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Ackers Adventure
12th May-6th July 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...
Andrew Simpson Sailing and Watersports Centres
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: ASC Birmingham, 101 Genners Ln, Bartley Green
Website: www.andrewsimpsoncentres.org
Action-packed Watersports and Adventure Holiday Clubs for young explorers aged 5-15. Learn new skills, keep active and have fun across a huge range of activities. The centres have a fully qualified team...
Cannon Hill Junior Parkrun
12th May-6th July 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.
Cardboard Dreams
12th May-31st August 2025
Venue: Compton Verney
Website: www.comptonverney.org.uk
Responding to the extraordinary drawings in Towering Dreams as well as the architecture of Compton Verney, help create your own collection of architectural wonders by making models from cardboard to add...
Dippy in Coventry
12th May-6th July 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...
First Class Learning Tuition
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: Various locations
Website: www.firstclasslearning.co.uk
The First Class Learning programme aligns with the National Curriculum, helping students build confidence and develop essential skills. Being all paper-based allows students to show how they are learning,...
Kitty Cafe Birmingham
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: Unit 12 Grand Central, Stephenson Place
Website: www.kittycafe.co.uk
Be surrounded by adorable friendly felines as you tuck into some yummy cake and watch as these adorable cats explore the cafe. This is a family friendly venue with kids zone activities to download, print...
Kumon Free Assessment
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: Various venues
Website: www.kumon.co.uk
Kumon aims to help children of all ages and abilities become confident, independent learners who can thrive both at school and in their future careers.Join the over 3.5 million Kumon students worldwide...
Morning Explorers
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: Thinktank - Birmingham Science Museum
Website: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk
Morning Explorers is an accessibility program for autistic people and those with similar disabilities. Running on the second Saturday of each month, it offers some accessible adaptions to the museum experience,...
Quiet at the Aquarium
12th May-6th July 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...
Stratford Butterfly Farm
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: Swan’s Nest Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon
Website: www.butterflyfarm.co.uk
Enjoy the unique pleasure of discovering hundreds of the world’s most beautiful butterflies flying in an exotic environment of tropical blossom with splashing waterfalls and fish filled pools. Situated...
The MAD Museum
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: The MAD Museum
Website: www.themadmuseum.co.uk
Interact with eccentric artworks, contraptions and machines, build marble runs on the giant MAD Marbles wall. The MAD Museum is completely sensory; experience a myriad colours, unusual sounds, flashing...
Woodland Disc Golf
12th May-6th July 2025
Venue: Wayfield Gorse, Gospel Oak Lane
Website: www.gillysdiscgolf.co.uk
The course meanders through 17 acres of beautifully maintained bluebell woodland. There is an orange course suitable for beginners with 12 holes of between 30-80 metres in length. This course is great...
Brick Dinos
31st May-7th September 2025
Venue: Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
Website: www.theherbert.org
Step back in time and explore the prehistoric world with Brick Dinos.Get creative with hands-on LEGO and Duplo play, design your own dinosaurs on a graffiti wall, and take home dinosaur-themed colouring...
Cardboard Dreams
1st July-31st August 2025
Venue: Compton Verney
Website: www.comptonverney.org.uk
Responding to the extraordinary drawings in Towering Dreams as well as the architecture of Compton Verney, help create your own collection of architectural wonders by making models from cardboard to add...
The Story Garden Summer Reading Challenge
5th July 2025
Venue: Nationwide
Website: https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk
Throughout the summer, children joining ‘Story Garden’ can discover new books, participate in free activities at their local library, and explore the link between reading and the great outdoors, where...
Music For Youth Presents: The National Festival 2025
10th-13th July 2025
Venue: Multiple Venues
Website: www.bmusic.co.uk/events/music-for-youth-presents-the-national-festival-2025
Thousands of young musicians head to Birmingham for three inspiring days of live performances, workshops and creative activities. From orchestras and choirs to jazz bands, ensembles and new music creators,...
The Addams Family
10th-12th July 2025
Venue: Birmingham Hippodrome
Website: www.birminghamhippodrome.com
Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, is all grown up and has a shocking secret that only Gomez knows. She’s fallen in love with a sweet, young man from a respectable family. With his...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
11th July 2025
Venue: Compton Verney
Website: www.comptonverney.org.uk
Shakespeare’s most magical, fast paced, comedy. A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be performed in Oddsocks’ irreverent and knockabout style with live music and comedy action. Take a picnics, chairs...
1940s Weekend at Black Country Living Museum
12th-13th July 2025
Venue: Black Country Living Museum
Website: www.bclm.com
Experience everything from ration books and identity cards to gas masks and air raid precautions. Walk the historic streets of shops, houses and industrial workplaces and experience them brought to life...
