Kids around Wareham
70 upcoming events
Get kids around Wareham in your weekly roundup.
Figuring out what to do with the kids around Wareham 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 around Wareham
Sat17
Saturday 17 October
Tue20
Tuesday 20 October
Tue 20 · 10 AM£11
🎨Creative workshop🌳Outdoors10–16 yrs
Home Education Geometric Art Club
Moordown Community Centre
Tue 20 · 2:15 PMFree
📖Story time0–5 yrs
SENsational Story and Play
Dorchester Library and Learning Centre
Tue 20 · 5 PMFree
🧸Kids0–5 yrs
Tops Bournemouth Spooky Halloween Party
Tops Day Nurseries: Bournemouth Nursery
Wed21
Wednesday 21 October
Wed 21 · 9:45 AMFree
🪇Music for toddlers🎊Socials0–6 yrs
Castle Court School - Little Groovers
Castle Court School
Wed 21 · 11 AMFree
🧸Kids4–11 yrs
Explore Learning: A Knights Journey
Oakdale Library
Wed 21 · 4 PMFree
📖Story time🎨Creative workshopup to 8 yrs
Read a Story, Create a Story - Dorchester Literary Festival
Dorchester Library and Learning Centre
Wed 21 · 7 PM£14
✂️Workshop🐣Animals
Dog Life Drawing at TOSH Bournemouth
The Old School House Boscombe
Wed 21 · 4:15 PM$23.18
🎨Creative workshop9–12 yrs
Sewing Machine Class for Beginners, ages 9-12
The Sirens Grove
Later
Thu 22 · 10 AM£3.41
🎨Creative workshop0–15 yrs
HALLOWEEN CRAFT MORNING
The Ark
Thu 22 · 10 AM
🎨Creative workshop0–8 yrs
The Woodland Way: Forest Playgroup
Southover Woods Campsite, Tolpuddle
Thu 22 · 10:15 AM£9
🎪Kids' show3–8 yrs
Betty and the Yeti
Lighthouse Poole
Fri 23 · 10 AM£4.95
🧸Kidsup to 15 yrs
Pirate Adventure Trail at Poole Museum
Poole Museum
Fri 23 · 11 AM£1.50
🎨Creative workshop🐣Animals0–15 yrs
Autumnal Crafts Carousel
Henry Brown Centre
Fri 23 · 3 PM£5
🎪Street party4–11 yrs
School Disco
Pimperne Primary School
Sat 24Free
🧸Kids0–15 yrs
Halloween
Farmer Palmer's Farm Park
Sat 24
🔢Bingo🐣Animals0–15 yrs
Halloween Half-Term Fun
Nothe Fort
Sat 24 · 10 AM£4.80
❓Quiz0–15 yrs
October Half Term at The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum
Sat 24 · 10 AM
📖Story time0–15 yrs
October half term at Corfe Castle
Corfe Castle
Sat 24 · 2 PMFree
🧸Kids3–5 yrs
Tops Parkstone 'Return to Pre-School' Autumn Disco
Tops Day Nurseries: Parkstone Nursery
Sat 24 · 2 PM£2
🎪Kids' show0–15 yrs
Halloween event
Strouden Park Community Centre
Mon 26 · 10:30 AM£5
🎨Creative workshop0–15 yrs
Spooky workshop
The Blandford Fashion Museum
Mon 26 · 2:30 PM£4–7
🏋️Fitness♿Disabilityup to 15 yrs
Sensory Explorers
Dorchester YMCA
Mon 26 · 3:45 PMFree
🧸Kids8–11 yrs
The Connect Project
Henry Brown Centre
Tue 27 · 10 AMFree
🐣Animals🎨Creative workshop0–15 yrs
Colours of the Cold Blooded
Leeson House
Tue 27 · 1 PM£5–12
🎨Creative workshop🍽️Food4–15 yrs
Spooky Spoon Family Cooking Session - October Half Term!
