Swindon Festival Of Literature : Children & Families Day

Children & Families Day

Light refreshments, snacks, and lunches available on site!

10.30am onwards – Campfire Storytelling with seasoned storyteller CHRIS PARK. Head for the tree-surrounded Circle Garden, take a seat by the campfire, and Chris will tell you tales from here, there, and everywhere!

11am – Games Workshop with circus performer DARINE FLANAGAN. Time to warm up for a busy day of performances and play. Try some hoola-hooping, juggling, acrobatics, and more. Great physical fun for almost all ages!

12 midday – How to be a Bewilderbeast – an all-ages show, for all the family! Join The Mother Wolf Club for a wild, wonder-filled, and creative adventure. A chance to roar, wriggle, dance, and dream, as songs grow scales, poems sprout wings, and paintings burst to life. You may even create your very own Bewilderbeast! "A workshop in keeping it surreal!"

2pm – Wonder, Thunder, Blunder – a presentation of brilliant poems, whose writers were mentored by Michael Rosen. These poems, about climate change and the wonders of the world, are presented today by the book’s child and adult-friendly genius editor Matt Harvey.

3pm – Finale Performance with Jacob Hi-Ho and the LSF Circus Crew. To end the day, gravity-defying fun and frolics on the front lawn!

All day, look out for WATERSTONES BOOKSHOP with their wonderful selection of books for the young and young at heart!

ALSO, on Children and Families Day at Lower Shaw Farm, there may be a TREASURE HUNT, TALKING with the ANIMALS, READING & WRITING TIME, and maybe even a little bit of PLAY, ROPE-SWINGING, and HAMMOCK-JUMPING in the BIG BARN!

Come, down to the farm, and have fun!

Please note this event will take place at Lower Shaw Farm, Old Shaw Lane, West Swindon SN5 5PJ