This year's Bristol Family Arts Festival is taking place 9 October - 1 November 2015.
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Explore the full list of festival events and activities below:
Thursday 22nd October
Theatre
Bristol Old Vic
Thursday 22 October, 2pm (60 mins no interval)
Price: £12/£8 Conc, £7 Children (plus booking fee)
Age range: 6+
Bristol-based theatre maker of nonsense music and rock'n'roll theatre Ed Patrick (aka Kid Carpet) returns to our Studio. His funny and moving new show uses music, puppetry and projection to look at what it's like to move into a new house in the city and find your place there.
Game
Theatre
Bristol Old Vic
Thursday 22 October, 5pm (70 mins no interval)
Price: £12/£8 Conc and Children (plus booking fee)
Age range: 8+
Game is a circus-theatre show about three friends who believe they are trapped in a game. Inspired by the virtual worlds of computer gaming and told through sketch inspired comedy, invented games and Chuck Norris's Martial Way™ the show is a playful journey about winning, losing and the discomfort of close range paint-ball gunfire.
The Cardboard Arcade
Theatre
Bristol Old Vic
Thursday 22 October, 10am-6pm
Price: FREE
Age range: 7+
Re-imagining the penny arcades of old, The Cardboard Arcade is a temporary kingdom wherevideo game legends are made. The Bristol Old Vic foyer will be filled with custom built cardboard arcade machines, curated with a focus on creativity, simplicity, nostalgia and multi-player we welcome people who like to play.
Family Discovery Day: Prehistoric Fun
Art/Craft
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Thursday 22 October, 11am-3pm
Price: FREE donations welcome
Age range 3+
Discover our fabulous collection through creative activities, stories and unexpected goings-on.
Find out about prehistoric rock art at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. Handle stone tools used around 300,000 years ago, discover the mysterious Bronze Age carvings on the Pool Farm Cist Slab, and create your own prehistoric-style cave paintings. Crafts, storytelling and hand-on activities bring the collection alive for all members of the family at a different venue each day during the October half term.
Friday 23rd October
Art/Craft
Brunel’s ss Great Britain
Friday 23 October, 12.30pm
Price: FREE
Find out how the works of art in the internationally-renowned Brunel Institute collections are cared for and conserved with family-focused, curator led sessions.
Kid Carpet and the Noisy Neighbours
Theatre
Bristol Old Vic
Friday 23 October, 2pm (60 mins no interval)
Price: £12/£8 Conc, £7 Children (plus booking fee)
Age range: 6+
Bristol-based theatre maker of nonsense music and rock'n'roll theatre Ed Patrick (aka Kid Carpet) returns to our Studio. His funny and moving new show uses music, puppetry and projection to look at what it's like to move into a new house in the city and find your place there.
Game
Theatre
Bristol Old Vic
Friday 23 October, 5pm (70 mins no interval)
Price: £12/£8 Conc and Children (plus booking fee)
Age range: 8+
Game is a circus-theatre show about three friends who believe they are trapped in a game. Inspired by the virtual worlds of computer gaming and told through sketch inspired comedy, invented games and Chuck Norris's Martial Way™ the show is a playful journey about winning, losing and the discomfort of close range paint-ball gunfire.
The Cardboard Arcade
Theatre
Bristol Old Vic
Friday 23 October, 10am-6pm
Price: FREE
Age range: 7+
Re-imagining the penny arcades of old, The Cardboard Arcade is a temporary kingdom wherevideo game legends are made. The Bristol Old Vic foyer will be filled with custom built cardboard arcade machines, curated with a focus on creativity, simplicity, nostalgia and multi-player we welcome people who like to play.
Nature Camera Action Discovery Day
Art/Craft
M Shed
Friday 23 October, 11am – 4pm
Price: FREE
Age range: Adults and children over 6
Ever imagined being a future star in Bristol’s incredible wildlife film and TV industry? Want to meet industry professionals, from producers to camera operators to runners? Come along to hear insider secrets and real life experiences, handle some specialist kit, and have a go at being a presenter.
Wildlife Film Roadshow
Art/Craft
M Shed
Friday 23 October, 11am – 4pm
Price: FREE donations welcome
Ever wanted to know what’s involved in making incredible wildlife film and TV? Are you a future star of the industry? Meet industry experts from producers and camera crew, to runners and editors to find out how it all works from the professionals themselves.
