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Giants
2nd August-2nd November 2025
Venue: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Website: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk
Step into a world of prehistoric giant animals in this immersive, family-friendly exhibition, featuring life-sized 3D models, nearly complete fossil skeletons, hands-on activities and digital projections....
Home-Ed | Workshop series - Sustainability, Inclusion and Transport with Rob Bennett
10th September-15th October 2025
Venue: Coventry Transport Museum
Website: www.transport-museum.com
Join Coventry Transport Museum’s home-educator workshop series dedicated to developing STEM skills of your 7–11-year-old children. Led by STEM expert Rob Bennett, this series will explore sustainability...
Wednesday Art Club and ArtLab
10th September-17th December 2025
Venue: The Courtyard Gallery
Website: www.thecoretheatresolihull.co.uk
In this combined session children will follow two different courses. Those aged 7-9, will follow the Art Club course.Those aged 10-13 will follow the ArtLab course. They use themed projects to allow children...
Creating Comic Strips
15th September-20th October 2025
Venue: The Core, PC Room
Website: www.thecoretheatresolihull.co.uk
Learn how to tell a comic book story in this course for ages 8 - 13 years. From how to script an idea, planning a comic page, and using specialist tools to draw it, this course is a great first step on...
Kumon
16th September-31st October 2025
Venue: Various venues
Website: www.kumon.co.uk
Now is the perfect time for your family to discover the benefits of Kumon as it is offering Free Registration to new and returning students from 16 September to 31 October. Take this opportunity to save...
Kumon Free Registration
16th September-31st October 2025
Venue: Various venues
Website: www.kumon.co.uk
Now is the perfect time for your family to discover the benefits of Kumon as it is offering Free Registration to new and returning students from 16 September to 31 October. Take this opportunity to save...
Ascarium: Tricks and Treats
11th October-2nd November 2025
Venue: National SEA LIFE Centre Birmingham
Website: www.visitsealife.com/birmingham
Follow an immersive trail to help the witches and warlocks find their missing potion ingredients and discover some of the spookiest creatures of the sea. Make your way to the Witch’s lair where they...
Family Sundays
12th October-14th December 2025
Venue: Warwick Arts Centre
Website: www.warwickartscentre.co.uk
Join family artists-in-residence every Sunday for time together to be creative as a family and have fun. Explore key themes and processes in our programme such as spoken word, music, movement, performance...
40 years at Stratford Butterfly Farm
13th October-24th November 2025
Venue: Swan's Nest Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon
Website: www.butterflyfarm.co.uk
This year marks a significant milestone for Stratford-upon-Avon Butterfly Farm, as it celebrates 40 years since first opening its doors to the public. Whether a lifelong supporter or a first-time visitor,...
Ackers Adventure
13th October-24th November 2025
Venue: Golden Hillcock Road, Sparbrook
Website: www.ackers-adventure.co.uk
Ackers Adventure is a super fun place for exciting outdoor activities. Imagine zooming down a dry ski slope on skis or a toboggan! You can also try climbing high walls, whizzing down a zip wire, or paddling...
Cannon Hill Junior Parkrun
13th October-24th November 2025
Venue: Cannon Hill Park
Website: www.parkrun.org.uk/cannonhill-juniors
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 2k event for juniors (4 to 14 year olds). Free to join but please register before you first go along. The aim is to have fun. Go along and join in whatever your pace.
Dippy in Coventry
13th October-24th November 2025
Venue: Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
Website: www.theherbert.org
Discover fun facts about Dippy, the Nation’s favourite dinosaur from the Natural History Museum, along with close encounters with fossils from the collection. The Learning Team will share a short, interactive...
Wonder Wednesday
13th October-24th November 2025
Venue: Compton Verney
Website: www.comptonverney.org.uk
Creative and imaginative play for young children in inspiring gallery spaces.Spend time exploring creative resources, building, socialising, reading, getting imaginative and inspired in exciting spaces!...
The Lightning Thief – The Percy Jackson Musical
14th-18th October 2025
Venue: Belgrade Theatre
Website: www.belgrade.co.uk
When 16 year old Percy Jackson discovers that he is the half-blood son of the Greek God, Poseidon, his life takes a dramatic turn as he is plunged into a world much bigger than he could possibly have imagined....
Pirates Love Underpants
15th October 2025
Venue: Dudley Town Hall
Website: www.boroughhalls.co.uk
Join this swashbuckling party of pirates on their quest to find the fabled Pants of Gold for the Captain's Treasure chest! Filled with music, puppetry and glittering pants of gold, arrr you ready to...
