Bracknell this week: Ascot Christmas Fair 12 to 15 November, Windsor on Ice from 13 November, a free craft fair 14 and 15 November, Aladdin from 27 November.

This page lists 39 events in and around Bracknell from Sunday 8 November to Sunday 20 December 2026, each checked against the organiser’s own listing. Today is Remembrance Sunday, with Bracknell’s town centre parade from 10.30am and the rugby club’s fireworks at Lily Hill Park tonight. Then Christmas takes over: the Ascot Christmas Fair runs 12 to 15 November, Windsor on Ice and Windsor Great Park Illuminated open on 13 November, South Hill Park’s free Craft and Design Fair is on 14 and 15 November, and the pantomime, Aladdin, opens on 27 November.

Everything below comes from the organisers’ own listings, first read on 28 September and re-checked on 8 November 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 Bracknell.

Updated 8 November: past events removed; added Bracknell’s town centre Remembrance parade, Windsor Great Park Illuminated, the Wokingham Winter Carnival, Ked Sheeran on 16 December and Spirit Chasers on 18 December (sold out). Rugby club fireworks tickets are now £9 and £6. Bracknell Town FC have no home game listed until at least 17 November.

This week

Sunday 8 to Sunday 15 November. Armistice Day is Wednesday 11 November.

  • The Art Market, open now to Monday 4 January, Mirror and Atrium galleries, South Hill Park. Free. Framed paintings, prints, ceramics and photography by artists from the region, all for sale. No booking needed. (South Hill Park)
  • Bracknell town centre Remembrance parade, today, Sunday 8 November, 10.30am to 12.30pm. Bracknell Town Council’s parade marches from the Angel Memorial Statue in Stanley Walk, through The Lexicon and up to Holy Trinity Church. Everyone is welcome to line the route; the council asks people to allow extra time for travel and parking. Binfield, Crowthorne and Winkfield also hold services this morning: our Remembrance Sunday page has every time. (Bracknell Forest Council)
  • Sandhurst Civic Service of Remembrance, today, 10.45am, Sandhurst Memorial Park, Yorktown Road. The Mayor of Sandhurst’s service, with the two-minute silence at 11am and the laying of wreaths. Yorktown Road closes between the Wellington Road and Park Road junctions from 10.40am. (Sandhurst Town Council)
  • Acorn Open Studios: Crowthorne and Sandhurst, today, the final day, 10.30am to 4.30pm, studios in Crowthorne and Sandhurst. Free. Local artists open their studios as part of the east Berkshire art trail; our open studios page has the addresses. (Acorn Open Studios)
  • Stepping into Grace, today, 3.30pm and 7.45pm, Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park. £25. More than 100 dancers raise money for GRACE, the gynaecological cancer charity. The 3.30pm show is sold out; the 7.45pm was still on sale this morning. (South Hill Park)
  • West Forest Sinfonia, today, 4.30pm, Recital Room, South Hill Park. £12.50. Trios for clarinet, viola and piano, including Mozart’s Kegelstatt Trio. (South Hill Park)
  • Bracknell RFC Fireworks Spectacular, tonight, gates 5pm, fireworks 7.30pm, Bracknell Rugby Football Club, Lily Hill Park, RG12 2UG. Adults £9, under-16s £6, both in stock on the club’s ticket page this morning. A live DJ, barbecue and licensed bar; no sparklers and no parking at the club. Our fireworks page has the rest. (Bracknell RFC)
  • Ghost Stories for Christmas, tonight, 7.30pm, Studio Theatre, South Hill Park. From £14. Edwyrdian Tales tells three ghost stories, among them tales by H.R. Wakefield and Algernon Blackwood. Sold out. Age 10 and over. (South Hill Park)
  • Shakespeare Schools Festival, Tuesday 10 November, 7pm, Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park. From £14. Local schools perform abridged Shakespeare plays as part of Coram Shakespeare Schools’ national festival. (South Hill Park)
  • Rave On, Thursday 12 November, 7.45pm, Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park. From £27.50. A 1950s and 1960s rock and roll show, from Buddy Holly and Elvis to The Beatles. (South Hill Park)
  • Ascot Christmas Fair, Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 November, 9.30am to 5pm, closing 4pm on the Sunday, The Pavilion Building, Ascot Racecourse, SL5 7JX. £7 online, £9 on the door; accompanied under-16s free. More than 160 gift, food and fashion stalls. No pushchairs, but there is a free buggy park. Our Christmas markets page has the rest. (UK Grand Sales)
  • Windsor on Ice, opens Friday 13 November (5pm to 9pm) and runs to Sunday 3 January, Alexandra Gardens, Barry Avenue, Windsor, SL4 3HY. Adults £17, children 17 and under £15, family of four £56, plus a £1.50 booking fee. A covered real-ice rink with a fairground; closed Christmas Day. Bracknell has had no rink of its own since 2020: our ice rink page has the full times. (Windsor on Ice)
  • Windsor Great Park Illuminated, opens Friday 13 November and runs to Sunday 3 January, entry from The Savill Garden and Adventure Play car park. Timed tickets from £19.80 an adult, £12.10 a child aged 3 to 15 and £56.10 for a family of four; under-3s free with a £0 ticket. Entry slots run from 4.30pm until 26 November and from 4.15pm after that, with last entry at 8.30pm. Parking is limited and must be bought in advance with your ticket. Our Christmas light trails page compares it with RHS Glow at Wisley. (Windsor Great Park)
  • Hal Cruttenden: Can Dish It Out But Can’t Take It, Friday 13 November, 7.45pm, Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park. £22.50. The stand-up’s 2026 tour. Age 16 and over. (South Hill Park)
  • Choral and Concerto Concert, Friday 13 November, 8pm, GWA Auditorium, Wellington College, Crowthorne, RG45 7PU. £15. Crowthorne Choral Society, the college’s Parent Singers and Chapel Choir with a professional orchestra, more than 150 performers in all, in Elgar’s The Music Makers and Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1, played by the pupil Lucille Raynal. Open to the wider community. (Wellington College)
  • Craft and Design Fair, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November, 10am to 5pm, The Mansion, South Hill Park. Free, no need to book. More than 50 craft stalls fill the mansion with handmade gifts: jewellery, ceramics, woodwork, textiles, bags and candles. (South Hill Park)

