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Arts & Crafts

Belton Acorns

3rd September-17th December 2024

Venue: Belton Estate

Address: Grantham, Lincolnshire

Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/nottinghamshire-lincolnshire/belton-estate/events/

Take your little ones (under 5s) to the Belton Acorns sessions! Enjoy learning about the beauty of Belton by engaging in crafts, play, song, and outdoor fun. There will be a varied programme of activities...

Christmas

Little Robin’s Christmas Trail

13th November-23rd December 2024

Venue: Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Address: 1 Brookside, Cambridge

Website: www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/little-robins-christmas-trail-2/

Christmas is little Robin Redbreast’s favourite time of year. She visits all the festive plants in the Garden, and this year, you’re invited too! Use the map to follow her journey, learn all about...

Christmas

Meet Santa this Christmas at Queensgate!

16th November-24th December 2024

Venue: Queensgate Shopping Centre

Address: Long Causeway, Peterborough

Website: www.queensgate-shopping.co.uk/events/meet-santa-at-queensgate/

Santa will be returning to Queensgate once again this Christmas 2024! Bookings are now open. Booking is recommended as soon as possible to avoid disappointment, as his workshop gets very busy. The grotto...

Outdoor Events

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

19th November-5th January 2025

Venue: Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill

Address: Quy Rd, Lode, Cambridge

Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/anglesey-abbey-gardens-and-lode-mill/events/1e75269d-a109-419f-a9a0-a7f50333f762

Inspired by the beloved children’s story We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, prepare for an enchanting journey through art and adventure. This timeless classic,...

Christmas

Christmas Special

21st November-24th December 2024

Venue: Audley End Miniature Railway

Website: www.audley-end-railway.co.uk

Embark on a magical journey this Christmas. The Nutcracker Station Master invites you to climb aboard the Christmas Express and journey deep into the enchanted woods of Audley End to visit Father Christmas’...

Theatre & Cinema

Cinderella

28th November-5th January 2025

Venue: Cambridge Arts Theatre

Address: 6 St Edward's Passage, Cambridge

Website: www.cambridgeartstheatre.com/whats-on/cinderella-2024

Cinderella’s humdrum life is turned upside down after a surprise visit from her Fairy Godmother whisks her into a glittering world of glass slippers, handsome princes and enchanted pumpkins. But magic...

Outdoor Events

Cambridge Botanic Lights 2024

29th November-21st December 2024

Venue: Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Address: 1 Brookside, Cambridge

Website: www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/cambridge-botanic-lights-2024/

Following the success of last year’s first ever lights trail in the Garden, Cambridge Botanic Lights is back for 2024. There will be new, original installations that are unique to the Garden, as well...

Christmas

Father Christmas at Anglesey Abbey

29th November-23rd December 2024

Venue: Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill

Address: Quy Rd, Lode, Cambridge

Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/anglesey-abbey-gardens-and-lode-mill/events/6c18b8e3-da3d-432c-81c1-09047e202fe6

Experience a magical, festive encounter this winter as Father Christmas comes to stay at Anglesey Abbey. Make and decorate a Christmas wish in the present room with Pepper Mint the Elf then snuggle up...

Christmas

Christmas at the Railway: The North Pole Adventure!

30th November-24th December 2024

Venue: Nene Valley Railway

Website: nvr.org.uk/product.php/510/the-north-pole-adventure/991af77124995481405d6bb50ed07a8b

Start your journey in the Enchanted Forest with Bramble and discover whether you have made the good list this year. Join Frostine, the winter fairy and then you will arrive at Father Christmas’s Workshop...

Outdoor Events

Nene Park Winter Festival

30th November-24th December 2024

Venue: Ferry Meadows

Address: Ham Lane, Peterborough

Website: www.nenepark.org.uk/Event/nene-park-winter-festival

Visit as Ferry Meadows transforms into an enchanted forest filled with magical surprises and festive tingles. Follow the willow sculpture trail, enjoy captivating performances, experience an outdoor cinema...

Theatre & Cinema

Snow White

7th December-5th January 2025

Venue: Key Theatre

Address: Embankment Road, Peterborough

Website: keytheatre-peterborough.com/event/snow-white/

Mirror, mirror on the wall, visit for the most magical panto of all! A truly wintery adventure as Peterborough’s longest-running pantomime continues with Snow White, like you’ve never seen it before!...

