This Christmas, bring your whole family to see a double performance of The Hallé’s The Snowman and Hairy Maclary at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. Be enthralled by the magic of Christmas as Hallé Orchestra perform Howard Blake’s magical score live, followed on by the story of Hairy Maclary, the lovable canine.
From £17.50
Enjoy fun and creative activities designed to encourage your little ones to play in nature.
Free entry
The Playhouse Project Family Rave at Escape to Freight Island returns on the morning of Sunday 7 November, and you’re invited!
From £7.50
Step through the wardrobe and experience an icy, magic and mystical adventure.
From £19
Touching, funny and utterly original, Freckle Productions’ adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Stick Man is back in town.
From £19
Get ready for an immersive, digital, gaming adventure at the Arndale Centre in Manchester.
From £5.00
The award-winning and visually sensational lantern and light festival returns to illuminate Manchester this winter.
From £11
Scottish artist, Jock McFadyen, displays key work from throughout his life at The Lowry Galleries, home to one of his artistic influences, LS Lowry.
Ordinary and often overlooked, the benches outside Central Library have something unexpected emerging from beneath them: short, observational poems, outlined in light on the pavement below.
Free entry
Join the Teach Rex crew and their dinosaur friends in this interactive puppet show at Z-Arts this October half-term. Enjoy a Dino Disco, amazing music, and even an opportunity to meet and greet the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex, if you dare!
From £10
Climb aboard the hair-raisingly spooky Halloween Ghost Train at the East Lancashire Railway this October half-term and expect a journey of spooktacular fun and delight!
From £12.90
Regular weekday interactive parent-child sessions at Legoland Discovery Centre in Manchester designed for parents and their children aged 2-5.
From £15
