Family events in Leeds
Family-friendly events, workshops, days out and local activities in Leeds.
Current events and activities in Leeds
- October Half Term: Wild Woodland Art
Create a woodland-inspired artwork using foraged materials. Get creative and discover how nature can inspire your artwork through this fun, hands-on workshop with Alison and Alex from the RHS.
Check official times at Thackray Museum of Medicine
- Arabic Storytime With Manar Hazzaa
Come along for a special Arabic storytime with author Manar Hazzaa! Families will enjoy listening to some of her much-loved children's stories, with interactive moments, laughter, and lots of imagination along the way.
13:30-15:30 at The Compton Centre
- Leeds400: Create
This year Leeds celebrates its official 400th birthday, so we'll be getting creative and exploring the city's official Royal Charter. There will be Lego challenges that capture the past... and might also predict the future!
13:30-15:30 at Moor Allerton Library
- Let's Grow! Family Friendly Bulb-Planting, Crafting, and Lego
Local families are invited to help Calverley Horticultural Society beautify the area outside the Library by planting lots of spring bulbs in the banks. Then, pop in for a hot chocolate and some creative activities.
14:00-16:00 at Calverley Library
- Nick Cope Family Show
Come and join Nick Cope for a brand new, delightful family concert, featuring all your favourite Nick Cope hits and more.
Check official times at City Varieties Music Hall
- Textile Sculpture with Jane Claire Wilson
Create textile sculptures in this half term family-friendly workshop inspired by Henry Moore Institute’s current exhibition Sagarika Sundaram: Reservoir. This event is free of charge and no booking is required, just drop in any time between 11:00 and 16:30.
11:00 at Henry Moore Institute
- Kala : Experience Leeds in a New Light!
Experience Leeds in a New Light! Every October, Light Night Leeds transforms the city into an extraordinary playground of light, art and performance, inviting thousands of visitors to discover familiar spaces in unexpect
Check official times at Parkinson Building
- Boo & Bend, Stories and Yoga
Boo and Bend!! A spooky Halloween special with stories, yoga, movement, games and sensory fun for ages 2-8 (older and younger siblings welcome)! Bring your little monsters, ghosts, witches and wizards for a morning of Ha
Check official times at Events
- October Half Term: Make Your Own Bird Feeder with the RHS
Create a woodland-inspired bird feeder using recycled materials. Decorate your feeder, fill it with bird seed and discover how you can help local wildlife through this fun, hands-on workshop with Alison and Alex from the
Check official times at Thackray Museum of Medicine
- Halloween – Lotions and potions
LOTIONS, POTIONS & A LITTLE BIT OF HALLOWEEN MAGIC! Get ready to get slimy, messy and creative at Leeds Kirkgate Market! From *Wednesday 28th – Friday 30th October, join us in Market Kitchen for FREE sensory play and mak
11:00 at Leeds Kirkgate Market
- Ital Roots Presents : Black History Month Special: Moko Jumbie
Ital Roots Presents: Moko Jumbie – A family friendly afternoon to evening memorial celebration of ancestors & light of remembrance for a masquerade special using traditional West Indies, South & North American, World Sou
16:00-19:00 at The Vinyl Whistle
- Home Educator’s Day
Why are some mushrooms delicious but others deadly? What is a jelly ear fungus? And can mushrooms really talk to trees? Join us for our next Home Educators’ Day to explore the fantastic world of fungi!
Check official times at Thackray Museum of Medicine
- Gallery Babies: Fuzzy Forms
An introduction to sculpture for the tiniest visitors and their grown-ups. Join Henry Moore Institute for a relaxed tour of their new exhibition Sagarika Sundaram: Reservoir, then head upstairs to our Studio for a sensor
Check official times at Henry Moore Institute
- Red Robin’s Winter Song
Join us for a tale that will warm hearts, spark imaginations, and leave your little ones singing all the way home. Step into a twinkling, snow-dusted world with Red Robin’s Winter Song – a gentle and joy-filled winter pl
Check official times at Leeds Playhouse
- The Totally Improvised Pantomime
The award-winning Totally Improvised Company return to Seven Arts with a festive show that is sure to delight the whole family!
Check official times at Seven Arts
- God of Carnage
The Vallons and the Reilles meet to discuss a playground altercation between their children. Harsh words were exchanged, then fists, then a stick. A tooth is broken. A friendship, perhaps, less easily repaired.
Check official times at Carriageworks Theatre
- Leeds: Self-Guided City Walk & Interactive Exploration Game
Go Quest Adventures is turning the streets of Leeds City Centre into an Adventure Playground!
Check official times at Leeds Art Gallery
- Diggerland Yorkshire: theme park
Construction-themed family park where children and adults ride, drive and operate real diggers.
Check opening times at Diggerland Yorkshire
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