• Hear insider secrets and real life experiences
• Handle specialist kit
• Have a go at being a wildlife presenter
• Come face to face with a T-Rex jaw
• PLUS meet presenter Simon King (Big Cat Diary, Springwatch, Blue Planet and much more)
The Big Knights Half Term Film at Watershed
Film
Watershed
Friday 23 October, 11am
Price: £6.50/£4.50
Age range: Suitable for all the family
Join bellowing brothers Sir Boris and Sir Morris in a remastered compilation of the best bits of their much-loved BBC TV series The Big Knights, from the talented creators of Peppa Pig. Narrated by Brian Blessed and others, it's wickedly witty and immensely endearing. A perfect half term film!
Inside Out: LOVE Family Film at Watershed
Film
Watershed
Friday 23 October, 1pm
Price: £6.50/£4.50
Age range: Suitable for all the family
Disney Pixar’s entertaining and emotionally-intelligent Inside Out goes inside the mind of 11-year-old Riley to meet her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. With sparkling visuals, exciting adventures and unforgettable moments, it's an instant classic, but more than that - it’s heartfelt psychology for all the family.
Saturday 24th October
Theatre
Bristol Old Vic
Saturday 24 October, 2pm (60 mins no interval)
Price: £12/£8 Conc, £7 Children (plus booking fee)
Age range: 6+
Bristol-based theatre maker of nonsense music and rock'n'roll theatre Ed Patrick (aka Kid Carpet) returns to our Studio. His funny and moving new show uses music, puppetry and projection to look at what it's like to move into a new house in the city and find your place there.
Game
Theatre
Bristol Old Vic
Saturday 24 October, 5pm (70 mins no interval)
Price: £12/£8 Conc and Children (plus booking fee)
Age range: 8+
Game is a circus-theatre show about three friends who believe they are trapped in a game. Inspired by the virtual worlds of computer gaming and told through sketch inspired comedy, invented games and Chuck Norris's Martial Way™ the show is a playful journey about winning, losing and the discomfort of close range paint-ball gunfire.
The Cardboard Arcade
Theatre
Bristol Old Vic
Saturday 24 October, 10am-6pm
Price: Free
Age range: 7+
Re-imagining the penny arcades of old, The Cardboard Arcade is a temporary kingdom where video game legends are made. The Bristol Old Vic foyer will be filled with custom built cardboard arcade machines, curated with a focus on creativity, simplicity, nostalgia and multi-player we welcome people who like to play.
The Big Knights Half Term Film at Watershed
Film
Watershed
Saturday 24 October, 11am
Price: £6.50/£4.50
Age range: Suitable for all the family
Join bellowing brothers Sir Boris and Sir Morris in a remastered compilation of the best bits of their much-loved BBC TV series The Big Knights, from the talented creators of Peppa Pig. Narrated by Brian Blessed and others, it's wickedly witty and immensely endearing. A perfect half term film!
The Big Knights Animation Workshop
Animation
Watershed
Saturday 24 October, 12.30pm
Price: £5.00/£4.00
Age range: Suitable for all the family
Join us for a half-term stop-motion animation workshop inspired by The Big Knights (from the award-winning creators of Peppa Pig), which stars bellowing brothers Sir Boris and Sir Morris in a series of raucous, chivalrous exploits in the far-off land of Boravia. The film is screening Fri 23 - Thu 29 Oct.
Film
Watershed
Saturday 24 October, 1pm
Price: £6.50/£4.50
Age range: Suitable for all the family
Disney Pixar’s entertaining and emotionally-intelligent Inside Out goes inside the mind of 11-year-old Riley to meet her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. With sparkling visuals, exciting adventures and unforgettable moments, it's an instant classic, but more than that - it’s heartfelt psychology for all the family.
Build a Power House
Art/Craft
Underfall Boat Yard
Saturday 24 October, 11am-3pm
Price: FREE
Find out about the work happening to turn our Power House into a brand new Visitor Centre for Bristol whilst stretching your creative muscles to invent your very own Power House: will you harness water, lightning, hamsters in a wheel? The only limit is your imagination.