Theatre & Cinema

Little Red Riding Hood’s Christmas Adventure

8th-15th December 2024

Venue: Stamford Corn Exchange Theatre

Website: www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk/little-red-riding-hoods-christmas-adventure/

Red Riding Hood is challenged with saving Christmas for everyone, ridding the wood of all the plastic and helping the animals have a safer greener forest to live in. Jokes, laughter, song, audience participation...

Theatre & Cinema

A Christmas Carol

10th-14th December 2024

Venue: ADC Theatre

Address: Park Street, Cambridge

Website: www.adctheatre.com/whats-on/play/a-christmas-carol/

Ebenezer Scrooge is a grumpy, miserly man who hates Christmas. His reaction to the festive season is “Bah Humbug!” One freezing cold Christmas Eve night he’s haunted by three ghosts. Will they change...

Theatre & Cinema

Once Upon A Flowerbed

11th-13th December 2024

Venue: Cambridge Junction

Address: Clifton Way, Cambridge

Website: www.junction.co.uk/events/once-upon-a-flowerbed/

The Garden has a story to tell. Travel through the seasons, as the fairy tale flowerbed reveals new seasonal sensory experiences with the turn of a page. Designed for audiences with profound and multiple...

Indoor Activities

Animal Tails: Monkeys and More

13th December 2024

Venue: Museum of Zoology

Address: Downing Street, Cambridge

Website: www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/events/animal-tails-monkeys-and-more-2

Solve the monkey puzzle in the Museum, and learn more about their cheeky animal friends with stories and play. Suitable for children aged 2-5. Book your place online.

Theatre & Cinema

Goldilocks and The Three Bears

13th December-5th January 2025

Venue: The Maltings

Address: Ship Lane, Ely, CB7 4BB

Website: www.themaltingsely.org.uk/events/event?id=292

This hilarious and spectacular pantomime style show will include some of the very best seasoned performers, as well as all the ingredients of a family show that KD Theatre Productions have become known...

Theatre & Cinema

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

13th December-5th January 2024

Venue: The Maltings, Ely

Website: kdtheatre.co.uk/goldilocks/

Roll up! Roll up! Pantomime returns to The Maltings, Ely for a 12th spectacular season with a brand-new production. This hilarious and spectacular pantomime will include all the ingredients of a family...

Theatre & Cinema

Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs

13th-31st December 2024

Venue: The Angles Theatre

Address: Alexandra Road, Wisbech

Website: www.anglestheatre.co.uk/whats-on/show/1173656897

Enjoy the latest adventure from the award-winning Angles Theatre Company, Fenland’s home for traditional family pantomime! This year promises to be packed with spectacular characters, toe-tapping...

Theatre & Cinema

Cinderella

14th-31st December 2024

Venue: The Cresset

Address: Rightwell, Bretton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Website: www.cresset.co.uk/shows/cinderella/

You shall go to the ball! Visit to cheer for Cinders, wonder at the magic of the Fairy Godmother, boo the ugly sisters and laugh along with Buttons. Expect plenty of song and dance, music and magic, and...

Christmas

Simply Singing Carols

15th December 2024

Venue: Ely Cathedral

Address: Chapter House, The College, Ely, Cambridgeshire

Website: www.elycathedral.org/events/simply-singing-carols

Join in outside the main doors to the Cathedral. Wrap up warm for outdoor carol singing. Hot chocolate provided.

Christmas

Elf Delivery

16th-20th December 2024

Venue: Sacrewell Farm

Address: Great North Road, Thornhaugh, Peterborough

Website: www.sacrewell.org.uk/events/elf-delivery/

Treat your children to a festive surprise with a personalised visit from the cheerful elves! Perfect for up to 4 children per house – invite your friends and share the magic! Each booking includes: two...

Theatre & Cinema

Mother Goose - Pantomime

19th-24th December 2024

Venue: Stamford Arts Centre, Theatre

Address: 27 St Mary's Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire

Website: www.stamfordartscentre.com/whats-on/all-shows/mother-goose-pantomime/13410

Stamford Arts Centre has teamed up local theatre company Starbright Entertainments, along with local cast and creatives, to bring you this year’s magical pantomime. Mother Goose may be one of the oldest...

Christmas

Meet Santa at Sacrewell

21st-24th December 2024

Venue: Sacrewell Farm

Address: Great North Road, Thornhaugh, Peterborough

Website: www.sacrewell.org.uk/events/christmas-at-sacrewell-2021/

The naughty elves have taken over Sacrewell and have stolen the keys to the Present Room, so they need your help! Join the Elf Academy and help to save Christmas… From enchanting Elf Academy, to meeting...

