Due to popular demand, the Manchester Children’s Book Festival is back a year earlier than expected, and now an annual event.
M&D asked the Creative Director of the festival – Poet Laureate, Dame Carol Ann Duffy – about the festival, poetry and love of books.
Foodies Festival comes to Tatton Park on 17-19 July. Mums&Dads have 3 sets of 5 adult day tickets to give away and children under 12 go free. Enter the competition use the widget in the article. You could use all the ways to increase your chance of winning.
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Foodies Festival with top chefs returns to Tatton Park in Cheshire 17-19 July for their 10th anniversary celebrations with extended food and drink theatres and longer opening hours. This year 2015 MasterChef winner Simon Wood from Chadderton joins the festival.
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Didsbury Arts Festival is back with a nine-day programme packed full of fun and surprises for all the family! With more than 100 artists involved in 80 events and exhibitions at venues all over Didsbury, there will be something to entertain festival-goers of all ages.
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Fun for all ages at Manchester International Festival 2015! The Tale of Mr Tumble is perfect for younger children and families, showing at Manchester Opera House in mid-July. For older children, why not try wonder.land, a musical inspired by Alice in Wonderland, at the Palace Theatre in early July.
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Following last year’s successful ‘Brazilian Carnival’, the Bramhall Together Trust will once again host the 2015 Bramhall Festival, ‘Step Back In Time’ theme promises to bring a touch of vintage style to the village this Summer. With a range of events aimed at everyone from the youngest children to fussy teenagers, the festival will be the focal point in local’s family calendar of events.
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Mysterious Lost Carnival will reappear for a few short nights in Burrs Country Park in Bury on 22-25 May 2015, 4-9pm. Tickets £10 per person under 3s go free.
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Brand new to the festival scene for 2015 comes Geronimo, a weekend of organised mayhem at one of England’s premier visitor attractions, Tatton Park in Cheshire, May 23 – 25.
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Saturday 20th December 2014, 3pm – 8pm
Celebrating the shortest day of the year has become the Horse and Jockey’s excuse for a Christmas party. Centred around children, this event transforms the Green into a winter wonderland complete with Father Christmas handing out presents in his grotto, real life reindeer and rides. The night is filled with music from choirs, bands and plenty of mulled wine.
For the last five years, families across the North West (and beyond) have been enjoying the magical, mystical and mysterious delights of the Just So Festival. The festival is held annually each August at the stunning Rode Hall Estate near Congleton in Cheshire. . .
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Early Bird Tickets have now sold out for the award winning Just So Festival. Regarded as one of the top five family festivals in the UK, the 5,000 capacity event has announced its dates for 2015, running from the 21th to the 23rd August.
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