18 Free Events for Kids in Manchester This Weekend
Updated August 2026 — 18 free events for kids in Manchester this weekend — free entry, no tickets needed. Includes Beneath the Great Wave: Hokusai…
Updated August 2026
Kids activities in Manchester
- Beneath the Great Wave: Hokusai and Hiroshige — 14 Mar 2026 · The Whitworth (Art Gallery) · Free · Ages 6-11, 12-16, all-ages
- Exhibitions — 22 Feb 2026 · Museum of Transport Greater Manchester · Ages 0-5, 6-11, 12-16, all-ages
- Highlights Tours — 1 Apr 2026 · Manchester Museum · £0–£5 · Ages all-ages
- Anindilyakwa Arts: Stories from our Country — 8 Apr 2025 · Manchester Museum · Free · Ages 0-5, 6-11, 12-16, all-ages
- 2026 Banner Bingo — 17 Jan 2026 · People's History Museum · Free · Ages all-ages
- Banner Bingo x International Mother Language Day — 21 Feb 2026 · People's History Museum · Free · Ages 0-5, 6-11, 12-16
- Heritage bus rides — 22 Feb 2026 · Museum of Transport Greater Manchester · Free · Ages all-ages
- Head, Shoulders, Knees & Goals — 27 Mar 2026 · National Football Museum · Ages 0-5, 6-11, 12-16, all-ages
- NFM x Yard Ball — 27 Mar 2026 · National Football Museum · Free · Ages all-ages
- Your Salford 100 — 14 Feb 2026 · Salford Museum and Art Gallery · Ages all-ages
- The Price of Passion — 15 May 2025 · National Football Museum · Free · Ages 6-11, 12-16, all-ages
- Performing Trees — 30 Sept 2025 · The Whitworth (Art Gallery) · Ages all-ages
- 2026 Banner Exhibition — 17 Jan 2026 · People's History Museum · Free · Ages 6-11, 12-16, all-ages
- On The Line: 100 years of strikes & solidarity — 21 Mar 2026 · People's History Museum · Free · Ages 12-16, all-ages
- The Fabric of Protest — 20 Sept 2025 · People's History Museum · £10–£15 · Ages 12-16
- Re/Assemble — 17 Jan 2026 · People's History Museum · Free · Ages 12-16, all-ages
- 100 years of strikes & solidarity — 20 Feb 2026 · People's History Museum · Free · Ages 12-16, all-ages
- Your Salford 100: Contemporary Narratives — 28 Mar 2026 · Salford Museum and Art Gallery · Ages 6-11, 12-16, all-ages