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Womad 2024
A huge diversity of music, as well as workshops, food, talks, dance, physics, spa and activities for kids.
Find out more »Young Fundraisers Challenge with Bath Cats and Dogs Home
Encouraging children and young people to get creative and choose their own challenge or plan a bake sale, sponsored challenge or sporting event, pet portrait sale, crafts sale, no treat week or geocaching. The aim is for each individual or team to raise £150 but any amount, large or small will help to make a […]
Find out more »8:30 am
Ultimate Activity Camp at Prior Park
Ofsted-registered activity day camp childcare for children aged 4-14 during the school holidays, where the children's welfare and fun are at the heart of all we do! Children will enjoy a fantastic range of sports, games and art activities every week led by engaging staff.
Find out more »9:00 am
Tribe Holiday Camps with Team Bath
With a huge range of sports available, try something new in energetic, multi-skill movement sessions that prioritise fun and enjoyment. There’s something for everyone! All ages and abilities are welcome.
Find out more »Holiday Activities at University of Bath
Sport-specific camps in netball, trampolining, athletics and multi-sports with qualified coaches providing a fun and progressive environment to learn new skills and attempt new activities. Further details and booking online.r
Find out more »Summer Art Camps at the Holburne
Each camp provides a fun day of creativity by experienced artists designed to explore new skills, art practices and exciting materials. All activities are inspired by objects and stories from the museum collection as well as the temporary exhibitions.
Find out more »Tennis Camps with Team Bath
Sessions will be tailored to all abilities, developing key fundamental skills through fun games and point play – exploring hand-eye coordination, movement patterns and stroke development through technical/tactical coaching and games. The sessions will consist of drills, serving tuition and target practice, fun games, multi-sports and match play. Wear suitable sporting attire and non-marking trainers […]
Find out more »Super Camps Holiday Club at Royal High School
SuperCamps Bath holiday club offering indoor and outdoor play while on camp, with access to sports facilities including sports hall, sports field and astroturf, as well as plenty of classrooms. In addition to Multi-Activity camps for children aged 4-12 years, SuperCamps will be running Specialist Courses at this venue: LegoⓇ Play and Take the Stage. […]
Find out more »9:30 am
Summer holiday activities: Ingenious Inventions at The Tank Museum
Get involved with hands-on games and interactives, see tanks roar round the arena, and experience a tracked vehicle ride. Plus, see the tank-themed outdoor playpark for mini-tank enthusiasts.
Find out more »Summer Code Breakers at WWT Slimbridge
Become a summer code breaker and experience a unique adventure that blends fun, education, and the beauty of nature in an interactive puzzle adventure suitable for all. Discover letters hidden around the site and unscramble them to solve the secret phrase and collect a special sticker and enter a prize draw for a chance to […]
Find out more »10:00 am
The World Revealed exhibition at BRLSI
Free exhibition featuring a selection of the 150,000 artefacts, specimens and books donated and cared for in our the collections of the Institute. Highlighting key people and events in the Institution’s history to demonstrate how it survived through two centuries. Some items are on show for the first time and will explore the circumstances in […]
Find out more »Bath on the Beach 2024
Bath’s most chilled out Summer venue is back with a unique Caribbean beach bar located right in the centre of Bath with shaded Cabanas, picnic benches, table tennis, boules, bean bag toss, cocktails and plenty of food options.
Find out more »Monkton School Summer Rowing Camps
The camp will be split into different groups based on experience but is open to beginners as well as more advanced rowers/scullers. Each group will join activities appropriate for their skill level to maximise engagement and enjoyment, training with world class coaches and guests who have experience in coaching rowers. Children must be able to […]
Find out more »Monkton School Summer Rowing Camps
The camp will be split into different groups based on experience but is open to beginners as well as more advanced rowers/scullers. Each group will join activities appropriate for their skill level to maximise engagement and enjoyment, training with world class coaches and guests who have experience in coaching rowers. Children must be able to […]
Find out more »Fantastic Tails gallery trail at the Holburne
Free admission for families during half-term (26 October – 3 November) and a ‘Fantastical Tails’ gallery trail inspired by the wonderful creatures and animals in Chila Burman and Paula Rego’s work; suitable for ages 6yrs+.
Find out more »Starry Skies Constellation Trail at the Herschel Museum
How well do you know the night sky? Find the hidden embroidered constellations in and around the museum in a summer star trail and when you’ve found them all, have a go at weaving a constellation to take home. Free drop-in activity included in museum entry (children enter free with a paying adult).
