FAMILY EVENTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Family Events in Manchester
Wed 24 Apr - Sun 5 May 2024
Tue 3 Dec 2024 - Sun 12 Jan 2025
Wed 9 Apr - Sat 17 May 2025
Tue 13 Aug - Sun 1 Sep 2024
Sat 14 Dec 2024 - Sun 5 Jan 2025
Wed 22 May - Sun 7 Jul 2024
Awful Auntie
Friday 19 - Sunday 21 April 2024
Following their acclaimed productions of Gangsta Granny, Billionaire Boy and Demon Dentist, Birmingham Stage Company are proud to present a fabulous new production of David Walliams' amazing adventure story, featuring a very large owl, a ve...
The Best Movies in Cinemas & Streaming
Friday 19 April - Sunday 20 October 2024
If you are looking for a film to watch, ManchesterTheatres. com have rounded-up the best movies currently showing at Manchester's cinemas, and we are offering £5 off tickets too. We've also compiled the best releases new to the streaming s...
Lowry Workshops - Dance & Drama (Morning)
Friday 19 April 2024 - Friday 28 March 2025
The Lowry offers a diverse and inclusive creating learning offer. With a variety of workshops linked to curriculum areas, mental health and wellbeing and project work. All workshops and projects are tailor made to support your objectives an...
The 100 Story Hotel
Friday 19 April - Saturday 20 July 2024
Created with bestselling, multi-award-winning author and illustrator Rob Biddulph and Discover Children's Story Centre. This interactive world of play and storytelling has something for everyone aged 1-8 and their families. Hello and welc...
Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You
Friday 19 April - Sunday 9 June 2024
Dive headfirst into the digestive system for an unforgettable journey of super-sized science with Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You. Get ready for a special mission to find out what happens to food when we eat. Guided by videos and illust...
Red Rose Diners
Friday 19 April - Friday 22 November 2024
The perfect steam train dining experience for two, or an indulgent treat for a group of friends, our Red Rose Diners are the ultimate foodie experience in Lancashire. Enjoy a delicious four-course meal with an unbeatable atmosphere, ideal f...
Indoor Skydiving
Friday 19 April - Tuesday 14 May 2024
Safely float in an 800-horsepower vertical wind tunnel that generates a wall-to-wall cushion of air commonly used by professional skydivers at iFLY Manchester without having to jump from a plane. Once inside the flight chamber, a tunnel ope...
Babies Playtime
Friday 19 - Friday 26 April 2024
A great opportunity to meet other parents and socialise babies, come along to The Lowry's fun and friendly activity for babies. In this session you and your little ones will sing, dance and get creative.10am-10.45am: For babies under 1 (pre...
Manchester City Stadium Tour
Friday 19 - Tuesday 23 April 2024
Enjoy one of the most immersive tour experiences in the Premier League with a guided look around The Etihad Stadium. Experience the Manchester City story in a 360 degrees theatre and enjoy an audio-visual perspective of the players' matchd...
CPHT Manchester Hypnotherapy Diploma Course 2024
Friday 19 April - Wednesday 27 November 2024
Book a call on Zoom to chat about the next Solution Focused Hypnotherapy course, starts February 2024 in Manchester. One weekend per month x 10 months...
Bear Grylls
Saturday 20 April 2024
The globally renowned adventure icon, award-winning TV host and Number 1 bestselling author Bear Grylls, is set to inspire and captivate audiences with his stories of adventure and survival with his Never Gives Up Tour. Best known for pushi...
Teach Rex - Velociraptors
Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 April 2024
Teach Rex returns with their new VELOCIRAPTOR show! with over 2000 5* reviews for their events and selling out hundreds of shows all over the UK, the award-winning Teach Rex uses life-like dinosaurs to perform their 1 hour show, teaching ...
Treasure Island
Saturday 20 April 2024
Join KD Theatre Productions (the team behind 'The Wizard of Oz' and 'Goldilocks and the three Bears') aboard the Jolly Roger for a swashbuckling pantomime adventure like you've never seen before. Set sail with the talented cast of performe...
Saturday Club - Society and Change
Saturday 20 April - Saturday 6 July 2024
Society and Change Are you aged 13-16? Are you interested in creatively exploring how we can work together towards a fairer and more sustainable future? In partnership with the National Saturday Club, the Society & Change Saturday Club...
