Fun for Families

Join us for an entertaining workshop with children’s author Alice Harman, who will provide a witty introduction to the Louvre Museum’s many masterpieces, including the Mona Lisa.

Come along to explore space in virtual reality! Discover the Martian landscape, fly over a moon of Saturn, wonder at the scale of space and experience what it might feel like to be an astronaut.

Come along to explore space in virtual reality! Discover the Martian landscape, fly over a moon of Saturn, wonder at the scale of space and experience what it might feel like to be an astronaut.

Kids, join us for an interactive workshop that will give you the unique chance to turn your favourite toy into the star of a fully-animated short film.

Join David Raffaelli, ecologist and Trustee at Woodmeadow Trust, to learn about the partnerships between fungi, flowering plants and trees, and to discover how strange and familiar animals keep our soils, and our planet, healthy.

Join us in York city centre for lots of fun and family-friendly hands-on activities, and discover some of the exciting research being carried out in York.

Come and celebrate inclusivity and diversity with us at North Yorkshire’s biggest annual LGBTQ+ event, which returns with a colour-filled parade and festival.

Kids, join us for an interactive workshop that will give you the unique chance to turn your favourite toy into the star of a fully-animated short film.

Come along for a powerful performance of 'War Horse', one of the most beloved books by renowned British children’s author Michael Morpurgo, in concert here with Ben Murray.

Participate in hands-on activities and tour the brand-new robotics laboratories and facilities at the University of York's Institute for Safe Autonomy.

Join us for an exhibition and activities surrounding the seventh-century, 90ft-long Sutton Hoo ship, which was discovered in 1939 and is now being rebuilt.

Join us for an afternoon of energetic, crafty, puzzling and historical fun with University of York postgraduate students and staff.

Ignite Music celebrates 60 years since the publication of John Burningham’s touching tale, 'Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers', with a magical 45-minute children’s opera weaving live music, drama, singing, puppetry and animation.

Learn about the lost art of baroque musical improvisation, and experience live how improvisation in classical music can increase accessibility, diversity and excitement.

Zombies have taken over York! Come along and watch as University of York scientists dissect a captured zombie, and help us save the city through hands-on activities.

Zombies have taken over York! Come along and watch as University of York scientists dissect a captured zombie, and help us save the city through hands-on activities.

Discover the Brazilian martial art of Capoeira with musician, percussionist and workshop leader Claudio Kron in this fun-packed introductory session guaranteed to keep you on your toes.