Here's what else is coming up

Monday, 27th October

• Turn up for Turnips

  • Mon 27th Oct

  Get ready for Hop tu Naa fun this half term at Cregneash Folk Village. Come carve your own turnip lantern, take part in autumn crafts, and start your Hop tu Naa celebrations early. Turnips available for £3 each Free drilling service from 10am to 3pm daily Autumn themed crafts and colouring in the ma...

• Spooky Little Screen – The Addams Family

  • Mon 27th Oct
  • Community
  • Family

  Join us for a fun family movie afternoon with the 1991 classic The Addams Family! Watch this spooky, silly story full of quirky characters and laughs everyone will enjoy. It is a great chance to share some nostalgic fun with your kids and enjoy a movie that is creepy but friendly. Bring the whole fa...

• Hop-tu-Naa Cupcakes and Crafts

  • Mon 27th Oct
  • Community
  • Crafts

  Calling all little goblins, witches, and ghouls! Get ready for a magical Hop-tu-Naa celebration filled with cupcake decorating, fun crafts, and a whole lot of giggles. Let your creativity run wild as you decorate 6 delicious cupcakes with creepy crawlies, monster faces, and spooky sprinkles. Then, u...

Tuesday, 28th October

• Tales from the Whispering Walls

  • Tue 28th Oct
  • Arts
  • Museum & Exhibition

  Step into the creepy customs, strange superstitions, and unusual ways people dealt with death! What you'll experience: Hear eerie stories once whispered in the parlour Discover why families stopped clocks and hid mirrors Learn how people protected their homes from spirits Find out why the sewing ro...

• Monster Cake Party!

  • Tue 28th Oct
  • Community
  • Food

  Who's ready to join our Monster Cake Party?! Calling all little monsters aged 10+ – this Hop-tu-Naa we're running a VERY special baking academy where you'll get to create your own version of these cheeky fellas! ✨ In this 2025 version of our Scare Academy we'll be baking from scratch, then decorati...

Wednesday, 29th October

• Tiny Turnips Festival

  • Wed 29th Oct

  A playful Hop tu Naa celebration for under 5s at Cregneash Folk Village Get ready for a toddler-friendly day packed with silly songs, glowing turnips, and magical mess. Here is what is in store: Decorate your own predrilled turnip lantern using stickers, paint, googly eyes and more. Join the mini-Ho...

• Spooky Little Screen – Hotel Transylvania

  • Wed 29th Oct
  • Community
  • Family

  Bring the family for a fun-filled movie afternoon with Hotel Transylvania! Join Dracula and his monster friends in this funny, heart-warming story that kids and parents will love. It is full of laughs, silly moments, and lots of monster fun. Perfect for a family night out packed with spooky giggles...

• Michael Starring Ben

  • Wed 29th Oct
  • Arts
  • Performing Arts

  Take a journey back in time to remember Michael Jackson – the man, the music and the magic. MichaelⓇ Starring Ben is a hit theatre production starring the UK's ultimate Michael Jackson tribute star, Ben Bowman. Not only does he look and sound like the King of Pop, but he's honed his routine so caref...

Thursday, 30th October

• The Dreamer - Live

  • Thu 30th Oct
  • Arts
  • Performing Arts

  A BRAND NEW MAGIC SHOW FOR 2024 ★★★★★ ‘Magic is in his bones. Disbelief, flabbergasted, stunned’ (Henley Herald) Star of The Greatest Magician™, and the BBC’s most broadcast magician of the last decade - the award-winning James Phelan - debuts this breath-taking new magic show. Most infamous for jam...

Friday, 31st October

• 80s Live

  • Fri 31st Oct
  • Music
  • Live Music

  80s Live! You’ve made it through the wilderness, somehow, you’ve made it through and now we’re never gonna give you up! Get ready as we bring you - direct from The Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End - the biggest 80s party show to tour the UK - 80s Live! We will make you feel shiny and new as we t...

• Spooky Little Screen – Hocus Pocus

  • Fri 31st Oct
  • Community
  • Family

  Spooky Little Screen – Hocus Pocus Get ready for a magical family movie afternoon with Hocus Pocus! Join the mischievous Sanderson sisters in this fun, spooky adventure packed with laughs, songs, and a little Halloween magic. Perfect for kids and grown-ups who love a playful, not-too-scary story. Br...

• Hop-Tu-Naa Spooky Trains

  • Fri 31st Oct
  • Community
  • Food

  Spooky Dining Trains Friday 31st October *Hop-Tu-Naa Express Lunch *Spooky Pie & Mash Saturday 1st November *Hop-Tu-Naa Murder Mystery To book and for further information please call 01624 697457

Saturday, 1st November

• Walk in Footsteps of Archibald Knox – Sulby Loop

  • Sat 1st Nov

  The artist and designer, Archibald Knox, was anonymous and elusive, an intensely private man who did not seek to promote himself, but whose soul and creativity live on in his extraordinary art and designs. These walks will take us into the Manx countryside where you can experience for yourself the p...

• Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

  • Sat 1st Nov
  • Arts
  • Performing Arts

  Olivier Award winners – Best Entertainment and Family Show 2016 Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest – direct from the West End and now heading to the Gaiety Theatre, Isle of Man. With fifteen years as an Edinburgh Fringe must-see phenomenon, a BBC Radio 4 series, a critically acclaimed...

Sunday, 2nd November

• Walk in the Footsteps of Archibald Knox – Crosby & Old St Runius Church

  • Sun 2nd Nov

  The artist and designer, Archibald Knox, was anonymous and elusive, an intensely private man who did not seek to promote himself, but whose soul and creativity live on in his extraordinary art and designs. These walks will take us into the Manx countryside where you can experience for yourself the p...

Monday, 3rd November

• Emma Kenny's Killer Couples

  • Mon 3rd Nov

  Emma Kenny returns with an enthralling new show that plunges into the depths of love twisted into terror. After her triumphant 'The Serial Killer Next Door' tour, Emma captivates yet again, solidifying her status as one of the UK's foremost crime presenters. This time, she invites you to delve into...

Wednesday, 5th November

• Douglas Fireworks Display

  • Wed 5th Nov
  • Community

  Douglas fireworks display

• Ardal O'Hanlon: Not Himself

  • Wed 5th Nov
  • Performing Arts
  • Comedy

  After an alarming experience at the supermarket, Ardal reflects on who he is as a man and a comedian. He examines his own ethnic and religious background. And thinks twice about the very core of his identity as a voice of reason. Is everything a big lie? With no major trauma of his own to draw on fo...

Thursday, 6th November

• Douglas City Centre – Archibald Knox Tour

  • Thu 6th Nov
  • Arts
  • Public Art

  Archibald Knox (1864 to 1933) was an extraordinary artist and designer who was born in the Isle of Man and spent much of his life here. He studied and taught at the Douglas School of Art and worked to design beautiful jewellery and metal work for Liberty's of London. He spent some time in Surrey whe...

• Erin Harpe Country Blues Duo's Isle of Man Tour 2025

  • Thu 6th Nov

  Erin Harpe Country Blues Duo has been called "today's country blues at its very best" by Living Blues Magazine, who crowned Erin "one of the finest fingerpicking acoustic blues singers in the land". The group showcases Erin's exceptional vocals and mastery of finger-style blues g...

Friday, 7th November

• Erin Harpe Country Blues Duo's Isle of Man Tour 2025

  • Fri 7th Nov

  Erin Harpe Country Blues Duo has been called "today's country blues at its very best" by Living Blues Magazine, who crowned Erin "one of the finest fingerpicking acoustic blues singers in the land". The group showcases Erin's exceptional vocals and mastery of finger-style blues g...

Saturday, 8th November

• Erin Harpe Country Blues Duo's Isle of Man Tour 2025

  • Sat 8th Nov

  Erin Harpe Country Blues Duo has been called "today's country blues at its very best" by Living Blues Magazine, who crowned Erin "one of the finest fingerpicking acoustic blues singers in the land". The group showcases Erin's exceptional vocals and mastery of finger-style blues g...

Wednesday, 12th November

• IPA Grand Finals

  • Wed 12th Nov
  • Community
  • Sport

  The offical body for Professional pool - the IPA - stages it's season finale - the Grand Finals, at the superb Comis Hotel from the 12th-16th November. The finest players from across the UK and Europe will be going head to head to battle it out for the trophies and the title of Grand Final Champion....

Saturday, 15th November

• Isle of Man Orienteering Klubb Autumn Challenge Orienteering Event - Tholt y Will Forest & Glen Area

  • Sat 15th Nov
  • Community
  • Sport

  Isle of Man Orienteering Klubb - Autumn Challenge Orienteering Event - Tholt y Will Forest & Glen Area Autumn Challenge Orienteering Event at Tholt y Will Forest & Glen Area (Start & Finish beside Sulby Reservoir car parking area) Saturday Orienteering 15th November, 2025. Family friendl...

Thursday, 20th November

• Douglas Christmas Lights

  • Thu 20th Nov
  • Community

  TBC

Sunday, 23rd November

• Haldane Fisher Syd Quirk Half Marathon

  • Sun 23rd Nov
  • Community
  • Sport

  The Syd Quirk Half Marathon has a rich history and several notable records. The event was first held in 1976 and has evolved over the years with changes in the course and the addition of a walking race in 2001. Syd Quirk, who lived in Ballasalla, was a founder member of Southern A C and club secreta...