Date: 8 June 2025
Time: 11:00 am – 3:30 pm
Location: Leeds City Museum & Millennium Square
As part of the Northern Man Festival happening 6 – 15 June, Dadstastic Day, organised by Leeds Dad’s is the biggest FREE Father’s Day celebration in England.– a lively, hands-on event for families with children aged 0–11. Expect a fun-packed day of creative activities, performances, and games.
Choose from three entry sessions:
- 11:00–12:30
- 12:30–14:00
- 14:00–15:30
- Outdoor All Day Ticket (All Indoor tickets allow access to outdoor activities, all day)
Brodrick Room – Drop-in activities (Just turn up during your chose session):
- Zulu King Monk – Upcycle vinyl into stunning record art
- IzWiz Robotics – Program and battle robots!
- Scraptastic – Get creative with recycled materials
- Valentina’s Carnival Arts – Make colourful carnival headpieces
- StopMotion Station – Bring your own plasticine models to life
- Positive Birth Leeds – Fill a memory jar with keepsakes & reflections
- Techy Tots – Try coding games and robot challenges
- Leeds Dads Facepainting Team – Fun, colourful face designs
- Heart to Art / Northern Man Festival – Design your own “Dad Sculpture”
- Freda Shafi – Express your emotions through art
- Cloth Cat / Lee Shaw – Build and decorate your own cardboard guitar
Thoresby Room – RJC Dance Family Workshops (Aimed at ages 4-11 years)
Booking required on the day at the upstairs desk. Fun, high-energy carnival dance sessions for families.
- Session 1: 11:05, 11:35, 12:05
- Session 2: 12:50, 13:15, 13:45
- Session 3: 14:10, 14:40, 15:10
Denny Room – MC Testament Family Beatbox Workshops (Aimed at ages 2-11 years)
Booking required on the day at the upstairs desk. Learn beatboxing and rhythm in fun, high-energy family sessions.
- Session 1: 11:20, 11:50, 12:20
- Session 2: 13:05, 13:30, 14:00
- Session 3: 14:25, 14:55, 15:25
Millennium Square – Outdoor fun (11 am – 4 pm)
- Leeds Mobile Library – Storytime on Story Buses Sam and Nelly
- Active Leeds – Inclusive Tennis & Kwik Cricket
- Leeds Children’s Theatre – Pop Up fairy tale characters
- Mr Bubbles – Make giant bubbles float over Leeds Civic Hall
- Maynard Flip Flap – Madcap street comedy for all ages
- Uncle Leroy & Aunty Di Di – Live children’s sing-along music
Outdoor Finale Extravaganza in Millennium Square (3:30 pm –4 pm)
Led by Swirl Education – join us for a musical, dance-filled send-off with tambourines, ribbons, and singalong fun!
Book via the Leeds Dads website: Dadstastic 2025 | Tickets
