Family activities

About our events

Join us for family fun from creative family festivals to artist-led workshops, regular under 5s sessions and relaxed openings, there's so much for your family or community group to enjoy together.

What's on

  1. A collage on a blue background. It shows a cat in a spaceship and a star against an orange planet-shaped background. There are a frog and some leaves against a green planet-shaped background. And, a fish and some coral against a blue planet-shaped background. There are also a bird and a rocket!
    Leeds Central Library
    Free

    Story Explorers in Leeds

    Our Story Explorers exhibition is launching off to Leeds! Play your way around this family exhibition co-produced with Leeds Libraries.

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  2. A cheeky green dragon with yellow eyes drawn by illustrator Chris Riddell on a purple background. The dragon is surrounded by smoke and stars.
    British Library, London

    Fairy Tales

    A family adventure through magical worlds and enchanted stories.

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  3. Read and Rave in Leeds Central Library. A crowd of people with party steamers and balloons.
    Free

    Family Workshops: BBC CBeebies Bedtime Story Read & Rave

    It’s NOT time for bedtime!

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  4. A woman in a blue headscarf crafting with a child. There are colourful pieces of paper on a table and other children in the background.
    Free

    Story Explorers: Drop in crafts

    Free family craft activities. Create a rocket or make a soundscape.

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  5. Woman and boy crafting together at a table.
    Free

    Fairy Tales: Relaxed Early Opening for Families

    Join us for a free sensory friendly early opening of the Library.

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  6. Group of children exploring creative art materials
    Free

    Family Workshops: Puppetry with Little Angel Theatre

    Perform Fairy Tales.

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  7. Two children playing, one sits on a mat on the floor with and adult, the other child is drawing on a blackboard
    Drop-in
    Free

    Family Station: Explore and Play

    Explore the Library with our creative offer, designed with families.
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  8. Young girl and carer dance together
    Free

    Family Under 5s: Fairy Tale Movement Stories

    Create stories through movement.

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  9. An adult and child sit together at a table of craft materials
    Free

    Family Workshop: Zanna Davidson's Fractured Fairy Tales

    A Magical Science Adventure with Izzy the Inventor.

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  10. Two children playing, one sits on a mat on the floor with and adult, the other child is drawing on a blackboard
    Drop-in
    Free

    Family Station: May half-term

    Come along this half-term and explore the Library with our creative offer, designed with families.

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  11. Image of comedian Richard Ayoade with a sideway glance and a blue background

    The Fairy Tale Fan Club, with Richard Ayoade and David Roberts

    What happens when curious kids send letters to their fairy-tale idols?!

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  12. storyteller Vanessa Woolf performing

    A Feast of Tales: The Stolen Smell and The Feast by the River

    One of our most popular storytellers, Vanessa Woolf, brings to life two wonderful folk tales.

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  13. Three children and an adult holding animal masks in front of their face, stood in a colourful room.
    Free

    Story Explorers: Animal Trail

    Help us find cunning creatures hidden amongst the library shelves in Leeds.

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