Spook-Fest opens at Aldenham Country Park on 10 October, Radlett's fireworks are on 1 November. Forty dated listings to mid-November, with times and prices.

Spook-Fest opens at Aldenham Country Park on Saturday 10 October, and from there the next six weeks take in a half term full of children’s theatre, Halloween at Reveley Lodge in Bushey Heath on 28 and 29 October and Tabard’s firework night in Radlett on Sunday 1 November. Our Halloween page puts the month’s Halloween events side by side.

Most of the stage listings below are at the Radlett Centre and at the Wyllyotts Theatre in Potters Bar. Everything here comes from the organisers’ own pages, read on 3 October 2026, and every entry links back to its source so you can check before you set off. For places that are open whatever the month, see our guide to things to do in Borehamwood.

This week

  • Too Much Too Young, Saturday 3 October, 7.30pm, Wyllyotts Theatre, £30. The theatre was showing last few tickets (Wyllyotts Theatre).
  • James B Partridge: Primary School Bangers Tour 2026, Sunday 4 October, 8pm, Wyllyotts Theatre, £31 and £34. Selling fast (Wyllyotts Theatre).

Next week

  • Burglary and vehicle theft prevention talk, Tuesday 6 October, 12pm to 2pm, Phillimore Community Centre, Phillimore Place, Radlett WD7 8NN. A Hertfordshire Police crime prevention presentation at the Creative Community Cafe. A neighbourhood officer takes questions, and Communities 1st provides the refreshments (Aldenham Parish Council).
  • Radlett Music Club, Wednesday 7 October, 7.30pm, the Radlett Centre, £22 and free for under-18s. ENO Harewood Artist Olivia Rose Tringham and Scottish Opera tenor Robert Forrest sing arias and duets from Mozart to Puccini (Radlett Centre).
  • Captain Calamity, Saturday 10 October, 11am, the Radlett Centre, £15 or £56 for a family. Comedy, magic, bubbles and science stunts, 55 minutes with no interval (Radlett Centre).
  • Book and Jigsaw Swap and Coffee Morning, Saturday 10 October, 11am to 2pm, Bushey Museum, Rudolph Road, WD23 3HW. Bring a book or a jigsaw and swap it for another. Nothing is accepted before the day (Friends of Bushey Museum).
  • Spook-Fest 2026, Saturday 10 to Saturday 31 October, Aldenham Country Park Farm, Aldenham Road, Elstree WD6 3BA. The park calls it spooky rather than terrifying. Pumpkin picking runs on 10 and 11 October and then 17 to 31 October; the tractor ride and the scarecrow shows run on 17 and 18 October and 24 to 31 October (Aldenham Country Park). Our Spook-Fest guide has the prices.

