What's On in Hereford & Worcester

Croft's 1920s Christmas Mystery

Venue: Croft Castle

Address: Yarpole, near Leominster, Herefordshire

Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/worcestershire-herefordshire/croft-castle-and-parkland/events/

From glittering decorations to favourite toys, discover how Christmas was celebrated 100 years ago. As you explore, you may notice something amiss, as there is a Christmas mystery that needs to be solved!...

Winter Glow

Venue: Three Counties Showground, Malvern

Website: winterglow.co.uk

Winter Glow, the biggest festive event in the Three Counties, returns to the Malvern Showground for 2024 offering even more magical experiences to guarantee a truly unforgettable Christmas. There is...

Christmas at St Peter's

Website: https://www.stpetersgardencentre.co.uk/christmas-at-st-peters

This year we're very pleased to announce that our Christmas Light trail is FREE! Open from 4pm, Monday to Saturday, you can bring your children and enjoy our space and something sweet from...

Christmas Tree Trail

Venue: Ludlow Castle

Address: Ludlow, Shropshire

Website: www.ludlowcastle.com/events/christmas-tree-trail-🎄/

Visit throughout December and take part in the Christmas Tree Trail – can you spot all the trees dotted around The Castle and vote for your favourite? Trees have very kindly been donated by Farlow Farm...

Nutcracker Trail

Venue: Hartlebury Castle

Address: Hartlebury, Worcestershire

Website: hartleburycastle.com/event/nutcracker-trail/

Search for the Nutcrackers and their stockings on the Christmas trail! Can you find all the Nutcracker soldiers standing on guard around Hartlebury Castle? See if you can spot their all-important stockings...

Be Bright, Be Seen!

Venue: West Mercia Police

Website: www.facebook.com/westmerciaroads/

With the darker nights upon us, West Mercia Police is reminding all road users to take extra care during the winter months and share the roads responsibly. Follow West Mercia Roads Policing on Facebook:...

Christmas Light Trail

Venue: St Peters Garden Centre - Poppy's Farm

Address: Worcester

Website: www.stpetersgardencentre.co.uk/christmas-at-st-peters

Open from 4pm, Monday to Saturday, take your children and enjoy this space and something sweet from Poppy's Café at your leisure. Reindeer spotter and activity sheets will be available. You can find...

Festive Pottery Painting

Venue: Museum of Royal Worcester

Address: Severn St, Worcester

Website: www.museumofroyalworcester.org/whats-on

Bring the kids and enjoy creative festive fun with family or friends in the Museum’s Paint-Your-Own-Pottery Studio. Choose from a festive range of bisque, such as baubles, Santa mugs, money boxes, mince...

Paint Your Own Pottery Children’s Party

Venue: The Museum of Royal Worcester

Address: Severn St, Worcester

Website: www.museumofroyalworcester.org/whats-on/paint-your-own-pottery-party/

Are you looking for the perfect venue for a children’s birthday party? Look no further than the Museum of Royal Worcester and the Paint Your Own Pottery Party packages. Super creative and fun, you’ll...

Sensory Trail

Venue: Museum of Royal Worcester

Address: Severn St, Worcester

Website: www.museumofroyalworcester.org/whats-on

Experience the smells, touch and sounds of ‘The Porcelain’ in the Sensory Trail. Kids (and adults) will love exploring these interactives. Perfect for a cosy day out and you can even get hands-on creative...

Sleeping Beauty – Pantomime 2024-25

Venue: The Courtyard Hereford

Address: Edgar St, Hereford

Website: www.courtyard.org.uk/events/sleeping-beauty-2024/

Step into a fabulous fairy-tale world of magical mayhem and an enchanted slumber that only true love can remedy. Complete with marvellous musical numbers, a sensational live band, stellar sets, and a wicked...

Reindeer Roundup! Christmas at The Commandery

Venue: The Commandery

Address: Sidbury, Worcester

Website: www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/events/reindeer-roundup-christmas-at-the-commandery-2024/

Santa’s reindeer have escaped and they’re hiding all around The Commandery! Can you round them all up in time for their special journey to deliver the children’s presents? You can also make your...

Santa’s Grotto & Village of the Elves

Venue: St Michael’s Hospice

Website: www.st-michaels-hospice.org.uk/how-you-can-help-us/fundraise-for-us/events/grotto2/

Explore the true magic of Christmas. The fully immersive theatrical experience for the whole family which lasts up to an hour takes you on a wondrous adventure through the beautifully decorated gardens,...

Aladdin

Venue: Swan Theatre

Address: The Moors, Worcester, WR1 3ED

Website: worcestertheatres.co.uk/swan-theatre/whats-on/aladdin-the-pantomime

Join hero Aladdin as he sets off on a magical adventure and tries to defeat the evil Abanazar! With help from his friends and his mother Widow Twankey, will Aladdin be able to save the day? Will he win...

