Best Summer events in Newham and a little further afield

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The Summer holidays are finally here!!! The school year has finally finished, so we thought we'd put together a list of events for Families both in Newham and a little further afield.
We hope our guide will help you plan your Summer Holidays.

20 July
Children's Theatre Festival Free Family friendly outdoor children's theatre performances at Canary Wharf for all the family to enjoy together.

21 July

1. Secret Agents Spy Academy at Discover Children's Story Centre is on until 31 August

2. Summer holiday activities at the Museum of Childhood until 31 August.

3. Celebrate Shakespeare's 450th birthday with free theatre outdoor performances at Canary Wharf's serene Jubilee Park.

4. Octopus's Garden by Ringo Starr Join the Story Builders for beach time classics with a different story each week of the summer holidays. From Mon 21 - Sun 27 July.

22 July
Twilight Delights (Jubilee Park) Canada Square Park will be alive with an array of open air performances this summer; from soul to pop, from West End classics to swing and from a 1950s tribute show to a boogie party with the annual Twilight Delight series of music concerts.

23 July

1. “Change” Exhibition By ThinkArts! Thinkarts! is a service user led arts group which participates in art to contribute to the on-going wellness of its members.

2. Octopus's Garden by Ringo Starr Join the Story Builders for beach time classics with a different story each week of the summer holidays. From Mon 21 - Sun 27 July

24 July

1. Ahoy there! - Variety of Summer family events at the National Maritime Museum and Cutty Sark till the of August

2. Summer Reading Challenge Event at Idea Stores and Libraries: Mythical Maze Read a Greek myth and then create your own mythical maze character and comic book.

25 July
Octopus's Garden by Ringo Starr Join the Story Builders for beach time classics with a different story each week of the summer holidays. From Mon 21 - Sun 27 July

26 July

1. Crafty Saturdays at Stepney City Farm

2. Mudchute Park and Farm Holiday Play Scheme Calling all who knit, crochet, felt, weave or craft with wool! Bring your projects (or get inspiration for new ones)!

3 Artists, Mothers and More: start a revolution at Rich Mix. This is a call to everyone who is mothering anything, to see how we can support each other to do the work we care about with everything we have - body and soul - and make it better valued.

4. Mile Long Hopscotch Free of charge and takes you on a guided route from Maplin St in Mile End through events and workshops. You'll find refreshing drinks, a toy hack workshop and the marvellous PATH playworkers on your travels.

5. Enchanted Festival East Ham Market Hall Discover a land of mystery at East Ham Market and celebrate Eid and the Launch of the Newham Summer reading challenge

27 July

1. Victoria Park Summer Bandstand Season - an afternoon of music and fun. The perfect way to relax – feel free to bring a picnic! Located at The Bandstand.

2. Summer Market & Cafe at the Spitalfields City Farm. Every Sunday you will find a market and a city farm with all the trimmings. BBQ Chorizo Stall as well as vegan/vegetarian options...

3. Summer Festival in the V&A Museum of Childhood The Museum grounds will be buzzing with live music, dance, walkabout acts, art and craft activities, designer stalls, food, face painting, rickshaw rides and games.

4. Children's Theatre Festival Free Family friendly outdoor children's theatre performances at Canary Wharf for all the family to enjoy together.

5. Great British Carnival at the Park The Carnival will feature a vibrant mix of international carnival artistes, homegrown performers and local carnivals from Newham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest – and it’s completely free!

28 July

1. Love Parks Week Launch Join us for the launch of Love Parks Week where we will be celebrating Britain’s parks with lots of fun free activities.

2. Summer holiday activities at the Museum of Childhood

3. ARTBASH Camp: Dreamers (V&A Museum of Childhood). Enjoy a whole week of arty fun! Young artists will develop their creative skills through a programme of imaginative workshops.

4. Winnie at the Seaside by Valerie Thomas (Discover Children's Story Centre) Join our Story Builders for seaside tales with a different story each week of the summer holidays. From Mon 28 Jul - Sun 3 Aug.

5. Celebrate Shakespeare's 450th birthday with free theatre outdoor performances at Canary Wharf's serene Jubilee Park.

29 July

1. Summer holiday activities at the Museum of Childhood

2. Summer Reading Challenge Event at Idea Stores and Libraries: Mythical Maze Read a Greek myth and then create your own mythical maze character and comic book.

