JULY 26 July – 3 September Hatton Adventure World – Great Summer Adventure Dinosaurs Alive! Back for 2023 - Bigger and better than ever before! Enjoy a daily programme of dinosaur shows, activities and meet & greets. In addition to Dinosaurs Alive there will be a full programme of animals, action & adventure for all the family. All included in your admission. www.adventure.hattonworld.com 26 July – 3 September Charlecote Park – Summer of Play Enjoy a vibrant and colourful summer of play in the outdoors at Charlecote Park. Discover a jam-packed summer of play over the summer holiday. Play on repeat and pop back to enjoy activities every week. Bring a picnic and spend the days adventuring in the parkland and getting stuck into ‘Play’ themed games and activities. www.nationaltrust.org.uk 28 July – 6 August Birmingham Festival ‘23Proudly outdoors and free to access, the Festival will echo the city-centre experience of the Commonwealth Games, taking over Centenary Square with live music and performance, creative and participatory activities, and big-screen content to conjure the shared experiences, magic and memories of the summer of ‘22. Across 10 days and 9 evenings, Birmingham Festival 23 will welcome audiences, artists, local communities and volunteers, refl ecting the diversity of the city, to come together to watch, listen, relax, dance and play. www.birminghamfestival23.co.uk 29 July Sarehole Mill – Fantasy Comic Book WorkshopStart your journey through a fantasy world with this comic book workshop. This two hour session will begin with a brief tour of the Sarehole Mill grounds as we hear how J.R.R. Tolkien was inspired by the site. We’ll then you will be guided through the fundamentals of story telling and comic book techniques that will help you tell your own unique and engaging story. Use collage, watercolour and ink to create vibrant and exciting pictures to imagine impossible and fantastic worlds and adventures. All materials provided and your creations are yours to take home at the end of the workshop. www.birminghammuseums.org.uk 29 – 30 July Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Gardens – Legendary Joust Experience the exhilarating spectacle of speed and skill as four legendary knights compete for honour and glory in the Grand Medieval Joust. See lances shatter, feel the thunder of hooves and hear the roar of the crowd as reputations are won and lost. Our fearless fi ghters and their magnifi cent horses will charge at each other at full speed in and unforgettable display of chivalry and sheer courage. Choose your champion and cheer them on to victory – or console them in defeat. www.english-heritage.org.uk AUGUST 1 – 6 August Compton Verney – LuminariumSince 1992, Architects of Air’s luminaria have enchanted over 3 million visitors in more than 40 countries around the world - the Timisien has been to Madrid, Sydney, Barcelona, Los Angeles and now it is coming to Compton Verney for the fi rst time. Visitors have the chance to explore the sculpture, experiencing the beauty of light and colour as they move through a dazzling maze of domes, columns and tunnels of the Luminarium. The Luminarium is half the size of a Rugby Pitch and each of the domes immerses people in a unique environment. www.comptonverney.org.uk 18 raring2go.co.uk Raring2go! WHAT’S ON
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