Kids in Didcot
26 upcoming events
Get kids in Didcot in your weekly roundup.
Figuring out what to do with the kids in Didcot without losing the whole day to it: shows for young audiences, craft workshops, storytelling, music for tiny ears, circus and days out in the fresh air. We've gathered it all in one place, with the recommended age on every event.
For a rainy Wednesday or a Sunday in the open air, the right idea is right below.
Events — kids in Didcot
Sat17
Saturday 17 October
Later
Mon 26 · 10 AM£8.92
🌳Outdoors🐣Animals4–11 yrs
Family Trail: Hedgehog Adventure - Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Tue 27 · 10 AM£8.92
🎨Creative workshop🐣Animals4–11 yrs
Family Trail: Hedgehog Adventure - Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Wed 28 · 9:30 AM£39.75
🌳Outdoors8–12 yrs
Day Camp, Sticks, Stories and Sparks - Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Thu 29 · 10 AM£8.92
🎨Creative workshop🐣Animals4–11 yrs
Family Trail: Hedgehog Adventure - Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Tue 3 · 10 AM£11.06
🌳Outdoors0–15 yrs
Home Educators' Day: Autumn with Fire Lighting - Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Wed 4 · 10 AM£15.31
🌳Outdoors11–14 yrs
KS3 Home Educators' Day: Water Quality Assessment - Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Sat 7 · 10 AM£8.92
🌳Outdoors🐣Animals4–7 yrs
Nature Explorers - Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Sat 7 · 10 AM£8.92
🐣Animals🌳Outdoors11–17 yrs
Teen Rangers - Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Sat 7 · 1:30 PM£8.92
🌳Outdoors🐣Animals8–11 yrs
Young Rangers - Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Wed 11 · 9:30 AM£8.92
🎨Creative workshop🌳Outdoors1–4 yrs
Nature Tots - Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Thu 12 · 9:30 AM£8.92
🎨Creative workshop🐣Animals1–4 yrs
Nature Tots - Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Sat 28 Nov · 10 AM£17.43
🎨Creative workshop📖Story time3–11 yrs
Visit Santa on the Nature Reserve - Sutton Courtenay (morning)
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Sat 28 Nov · 1:30 PM£17.43
🎨Creative workshop🌳Outdoors3–11 yrs
Visit Santa on the Nature Reserve - Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Sun 29 Nov · 10 AM£17.43
🎨Creative workshop🌳Outdoors3–11 yrs
Visit Santa on the Nature Reserve - Sutton Courtenay, Sunday 29 November (Morning)
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Sun 29 Nov · 1:30 PM£17.43
🎪Kids' show🎨Creative workshop3–11 yrs
Visit Santa on the Nature Reserve - Sutton Courtenay, Sunday 29 November (Afternoon)
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Wed 2 Dec · 9:30 AM£8.92
🌳Outdoors📖Story time1–4 yrs
Nature Tots - Sutton Courtenay, Wednesday 2 December
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Thu 3 Dec · 9:30 AM£8.92
🌳Outdoors🎨Creative workshop1–4 yrs
Nature Tots - Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Fri 4 Dec · 9:30 AM£8.92
🎨Creative workshop🌳Outdoors1–4 yrs
Nature Tots - Sutton Courtenay, Friday 4 December
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Sat 5 Dec · 9:30 AM£8.92
📖Story time🌳Outdoors1–4 yrs
Nature Tots - Sutton Courtenay, Saturday 5 December
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Sat 12 Dec · 10 AM£8.92
🎨Creative workshop🌳Outdoors4–7 yrs
Nature Explorers - Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Sat 12 Dec · 10 AM£8.92
🌳Outdoors11–17 yrs
Teen Rangers - Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Sat 12 Dec · 1:30 PM£8.92
🌳Outdoors8–11 yrs
Young Rangers - Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Tue 15 Dec · 10 AM£13.18
📖Story time🎨Creative workshop2–4 yrs
Storytime with Mrs Claus - Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Wed 16 Dec · 10 AM£13.18
📖Story time1–4 yrs
Storytime with Mrs Claus - Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
See also in Didcot
Tomorrow · 7 PM£11
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
The Dunwells
Harwell Village Hall, Didcot
Tomorrow · 7 PM£0–18.04
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Rhythm & Rice - Rice & Noodle bowls and music from Harriet
Hilton Garden Inn Abingdon Oxford
Tomorrow · 7:30 PM
🎫Concert
Choir Rehearsals - Sutton Courtenay
Abingdon County Hall Museum
Sun 18 · 3 PM£15
🎻Classical🎫Concert
A Musical Tour of Europe - and Bach again!