3. Designer Homes and Gardens (GEFFRYE MUSEUM) Three weeks of exciting activities exploring natural and man-made design in homes and gardens.

4. Twilight Delights (Jubilee Park) Canada Square Park will be alive with an array of open air performances this summer; from soul to pop, from West End classics to swing and from a 1950s tribute show to a boogie party with the annual Twilight Delight series of music concerts.

30 July

1. Summer Reading Challenge Event: Daydreams & Diaries Fun reading a Jaculine Wilson story then create your own character.

2. Farm Club Summer Holiday workshops These workshops give kids hands on experience of farm life, opportunities to learn about our plants and animals and have fun playing in the great outdoors.

3. Summer Holidays at the Ragged School Museum! Every Weds & Thurs from 30th July to 28th August. Getting ready to go, preparing to travel and the long boat and train journeys, to settling down in the Canadian countryside and getting to grips with farm work...

*1 August

1. Secret Agents Spy Academy at Discover Children's Story Centre is on until 31 August
2. Winnie at the Seaside by Valerie Thomas (Discover Children's Story Centre) Join our Story Builders for seaside tales with a different story each week of the summer holidays. From Mon 28 Jul - Sun 3 Aug.

2 August

1. Ahoy there! - Variety of Summer family events at the National Maritime Museum and Cutty Sark till the of August

2. Crafty Saturdays at Stepney City Farm

3. Children's Theatre Festival Free Family friendly outdoor children's theatre performances at Canary Wharf for all the family to enjoy together.

3 August

1. Summer Market & Cafe at the Spitalfields City Farm. Why not climb into the impressive tree house for a unique view of the city, or take a ride on the donkey (little ones only!). Lush gardens for you to enjoy and lounge around.

2. Sunday Open House (Ragged School Museum) The special feature of our monthly Open House sessions is the opportunity to attend a lesson in our Victorian Classroom. Whether you're 5 or 85, you'll love it.

3. Family Sunday Skating Heaven
   Winnie at the Seaside by Valerie Thomas (Discover Children's Story Centre) Join our Story Builders for seaside tales with a different story each week of the summer holidays. From Mon 28 Jul - Sun 3 Aug.

4 August
Fun French Summer Workshops for children 4-8

5 August
Designer Homes and Gardens (GEFFRYE MUSEUM) Three weeks of exciting activities exploring natural and man-made design in homes and gardens.

6 August

1. Eid Party at Minerva Community Centre

2. Farm Club Summer Holiday workshops

3. Summer Reading Challenge Event: Daydreams & Diaries Fun reading a Jaculine Wilson story then create your own character.

4. Farm Club Summer Holiday workshops These workshops give kids hands on experience of farm life, opportunities to learn about our plants and animals and have fun playing in the great outdoors.

7 August

1. Ahoy there! - Variety of Summer family events at the National Maritime Museum and Cutty Sark till the of August.

2. Summer Reading Challenge Event at Idea Stores and Libraries: Mythical Maze Read a Greek myth and then create your own mythical maze character and comic book.

3. Summer Holidays at the Ragged School Museum! Every Weds & Thurs from 30th July to 28th August. Getting ready to go, preparing to travel and the long boat and train journeys, to settling down in the Canadian countryside and getting to grips with farm work...

8 August

1. Family Fun Fridays: Art in the Gardens Make art, listen to stories and (hopefully!) enjoy the sunshine. Story Spinner will perform The Magic Story Pot - a new tale by Rebekah Lattin-Rawstone featuring a fairy, a boy and a magic story pot!

2. Prudential RideLondon Cycling Show at Excel London (Free exhibition).

9 August

1. Prudential RideLondon Cycling Show at Excel London (Free exhibition)

2. Crafty Saturdays at Stepney City Farm

10 August

1. Prudential RideLnd- Surrey 100 for Ace Africa

2. Victoria Park Summer Bandstand Season - an afternoon of music and fun. The perfect way to relax – feel free to bring a picnic! Located at The Bandstand.

3. Summer Market & Cafe at the Spitalfields City Farm. Why not climb into the impressive tree house for a unique view of the city, or take a ride on the donkey?

11 August
Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae (Discover Children's Story Centre).To pre-book phone 020 8536 5555 (Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm) or go online up until the evening before the event www.discover.org.uk.

12 August

1. Designer Homes and Gardens (GEFFRYE MUSEUM) Three weeks of exciting activities exploring natural and man-made design in homes and gardens.

