Buxton Octoberfest

Treats are in store this autumn half-term when the ghoulishly good Octoberfest returns to Buxton from Saturday 22 to Friday 28 October.

There are both craft-making and theatre workshops to take part in as well as drama shows to see over the week-long festival at Buxton Opera House & Pavilion Arts Centre.

For a low cost family event (£2 a ticket) follow the witches’ trail on a self-guided journey through the Pavilion Gardens in the frighteningly good Scare Trek (Saturday 22 and Monday 24, to Saturday 29 October).  Families just need to collect a map from the Box Office and begin finding clues to the missing words. Be prepared though you may just unlock the secrets of the strange creatures lurking there!

Other take part events include An Elephant in the Garden Craft workshop (24 and 25 Oct). Youngsters can get stuck in and make their very own Elephant in the Garden, using a milk carton.

Older Children are in for a treat as they get to recreate one of R.L Stine’s much loved books Goosebumps Welcome to the Dead House, live on stage in a practical day long theatre workshop (26 Oct).

Teenagers can look forward to a Halloween themed Party night, Indigo Nights (Friday 28 Oct) where there will be live bands, a dry bar and a ‘selfie corner’.

Octoberfest theatre shows include the Three Half Pints (Sunday 23 October), stars of Comedy Club 4 Kids and CBeebies’ Spot Bots,  as they stumble their way through a brand new comic misadventure Bad Guys.

Michael Morpurgo’s An Elephant in the Garden will be brought to stage (24 and 25 Oct). The play tells the story of Lizzie, her mother and an Elephant who flee from the allied firebombing in Dresden Germany, during WW2.

For more information about Octoberfest please contact the Box Office on 01298 72190 or visit www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

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