Family Guided Tour
18th October 2025
Venue: Royal Air Force Museum
Website: www.rafmuseum.org.uk
Family-friendly tours are designed to inspire younger visitors through hands-on stories and real RAF history. Hear the fascinating tales behind the aircraft and exhibits, brought to life by expert guides....
Festival of Light
18th October 2025
Venue: Black Country Living Museum
Website: https://bclm.com
An unforgettable evening of live music, authentic cuisine and a procession of light, as the Black Country Living Museum comes alive with the vibrant sights, sounds, and spirit of Diwali.
Hatton's Haunted Drive In
18th October 2025
Venue: Hatton Adventure World
Website: www.hattonworld.com
Visit Hatton Adventure World for a unique Halloween drive-in cinema experience under the stars, where each night features two epic screenings including a family-friendly spooky film at the earlier showing...
CBSO 2025/26: Family Concert: Music from the Movies
19th October 2025
Venue: Symphony Hall
Website: www.bmusic.co.uk
Experience a magical, mysterious world – in fact, several - in this sparkling selection of film scores, led by Ellie Slorach. The strange and spooky Addams Family will get you in the mood for the weird...
Family Explorers: Nature Loom
19th October 2025
Venue: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Website: www.birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk
Join this fun day of creating beautiful looms in nature to decorate the lovely woodlands with the final Family Explorers session of the Year. It's a wonderful chance to connect with nature this autumn...
First Encounters: King Lear
23rd-31st October 2025
Venue: Swan Theatre
Website: www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on
Our First Encounters with Shakespeare production, makes Shakespeare’s play about family, power and betrayal relevant for a new generation of theatregoers. This 80-minute version of King Lear uses an...
Beep-Beep Family Tour
25th-27th October 2025
Venue: The British Motor Museum
Website: www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk
Go along and help find all kinds of sounds amongst the Museum’s car collection as you embark on this exciting family tour. Explore the whole Museum, discovering the many different sounds that the vehicles...
Beep-Beep, Build!
25th October-2nd November 2025
Venue: The British Motor Museum
Website: www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk
Get ready for an adventure full of sounds, science and sustainability this October Half-Term. If you visit between 28 and 31 October, join the scientists in the not-so-secret lab for Beep-Beep, Boom!,...
Crafty Fools: Adventures In Science
25th October 2025
Venue: MAC Birmingham
Website: www.macbirmingham.co.uk
Join ‘The Magical Mr West’ on an incredible adventure into the world of science! Aided by his corvid companion Crowbert and a collection of curious contraptions, Mr West demonstrates the fundamental...
Doze Under Dippy
25th October 2025
Venue: Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
Website: www.theherbert.org
Experience a truly unique family experience with Doze Under Dippy sleepovers. £50 per person for adults, children and carers. Sleepover events are strictly for children aged 6 and above and their accompanying...
Great British Model Railway Show
25th-26th October 2025
Venue: The British Motor Museum
Website: www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk
With more than 30 specialist model traders, a top-quality cafeteria and the extensive award-winning motoring displays, there is something for everyone in a whole-day, top-value exploration of the British...
Halloween Nights at Black Country Living Museum
25th-26th October 2025
Venue: Black Country Living Museum
Website: www.bclm.com
Get ready for a spooktacular night of family fun, treats, and games. Trick or treat around the period shops and houses, meet historic characters and enjoy live entertainment along the way. Also 30-31 October.
Jet and Space Week 2025
25th October-2nd November 2025
Venue: Royal Air Force Museum
Website: www.rafmuseum.org.uk
Visit the RAF Museum Midlands this October Half Term to go out of this world with Jet and Space Week. With amazing activities, engaging talks, and lots of interactive elements, this half term is going...
Lunar LEGO Lab: Alien Edition
25th October-2nd November 2025
Venue: Thinktank - Birmingham Science Museum
Website: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk
Join this space-themed family LEGO coding workshop to create your own LEGO alien creature! Workshops run daily during October half term at 10.45am, 12pm, 1.45pm and 3pm.Pre-booking is strongly advised:...
October Half Term Fun – Horrible Happenings
25th October-2nd November 2025
Venue: Black Country Living Museum
Website: https://bclm.com
Something strange is stirring in the historic streets of Black Country Living Museum.... From ghostly apparitions and mysterious UFO sightings to the smelly pursuit of the “night soil man”, there are...
