FAMILY EVENTS IN MANCHESTER
FAMILY EVENTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Family Events in Manchester
The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe
Lowry
Wed 3 Dec 2025 - Sun 11 Jan 2026
English National Ballet - Sleeping Beauty
Palace Theatre
Wed 19 - Sat 22 Nov 2025
Adventures in Wonderland
Z-arts, Manchester
Tuesday 16 September 2025 - Wednesday 22 July 2026
Fall down the rabbit hole and have your very own magical adventure with Adventures in Wonderland at Z-arts! Created by Z-arts in partnership with Macmillan Children's Books, step into Alice's shoes and have your very own magical Adventure i...The Library of Enchantment
Z-arts, Manchester
Friday 19 September - Monday 29 December 2025
Ever wanted to step inside a story? The Library of Enchantment is a fun-filled thrilling family-friendly escape room, full of seafaring adventures, time travelling tricks and a pesky old bookworm who's always up to meddlesome mischief! Can ...Cirque du Hilarious - The Craziest Showman
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Saturday 20 September 2025
In the latest high energy adventure, "the superstars of slapstick", CBBC's favourite and brightest comedy stars, Danny & Mick, bring their particular brand of lunacy to the show, causing chaos on stage and bringing screams of laughter fro...Tom Gates EPIC Stage Show
Waterside, Manchester
Sunday 21 September 2025
Get ready for a brilliant live experience as Tom Gates and his world of doodles, music, and laughs hit the stage in 2025! Based on the bestselling books by Liz Pichon and the hit TV show, the Tom Gates EPIC Stage Show brings alive the ill...Get Technical Behind The Curtain of Moulin Rouge The Musical
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Tuesday 23 September 2025
Get Technical! offers the chance to meet members of the production's backstage and technical teams, see live demonstrations and learn more about what goes into the making of the West End's leading musical Spectacular!From wigs to wardrobe t...Youth Theatre Taster Session
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Tuesday 23 - Saturday 27 September 2025
Aged between 7 and 17 and want to find out more about the Octagon's Youth Theatre sessions? Then try this FREE taster session ahead of the next term. The weekly youth theatre sessions support young people to develop drama skills, work wi...Three Little Vikings
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 28 September 2025
Wrongsemble present a family show all about cooperation, bravery, and getting your voice heard! Three brave little Viking girls save the day in this bold and funny adventure story for little rebels, by the creator of the New York Times Best...Tales From The Lighthouse
Waterside, Manchester
Sunday 28 September 2025
Written and performed by Oliver Bishop, with original songs by David Gibb, and live music from two-time BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Nominee Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, Tales From The Lighthouse is the perfect voyage into the world of theatre, pu...King Arthur
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Tuesday 30 September - Saturday 4 October 2025
Award-winning funny men, Le Navet Bete, return to the stage with a a brand-new laugh-out-loud show for theatre. This hilarious retelling of the Arthurian legends, suitable for the whole family, will have audiences crying with laughter and b...Pirates Love Underpants
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Tuesday 30 September - Wednesday 1 October 2025
A perfect show for all of the family to enjoy. Based on the beloved book by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort. These pirates SO love underpants! Join our swashbuckling party of pirates on their quest to find the fabled Pants of Gold for ...Party101 with DJ Matt Bennett
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 5 October 2025
Catch Los Angeles actor Matt Bennett on the road with his new DJ night Party101, a throwback celebration of music from Nickelodeon and Disney Channel. At 18 he made his acting debut on the hit Nickelodeon television show "Victorious." Since...Gandeys Halloween Spooktacular
Trafford Centre, Manchester
Friday 10 October - Sunday 2 November 2025
Something wickedly spectacular this way comes...! Dare you enter the haunted Big Top? Gandeys Circus returns, bringing you a brand-new, spine-chilling, and action-packed Halloween Spooktacular-a legendary show filled with frights, delights,...Second Hand Dance - The Sticky Dance
Lowry, Salford
Saturday 11 October 2025
Second Hand Dance present The Sticky Dance, an interactive, engaging and colourful performance installation for children aged 3-5 years old and their families. Three dancers' shimmy through the audience weaving a tapestry of sticky tape in...Slava's Snow Show
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Wednesday 22 - Sunday 26 October 2025
Slava's Snowshow promises a breath-taking multisensory delight in a joyous dream-like world which will touch both your heart and funny bone!The multi award-winning international sensation returns by popular demand. This truly unique theatri...Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Thursday 23 October - Sunday 2 November 2025
Escape to a world of pure imagination with ROALD DAHL'S Charlie and The Chocolate Factory - The Musical. The world-famous Willy Wonka is opening the gates to his mysterious factory... but only to a lucky few. Charlie Bucket, an imaginat...
