Autumn Challenge Orienteering Event Registration time: 9:30am – 10:20am. Individual START times from 9:40am – 10:30am. Participants must return to the finish by 1:15pm at the latest even if they do not complete their course. Event Details November 15, 2025 10:00 am - 1:40 pm Tholt-y-Will
Outside Advisors A counter-intuitive approach to Customer Reliability Engineering. Joshua Fox, Senior Cloud Architect at DoiT International and Google Developer Expert, holds a presentation on innovative cloud architecture consulting approaches hosted by GDG Douglas. Event Details November 18, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Launchpad
Christmas City Lights – Douglas The whole of Douglas will light up with the Christmas lights switch on at 7pm. Ice sculptures, live music and carol singing, children’s Fairground in Villiers Square, Artisan market on Marina Road and Santa’s grotto in the Strand shopping Centre. Event Details November 20, 2025 5:30 pm
Syd Quirk Half Marathon A half marathon run or walk event. Event Details November 23, 2025 8:00 am - 11:30 am Ronaldsway Industrial Estate
Santa and Mince Pies Trains-Groudle Railway Get onboard and meet the big man himself. Mince Pie Trains run on boxing Day – 11am – 3.30pm TICKETS MUST BE BOUGHT IN ADVANCE. NO TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DAY. Various times for tickets go to Buy tickets – Groudle Glen Railway (tickettailor.com) Event Details December 13, 2025 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Groudle Glen Railway
Treasure Island Join Jim Hawkins on an epic adventure to find the hidden treasure buried on Treasure Island. With the help of Maisie the magic mermaid and Squawk the talking parrot, Jim boards a pirate ship for the biggest quest of his life. But watch out – there’s a baddie about! The cunning Long John Silver has […] Event Details December 20, 2025 11:00 am - 2:00 pm