Plot, Print and Play | Arts and Crafts
25th October-1st November 2025
Venue: Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
Website: www.theherbert.org
This October half term, help transform the studio into one magnificent communal allotment plot! Working together with your families and friends, you'll create spectacular wall displays of vibrant vegetable...
Pumpkins on the pond at Sarehole Mill
25th October 2025
Venue: Sarehole Mill
Website: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk
Pumpkins are taking over Sarehole Mill! Explore the candle lit grounds to find all the pumpkins and see them floating in the darkness of the Mill Pond, explore inside the Mill and see the wicked waterwheel...
The Spider's Tangle Trail
25th October-2nd November 2025
Venue: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Website: www.birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk
Explore The Spider’s Tangle Trail to uncover the secrets of a variety UK’s web types – from spirals to tangles, tunnels to traps – through interactive facts, playful poetry and glowing discoveries....
Tinker | Make | Play Engineers: Challenge Yourself
25th October-1st November 2025
Venue: Coventry Transport Museum
Website: www.transport-museum.com
Join October Half-term Tinker Make Play family workshops for a few hours of explorative learning – and fun – with family, friends and engineering challenges.Tinker with stuff, tools, your ideas and...
Halloween Experience at Midlands Air Ambulance Charity
26th October 2025
Venue: Cosford Airbase and Headquarters
Website: www.midlandsairambulance.com
Visit on Sunday 26 October for a fang-tastic Halloween celebration filled with thrills, chills, and treats! Little monsters (and their grown-ups) are invited to dress up and dive into a day packed with...
Mmm-Bop! The Family Silent Disco: Halloween Special
26th October 2025
Venue: Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space
Website: www.bmusic.co.uk
MMM-BOP! Is a fun interactive silent disco for kids and their grown-ups too. Each disco includes a fabulous host and DJ to bring you the best, silliest, and most joyous pop party hits. Expect party-games,...
Act Shakespeare Masterclass: Macbeth
27th October 2025
Venue: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Website: www.rsc.org.uk
Calling all budding actors! Spend a day working and training like an actor in an RSC Rehearsal Room. Unlock Shakespeare's language and make the play your own, looking at key scenes and characters from...
Alien Creation Station
27th-31st October 2025
Venue: Thinktank - Birmingham Science Museum
Website: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk
Our Universe is filled with weird and wonderful worlds, some very different to our own home here on Planet Earth. Help design what life might look like on other planets and create what this new world might...
Anansi’s Tricksy Trail
27th-31st October 2025
Venue: Belgrade Theatre
Website: www.belgrade.co.uk
Fun, free family trail around the Belgrade Theatre inspired by the Anansi tales. Pick up your trail booklet from Box Office, then follow the rhyming clues to spot hidden spiders across the building. Along...
Arachnobot and The Giant Web
27th-30th October 2025
Venue: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Website: www.birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk
A collaborative outdoor artwork: contribute to a growing Giant Web on the Gardens’ Main Lawn. Four daily appearances from Arachnobot, an eight-legged, gentle giant puppet. Autumnal creativity for children...
Galactic Mission: Life Beyond Earth
27th-31st October 2025
Venue: Thinktank - Birmingham Science Museum
Website: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk
Get ready for an entertaining, family-friendly science show packed with fiery experiments, glowing creatures, creepy creatures, and astonishing discoveries. Learn how scientists search for life beyond...
The McDougalls: Halloween Party Show
27th October 2025
Venue: The Old Rep
Website: www.oldrep.co.uk
Go wearing your favourite Halloween costume for some endish, fang-tastic fun! Packed with singalong songs and ghoulish games such as The Hokey Kokey, Incy Wincy Spider, and Head Shoulders Knees and Toes,...
All Star Superslam Wrestling
28th October 2025
Venue: Dudley Town Hall
Website: www.boroughhalls.co.uk
Witness some of the very best wrestlers from around the world showcasing their skills in the ring, promising an unforgettable night of action! Whether it's one on one, two on two or everyman for himself,...
Kidz Bop Live Certified BOP Tour
28th October 2025
Venue: Symphony Hall
Website: www.bmusic.co.uk
Kidz Bop is the number one music brand for kids, featuring today's biggest hits, ‘sung by kids for kids’. Suitable for all ages, under 16s must be accompanied by an adult 18+.
Science Show: Beep-Beep, Boom!