Crown Ballet - The Nutcracker
The Albert Halls, Bolton
Friday 24 October 2025
A wonderful treat full of glitter for the whole family, and an ideal introduction to audiences of any age to the magic that is classical ballet, Moldova's Crown Ballet returns to the UK to enchant you with their delightful production of an ...ComedySportz
Waterside, Manchester
Saturday 25 October 2025 - Saturday 14 February 2026
You've seen football. You've seen tennis. But have you seen Comedy as a sport? Then you don't want to miss this all ages, all action, all improvised competitive comedy show! Two teams battle it out for laughs with quick-witted gags, games, ...Flow (U)
Gallery Nightclub Leigh, Wigan
Saturday 25 October 2025
★★★★★ Mysterious and magical, this Oscar-winning survival adventure is an animation worthy of Studio Ghibli. ~ Time Out --- Winner of the 2025 Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film, Flow is the latest film from the boundless imag...RAVE KIDZ goes BONKERS
Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester
Sunday 26 October 2025
Rave Kidz Goes Bonkers in Bowlers - Family Rave Event...Nick Cope - I've Lost My Bobble Hat
Waterside, Manchester
Sunday 26 October 2025
Help Nick find his beloved bobble hat in this fun filled musical hour with all your favourite Nick Cope hits and more. Nick Cope has been writing and recording his beautiful and totally unique songs for children and their families for over ...The Smeds and The Smoos
Lowry, Salford
Monday 27 October - Saturday 1 November 2025
Tall Stories presents The Smeds and the Smoos. Soar into space with this exciting adaptation of the award-winning book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. On a far off planet, Smeds and Smoos can't be friends. So when a young Smed and Sm...Kidz Bop
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Make memories that will last a lifetime at the ultimate pop concert for kids, and their grown-ups too! Sing and dance along as the KIDZ BOP Kids perform your favorite songs like "Espresso," "greedy," "Lil Boo Thang," "Dance The Night,"...The Wizarding Adventure
East Lancashire Railway, Bury
Wednesday 29 October 2025
It's a kind of magic! Are you ready to attend your first day at the Grand Old School of Wizardry. Join the madcap mages and wacky witches of the faculty on a spellbinding adventure to work on your wand waving, brush up on your broomstick sk...
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 2 - Saturday 8 November 2025
GOD BLESS HELP US, EVERYONE The Cornley Amateur Drama Society are back with tidings of chaos and joy, ready to tackle the Charles Dickens' classic, A Christmas Carol. A new production of CHRISTMAS CAROL GOES WRONG smashes into the Lowry pri...Coram Shakespeare Schools Theatre Festival
Contact, Manchester
Thursday 6 - Friday 7 November 2025
Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation presents the world's largest youth drama festival, an evening of live theatre, featuring a series of unique abridged Shakespeare productions by local schools. ...Justin Live
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 9 November 2025
Are You Ready To Rock?.... Because Justin has got the band back together! Famous for his BAFTA Award-winning appearances in hit programmes including Something Special, Justin's House, Gigglebiz and Gigglequiz, Justin and his friends are ba...A Christmas Carol
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Thursday 13 November 2025 - Saturday 10 January 2026
A joyful stage adaptation of the festive classic Whilst Christmas cheer and goodwill thrive across Victorian England, tight-fisted Ebenezer Scrooge goes to bed on Christmas Eve with no compassion or love in his heart. However, that night he...Believe! The Polar Express Experience
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Friday 14 November - Wednesday 31 December 2025
Believe! The Polar Express Experience is a brand new, truly magical, multi-room immersive walkthrough experience that brings the enchanting world of the beloved movie to life in a whole new way. Step into the Hero Boy's house where you be t...Bluey's Big Play
St Mary's Chambers, Rossendale
Sunday 16 November 2025
When Dad feels like a little bit of Sunday afternoon time out, Bluey and Bingo have other plans! Join them as they pull out all of the games and cleverness at their disposal to get Dad off that bean bag. Bluey's Big Play is a brand-new thea...