Next week

Monday 16 to Sunday 22 November.

  • The Watsons, Tuesday 17 to Thursday 19 November, 7.30pm, Wellington College, Crowthorne, RG45 7PU. Pay what you choose from £5. The college’s senior actors in Laura Wade’s comedy built on an unfinished Jane Austen novel. Strong language, haze and flashing lights; age 12 and over. (Wellington College)
  • Gigs in the Cellar: Café Chaos, Wednesday 18 November, 8pm, Cellar Bar, South Hill Park. £14.50. A four-piece playing prog and blues rock in the vein of Pink Floyd, Rush and early Genesis. (South Hill Park)
  • Conservatoire: Max Mostovetski, Friday 20 November, 7.30pm, Recital Room, South Hill Park. From £8. The Leipzig-trained pianist plays a Bach partita, Gershwin’s three preludes, Debussy preludes and Chopin’s third sonata. (South Hill Park)
  • 12th South to Memphis, Saturday 21 November, 8pm, Cellar Bar, South Hill Park. £18. A night of modern country, Southern soul, blues and Americana inspired by Nashville and Memphis. (South Hill Park)

Later in November

  • Aladdin, opens Friday 27 November and runs to Sunday 3 January, Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park. Full price £28.50, under-16s £24.50. South Hill Park’s pantomime, with over-18s nights at £30 from 2 December. Every performance was still on sale on 8 November. Our pantomime page has every price and date. (South Hill Park)
  • Conservatoire: Kamila Bydlowska and Olga Paliy, Friday 27 November, 7.30pm, Recital Room, South Hill Park. From £8. A violin and piano duo with Brahms, Schumann, Szymanowski and Gershwin. (South Hill Park)
  • Sandhurst Christmas Lights Event, Saturday 28 November, Sandhurst. Listed in Sandhurst Town Council’s diary; no time or venue had been published by 8 November. (Sandhurst Town Council)
  • BAM Live Music in the Cellar, Saturday 28 November, 7.45pm, Cellar Bar, South Hill Park. £14.50. BAM Productions’ night for local singer-songwriters and bands. Age 10 and over. (South Hill Park)
  • Wokingham Winter Carnival, Sunday 29 November, Wokingham town centre. Wokingham Lions Club closes the town centre to traffic for street entertainers, music, fairground rides, charity and business stalls and food. Santa’s grotto tickets go on sale about two weeks before, and the programme about a week before. Stall places are full. (Wokingham Lions Club)

For every Christmas market and fair we can confirm, see our Christmas markets page. Lapland UK’s help centre says its Ascot site is sold out for 2026, with only Golden Experience tickets left (Lapland UK); our Lapland UK page explains what that means. The Lexicon had not announced its Christmas lights switch-on, market or grotto when we checked on 8 November; in 2025 the programme went up on 10 November. The Christmas lights page and Santa’s grotto page will carry the dates when it does.

December

To Sunday 20 December.