Henry Brown Centre
Tue 27 · 1 PMFree
🎨Creative workshop🐣Animals0–15 yrs
Colours of the Cold Blooded - 1pm
Leeson House
Wed 28 · 9:30 AMFree
🎨Creative workshopfrom 3 yrs
Kids' Crafting Club: Halloween Pom-pom Making
John Lewis Poole
Wed 28 · 10 AMFree
🎨Creative workshop🐣Animals0–15 yrs
Toad Abode Shelter Build!
Brenscombe Outdoor Centre
Wed 28 · 10 AMFree
🧸Kids
Half Term Art Tribe at Happy River
Happy River Retreat
Wed 28 · 10:15 AM£4–7
🏋️Fitness♿Disability0–15 yrs
Sensory Explorers
Dorchester YMCA
Wed 28 · 10:30 AMFree
📖Story time🎨Creative workshop0–8 yrs
All Things Green Story and Craft
Crossways Library
Wed 28 · 12 PMFree
🧸Kids8–10 yrs
Explore Learning Introduction to 11+
Explore Learning Bournemouth
Thu 29 · 9:30 AMFree
🎨Creative workshop6–15 yrs
Kids' Crafting Club: Friendship Bracelet Making
John Lewis Poole
Thu 29 · 11 AM£1.50
🎨Creative workshop0–15 yrs
Family Halloween Fun
Henry Brown Centre
Thu 29 · 2:30 PMFree
🏰Heritage5–15 yrs
The Keep Military Museum Drop-in: Remembrance Session
Dorchester Library and Learning Centre
Thu 29 · 2:30 PM£14.82–20
🎪Kids' showfrom 5 yrs
Brainiac Live!
Lighthouse Poole
Thu 29 · 6 PMFree
🧸Kids0–5 yrs
Tops Pokesdown's Spooktacular Halloween Party
Tops Day Nurseries: Pokesdown Nursery
Fri 30 · 10 AM£5
🐣Animalsfrom 5 yrs
Halloween Half Term Bug and Exotic Animal Experience
The Walled Garden
Fri 30 · 10 AM
🌳Outdoors1–6 yrs
The Woodland Way: Halloween in the woods
Dt2 8qr
Fri 30 · 10:30 AMFree
🩰Classical🎓Classes3–5 yrs
Black British Ballet - Family Ballet Workshop
Swanage Library
Fri 30 · 11:30 AMFree
🎨Creative workshop5–11 yrs
Explore Learning - Telling the Time Workshop
Explore Learning Bournemouth
Fri 30 · 2 PM
🎪Kids' showfrom 4 yrs
Steve Backshall's Deadly Live!
The BIC
Fri 30 · 2 PMFree
🧘Wellness🪇Music for toddlers0–15 yrs
Family Sound Bath
Museum of East Dorset
Sat 31
🧸Kids0–5 yrs
The Bubba Hub
GATHER
Sat 31 · 10:30 AMFree
📖Story time🎨Creative workshop1–5 yrs
Library gets spooky
Dorchester Library and Learning Centre
Sat 31 · 4 PMFree
🎪Street party0–16 yrs
St Andrew's Light Party
St Andrew's Church
Sat 31 · 6 PM£6.13
🧸Kids3–10 yrs
Children's Halloween Disco
Dorchester Trinity Club
Tue 3 · 10 AM£39.71–42.96
🪇Music for toddlers🎫Concert
Bumps, Babies and Brunch - Tuesday 3rd Nov - The Boathouse, Christchurch
The Boathouse
Thu 5 · 10:30 AM£12–25
🎪Kids' show5–12 yrs
Horrible Histories - Terrible Tudors
Lighthouse Poole
Thu 5 · 1:30 PM£12–25
🎪Kids' show5–12 yrs
Horrible Histories – Awful Egyptians
Lighthouse Poole
Fri 6 · 4:30 PMFree
🧸Kids0–5 yrs
Tops Wareham Bonfire Evening Event
Tops Day Nurseries: Wareham Nursery
Sat 7 · 9 AM£10
🪇Music for toddlers0–15 yrs
Dorchester Young Musician Festival 2026
The Thomas Hardye School
Fri 13 NovFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Home Education Days 2026/2027!
