• Celebrate Harry Potter Day

    Media Lounge

    Join us for lots of enchanting arts and magical crafts as we celebrate all things Harry Potter! Suitable for families. Under 8's must be accompanied by an adult Free – […]

  • LGBTQ+ Family Saturday Spectacular

    Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month with Manchester Libraries! We've lots of events for all families, including a - Drag Queen Storytime with Angel Delight Family craft sessions Green screen photography Celebration […]

  • International Mother Language Day

    Performance Space

    Join us for a fun packed celebration. Communities from across the city will be delivering cultural performances and traditional crafts to share their heritage and celebrate our multilingual Manchester. Pop […]

  • Festival of Belonging

    Join Manchester Jewish museum in a multi-arts festival, exploring what makes us feel that we belong, how we assimilate in new places and what happens when we don’t belong. We […]

  • Spanish Story Time

    Lower Ground Floor Link

    Come along to a new session of stories, songs and activities in Spanish, suitable for 4-7 year olds Monthly on a Saturday from 2.00-2.30. No need to book. Dates for 2020 […]

  • Roving Robots Coding Workshop

    Media Lounge

    THIS EVENT IS NOW CANCELLED Do you want to learn how to code? Come along to our new series of coding workshops for all. Families, adults, grandparents, in fact anyone […]

  • Tiny Fun Palaces

    Performance Space

    Join Angela and Siobhan at Central Library to help you make your Tiny Fun Palace in a Bag. Places are very limited! Booking is essential via Eventbrite You can also […]

  • Festival of Libraries – Sunday Funday

    Celebrate the Festival of Libraries with a special Sunday opening at Central Library. There will be a special mix of crafts and performance plus a chance to meet some of you […]

  • Little Reads Family Day with Chris Haughton & Daishu Ma

    Performance Space

    MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL Chris Haughton & Daishu Ma 10.00 – 10.45 Music & Drama Family Workshop 11.15 – 12.15 We are delighted to present a very special in person event […]

    £5
  • Superheroes: Inspiring Stories of Secret Strength

    Performance Space

    MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL What do you want to be when you grow up? Curated by Stormzy and the #Merky Books team, Superheroes is a new children’s book celebrating modern day heroes from […]

    £5
  • ScienceX: A free family fun day 1

    A free, interactive festival of exploration and experiments and a great chance for kids to discover the fun behind science and engineering. ScienceX is a festival like no other: bursting […]