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Top story Basingstoke Halloween 2026: pumpkin picking from 10 Oct The Rotherwick Patch opens Saturday 10 October, with pumpkins from £1. Festival Place has free Trick or Treat Street on 31 October and The Malls a free trail. · 8 min read

Dates for the diary

  1. On now to 1 Nov I Grew Up 90s exhibition Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery · Free
  2. On now to 1 Nov Taste, Design and the Georgian Gentleman exhibition The Vyne
  3. On now to 8 Nov Who's in Your Book? at The Vyne The Vyne
  4. On now to 8 Nov Stranger Folk Digital Adventure at The Vyne The Vyne
  5. On now to 6 Oct Ricky Gervais: Legend The Anvil · From £46.50
  6. Wed 7 Oct Basingstoke Market 9am · Market Place and Wote Street
  7. Thu 8 Oct Phil Wang: UH OH 7.30pm · The Anvil · From £27
  8. Fri 9 Oct Basingstoke Bison home game 7.30pm · Planet Ice Basingstoke · From £10
  9. Fri 9 Oct Steve Hackett: Best of Genesis and Solo Gems 7.45pm · The Anvil · From £53.50
  10. 10 Oct to 15 Nov Edge of the Wild, Basingstoke Art Club exhibition Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery · Free
  11. Sat 10 Oct Basingstoke parkrun 9am · War Memorial Park · Free
  12. 10 to 31 Oct The Rotherwick Patch pumpkin picking The Rotherwick Patch · From £10

More stories

Christmas Santa in Basingstoke 2026: Festival Place from 1 Nov, £8 Santa opens at Festival Place on Sunday 1 November, £8 a child with a present, and the grotto has moved. Milestones, with a Dickens show, is £35.25 a child. · 5 min read Diwali Basingstoke Diwali parade 2026: Fri 23 Oct, streets shut 4pm Diwali Light It Up returns to Basingstoke on Friday 23 October 2026, free. Four town centre streets close 4pm to 7pm for the parade; timings are still TBC. · 6 min read Food and drink Milestones Beer Festival 2026: 7-8 Nov, £12.50 entry Milestones Beer Festival is Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November 2026: three sessions, £12.50 entry with glass and guide, eight half-pint tokens for £20, 18+. · 4 min read Christmas Christmas at The Vyne 2026: 21 Nov to 3 Jan, trail free The Vyne's Twelve Days of Christmas runs 21 November 2026 to 3 January 2027: house 11am to 3pm, garden trail free with admission. Closed 24 and 25 December. · 4 min read Events What's On in Basingstoke: Pumpkins, Diwali and Half Term The pumpkin patch opens 10 October, Diwali Light It Up is 23 October, free trick or treating on 31 October, Santa from 1 November, and 39 more dated events. · 10 min read Remembrance Basingstoke Remembrance Sunday 2026: 8 November, 11am Remembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026. Last year Basingstoke's 11am service was at the War Memorial on London Road after a parade from Market Place. · 3 min read Christmas Milestones Museum at Christmas 2026: carols 18 December Milestones' Christmas market is 5 and 6 December (£10) and Carols by Candlelight is Friday 18 December (£9.50). Closed 24 to 26 December and 1 January. · 4 min read Basingstoke Basingstoke fireworks 2026: Hatch Warren, Sat 7 Nov, £14 One display in the borough is confirmed and on sale: Hatch Warren, Saturday 7 November, £14 an adult and £7 a child. Basingstoke town has had none since 2019. · 6 min read Basingstoke Basingstoke Christmas lights 2026: Fri 20 Nov, 5pm, free The date is sealed: Friday 20 November, 5pm to 8pm, free, at the Top of the Town. Six streets shut from 8am. The line-up normally lands in early November. · 7 min read Basingstoke Basingstoke panto 2026: Beauty and the Beast, from £19.50 The Anvil runs Beauty and the Beast for 39 performances, 10 December to 3 January. Tickets from £19.50, and the group discount deadline is 18 September 2026. · 7 min read Basingstoke Basingstoke Christmas markets 2026: dates, prices, booking Milestones Christmas Market 2026 is 5 and 6 December, £10, prebook only. Basing House is £4 on 28 and 29 November, Hatch Warren £1, the town centre free. · 9 min read