Monkey World
Sat 14 Nov · 8 AM
📜Poetry📖Story time
Poetry Reading Group
GATHER
Sat 14 Nov · 2:45 PM
🪇Music for toddlers
Raver Tots Bournemouth
Cameo Bournemouth, UK
Sat 21 Nov · 10 AMFree
🌳Outdoors🚶Walk
Foraging Treasure Hunt - 10am
Wilkswood Farm Ltd
Sat 21 Nov · 2 PM£9.09–10
🎪Kids' show3–7 yrs
The Elves and the Shoemaker
Lighthouse Poole
Sat 28 Nov · 10 AMFree
📖Story time
Christmas Sparkle Open Day at Tops Pokesdown
Tops Day Nurseries: Pokesdown Nursery
Fri 4 Dec · 10:30 AM£5.25–10.50
📜Poetry📚Literature
Be Poetry at TOSH
The Old School House Boscombe
Sat 5 Dec · 7:30 PM£38.57–71.07
✨Cabaret👑Drag show
RUBYZ CABARET DRAG SHOW presents FOXY SCROOGE
Hotel Celebrity
Fri 11 Dec
🎪Kids' show🐣Animals0–15 yrs
Twilight Farmer Christmas Experience at Farmer Palmer's Farm Park
Farmer Palmer's Farm Park
Fri 11 Dec · 6:30 PM£10–12
🎭Panto🎪Kids' show
Cinderella And The Velvet Slipper
Blandford Corn Exchange
Sat 12 Dec
🐣Animals0–15 yrs
Farmer Christmas Daytime Experience
Farmer Palmer's Farm Park
Sun 13 Dec · 12:30 PM£29.95
🍽️Food🎪Kids' show0–15 yrs
Afternoon Tea with the Grinch
Hilton Bournemouth
Fri 18 Dec · 10 AM
📖Story time0–8 yrs
Storytelling with Santa, relaxed sessions
Kingston Lacy
Sat 19 Dec£22–25
🎭Panto🎪Kids' show
Cinderella
Weymouth Pavilion
Sat 19 Dec · 10 AMFree
🐣Animals0–12 yrs
Tops Parkstone Christmas Open Day – Meet Santa & His Reindeer
Tops Day Nurseries: Parkstone Nursery
See also around Wareham
Sat 17 · 7 PM£0–50
🎸Jam / Open mic
2026 Fall Harvest Gathering: Grill & Open Mic
Poole
Sat 7 · 8 PM£3.41–6.13
🎫Concert
Fonda Cox Live At Upton Social Club
The Upton Social Club, Poole
At 6:30 PM£22.38
🎶Singer-songwriter🎫Concert
Country Legends Tribute Evening at Isabel's Brasserie
Isabel's Brasserie, Poole
Tomorrow · 6:30 PM£125
🎫Concert
VIP bolt-on - Avatar: The Last Airbender in Concert
Lighthouse Poole
Tomorrow · 7 PM£31.35
✨Pop🎫Concert
China Crisis
St Mary's Church, Poole
Sat 31 · 7:30 PM£27.80–76.55
🎻Classical🎸Rock
Radiohead Reimagined by Candlelight - 31st Oct, Poole
St Peter's Poole (St Peter's Parkstone)
Sat 24 · 7:30 PM£25
🎤Stand-up😂Comedy
An Evening of Comedy, Songs & Satire with Dominic Frisby
The Purbeck School, Wareham
At 7 PM£13.18–40.91
🎭Theatre🎤Stand-up
Present Laughter
Lighthouse Poole
Sat 17 · 8 PM
🎭Theatre🎤Stand-up
Mistero Buffo
Lighthouse Poole
Tue 20 · 7:45 PM£15.45–40.91
🕺Musical
Little Shop of Horrors
Lighthouse Poole
Sat 24
🎤Stand-up
Harriet Kemsley
Lighthouse Poole
Thu 29 · 7:45 PM£33.36
🎤Stand-up
Flo & Joan
Lighthouse Poole
Thu 22 · 2:30 PM
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
Pits, Pots and People
Carey Hall, Wareham
TomorrowFree
🗣️Talk
Coffin Club
GATHER, Poole
Wed 21 · 7 PM£14–33
🗣️Talk📚Literature
The History of Witchcraft & Women: Magic, rituals and the patriarchy
RNLI College, Poole
Wed 21 · 7:30 PM
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
Viking Dorset
Furzebrook Village Hall, Wareham
Sat 24 · 11 AMFree
🖼️Exhibition
‘Collapse’ – Ruth Fuller exhibition