My Green City Creative Workshop
Art/Craft
Lawrence Weston Community Farm
Saturday 24 October, 1pm-4pm
Price: FREE, drop-in
Join the Architecture Centre and Artrageous in this fun, creative, drop in workshop.
Lantern Making Workshop
Art/Craft
National Trust, Tyntesfield
Saturday 24 October, 2pm-4pm
Price: £4 per lantern
Age range: 4+
Tyntesfield House was one of the first properties in England to have electricity installed – to celebrate this, we’ll be making paper lanterns on every other day of the Halloween half term at Home Farm. Booking essential.
Bedtime Stories Show
Story
Arnolfini
Saturday 24 October, 2.30pm-3.30pm
Price: £13/£9
Age range: 5+
Upswing and Circus City present Bedtime Stories. An intimate, magical and immersive performance for families and children to enjoy together. Bedtime Stories creates those special moments of when parents and children snuggle up in a big bed together, unwind and reconnect. When magical tales are narrated by a comforting voice and we are sent off into a wonderful world of imagination and dreams.
Family Discovery Day: Tudor Roses
Art/Craft
The Red Lodge Museum
Saturday 24 October, 11am – 3pm
Price: FREE donations welcome
Age range: 3+
Discover our fabulous collection through creative activities, stories and unexpected goings-on.
Join us for Elizabethan family fun by making a Tudor ruff, rosettes for shoes or a herbal nosegay. Find out about the use of herbs and the meaning behind the Tudor rose. Crafts, storytelling and hand-on activities bring the collection alive for all members of the family at a different venue each day during the October half term.
Sunday 25th October
Theatre
Bristol Old Vic
Sunday 25 October, 2pm (60 mins no interval)
Price: £12/£8 Conc, £7 Children (plus booking fee)
Age range: 6+
Bristol-based theatre maker of nonsense music and rock'n'roll theatre Ed Patrick (aka Kid Carpet) returns to our Studio. His funny and moving new show uses music, puppetry and projection to look at what it's like to move into a new house in the city and find your place there.
The Cardboard Arcade
Theatre
Bristol Old Vic
Sunday 25 October, 10am-6pm
Price: FREE
Age range: 7+
Re-imagining the penny arcades of old, The Cardboard Arcade is a temporary kingdom where video game legends are made. The Bristol Old Vic foyer will be filled with custom built cardboard arcade machines, curated with a focus on creativity, simplicity, nostalgia and multi-player we welcome people who like to play.
The Big Knights Half Term Film at Watershed
Film
Watershed
Sunday 25 October, 11am
Price: £6.50/£4.50
Age range: Suitable for all the family
Join bellowing brothers Sir Boris and Sir Morris in a remastered compilation of the best bits of their much-loved BBC TV series The Big Knights, from the talented creators of Peppa Pig. Narrated by Brian Blessed and others, it's wickedly witty and immensely endearing. A perfect half term film!
Inside Out: LOVE Family Film at Watershed
Film
Watershed
Sunday 25 October, 1pm
Price: £6.50/£4.50
Age range: Suitable for all the family
Disney Pixar’s entertaining and emotionally-intelligent Inside Out goes inside the mind of 11-year-old Riley to meet her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. With sparkling visuals, exciting adventures and unforgettable moments, it's an instant classic, but more than that - it’s heartfelt psychology for all the family.
Bedtime Stories Show
Story
Arnolfini
Sunday 25 October, 11.30am-12.30pm
Price: £13/£9
Age range: 5+
Upswing and Circus City present Bedtime Stories. An intimate, magical and immersive performance for families and children to enjoy together. Bedtime Stories creates those special moments of when parents and children snuggle up in a big bed together, unwind and reconnect. When magical tales are narrated by a comforting voice and we are sent off into a wonderful world of imagination and dreams.
Bedtime Stories Show
Story
Arnolfini
Sunday 25 October, 2.30pm-3.30pm
Price: £13/£9
Age range: 5+
Upswing and Circus City present Bedtime Stories. An intimate, magical and immersive performance for families and children to enjoy together. Bedtime Stories creates those special moments of when parents and children snuggle up in a big bed together, unwind and reconnect. When magical tales are narrated by a comforting voice and we are sent off into a wonderful world of imagination and dreams.
