Calling fans of all ages! Join us on Saturday 8 November 2025 for a day of drop-in activities, creative workshops, talks, exhibition tours, games and music, celebrating the cultures, communities, and spaces of football.
Contribute to a collective banner, build a stadium using recycled materials, try drawing like an architect, and join a curator tour of the exhibition. Play some games, grab a matchday pie while they’re hot, and share your favourite matchday experiences through comics drawing, a memory wall, and conversations.
The festival day is organised as part of the latest exhibition at RIBA North + Tate Liverpool, Home Ground: the architecture of football. The exhibition runs 15 Oct 2025 until 25 January 2026.
The day runs from 10am to 5pm on Saturday 8 November 2025 at RIBA North + Tate Liverpool. Entry is free, and can be booked via Eventbrite.
Curator tours will also be running at the following times on the day:
– 10.30am to 11.15am
– 12pm to 12.45pm
– 2pm to 2.45pm
These curator tours are free, but must be booked in advance via the Eventbrite link.
More details of the scheduled activities for the day will be available on riba.org and the Eventbrite listing.
Step into the enchanting world of Jack Frost where children and grown ups become part of the story!
Glide across an imaginary ice rink, take part in a friendly snowball fight and create cherished memories…
Jack Frost’s Snow Time Adventure is an immersive installation for the young and very young which offers a sensory and imaginative story experience which captivates and delights.
Audiences enter a welcoming tent-like space and are transported into the magical world of Jack Frost who travels the land to bring cheer to children.
Join photographers Yaqeen Amir, Anoosh Ariamehr and Open Eye Gallery to have a free portrait taken with an object or picture which, for you, represents freedom.
Families and children are invited to bring an object, drawing, or photo that feels connected to the idea of freedom; maybe something from home, a favourite toy, a family keepsake, or even just a symbol of something you dream about. Together with Anoosh, these personal items will become part of your portrait through light, projection, or collage, showing that freedom can live in our everyday lives as well as our memories and hopes.
What does freedom mean to you- Is it about reflecting on memories of peace, escaping to your local green space or being able to fly like a bird?
You are more than welcome to have a portrait alongside your object, or we can just photograph the object if you would like to remain anonymous. A copy of the image will be available to take home on the day.
A selection of images from the workshop will be displayed as part of a national photography exhibition celebrating the wider Our Freedom Then and Now programme.
The photography activity will start on the hour at:1-2pm2-3pm3-4pmWe will also have a drop in photo-collage activity between 1-4pm where you can create intimate photo-collage booklets that reflect your personal ideas of freedom, taking inspiration from the poem Freedom Road by Simon Armitage, which you can view here.
Free entry.
Christmas has arrived at Kindling Farm! Celebrate the festivities with a day of heritage craft making, mulled wine and Kindling treats for sale!
Join us this Christmas for a day of traditional crafts and heritage activities from an array of craftspeople and artisan makers from across the Northwest.
Get hands-on and give heritage crafts a go by joining drop-in workshops suitable for all the family, where you can make your own Christmas decorations and gifts. With demos on the day, you will learn about endangered traditional crafts from the people keeping them alive!
We will have Kindling Christmas trees and foodie delights available to buy from our Market Stall. Head to the Barn for a glass of mulled wine (non-alcoholic option available) or a hearty seasonal soup.Join us in the courtyard for carolling around the campfire and discover the history of Kindling Farm in a mini-exhibition curated by our volunteers and local community.
You must register to come to this event. Please visit our website to secure your place.
What treasures will you discover at the farm?! We will be joined by members of South Lancashire and Cheshire Metal Detecting Club for a practical introduction to Metal Detecting.
During this practical half day workshop, the South Lancs & Cheshire Metal Detecting Club will guide beginners through the fundementals of metal detecting, teach us how to document our findings and introduce us to ethical practices. Supported by members of the group, you will head into one of our fields where you can put your learning into practice and develop your technique under the guidance of more experienced detectorists. Bring your treasure back to our Detectorist Finds Table in the barn!
This workshop is suitable for beginners. All equipment will be provided.
This activity is suitable for all ages however, please be mindful that it does involve walking across uneven ground for over an hour and being outdoors in all weathers so it might not suit everyone!
Please dress for the outdoors; we reccomend wearing sturdy shoes like wellies or walking boots and waterproofs.
You must register to come to this event. Please visit our website to secure your place.