Birmingham Pretty Muddy Kids
12th July 2025
Venue: Cofton Park, Low Hill Lane
Website: www.raceforlife.cancerresearchuk.org
Pretty Muddy® Kids is a fun-packed muddy obstacle course for children aged 6-12 (over 1.2m tall). The young fundraisers climb, crawl and slide their way around the course at their own pace, accompanied...
Magic of the Musicals
12th July 2025
Venue: Dudley Town Hall
Website: www.boroughhalls.co.uk
Starring West End stars and accompanied by the sensational CN Live Orchestra, this spectacular show brings to life the most beloved songs from iconic musicals such as Les Misérables, The Phantom of the...
Of the Jackel: SPLAT!
12th July 2025
Venue: MAC Birmingham
Website: www.macbirmingham.co.uk
Set in an artists studio, the show follows two aspiring artists - one dedicated and serious the other erratic and messy. The two characters attempt to complete their masterpieces whilst antagonising each...
Six
15th-19th July 2025
Venue: Belgrade Theatre
Website: www.belgrade.co.uk
From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century...
Bulls in the City
16th July-14th September 2025
Venue: Birmingham City
Website: www.bullsinthecity.co.uk
Birmingham Hospice has partnered with Wild in Art, a global producer of art trails, to create a new, showstopping trail for Birmingham called Bulls in the City. Visit the trail this summer, download the...
Mary Poppins
16th-23rd July 2025
Venue: Birmingham Hippodrome
Website: www.birminghamhippodrome.com
Based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney film, the story of the World’s favourite nanny arriving on Cherry Tree Lane is even more magical than ever before featuring dazzling choreography,...
40 years of Stratford Butterfly Farm
18th July 2025
Venue: Stratford Butterfly Farm
Website: www.butterflyfarm.co.uk
An anniversary event hosted by Clive takes place on Friday 18 July, followed by a summer of celebrations from 19 July - 1 September, featuring competitions, demonstrations, and a brand-new exhibition in...
Pollinator Trail
18th July-7th September 2025
Venue: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Website: www.birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk
Learn all about our insect friends and the flowers they love as you follow the Pollinator Trail! The trail will take you through the Gardens on a journey to learn all about how important the pollinators...
Sense and Sensibility
18th July 2025
Venue: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Website: www.birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk
Join the critically acclaimed Pantaloons theatre company as they celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th Anniversary. This funny, fast-paced and faithful new adaptation features live music, audience interaction,...
Baddesley Clinton Book Fair
19th July-10th August 2025
Venue: Baddesley Clinton
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/warwickshire/baddesley-clinton
Join Baddesley Clinton for 3 weeks of book related fun. Go and see what the Baddesley Clinton book fair has to offer from thrillers to children's books. There is something for everyone.
Brothers McLeod Workshops
19th July 2025
Venue: Compton Verney
Website: www.comptonverney.org.uk
With readings from Knight Sir Louis, a draw-along comic story about a knight or wizard, plus bonus animations straight from the creators, this workshop is perfect for young storytellers, doodlers and daydreamers.
Compton Verney Quest by Brothers McLeod
19th July-31st August 2025
Venue: Compton Verney
Website: www.comptonverney.org.uk/whats-on/compton-verney-quest
Help Knight Sir Louis and wizard Pearlin in an adventure around the house and grounds. Create your own villains and monsters. Solve puzzles. Find clues. Discover and draw your own magic item. Inspired...
Family History Weekend at Kenilworth Castle
19th-20th July 2025
Venue: Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden
Website: www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/kenilworth-castle-family-history
Get hands on with history at Kenilworth Castle’s Family History Weekend and learn about Elizabeth I’s visit in 1575. Have a go at junior jousting, sword skills training, and explore the castle on a...
Space Across the World: Summer
19th July-31st August 2025
Venue: National Space Centre
Website: www.spacecentre.co.uk
Enjoy live science talks, hands-on activities, space-themed crafts, and interactive family fun across the Centre – there's something to explore around every corner. Even better – all day passes are...
Summer Fun at Black Country Living Museum
19th July-31st August 2025
Venue: Black Country Living Museum
Website: www.bclm.com
Enjoy stepping back in time all summer, meet historic characters, enjoy bostin’ fettle and take a ride on new fairground rides. 10am–5pm.
Summer of Fun 'N' Flight
19th July-1st September 2025
Venue: RAF Museum Midlands
Website: www.rafmuseum.org.uk
Play giant garden games like Jenga and Connect 4 at the sunny Garden Party, cheer for amazing birds of prey as they soar through the sky, dive into epic laser tag battles, and take the stage in a wild...
Summer of Fun and Games at Kenilworth Castle
19th July-31st August 2025
Venue: Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden
Website: www.english-heritage.org.uk
It’s all fun and games at Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden this summer, with loads of activities for the whole family to get stuck into. From soft play and mini golf to archery and den building,...
