Wakefield’s annual culinary festival of all things rhubarb takes places this month featuring the usual mix of foodie entertainment but with a rhubarb-themed twist…
Archives for Half term events
Half term adventures at Twilight at the Museums
This February half-term, 14 of Cambridge’s museums and collections will be opening their doors for a series of free, drop-in adventures and activities after dark…
Best beard competitions, spectacular battles and forgotten stories of Viking women
JORVIK Viking Festival will feature forgotten stories of Viking women, a battle spectacular, a Viking encampment, Strongest Viking and Best Beard competitions, mead tasting, a Viking banquet and Poo Day…
Experience a day of Chinese culture in London with a free dragon boat festival
The London Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival will be held at London’s Regatta Centre with dragon boat racing, traditional Chinese lion dancing, South East Asian food, and martial arts demonstrations…
See 2000 pies being thrown in Kent at the World Custard Pie Championships
The World Custard Pie Championships 2018 will be taking place in Kent on Saturday 2nd June and will see around 2000 ‘pies’ being thrown as teams battle it out…
Immersive art installations Light Up Poole
Showing the town in a completely new light, the first Light Up Poole festival is set to transform the Dorset town, from Thursday 15th to Saturday 17th February…
Viking warriors invade York for festival
Hordes of Viking warriors will be invading the city of York this month, along with musicians, birds of prey and archaeologists, as the annual JORVIK Viking Festival takes place…
Meet the Queens of the Machines at Beamish
This February half term, Beamish Museum will be commemorating the amazing contribution women made to the war effort, during the First World War, with Queens of the Machines…
Send the kids off to a wild woodland camp this half term
This February half term, children aged 8 to 13 years can enjoy the outdoors at Painshill, as they host their Wild Woodland Camp with bushcraft, treasure hunts and forest games…
Get ready for Halloween with a Pumpkin Festival in Hertfordshire
This half term, families can get ready for Halloween with Willows Activity Farm’s Pumpkin Festival, with pumpkin picking and carving, and a Pumpkin Olympics…
Make a splash at the Puddle Jumping Championships
This half term, children (and big kids) can grab their wellies and take part in the Puddle Jumping Championships at the WWT’s nine wetland centres…
Battles, feasting, Norse myths and poo, at Europe’s largest Viking festival
The 33rd JORVIK Viking Festival will take place from Monday 20th to Sunday 26th February in York, with battles, Viking crafts and workshops…
Bones and blood-letting this half term at the Hunterian
This half term there will be two wonderfully quirky events, suitable for the whole family, taking place at The Hunterian Museum in London…
Retro gaming and Mario Kart tournaments at this year’s GEEK festival
This year’s GEEK festival will take place at Margate’s Dreamland, during the half term holiday, with gaming tournaments taking place on bumper cars…
Leeches, lancets and blood-letting at the Hunterian Museum
Meet Rory McCreadie, a barber–surgeon from the 17th century, and his pet leeches, at The Hunterian Museum in London on Tuesday 17th February 2015…