Wheee! Family Weekend
Supported by the Woodland Trust -
Wheee! Family Weekend Festival Partner
Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 June, 12noon-5pm
Highfields Park
Free, just drop in*
Suitable for all
The Wheee! family weekend is always special and this year is no exception. There will be lots of arts and craft activities plus outdoor theatre and dance performances to entertain family members of all ages. The fun will start at mid-day (although the luminarium will be open from 11am with the usual ticketed entry).
*all events free with the exception of Daedalude Luminarium and indoor theatre performances.
Can you give up some of your time to volunteer at the Wheee! Weekend? Find out more here.
Events throughout the weekend include:
- Fantastic Spiders – facts and fiction with Sarah Goodacre from the University of Nottingham’s School of Life Sciences
- Camera Obscura workshops with Jon Legge
- The Curious Perambulator and its inventive Spider Trails
- A climbing wall, pop-up tennis, football skills and futsal with membersfrom the David Ross Sports Village and Nottingham Tennis Centre
- Paper Spiders and Giant Web-making workshops
- Heritage stories from Highfields Park with Nicky Rafferty
- Summer-watch with Highfields Park Ranger, Steve Clarke and BioBlitz
- Traditional Chinese Crafts with the Nottingham Confucius Institute
Scheduled events:
| 11am-5.15pm |
Architects of Air: Luminarium - Daedalude |
2.30pm |
Middleton Corpus: The Seedling - acrobatic dance theatre, choreographed by Anthony Middleton |
| 11.30am |
Branching out with Birch & Hazel - magical, funny and informative woodland story & performance experience |
2.30pm (Sun only) |
LakeEnders |
| 11.30am (Sat only) |
Andy Manley: Stick by me - gentle, beautiful, non-verbal theatre for 3-5 years |
2.30pm (Sun only) |
A Capella |
| 11.30am |
Silent Disco |
3pm |
A Bird in the Hand Theatre: The Bewonderment Machine |
| 12noon-4.30pm |
Where It All Began - the original Jamie Johnson pilot |
3.15pm |
Charmaine Childs: Strong Lady |
| 12noon |
Mark Evans: music workshop |
3.15pm |
Bongo Bolero: The Dick Danger Show |
| 1pm |
A Bird in the Hand Theatre: The Bewonderment Machine - artist-built, cycle-powered carousel for ages 2-6 |
3.30pm |
Mark Evans: music workshop |
| 1pm |
Charmaine Childs: Strong Lady - exhilarating feats of strength |
3.45pm |
Branching out with Birch & Hazel |
| 1.30pm |
Mark Evans: music workshop |
4pm |
A Bird in the Hand Theatre: The Bewonderment Machine |
| 1.30pm |
Bongo Bolero: The Dick Danger Show - acrobatic antics, dad dancing and diving into a bucket of water |
4pm (Sun only) |
A Capella |
| 1.45pm |
Branching out with Birch & Hazel |
4.15pm (Sat only) |
Candoco Dance Company: You & I Know |
| 2pm (Sat only) |
Andy Manley: Stick by me |
4.15pm (Sun only) |
Motionhouse: Lost |
| 2pm |
Silent Disco |
4.30pm |
The Seedling |
| 2.15pm (Sat only) |
Candoco Dance Company: You & I Know - duet choreographed by Arlene Philips |
4.45pm |
Mark Evans: music workshop |
| 2.15pm (Sun only) |
Motionhouse: Lost - choreographed by Kevin Finnan |
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Download the Wheee! 2018 brochurePlease note outdoor schedule is subject to change, visit this page for the latest information.
Please note: Parking during the Wheee! Festival is extremely limited. Please see our travel page for alternate ways to visit us.
Wheee! Family Weekend Festival partner:
Wheee! is a Lakeside and University of Nottingham initiative in association with Nottingham City Council Parks & Open Spaces and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