St Michael and All Angels' Church, ABINGDON
Thu 12 · 5:45 PM£28.63–59.54
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Tribute to Hans Zimmer & Film Favourites Illuminated: Wallingford, Early
Dorchester Abbey
Sat 24 · 6 PM
🏠House💿DJ set
Phuture Sessions present X-Press 2 (Rocky & Diesel)
Goring Village Hall, RG8 9AG, Reading
At 6 PM£13.25
🌙Indie🎙️Small gig
Tommy Lefroy - Album Release: Live & Signing
Truck Oxford
At 7 PM
🎻Classical🎫Concert
The Rebellious Recital
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
At 10:30 PM£8
🎫Concert
TNB Ft Cal The Dragon
Bridge Oxford
Tomorrow · 6:30 PM
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Crash Test Dummies
O2 Academy Oxford
Tomorrow · 7 PMFree
🎶Singer-songwriter🌐World music
AN EVENING OF NEAPOLITAN SONGS
Covered Market, Oxford
Tomorrow · 7:15 PM£13.21
🌙Indie🎸Rock
The Empty Page + Purple Grace + The Kokroachez
The Library, Oxford
Tomorrow · 8 PM£25.30
🌐World music🌍Afro
Bossaphonik 22nd Anniversary featuring Ibibio Sound Machine
Cowley Workers Social Club
Sat 17 · 6:30 PM£234.97
🎸Rock✨Pop
Transvision Vamp
O2 Academy Oxford
Sat 17 · 6:30 PM
📜Poetry slam🎤Hip-Hop
Beats, Rhythms & Rhymes: Spoken Word Evening
Museum of Oxford
Sun 18 · 5 PM
🎊Socials
Drayton Village Hall Social Dance Club
Drayton village hall
Sat 31 · 7:30 PM£3.30
🎉Parties
Family Halloween Disco
The Marlborough Club, Didcot
Tomorrow · 6 PM£8.30
🎊Village dance
The Motherhood Social
Grove Village Hall
Sat 31 · 7 PM£20
🎪Street party
Halloween Charity Fundraiser With Live Band the Unusual Suspects
Wallingford Sports Park
Sat 17 · 8 PMFree
🎉Club
Electric 80's
The Catherine Wheel, Sandford-on-Thames
Sat 24 · 10 AM£10.80
🎪Street party🌳Outdoors
Harcourt Arboretum Autumn Fair
Harcourt Arboretum (University of Oxford)
Sat 24 · 7 PM£11.55
🎊Village dance
Octoberfest
The Six Bells, Warborough
Wed 28 · 2 PMFree
🎊Village dance
Brain Health and All That Jazz
Kennington Village Centre
Thu 5 · 5:45 PM£8–15
🎪Street party🌳Outdoors
The MPA Bonfire & Fireworks Night 2026
Moulsford Preparatory School
Thu 12 · 2 PMFree
🤝Volunteering
Remember When Tea Dance
Wootton & Dry Sandford Community Centre, Boars Hill
At 11 PM£8.30–10.46
🎉Club🏳️🌈LGBTQ+
Off Campus VS Heated Rivalry (Oxford)
The Bullingdon, Oxford
Tomorrow · 10 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Panzo vs piepie: Dark and Dastardly
The Oxford Retreat
Tomorrow · 7:30 PM£27–39.50
🎤Stand-up👑Drag show
Baga Chipz - Bagz to Riches - Didcot
Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot
Tomorrow · 7:30 PM
👑Drag show
Baga Chipz - Bagz to Riches
Cornerstone Arts Centre, Oxford
Thu 5 · 7 PM
🎭Theatre
NT Live: Golden Boy
Amey Theatre, Abingdon
Tue 10 · 8 PM
👑Drag show
Scrumpets Burlesque Student Showcase
The Countess Bar, Oxford
Wed 11 · 7:45 PM£8–12
🕺Musical
West Side Story
Theatre at Radley College
Wed 21 · 8 PM£16.96
🎤Stand-up
October's Comedy in Goring
Viv's, Goring
At 8 PM
🎭Theatre
Down to Chance
Old Fire Station, Oxford
At 7:30 PM£12–33
🎭Theatre
Once Upon a Time in Sokoto
Oxford Playhouse
Tomorrow · 7:30 PM£11.50
🎤Stand-up
Jericho Comedy @Reuben College Bar
Reuben College, Oxford
Sat 17 · 11 AMFree
🌳Outdoors🎊Socials
OXFORD UNIVERSITY & CITY MORRIS CENTENARY DAY OF DANCE - OXFORD 17TH OCT
Westgate Oxford
Wed 21 · 6:30 PM£21.68
🔬Science
Owl Talk and Pellet Dissection (for adults) - Sutton Courtenay, Wednesday 21 October
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre, Didcot
Thu 22 · 7 PMFree
🗣️Talk🧘Wellness
