Primary Times - the definitive what’s on and where to go family guide of activities and events for children of primary school age. Things to do with your kids during the school holidays including arts and craft activities, music and theatre for children, parties, competitions, days out, and family attractions along with term time drama schools, dance classes, after school clubs and sports activities. Things to do at a place near you!
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Anything Goes
14th-17th October 2026
Venue: Epworth Hall
Website: www.facebook.com/aCT1YouthTheatre
Production of the much-loved musical from ACT1 Youth Theatre
Dare To Dream Jr
16th-17th October 2026
Venue: Devonport Playhouse
Website: www.plymouththeatrecompany.com
60 minute musical revue following an eager group of trainees on their first day at a fictional Walt Disney Imagineering Studio
Mevagissey Shanty Festival
16th-18th October 2026
Venue: Mevagissey
Website: www.mevashantyfest.co.uk
Joyful wekkend of shanthies across 20 venues in Mevagissey and Pentewan
All Ages Art Morning: Shoals and Scales
17th-17th October 2026
Venue: Jackson Foundation
Website: www.jacksonfoundationgallery.com
Look closely at the colours and patters on fish and produce art inspired by them with conservation activities, stories and games for all ages
Dark Cornwall at Trelissick
17th October-1st November 2026
Venue: Trelissick
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/trelissick
Exhibiton and chance to find out more about the installations on display throughout
Dark Cornwall presents Kalan Gwav at Trelissick
17th October-1st November 2026
Venue: Trelissick
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/trelissick
Immersive folklore experience taking visitors through the magic and myths of Cornwall in the garden and house
Leap then Look: The Shapes We Hold
17th October-8th November 2026
Venue: Tate St Ives
Website: www.tate.org.uk/tate-st-ives
Space for play, imaginationa nd movement with interactive artworks an play-based activities
Liskeard Repair Café
17th-17th October 2026
Venue: Liskerret Community Centre
Free meeting place where people can get together to alter or mend clothes, fix broken furniture, electrical gadgets, bikes, toys, crockery and more
Skeletons of the Sea
17th-17th October 2026
Venue: National Lobster Hatchery
Website: www.nationallobsterhatchery.co.uk
Family-friendly Halloween adventure through the aquarium
The Witch Who Couldn't Sleep
18th-18th October 2026
Venue: The Ritz Theatre, Penzance
Website: www.merlincinemas.co.uk
Gentle, heartwarming family musical school
Cornish Creepy Crawlies Trail
19th October-1st January 2026
Venue: Trebah Garden
Website: www.trebahgarden.co.uk
Explore the garden todiscover Cornish creepy crawlies with spooky names
October half term at Bodmin Railway
19th October-1st November 2026
Venue: Bodminn Railway
Website: www.bodminrailway.co.uk
Halloween themed event
Trengwainton's October half-term family fun
19th October-1st November 2026
Venue: Trengwainton
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/trengwainton-garden
Collect fallen leaves to make leaf bunting, play autumn themed games and follow the sensory trail around the garden, check out the recipe baords in the pumpkin patch and buy a Trengwainton-grown pumpkin...
Mrs Doubtfire
20th October-7th November 2026
Venue: Theatre Royal Plymouth
Website: www.theatreroyal.com
Hit comedy musical based on the belo