2. Twilight Delights (Jubilee Park) Canada Square Park will be alive with an array of open air performances this summer; from soul to pop, from West End classics to swing and from a 1950s tribute show to a boogie party with the annual Twilight Delight series of music concerts.

13 August

1. Summer Reading Challenge Event: Daydreams & Diaries Fun reading a Jaculine Wilson story then create your own character.

2. Farm Club Summer Holiday workshops These workshops give kids hands on experience of farm life, opportunities to learn about our plants and animals and have fun playing in the great outdoors.

14 August

1. Summer Reading Challenge Event at Idea Stores and Libraries: Mythical Maze Read a Greek myth and then create your own mythical maze character and comic book.
2. Summer Holidays at the Ragged School Museum! Every Weds & Thurs from 30th July to 28th August. Getting ready to go, preparing to travel and the long boat and train journeys, to settling down in the Canadian countryside and getting to grips with farm work...

15 August

1. Summer holiday activities at the Museum of Childhood until 31 August.

2. Family Fun Fridays: Story Fest at the Museum of Childhood Build a story! Tell a tale! Spin a yarn! Join us for a day of storytelling, with popular tales from far and wide.

3. Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae (Discover Children's Story Centre).

16 August
Ahoy there! - Variety of Summer family events at the National Maritime Museum and Cutty Sark till the of August

17 August

1. Summer Market & Cafe at the Spitalfields City Farm.

2. Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae (Discover Children's Story Centre).

18 August

1. Streetgames Coca Cola Multi Sport Festival Try out over twenty five taster sports sessions in this exciting free event exclusively for young people!

2. Daydreams and Diaries (Museum of Childhood) The exhibition features original notebooks along with childhood toys, school reports and diaries.

19 August
The Elephantom The Elephantom is a wonderfully inventive mix of puppetry, movement, dance, music – and theatrical ingenuity, and is brought to you by the original War Horse puppeteer team.

20 August

1. Summer Reading Challenge Event: Daydreams & Diaries Fun reading a Jaculine Wilson story then create your own character.

2. Farm Club Summer Holiday workshops These workshops give kids hands on experience of farm life, opportunities to learn about our plants and animals and have fun playing in the great outdoors.

21 August

1. Summer Reading Challenge Event at Idea Stores and Libraries: Mythical Maze Read a Greek myth and then create your own mythical maze character and comic book.

2. The Elephantom The Elephantom is a wonderfully inventive mix of puppetry, movement, dance, music – and theatrical ingenuity, and is brought to you by the original War Horse puppeteer team.

22 August

1. Summer holiday activities at the Museum of Childhood until 31 August.

2. Family Fun Fridays: Puppet Play Jiggle along with Indigo Moon Theatre's 'Saraswati' dancing marionette from Rajasthan. Make an Indian dancing puppet and try out its Bollywood moves in a creative workshop (for ages 3+, sign up on the day). Create a finger puppet or produce a pop up theatre to take home.

23 August
The Elephantom The Elephantom is a wonderfully inventive mix of puppetry, movement, dance, music – and theatrical ingenuity, and is brought to you by the original War Horse puppeteer team.

24 August
Summer Market & Cafe at the Spitalfields City Farm.

25 August

1. Ahoy there! - Variety of Summer family events at the National Maritime Museum and Cutty Sark till the end of August.
2. Foreign Film Festival at Idea Store Canary Wharf

26 August
Foreign Film Festival at Idea Store Canary Wharf

27 August

1. Foreign Film Festival at Idea Store Canary Wharf.

2. Farm Club Summer Holiday workshops These workshops give kids hands on experience of farm life, opportunities to learn about our plants and animals and have fun playing in the great outdoors.

3. Summer Holidays at the Ragged School Museum! Every Weds & Thurs from 30th July to 28th August.

28 August

1. Summer Reading Challenge Event at Idea Stores and Libraries: Mythical Maze Read a Greek myth and then create your own mythical maze character and comic book.

2. Summer Holidays at the Ragged School Museum!

29 August
The Elephantom

30 August

1. Secret Agents Party - Mission Accomplished Dress up in your best Secret Agent disguise and join us to celebrate the end of the Secret Agents exhibition.

2. The Elephantom

31 August
Victoria Park Summer Bandstand Season - an afternoon of music and fun. The perfect way to relax – feel free to bring a picnic! Located at The Bandstand..

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