What's On in Milton Keynes
Things to do in and around Milton Keynes: events, days out and family activities, with the practical details.
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Milton Keynes New Year's Eve: No Public Fireworks Listed
No public New Year's Eve fireworks are listed in Milton Keynes. Gulliver's display is for sleepover guests; Land of Lights opens 3.30pm, last entry 5.15pm.
Dates for the diary
- Sun 25 Oct Stony Stratford Story Stroll: Halloween Howls
- On now to 31 Oct Freaky Fun Fest at Mead Open Farm
- On now to 31 Oct Halloween at Land of Lights
- 26 to 31 Oct Halloween at Boo-letchley Park
- 26 to 30 Oct Spooky half term at Milton Keynes Museum
- Tue 27 Oct Bletchley market on Queensway
- 27 to 29 Oct October Half Term Open Mornings at Howe Park Wood
- 28 Oct to 14 Nov Matilda The Musical
- Thu 29 Oct Olney Thursday market
- Thu 29 Oct P.P. Arnold
- Fri 30 Oct Legends & Lanterns
- Fri 30 Oct Before the Lights
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Christmas
Milton Keynes ice rink: Willen On Ice opens 21 November
Willen On Ice opens at Willen Lake on Saturday 21 November and runs to 3 January. Tickets from £15.90 with skates; Car Park B is £1.50 for the first hour.
Halloween
Magician Krisgar Wakes at 2am With a Bat on His Arm
A pipistrelle flew in through children's entertainer Chris Garside's bedroom window and he woke at 2am to find it on his arm. Both are fine; the show goes on.
Christmas
Land of Lights Milton Keynes: Open 6 Nov, From £13.75
Online tickets now start at £13.75, and Friday 6 November has been added: 61 nights to 27 February. Last entry is 6.45pm on most nights; 19 are dog-friendly.
Halloween
Milton Keynes Halloween: Free Bletchley Pumpkin Patch 31 Oct
Bletchley's pumpkin patch at Leon Rec is free, 11am to 3pm on 31 October. The Patch MK and Lillingstone pick to 31 October; Fright Fiesta runs to 1 November.
Events
What's On in Milton Keynes: Fireworks, Matilda and Santa
Matilda opens 28 October, Olney's fireworks are 1 November and Wolverton's free show on Bonfire Night; centre:mk's Christmas market opens 14 November.
Christmas
Milton Keynes Santa's grottos: Bletchley slots filling
Bletchley Park's £15 grotto is filling: many 13 December slots have one space left. centre:mk opens 20 November with a free Santa Parade; four grottos to book.
Christmas
Milton Keynes Christmas market: centre:mk from 14 Nov
centre:mk's Very Merry Christmas Market opens in Middleton Hall on 14 November, with rides from £2.50. The winter fair is 30 October; Bletchley's is 5 December.
Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park in winter: shut 24 to 26 Dec, open to 4pm
Bletchley Park opens 9.30am to 4pm from 1 November, last entry 2pm, and shuts 24 to 26 December. Christmas events run on 14 days from 5 December. Prices here.
Fireworks
Milton Keynes Fireworks: Wolverton Road Closures Out
Wolverton has named the 25 junctions it closes for its free 5 November display. Olney is 1 November, Newport Pagnell 6 November, Gulliver's 7 November.
Christmas
MK Christmas Lights: Stony Stalls From 9am on 21 Nov
Stony Stratford's stalls open at 9am on 21 November, lights on at 5.30pm; centre:mk's Santa Parade is 20 November. Wolverton is the 27th, Newport Pagnell 28th.
Christmas
Milton Keynes Panto: Sleeping Beauty From 5 December
Alexandra Burke plays Carabosse at Milton Keynes Theatre from Saturday 5 December to Sunday 10 January, with Sooty, Ceri Dupree and Christopher Biggins.
Remembrance
MK Remembrance Sunday 8 Nov: Five Parade Times
Wolverton 10.55am, Newport Pagnell and West Bletchley 10.30am, New Bradwell 1.45pm, Stony Stratford 3pm on 8 November. MK Rose silence 11am on the 11th.