Summer 2021 Days Out & Activities
To see our full listings of What's On this Summer for families at local attractions please click here.
Find out about local family friendly events in and around South Leeds, including: Leeds City Centre, West Leeds (Bramley & Stanningley, Armley, Pudsey & Tong, Farnley & Wortley), East Leeds (Garforth & Swillington, Temple Newsam, Rothwell, Crossgates, Burmantofts & Richmond Hill), South Leeds (Morley, Beeston, Holbeck, Hunslet Middleton Park, Cottingley & Belle Isle) and surrounding areas.
To see our full listings of What's On this Summer for families at local attractions please click here.
Make a Medusa Headband and a Myth Storyteller to take home. Running at the following times: 11.30am, 1.30pm, 3pm Free, spaces limited, drop in.
New mega value fun fair coming to temple Newsam Leeds from the 6th to the 14th august 🎡🎢🎡🎢🎡🎡🎠 With over 30 rides and attractions £9 entry unlimited rides Waddingtons Funfairs
So we have finally had confirmation that we can go ahead and plan a summer event and whilst we don’t have enough time to pull together a full carnival we...
Join the Library at Slung Low in Holbeck on Saturday 7 August for immersive storytelling for all the family. There is a morning and an afternoon session, each full of...
Stanley Gala at St Peter's Church Centre. Fee entry. Roadside parking only please be considerate.
Touch, smell, hear and feel a mysterious mythical story! Watch out this story is interactive and you might get splashed! Running at the following times: 11.30am & 1.30pm (Duration: 30...
Touch, smell, hear and feel a mysterious mythical story! Watch out this story is interactive and you might get splashed! Running at the following times: 11.30am & 1.30pm (Duration: 30...
Take a trip down the rabbit hole this summer as Chapterhouse Theatre Company present this brand new production of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Join Alice as she stumbles into the...
Take a trip down the rabbit hole this summer as Chapterhouse Theatre Company present this brand new production of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Children old and young alike are invited...
The Theatre in the Ancient Forest is back! Fri 13th/Sat 14th August IKP Theatre return with a fabulously funny and charmingly enchanting, panto version of Beauty and the Beast. Supported...
Come one come all to Lewisham Park Free Activity Day for young people Please note that during the Activity Days the management request that all participants co-operate with Covid 19...
Meet Baby Dinsoaurs, enjoy a steam train ride and go to dinosaur ranger school. Booking essential.
A two day workshop designed for budding young songwriters with ideas for the ears! For all children aged 7 - 12. Developing musicianship and composing skills, learning to express emotions...
Our ever-popular Vintage Weekend with Rose & Brown Vintage at Lotherton is back! Come along to browse, shop and be immersed in whole weekend of vintage, with up to 25...
Morley Music Festival: A day of live music, fairground/ bouncy castle/ food & drink and more. Buy tickets to the Morley Music Festival here.
Free, No Booking Required Discover 235 drawings and testimonies celebrating Leeds' amazing teachers, councillors, parents, bin men and delivery drivers, plus Marcelo Bielsa, Captain Sparkle Butt and many other worthy...
Touch or hold real animals, with safety measures in place. What does a corn-snake feel like? And then explore animals in mythology around the museum with our free family trail....
Family Crafts in the Museum. Join us to create some world myth masterpieces to take home. Running at the following times: 11.30am, 1.30pm, 3pm Free, spaces limited, drop in.
Booster Cushion Theatre present a comical tale weaving the story of the ‘Three Pigs’ with the nursery rhyme ‘Old McDonald Had A Farm’. Featuring a giant book, bright colourful pages...
Family Crafts in the Museum. Join us to create some world myth masterpieces to take home. Running at the following times: 11.30am, 1.30pm, 3pm Free, spaces limited, drop in.
DINOSAURS ARE COMING TO TRINITY WALK WAKEFIELD! - Brought to you by Wakefield BID and Trinity Walk. Come and have your picture taken with dinosaurs on Saturday August 28th! You...
Channel 5 presents 5 on the Farm at Cannon Hall Farm!
Last Saturday of the month, 9.30am-12.30pm Monthly craft and food market last Saturday of the month at Watsonian Pavillion on Cross Flatts Park. Organised / supported by Better Action for...
Get trains on the brain at our celebration of all things railways! Featuring model railways and exhibits from the Friends of Sierra Leone National Railway Museum. Railway exhibitions Model displays...
Stockeld Park’s annual family music festival, Stockeld Rox, is returning this August bank holiday and is guaranteed to be bigger and better than ever before! Stockeld Rox has been running...
August Bank Holiday weekend sees the return of Get together on the Green Following the success of last year's event, Tchin-Tchin will be hosting it again this year Sunday 29th...
Athas FunFair at Eversley Park, Leeds LS25 6BD
*NEW DATES FOR 2021* After the cancellation of last year's 2020 event new dates have been released for the Great Yorkshire Trucks Show 2021. Further details to come!
OultonFest is an annual festival with live music, sports, real ale, food and fairground rides based at Oulton with Woodlesford Sports and Community Club Follow the Facebook account here.
