Autumn FREE Entry Day at RHS Garden Harlow Carr
1st October 2019 RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate, North Yorkshire 9.30am–4pm Visitors have the chance to enjoy the glorious colours of autumn at RHS Garden Harlow Carr completely free of charge.
1st October 2019 RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate, North Yorkshire 9.30am–4pm Visitors have the chance to enjoy the glorious colours of autumn at RHS Garden Harlow Carr completely free of charge.
£25.00 Tue October 1, 2019 6:30pm - 9:30pm Lino printing is an easy and rewarding art form. There's nothing more exciting than that 'great reveal' - when your print is peeled off your lino block! With guidance from local artist Danni you'll plan, carve, ink and then print your design over and over. At the...
A year-long programme of story times has been developed by Bradford Libraries to celebrate exciting new picture books. The special storytimes will take place each month in libraries across Bradford. Come and join us for these fun sessions which include stories and crafts around the theme of a new picture book. Ilkley Library: Wednesday 2nd...
2nd October 2019, 1.30 - 2.30 pm Bring the children (2-5yo) along to Story Time, 13:30 pm to 14:30 pm every first Wednesday of the month. we have stories and crafts and they can borrow books from the Library too on their own borrower card! Sign them up to Bookstart Bear and start collecting gifts...
SATURDAY 4–SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2019 Across Ilkley FREE All ages Help us find the Ten Little Bookworms and Ten Little Aliens hiding in shop windows across Ilkley. Look out for trail window stickers to help you. Collect your instructions, map and entry form at Ilkley Playhouse and The Grove Bookshop. All correct entries will be...
The Puppet Festival happens over the weekend of 4th -6th October 2019. The parade line-up is from between 10.00am and 11.00am for a 12.00noon start on Sunday 6th October at Ermysted’s Grammar School. The Parade route is one kilometre, with puppets dancing down the High Street and round to the Festival Canal Basin Hub. WHAT’S...
Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 10 AM – 4 PM Guiseley Theatre, The Green, LS20 9BT Guiseley Join us on Saturday 5th October as part of the national Fun Palaces scheme to celebrate all things culture in our community! Expect dancing, singing, making, painting, writing, technical and science fun in the heart of Guiseley -...
SATURDAY 5 OCTOBER 2019 Clarke Foley Centre 11.30am–4.30pm £5* Age 12–18 Become a real-life podcaster for the day! Interview famous authors and create a special festival podcast. Bring a packed lunch.
We thought as it's Halloween month we would show a spooky movie for our Family Film Afternoon. Click the link below to book your tickets to come and watch Goosebumps 2 (sponsored by JPC Bespoke Building Services) on Saturday 5th October 2019 - Book here
Sunday 6th Oct 2019 11 am Fungus Foray - A damp autumn brings forth an amazing array of colourful and intriguing fungi – find out what’s growing in the reserve and beyond! 11 am start with leader Sam Lawson. Everyone is welcome to attend Friends of Gallows Hill events, however, youngsters under 16 must be...
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Lister Park, BD9 4NS Sunday 6 October, 1 - 3 pm Visit the Young Open 2019 exhibition for creative inspiration by Bradford's homegrown artistic talent in the gallery. Look around Lister Park. Have fun designing, decorating and embellishing your ceramic flowerpot to grow some of your own wildflowers or vegetables. Suitable...
Back for 2019! Kirkgate Arcade, Otley are running their Spider Hunt with NEW added colouring competition. FREE to enter. Collect your entry forms from Sweet Treats in the arcade. 1st Prize £50 2nd Prize £25 3rdPrize£10
£25.00 Tue October 8, 2019 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Come and find out how to turn wool fibre into jewellery using the wet felting technique in this fun, hands-on workshop. You’ll learn how to make beads that you can string onto a necklace or bracelet once they’re dry or turn into earrings. These beads...
Leeds Playhouse Open Weekend October 11 @ 8:00 am - October 13 @ 5:00 pm If you want to explore every corner of the Playhouse, it is throwing open its doors to the city this weekend (11th–13th October) as part of its Open Weekend celebrations. There will be guided tours, pop-up performances, interactive games, family-friendly workshops and lots of...
Ever wondered what it’s like to be a franchisee with the WOW World Group? Ever looked at your class leader and thought “I’d enjoy doing that”? Well now’s your chance to find out more. We are holding a Discovery Day in York on Saturday 12th October. Email info@wowworldgroup.com to find out more. See the event on Facebook HERE
Saturday 12th October 2019. It's a great opportunity to clear out your children's good quality books, small to medium toys, CDs, DVDs, equipment and WINTER clothes. All proceeds are split 50% to YOU, 50% to CHARITY. So you can make some money for yourself and help children's charities at home and abroad. Or just come...
SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER 2019 Kings Hall 4–5pm £10/6 concessions* Age 7+ Join Andy Stanton, the awardwinning, bestselling author of the Mr Gum series, for an afternoon of ludicrous characters, surreal escapades and outrageous wordplay. Welcome to the last days of Pompeii as you’ve NEVER imagined them before! Join fart-trader Caecilius, his wife Vesuvius and their...
Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 5 PM – 7:30 PM St John's Church Yeadon, Barcroft Grove, Yeadon, LS19 7XZ Yeadon, Leeds Our October film will be 2019's Aladdin. The film starts at 5.30 pm, doors open at 5.00 pm. F R E E E N T R Y A free tub of popcorn per child...
SUNDAY 13 OCTOBER 2019 Clarke Foley Centre 11.30am–1.30pm £5* Age 12–18 Join ILF Apprentice Poet in Residence Genevieve Carver and her band, The Unsung, for a musical poetry workshop. Write poems in response to live music and learn to perform your work alongside improvised accompaniment from the band. Participants will have the opportunity to perform...
SUNDAY 13 OCTOBER 2019 Clarke Foley Centre 2.30–4.30pm £5* Age 12–18 Work with experienced spoken word performer, slam winner and theatre director Chris Singleton to discover the most dynamic and exciting ways to take your poetry from page to stage. Explore how to connect with an audience, how to use theatrical performance techniques and how...
THURSDAY 17 OCTOBER Ilkley Playhouse Wildman 6–7pm £5* Age 12+ Bestselling author of the Geek Girl series Holly Smale returns to Ilkley with her hilarious new romantic comedy. Sisters Hope, Faith and Mercy Valentine have everything: fame, success, money and beauty. But what Hope wants most of all is love, and it doesn’t matter how...
£25.00 Thu Oct 17, 2019 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Learn to make a gorgeous Macramé plant hanger decorated with wooden beads. You will be able to choose the style of your hanger and learn an array of knots in the process. If you have a favourite pot or planter feel free to bring it...
FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER Kings Hall 6–7pm £10/6* concessions Age 7+ TV presenter Clare Balding trots into town to talk about her popular series of pony adventures for children. In the latest book in her Charlie Bass trilogy, Charlie and her Derbywinning, crime-stopping racehorse, Noble Warrior are facing their greatest challenge yet. Charlie’s best friend Polly...
Countryside Live is the perfect day out for families, with live entertainment, animals, shopping, and a create & explore area with hands-on activities for children. There is plenty to do! Celebrating the very best of the countryside, this two-day event is mostly undercover so you’ll have fun whatever the weather. Once you have your ticket...
SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER AND SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2019 All Saints’ School 10am, 11.30am, 1pm, 2.30pm story sessions. Drop-in activities 10am–4pm FREE Age 3–6 Join Story Bees for a journey through the classic tale of a little caterpillar with a very big appetite. Drop-in for creative and sensory activities that bring the caterpillar’s hungry adventures to...
Sunday 13th Oct 2019 9.30 am Small mammal trapping and search for mammal signs in association with Yorkshire Mammal Group. Ann will lay traps and hopefully, we will see some of our more secretive mammal neighbours up close. 9.30 am start with leader Ann Hanson. Everyone is welcome to attend Friends of Gallows Hill events,...
Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 10 AM Kirklands Community Centre, 119 Main Street Come along for another fabulous fun day at Menston Pre School! This year we will have an amazing trunk or treat with children’s Halloween games, fabulous science activities led by Leeds University School of Physics and Astronomy, a cafe, and face painting....
SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER 2019 All Saints’ School 10.45–11.30am £5 adult/child* Family event for ages 5+ A constellation of creativity! Using the night sky, astronomy and science, create brand new poetry, stories and even an art installation. Bringing together science and art, this is a fun workshop suitable for children and their adults of all ages
SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2019 All Saints’ School 10.30–11.15am £5 adult/child* Age 3–5 Sometimes we are loud, sometimes we are quiet, sometimes bold and clanky, sometimes soft and cuddly. Sophy Henn celebrates all the different, extraordinary and sometimes contradictory things we can be in this joyful and colourful rhyming picture book.
SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2019 All Saints’ School 11–11.45am £5 adult/child* Age 8–12 Strange things are happening in the United Woodlands and it’s time to call Agent Weasel, woodland super-spy. Can peace be made in the United Woodlands? Will they get afternoon tea and biscuits? Does Agent Weasel have a clue what’s going on? All these...
Sun October 20, 2019 11.00 am – 2.00 pm In this workshop, you will make a hanging glass ornament using the copper foil technique. You will cut glass and solder the pieces together and go home with your own little piece of stained glass. This course is run by Sue and all materials are...
