FAMILY EVENTS IN MANCHESTER
FAMILY EVENTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Family Events in Manchester
Thu 26 Mar - Tue 28 Apr 2026
Wed 9 Apr - Sat 17 May 2025
Fri 21 Nov 2025 - Sun 11 Jan 2026
Wed 3 Dec 2025 - Sun 11 Jan 2026
Fun for Little Ones - A Tribute to Ms Rachel
Sunday 30 March 2025
The UK's Premier Tribute to Global Phenomenon... 'Ms Rachel'! Bringing 'Ms Rachels' character to life in a FUN, interactive LIVE on stage performance with lots of audience participation for the little ones!With over 5 Billion Views and over...
Motorfest & Funfair
Sunday 30 March 2025
Brace yourself for jaw-dropping stunts, ear-shattering roars, and high-octane action as monstrous trucks take centre stage at RA Monster Events' Motor Fest. Expect fun for all the family including Monster Truck shows, Stannage stunt team, ...
Relaxed Young Company
Monday 31 March 2025
The Palace and Opera House Relaxed Young Company is a friendly musical theatre group for young people on the autism spectrum aged between 13 and 18. Sessions are brilliant for beginners and are delivered by Creative Learning specialists and...
The Lowry Dance & Drama Workshops
Monday 31 March - Thursday 31 July 2025
The Lowry offers a diverse and inclusive creating learning offer for Primary and Secondary Schools. With a variety of workshops linked to curriculum areas, mental health and wellbeing and project work. Held either at The Lowry or in scho...
Little Reads
Tuesday 1 April - Tuesday 1 July 2025
Little Reads with Manchester Literature Festival. Join Ged for an interactive Storytelling session in our new Children's Library. 10am session - Pre-school/Family session 11am- Inclusive session (If you require a BSL interpreter please do l...
ComedySportz
Wednesday 2 April 2025
You've seen football. You've seen tennis. But have you seen Comedy as a sport? Then you don't want to miss this all ages, all action, all improvised competitive comedy show! Two teams battle it out for laughs with quick-witted gags, games, ...
The Worst Witch
Friday 4 - Thursday 17 April 2025
Adapted from Jill Murphy's original books by Emma Reeves, with Music by Luke Potter. Before Harry Potter exploded onto the scene there was another seemingly ordinary child, Mildred Hubble, who wound up in the most extraordinary of places......
TommyInnit
Monday 7 April 2025
One of the world's most popular YouTubers and Twitch Streamers, gamer, comedian and writer Tom Simons (aka TommyInnit) has announced returns with The Survival Tour. Not content with writing the definitive book on how to survive the worl...
Teach Rex
Monday 7 April 2025
The award winning, Teach Rex team are delighted to be bringing this unique, interactive show to town after performing 45 shows at the Natural History Museum! Teach Rex uses life-like dinosaurs to perform their 1 hour show, teaching childr...
Musical Theatre Masterclass
Monday 7 - Monday 14 April 2025
This masterclass is for young performers aged 7 - 12, and will take place around the iconic venue, The Palace Theatre, Manchester. This session is inspired by the shows on the stages and led by industry professionals, who will support child...
The Koala Who Could
Tuesday 8 - Sunday 13 April 2025
A Lowry, Rose Theatre, Nicoll Entertainment, Northern Stage, Unicorn Theatre and MAST Mayflower Studios co-production Based on the bestselling picture book about taking a chance An empowering and chuckle-out-loud story about embracing chang...
Mary Poppins
Wednesday 9 April - Saturday 17 May 2025
Cameron Mackintosh and Disney's spectacular production of the classic multi award-winning musical MARY POPPINS will embark on a 2024/2025 UK and Ireland tour from November. Acclaimed Australian stars, Stefanie Jones and Jack Chambers repris...
The Smartest Giant in Town
Wednesday 9 - Thursday 10 April 2025
George wishes he wasn't the scruffiest giant in town. So when he sees a new shop selling giant-sized clothes, he decides it's time for a new look: smart trousers, smart shirt, stripy tie, shiny shoes. Now he's the smartest giant in town . ....
The Wizarding Adventure
Wednesday 9 April - Wednesday 29 October 2025
It's a kind of magic! Are you ready to attend your first day at the Grand Old School of Wizardry. Join the madcap mages and wacky witches of the faculty on a spellbinding adventure to work on your wand waving, brush up on your broomstick sk...
The Alice Project
Wednesday 9 April 2025
"Who are you?" asks the Caterpillar. Alice is not sure... Acclaimed performance company Platform 4 take you on a sonic journey through the Wonderland of Alice, weaving together original music, interviews with inhabitants of the New Forest, ...