Summer of Play at Baddesley Clinton
19th July-31st August 2025
Venue: Baddesley Clinton
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/warwickshire/baddesley-clinton
Embrace the family-festival feel, visit the poetry tipi and create a poem on our old-fashioned type writers, dress up and put on a performance on your very own stage and enjoy a pizza from the wood-fired...
The Great Summer Adventure
19th July-1st September 2025
Venue: Hatton Country World
Website: www.adventure.hattonworld.com
Get Ready for The Great Summer Adventure at Hatton Adventure World in 2025! This year, they’re bringing even more excitement to your summer with brand-new attractions, bigger adventures, and all your...
Wondrous Trees
19th July-31st August 2025
Venue: National Memorial Arboretum
Website: www.thenma.org.uk
Gather the family and journey back to 1945 to explore the stories of those who lived and served 80 years ago. From arts and crafts, outdoor trails and an assault course hosted by our very own homeguard,...
Bike4Life Ride Out and Festival
20th July 2025
Venue: Weston Park, Shifnal
Website: www.midlandsairambulance.com/events/bike4life-ride-out-and-festival-2025
The festival is the perfect day out for all the family with opportunities to meet celebrity VIPs, sample local street food, enjoy live bands and entertainment, plus there will be a fun fayre with kids’...
Cirque: The Greatest Show - Reimagined
20th July 2025
Venue: The Alexandra, Birmingham
Website: www.atgtickets.com
Get ready for a dazzling fusion of musical theatre and jaw-dropping circus acts, taking the original Circus meets Musical Theatre spectacle to thrilling new heights.Experience iconic West End showstoppers...
Family Explorers: Nature Journaling
20th July 2025
Venue: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Website: www.birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk
Take a slow walk around the Gardens and record your observations, thoughts and feelings as you connect to the nature that surrounds you.This activity offers families to have a slow stroll around the gardens...
SAHM - Bollywood Dance Workshop
21st July 2025
Venue: Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Website: www.grandtheatre.co.uk
This workshop delivers a full Bollywood experience including music, costume and of course learning a Bollywood dance routine. The session also focuses on using story telling through dance, hand gestures...
LEGO® at The Lord Leycester
24th-28th July 2025
Venue: The Lord Leycester
Website: www.lordleycester.com
See a magnificent LEGO® Brick model of the Lord Leycester and take part in LEGO® themed activities suitable for all ages. Run by THE BRICK People, with activities including speed buildings challenges,...
The Koala Who Could
24th-26th July 2025
Venue: Belgrade Theatre
Website: www.belgrade.co.uk
An empowering and chuckle-out-loud story about embracing change — whether we like it or not.Join Kevin, King of the staying-still-kings, and his friends kangaroo and wombat in an Australian...
Princesses Unite
26th July 2025
Venue: Stourbridge Town Hall
Website: www.boroughhalls.co.uk
The ultimate children's pop princess party that's sweeping the nation! Featuring a cast of dazzling princesses, this enchanting spectacle brings all your favourite hit songs and party dances to life in...
The Wind in the Willows - Illyria Outdoor Theatre
26th July 2025
Venue: Moseley Old Hall
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/shropshire-staffordshire/moseley-old-hall
Go and enjoy outdoor theatre with this summer. Illyria Theatre will perform the fantastic Wind in the Willows for all to enjoy! Take your own seating/rug, suitable clothing and picnic. Well-behaved dogs...
Summer Stem Camp
28th July-1st August 2025
Venue: RAF Museum Midlands
Website: www.rafmuseum.org.uk
In partnership with Tablet Academy, this unique STEM camp invites young minds aged 10–14 to dive into the exciting worlds of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—all set against the inspiring...
Space Club LIVE
29th July-21st August 2025
Venue: National Space Centre
Website: www.spacecentre.co.uk
If your child is interested in science and looking for something to do over the school holiday period, book a session at Space Club. Sessions aim to support and enhance learning regarding space, science...
The Sooty Show
29th July 2025
Venue: Belgrade Theatre
Website: www.belgrade.co.uk
Get ready for magic and mayhem with Sooty’s Magic Show. Be amazed by Sooty’s amazing magical skills, Sweep’s incredible balancing act and the beautiful singing of Soo! Gallons of Magic and Giggles...
House of Mash Hullabaloo circus workshop and show 1
30th July 2025
Venue: MAC Birmingham
Website: www.macbirmingham.co.uk
Join Birmingham's favourite circus performers, House of Mash, in our Outdoor Theatre for a new immersive musical and circus skills workshop. “Dream way too big and forget not your purpose, but live every...