Pumpkin Carving Workshop
Art/Craft
National Trust, Tyntesfield
Sunday 25 October, 2pm-4pm
Price: £4 per pumpkin
Age range: 4+
It’s Halloween half term at Tyntesfield and that can only mean one thing; pumpkin carving time! On every other day of the Halloween half term, you can carve your own pumpkin at Home Farm. Booking essential.
Art/Craft
The Georgian House Museum
Sunday 25 October, 11am – 3pm
Price: FREE – donations welcome
Age range: 3+
Discover our fabulous collection through creative activities, stories and unexpected goings-on.
Travel back in time by imagining life in a Georgian household. Come and handle intriguing household objects and compare life then with today. Crafts, storytelling and hand-on activities bring the collection alive for all members of the family at a different venue each day during the October half term.
Monday 26th October
The Big Knights Half Term Film at WatershedFilm
Watershed
Monday 26 October, 11am
Price: £6.50/£4.50
Age range: Suitable for all the family
Join bellowing brothers Sir Boris and Sir Morris in a remastered compilation of the best bits of their much-loved BBC TV series The Big Knights, from the talented creators of Peppa Pig. Narrated by Brian Blessed and others, it's wickedly witty and immensely endearing. A perfect half term film!
Inside Out: LOVE Family Film at Watershed
Film
Watershed
Monday 26 October, 1pm
Price: £6.50/£4.50
Age range: Suitable for all the family
Disney Pixar’s entertaining and emotionally-intelligent Inside Out goes inside the mind of 11-year-old Riley to meet her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. With sparkling visuals, exciting adventures and unforgettable moments, it's an instant classic, but more than that - it’s heartfelt psychology for all the family.
Lantern Making Workshop
Art/Craft
National Trust, Tyntesfield
Monday 26 October, 2pm-4pm
Price: £4 per lantern
Age range: 4+
Tyntesfield House was one of the first properties in England to have electricity installed – to celebrate this, we’ll be making paper lanterns on every other day of the Halloween half term at Home Farm. Booking essential.
Wild Words & Tiny Tales ‘The Wild (Golden) Goose Chase’
Music
St George’s Bristol
Monday 26 October, 10am & 11.15am (Running time 45 minutes)
Price: £6 (plus fees)
Age range:10am great for ages 3-5, 11.15am great for ages 5-8
A magical mix of story, song and music especially for young children! Come honk and waddle your way through the feast of fun as our three gallant Wild Words heroes create a never-heard-before story from curious objects and your children’s imaginations, fired up by that bird of legend and magic, the goose!
Family Discovery Day: Papua New Guinea
Art/Craft
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Monday 26 October, 11am – 3pm
Price: FREE – donations welcome
Age range: 3+
Discover our fabulous collection through creative activities, stories and unexpected goings-on.
Be inspired by the crafts and headdresses of Papua New Guinea and the colourful plumes and feathers of our exotic birds in our World Wildlife Gallery. Then have a go at making your own colourful creative headdress to take home. Crafts, storytelling and hand-on activities bring the collection alive for all members of the family at a different venue each day during the October half term.
Tuesday 27th October
Art/Craft
Brunel’s ss Great Britain
12.30pm
Price: FREE
Age range: All the family
Venture into the Brunel Institute to see rare and original sketches and drawings by Brunel in these family-focused, curator led sessions; revealing secrets from the archive.
Family Storytelling
Story
Arnolfini
10:30am
Price: FREE
Age range: 2-4 years
Storytellers will amaze you, make you giggle and provide a morning of fun. Meet in the Café Bar at 10.30am and follow us to our storytelling space where you'll listen to stories from beautiful books.
The Big Knights Half Term Film at Watershed
Film
Watershed
Tuesday 27 October, 11am
Price: £6.50/£4.50
Age range: Suitable for all the family
Join bellowing brothers Sir Boris and Sir Morris in a remastered compilation of the best bits of their much-loved BBC TV series The Big Knights, from the talented creators of Peppa Pig. Narrated by Brian Blessed and others, it's wickedly witty and immensely endearing. A perfect half term film!
Inside Out: LOVE Family Film at Watershed
Film
Watershed
Tuesday 27 October, 1pm
Price: £6.50/£4.50
Age range: Suitable for all the family
Disney Pixar’s entertaining and emotionally-intelligent Inside Out goes inside the mind of 11-year-old Riley to meet her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. With sparkling visuals, exciting adventures and unforgettable moments, it's an instant classic, but more than that - it’s heartfelt psychology for all the family.
