What's On in Woking
Things to do in and around Woking: events, days out and family activities, with the practical details.
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Woking Christmas Markets 2026: Horsell Sat 5 Dec, 50+ Stalls
Horsell's Christmas market is Saturday 5 December, 12pm to 4pm, with 50-plus stalls. Woking's town centre market opens with the lights switch-on, date TBC.
Dates for the diary
- On now to 1 Nov Philip Colbert: The Lost Gardens of Lobsteropolis (final weeks)
- On now to 18 Oct Crockford Bridge Farm pick-your-own pumpkins
- On now to 10 Oct Paranormal Activity
- 10 Oct to 3 Jan Khadija Cecile Niang: There are people who belong to the sea
- Sat 10 Oct Woking parkrun
- Sat 10 Oct Black British Ballet, a talk by Dr Sandie Bourne
- Sat 10 Oct Woking v Harrogate Town
- Sun 11 Oct Francis Rossi
- Mon 12 Oct Rick Buckler: Music, Memories and The Jam
- Tue 13 Oct Woking v Leicester City U21
- Thu 15 Oct Man in the Mirror, a tribute to Michael Jackson (sold out)
- 16 to 31 Oct Get Your Halloween On at Victoria Place
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Halloween
Halloween in Woking 2026: Free Pumpkins 28 Oct, Party 30-31
Victoria Place gives out free pumpkins on Wed 28 Oct, Oasis Play throws Halloween parties on 30 and 31 Oct, and Crockford Bridge Farm's pumpkin festival is £14.
Events
What's On in Woking: Six, Halloween, Then the Fireworks
Six at Woking Theatre from 20 October, Halloween at the Lightbox and Victoria Place, then fireworks in Woking Park and Knaphill on 7 November, with times.
Christmas
RHS Wisley Glow 2026: Dates, Prices and Getting There
RHS Wisley Glow runs on selected nights from 20 November 2026 to 3 January 2027, 4pm to 9pm, and opens on Christmas Eve for the first time. Adults from £7.50.
Remembrance
Woking Remembrance Sunday 2026: Service Times, Road Closure
Woking's Remembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026 at the Jubilee Square war memorial. Last year the service began 10.35am, silence at 11am, march past after.
Christmas
Santa's Grotto in Woking 2026: Santa Specials and Grottos
Victoria Place's free Santa grotto opens for booking from 20 November 2026 to Christmas Eve. Mizens Railway Santa trains run 6, 13, 20 Dec; Squire's TBC.
Bonfire Night
Woking Fireworks 2026: Sat 7 Nov, Woking Park and Knaphill
Woking Park fireworks are Sat 7 Nov 2026, 7.30pm, £11 adult, no bonfire. Knaphill's display is the same night at Vyne Field with a bonfire, adults £9.
Christmas
Woking Christmas Lights Switch-On: 2026 Date Not Yet Set
Woking's tree lights go on in Jubilee Square. The 2026 date is not announced: the last four were Thursdays in late November, confirmed about a week ahead.
Christmas
Woking Pantomime 2026: Brian Conley, 5 Dec to 3 Jan
Goldilocks and the Three Bears runs at Woking Theatre 5 December to 3 January with Brian Conley. Relaxed performance Wed 30 Dec at 2pm; opening week from £15.
Heritage
Heritage Open Days Woking 2026 (Past): The 5 Free Sites
Heritage Open Days 2026 in Woking ran 12 to 20 September: a 1930s railway control room, a church tower climb and Brookwood's mausoleums, all free to visit.