Originally set to appear in 2020, popular children’s character, Peter Rabbit has been confirmed as the headliner for the YorkMix Family Sunday at York Racecourse, on Sunday 5 September 2021....
Lucy Air Ambulance for Children is holding a 'Family Fun Day' at Horsforth Golf Club on Saturday 11th September 2021. Come along to enjoy a range of fun activities and...
METHLEY ROCKS AT METHLEY CRICKET CLUB
Cash for Kids Sports Challenge is BACK! Are you a local sports group in need of funding? Cash for Kids has up to £8,000 up for grabs for 3 lucky...
Beeston Festival is an annual day long community festival held in Cross Flatts Park. It is an opportunity for all our communities to come together and share each others food,...
Morley Arts Festival is excited to be back hosting family friendly events over 3 days - all outdoor across Morley Town Centre and FREE to all! Join us this September...
Last Saturday of the month, 9.30am-12.30pm Monthly craft and food market last Saturday of the month at Watsonian Pavillion on Cross Flatts Park. Organised / supported by Better Action for...
Rory comes roaring back in to Leeds City Museum this September! In partnership with Tidal Wrestling, this is Rory’s first activity club since 2020 so come along to join in the fun! Visit...
Take afternoon tea on the terrace or warm up with a brew from the Yorkshire Tea van. Make scones from scratch, sew your own teabag with home grown herbs and...
The spectacular wonders of the natural world will come to life on the streets of Leeds when Light Night returns this October. The hugely popular cultural showpiece will see a...
Thursday 21 October- Monday 25 October Watsons Amusements Thurs & Fri 6pm-9.30pm, Sat 1.30pm- 9.30pm, Sun 1.30pm- 7pm, Mon 5pm- 8.30pm
Edward is a bit of an oddball. A shy and troubled boy, he is always watching the horizon, waiting for something to happen. Then one day “the Jumblies” arrive, and...
Calling all master builders! It's that time of year again... Hal-Lego-Ween. Join us for some bloodcurdling builds this October half term. We'll have Lego potions to mix, spells to cast...
In a faraway land, a hard-working and lonely carpenter wishes for his puppet Pinocchio to come to life. By the magic of a wishing well his dream comes true! Pinocchio...
Festive Outdoor Market See Carlton Towers from all angles whilst you browse all the stalls… Friday 26th November Saturday 27th November Sunday 28th November An outdoor festive market with Carlton...
World record-breaking beatboxer SK Shlomo is bringing back his 5-star sell-out show Shlomo’s Beatbox Adventure for Kids to the Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds. At the start of 2020, lockdown forced Shlomo...
Time-travelling magicians Morgan & West are back with a show full of fabulous family-friendly fun, frantic frolics, and fantastic facial furniture! The dynamic duo deals out a delightful dollop of...
Last Saturday of the month, 9.30am-12.30pm Monthly craft and food market last Saturday of the month at Watsonian Pavillion on Cross Flatts Park. Organised / supported by Better Action for...
Timothy Pope is looking through his telescope… but wait, is that a Shark, in the Park?! From the creative team behind The Hairy Maclary show – see all three of...
Following last year’s magnificent response we, your local councillors, working with the Garforth & District Lions, will once again be organising and funding a Halloween trail for children and their...
Here are some of the in person events that you can look forward to this year at Baby Week Leeds! Baby Week Leeds is 15th-21st November, aimed at bringing sectors...
From 11am on Commercial Street, Rothwell. Market stalls, entertainment, Grotto, Christmas farm and the ever so popular and now traditional mulled wine stall will all be there! Not forgetting the...
Festivities from 5pm, Lights switched on at 7pm Festive Farm, Ghost Busters Car, Santa, Fun Fair, Parade Market Stalls 11am-8pm Garforth Christmas market continues Saturday 27th November 9am-3pm on Main...
Enjoy a brand new after-dark illuminated trail through the festive grounds and gardens! It’s the most wonderful time of the year when twinkling lights and seasonal sounds fill the air...
Fri 26 November – Sun 9 January 2022, Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds Hop aboard a magic carpet destined for the Carriageworks Theatre to see this year’s enchanting family pantomime, Aladdin. Follow Aladdin...
Last Saturday of the month, 9.30am-12.30pm Monthly craft and food market last Saturday of the month at Watsonian Pavillion on Cross Flatts Park. Organised / supported by Better Action for...
The Real Magic Christmas Truck Tour from Coca Cola 27th-28th November 2021 11am-8pm White Rose Shopping Centre, LS11 8LU The Holidays are coming!!! Enjoy watching the Coca Cola Trucks roll...
Come and see our Christmas Lights and help us raise money for charities throughout December! Just a polite note, if you are looking to pop along. 1. Please park up...
The most traditional of Christmas pantomimes, Mother Goose comes to the Garforth Miners Welfare Hall on Saturday 4th December at 3pm & 5pm & the Eversley Park Centre in Sherburn-in-elmet...