Hello April! Easter is upon us and Manchester is jam-packed with events and activities to enjoy, both indoors and outdoors.
Read our highlights below, including Spring Holidays at the Science and Industry Museum, Mini books, big stories at People’s History Museum, Where’s Woolly? at Temple Newsam, Easter Holidays at Manchester Central Library, Wellbeing Wonders at Z-arts and Easter at Tropical World.
Create your own mini book inspired by the life of one of the museum’s fascinating heroes, design your own book cover and explore the museum’s exhibitions.
Get ready to embark on a sheep-spotting mission and while you’re at it, explore the amazing grounds of Temple Newsam, too!
Enjoy a fantastic programme of events including interactive language workshops, board game activities and Lego building.
Step inside a sense-sational adventure, with hands-on activities inspired by the museum’s brand-new blockbuster exhibition, Operation Ouch! Brains, Bogies and You.
Go on an awesome adventure with the whole family where there is a huge amount of exciting things to see and do, including meeting Yorkshire’s only Morelet’s Crocodile… and he’s set a few challenges for you!
Enjoy a family-friendly journey through the history of activism at the People’s History Museum’s year-long Banner Exhibition.
Tumble down the rabbit hole and experience the most curious adventure, where the surreal and bizarre awaits!
From comedy nights to drop-in family craft sessions, Factory International bring an accessible and inclusive programme of events this spring – the best thing, it’s all free.
With performances from Company Chameleon, Global Grooves, Tea Club and Sole Rebel, Northwich’s free international dance and street arts festival is back for 2025.
Budding young storytellers—and those who’ve never put pen to paper before—are invited to take part in Lowry’s Creative Writing Challenge, open to children aged 7-11 across Greater Manchester.
An Easter adventure awaits! Explore the amazing grounds of Lotherton, prove your skills as a true Dragonologist and find all the lost eggs.
Get ready for a fun-filled adventure this Easter as Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow takes the stage.
Enjoy a fun-packed family knees-up this Good Friday at Our Kids Social’s Good Fridaze Family Social, packed with fun, music, and exciting activities.
Get ready for a sense-sational adventure packed with super-sized science and brilliant biology!
The ultimate indoor playground! LEGOLAND Discovery Centre is an immersive indoor attraction where iconic sites from Manchester’s skyline and other famous UK buildings can be enjoyed by both kids and adults.
A supercalifragilisticexpialidocious family treat awaits as the world’s most loved nanny flies over to Manchester in April 2025.
Whether you’ve half an hour or a full day, you’ll always find something new to discover at Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum.
Get your wellies on and enjoy fun and creative outdoor activities.
Explore the People’s History Museum with your banner bingo card in hand as you navigate their galleries through the lens of craftivism.
Whether you’ve half an hour or a full day, you’ll always find something new to discover at Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum.
Head to Elizabeth Gaskell’s House this April for some special family craft activities and an Easter Egg Trail.
from £8.50
Get priority booking on the best seats, special discounts, invitations to exclusive events and much more. Are you in?
from £45.00
Keep the kids entertained this Easter with science and discovery…
free entry
Get in the Easter spirit with a special egg-hunt for the whole family.
from £4.00
A sense-sational exhibition returns to Manchester in 2025.
from £10.00
Explore the People’s History Museum with your banner bingo card in hand as you navigate their galleries through the lens of craftivism.
free entry
Get your dancing shoes on and enjoy an awesome family rave this Easter!
from £8.50
Wrap up the Easter Holidays with a fun-packed panto adventure!
A magical adventure in a topsy-turvy wonderland awaits.
from £12.00
Adventure seekers rejoice – an exciting quest awaits this Easter!
from £0.00
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Food Sorcery is a popular cookery school now opening in the centre of Manchester after years of success in East Didsbury.
Platt Fields Park in Fallowfield is steeped in history, the land having been acquired by the Platt family in 1225.
Built on a former bomb site and designed by world-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind, a visit to this iconic museum provides an unforgettable experience for all ages.
Offering a packed schedule of events and things to do, HOME Manchester is one of the city’s leading hubs for arts and culture.
Learn from master jewellers Robert and Jenny Dutson with their jewellery making workshops and courses at The Workshop.
Main venue for Eden Arts, an artist-led organisation based in Eden in Cumbria creating projects around mass participation, local distinctiveness and digital engagement, from Picnic Cinema to The Winter Droving.
In the MerseyMade shop you’ll find bottled gin from the likes of Turncoat Gin, Anfield Gin, Albert Dock Gin and Three Graces Gin. Yep, Liverpool REALLY likes its gin.
Two museums share the same building at the historic Royal Albert Dock.
Dynamic dance, party-performance, high-energy stand-up and a site-specific show set in a pub. All this and more in our newest theatre guide.
Boozy tours, art workshops and a 'hobby house' that champions all things DIY, get the creative cogs whirring with our latest batch of tours and activities.
From precarious ceramics to photography festivals, spring is here and brings with it a breath of fresh air in visual art and exhibitions.
If it's inspiring, inclusive events and avant-garde, experimental afternoons you're after, look no further than live literature this spring – we've got you covered.
Make the most of the springtime sun with some of the North's best bars and restaurants.
The outsiders, the oddities and the outrageous – we’re keeping it weird with a hot new batch of underground gigs about to hit Manchester, Leeds, and Liverpool.
Vintage Alfred Hitchcock and a family friendly film festival are amongst our highlights this May.
