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Things to do in and around Stockport: events, days out and family activities, with the practical details.

Top story Stockport Halloween: Pumpkin Patch, £3 Trail, Free Carnival Reddish Vale Farm's pumpkin patch opens 10 October, Bramall Hall's £3 witch's trail starts on the 22nd and Merseyway's carnival on 24 October is free. · 8 min read

Dates for the diary

  1. Tue 6 Oct Stockport Market 9am · Stockport Market Hall · Free
  2. Tue 6 Oct Air Raid Shelters Explorer Tour: Going Underground 7pm · Stockport Air Raid Shelters · From £12.50
  3. Thu 8 Oct Hat Works factory floor tour 10.30am · Hat Works · From £8.50
  4. Fri 9 Oct Asian Food Night Market 5pm · St Mary's Church in the Market Place · Free
  5. Fri 9 Oct Dom Joly: Trigger Happy TV, the 25th Anniversary Tour 7.30pm · The Forum Theatre · From £28.50
  6. Sat 10 Oct Woodbank parkrun 9am · Woodbank Memorial Park · Free
  7. Sat 10 Oct Bramhall parkrun 9am · Bramhall Park · Free
  8. Sat 10 Oct Marple parkrun 9am · Brabyns Park · Free
  9. 10 to 31 Oct Halloween Pumpkin Festival, Reddish Vale Farm Reddish Vale Farm
  10. Sat 10 Oct Stockport Makers Market 10am · Market Place · Free
  11. Sat 10 Oct Monster Mugs kids' clay workshop 10.30am · Merseyway Workshop · From £17.50
  12. Sat 10 Oct Ben Nuttall's Footy Factory 11am · Stockroom, Merseyway Shopping Centre · From £5

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Events What's On in Stockport: Blossoms, Pumpkins, Bonfires Blossoms play the Plaza on 15 October and Reddish Vale's pumpkin patch opens on the 10th. Bramhall, Marple and Reddish Vale fireworks are on sale for November. · 11 min read Stockport Stockport Remembrance Sunday: 8 November, 11am Service Remembrance Sunday 2026 is 8 November. Stockport's civic service is at the War Memorial Art Gallery at 11am; Armistice Day falls on Wednesday 11 November. · 4 min read New Year Stockport New Year's Eve: No Town Event, Nearest Fireworks Stockport has no public New Year's Eve event or fireworks. The nearest free display is Manchester's at midnight, and the 192 night bus runs on Thursday nights. · 4 min read Christmas Santa's Grotto in Stockport: Reddish Vale Farm From 29 Nov Reddish Vale Farm's North Pole grotto opens 29 November to 24 December. Merseyway's free grotto has no 2026 dates yet; last year's came out on 2 November. · 5 min read Christmas Lyme Park at Christmas 2026: House Decorated From 27 Nov Lyme Park Christmas 2026: the house is dressed as The World at Christmas, 27 Nov to 24 Dec, last entry 3pm. Entry £19 adult; festive tea £30. · 7 min read Christmas Bramall Hall at Christmas: Elf Trail, Hours and Prices Bramall Hall is dressed for Christmas and ran a £3 elf trail Thursday to Sunday last December. Entry is £7, under-16s free; closed on bank holidays. · 4 min read Stockport Robinsons £1.30 Pints: 34 Stockport Pubs, Sat 26 Sept (Past) Robinsons pours Unicorn at £1.30 a pint on Saturday 26 September, and 34 pubs on its list are in Stockport borough. Here is every one, and the catch. · 3 min read Weir Mill Weir Mill Stockport: Free Party, 3 October (Past) WEIR:LIVE runs 11.30am to 10pm on Saturday 3 October at Weir Mill on Chestergate. Free, no tickets needed, two stages, a family rave, and an all-Stockport bill. · 4 min read Heritage Heritage Open Days Stockport 2026: 14 Free Events, Now Past Stockport's free Heritage Open Days run 12 to 20 September. Abney Hall and the Stockport Stroll are full, St Martin's is cancelled, and ten need no booking. · 6 min read Stockport Stockport Fireworks 2026: Bramhall 6 Nov, Marple 7 Nov Bramhall Fireworks Festival is Friday 6 November, main display 8.45pm. Marple Bonfire is Saturday 7 November; Reddish Vale Farm runs 5 and 6 November. · 7 min read Stockport Stockport Christmas Lights: No Switch-On Ceremony Stockport town centre holds no single lights switch-on. Spectacular Sunday opens the season and the Underbanks has its own. Neither is dated for 2026 yet. · 4 min read Stockport Stockport Panto: Jack and the Beanstalk, 45 Dates Jack and the Beanstalk runs at Stockport Plaza from Friday 4 December 2026 to Sunday 3 January. Todd Carty stars, 45 performances, tickets £21.45 to £26.95. · 4 min read Stockport Stockport Christmas Market: 3 Dates Confirmed So Far Only the Makers Market on 12 December and two Foodie Fridays are confirmed for Christmas 2026. The Victorian market at Stockport Market has no 2026 date yet. · 3 min read