Burwash Manor's Apple Day is 10 October, Halloween is a Saturday, and IWM Duxford holds its first fireworks night on 5 November, from £15. Plus markets.

Halloween is on a Saturday this year and October half term runs from 26 to 30 October, so most of the month in South Cambridgeshire is pumpkins and trails. Before that comes Burwash Manor’s Apple Day on Saturday 10 October. Then bonfire week brings the big news of the autumn: IWM Duxford’s first fireworks night on Thursday 5 November, followed by free displays at Cambourne on the 6th and at Sawston and Over on the 7th.

Updated 5 October: last weekend’s events removed; Granary concerts on 16, 17 and 25 October and 1 November, the Girton market, an 80s night at Teversham, the Histon family ceilidh and the Gransdens farmers market added.

Every listing below comes from the organiser’s own page or from Visit South Cambs, the district council’s own events listing, read on 5 October 2026, and links back to it. There is no town centre here, so the diary moves around the villages; our things to do in South Cambridgeshire page covers the places that are open whatever the month.

This week

Wayne Anderson: Dragons and Other Tales, on until Tuesday 3 November, at Stapleford Granary, Bury Road, Stapleford, CB22 5BP. Original pictures by the illustrator of The Dragon Machine, whose work has appeared in more than 160 books (Stapleford Granary).

Halloween in the House, daily from Thursday 1 October to Sunday 1 November, noon to 3.30pm, at Wimpole Estate, Arrington, SG8 0BW. The hall is dressed for Halloween; normal admission applies, so a National Trust card covers it (National Trust).

Milton Maze Pumpkin Patch, open Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October, 10am to 4pm (last entry 3.30pm), at Rectory Farm, A10 Milton Bypass, CB24 6AE, then on 17 and 18 October and every day from 24 to 31 October. Tickets are pre-booked only, £9.95 on the district council’s listing (The Milton Maze Pumpkin Patch). Our pumpkin patch page explains why the entry price rises as you wait.

Stranger Folk, on now to Saturday 31 October, 9.30am to 4pm, at Wimpole Estate. The National Trust’s Halloween adventure for this year, built on British folklore rather than plastic fangs (National Trust).

Custard Comedy, Friday 9 October, doors 7.45pm, show 8.15pm, at Comberton Sports and Arts, West Street, Comberton, CB23 7DU. Matt Price headlines with John Mann and Edi Johnston, MC Rob Coleman, in aid of the PTA. Tickets £12.50 (Custard Comedy).

Apple Day 2026, Saturday 10 October, 10am to 5pm, at Burwash Manor, New Road, Barton, CB23 7EY. The farm’s 20th year of raising money for The Sick Children’s Trust. £7, under-12s free, free parking (Burwash Manor).

Meet the Cows, Saturday 10 October, 10.30am to 12 noon, at Wandlebury Country Park, CB22 3AE. A gentle guided walk to meet the Belted Galloways. Free with a suggested £3 donation; book or just turn up, and pay for parking on arrival (Cambridge Past, Present & Future).

Histon and Impington Repair Cafe, Saturday 10 October, 2pm to 5pm, at Histon Baptist Church, Station Road, CB24 9LQ. Volunteers fix household items, from sewing machines to lamps. Free, donations welcome, and booking your repair ahead is recommended (Cambridge Carbon Footprint).

Cider and Sausage Festival, Saturday 10 October, from noon, at The Royal Oak, 31 West Green, Barrington, CB22 7RZ. The pub’s first: ten ciders, sausages and mash, hot dogs, apple crumble and live music. Free entry (Visit South Cambs, The Royal Oak).

Autumn Fayre, Sunday 11 October, 11am to 1pm, at Over Community Centre, The Doles, CB24 5NW. Stalls, games and crafts, a hamper raffle and a bouncy castle, in aid of the preschool. Free entry (Visit South Cambs).

Next week

Joe Webb Trio, Friday 16 October, 7.45pm (doors and bar 6pm), at Stapleford Granary, Bury Road, Stapleford, CB22 5BP. Jazz piano trio, finishing at 9pm. £24, under-25s £12; the Granary listed the last few tickets on 5 October (Stapleford Granary).

Mithras Trio, Saturday 17 October, 7.45pm (doors and bar 6pm), at Stapleford Granary. A piano trio formed at the Guildhall School in 2017 and winners of the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition. £24, under-25s £12 (Stapleford Granary).

