Events for Children and Families

We maintain a list of arts events for children and families across the UK, as well as a database of family friendly venues.  Choose a tab below to begin your search.

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Northern Ballet Summer Course 2012

Join Northern Ballet for a dance course inspired by the joy of holidays! Open to anyone aged 7 – 14, regardless of previous experience. A daily ballet class will improve your technique and creative work will stretch your imagination as you create a piece of dance to perform at the end of the course.

Leeds - 28th Aug, 2012 to 31st Aug, 2012

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The Caucus Race

A free music and dance event celebrating 150 years since Lewis Carroll’s first telling of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

Oxford - 8th Jul, 2012 to 8th Jul, 2012

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Mini-me fun at National Marine Aquarium this half term

Visitors to the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth this half term will come face to face with some ‘mini-me’ versions of the ocean’s greatest predators.

Plymouth - 2nd Jun, 2012 to 10th Jun, 2012

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