Art/Craft
National Trust, Tyntesfield
2pm-4pm
Price: £4 per pumpkin
Age range: 4+
It’s Halloween half term at Tyntesfield and that can only mean one thing; pumpkin carving time! On every other day of the Halloween half term, you can carve your own pumpkin at Home Farm. Booking essential.
Arthur’s Dream Boat by Longnose Puppets
Theatre
Tobacco Factory Theatres
11am & 2pm
Price: £7
Age range: 3 – 8 years
A magical playful children's show with breathtaking puppets, so enchanting that everyone will want to sail away with Arthur in his dream boat! With music by Gomez’s Tom Gray.
Tobacco Factory Theatres Craft Corner
Art/Craft
Factory Theatre Café, Tobacco Factory Theatres
Tue – Fri 10am – 4pm / Sat 10am – 12.30pm
Price: FREE
Age range: 3 – 8 year olds
Fun, free craft activities for your little ones while you relax with a cuppa in our Factory Theatre Café.
The Way to Play!
Art/Craft
M Shed
Tuesday 27 October, 11am – 3pm
Price: FREE – donations welcome
Join us for a fun day of playing games! The way to play is up to you: discover traditional games in usual places throughout the galleries; make your own classic fishing game; try out toys from the past or use Museum Square as a playground: invent your own games and try playground games from the past with the help of Children’s Scrapstore’s Play Trolley, play workers, and inspiration from M Shed. Bring your parents and grandparents along to share their play memories and find out about starting Playing Out in your street. In partnership with Children’s Scrapstore and Playing Out. P.S. Watch out for the yo-yos!
Wednesday 28th October
Art/Craft
Brunel’s ss Great Britain
Wednesday 28 October, 12.30pm
Price: FREE
Age range: All the family
Venture into the Brunel Institute to see rare and original sketches and drawings by Brunel in these family-focused, curator led sessions; revealing secrets from the archive.
Lantern Making Workshop
Art/Craft
National Trust, Tyntesfield
Wednesday 28 October, 2pm-4pm
Price: £4 per lantern
Age range: 4+
Tyntesfield House was one of the first properties in England to have electricity installed – to celebrate this, we’ll be making paper lanterns on every other day of the Halloween half term at Home Farm. Booking essential.
Arthur’s Dream Boat by Longnose Puppets
Theatre
Tobacco Factory Theatres
Wednesday 28 October, 11am & 2pm
Price: £7
Age range: 3 – 8 years
A magical playful children's show with breathtaking puppets, so enchanting that everyone will want to sail away with Arthur in his dream boat! With music by Gomez’s Tom Gray.
Family Storytelling
Story
Brunel’s ss Great Britain
Wednesday 28 October, 12pm & 2pm,
Price: Included in price of admission
Stories of magic and mayhem on board the ss Great Britain, inspired by passenger diaries and sketches.
The Big Knights Half Term Film at Watershed
Film
Watershed
Wednesday 28 October, 11am
Price: £6.50/£4.50
Age range: Suitable for all the family
Join bellowing brothers Sir Boris and Sir Morris in a remastered compilation of the best bits of their much-loved BBC TV series The Big Knights, from the talented creators of Peppa Pig. Narrated by Brian Blessed and others, it's wickedly witty and immensely endearing. A perfect half term film!
Inside Out: LOVE Family Film at Watershed
Film
Watershed
Wednesday 28 October, 1pm
Price: £6.50/£4.50
Age range: Suitable for all the family
Disney Pixar’s entertaining and emotionally-intelligent Inside Out goes inside the mind of 11-year-old Riley to meet her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. With sparkling visuals, exciting adventures and unforgettable moments, it's an instant classic, but more than that - it’s heartfelt psychology for all the family.
Art/Craft
Factory Theatre Café, Tobacco Factory Theatres
Tue – Fri 10am – 4pm / Sat 10am – 12.30pm
Price: FREE
Age range: 3 – 8 year olds
Fun, free craft activities for your little ones while you relax with a cuppa in our Factory Theatre Café.
Family Discovery Day: Autumnal Animals
Art/Craft
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Wednesday 28 October, 11am – 3pm
Price: FREE – donations welcome
Age range: 3+
Discover our fabulous collection through creative activities, stories and unexpected goings-on.
