Join us on Sunday June 11th for Dadstastic Day!
Take part in a day of free family fun at Leeds City Museum celebrating Father’s Day. There is a wide range of activities for 0-11 yr olds, creating opportunities for parents and carers to interact with their kids. Children up to primary age can enjoy: music, dance, science, storytelling, arts and crafts, and sport
It will be held from 11-4pm at Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square, LS2 8BH
Dadstastic Day is split into 3 sessions this year. You can book EITHER:
Session 1: 11:00am – 12:30pm
Session 2: 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Session 3: 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Then when you arrive, you’ll be able to choose the activities you want to attend.
Indoor activities at Leeds City Museum
Explore new worlds in our immersive green-screen experience, take a dance workshop with Northern School of Contenmporary Dance, get your face painted with the Hamara Centre, join Number Train for some fun with numbers, create art with Zulu King Monk or Scraptastic, bring plasticine models to life with StopMotion, create fabulous Leeds West Indian Carnival costume pieces with Valentina’s Collective, explore coding and robotics with Leeds Libraries.
Outdoor activities at Millennium Square
Enjoy madcap street comedy with Maynard Flip Flap, have a singalong with Uncle Leroy and Aunty DiDi or learn to rap with Wilko Wilkes.
Make giant bubbles float over Leeds Civic Hall with Mr Bubbles, join Active Leeds Park Tennis for an inclusive game, and play Boccia with Active Leeds. We’ll also have various other sports with Active Leeds. Leeds Mobile Library will be holding Story Time on the Story Bus, Leeds Playhouse will be bringing nursery tales to life!
Our volunteers will book you into your chosen activities on the day, all you need to do is book your time slot by choosing session 1, 2 or 3 for you, your partners, and your children via the button below!
A big thank you to all our contributors!
Support Leeds Dads
#DadstasticDay is free to attend and always will be.
If you would like to donate to Leeds Dads, however, please text DADS then a number to 70085.
(Example DADS 2 would be £2, DADS 5 would be £5 – max donation is £20)
Can you volunteer for Dadstastic Day 2022?
We still need volunteers to cover a couple of hours from 09:30am – 4.30pm:
Morning shift = 9.30am – 1:00pm to help with the set-up and running of the start of the day
Afternoon shift = 1:00pm – 4.30pm to help run the afternoon and clear down at the end
But if you can just do an hour or two that’s fine!
There’s also a free lunch for all volunteers!
Here’s what we need you to do:
See you there!
Team Leeds Dads
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Support Leeds Dads
#DadstasticDay is free to attend and always will be.
If you would like to donate to Leeds Dads, however, please text DADS then a number to 70085.
(Example DADS 2 would be £2, DADS 5 would be £5 – max donation is £20)
