffic. Stalls are already full. · 7 min read Wokingham Wokingham Panto: Snow White, 2 Nights Only, £23 Wokingham Pantomime's Snow White runs 29 and 30 December at the Whitty Theatre: three performances only, £23 adults and £18 under-18s, on sale now. · 6 min read Wokingham Wokingham Christmas Lights On 29 Nov, Woodley 28 Nov Wokingham's Christmas lights go on at the Winter Carnival on Sunday 29 November 2026, Woodley's on 28 November, and Twyford's fayre is Friday 4 December. · 6 min read Dinton Pastures Dinton Pastures Jousting Weekend Returns 12 to 13 September Knights, falconry and donkey rides return to Dinton Pastures on 12 and 13 September. Adult tickets £8.50, family £25, under-2s free, advance parking £6. · 4 min read What's On Things to Do in Wokingham: 11 Days Out, Prices Checked The best things to do in Wokingham with 2026 prices checked against each venue: Dinton Pastures, California's paddling pool and Grays Farm's final season. · 9 min read