Listen to the story and then make a great story wheel for hours of storytime fun! FREE Drop-in session. Burley in Wharfedale Library: 22nd October 1.45 & 3.30 pm. Menston Library: 31st October 3.30 pm Silsden Library: 6th November 1.30 pm
Saturday 26th October 2019 12 PM – 3 PM Otley Family Trick or Treat, Town Centre, LS21 3AQ Otley It's back again for 2019! Wear your scariest costume and go Trick or Treating among the Shops and Businesses of Otley this Halloween! For Little Kids and Big Kids of all ages! 12pm to 3pm or...
Middleton Woods, Curley Hill, Ilkley Saturday 26th October PUMPKIN TRAIL (Under 7s) FREE: 12 - 4 pm Donations welcomed FRIGHTMARE TRAIL (8+) £5: 6.30 pm. Last entry 9.30 pm Children under 13 to be accompanied by an adult. Sunday 27th October 2019 PUMPKIN TRAIL (Under 7s) FREE: 10 - 2 pm Donations welcomed Back...
Our BRAND NEW Trail is a scavenger hunt around our amazing local businesses in Ilkley! Sat 26th Oct - Sun 3rd Nov • Trail Sheets will be available* at our Pumpkin Trail on 26th & 27th Oct, and at Just Books on Brook Street throughout the half term week! • All Trail Sheets returned to...
The Harrogate Indoor Funfair is back at the Showground this October Half Term! Join us this October Half Term (26th October to 3rd November 2019) for some fantastic family fun once again! The Yorkshire Event Centre will be transformed into an indoor funfair ensuring that whatever the weather it won’t ruin your plans or dampen...
Saturday 26 October 2019 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM FREE We invite you to join us for our Big Community Doodle. Everyone can doodle - everyone is welcome. Drop in and doodle away! Did you realise that when you pick up a biro and start doodling you are practicing Mindfulness? Research suggests that doodling calms...
Otley Community Hub, LS21 1EZ Sat 26th October 2019 10.30 am - 11.30 am Join Wrongsemble for their brand new storytelling show ‘A Witch’s Tale’: Before Hansel and before Gretel, there was Grizelda - a young fairytale witch who loved gingerbread! This magical musical adventure is perfect for the whole family! All performances are followed...
THE KWVR HALLOWEEN TRAIN – COME ABOARD IF YOU DARE! Sunday 27th & Thursday 31st October | Under 5’s Go Free! | 11am – 16:10pm | Starting From Keighley Station | Suitable For Ages 3 – 8 Here at KWVR on Sunday the 27th October, we are getting into the Halloween spirit! Join us for...
October 28 - November 2 If you go down to the woods today… your little ones could be among the first to see Northern Ballet’s new ballet for children, Little Red Riding Hood, during its world première week in Leeds this October half term. Little Red Riding Hood is a kind and thoughtful little girl who loves her family. One...
Draw The Dragon, part of The BIG Draw at Leeds Markets #DrawTheDragon FREE October half term activities at Leeds Kirkgate Market We are inviting people to take part in our Big Draw Festival AND … #DrawTheDragon !!! Leeds Kirkgate Market has invited experienced artist and artist educator John Mayson (ArtJohn) to create a fantastic mural...
29th October 2019 Halloween is the time when pumpkins like to express themselves, and the Sand In Your Eye team loves nothing more than bringing them to life. On the 29th October, there will be a mini pumpkin festival, brought to you by Bradford BID and the team from Sand In Your Eye, taking place...
£25.00 Tue October 29, 2019 6:30pm - 9:30pm Come along and make some customised, laser-cut Christmas decorations. There will be a variety to choose from and you can either assemble them yourself or send them as gifts, flat-packed in the post. This will also be an opportunity to learn how to use one of the...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 10 AM – 12 PM Skipton Town Hall, High St, BD23 1AH Skipton Join us for a special Halloween Make & Take craft workshop if you dare! Creepy crafts from 10:00-12:00 at Skipton Town Hall Wednesday 30th October. FREE drop-in family event
30th Oct 2019 at 10:00 AM - 3:15 PM Middleton Railway, Leeds The Station, Moor Road, Hunslet, Ls10 2jq Leeds Wednesdays during the school holidays children can travel for just £1
Thursday 31st October, 10am - 12pm Come and make your own spooky candle for Halloween. No hot wax involved. If you're feeling brave then join professional storyteller Vickie Orton for creepy tales in the cells. For ages 7+ £6 per child To book please call our box office on 01943 467466
THU 31 OCT 2019 In 2019 The Big Draw Festival #DrawnToLife focuses on the vital role of creativity for health and wellbeing. As 'social prescribing' gains greater recognition as an effective tool for living a healthier and happier life; creating opportunities for accessible, fun, creative events has become more important than ever. So this is a great...
31st October 2019. 10.30 am till 11.30 am Messy art session for children aged 6 months to 7 years. We will be exploring and creating all things spooky with plenty of paint and glitter! Fancy dress encouraged. Booking required. £7.50 per child (includes snack.) Jubilee Hall, Rawdon, Gill: 07786994331