  • PLATINUM: The Live ABBA Tribute Show, Tuesday 1 December, 8pm, with a second night on Tuesday 8 December, Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park. £31.50. A two-hour ABBA tribute show. (South Hill Park)
  • The Thursday Madeira Club, Tuesday 1 to Saturday 5 December, 7.30pm, Studio Theatre, South Hill Park. £17. David Wembridge’s comic whodunit, in which a playwright is shot during rehearsals and the theatre’s two ice cream ladies take on the case. All five nights are sold out. Age 10 and over. (South Hill Park)
  • The Dance Show: Cluedo, Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 December, 7.30pm, Wellington College, Crowthorne, RG45 7PU. Pay what you choose from £5. The college’s dance show investigates the murder of Mr Boddy, in styles from ballet and contemporary to street and acro. (Wellington College)
  • Crowthorne Late Night Christmas Shopping, Friday 4 December, 5pm to 7.30pm, Crowthorne High Street. Crowthorne Parish Council’s late night shopping evening, with stalls on the High Street. (Crowthorne Parish Council)
  • Conservatoire: Petr Limonov, Friday 4 December, 7.30pm, Recital Room, South Hill Park. From £8. The pianist returns with Bach’s E minor Partita, Scriabin’s fifth sonata and Chopin, including the Barcarolle and the third sonata. (South Hill Park)
  • Orchestral Gala Concert, Friday 4 December, 7.30pm, GWA Auditorium, Wellington College, Crowthorne, RG45 7PU. Pay what you choose from £5. The college’s Symphony Orchestra, Concert Band, Big Band, Wellingtones and Camerata in an end-of-term concert of classical favourites and Christmas music; visitors from outside the college are welcome. (Wellington College)
  • BBOWT Christmas tree sale, Saturday 5 December, 11am to 3pm, Wildmoor Heath car park, off the Crowthorne to Sandhurst road, RG45 7PW. Scots pines cut as part of the reserve’s heathland management, plus wreaths, natural decorations and Fair Trade goods, with the money going to the Wildlife Trust. No booking needed. Our Christmas trees page lists the other places to buy one. (Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust)
  • Atomic Rapture: A Tribute to Blondie, Thursday 10 December, 8pm, Cellar Bar, South Hill Park. £16. The award-winning tribute band, going since 2014, returns to the Cellar Bar. (South Hill Park)
  • Bracknell Jazz: Art Themen, Friday 11 December, 7.30pm, Recital Room, South Hill Park. From £8.50. The 2008 British Jazz Awards winner, who fronted the Stan Tracey quartet for 20 years from 1976. (South Hill Park)
  • Gigs in the Cellar: Ked Sheeran, Wednesday 16 December, 8pm, Cellar Bar, South Hill Park. £14.50. Matt Keddie’s award-winning Ed Sheeran tribute, from Perfect to Castle on the Hill. (South Hill Park)
  • Spirit Chasers Paranormal UK, Friday 18 December, 9pm, South Hill Park. £39.50. A late-night ghost hunt through the Mansion and the Wilde Theatre with paranormal investigators and their detection kit. Sold out. Age 18 and over. (South Hill Park)

Regular events

  • Bracknell parkrun, every Saturday, 9am, Great Hollands Recreation Ground, South Road, RG40 3EE. Free. A timed 5km to walk, jog or run. Register once before your first visit and bring your barcode. There will be no extra Bracknell parkrun on Christmas Day or New Year’s Day this season, because it is the junior event’s turn to use the park. (Bracknell parkrun)
  • The Comedy Cellar, Fridays 13, 20 and 27 November and 4 and 11 December, 8.30pm, plus Saturday 19 December at 8pm (£20), Cellar Bar, South Hill Park. From £18.50. Four comedians a week in the club’s 40th anniversary season. It often sells out. Age 18 and over. (South Hill Park)
  • Science discovery shows at The Look Out, today, 11.30am, 2.30pm and 3.30pm, The Look Out Discovery Centre, RG12 7QW. £2.30 a ticket. Today is the last day of the Splash, Bubbles and Balloons Show, for four to 11 year olds. It is for visitors already booked into the science exhibition, and show times can change. (Bracknell Forest Council)

Bracknell Forest’s libraries also run free weekly sessions, from storytime to knit and natter, and the council lists every one by library and date (Bracknell Forest Council).

Getting there

Most of this page happens at South Hill Park, Ringmead, RG12 7PA, in Birch Hill. Parking there is no longer free, and our page on South Hill Park parking charges has the tariff. Wellington College is off Duke’s Ride in Crowthorne, RG45 7PU. For the town centre, see parking in Bracknell, and check Bracknell roadworks and travel before you set off.

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

Send us your event

Running something in Bracknell, Crowthorne, Sandhurst, Binfield, Warfield or Winkfield? Email hello@bracknellonline.co.uk with the date, time, venue, price and a photo. Listings are free of charge, and yours goes on this page and in the diary on our front page.

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