Sandyhill Arts
Sat 24 · 12 PMFree
📜Poetry📚Literature
Ink & Arcana
136 High St, Poole
Fri 6 · 2:30 PM£45–70
📚Literature🗣️Talk
Another Sunflower Series: Minette Walters
Mortons House Hotel, Corfe Castle
Sat 7 · 10 AMFree
🚶Walk🗺️Guided tour
Wildlife Walk - Ham Common Nature Reserve
Ham Common Viewpoint, Poole
Tomorrow · 6:15 PMFree
🗣️Talk🧘Wellness
LMH Health Talks: Getting to Know Your Nervous System as a Mum-to-Be
LMH Optimal Therapy, Poole
Sat 17 · 4 PM
🎬Cinema
Jurassic Park Film Screening - Purbeck Film Festival
The Kimmeridge Trust
Thu 22 · 6 PM£11.55
🗣️Talk🤝Volunteering
Longevity, Health & Happiness
Dimond Health & Aesthetic Clinic Ltd, Poole
Fri 23 · 6 PM£17.37–46.49
🎬Cinema🌳Outdoors
The Lost Boys Halloween Outdoor Cinema at Lulworth Castle
Lulworth Castle, East Lulworth
Sat 24 · 6 PM
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Buried Secrets: Unearthing the Isle of Wight’s Prehistoric Past - with Megan Jacobs
The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge
Fri 30 · 10 AMFree
🗣️Talk
Overview of Stoma care
PGH Education Centre, Poole
Fri 30 · 7 PMFree
🎬Cinema🌱Ecology
People's Emergency Briefing
14 York Rd, Poole
Tomorrow · 7 PM£6.13
🗺️Guided tour🚶Walk
The Original Wareham Historical Ghost Walk
The Horse & Groom - Traditional Ale House, Wareham
Sat 17 · 9:30 AM£20–45
🚶Walk🗺️Guided tour
Celebrating Fungi: A morning foray through the forest
Happy River Ltd, Wareham
Thu 22 · 10 AM£0
🚶Walk🌳Outdoors
All-Female Birding & Bird Photography Morning
Stoborough Heath National Nature Reserve, Ridge
At 12 PM
🗺️Guided tour🚶Walk
Poole Audio Tour: Bridges, Beacons, and Baden-Powell
Poole Methodist Church
Tomorrow · 6:30 PM£25
🗺️Guided tour🚶Walk
Biofluorescence Experience in Nature at RSPB Arne
RSPB Arne
Sat 17Free
🗺️Guided tour💛Inclusivity
Autism Friendly Day at Monkey World
Monkey World, Dorset
Fri 30 · 8 PM£13.52
🗺️Guided tour🚶Walk
Halloween Special Granny Cousins Ghost Walk of Old Poole Town
Scaplen's Court Museum, Poole
Sat 17 · 10 AM£37
🚶Walk🗺️Guided tour
Fabulous fungi on Brownsea Island
Brownsea Island, Dorset
Sat 24 · 10 AM£18–37
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Wild Wetland Bird Walk
Brownsea Island, Poole
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Tap what you're into — we'll find the outings around you.
Venues — kids around Wareham
Farmer Palmer's Farm Park
3 events
Leeson House
2 events
GATHER
2 events
Lighthouse Poole
5 events
John Lewis Poole
2 events
Tops Day Nurseries: Parkstone Nursery
2 events
Henry Brown Centre
4 events
The Old School House Boscombe
2 events
Tops Day Nurseries: Pokesdown Nursery
2 events
Explore Learning Bournemouth
2 events
Dorchester Library and Learning Centre
4 events
Dorchester YMCA
2 events
Frequently asked questions
What's there to do with kids around Wareham 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 around Wareham?
Yes, plenty of library workshops and outdoor activities are free. The price is shown on every event.