30 Kids Events in Manchester This Weekend

Updated August 2026 — Explore 30 kids events in Manchester this weekend, including Beneath the Great Wave: Hokusai and and Exhibitions, and more.

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