Midsummer Masti Summer School
31st July-3rd August 2025
Venue: MAC Birmingham
Website: www.macbirmingham.co.uk
Enjoy two fun filled days of Indian craft activities and dance sessions, led by Sampad artists. The workshop concludes with a special performance at Sampad’s wedding performance 'Midsummer Masti' on...
SAHM - Bhangra Dance Workshop
31st July 2025
Venue: Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Website: www.grandtheatre.co.uk
This workshop teaches a range of Bhangra moves which we then combine into a fun, creative routine that’s guaranteed to get hearts racing and smiles beaming. Whether you’re dancing for fitness, performance,...
Tinker | Make | Play Engineers – Press Play
31st July-30th August 2025
Venue: Coventry Transport Museum
Website: www.transport-museum.com
Press Play this Summer and join Tinker | Make | Play workshop for a playful break filled with games, opportunities to explore and create with a huge variety of resources.Get creative, experiment and make...
Princesses Unite
1st August 2025
Venue: Sutton Coldfield Town Hall
Website: www.suttoncoldfieldtownhall.com
The ultimate children's pop princess party that's sweeping the nation! Featuring a cast of dazzling princesses, this enchanting spectacle brings all your favourite hit songs and party dances to life in...
Summer Lates at Black Country Living Museum
1st-29th August 2025
Venue: Black Country Living Museum
Website: www.bclm.com
Every Friday in August, enjoy an evening in a historic town by the canal, with historic characters, live music and bostin’ fettle. 4-8pm.
Birmingham Botanical Gardens Artisan Market
2nd August 2025
Venue: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Website: www.birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk
Discover an incredible selection of handmade treasures from talented artisans across the country. From one-off pieces and custom jewellery, to statement home décor, gourmet foods, and natural skincare...
Barbara Nice Kids Comedy Special
3rd August 2025
Venue: MAC Birmingham
Website: www.macbirmingham.co.uk
Join Kings Heath comedy legend Barbara Nice and special guests for a Kids Comedy Summer Special. Go along and share your favourite Joke or funny story, or make one up on the spot and share it with Barbara.Recommended...
Gardens Theatre: The Wind in the Willows
3rd August 2025
Venue: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Website: www.birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk
Multiple award-winning Illyria celebrates Kenneth Grahame’s timeless tale of friendship, laughter, the longing for home and the lure of adventure. Enjoy it all summer across the UK where the story is...
Quiet at the Aquarium
3rd August 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...
The Hundred
5th-31st August 2025
Venue: Lords Cricket Ground and The Kia Oval, London
Website: www.thehundred.com
Oval Invincibles and London Spirit will be in action, with 10 matchdays across London this summer. The Hundred combines high-energy cricket with live music, street food, and family entertainment – making...
The Merry Wives of Windsor
9th August 2025
Venue: Winterbourne Gardens
Website: www.winterbourne.org.uk
Join the cast from Illyria as they bring to life Shakespeare’s classic comedy, in an enchanting eventing of outdoor entertainment.Seating will not be provided, so please make sure to bring your own chairs...
Gardens Cinema: Spirited Away (PG)
17th August 2025
Venue: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Website: www.birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk
As the sun sets, lose yourself in the story of Chihiro, a young girl trapped in a mysterious spirit world full of magic, mystery, and unforgettable characters. A rare chance to experience this animated...
Knights' Tournament
23rd-25th August 2025
Venue: Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden
Website: www.english-heritage.org.uk
Four armoured knights and their squires will clash in four gruelling rounds, and you’ll be transported back to the 13th century as you experience the pageantry, excitement and action of the fearsome...
Family Explorers: Make A Toy Bird
24th August 2025
Venue: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Website: www.birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk
Join Conservation Ranger, Sila, for this fun and informative activity all about the birds you might see in the area. A great way to learn all about garden birds whilst make miniature birds from yarn. All...
WWE Monday Night RAW
25th August 2025
Venue: The NEC
Website: www.thenec.co.uk/whats-on
WWE Superstars will head to Birmingham for Monday Night RAW on 25 August! This marks the first time in 12 years that WWE will broadcast an event from Birmingham. See your favourite WWE Superstars Including: World...
Supersonic Kids Gig: Mermaid Chunky
30th August 2025
Venue: MAC Birmingham
Website: www.macbirmingham.co.uk
Created by the UK’s premiere experimental music festival, Supersonic Kids Gigs are designed for families as a way of introducing children to experimental music – BIG sounds for little people! This...
Natural History Museum presents Dinosaurs Live!
31st August 2025
Venue: The Alexandra, Birmingham
Website: www.atgtickets.com
Ever since they were first identified in the 1800s, dinosaurs have sparked the imagination of kids and adults alike and for the first time ever, the world-renowned Natural History Museum has teamed up...