Halloween Hunt, Saturday 17 October to Sunday 1 November, at Wandlebury Country Park. Collect a trail sheet under the clocktower, follow the Ring Ditch to find the ingredients and post the sheet back for a prize draw. Parking is charged for non-members (Cambridge Past, Present & Future).

Scarecrow Making Competition and Pumpkin Painting, Saturday 17 October, 1pm to 5pm, at The Hub, Great Cambourne. £5 per activity, or £3.50 to add pumpkin painting to a scarecrow entry, with a £50 prize fund. Spaces are limited (Cambourne Town Council).

A Makers Market, Vintage and Antiques Fair, Saturday 17 October, 10.30am to 4pm, and Sunday 18 October, 10am to 2.30pm, in the David Rayner Building at Scotsdales Garden Centre, Cambridge Road, Great Shelford, CB22 5JT. £1.50 entry, free parking (Visit South Cambs).

Pick your own pumpkins, Buxhall Farm, Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October, then every day from 24 to 31 October, 10am to 4pm, Mill Lane, Histon, CB24 9HW. Free entry, no booking, pumpkins from £1, and dogs welcome; the field can be muddy (Buxhall Farm, Visit South Cambs).

Later in October

Girton Saturday Market, Saturday 24 October, 10am to 3pm, at Girton Glebe Primary School, Cambridge Road, CB3 0PN. Indoor and outdoor stalls; free entry. It is normally the last Saturday of the month, but moves to the 24th in October, and December brings a Christmas market on the 19th (Visit South Cambs).

Back to the 80s, Saturday 24 October, music from 9pm, at Teversham Club, 4 Cherry Hinton Road, CB1 9AQ. A live 80s band; £10, non-members welcome (Visit South Cambs).

John Kirkpatrick: Tunes from the Trenches, Sunday 25 October, 3pm to 4.15pm with no interval, at Stapleford Granary. The squeezebox player works through songs from the two World Wars, from the music-hall hits to what was sung at the front. £24, under-25s £12 (Stapleford Granary).

Autumn Steam Up, Sunday 25 October, 10am to 4pm (last entry 3.30pm), at Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum, Ely Road, Waterbeach, CB25 9PQ. Live model steam engines in the threshing barn. Normal admission; English Heritage members get in free (Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum).

All My Sons, Wednesday 28 to Saturday 31 October, 7.30pm, at Townley Memorial Hall, Fulbourn. St John’s Players stage Arthur Miller’s play (St John’s Players).

Crafty Thursday: Dragons, Thursday 29 October, 60-minute sessions at 9.30am and 10.45am, at Stapleford Granary. Half-term dragon crafts for children, £4 a child including materials; booked in sessions to avoid overcrowding (Stapleford Granary).

Halloween Under the Bamboo Sky, Thursday 29 October to Sunday 1 November, at Bamboo Sky, 29 High Street, Bourn, CB23 2SQ. A Halloween Thai sharing feast in the garden’s domes, early evening sittings from 5pm and late ones from 7.45pm. Adults £45, children £22 (Bamboo Sky, Visit South Cambs).

Halloween at the Waggon, Saturday 31 October, 2pm to 6pm, at the Waggon and Horses, 39 High Street, Milton, CB24 6DF. Pumpkin decorating, face painting and a best-dressed competition. Children £10.50, adults £2, booking essential (Visit South Cambs).

Trick or Treat Craft, Saturday 31 October, noon to 2.30pm, in the Wild Place at Milton Country Park, Cambridge Road, CB24 6AZ. Five Halloween crafts for children aged 7 and under, £4, no booking (Milton Country Park).

Half term has its own page, October half term in South Cambs, and everything Halloween is on our Halloween page.

November

Bonfire Burn 10k, Sunday 1 November, 10.30am start, from Histon and Impington Recreation Ground, New Road, Impington, CB24 9LU. More than 700 runners; adults £16, under-18s £8, minimum age 13. This year’s route changes in places because the guided busway bridleway can no longer be used. On 3 October the organisers said registration “will open soon” (Bonfire Burn 10k, Visit South Cambs).

Ronan O’Hora, Sunday 1 November, 3pm to 4.15pm with no interval, at Stapleford Granary. A Sunday afternoon piano recital. £24, under-25s £12 (Stapleford Granary).

