The summer holidays are here, six weeks of family fun, with the chance to spend time together, explore new places and try new things. The South East has a packed calendar of events, you'll find an event or activity on every day, to keep you busy all over the summer holidays. Whether you are visiting South East England for your holiday, enjoying a day out in the region or planning a weekend break-away, you will find plenty to keep you entertained.
Look out for dramatic firework displays, exciting outdoor adventures, super-sonic airshows, colourful carnivals and plush super cars events, plus a host of free fun activities this summer holidays 2025. With the school's out, the event list is ever growing, so make the most of the kid's summer holidays and make this an eventful summer you won't forget.
Our featured list below, covers every day of the school holiday, full of value-added activities or family-friendly events to enjoy. Look out for the (F) which highlights the free events, making it even more cost-effective to spend time out and about in the region. Search for what's on in each county using the area search above or visit the specific county event pages, or head to the bottom of the page for a full listing of events across all nine counties over the UK summer holidays.
Coming to stay? Discover great value accommodation across the South East for a summer getaway. You can also search by destinations to link up with the local official tourism websites across the region. Our newsletter archive and YouTube channel is a great place for inspiration and ideas and to discover things to do in South East England.
The summer holidays also include the August Bank Holiday on Monday 25th August 2025, which always sees a host of events, family activities and music festivals running across the destination. There is plenty to be excited about this summer, and the with the weather forecast looking good too, plan your school summer holiday adventures right here.
Don't forget that you can also take advantage of many of the free things to do across the destination and our rainy day and sunny day guides will help ensure you enjoy a great day out whatever the English weather brings.
Find hundreds more events and things to do in the summer in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Sussex, Kent, Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Dorset including the August Bank Holiday weekend in our guide below. Whether you're looking for something near you, some great family activities, or if you are travelling to a part of South East England for a short break or day trip, use the 'map view' button to find something local.
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Sporting Event
Hove
Perfect for beginners. Fast, flat traffic-free route along the famous seafront. Brighton and Hove Triathlon is well established as one of the biggest events in the triathlon calendar.
The event will include Super-Sprint, Sprint and Standard…
Food
Cowfold Roaf, Bolney
Cider and Pizza Served fresh from Wednesday to Sunday
Exhibitions
Waddesdon
Celebrated leading artist Pablo Bronstein presents a bold exhibition featuring a new body of work in response to Waddesdon Manor as a Jewish country house, with a grand assembly of paintings reimagining the legendary Temple of Solomon.
Arts
Selborne, Alton
On the first day of Spring 2022, Sophie Hacker started a one-year Art Residency at Gilbert White's House & Gardens.
Her exhibition in July and August showcases some of the installations, sculpting, painting and experimental work made during the…
Theatre
Winchester
We all want to meet people from history! The trouble is everyone is dead!
So it's time to prepare for Horrible Histories live on stage with the acclaimed production of Gorgeous Georgians and Vile Victorians!
Are you ready to swing with a Georgian…
Festival
Birchington
Country, soul, blues and rock 'n' roll in a local, national and international line up of musicians, motorcycles and automobiles. A brand-new family friendly festival with high octane energy and plenty of heart comes to one of Kent's best loved…
Food
Aylesbury
Turn up the heat at our annual Chilli festival taking place in the beautiful surroundings of the Aviary and Pleasure gardens. Throughout the three days explore food and drink stalls and the shopping village and enjoy live music and family…
Outdoor Event / Activities
Blake's Lock, Reading
Have fun (re-)discovering Reading, spotting things you've never noticed before, with two quirky treasure hunt style heritage walks - a fun and affordable way to get some fresh air, whilst finding out more about Reading. Curious About Reading visits…
School Holidays
Farnham
Opening in time for the school holidays in 2025 is a brand new, sustainably-sensitive play area.
Outdoor Event / Activities
Weyhill, Andover
Saturday 31 May | Saturday 21 & 28 June | Saturday 12 & 26 July | Saturday 9 & 23 August.
5:45pm-9:00pm
The Hawk Conservancy Trust invites you to a special summer's evening with their feathered friends. Against a setting sun, you'll have the…
Outdoor Event / Activities
New Forest
Beaulieu Supercar Weekend will return on Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd August 2025. This must-see family spectacular brings some of the world's most exclusive and desirable motors to Beaulieu.
This event is a must for all supercar enthusiasts,…
Music
Maidenhead
Scarlatti 2 Sonatas
Beethoven Sonata in E flat, Op.7
Couperin Ordre No.14 in D
Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin
Following her scintillating concerto performance in the Mozart birthday concert in January, Xiaowen Shang returns to give a recital which…
Exhibitions
Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St Giles
A wool art exhibition featuring knitted scenes of wartime Britain will be unveiled at Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St Giles, in August. The Britain at War exhibition – The Longest Yarn 2, will feature 61 knitted and crocheted scenes made by…
Theatre
Chichester
Heartwarming, funny and packed with glorious arrangements of contemporary songs, Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti's new comedy with music promises a thoroughly entertaining night out.
Morgan runs a community choir who meet weekly in a room above the local pub…
Family
Fareham
An action-packed summer of fun awaits visitors to Fort Nelson.
Festival
Smugglers Festival is a gathering on the last weekend of summer each year, on a beautiful woodland in East-Kent. It’s a small, intimate festival, rooted in community from the outset.
Food
Tillington, Petworth
Back for another year, our fantastic Feast in the Vines returns to our Petworth vineyard this August. Indulge in a mouth-watering banquet prepared by The Sussex Chef, who has curated a special menu that celebrates the incredible produce Sussex has…
Food
Chipping Norton
Have you ever foraged for wild foods before? Would you like to learn what is in season that can be foraged? Includes makes & bakes/refreshments at the end. Participants are also welcome to go wild swimming in the lake! Max 20 people, adults only,…
Exhibitions
Chichester
An exhibition sharing the story of the Christian faith in Sussex, revealed through people, events and objects, from 1075 to the present day.
To mark our 950th anniversary, we are delighted to present Religion, Rebellion & Reformation, an exhibition…
Theatre
New Forest
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Packed with rivalries, regrets and, of course, plenty of romance, this production by theatre company This Is My Theatre is sure…
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