English National Ballet - Sleeping Beauty
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Wednesday 19 - Saturday 22 November 2025
For wonder and enchantment, look no further than this classic fairy tale ballet: Kenneth MacMillan's The Sleeping Beauty will leave you spellbound. Experience all that is grand, gleaming and gorgeous with English National Ballet in this stu...Cinderella
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 21 November - Wednesday 31 December 2025
Next Christmas, experience Cinderella like never before - the magical tale you love filled with laughter, fun, and unexpected surprises... Meet Mandy, Fairy 23780, fresh from Fairy Godmother school and excited to share her first assignmen...Gladiators Live
AO Arena, Manchester
Saturday 22 - Sunday 23 November 2025
Get ready for the ultimate action-packed experience, as Gladiators Live Tour makes its global debut in arenas across the UK for the very first time in 2025. Featuring the new stars of the UK TV series Gladiators, the live show will be a spe...The Muppet Christmas Carol In Concert
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
Back by popular demand, Disney's much loved 1992 musical comedy The Muppet Christmas Carol returns to The Bridgewater Hall, the beloved festive movie brought to life by a talented orchestra performing its musical score live in time with the...Santa Special
East Lancashire Railway, Bury
Saturday 22 November - Wednesday 24 December 2025
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Treat the family to an enchanting voyage through the magical Irwell Valley, kick start your Christmas on one of our famous Santa Specials! There's more family friendly fun, colourful characters a...Freaky Friday
HOME, Manchester
Thursday 27 November - Wednesday 31 December 2025
Directed by Andy Fickman Book by Bridget Carpenter Music by Tom Kitt Lyrics by Brian Yorkey The new musical, Freaky Friday, based on the beloved 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films, which has captured the hearts of genera...The New Adventures of Peter Pan
The Albert Halls, Bolton
Saturday 29 November - Wednesday 31 December 2025
Set Sail this Easter and Join the Swashbuckling Adventures of Peter Pan in this high flying pantomime for all the Family from Trio Entertainments! Starring Coronation Street's "Ashley", Steven Arnold, as Captain Hook alongside Bolton panto ...The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe
Lowry, Salford
Wednesday 3 December 2025 - Sunday 11 January 2026
Step through the wardrobe into the magic kingdom of Narnia where a world of wonder awaits. Join Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter as they meet new friends, face dangerous foes and learn the lessons of courage, sacrifice, and the power of love. ...Aladdin
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 5 December 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026
Take a magical carpet ride to the North West's home of sensational Pantomime entertainment for Stockport Plaza's glittering production of Aladdin starring Brian Capron, star of Coronation Street and many TV and stage presentations, who make...Goldilocks & The Three Bears
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Friday 5 December 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026
Roll up! Roll up! The Circus is in town! Dame Gertie Dollop runs a Circus show with her son - Silly Billy, but they have fallen on hard times particularly with the dastardly Ringmaster Heinkel, owner of the rival 'Circus of Horrors' up to h...Robin Hood
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026
Get ready for an adventure like no other as Jason Manford and Ben Nickless take over Sherwood Forest in this year's must-see show, Robin Hood!Join the most heroic outlaw of them all as the arrow-shooting hero Robin Hood and his trusty band ...The Enormous Crocodile - The Musical
Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 9 December 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026
"For my lunch today I would like... a nice juicy little child!" He's greedy, he's grumptious, he's horrid! The Enormous Crocodile is weaving his way through the jungle to Lowry in search of delicious little fingers and squidgy podgy knees.....Disney On Ice - Find Your Hero
AO Arena, Manchester
Wednesday 10 - Sunday 14 December 2025
Disney On Ice presents Find Your Hero, an adventure filled with tales of heroism from your favorite Disney stories. Join fearless wayfinder Moana and demigod Maui as they bravely voyage into uncharted territories to return the stolen heart ...Shaun the Sheep's Circus Show
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Thursday 11 December 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026
A high-flying family adventure with un-BAA-lievable acrobats comes to Aviva Studios this winter Two worlds gleefully collide in Shaun the Sheep's Circus Show - brought to the stage by the internationally-acclaimed Australian circus ensemble...Santa Live! The Ultimate Santa Show Party
The Albert Halls, Bolton
Saturday 13 - Wednesday 24 December 2025
Get ready this Christmas as Darling Productions UK brings you Bolton's brand-new festive extravaganza... SANTA LIVE! Disaster strikes in Christmas town when the Christmas spirit runs out and all the children names have mysteriously vanished...
The Totally Improvised Pantomime
Waterside, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025
Bored of the same pantomimes every year? The ComedySportz team are back this Christmas for more Totally Improvised Pantomimes! Heroes, villains, songs and silliness are guaranteed this December as the gang create brand-new pantomime adventu...Home Alone in Concert - The Film with Live Orchestra
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Monday 15 December 2025
This beloved holiday favourite features renowned composer John Williams' charming and delightful score performed live to picture by a live symphony orchestra. Since its debut in 2013, Home Alone in Concert has become a seasonal favourite wi...Cirque Wicked Wizard of Oz
AO Arena, Manchester
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Panto meets Cirque with a cast of 60 and spectacular aerial stunts and amazing special effects in this international class arena show as The World's Biggest Productions present a brand-new, breath-taking, Cirque staging... of the Wicked Wiz...Jonathan Cohen - Christmas Carol Singalong
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 24 December 2025
Sing your heart out as irrepressible showman Jonathan Cohen returns to lead you through another fun-filled extravaganza of his most-loved carols and all time Christmas hits with guest singer Louise Dearman. This festive favourite from Raym...Horrible Histories - Horrible Christmas
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 28 December 2025
Horrible Histories proudly presents the terrific tale of Christmas! When Christmas comes under threat from a jolly man dressed in red, it's up to one young boy to save the day - but can he save Christmas? From Victorian villains to Medieval...Little Bear and the Christmas Lights