Elves and the Shoemaker – Children’s Christmas Show

Venue: The Courtyard Hereford

Address: Edgar St, Hereford

Website: www.courtyard.org.uk/events/elves-and-the-shoemaker/

Step into a magical world of make-believe this Christmas with Courtyard Productions’ delightful children’s theatre show. Bursting with charming puppetry, toe-tapping original songs, and plenty of family...

Meet Father Christmas

Venue: Ludlow Castle

Address: Castle Sq, Ludlow

Website: www.ludlowcastle.com/events/meet-father-christmas-2024/

Experience a magical meeting with Father Christmas in his grotto in the atmospheric ruins of Ludlow Castle. Each exclusive session with Father Christmas will give your little ones time to discuss their...

Sleeping Beauty

Venue: Palace Theatre, Redditch

Address: Alcester Street, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 8AE

Website: www.redditchpalacetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/all-shows/sleeping-beauty-panto-2024-2025

Travel to an enchanted land of beautiful castles, fairies, and fire-breathing dragons. Help defeat the evil Carabosse’s curse, and rescue the princess from an eternity of sleep. Can true love’s kiss...

Sleeping Beauty

Venue: Malvern Theatres

Address: Malvern, Worcestershire

Website: malvern-theatres.co.uk

A wonderfully wicked family panto for 2024! A magical show for all the family, with West End and Eastenders star Ellie Dadd as Briar Rose, as well as Malvern’s favourite funny man, Mark James as Silly...

Sleeping Beauty Pantomime – 2024/25

Venue: Festival Theatre, Malvern Theatres

Address: Great Malvern, Worcestershire

Website: malvern-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/sleeping-beauty/

A wonderfully wicked family panto for 2024! A beautiful princess is cursed by the evil Carabosse on the eve of her 18th birthday party and can only be awoken by true love’s kiss. Can the Good Fairy’s...

Arctic Animals! Bags of Fun and Trail

Venue: Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum

Address: Foregate Street, Worcester

Website: www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/events/arctic-animals-bags-of-fun-and-trail/

Bags of Fun are back – and this time they’re heading for the snowy and icy lands of the Arctic! Create your very own pop-up polar bear, a wonderful walrus, and bring to life a beautiful winter landscape...

Hansel & Gretel

Venue: Swan Theatre

Address: The Moors, Worcester, WR1 3ED

Website: worcestertheatres.co.uk/swan-theatre/whats-on/hansel-and-gretel

From the same creative team that brought you Little Red Riding Hood (2023) and The Three Little Pigs, the Worcester Rep are proud to bring Hansel & Gretel to families this Christmas! Filled with magic,...

Pantomash 

Venue: The Coach House Theatre

Address: Grange Rd, Great Malvern, Malvern

Website: malvern-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/pantomash-at-the-coach-house-theatre/

All your favourite pantomimes rolled into one! Put all worries behind you as MTP bring a new dash of seasonal fun to the Coach House in this all-new pantomime adventure. Can they do it? Oh yes they can!

A Christmas Carol

Venue: Forum Theatre, Malvern Theatres

Address: Grange Rd, Great Malvern, Malvern

Website: malvern-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/a-christmas-carol-5/

On a snowy Christmas Eve, the mean-spirited Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his business partner Jacob Marley, who is weighed down by the accumulated chains of a lifetime of greed. Marley tells...

Moana 2 (PG)

Venue: Festival Theatre

Address: Grange Road, Malvern, Worcestershire

Website: malvern-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/moana-2-cert-tbc/

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ epic animated musical 'Moana 2' takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui and a brand-new crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call...

Santa’s Christmas Cracker

Venue: The Civic

Address: Martins Way, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire

Website: www.thecivicstourport.co.uk/event/santa24/

Join a fun, festive, musical adventure to discover the wonder of Christmas, then meet Santa at his home in the North Pole! There every child will receive a specially wrapped present from him, after the...

The Snowman Concert

Venue: Hartlebury Castle

Address: Hartlebury Castle, Kidderminster

Website: hartleburycastle.com/event/the-snowman-concert/2024-12-22/1/

Worcestershire Winds Concert Band is back with their ever-popular performance of The Snowman Concert. Be entertained by a selection of festive pieces in Act One, then bottle up that Christmas feeling with...

Christingle Nativity Service

Venue: Hereford Cathedral

Address: Hereford

Website: www.herefordcathedral.org/Event/christingle-nativity

Visit for a celebration of Christmas light for children and families, with the telling of the Christmas story and the distribution of Christingles. Everyone is actively encouraged to attend dressed as...

Festive Family Rave

Venue: The Courtyard Hereford

Address: Edgar Street, Hereford

Website: www.courtyard.org.uk/events/festive-family-rave-2/

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and what better way to get into the Christmas spirit! Full of bubbles, balloons and all of your favourite Crimbo tunes… Dance your way in to the festive season!...

