Workshops and events for all the family The Artists Open Houses festival will take place in Brighton and Hove and beyond over the four weekends of May. The biggest event of its kind in the UK, the festival will see around 200 houses and studio spaces across the city opening their doors to exhibit and sell the work of over 1,000 artists and makers. There will be plenty of opportunities to get hands on - […]

There will be bear hunts, Easter egg hunts, visits from Harry Hopalot and Easter bunny Pawlette and prizes galore at Churchill Square Shopping Centre this Easter, so grab the kids and join the fun. Here are some of the highlights: A Visit from Harry Hopalot, Thorntons – (Good Friday 18th April) Harry Hopalot is Thornton’s very own Easter Bunny who will be hopping faster than the wind to deliver all of Thornton’s Easter Eggs with […]

A brand new adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by award winning theatre company, Box Tale Soup at Brighton Fringe. Box Tale Soup’s version of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has been created and adapted entirely by the company. It features a cast of just two human performers, a dozen colourful handmade puppets and a beautiful set that unfolds from a vintage trunk, alongside a magical soundtrack of original music composed especially […]

This weekend saw people flocking from far and wide to Hove Centre for all things vegan and veggie. VegFestUK celebrated everything vegan, from food to clothes, gifts and toiletries. I’m not vegan, but attended because I wanted to sample the food to see whether the negative stereotypes were true that I’ve heard over the years (you know the age-old, ridiculous jokes about vegans only eating leaves and cardboard). I was also interested in the free veggie speed […]

Am I seeing things or was there a killer whale on the back of that truck! Brighton & Hove will be taken over by whales and dolphins this March, as the world’s largest whale festival visits the city for the third time. We will quite literally be able to rub shoulders with giants, as enormous whale murals, exhibitions, gigs and other whaley activities spring up all over town!

This year’s Brighton Science Festival programme is packed full of fun and inspirational events for kids. Flicking through the event guide though, many that sound appealing turn out to be for older kids, which rules it out for us, with a 2 and 5 year old. So we’ve compiled this mini-guide of activities for those with kids between 2 - 6 years old. While there’s aren’t many, they sound like the perfect introduction to the […]

The festival continues into half-term and there’s plenty of events to keep the kids amused, even a good range for FREE. Our handy guide below to £0 events below will help keep your budget in tact but maximise fun family time together: Arthropod Arts Sun 16th Feb – Sat 22nd Feb 20-22 High Street, Rottingdean, BN2 7HR Drop in for all ages. Join scientists and artists at Arthropod Arts and help create enormous sculptures of […]

  Inspiring adventure clubs for kids The Outdoors Project runs high energy holiday clubs suitable for children aged 6- 12 years. Our all-weather, outdoor clubs are perfect for developing friendships, trust, teamwork and confidence.  

Brighton bloggers will take part in the ‘Team Honk Bloggers Relay’ on behalf of Sport Relief on Monday 20th January. The relay started in Lands End, Cornwall, on Sunday 12th January 2014 and will finish in John O’Groats in Caithness, Scotland, on Sunday 23rd March 2014. The #TeamHonkRelay sees over 200 bloggers, their friends and families in a route that zig-zags up the UK taking in 38 regional teams over 9 weeks, and aims to […]

Brighton’s Mini Maker Faire is here again, 7th and 8th September, at the Corn Exchange. Bring along your little ones, inspire them to create and have fun while doing so! Under 16s go FREE. Click on the picture for more information.