👻 Spooky Season Starts Here 🎃

Plus a workshop giveaway, the return of the Wycombe Sinfonia, crop circles, pumpkin patches, paranormal investigations and more.

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Wycombe Pulse
October 02, 2025

Good morning, Wycombe!

It’s the Wycombe Pulse — crashing into October with one hand clutching a pumpkin-spiced latte and the other nervously checking if the bank balance can handle this daily habit (spoiler alert: it can’t).

But enough about my caffeine crisis — there’s loads happening in Wycombe this week:

🎼 Wycombe Sinfonia back in concert at All Saints
🎃 Peterley Pumpkin Patch opening its gates
🎨 Family craft workshop GIVEAWAY at the Walled Garden

And that’s just the start — we’ve also got the story of brave little Corey, a major music and arts festival, a spooky paranormal investigation, starlit swims, and plenty more to dive into.

Editor’s Highlights

🎼 Wycombe Sinfonia
📍All Saints Parish Church | 🗓️ Saturday 4th October | ⏰ 7.30pm
Join Wycombe Sinfonia for the grand finale of their 40th anniversary celebrations! Featuring a programme ranging from Wagner to Dvořák.

👻 Bisham Abbey: Paranormal Investigation
📍Bisham Abbey | 🗓️ Friday 3rd October | ⏰ 8pm
Built in 1260 for the Knights Templar and steeped in royal history, this beautiful building has a chilling history of ghostly sightings, unexplained lights and mysterious figures. You’ll explore the atmospheric Great Hall and rooms after dark…

📚AIM Literary Festival  
📍Roald Dahl Museum | 🗓️ Sunday 5th October | ⏰ 11am-4pm
Expect a magical day filled with author sessions, interactive storytelling, fun workshops and plenty of creative activities.

🌙 Moonlight Swim
📍Wycombe Rye Lido | 🗓️ Tuesday 7th October | ⏰ 9pm
A magical swim under the full moon in this amazing outdoor heated pool.

🎃 Pumpkin Patch Watch 🎃

Get your autumn on — the Peterley Manor Farm Pumpkin Patch opens Saturday 4 October!

- Open every weekend plus daily in half term
- Free entry and parking
- No booking required
- ~15,000 pumpkins
- Kids’ activities and pop-up food vans

🎨 GIVEAWAY: Win a Family Craft Session at the Walled Garden! 🌿

Looking for something fun, creative and screen-free to do with the kids this October Half Term? We’ve got you covered.

Images from Toni at Easely Does It

We’ve teamed up with Toni and the Easely Does It crew to give away a pair of tickets to one of their magical family-friendly workshops at the beautiful Walled Garden in West Wycombe.

✨ As spooky season approaches, the sessions are perfectly themed — think magic potion brewing, mini witch crafting, pumpkin painting, spooky book nooks and plenty more.

These workshops are all about slowing down, getting messy, and making something lovely together. Ideal for a parent and child (or grandparent, godparent, aunt, uncle!) to enjoy some creative one-on-one time.

🖌️ The winner will get to choose any Easely Does It workshop during October Half Term (subject to availability).

🌟 How to enter: Just reply to this email and send us your name — that’s it!
📅 Entries close: Wednesday 8th October
🎉 Winner randomly selected: Thursday 9th October

👉 Explore the full list of sessions here: westwycombewalledgarden.com/ticketed-events

Culture Vulture

🎼 Little Missenden Festival – 3–12 October

Just a few miles from Wycombe, the Little Missenden Festival is back for its 65th year, with a gloriously eclectic programme of music and the arts.

Some highlights include:

🎻 The Monteverdi String Band open with The Madrigal Reimagined
🖼️ Siena and the Rise of Painting Lecture
🎶 Folk meets folk: English and Egyptian folk music connections
🎹 Solo Piano and Shostakovich Piano Quintet

… mostly taking place in the beautiful 10th century church — a rare chance to catch performances of this calibre in such an intimate setting.

📅 Fri 3 – Sun 12 October
📍 Little Missenden
👉 More info here
🔗 little-missenden.org

💙 Chairboys’ Raffle for TOFS 💙⚽️

This Saturday’s Wycombe Wanderers’ mascots, 3-year old Corey and his older brother Callum, have an extra-special story. Corey was born with a rare condition that means he can’t swallow, and he’s been through numerous long operations — including open-heart surgery just last month.