RBO: The Nutcracker

Venue: Forum Theatre, Malvern Theatres

Address: Great Malvern, Worcestershire

Website: malvern-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/rbo-the-nutcracker/

Join Clara at a delightful Christmas Eve party that becomes a magical adventure once everyone else is tucked up in bed. Marvel at the brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s score, as Clara and her enchanted Nutcracker...

The Nutcracker - Royal Ballet & Opera Captured Broadcast

Venue: Swan Theatre

Address: The Moors, Worcester

Website: worcestertheatres.co.uk/swan-theatre/whats-on/the-nutcracker--royal-ballet-opera-captured-broadcast

Join Clara at a delightful Christmas Eve party that becomes a magical adventure once everyone else is tucked up in bed. Marvel at the brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s score, as Clara and her enchanted Nutcracker...

Cinderella by Phoenix Theatre Group

Venue: The Henrician

Address: Victoria Avenue, Evesham, WR11 4QH

Website: www.henrician.org/events/cinderella-by-phoenix-theatre-group/

Join Phoenix Theatre Group as they celebrate their 35th year of pantomime! Will Cinderella be swept away by Prince Charming? Will Buttons get his girl? Many more questions will be answered in this traditional...

The Glass Slipper - Kays Theatre Group

Venue: Swan Theatre

Address: The Moors, Worcester

Website: worcestertheatres.co.uk/swan-theatre/whats-on/the-glass-slipper--kays-theatre-group/about

Taking place where the story of Cinderella left off, the story begins at the wedding party of Ella and Prince Charming. The ugly sisters still bickering, the King and Queen still in love and Wicked Step-Mother...

Jack and the Beans Talk

Venue: The Courtyard Hereford

Address: Edgar Street, Hereford

Website: www.courtyard.org.uk/events/jack-and-the-beans-talk/

Charming and inventive with plenty of interaction, an enormous beanstalk, bags of gold and a smelly old giant, Jack and the Beans Talk is a cautionary tale about what might happen if you throw things out...

Taylormania

Venue: Forum Theatre, Malvern Theatres

Address: Great Malvern, Worcestershire

Website: malvern-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/taylormania/

An award-winning extravaganza that plays tribute to one of the leading contemporary recording artists of our time. The show has already taken ‘Swiftie’ fans across the world by storm and features an...

HAPS Present: Puss In Boots

Venue: The Courtyard Hereford

Address: Edgar Street, Hereford

Website: www.courtyard.org.uk/events/haps-puss-in-boots/

When Jack inherits nothing but a cat, he’s left feeling disheartened, while his brothers lay claim to the mill and its wealth. With the help of some magical boots, this ordinary feline transforms into...

The Little Mermaid

Venue: Palace Theatre, Redditch

Address: Alcester Street, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 8AE

Website: www.redditchpalacetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/all-shows/the-little-mermaid

Following the success of 'Alice in Wonderland', multi award-nominated Immersion Theatre invite you on a vibrant underwater adventure like no other. Guaranteed to make a splash with the whole family, this...

Dinosaur Adventure Live presents The Big Jurassic Storm!

Venue: Swan Theatre

Address: The Moors, Worcester

Website: worcestertheatres.co.uk/swan-theatre/whats-on/dinosaur-adventure-live

When a satellite tasked with controlling the island's weather systems malfunctions, chaos erupts. The island's tropical climate spirals leading to one big Jurassic Storm. The mission: find the code hidden...

The Goose & Mrs Frost

Venue: The Courtyard Hereford

Address: Edgar Street, Hereford

Website: www.courtyard.org.uk/events/the-goose-mrs-frost/

Mrs Frost lives with her goose keeping an eye on the world. Little Sonia has no hat, no coat and the wolves are closing in. She has been sent to find strawberries in the snow. Her adventure takes her through...

Fireman Sam Live! The Great Camping Adventure

Venue: Festival Theatre, Malvern Theatres

Address: Great Malvern, Worcestershire

Website: malvern-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/fireman-sam-live-the-great-camping-adventure/

Norman wants to go on an adventure, so when two famous animal explorers arrive in Pontypandy, he decides to follow them into the mountains. But when Norman discovers a rare red squirrel, one of the explorers...

The Gruffalo

Venue: The Courtyard Hereford

Address: Edgar Street, Hereford

Website: www.courtyard.org.uk/events/the-gruffalo/

Join Mouse on a daring adventure through the deep, dark wood in Tall Stories’ magical, musical adaptation of the classic picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Songs, laughs and monstrous...

Natural History Museum presents Dinosaurs Live!

Venue: Festival Marquee – Great Malvern Priory Grounds

Address: Great Malvern, Worcestershire

Website: malvern-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/dinosaurs-live/

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...

The Ultimate Bubbles Show

Venue: The Courtyard Hereford

Address: Edgar St, Hereford

Website: www.courtyard.org.uk/events/the-ultimate-bubbles-show/

Join Ray, International Bubbleologist and Guinness World Record Holder, and help him in his quest to complete the bubble game and make the ultimate bubble. This is a fast-paced show full of high energy...