Explore our recently refurbished Bristol Wildlife Gallery; lose yourself in Autumnal stories around the magical Gypsy Caravan; bring your questions about native birds to the RSPB stall and make your own animal and bird masks to take home. Crafts, storytelling and hand-on activities bring the collection alive for all members of the family at a different venue each day during the October half term.
Thursday 29th October
Art/Craft
Brunel’s ss Great Britain
Thursday 29 October, 12.30pm
Price: FREE
Age range: All the family
Venture into the Brunel Institute to see rare and original sketches and drawings by Brunel in these family-focused, curator led sessions; revealing secrets from the archive.
The Big Knights Half Term Film at Watershed
Film
Watershed
Thursday 29 October, 11am
Price: £6.50/£4.50
Age range: Suitable for all the family
Join bellowing brothers Sir Boris and Sir Morris in a remastered compilation of the best bits of their much-loved BBC TV series The Big Knights, from the talented creators of Peppa Pig. Narrated by Brian Blessed and others, it's wickedly witty and immensely endearing. A perfect half term film!
Inside Out: LOVE Family Film at Watershed
Film
Watershed
Thursday 29 October, 1pm
Price: £6.50/£4.50
Age range: Suitable for all the family
Disney Pixar’s entertaining and emotionally-intelligent Inside Out goes inside the mind of 11-year-old Riley to meet her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. With sparkling visuals, exciting adventures and unforgettable moments, it's an instant classic, but more than that - it’s heartfelt psychology for all the family.
Art/Craft
National Trust, Tyntesfield
Thursday 29 October, 2pm-4pm
Price: £4 per pumpkin
Age range: 4+
It’s Halloween half term at Tyntesfield and that can only mean one thing; pumpkin carving time! On every other day of the Halloween half term, you can carve your own pumpkin at Home Farm. Booking essential.
Arthur’s Dream Boat by Longnose Puppets
Theatre
Tobacco Factory Theatres
Thursday 29 October, 11am & 2pm
Price: £7
Age range: 3 – 8 years
A magical playful children's show with breathtaking puppets, so enchanting that everyone will want to sail away with Arthur in his dream boat! With music by Gomez’s Tom Gray.
Tobacco Factory Theatres Craft Corner
Art/Craft
Factory Theatre Café, Tobacco Factory Theatres
Tue – Fri 10am – 4pm / Sat 10am – 12.30pm
Price: FREE
Age range: 3 – 8 year olds
Fun, free craft activities for your little ones while you relax with a cuppa in our Factory Theatre Café.
Art/Craft
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Thursday 29 October, 11am – 3pm
Price: FREE – donations welcome
Transform the floor of the museum into a gigantic picture and bring to life the story of the monstrous Sea Dragons. Be inspired by our Dinosaur specimens; prehistoric ichthyosaur and plesiosaur fossils and by the illustrations in the Geology Gallery. Create your own rattling stories by making skeleton puppets with the help of Children’s Scrapstore and Artrageous. Pick up a sketching pack and you might even bump into children’s illustrators wandering the galleries to offer help with your drawing. This is a Big Draw event. The Big Draw, organised by The Campaign for Drawing is the world’s biggest drawing festival. This year’s Big Draw theme is ‘Every Drawing Tells A Story’.
Art/Craft
National Trust Leigh Woods
Thursday 29 October, 10am – 2pm
Age range: 5-12yrs, 4years and under free. Dogs on leads welcome.
Price: £2 per person - drop in
Help us change the woodland floor into an art gallery for the day, use natural materials to create a masterpiece as a family. Make a mini woodland inspired keepsake to take home too.
Theatre
M Shed
Thursday 29 October, 1pm and 3.30pm
Friday 30 October, 1pm (BSL interpreted) and 3.30pm
Price: £12 adult | £8 conc. | £34 family of four
The King of Tiny Things is a family circus show by Metta Theatre that takes you on a dreamlike journey featuring exciting puppetry and circus skills based on the children’s story by Jeanne Willis. Two young sisters are camping in their grandparents garden, where they meet a mysterious winged creature – ‘The King of Tiny Things’, the shepherd of all who creep and buzz their wings. Together they go on a moonlit journey, rescuing all kinds of creatures who need their help, each one brought to life by a different circus discipline. The King of Tiny Things is part of Circus City.