28th-31st October 2025
Venue: The British Motor Museum
Website: www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk
The Museum’s resident gearheads, Professor Pickle and Doctor Pumpkin have been busy in the not-so-secret lab, investigating something ever so simple (not!)... rocket science! No need to pre-book, just...
Terrible Tuesday - October Half Term
28th October 2025
Venue: Chiltern Open Air Museum
Website: www.coam.org.uk
Join Chiltern Open Air Museum for a Terrible Tuesday family activity day. Enjoy crafts, clay modelling with the Dacorum and Chiltern Potters Guild, storytelling, and family activities all organised by...
The Three Little Pigs - The Musical
28th October 2025
Venue: Stourbridge Town Hall
Website: www.boroughhalls.co.uk/three-little-pigs-musical.html
The Three Little Pigs is a charming, "very curly musical tail" that brings new life to the classic story with catchy songs, clever rhymes, and heaps of humour. But it's not all just fun and games - this...
Art Club: Spooktacular Halloween Lanterns
29th October 2025
Venue: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Website: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk
Create some spooky lanterns during October half term. Using coloured paper, little ones will be able to create a stained glass effect to decorate their lanterns and add flameless tea lights to illuminate...
Disney On Ice presents Find Your Hero
29th October-2nd November 2025
Venue: NEC Birmingham
Website: www.bppulselive.co.uk/whats-on/disney-on-ice
Be inspired by the Disney Princesses with stories of courage, determination and kindness as you swim under the sea with Ariel, explore an enchanted castle with Belle, and belt out your dreams with Rapunzel....
Wicked Halloween at New Square Shopping Centre
29th October 2025
Venue: New Square Shopping Centre
Website: www.newsquarewb.com
Take a trip to Shiz University this half term, with a Wicked Halloween event where families can immerse themselves in all things Oz. Take the kids along as their favourite Wicked character or in their...
Art Masterclass: Silk Painting Furoshiki
30th October 2025
Venue: Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
Website: www.theherbert.org
In this special silk painting masterclass, explore the Japanese tradition of furoshiki, which dates back over 1,200 years. These elegant fabric wraps offer an eco-friendly alternative to traditional gift...
Deadly Live! Hosted by Steve Backshall
30th October 2025
Venue: Utilita Arena Birmingham
Website: www.utilitaarenabham.co.uk
Join Steve as he embarks on heart-pounding adventures, tackling daring stunts, mind-blowing experiments, and cutting-edge science. Brace yourself as he tracks down some of the world’s most formidable...
Littlest Yak Recycling Crafts
30th October 2025
Venue: Belgrade Theatre
Website: www.belgrade.co.uk
The Littlest Yak is coming to Coventry, delighting audiences with it’s beautiful puppets – you’ll love them so much that you’ll want your own! Belgrade Theatre have gathered supplies for crafting...
My First Museum Tour: October Half Term
30th October 2025
Venue: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Website: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery are giving families the opportunity to enjoy a relaxed, child friendly tour of the museum. They'll discuss what makes a museum, discover some of the history of the museum,...
Nature Makers
30th-31st October 2025
Venue: Belgrade Theatre
Website: www.belgrade.co.uk
Go along to free, family-friendly drop-in sessions. Get hands-on with nature-inspired arts and crafts, and have a go at making your own pumpkin art! Perfect for children of all ages (and grown-ups too)....
The Littlest Yak
30th October 2025
Venue: Belgrade Theatre
Website: www.belgrade.co.uk
This musical adaptation of the award-winning children’s book will delight audiences young and old with beautiful puppets, catchy tunes and an uplifting tale of self-acceptance for all the family. A gorgeous...
You Choose!
30th October 2025
Venue: MAC Birmingham
Website: www.macbirmingham.co.uk
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 the family. But in this...
Blood Guts and Gore
31st October 2025
Venue: Clore Learning Centre
Website: www.rsc.org.uk
"Quite disgusting but absolutely brilliant!" Enjoy interactive demonstrations showing the tips and tricks the RSC uses for gruesome special effects, wigs, costumes, make-up, and much more. Suitable for...
Grandad Anansi
31st October 2025
Venue: Belgrade Theatre
Website: www.belgrade.co.uk
Join the intrepid characters as they step into the unexpected in this heartfelt inter-generational adventure. With captivating songs and joyous dancing, Grandad Anansi is an uplifting tale of love, courage...