Crafty Families
Saturday 20 April - Saturday 4 May 2024
Suitable for under 11s, little ones and their grown-ups can get crafty with a professional artist who will lead you through some fun, creative and colourful arts activities. ...
Encanto (PG)
Saturday 20 - Wednesday 24 April 2024
Walt Disney Animation Studios' 2021 feature film "Encanto" tells the tale of the Madrigals, an extraordinary family who live in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. Each child has been blessed with a magic gift unique to them-each c...
Family Art Stars
Saturday 20 April - Saturday 20 July 2024
Families that learn together, grow together. We are very excited to continue our Family Art Stars sessions every Saturday! Come down, muck in and make some art as a family, spending quality time and learning new techniques. No skill is requ...
American Wrestling
Sunday 21 April 2024
Cheer the goodies and boo the baddies at the world's greatest family spectacular, featuring the man with the million dollar arms, TV's worldwide heavyweight champion Tiny Iron!With tag team titles on the line and a sensational over the top...
Stars for Tonight 2024
Sunday 21 April 2024
NW Theatre productions present Stars For Tonight 2024. It's going to be even bigger and better for 2024 as they give students some memories to last a lifetime. Showcasing the talent from local students on the big stage. ...
The School of Curiosity
Monday 22 - Monday 29 April 2024
Is your child aged between 10 and 14 and bursting with creativity?Do they love reading, making, and telling stories?Do they have a passion for exploring the world of imagination?Well, then, look no further! Welcome to The School of Curiosi...
The Wizard of Oz
Wednesday 24 April - Sunday 5 May 2024
Starring award-winning comedian and musical theatre star Jason Manford as The Cowardly Lion, JLS sensation Aston Merrygold as The Tin Man and RuPaul's Drag Race UK winner and Dancing On Ice star The Vivienne as The Wicked Witch of the West,...
Little Creatives
Wednesday 24 April - Wednesday 1 May 2024
Join The Lowry for their weekly Little Creatives session. This is designed for under 5's with different activities each week. Your little one is sure to have fun and get creative in these workshops. All attendees will need to book a ticket....
Rhyme Time
Thursday 25 April - Thursday 18 July 2024
Rhyme time is a fun group singing session for babies and toddlers (0-4 years) and their grown-ups. Singing together and repeating rhymes helps your child develop listening, visual and memory skills, which will help them develop. Rhyme t...
COMEDYSPORTZ
Saturday 27 April 2024 - Saturday 22 February 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, ...
Darwen Monthly Artisan Market
Saturday 27 April 2024
Discover a vibrant marketplace of creativity at Darwen Monthly Artisan Market in Lancashire. Over 40 local makers, live music and kids activities...
The Little Prince
Sunday 28 April 2024
Through mesmerising puppetry and beautiful songs the boy who fell to earth teaches his friend the Aviator about love, life and real happiness. Has a sheep on a star eaten a rose?' If that sounds silly then you might be like the King and the...
Grand Pro Wrestling: Heroes & Villains
Sunday 28 April 2024
Family friendly pro wrestling at its absolute best Jaw dropping entertainment with hard hits, boo's, cheers and action you can't help be swept up in....
Haunted Manchester City Exploration Game
Wednesday 1 May 2024 - Monday 1 December 2025
Choose your date and time after you purchase. Explore the most frightful places in Manchester, with their stories of restless spirits, cruel murders and menacing ghouls. Solve 13 creepy clues to find out the true story of Loky. Loky was a M...
Mothers Who Make
Wednesday 1 May - Monday 1 July 2024
A peer support group and creative exchange session for mothers who are artists - professional and/or passionate - writers, painters, actors, dancers, filmmakers, photographers... every kind of maker welcome, and every kind of mother. The se...
Day Out With Thomas at East Lancashire Railway
Saturday 4 May - Sunday 6 October 2024
Peep! Peep! Join Thomas & Friends for a day of family fun at East Lancashire Railway. Take a train ride with Thomas, meet Sir Topham Hatt and join Sodor Station Sweepers Rusty & Dusty for a trainload of excitement. There will be lots to enj...