Friday 30th October
Art/Craft
Brunel’s ss Great Britain
Friday 30 October, 12.30pm
Price: FREE
Find out how the works of art in the internationally-renowned Brunel Institute collections are cared for and conserved with family-focused, curator led sessions.
Lantern Making Workshop
Art/Craft
National Trust, Tyntesfield
Friday 30 October, 2pm-4pm
Price: £4 per lantern
Age range: 4+
Tyntesfield House was one of the first properties in England to have electricity installed – to celebrate this, we’ll be making paper lanterns on every other day of the Halloween half term at Home Farm. Booking essential.
Arthur’s Dream Boat by Longnose Puppets
Theatre
Tobacco Factory Theatres
Friday 30 October, 11am & 2pm
Price: £7
Age range: 3 – 8 years
A magical playful children's show with breathtaking puppets, so enchanting that everyone will want to sail away with Arthur in his dream boat! With music by Gomez’s Tom Gray.
Tobacco Factory Theatres Craft Corner
Art/Craft
Factory Theatre Café, Tobacco Factory Theatres
Tue – Fri 10am – 4pm / Sat 10am – 12.30pm
Price: FREE
Age range: 3 – 8 year olds
Fun, free craft activities for your little ones while you relax with a cuppa in our Factory Theatre Café.
Family Storytelling
Story
Brunel’s ss Great Britain
Friday 30 October, 12pm & 2pm
Price: Included in price of admission
Stories of magic and mayhem on board the ss Great Britain, inspired by passenger diaries and sketches.
Inside Out: LOVE Family Film at Watershed
Film
Watershed
Friday 30 October, 1pm
Price: £6.50/£4.50
Age range: Suitable for all the family
Disney Pixar’s entertaining and emotionally-intelligent Inside Out goes inside the mind of 11-year-old Riley to meet her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. With sparkling visuals, exciting adventures and unforgettable moments, it's an instant classic, but more than that - it’s heartfelt psychology for all the family.
Shoe boxes and Shipping Containers!
Art/Craft
Architecture Centre
Friday 30 October, 2-5pm
Price: FREE
Design and make your own ‘snug’ home. The partners for this event are Ecomotive and Bristol Re-Use Network,
Uncover Mysterious Medieval Bristol
Art/Craft
St John the Baptist Church, The Churches Conservation Trust
Friday 30 October, 2 - 6 pm
Price: FREE - donations welcome
Age range: Suitable for ages 7+
The windows have eyes and the walls have ears – secrets hide in every corner. Shadows from the past will be lingering in the atmospheric medieval crypt and church of St John the Baptist. Ring the bells in the tower, wear the clothes of your ancestors and make a light to take you on your journey of Medieval Bristol.
Saturday 31st October
Film
Watershed
Saturday 31 October, 1pm
Price: £6.50/£4.50
Age range: Suitable for all the family
Disney Pixar’s entertaining and emotionally-intelligent Inside Out goes inside the mind of 11-year-old Riley to meet her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. With sparkling visuals, exciting adventures and unforgettable moments, it's an instant classic, but more than that - it’s heartfelt psychology for all the family.
Pumpkin Carving Workshop
National Trust, Tyntesfield
Saturday 31 October, 2pm-4pm
Price: £4 per pumpkin
Age range: 4+
It’s Halloween half term at Tyntesfield and that can only mean one thing; pumpkin carving time! On every other day of the Halloween half term, you can carve your own pumpkin at Home Farm. Booking essential.
Arthur’s Dream Boat by Longnose Puppets
Theatre
Tobacco Factory Theatres
Saturday 31 October, 11am & 2pm
Price: £7
Age range: 3 – 8 years
A magical playful children's show with breathtaking puppets, so enchanting that everyone will want to sail away with Arthur in his dream boat! With music by Gomez’s Tom Gray.
Tobacco Factory Theatres Craft Corner
Art/Craft
Factory Theatre Café, Tobacco Factory Theatres
Tue – Fri 10am – 4pm / Sat 10am – 12.30pm
Price: FREE
Age range: 3 – 8 year olds
Fun, free craft activities for your little ones while you relax with a cuppa in our Factory Theatre Café.