Later in October

  • Going Down the Village, Tuesday 13 October, 10.30am, Elstree and Borehamwood Museum, 96 Shenley Road, WD6 1EB. The museum’s reminiscence meeting, in Meeting Room One. The topic had not been announced when we checked (Elstree and Borehamwood Museum).
  • Guys and Dolls, Tuesday 13 to Saturday 17 October, 7.30pm with a 2.30pm Saturday matinee, Wyllyotts Theatre. Tickets £17 and £20 on the Tuesday, £20 and £23 after that. Selling fast (Wyllyotts Theatre).
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Tuesday 13 to Saturday 17 October, 7.30pm with a 2.30pm Saturday matinee, the Radlett Centre, all tickets £20. The centre rates it PG (Radlett Centre).
  • Meet the Artist: Anthony Wildig, Sunday 18 October, 12pm to 2pm, Bushey Museum. The watercolourist’s exhibition opens the day before and runs to April 2027, with paintings for sale (Bushey Museum).
  • Apple Day at Shenley Park, Sunday 18 October, 12pm to 4pm, the Walled Garden, Shenley Park. Unusual apple varieties to try and buy, apple juice, produce and craft stalls and children’s activities. Entry £1, under-3s free (Shenley Park).
  • Murder, She Didn’t Write?, Sunday 18 October, 7pm, Wyllyotts Theatre, £29.50. An improvised murder mystery, age guidance 12 and over. Last few (Wyllyotts Theatre).
  • Hertfordshire and the Slave Trade, Monday 19 October, 8pm, United Reformed Church, 245 Darkes Lane, Potters Bar EN6 1BZ. A talk by a speaker from Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies. Admission is £1 for members and £2 for non-members (Potters Bar and District Historical Society).
  • Boreham Wood v Middlesbrough U21, Tuesday 20 October, 7pm, Meadow Park, Broughinge Road, WD6 5AL. Tickets were marked coming soon; the club’s standard prices are £20 for adults down to £2 for under-fives, all but the under-fives’ rising £3 from midnight before the match (Boreham Wood FC).
  • Liza Pulman Sings Streisand, Thursday 22 October, 7.30pm, the Radlett Centre, £32 (Radlett Centre).
  • Simon Yates: My Mountain Life, Friday 23 October, 7.30pm, the Radlett Centre, £23. The Touching the Void mountaineer on Siula Grande and after (Radlett Centre).
  • Tribute to Ms Rachel, Saturday 24 October, 12pm and 3pm, the Radlett Centre, £20 or £17.50 for ages 1 to 16 (Radlett Centre).
  • Boreham Wood v AFC Fylde, Saturday 24 October, 3pm, Meadow Park. Tickets were marked coming soon (Boreham Wood FC).
  • Borehamwood Farmers and Craft Market, Sunday 25 October, 10am to 2pm, the Civic Car Park behind the council offices. The town council’s page also calls it Brook Road Car Park, WD6 5HQ. It is the last outdoor market of the year (Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council).
  • The Opera Boys: The Farewell Tour, Sunday 25 October, 7.30pm, the Radlett Centre, £36. Paul Potts joins the group’s final tour (Radlett Centre).

Half term brings a children’s show almost every day:

  • The Utterly Revolting Science Show, Tuesday 27 October, 11.30am and 3pm, Wyllyotts Theatre, £17 and £19. The theatre warns that latex is used (Wyllyotts Theatre).
  • The Singing Mermaid, Tuesday 27 October at 10.30am, 1pm and 3.30pm, and Wednesday 28 October at 10.30am and 1pm, the Radlett Centre, £18 or £16 for ages 1 to 16. For ages 3 to 8 (Radlett Centre).
  • Teddy Bears’ Picnic, Wednesday 28 October, 2pm, Wyllyotts Theatre, £13 and £15 (Wyllyotts Theatre).
  • LDN Wrestling 2026 Tour, Wednesday 28 October, 7pm, Wyllyotts Theatre. £19, £16 for children and over-60s, £56 for a family of four. The theatre marks it selling fast (Wyllyotts Theatre).
  • Halloween Fun at Reveley Lodge, Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 October, morning and afternoon sessions, 88 Elstree Road, Bushey Heath WD23 4GL. A Halloween trail, garden games, a decorated-rock hunt with prizes, crafts and story time; come dressed up. Children £6, adults £3 (Reveley Lodge).
  • The Magic of Science, Thursday 29 October, 2pm, the Radlett Centre, £16 or £14 for ages 1 to 16. Top Secret’s interactive magic and science show, 1 hour 40 minutes with an interval (Radlett Centre).
  • Bubble Man: Louis Pearl, Friday 30 October, 11.30am and 2pm, the Radlett Centre, £16.50 or £15 for ages 1 to 16 (Radlett Centre).
  • Taylormania, Friday 30 October, 7pm, Wyllyotts Theatre, £30.50. A Taylor Swift tribute concert, billed as the show’s final tour (Wyllyotts Theatre).
  • Cybercrime and fraud prevention talk, Friday 30 October, 10am to 2pm, Radlett Village Institute, 413 Watling Street, WD7 7JG. Free, from Hertfordshire Constabulary’s cybercrime prevention unit, and you can drop in (Aldenham Parish Council).
  • Rumble Wrestling Halloween Show, Saturday 31 October, 3pm, the Radlett Centre. Standard tickets £17 or £15 for ages 1 to 16, front row £19 (Radlett Centre).
  • Boreham Wood v Hartlepool United, Saturday 31 October, 3pm, Meadow Park. Tickets were marked coming soon (Boreham Wood FC).