Fireworks Night at IWM Duxford, Thursday 5 November, 4.30pm to 8pm, CB22 4QR. Fairground, food, aircraft engine runs, a recreation of the wartime FIDO runway flames at 6.30pm and fireworks at 7.30pm. Advance tickets: adults £15, children 5 to 15 £10, under-5s free; on the day £17.50 and £11.50. Book a free parking ticket with your entry (IWM).

Cambourne Firework Night, Friday 6 November, from 6.30pm, at the Great Cambourne cricket pitches, CB23 6FY. Free, with food trucks, bars and funfair rides (Cambourne Town Council).

Sawston fireworks, Saturday 7 November, Huckeridge Hill. Food from 6pm, fireworks at 6.45pm, free. The field will not be open to spectators this year, but the road will still be closed (Sawston Parish Council).

Over Firework Night, Saturday 7 November, from 6pm, at Over Community Centre, The Doles, CB24 5NW. Free, with street food and a disco (Visit South Cambs). Our fireworks page has every display.

The Curiosity Fair, Saturday 7 November, 10am to 4pm, in the listed barn at Manor Farm, Alms Hill, Bourn, CB23 2SH. Vintage, antiques and makers’ stalls with a cafe. £2, under-16s free (Visit South Cambs).

Huntingdonshire Concert Band and Waterbeach Brass, Saturday 7 November, 7.30pm, doors 6.45pm, at Swavesey Village College Concert Hall, Gibraltar Lane, CB24 4RS. A joint concert in aid of The Phoenix Trust in Milton (Huntingdonshire Concert Band).

The Exorcism, Wednesday 11 to Saturday 14 November, 7.30pm, at Waterbeach Primary School, High Street, CB25 9JU. Waterbeach Theatre Company’s Christmas ghost story. Tickets from £12 (Waterbeach Theatre Company, Visit South Cambs).

Regular events

  • Wimpole Estate parkrun, every Saturday, 9am, starting in front of the Hall. Free. Parking is £2, free to National Trust members (parkrun). Next: Saturday 10 October.
  • Great Shelford Country Market, every Wednesday, 9am to 11.30am, Memorial Hall, Woollards Lane, CB22 5LZ. Next: Wednesday 7 October (Visit South Cambs).
  • Histon Country Market, every Friday, 9am to 12 noon, Histon Baptist Church Hall, Station Road, CB24 9LN. Next: Friday 9 October (Visit South Cambs).
  • Wilbrahams’ Farmers’ Market, second Saturday, 9.30am to 11.30am, on the green at Great Wilbraham, CB21 5JG. Next: Saturday 10 October (Visit South Cambs).
  • Caxton Farmers Market, second Sunday from April to December, 9.30am to 12.30pm, Caxton Village Hall, CB23 3PL. Next: Sunday 11 October (Visit South Cambs).
  • Histon Farmers Fayre Market, third Saturday, 9.30am to 12.30pm, Methodist Church, 22 High Street, CB24 9JD. Next: Saturday 17 October (Visit South Cambs).
  • Waterbeach Community Market, third Sunday, 10am to 3pm, The Terrace, Waterbeach Barracks, CB25 9PB. Next: Sunday 18 October (Visit South Cambs).
  • Cambourne Community Market, first Friday of the month, 9am to 12 noon, The Hub, High Street. Run by the town council, free entry. Next: Friday 6 November (Visit South Cambs).
  • Linton Farmers Fayre Market, first Saturday, 9am to 12 noon, Village Hall, Coles Lane, CB21 4JS. Next: Saturday 7 November (Visit South Cambs).
  • Orwell Pannier Market, first Saturday except January and August, 10am to 12 noon, Orwell Village Hall, SG8 5QN. Next: Saturday 7 November (Visit South Cambs).
  • Family Ceilidh, second Saturday except April and August, 2.30pm to 4pm, St Andrew’s Centre, School Hill, Histon, CB24 9JE. Called dances, no experience needed, £8 per family group. Next: Saturday 10 October (Visit South Cambs).
  • The Gransdens Farmers Market, last Sunday, 9am to 1pm, Little Gransden Village Hall, Primrose Hill, SG19 3DP. More than 40 stalls, free entry and parking. Next: Sunday 25 October (Visit South Cambs).

Getting there

Most of these venues are in villages with no public car park of their own, and South Cambridgeshire District Council runs none at all; our parking in South Cambs page explains the alternatives. Wandlebury and Wimpole charge non-members for parking. Before a weekend trip, check the roadworks and travel page.

This page is rewritten as organisers confirm new dates. Dates can change, so use the links before you set off. More in our What’s On section.

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