Family Film Screening
Film
Arnolfini
Saturday 31 October, 11am-1pm
Price: FREE
Age range: 5+
Relax in our Dark Studio, as Arnolfini takes you on an adventure through film to explore a theme or idea from our exhibition or events programme.
Bristol Family Arts Festival Finale: My Green City
Art/Craft
Arnolfini
Saturday 31 October, 1pm-5pm
Price: Free
Age range: 4+
A host of Bristol arts and cultural organisations come together under the same roof to bring families a fantastic afternoon of green themed creative activities to celebrate this year's Family Arts Festival. Including Arnolfini, Architecture Centre, Watershed and Bristol Children’s Scrapstore.
Halloween Storytelling Boat Trip
Story
Arnolfini
Saturday 31 October, 2:30pm-4pm
Price: £5/£3 (booking essential)
Age range: 4+
Dress up as your favourite ghost or ghoul, or pop into our workshop space to make a scary plant costume, and join storyteller Michael Loader for a spooky storytelling river tour to our Floating Ballast Seed Garden. Watch out for terrifying tendrils, vicious vines and carnivorous creepers.
The Spooky Ship
Theatre
Brunel’s ss Great Britain
Saturday 31 October, 6.30pm-7.30pm (8+) and 8.30-9.30pm (12+)
Price: £13/ £8 (plus booking fee)
Age range: 8+/12+
Step aboard the ss Great Britain after dark and settle in for a family-friendly, fright-fest. Spend an eerie evening getting lost and exploring the shadowy corridors at night; with so much happening in every nook and cranny, you never know what might be in the next cabin.
Please Make Up My Room- family remix
Art/Craft
The Furniture Factory, Filwood Green Business Park
Saturday 31 October, 10.30am – 2pm
Price: Free
Welcome to The Artist Hotel, Knowle West. It doesn’t exist yet so we need your help. What should it be like? Dens instead of rooms? Slides instead of lifts? Foraged food instead of room service?
You’ll be able to get hands-on with different craft, art and tech materials to develop your ideas and see new digital manufacturing technology in action. Friendly artists and makers will be there to help turn your vision a reality. Knowle West Media Centre in association with the Architecture Centre and its City Ideas Studio.
Mexican Day of the Dead
Art/Craft
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Saturday 31 October, 10am – 5pm
Price: FREE - donations welcome
Celebrate this traditional Mexican festival with face painting, puppetry and real Mexican artefacts. Create Day of the Dead crafts, add your memories of loved ones to our colourful shrine and enjoy the vibrant sounds of a traditional Mexican band.
Sunday 1st November
Film
Watershed
Sunday 1 November, 1pm
Price: £6.50/£4.50
Age range: Suitable for all the family
Disney Pixar’s entertaining and emotionally-intelligent Inside Out goes inside the mind of 11-year-old Riley to meet her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. With sparkling visuals, exciting adventures and unforgettable moments, it's an instant classic, but more than that - it’s heartfelt psychology for all the family.
Love Tea Dance with a Difference (inspired by Inside-Out)
Art/Film/Tech
Watershed
Sunday 1 November, Film 1pm, Tea Dance 3pm - 5.30pm
Price: Adult film ticket: £6.50, Child film ticket: £4.50, Drop into our Tea Dance for free
Lantern Making Workshop
Art/Craft
National Trust, Tyntesfield
Sunday 1 November, 2pm-4pm
Price: £4 per lantern
Age range: 4+
Tyntesfield House was one of the first properties in England to have electricity installed – to celebrate this, we’ll be making paper lanterns on every other day of the Halloween half term at Home Farm. Booking essential.
Arthur’s Dream Boat by Longnose Puppets
Theatre
Tobacco Factory Theatres
Sunday 1 November, 11am & 2pm
Price: £7
Age range: 3 – 8 years
A magical playful children's show with breathtaking puppets, so enchanting that everyone will want to sail away with Arthur in his dream boat! With music by Gomez’s Tom Gray.
SPECIAL EVENT
Pop up Bristol Family Arts Festival 2015 Exhibition
Architecture Centre’s City Ideas Studio
Sat 31st Oct – Sun 15th Nov
(Wed – Sun, 12- 5pm)
Price: FREE
Foyer exhibition showing activities and work created across the festival