Halloween Spectacular
31st October 2025
Venue: Chiltern Open Air Museum
Website: www.coam.org.uk
See the buildings dressed up spooctacularly, listen to spine tingling storytelling, watch out for the spooky horses, warm yourself up by the bonfire and toast some marshmallows, brave the scary walk but...
Spooky Cinema: E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (U)
31st October 2025
Venue: Thinktank - Birmingham Science Museum
Website: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk
This Halloween, the Thinktank Planetarium’s 360° dome will whisk you into the stars for a cosmic celebration filled with friendly frights and interstellar fun. Snuggle into your seat and enjoy a specially...
The Roswells Halloween Visit
31st October 2025
Venue: Thinktank - Birmingham Science Museum
Website: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk
The alien family will be spending their Halloween exploring the museum, taking holiday snaps, playing games and enjoying some Halloween fun. Make sure you say hello and grab a spooky selfie! A sci-fi experience...
Alien Head Junk Modelling with Tat Vision
1st November 2025
Venue: Thinktank - Birmingham Science Museum
Website: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk
This spooky season, join Birmingham artist Tat Vision at Thinktank Science Museum for some Halloween junk-modelling with an unearthly alien twist. Using recycled materials, you’ll design and create your...
Spooky Cinema: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (PG)
1st November 2025
Venue: Thinktank - Birmingham Science Museum
Website: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk
A landmark sci-fi film directed by Steven Spielberg that tells the story of an ordinary man whose life is upended after a mysterious UFO encounter. Pre-booking essential as places are limited.
Quiet at the Aquarium
2nd November 2025
Venue: National SEA LIFE Centre Birmingham
Website: www.visitsealife.com/birmingham
On selected dates National SEA LIFE Centre Birmingham open their doors an hour early, with limited tickets available, to provide a quieter experience that aims to provide a more comfortable visit for those...
Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival
4th November 2025
Venue: The Old Rep
Website: www.oldrep.co.uk
Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation is proud to present the world’s largest youth drama festival at the Old Rep Theatre. Join them in November for a thrilling theatrical event, featuring abridged Shakespeare...
Hatton County World Fireworks
8th November 2025
Venue: Hatton Adventure World
Website: www.hattonworld.com
Experience a spectacular Fireworks Bonanza like never before! Enjoy a mouth watering array of street food from around the world, explore thrilling rides at the fun fair, and be entertained by live performances...
Annie
11th-15th November 2025
Venue: Stourbridge Town Hall
Website: seaty.co.uk/chaos-annie
Based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, Annie has become a world-wide phenomenon and was the winner of seven Tony Awards including Best Musical. Annie is the perfect family-friendly musical!
Family Museum Engineers Play: Saturday PLAY Days
15th November 2025
Venue: Coventry Transport Museum
Website: www.transport-museum.com
Play sessions designed for the whole family, providing opportunities to explore an open-ended play environment using unique resources with a STEM based approach that encourage engineering skills, problem-solving,...
The Nutcracker 2025
21st November-13th December 2025
Venue: Birmingham Hippodrome
Website: www.birminghamhippodrome.com
At the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve, Clara tiptoes downstairs and is swept away on an unforgettable magical journey…This sumptuous and timeless production boasts daring swordfights, falling snow,...
Cinderella
22nd November-31st December 2025
Venue: The Old Rep
Website: www.oldrep.co.uk
Expect hilarious comedy, outrageous characters, dazzling costumes, and plenty of audience participation in this side-splitting, show stopping panto adventure! With breathtaking sets, jaw-dropping special...
Festive Days Out at Black Country Living Museum
29th November-4th January 2026
Venue: Black Country Living Museum
Website: https://bclm.com
Explore period shops and houses brimming with Christmas cheer and chat with festive historic characters to find out how they’re getting ready for the big day. No need to pre-book, just bring your family...
MC Grammar Live - Books, Beats and Barz
30th November 2025
Venue: The Old Rep
Website: www.oldrep.co.uk
Multi-award winning rapping teacher and World Book Day ambassador MC Grammar is BACK! Get ready for book bangers, epic rhymes and non-stop vibes! It’s the ultimate family party – so grab your caps,...
Glad Tidings - Christmas Nights at Black Country Living Museum
12th-13th December 2025
Venue: Black Country Living Museum
Website: https://bclm.com/
It’s the time of year to bring friends and family together for a cosy evening at Black Country Living Museum. Gather around cosy open fires, sing along with traditional carollers and Fifties favourites,...