From Opera To Ouzo 🎭🇬🇷

Good morning, Wycombe!

It’s the Wycombe Pulse — your local newsletter still slightly traumatised from scraping the car this week 🥶. Autumn has definitely arrived, but there’s plenty to look forward to as the nights draw in.

This week brings:

🎭 A massive open day at the opera house
🇬🇷 The return of Greek Night
📚 A day of Julia Donaldson magic

…plus foodie feasts, buzzing markets, creative workshops, wellness treats, family fun and loads more.

🎨 Create Your Happy – Crafting Workshops for All Seasons ✨

There’s nothing better than an evening spent getting creative — whether that’s with friends you’ve brought along or new ones you meet at the table.

Create Your Happy, run by local mums Laura & Liz, is all about giving yourself time to slow down, try something new and leave with something beautiful you’ve made by hand.

You’ll find their gorgeous workshops in and around Wycombe all year round. They’re fun, low-pressure and come with plenty of delicious homemade refreshments — the perfect mindful night out 💕

📅 Coming up soon:

• 👜 Punch Needle Bag – Tues 7th Oct @ Patch

• 🎃 Fabric Pumpkins – Tues 14th Oct @ Cedar Barn, Hazlemere

• 📿 Morse Code Bracelets – Sun 19th Oct, 11am @ Patch (part of their Wellness Day)

🥂 And if you’re feeling festive…

• 🎄 Christmas Crafting
   • Tues 18th Nov – Embroidered Decorations @ Cedar Barn
   • Fri 21st Nov – Candle Painting @ Patch

• 🌿 Festive Wreath Making – Fri 5th Dec @ Patch (with Prosecco at the ready!) and Sun 7th Dec @ Cedar Barn

Every Christmas workshop include a festive drink, yummy Christmas treats and — of course — a joyfully seasonal playlist to mark the occasion 🎁

👩‍👧 For the kids: This October half term, they’re also running 2 different autumn craft workshops at Patch on Weds 29th October. With sessions for different ages, it’s the perfect screen-free activity to keep little hands busy and imaginations whirring.

💼 Workshops for businesses & groups: Want something a little different for your team or community? Laura & Liz also run private sessions for businesses, schools and groups — perfect for team-building, boosting wellbeing, or even fundraising for a good cause — all while trying something fun and creative.

👉 Find out more about Create Your Happy in our latest blog
📩 Email them at [email protected] 
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Editor’s Highlights

☕️🍫Special Coffee & Chocolate Tasting Evening
📍Peterley Manor Farm | 🗓️ Tonight | 🕰️ 6.30-8.30pm
Sip, savour and explore with a guided speciality coffee cupping from Origin, paired with artisan chocolates from Rumsey’s. Includes an espresso martini on arrival and a choc selection to take home.

🎭 Garsington Studios Open Day
📍Garsington Studios | 🗓️ Sunday 28th September | 🕰️ 1.30-6pm
Explore costume, set, wig & makeup design; join singing, acting & prop-making workshops; discover careers in opera; enjoy refreshments and the famous Garsington cakes. Free with ticket, for all ages.

🇬🇷 Greek Night
📍Polecat Inn | 🗓️ Friday 26th September | 🕰️ 6pm onwards
An evening of delicious Mediterranean food and themed special drinks (plus a complimentary one!)

🎷Brit Funk Jazz Night
📍The Front Room | 🗓️ Saturday 27th September | 🕰️ 7-11pm
Catch22 Jams are back with a jazz night on the theme of Brit funk (think: reimagined classics by Jamiroquai, Incognito and more), followed by a jam.

🍔 Street Food Evening
📍West Wycombe Walled Garden | 🗓️ Friday 26th September | 🕰️ 5-9pm
It’s back! Enjoy offerings from Burgervore, Little Urban Chef (Paella) and Wheatsheaf Pizza.

🍕 Food & Drink

Hungry? Thirsty? Both?! This week’s got you covered…

• Campfire Cooking at Backwoods, Stotts Nursery in Stokenchurch on Sunday 28th September at 10am — you’ll prepare and cook 3 dishes on a self-built campfire. Plus snacks! 🔥

• German Night at The Bricklayers Arms on Friday 26th September — bratwursts, schnitzel and more 🇩🇪

• Introduction to Sourdough Workshop at Oxmoor Farm on Saturday 27th September at 10am 🍞

• Lacey’s Food Fayre at Lacey’s Family Farm on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th September — celebrating British Food Fortnight with a hot of local artisan producers. Come and try the samples! 😋

• A Cheese and Wine Night to Remember at The Crown Penn on Friday 26th September — a four course journey celebrating the best of British cheese with expertly paired wines.

🧘🏻‍♀️ Wellness Moments

Balance out the bratwursts with a gong bath or sauna session 🧘🏻‍♀️

• The Run Down x Ojas Sauna Experience at Oxmoor Farm on Sunday 28th September at 10am — run a 5k followed by an ice bath experience 🥶

• Gong Bath at Flackwell Heath Community Centre on Saturday 27th September at 7pm 🔔

• Mental Health & Wellbeing Day at Wycombe Arts Centre on Saturday 27th September from 12-4pm — come together with Wycombe Youth Action for a community-focused free afternoon in memory of one of their young people. Expect uplifting performances, face painting and creative activities, cakes & community, and support from local mental health services.