Find out more »Writing Challenge at The Theatre Royal
Led by an industrial professional through three days of exploration, experimentation and exercises to produce short plays and scenes to be performed by actors. Suitable for ages 12-18 years.
Find out more »American Road Trip at the American Museum
Celebrating a journey through the diversity of American landscapes, history and culture in this contemporary, immersive experience, where visitors join in and share their own stories. There will be large-scale-travel games, theatrical sets, and an array of American road-trip memorabilia, as well a chance to get up close to an original 1958 Harley Davidson Duo […]
Find out more »Doodle and Draw at the Holburne Museum
Explore the free children and adult museum trails through the museum to encourage doodling, drawing and creativity. .
Find out more »Doodle and Draw at the Holburne Museum
Explore the free children and adult museum trails through the museum to encourage doodling, drawing and creativity. .
Find out more »Scribbling Scribes at the Roman Baths
Learn a little Latin and make a door plate. Sessions run 10am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4pm. Included in admission price, no need to book.
Find out more »Soft Play Golf at Kingsdown Golf Club
For further details, please contact Dave Stockley, davecarlstockley@gmail.com
Find out more »Summer Activities at BRLSI
A range of activities throughout the exhibition space and lecture rooms as well as the “Name the Jurassic Crocodile” competition. Activities include Is it Treasure? exploring artefacts using using your sense of touch to decide whether it is treasure; Darwin’s Finches: collect seeds, beetles, and worms with different tools representing different beak shapes; My Museum: […]
Find out more »We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Trail at Bristol Zoo Project
Swish, squelch and splash your way through the 3D sensory installations in Bear Wood to find real bears at the end in this fun family trail.
Find out more »Summer of Sharks at Bristol Aquarium
As well as six different types of sharks, native to the UK and from around the world, find the lesser spotted catshark, bull huss shark, Arabian carpet shark, brownbanded bamboo shark, banded Japanese smooth hound and the Port Jackson shark amongst the thousands of aquatic creatures. Watch sharks being fed at daily talks and get […]
Find out more »Henry Moore in miniature at the Holburne Museum
A survey of Moore’s sculptural output from his earliest works through to his last years, in which nothing is more than 30cm in size. The first exhibition of its kind, it will include works from every decade of Moore’s career, from the 1920s to the 1980s.
Find out more »Mr Doodle! Museum Mayhem at the Holburne Museum
The first ever UK museum exhibition of internationally renowned artist and internet sensation, Mr Doodle. Primarily characterised by black ink on a white background, his graphic style conjures up a world of quirky creatures and anthropomorphic forms, using ink pens and spray paint to weave together what he describes as “graffiti spaghetti”. The selection of […]
Find out more »Kids’ Dig at Stonehenge
Try your hand at unearthing the past in the special sandboxes and explore the Where’s My Shadow? summer quest. Artefacts from across the centuries are ready to be excavated, giving children the chance to learn more about the history of Stonehenge through the things that have been left behind.
Find out more »Interactive Nature Trail with Dorothy House Hospice
Through its seasons, nature reminds us of the fragility of life and offers peace and solace from sadness and overwhelm. The interactive nature trail aims allow anyone wishing to find a wellbeing space to reflect in nature, or to find serenity in grief. Take a pause and learn more about the bio-diverse species found in the meadows, […]
Find out more »Festival of Archaeology at Prior Park Landscape Gardens
In 2023 the archaeology team dug in the Pasture to discover the edges of the Bason of Water and what looked like the start of an ancient cascade. This year the team will continue with this dig, hoping to uncover more of the cascade and uncover the viewing platform of the Bason. See the dig […]
Find out more »Summer Jam Lab at Music Workshop
Workshops for young musicians to experience working with, playing in, and performing as a band to encourage creativity and connect with local musicians of all ages who sing or play an instrument to perform and collaborate. Suitable for ages 10+ years. Drop off available from 9am.
Find out more »Echoes from the Aviary at Tyntesfield National Trust
A group of young people from Hartcliffe have been working with artists Oshii and Jono Gilmurray to create a sound and visual art installation for the aviary. The group explored the history of the building and the bird life that would have inhabited it, the significance of birds to the wider history and how the […]
Find out more »Biophilic Bath at Museum of Bath Architecture
Featuring designs by innovative architects, engineers, and designers, which show future “biophilic” visions of the city.
Find out more »Michael Rosen at Cheese and Grain
Michael Rosen returns for a 50th Anniversary show including a Q&A and book signing to mark the anniversary of his first ever published collection of children’s poems in the famed, ‘Mind Your Own Business’ released in 1974. Events at 1030am and 130pm.
