Fun Palaces!
On Saturday 4 October, several of our libraries are even more fun than usual as they become Fun Palaces for the day!
Fun Palaces are a national initiative – free events made by local people for their own community. At Fun Palaces people come together to share their skills, passions and interests, and to show the world just how brilliant and packed full of genius their community is!
Here are the events that are happening in our libraries
Fun Palaces at Manchester Central Library, Saturday 4 October, 1-3pm, Ground Floor and Lower Ground Floor
Join us at Central Library for Fun Palaces, a free event where people come together to share their skills, passions and interests! Meet a professional beekeeper, get involved with some ABBA-themed crafts, paint your own Chinese fan with Chinese Music Classroom (CMC) at Chetham’s School of Music, and more! Don’t worry: there will be plenty on offer for the little ones too! Free – just drop in.
Fun Palaces at Longsight Library, Saturday 4 October, 2 – 4pm
We are really looking forward to an afternoon of fun and connection in Longsight! We’ve got lots of great things happening for everyone to have a go at. Needing a bit of gentle exercise? Denise from Dragons Voices will be here to improve your flow with Tai Chi and one of her friends will be teaching you a bit of Chinese Calligraphy. Creative Hands Foundation are making paper figures in traditional dress. Peoplescape Theatre are here to encourage you in a bit of creative poetry. Fancy making some wool monsters or superhero cuffs, junk jewellery, planting bulbs, friendship bracelets to give away and so much more…? Lets have some great fun together. Free – just drop in
Fun Palaces at North City Library, Saturday 4 October, 11am-1pm
Join in with a variety of activities at our Fun Palace; expect colour-changing, fizzing, bubbling and explosive experiments that will amaze curious minds of all ages. Plant some bulbs, join in with crafts and have a go at podcasting too! Take a look at our ‘Building Stronger Communities Together’ exhibition by Afrocats, have a go at some yoga (from 12:15-1pm) and join in with our Beyblades Club (until 12noon). There’s lots to keep you busy! Free – just drop in.
Fun Palaces at Wythenshawe Forum Library, Saturday 4 October, 2-4pm.
Join us for a fun packed afternoon of trying and learning new things! We have arts, crafts and digital activities for the whole family to enjoy. Free and open to all – just drop in
Also at Wythenshawe Forum Library:
SoundHoppers will run a hands-on joyful play with a sound exploration activities, children will get to play around with soundboxes, transducers and tactile sound-making devices. Guaranteed to spark your curiosity in sound and listening.
Mindful Me will offer Mindfulness and Yoga sessions for the whole family, join a session to relax and improve your well-being.
RFK Human Rights will be running a Lino printing activity
Join Liam to enjoy and have fun with some STEM activities, including Stop motion and Green screen.
Manchester artists Mandy Cleveland and Lulu will be encouraging people to get creative and learn new art skills with fun craft workshops.
Library staff will be offering a mix of hands-on arts and crafts, so join in with one of the activities to make something lovely to take home