• Step Into Tea Time at Smiffy’s Cafe on Tuesday 30th September from 12-3pm — a delicious buffet lunch plus express treatments from The Hazlemere Foot Clinic 🦶

🧑🏼‍🎨 Get Creative

• A Glazed Affair: Ceramic Painting & Pizza at Oxmoor Farm on tonight at 6.30pm — paint a water pitcher and share a delicious selection of Neapolitan pizzas 🍕

• Sewing Skills: Learn How To Use a Sewing Machine at Pride of Place, Chilterns Shopping Centre on Sunday 28th September at 10am 🧵

• How To Propagate Your House Plants at The Front Room on Sunday 28th September at 2pm — learn how to multiply your favourite plants with hands-on guidance, all materials provided, and baby plants to take home 🪴

Culture Vultures

• ‘London’s Lost Gardens’ at Hedgerley Memorial Hall on Saturday 27th September at 2pm — join the Hedgerley Historical Society for this talk exploring vanished squares to eccentric pleasure grounds. A celebration of the capital’s rich but often forgotten garden legacy.

• Juror #2 at National Film and Television School on Saturday 27th September at 7.30pm — the latest Beaconsfield Film Society screening 🎬

• True Crime Stories: From Inside Scotland Yard at Great Kingshill Village Hall on today at 1.30pm — join Scannappeal and a former Scotland Yard detective as he shares his chilling stories from deep undercover in the UK’s criminal underworld 🕵️‍♀️

• Mr Burton Film Night at National Film & Television School on Sunday 28th September at 6pm — an evening of wine, nibbles and a good film, raising money for Wycombe Homeless Connection.

• Bat Walk starting from Naphill Village Hall on Friday 26th September at 7pm 🦇

🔎 Family Fun Finder

• Stream Dipping and Guided River Walk at Desborough Recreation Ground on Sunday 28th September from 10am-4pm — celebrate World Rivers Day 🏞️

• Julia Donaldson Day at The Bricklayers Arms on Saturday 27th September from 1pm — craft station, scavenger hunt, pebble painting, bake sale and more 📚

👧🏻 Just for Kids

• Let’s Tell The Time Workshop at the Library on Saturday 27th September at 11am — a free workshop for kids aged 5-10 with Bucks Tutorial Centre 🕒

• Little City at Hazlemere Community Centre on Friday 26th September at various times — role play is back!

• Tiny Talk Time at Wycombe Museum on Friday 26th September at 10am — museum storytelling and crafts based on Monsters Love Underpants 🧌

• Stick Man Storytime and Crafts at the Library on Friday 26th September at 11am — celebrating Stick Man coming to perform at the Wycombe Swan, join the team for a themed craft and story session.

🛍️ Markets

• Fresh Off The Market at Rackleys Chiltern Hills on Saturday 27th September from 12-5pm — a vibrant market of handpicked independent brands and local makers.

• The Sunday Market on Wycombe High Street on Sunday 28th September from 11am-4pm.

• Tabletop Sale at Stokenchurch Dog Rescue on Saturday 27th September from 10am-12pm.

• Marlow Artisan Market in Liston Court Gardens on Saturday 27th September from 10am-4pm.

🚗 Fancy a Short Drive?

• Thame Food Festival at Thame Showground on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th September from 10am onwards — expect artisan stalls, street food, cookery demos, wine, beer & cider tastings, live music, kids’ activities, a dog show and more.

• Windsor Pubs Walk starting at The Windsor Guildhall on Monday 29th September at 6.30pm — a drinking history of Windsor 🍺

• Sushi Making Workshop at Nook in Marlow on tonight at 6pm 🍣

• Women’s Wellness Deep Rest & Relaxation Evening at Liston Hall, Marlow on Tuesday 30th September at 7pm.

10 Years of Top Notes at St Andrew’s Church on Sunday 28th September from 4.30pm — a special concert by one of Wycombe’s most celebrated choirs, with a drinks reception beforehand and a party with buffet afterwards, supporting Thames Valley Air Ambulance 🎶

🧠 Quiz Nights

The only place where useless facts make you a legend.

• At The Belle Vue on tonight at 8pm.

• At The Mad Squirrel on tonight at 8pm.

🤓 The Wycombe Wordle

Six shots. Five letters. One local twist.

🟩 Letter’s bang on
🟨 Letter’s in there, wrong spot
⬜ Not in play

👉 Click here to play

Sports and Activities

⚽ FOOTBALL

• Wycombe Wanderers vs AFC Wimbledon away at The Cherry Red Records Stadium on Saturday 27th September. KO 12.30pm.

• Wycombe Wanderers Women vs Sholing at home on Sunday 28th September. KO 2pm.

🏃🏻‍♂️ RUNNING

Regular runs:

• Parkrun 5km on The Rye (meet at the Lido) at 9am on Saturday.

• Junior Parkrun 2km on The Rye (meet at Pann Mill) at 9am on Sunday.

• Risborough Run In The Park 5km at Wades Park on Sunday at 9am.

Community Notes

🇵🇸 ‘Voices of Resistance: Diaries of Genocide’ Book Launch
📍Oxmoor Farm | 🗓️ Monday 29th September | ⏰ 7pm
An evening of readings, videos and discussion sharing the powerful first-hand accounts of four Gazan women living through war. Books available to buy on the night; all profits supporting Palestinian authors and aid.

☕️ MacMillan Coffee Morning
📍Wrights Meadow Centre | 🗓️ Friday 26th September | ⏰ 9am-1pm
Coffee, cake and company — all for a great cause, MacMillan Cancer Support.

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