The South Lancs & Cheshire Metal Detecting Club is reputed to be one of the oldest and one of the more successful Detecting Clubs in the UK. Founded in the autumn of 1978, the group work with farmers and land owners to coordinate metal detecting days for it’s members. Through their work, the group have raised thousands of pounds for various Charitable causes. The SLC meet on the first Wednesday of each month at St Basil’s Parish Centre on Hough Green Rd, Widnes WA8 4SZ from 8pm.
All the family are welcome to Kindling Farm at dusk for a chance to spot these incredible aerial acrobats!
Guided by Tony, the Halewood Triangle Park Ranger, you will learn about the different species living in the UK and how to use a bat detector before venturing out into the fields where we will survey the night sky for bats! Join us from the earlier time of 5.30pm for hot chocolate in the barn!
This activity is suitable for all ages however, please be mindful that it does involve some walking across uneven ground and being outdoors in all weathers for over an hour, so it might not suit everyone!
This activity will finish no later than 8pm but please note that we might finish earlier depending on the amount of bat activity on that evening.
Much like us humans, bats are not a fan of rainy and windy conditions and are unlikely to venture outdoors in bad weather. We will be keeping a close eye on the weather forecast and be in touch as soon as possible if we need to cancel or rearrange this event.
Please dress for the outdoors; we recommend sturdy shoes like wellies or walking boots and waterproofs.
You must register for this event. Please visit our website to secure your place.
From preserves to pickles, curing and kimchi, people have been finding ways to prolong the life of fruit & veg for centuries. At this heritage taster day, we’ll be exploring smart ways to reduce food waste and make the most of your harvest using traditional preserving methods.
Join us in our field kitchen for a day of demos, tutorials and workshops with independent chefs, local community kitchens and foodie practitioners:
Fancy fermenting? Lucy Antal from The Alchemist Kitchen will be leading a 30 minute practical workshop teaching us the ancient art of making Kimchi. Up to 12 spaces available on a first-come-first served basis. Take your kimchi home to enjoy!
Campfire cooking with practitioner and farm member, Ali Holden who will be setting up a camp fire in the courtyard where you can try your hand at cooking jam over an open fire.
Join us in our field kitchen for a ‘waste not, want not’ demo with Greg from Eat Up Gud who’ll be cooking up exciting Caribbean dishes using produce from our fields including our glut of courgettes!
The Kindling Farm Market Stall will be open to buy fresh, seasonal produce grown at the farm.
There are two opportunities to attend this event. You can book a time slot between 10am-12.30pm or 2-4.30pm.
You must register to come to this event. Please visit our website to secure your place.
Join us to create symbols of freedom in flight! Create your own multi media sculptures and photo-collage on large scale paper spread across the gallery walls to collectively explore freedom. In response to Lou Miller’s use of birds in her exhibition We Dream of Our Freedom, this drop-in workshop encourages you to use recycled materials to craft sculptures and layer mixed-media winged pieces!
Draw, stick or build your metaphors for freedom, taking inspiration from the poem Freedom Road by Simon Armitage, which you can view here.
There will also be an opportunity to create postcards and to contribute towards a communal zine to collectively explore freedom.
Free, drop in
Join photographers Yaqeen Amir, Anoosh Ariemhar and Open Eye Gallery for a free drop-in portrait session.
The photographers will have a range of images of historic and local landmarks, objects and wider imagery connecting to the theme of freedom to explore and project onto Bluecoat’s gallery walls.
Children and families are invited to select their preferred image/s and have a free portrait (or silhouette portrait if you want to remain anonymous) with the image.
A copy of the image will be available to take home on the day. A selection of images from the workshop will be displayed as part of a national photography exhibition celebrating the wider Our Freedom Then and Now programme.
There will also be a drop in opportunity to create postcards and to contribute towards a communal zine to collectively explore freedom, taking inspiration from the poem Freedom Road by Simon Armitage which you can view here.
Free, drop in
Join us for a hands on screen-printing workshop to celebrate the launch of our new exhibition, We Dream of Our Freedom by Lou Miller. This special drop-in screen printing workshop takes inspiration from the poem Freedom Road by Simon Armitage which you can view here.
Roll up your sleeves and print posters with the artist on paper for free, or a tote bag or tee shirt for a suggested £3 donation, and leave with something made by hand. All materials are provided, and Lou will be on hand to guide you through each step.
There will also be an opportunity to create postcards and to contribute towards a communal zine to collectively explore freedom.
Free, drop in