Selfish Isn't A Dirty Word
Boundary Park, Didcot
Sun 25 · 10 AMFree
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
REBUILDING A LEGEND: Hawker Typhoon RB396
Aces High Aviation Gallery, Abingdon
Tue 27 · 10 AMFree
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Advancements in Vibrational Spectroscopy
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot
Sat 24 · 10:30 AM£30
🏰Heritage
On Our Lines visits Swindon Panel and the Didcot Railway Centre
Didcot Railway Centre
At 7:30 PM£5–7
🗣️Talk
Friends of VDM Talk - The City of Oxford in the Civil Wars 1642-6
Vale & Downland Museum, Wantage
Wed 21 · 7:30 PM
🗣️Talk🌱Ecology
Eating Well for the Planet
Abingdon Baptist Church
Mon 2 · 7:30 PMFree
🎬Cinema🌱Ecology
People's Emergency Briefing at the Red Lion
The Red Lion, Cholsey
Wed 4 · 7:30 PMFree
🎬Cinema🌱Ecology
People's Emergency Briefing at Cholsey School
Cholsey Primary School
Fri 30 · 4:30 PM£30
🎬Cinema🌳Outdoors
Halloween Drive-In Cinema
The Springs Resort & Golf Club, North Stoke
Thu 5 · 10 AMFree
🗣️Talk🌱Ecology
Thames Water Event: Everything you need to know about cover & fallow crops
The Maybush Pub Newbridge
At 5 PMFree
🗣️Talk🔬Science
James Martin Memorial Lecture
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
At 5:30 PM£15–16.96
🎬Cinema📚Literature
Sense & Sensibility (2026) Watch Party with Bad Girl Books
Phoenix Picturehouse, Oxford
At 6:15 PM£50
📚Literature🗣️Talk
Mindfulness in a Frantic World: An evening with the authors of the international bestseller
Worcester College, Oxford
At 6:30 PMFree
🎬Cinema🌟Preview
Drain Flies - Free Screening
Exeter College, Oxford
At 7:30 PM£11
🎬Cinema
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The Oxford Cinema & Cafe
Tue 3 · 7 PM
🗣️Talk🔬Science
East Oxford Astronomy Club meeting and observing
Leys College and African School, Oxford
Tomorrow · 10 AM
🍽️Food🌳Outdoors
Oxford Food & Drink Festival 2026
Broad Street, Oxford
Tomorrow · 11 AM
🗣️Talk
Donizetti The Song Composer with Roger Parker
The Weston Library: Lecture Theatre, Oxford
Tomorrow · 5:30 PM£6–25
🗣️Talk📚Literature
William Tullett SNIFF: A HISTORY OF SMELLS
Blackwell's Bookshop, Oxford
Tomorrow · 5:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk
Jaromir Malek Memorial Lecture, Griffith Institute
Shulman Auditorium, The Queen's College, Oxford
Tomorrow · 5:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🖼️Exhibition
Artist talk by Dr Lindsey Holmes
OVADA Warehouse, Oxford
Tomorrow · 8 PM£7–12.62
📚Literature📜Poetry
Poetry Bake Off
The Community Works, Oxford
Sat 17 · 10 AM£109.05–195.72
🗣️Talk
Science and Sensibility: Method Meets Art
St Anne's College, Oxford
Your passions nearby
Tap what you're into — we'll find the outings around you.
Venues in Didcot
District Community Centre,Apple Hall
1 event
GWP District Community Centre
1 event
Boundary Park
1 event
32 Larch Dr
1 event
The Civic Hall
1 event
The Marlborough Club
2 events
Didcot Library
1 event
Cornerstone Arts Centre
8 events
Station Road
1 event
Didcot Railway Centre
1 event
Harwell Village Hall
5 events
Baptist Union Of Great Britain
2 events
Frequently asked questions
What's there to do with kids in Didcot this weekend?
Shows for young audiences, workshops, storytelling and days out in the fresh air. Filter by age on each event to find what suits yours.
Are there free kids' activities in Didcot?
Yes, plenty of library workshops and outdoor activities are free. The price is shown on every event.