Find out more »Tiny Tales at Topping & Co Booksellers
A weekly opportunity to listen to a new picture book as well as enjoy some healthy snacks and tea and coffee for the accompanying adults. Suitable for ages 2-5 years. Please sign up in advance.
Find out more »10:30 am
Toulouse-Lautrec at Victoria Art Gallery
Featuring around 100 posters, this blockbuster show brings bohemian Montmartre to Bath with bright colours and bold lines, Toulouse-Lautrec's striking artwork captured the essence of turn-of-the-century Parisian nightlife. Pieces include his first poster of the Moulin Rouge and the cancan dancers of La Troupe de Mademoiselle Eglantine, alongside works by other celebrated artists of the […]
Find out more »Lautrec and Friends at Victoria Art Gallery
Decorate and design outfits for some characters from the exhibition such as dancers, singers and theatre-goers. Free drop-in family event; sessions run 1030am–1230pm and 1.30–3pm.
Find out more »Summer Holiday Crafts at Victoria Art Galllery
Free hands-on craft activities inspired by the Toulouse-Lautrec and the Masters of Montmartre exhibition. Further details to follow. 24-26 July Lautrec and Friends; 30 July-2 August Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; 6-9 August Windmill from the Moulin Rouge; 13-16 August Top Hats, Monocles and Moustachios; 20-23 August Feathery Fun. Free drop-in sessions.
Find out more »11:00 am
The Invisible Hands of Mompesson House: Servants
Find out what life was like for the people who worked behind the scenes from the servants of the eighteenth century to the housekeeper and gardener in the 1950s. There will be information available in each room with details of servants' lives throughout the years, an opportunity to dress up in an apron and try […]
Find out more »Summer Activities at Melksham Library
With board games, baby rhyme time, lego club, and toddler rhyme time sessions, as well as other fun games and activities throughout the summer. Booking essential for all special events. Please call 01225 702039 or email libraryenquiries@wiltshire.gov.uk to secure your space. Children must be accompanied by an adult (children 8 and under must never be […]
Find out more »11:30 am
Teddy Bear Story Time and Picnic at Melksham Library
Bring your teddy and a picnic; and meet a special visitor. Booking essential for all special events. Please call 01225 702039 or email libraryenquiries@wiltshire.gov.uk to secure your space. Children must be accompanied by an adult (children 8 and under must never be left unsupervised). If your child has any special needs that we need to […]
Find out more »12:00 pm
Summer Play Sessions with Bath Area Play Project
Fun and games for the whole family in communities across Bath & North East Somerset, with support from Paulton Parish Council, Westfield Parish Council, Radstock Town Council, Keynsham Town Council and The Ludlow Trust. Suitable for ages 5-11 years.
Find out more »12:30 pm
Baby Massage Course 7
Learn how to massage your baby safely whilst learning about the numerous benefits of this ancient practice; including techniques to relieve wind, constipation, teething pains, and also aid better sleep in this dedicated 75 minute class. We provide an organic massage oil for you to keep, a take home booklet with all the massage instructions, […]
Find out more »Summer Activities at Woolley Grange Hotel
Variety of activities available including planting and gardening, arts and crafts, kite workshop, games, mud kitchen, tie dye, mocktail classes, pizza making, scavenger hunt and more. Full details and schedule available online.
Find out more »2:00 pm
Parachute Games at Melksham Library
Suitable for ages 3-8 years. Booking essential for all special events. Please call 01225 702039 or email libraryenquiries@wiltshire.gov.uk to secure your space. Children must be accompanied by an adult (children 8 and under must never be left unsupervised). If your child has any special needs that we need to be aware of, please advise.
Find out more »3:00 pm
Marvellous Mosaics with Bathnes Libraries
Create some mosaics as part of the Summer Reading Challenge. Suitable for ages 4-11 years; children must be accompanied at all times. 22 July: Midsomer Norton Library 23 July: Bath Central Library 25 July: Keynsham Library
Find out more »3:30 pm
Calm Sensory Sessions at the Holburne Museum
Created with neurodivergent children, families and adults in mind who may benefit from visiting the museum in a calmer and quieter period. There will be no large group bookings for during these times, audio for any exhibition films will be turned off, hand dryers will be not be available to use, visitors arriving during this […]
Find out more »7:30 pm
Disney’s Aladdin at Bristol Hippodrome
Follow the adventurous Aladdin as he embarks on a journey to win the heart of Princess Jasmine and defeat the wicked Jafar. With the help of his genie, he navigates the streets of Agrabah and discovers that there's more to life than just material wealth. Featuring iconic music and filled with unforgettable magic, comedy and […]
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