The Naughty Fox
Wednesday 9 April 2025
Experience a world of puppetry, music, light projection and bubbly energy as our two storytellers bring household objects to life. Feel your way through the immersive, multisensory journey of friendship and play for little ones (0-5 Yrs)...
Teach Rex
Friday 11 April 2025
The award winning, Teach Rex team are delighted to be bringing this unique, interactive show to town after performing 45 shows at the Natural History Museum! Teach Rex uses life-like dinosaurs to perform their 1 hour show, teaching childr...
Stoller Story Sounds
Saturday 12 April 2025
Perfect for children aged 3-5 (and their grown ups!), Stoller Story Sounds musical journeys will transport you to a beautiful world of new and exciting sights. An interactive session of music, art, storytelling and more. ...
Andy and the Oddsocks
Sunday 13 April 2025
What a rollercoaster ride it's been for Andy and the Odd Socks. It seems like only yesterday that the idea for the band came to CBeebies superstar Andy Day in a dream, but in the short time since, they've played Glastonbury and gone ...
How To Train Your Dragon In Concert
Tuesday 15 April 2025
How To Train Your Dragon - In Concert features the acclaimed film presented in HD, with composer John Powell's Academy Award-nominated score performed live to picture by the International Film Orchestra in a thrilling experience for all age...
Room on the Broom
Tuesday 15 - Sunday 20 April 2025
Iggety ziggety zaggety zoom! Jump on board the broom with the witch and her cat in Tall Stories' fun-filled adaptation of Room on the Broom, the best-selling picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The witch and her cat are trav...
Princess Live
Wednesday 16 April 2025
Princess Live is the ultimate hour long princess pop party, featuring your favourite fairytale royalty in thisall singing all dancing hour long concert show. The Princesses are tired of their royal duties. So they decided to come together a...
Robin Hood and The Golden Arrow
Friday 18 - Monday 21 April 2025
It's time to get Merry at The Plaza Easter Pantomime Robin Hood and The Golden Arrow! Stockport's much loved Pantomime Star Richard Chandler with the fabulous Scott Gallagher returns with a sensational cast for an affordable family festive ...
The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan
Saturday 19 April 2025
Set Sail this Easter and Join the Swashbuckling Adventures of Peter Pan in this high flying pantomime for all the Family from Trio Entertainment. Starring Coronation Street's "Ashley", Steven Arnold, as Captain Hook alongside Bolton pant...
Three Little Vikings
Saturday 19 April 2025
Wrongsemble present a family show all about cooperation, bravery, and getting your voice heard! Three brave little Viking girls save the day in this bold and funny adventure story for little rebels, by the creator of the New York Times Best...
Plant
Saturday 19 April 2025
A tender comic celebration of the natural world, abundance and sharing for ages 3-6 from OftheJackel. A squirrel hides a nut from a nosy pigeon inadvertently planting a tree in the process. They squabble through the seasons until a tree e...
Teach Rex
Monday 21 April 2025
The award winning, Teach Rex team are delighted to be bringing this unique, interactive show to town after performing 45 shows at the Natural History Museum! Teach Rex uses life-like dinosaurs to perform their 1 hour show, teaching childr...
The Baddies
Friday 2 - Sunday 4 May 2025
Based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler and presented by Freckle Productions & The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. Meet the very worst Baddies in the world! Don't you dare to come too close to a witch, a troll and an ancient...
Curious Investigators
Sunday 4 May 2025
Curious Investigators from One Tenth Human is a cracking adventure created in collaboration with engineering experts from Lancaster University: a delightfully surprising, highly visual show for 3-7-year-olds and their grown-ups. Scribble an...
The Wiggles
Thursday 15 May 2025
Children and parents are in for a big treat as The Wiggles hop into their Big Red Car and embark on one of their biggest global tours ever. An incredible musical adventure awaits as they take their new show on tour, based on the smash hit s...
The Detective Dog
Saturday 24 - Sunday 25 May 2025
Tiny & Tall Productions, formerly Tessa Bide Productions, brings you Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie's well-loved story, The Detective Dog on stage for Deaf and hearing family audiences. Whether it's finding a lost shoe or discovering who ...
The Dinosaur That Pooped
Sunday 25 May 2025
When Danny and Dino's favourite rock band are playing their last ever concert, they go on a quest to get the last two tickets. But with a villainous band manager lurking, nothing goes to plan. Will the band perform? Will Danny rock out? Or ...
Wicked Sing-Along (PG)
Monday 26 May 2025
You're the one the Wizard has been waiting for! So gather your fellow witches of Oz for a special sing-along screening of Wicked, with lyrics on screen to ensure not a single magical moment is missed. Wicked, the untold story of the witches...
