Monday 3 August

Leicester's play week
National play day takes place on Wednesday 5 August 2026. To celebrate this, we offer a play week across our Best Start Family Hubs.
- 10am to 12noon at St Matthews
- 12noon to 3pm at Thurnby Lodge

Tuesday 4 August

Leicester Cathedral summer activities
Enjoy free craft activities and family fun with a different theme each week.
- 10.30am to 12noon and 2pm to 4pm at Leicester Cathedral
Leicester play week
- 12noon to 3pm at Bewcastle
Read to the beat family fun
Put on your best festival outfits and join us in celebrating the Summer Reading Challenge with a Festival themed Fun Day! Activities include crafts, music making and more!
- 12noon to 1pm at Knighton Library

Leicester's play day
- 12noon to 3pm at Beaumont Leys
- 1pm to 3pm at New Parks
Puppets and toys
Come to Newarke Houses Museum to see our gallery of toys and games from the past. Make your own toys to take home with a fabulous craft pack that includes a sock puppet and a cup and ball game. Find the pictures of retro toys in our garden trail.
- 12noon to 3pm at Newarke Houses
- Crafts and activities, £4 per child pre-booked online, or £5 at the door.
Read to the beat family fun
- 1pm to 4pm at St Barnabas Library

Cops ‘n’ Robbers
A fun day of crafts and activities at Leicester Guildhall which was once Leicester’s first Police station. Make a police dog glove puppet, a cops ‘n’ robbers game and a Guildhall police hat. Throw sponges at your family in the stocks and find the pictures in the museum trail.
- 11am to 3pm at Leicester Guildhall
- £4 Advance online for each participating child, £5 on the door, adults free.
Lego coding
Combine computer coding with Lego in our Lego coding sessions.
- 1.30pm to 4pm at New Parks Library
- Booking required
- Ages 8+
Leicester cathedral summer activities
- 10.30am to 12noon and 2pm to 4pm at Leicester Cathedral
Leicester play week
- 12noon to 3pm at Highfields
- 1pm to 3pm at New Parks

Leicester play week
- 10am to 12noon at Braunstone Grove
- 10am to 1pm at Eyres Monsell

Lego coding club
Make Lego move to music and explore Lego books.
- 11am to 1pm at Central Library
- Booking required
- Ages 8 to 12
Leicester food festival
Try different foods at this festival centred around food. With a children cooking classes, circus school, fun fair and live music, a good day for the family to enjoy together
- 11am to 10pm at Abbey Park
- Booking required
- Tickets range between £0 (under 5s) to £11 (adults).
- Booking fee applies.

Leicester food festival
- 11am to 5.30pm at Abbey Park
- Booking required
- Tickets range between £0 (under 5s) to £14 (adults).
- Booking fee applies.
'Music at the Museum' with the Leicester Community Concert Band
Bring your picnic blankets and chairs for a summer afternoon of live music in the grounds of Leicester’s historic Abbey Pumping Station.
- 12.30pm to 4.30pm at Abbey Pumping Station