Written by Gemma Gibb
Cloudspotting Festival is changing things up this year to present A Break In The Clouds in the earlier month of June. A family friendly celebration of the summer solstice under the stars featuring live music, forest art and camping.
From £30.00
Join the best-loved children’s authors and illustrators from across the land for a weekend of literary larks and piano playing bears in the woods at Quarry Bank.
From £5.00
Test out your survival skills as a runaway apprentice and adventure round the incredible outdoor spaces at Quarry Bank this half term
Quarry Bank admission prices apply (free for National Trust members)
Be prepared to be transported across the world in a captivating musical journey through the A-Z of science.
From £9
Set sail for Liverpool landbubbers! Don’t miss the evocative sight of the Mersey full of ships and an incredible outdoor arts and music programme celebrating the ancient shared history between Liverpool, Dublin and Bordeaux.
Free entry
A special family yoga session following Oliver Jeffer’s much-loved book. Creative movement, storytelling and song.
From £4
A new musical adaptation of Michael Rosen’s poem about the mysterious night-time disappearance of a chocolate cake.
From £9.00
Join hilarious wordsmith John Hegley on an adventure through his living library of poems, songs, stories and animal drawings.
From £7.00
MakeFest is back for 2019, taking over the museum for a weekend of coding, crafting and creating.
Free entry
An incredible wonderland of outdoor arts, masquerade and pint carrying competitions in Penrith.
Free entry
Feel the full force of brass, delicate swathes of strings and the windiest of woodwinds in a concert introduced by CBBC’s Lauren Layfield and Hacker T. Dog.
From £10.50