There's A Monster in Your Show
Tuesday 27 May - Sunday 1 June 2025
Tom Fletcher's interactive adventures for big imaginations are leaping from page to stage, as the beloved 'Who's in Your Book?' series makes its debut as a brand-new musical show. A group of performers are preparing to start their show, but...
Last Unicorn Airways
Wednesday 28 May 2025
Last Unicorn Airways is a spellbinding sensory-immersive journey around the world and into the heart of Hand Christian Anderson's timeless tale, The Flying Trunk. Two baggage handlers recreate a round-the-world journey aboard the final flig...
Toot! A Magical Musical Adventure
Thursday 29 May 2025
Perfect for kids ages 4-9, this action-packed concert brings the stage to life with creativity, imagination, and plenty of surprises. In this thrilling 40-minute family concert, originally devised by the 2023 MishMash Ensemble, five playful...
Spy Movie: The Play
Saturday 31 May 2025
From two of the minds behind The New Musketeers (Trinity Theatre) and stars of The Play That Goes Wrong and Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Spy Movie: The Play! is a new hilarious homage to Bond movies and fringe theatre suitable for the whole family...
You Choose
Saturday 31 May 2025
Suitable for ages 2-7, You Choose - Every show is unique!Based on the brilliant book by Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt Nonsense Room Productions (Shark in the Park and Hairy Maclary Shows) bring you an interactive musical show for all th...
Breathe
Sunday 1 June 2025
Part gig, part puppet theatre and part live film, Breathe explores the inner workings of trees, beautifully realised with a combination of stunning puppetry, breathtakingly detailed sets, and groundbreaking live camerawork. Underscored th...
Marvel Studios' Infinity Saga Concert Experience
Sunday 8 June 2025
Join the Novello Orchestra for a new Marvel Studios film concert that takes fans on an epic cinematic journey covering twenty-three films in one momentous concert experience. Embark on a thrilling and unprecedented live concert journey th...
Immersion Theatre - The Wind In The Willows
Sunday 15 June 2025
Pack your picnics for some outdoor theatre and join Ratty, Mole, Badger, and the fantastically irrepressible Toad as they embark on the adventure of a lifetime! Multi-award nominated Immersion Theatre proudly bring their trademark style and...
The Smeds and The Smoos
Friday 20 - Sunday 22 June 2025
Tall Stories presents The Smeds and the Smoos. Soar into space with this exciting adaptation of the award-winning book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. On a far off planet, Smeds and Smoos can't be friends. So when a young Smed and Sm...
The Showstoppers Kids' Show
Saturday 21 June 2025
An improvised musical show for kids of all ages (5+), from Olivier Award-winning West End improvisers, The Showstoppers. If your children could create their very own dream musical - where would they start? The Showstoppers' Kids Show ta...
Musical Storyland Live
Saturday 28 June 2025
Sean Chandler presents a live and interactive performance of Three Billy Goats Gruff from the CBeebies series Musical Storyland with musicians from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. A family of goats eat all the grass in their meadow and must...
ComedySportz
Saturday 28 June - Saturday 13 September 2025
You've seen football. You've seen tennis. But have you seen Comedy as a sport? Then you don't want to miss this all ages, all action, all improvised competitive comedy show! Two teams battle it out for laughs with quick-witted gags, games, ...
Mini Music Adventures
Saturday 28 June 2025
Come explorers! Get ready to travel across the world discovering tales and tunes exploring who we are, and where we come from. Each fresh adventure takes you to a different country, meeting new characters, hearing new music, and listening t...
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra - Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures
Sunday 29 June 2025
Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures bursts open with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra as they play live accompaniment to two wonderfully animated adventures. Imagine the glorious, multicoloured world of Quentin Blake spring to life as 80 amazi...
Three Little Vikings
Sunday 29 June 2025
Wrongsemble present a family show all about cooperation, bravery, and getting your voice heard! Three brave little Viking girls save the day in this bold and funny adventure story for little rebels, by the creator of the New York Times Best...
Mary Poppins (PG)
Wednesday 9 July 2025
★★★★ The stage version is packing them in down the West End, Mary Poppins is finally dusting off its heritage as TV schedule filler and reminding audiences why it's one of Disney's greats. ~ Empire. --- The classic 1964 Disney film...
Minions Family Fun Day
Saturday 19 July 2025
Come and meet the Minions at the fantastic Bury Transport Museum. Kevin and Bob will be appearing at intervals throughout the day and there will be even more family fun with three fun fair rides suitable for toddlers, face painters and craf...
PAW Patrol Live
Sunday 20 July 2025
Nickelodeon and VStar Entertainment Group present PAW Patrol Live! "The Great Pirate Adventure." This action-packed, music-filled production is based on the top-rated animated preschool series PAW Patrol, produced by Spin Master Entertainme...
