If you are living and raising your children in the wonderful city of Bristol this weekend, there are lots of events and activities for your family to enjoy!
Below is a list of family-friendly events happening this Saturday and Sunday. Before you read on, however, be sure to give the Bristol Mum Facebook page a ‘like’ to keep up with even more family related events, news and information in future!
SATURDAY
Tree Life Family Fun Day: Grimsbury Farm
- 11am – 3pm
- More details about Grimsbury Farm
A family fun day offering bushcraft sessions, kids’ nature crafts, tombola, stalls, Tree Trail.
Docks Heritage Weekend: M Shed & Underfall Yard
- 11am – 4pm
- FREE (donations welcome)
- More details
A weekend of great activities for children and families held across two sites exploring the history of working life on the Old City docks. Activities include boat rides, crane trips, have a go experiences and performances.
- 11am – 4pm
- Electric crane rides £2, Fairbairn steam crane rides free (donations welcome)
- More details
Experience a working crane on the dockside with trips inside the electric cranes and the Fairbairn steam crane, M Shed’s biggest exhibits! Trips last approx. 20 minutes.
- 11am – 4pm
- Adults £6, children £4
- More details
Take a trip on Bristol Harbour on this 1935 diesel tug boat. Trips last 30 minutes approx.
Art on the Hill: The Windmill Hill & Victoria Park Arts Trail
- 12 – 6pm
- More details
A feast of visual arts, performance, participatory workshops and food. Visitors will find painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, jewellery, textiles, illustration, video and installations.
Over in Victoria Park you find a feast of performances, with musicians, dancers and poets taking to the stage in the marquee.
- From 10am
- Normal Tyntesfield admission charge applies
- More details
Bring your own apples to the Home Farm Visitor Centre and have fun pressing and juicing. Remember to bring something to bring your apple juice home in!
Food and Craft Market: Tyntesfield
- From 10am
- More details
Come along and enjoy a stroll around Home Farm and pick up some seasonal treats. Freshly baked breads, fine cheeses, home-made jewelry and ceramics.
- 12 noon
- Free (normal Tyntesfield admission charge applies)
- More details
Learn more about bees and bee-keeping with Tyntesfield’s resident beekeeper.
Meet the Garden Team & Plant it, Grow it, Eat It: Tyntesfield
- 12 noon
- FREE (normal Tyntesfield admission charge applies)
Head to the Jubilee Garden to meet the Garden team to learn some seasonal tips and find out how to make your garden as beautiful as Tyntesfield. Plant it, grow it, Eat it activity for children.
Autumn Fair: Feed Bristol, Portishead
- 10 – 11.45am
- More details
Plants, books, cakes and crafts for sale, plus Tombola and refreshments.
Bristol Saying Goodbye Service: Bristol Cathedral
- 3.30pm
A service for anyone who has lost a baby in pregnancy, at birth or in early years.
Kathy’s Coffee Morning: Bristol Dogs & Cats Home, St Phillips
- 10am – 12 noon
- More details
A Bi-monthly coffee morning & table top sale, raising money for at Bristol Dogs and Cats Home.
Books, hand-made cards, home-made cakes, bric-a-brac, jewellery, tombola, home-made jams and chutney’s, a fabulous raffle & refreshments.
Crane Dance Bristol: Bristol Harbourside
- 8pm (show lasts 40 minutes)
- FREE
- Location: Takes place on the water next to Arnolfini
- More details
See three of Bristol’s iconic cranes outside M-Shed come to life in a stunning collaboration that blends lights, rowing boats, choirs, live music, and, choreographed synchronised cranes. Don’t miss this one of a kind opportunity to see the Harbourside transformed in a completely different way.
SUNDAY
Miniature Steam Train Rides: Ashton Court Miniature Railway
- 12 – 5pm
- 70p per ride / 5 tickets for £3
- More details
Enjoy some miniature steam train rides at Ashton Court Miniature Railway. Great fun for kids of all ages (and grown-ups too)! Weather permitting.
Docks Heritage Weekend: M Shed & Underfall Yard
- 11am – 4pm
- FREE (donations welcome)
- More details
A weekend of great activities for children and families held across two sites exploring the history of working life on the Old City docks. Activities include boat rides, crane trips, have a go experiences and performances.
- 11am – 4pm
- Electric crane rides £2, Fairbairn steam crane rides free (donations welcome)
- More details
Experience a working crane on the dockside with trips inside the electric cranes and the Fairbairn steam crane, M Shed’s biggest exhibits! Trips last approx. 20 minutes.
- 11am – 4pm
- Adults £6, children £4
- More details
Take a trip on Bristol Harbour on this 1935 diesel tug boat. Trips last 30 minutes approx.
Kings Weston Junior Park Run: Kings Weston House
- 10am
- FREE (but must register)
- More details
A 2K run for children aged 4 – 14 years around the beautiful Kings Weston House Estate. Lots of fun (I personally recommend this!).
- From 10am
- Normal Tyntesfield admission charge applies
- More details
Bring your own apples to the Home Farm Visitor Centre and have fun pressing and juicing. Remember to bring something to bring your apple juice home in!
Food and Craft Market: Tyntesfield
- From 10am
- More details
Come along and enjoy a stroll around Home Farm and pick up some seasonal treats. Freshly baked breads, fine cheeses, home-made jewelry and ceramics.
- 12 noon
- Free (normal Tyntesfield admission charge applies)
- More details
Learn more about bees and bee-keeping with Tyntesfield’s resident beekeeper.
Meet the Garden Team & Plant it, Grow it, Eat It: Tyntesfield
- 12 noon
- FREE (normal Tyntesfield admission charge applies)
Head to the Jubilee Garden to meet the Garden team to learn some seasonal tips and find out how to make your garden as beautiful as Tyntesfield. Plant it, grow it, Eat it activity for children.
Mr Gotalot’s Shop: The Chincilla Thriller by Monkey Trousers Theatre at Kelvin Players Studio
- 10.30am, 1pm or 3.30pm
- The Kelvin Players Studio Theatre, 253b Gloucester Road, Bishopston, Bristol BS7 8NY
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Monkey Trousers Theatre – founded by Bristol mums, Fran Lewis and Charlotte Whitten – presents a brand new episode of the hugely popular theatrical sitcom for children to the audiences of Bristol.
Family Foraging Walk: Bristol Downs
- 11am – 1pm
- £8/£5 concessions & children under 12 (under 5s free)
- More details
Join forager Andy Hamilton for a foraging adventure on Bristol Downs.
Retroville Tobacco Factory Market: Southville
- 10am – 2.30pm
- More details
A fabulous vintage & retro market which takes place on the first Sunday of every month, with vintage & retro clothing, homeware, jewellery, furniture and records.
Sunday Roast: Zion, Bedminster Down
- 12 – 3pm
- £9.95 adult / £6 child
- Booking recommended – email info@zionbristol.co.uk
- More details
A delicious choice of roasts, included vegetarian options and children’s portions.
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