November

  • Tabard Firework Night, Sunday 1 November, Tabard RFC, Cobden Hill, Radlett. The club has fixed the date and nothing else: its listing still reads “Details to follow”, with no gate time, display time or prices, and the organiser’s Ticket Tailor shop listed no events on 3 October (Tabard RFC). Our fireworks page covers Meadow Park, which has no 2026 date yet.
  • Alice in Wonderland, Sunday 1 November, 1.30pm, the Radlett Centre, £17.50 or £15.50 for ages 1 to 16. A 40-minute family ballet (Radlett Centre).
  • Buenos Klezmer, Sunday 1 November, 7.30pm, the Radlett Centre, £24. Jewish folk music with vocalist Maya Levy (Radlett Centre).
  • Grease, Tuesday 3 to Saturday 7 November, 7.30pm with a 2.30pm Saturday matinee, Wyllyotts Theatre. Tickets £16 and £20 on the Tuesday, £20 and £24 after that. The Saturday matinee is BSL interpreted (Wyllyotts Theatre).
  • Bushey Museum Arts and Crafts Fair, Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November, 11am to 4pm, Bushey Museum. Refreshments on the Saturday only, 11am to 1pm (Friends of Bushey Museum).
  • Room on the Broom, Tuesday 10 November at 4.30pm, then Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 November at 10.30am and 1.30pm, the Radlett Centre. Tickets £16.50, £15.50 for ages 1 to 16, family £60. Ages 3 and over (Radlett Centre).
  • The Great British Bake Off Musical, Tuesday 10 to Saturday 14 November, 7.30pm with a 2.30pm Saturday matinee, Wyllyotts Theatre. £18 and £20 on the Tuesday, £18 and £24 after that. A non-professional production by PBTC (Wyllyotts Theatre).

Remembrance Sunday is 8 November. Neither council had published this year’s parade times when we checked, so it is not in the list above; our Remembrance Sunday page will carry them. The same goes for the Christmas lights switch-on. Both pantomimes are on sale, and the dates and prices are on our pantomime page.

Regular events

  • Aldenham parkrun, every Saturday at 9am, Aldenham Country Park, Aldenham Road, Elstree WD6 3BA. The next one is Saturday 10 October. A free 5k to walk, jog or run; register with parkrun before your first visit and bring your barcode (Aldenham parkrun).
  • Borehamwood Farmers and Craft Market, the fourth Sunday of the month, 10am to 2pm. After 25 October it moves indoors to Fairway Hall on Sunday 22 November and Sunday 13 December (Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council).
  • Elstree and Borehamwood Museum, 96 Shenley Road, free entry. Open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 12pm to 6pm and Saturday from 10am to 3pm (Elstree and Borehamwood Museum).
  • Potters Bar and District Historical Society talks, monthly on a Monday at 8pm at the United Reformed Church, Darkes Lane. After 19 October the next is Monday 23 November (Potters Bar Museum).

Getting there

The Radlett Centre is at 1 Aldenham Avenue, Radlett WD7 8HL, and the Wyllyotts Theatre is at Wyllyotts Place, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar EN6 2HZ. Boreham Wood FC points drivers to Brook Road public car park, WD6 5HQ, which is also where the farmers’ market sets up, so expect it to be busy when the two coincide. Our parking in Borehamwood page has the car parks and tariffs, train times to London has the timetable, and the roadworks and travel page lists closures, including the long A411 Elstree Road closure.

Send us your event

Running something in Borehamwood, Elstree, Radlett, Bushey, Potters Bar or Shenley? Email hello@borehamwoodpost.co.uk with the date, time, venue, price and a photo. Listings are free of charge, always. Yours goes on this page and in the diary on our What’s On section.

This page is rewritten as organisers confirm new dates. Every listing was read on 3 October 2026. Dates can still change, so use the links before you travel.

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