Christmas

Meet Santa's Reindeer

21st-23rd December 2024

Venue: Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill

Address: Quy Rd, Lode, Cambridge

Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/anglesey-abbey-gardens-and-lode-mill/events/7f174f71-6d15-4b47-9d6c-95471542cd11

Whilst Father Christmas is stopping off at Anglesey Abbey, go and meet some of his reindeer! Meet some real reindeer and learn some fascinating facts about them. Meeting the reindeer is free, normal admission...

Theatre & Cinema

Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs

21st December-1st January 2025

Venue: Stamford Corn Exchange Theatre

Address: Corn Exchange Theatre, Broad Street, Stamford

Website: www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk/snow-white-and-the-7-dwarfs-spp-2024

Stamford Pantomime Players are delighted to bring you their fantastic Christmas pantomime of Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs. When the evil Queen is told by her magic mirror that her beautiful stepdaughter...

Theatre & Cinema

Jack & The Beanstalk

22nd-29th December 2024

Venue: Saffron Hall

Address: Saffron Walden

Website: www.saffronhall.com/whats-on/view/jack-and-the-beanstalk

Join hero Jack Trott as he embarks on an extraordinary journey up the beanstalk to an enchanted land above the clouds. With hilarious antics, loveable characters, and a handful of magic beans, this traditional...

Theatre & Cinema

A Midsummer Night's Dream

21st-25th January 2025

Venue: ADC Theatre

Address: Park Street, Cambridge

Website: www.adctheatre.com/whats-on/play/a-midsummer-nights-dream/

One of Shakespeare's most famous comedies, A Midsummer Night's Dream tells the whirlwind story of expectations and dreams and getting lost in the in-between. In the midst of tree and moss, dreams and reality...

Outdoor Events

Animal Tracks and Signs

1st February 2025

Venue: Visitor Centre, Ham Lane

Address: Peterborough

Website: www.nenepark.org.uk/Event/tracks-and-signs1

Find out all about mysterious creatures that live in Ferry Meadows using the signs that they leave behind. You'll also get to make your own plaster of Paris track home to take home with you! Tickets are...

Indoor Activities

Life by Luxmuralis

4th-8th February 2025

Venue: Ely Cathedral

Address: Chapter House, The College, Ely, Cambridgeshire

Website: www.elycathedral.org/events/life-by-luxmuralis

Step into the awe-inspiring Ely Cathedral and immerse yourself in Life, an extraordinary sound and light show created by the renowned artistic collaboration, Luxmuralis. This extraordinary artwork takes...

Outdoor Events

Treasure Hunt

18th February 2025

Venue: The Den, Ferry Meadows

Address: Peterborough

Website: www.nenepark.org.uk/Event/treasure-hunt

Can you use the clues to help you find the hidden item at the end of the trail? The whole session will take place outside, so please dress for the weather. For ages 4-9, £6.

Theatre & Cinema

Matilda JR.

19th-22nd February 2025

Venue: Stamford Corn Exchange Theatre

Address: Corn Exchange Theatre, Broad Street, Stamford

Website: www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk/matilda-jr/

Matilda is the story of a girl who dreams of a better life and the children she inspires will have audiences rooting for the 'revolting children' who are out to teach the grown-ups a lesson. Children and...

Theatre & Cinema

Science Museum Live

19th February 2025

Venue: Cambridge Corn Exchange

Website: www.cambridgelive.org.uk/cornex/events/science-museum-live

Experience the brand-new stage show from Mark Thompson Productions which will ignite your curiosity, fuel your imagination and inspire you in new and exciting ways. This unmissable family production is...

Theatre & Cinema

The Smartest Giant in Town

3rd-4th March 2025

Venue: Cambridge Corn Exchange

Website: www.cambridgelive.org.uk/cornex/events/smartest-giant-town

This heartwarming tale about friendship and helping those in need is brought to life in a musical, puppet-filled adventure, following on from Little Angel Theatre’s bestselling adaptations of Julia Donaldson’s...

Theatre & Cinema

There’s a Monster in Your Show

22nd-23rd March 2025

Venue: Key Theatre

Address: Peterborough, PE1 1EF

Website: keytheatre-peterborough.com/event/theres-a-monster-in-your-show/

Tom Fletcher’s interactive adventures for big imaginations are leaping from page to stage, as the beloved ‘Who’s in Your Book?’ series makes its debut as a brand-new musical show. A high-energy...

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