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Our guide this month celebrates the unexpected, the ambitous and all the blinking excellent ways that cultural organisations in the north are pushing the boundaries of what creative family events and experiences can be like.
This weekend alone sees a full day of literary hijinks at the Manchester Children’s Book Festival Family Day, the showstopping return of the Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade, and a goosebump-inducing afternoon of fairytale performance from The Hallé Children’s Choir.
Book ahead for an incredible Storyhunters session at Liverpool’s brand new Storybarn – the only interactive story centre for children in the region then experience Alice In Wonderland – the first family show at Chester’s impressive new Storyhouse arts centre either in the remarkable new building itself (which is pulling in the crowds) or at Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre this summer.
Experience the dreamland for curiosity seekers that is the new Wonderlab gallery at Bradford’s redeveloped National Science and Media Museum and prepare for summer festival heaven with our guides to this year’s multi-award winning Just So Festival in Cheshire, and the best family things to do at this year’s bluedot and Cloudspotting festivals. You’re welcome.
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1. Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade
Handmade Parade Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade at Calder Holmes Park, 25 June 2017, free entry - Find Out More
A giant hermit crab, rockstar seagulls, deep sea monsters, ships of dreams and families of seahorses coasting through the beautiful streets of Hebden Bridge. We’re booking our train right now
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2. The Hallé – Roald Dahl’s Cinderella & Friends at The Bridgewater Hall
The Hallé – Roald Dahl’s Cinderella & Friends at The Bridgewater Hall, City Centre, 25 June 2017, from £9.50 - Book now
Prepare for goosebumps all round in this afternoon of magic and fairytales from The Hallé Children’s Choir.
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3. The Storyhunters Take Flight at The Storybarn
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4. Alice in Wonderland at Storyhouse
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5. Wonderlab at the Science and Media Museum
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6. Family Encounters at bluedot 2017
Unlimited Theatre Family Encounters at bluedot2017 at Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, 7–9 July 2017, from £27.50 - Book now
Don’t hang about – book now to adventure, experiment and enjoy the best new outdoor arts, music and scientific discovery together for a family festival like no other.
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7. Cloudspotting Festival 2017 at Gisburn Forest
Image courtesy of Cloudspotting Cloudspotting Festival at Gisburn Forest, 28–31 July 2017, from £30.00 - Book now
Theatre, dance, music and woodland wonder – create and play from dawn til dusk in Lancashire’s stunning Forest of Bowland.
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8. Just So Festival 2017 at Rode Hall, Cheshire
Image courtesy of Just So Festival / Wild Rumpus Just So Festival at Rode Hall, Cheshire, 18–20 August 2017, from £20.00 - Book now
The multi-award winning family arts festival reveals its spellbinding programme for 2017. Book now to guarantee a ticket for this most excellent of family adventures.
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9. The Sleep Walk at Little Moreton Hall
Wild Rumpus The Sleep Walk at Little Moreton Hall, 28 April–27 September 2017, from £5.00 - Visit now
Adventure through a night of napping Tudor style – experience installations in the house and gardens exploring the “golden age” of sleep quality including why sleeping twice was better than once. Where can we sign up to be a Tudor?
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10. Thomas Legh and Regency Lyme at Lyme Park
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