Little local legends Callum and Corey

To support TOFS (the charity that helps families living with this condition), the club are running an online raffle packed with Wycombe Wanderers goodies: signed shirts, match tickets, mascot experiences, and more.

Every ticket helps raise funds for an incredible cause — and you might bag yourself some Chairboys’ treasures too.

Top 22 Events In Wycombe This October 🎃

Whether you’re after family fun, creative workshops, or a big night out, there’s something for everyone this month.

🧘🏻‍♀️ Wellness Moments

🎶 Find a New Sound

🎵 Come & Sing – Poulenc Gloria
📍 The Beaconsfield School
📅 Sat 5th Oct, 9.45am–5.30pm
Join the Wooburn Singers for a one-day workshop and performance of Poulenc’s Gloria. Open to all singers — just bring your voice and enthusiasm!
👉 More info

🥁 Hartbeats Drumming & Dance Classes
📍 RGS High Wycombe
📅 Tuesday evenings from 7th Oct
Led by Justine Hart, these fun, high-energy sessions of West African djembe & dundun rhythms are open to beginners and improvers.

👉 For more info & booking contact [email protected] or see Hartbeats’ Facebook

🎨Get Creative

🥳 Entertainment

🔍 Family Fun Finder

🛍️ Markets

Live Music 🎶

Friday
🎸Disorganised Crime — Belle Vue, 9pm.
💃🏻 Cabaret with Solero Summers — O’Neill’s, 9pm.
🎶 The Vintage — Mad Squirrel, 8pm.
🎤 Open Mic Night — Wycombe Arts Centre, 7.30pm.

Saturday
🎸The Hole In The Wall Band — Wooburn Working Mens Club, 8.30pm.
🎶 The Rosewoods — Mad Squirrel, 8pm.
🥁Hudson’s Choice — Belle Vue, 9pm.
🎤 Steph Willis — O’Neill’s, 9pm.
🎷The Odyssey Blues & Soul Band — The George Ale House, 9pm.

Sunday
🎹 Electric Jam — Belle Vue.
🎉 Oktoberfest Party — Mad Squirrel, 3pm. With live Oompah Band and Kickedober.

Sports and Activities

💃🏻 CEROC

Try Ceroc dancing – Welcome Evening (Tues 7th Oct)
Ceroc dancing for adults every Tuesday at Cressex Community School. Beginners start 7.30pm — no partner needed (most dancers come alone), you’ll learn a simple routine each week, with a video recap after. Friendly crew, relaxed vibes, and a lovely social crowd.

🏈 AMERICAN FLAG FOOTBALL

Flag Football is one of the world’s fastest-growing sports – and it’s coming to the Olympics in 2028! High Wycombe’s own Bucks Wolves are running Rookie Sessions this autumn, mixed/co-ed sessions open to all abilities (ages 16+).

📍 Kingsmead Park, HP11 1JQ
📅 4 Oct | 25 Oct | 8 Nov
🕙 10am–12:30pm

No experience needed – just bring water, sports kit (shorts without pockets), and boots if you have them.

⚽ FOOTBALL

🏃🏻‍♂️ RUNNING

Regular runs:

CYCLING 🚴🏾‍♂️

LeBlanq Laps x BAZ & Co at The Walled Garden on Sunday 5th October at 9am — saddle up for a social spin through the countryside with LeBlanq & BAZ & Co. Expect a relaxed ride, plenty of chat, and time to take in the scenery, as well as trying out BAZ & Co products.

RUGBY 🏉

HWRUFC vs Reading at home on Saturday 4th October

… followed by Back To Uni Night — dress like you did at 18 and enjoy beer pong, boat races and ‘freshers chaos’ 🍻

Community Notes

Silver Series at Eden Centre on Monday 6th October — the latest in the series of monthly fun and engaging social events for older adults. A relaxed coffee social at Muffin Break.

Celebrate Harvest at CSK Church on Sycamore Road with hymns, tea, cake and a talk by Jo at OneCan Trust. Donations of non-perishable food gratefully received.

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☀️Weather in Wycombe ☀️

October coming in hot (pretty wet and windy, actually)

Friday

🌤️ 16°C - 💨 24mph - ☂️ 60% chance

Saturday

🌤️ 15°C - 💨 47mph - ☂️ 40% chance

Sunday

🌤️ 16°C - 💨 27mph - ☂️ 10% chance

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