Loaded
Saturday 4 May 2024
Loaded Festival Comes to Sedgley Park Rugby Club celebrating 90's era Music. 90's Dress to impress, Dig out your baggy jeans, Shell Suit Fancy Dress...
CBeebies Ocean Adventure Proms
Sunday 5 May 2024
Take a deep breath and dive underwater in the concert hall submarine with its musical crew, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. On the big screen, Andy is ready to report from an adventure in his submarine pod, plus CBeebies favourites JoJo a...
Shelf - The Kids' Show
Sunday 5 May 2024
Join best friends Rachel and Ruby for a kids' comedy show that's fun for all the family! Full of sketches, songs, pranks and silliness, Rachel and Ruby use physical comedy and silly characters to bring sketch comedy to children of all ages ...
Horrible Histories - Rotten Royals
Tuesday 7 - Wednesday 8 May 2024
We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead! So Horrible Histories is back in 2024 with revolting rulers and mad monarchs from Britain'sbarmypast! Would you be wooed by Richard the Lionheart?Are you ready for a ...
Little Reads
Tuesday 7 May - Tuesday 2 July 2024
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...
Strictly Come Dancing - The Professionals
Tuesday 14 - Wednesday 15 May 2024
Join a dazzling dozen of the world's best professional dancers as they take to the road next year for the 2024 official Strictly Come Dancing: The Professionals UK Tour. This exhilarating show will showcase the exceptional talent of 12 belo...
The Wizarding Adventure
Sunday 19 May - Wednesday 23 October 2024
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...
Disney's Aladdin
Wednesday 22 May - Sunday 7 July 2024
From the producers that brought you The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and Frozen, comes the spectacular Disney Broadway and West End musical ALADDIN. Don't miss out on Disney's enchanting Aladdin musical, an extraordinary theatrical pheno...
Baby Book Club
Wednesday 22 May - Wednesday 26 June 2024
Baby Book Club is a wonderful way to spend time together with your baby (0-2 years) and develop their love of books, stories and reading. Baby Book Club helps parents develop skills in how to make reading fun for their babies and help d...
BLAST Rainbow Six Major
Friday 24 - Sunday 26 May 2024
The United Kingdom will host its first ever Rainbow Six Major with 20 of the world's best esports teams over two weeks. The BLAST R6 Major Manchester will feature a three phase format with the final weekend playing out in front of a live...
The Selfish Giant
Saturday 25 - Sunday 26 May 2024
Inspired by the touching children's story 'The Selfish Giant' by Oscar Wilde, and created in collaboration by Tiny & Tall Productions and Soap Soup Theatre, Bristol's two leading family theatre experts are combining forces to explore an unu...
The Detective Dog
Saturday 25 - Sunday 26 May 2024
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 ...
Rude Science
Sunday 26 May 2024
The naughtiest, funniest, most revolting science show in the world. Brace yourselves for BBC Gastronaut Stefan Gates' revolutionary, high-tech, highly-explosive new show, packed with outrageous science stunts. On the surface it's a riot of ...
Dinosaur Adventure Live
Monday 27 May 2024
65 million years in the making... Are you ready for the adventure? This awe-inspiring interactive stage show captivates both young and young at heart, immersing audiences in the enthralling & realistic world of Dinosaurs. Join the intrepi...
Sing-a-Long-a The Greatest Showman
Tuesday 28 May 2024
Sing-a-Long-a Productions, producers of Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music and Sing-a-Long-a Grease brings you their newest show, the smash hit film musical that everyone can't stop singing - The Greatest Showman! Look out 'cause here it com...
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show
Tuesday 28 May - Saturday 1 June 2024
Dive into Eric Carle's bright and colourful world as his beloved stories are transformed from page to stage using a menagerie of 75 lovable puppets and charming music. Featuring your favourite titles: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 10 Little Rubb...
High Jinx
Tuesday 28 May 2024
Direct from the world-famous Blackpool Tower Circus. Suitable for all ages and perfect for families, The High Jinx magic, illusion and circus show is a fast-paced mix of amazing tricks, unique illusions and crazy circus thrills. High Ji...
Princess Live
Thursday 30 May 2024
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...
