Creatacon 2026

14 March 2026

FREE creative family fun on Sat March 14th, 12noon @lcbdepot


This month weโ€™re exploring science as part of #britishscienceweek #BSW26 @BritishScienceAssociation


๐Ÿ‘พ Experiment with light, sound, and storytelling with @sidefestltd


๐Ÿ“ท Discover the magic of analogue photography with @leicesterlofi


๐Ÿ’ฟ Make art with centrifugal force! With @cycloneworks_
and more!

Part of @CQearlies in venues across the Cultural Quarter
Find out more below




โญ Clay and Big Draw. Space themed Big Draw, create planets, stars and spaceships out of clay with @brainartuk

๐Ÿ’ฟ Pedal Powered Paint Spinning. Create your own unique Painting on an old LP using pedal power with @cycloneworks_


๐Ÿ“ท Cyanotype Printing. Create blue & white Images by using UV light and a chemical reaction between iron salts & sunlight. With @leicesterlofi


๐Ÿ‘พ Intro to game development. Experiment with music, pixel art, and making interactive stories. With @sidefestltd


๐Ÿ”ฆ Colourful shadows and lightbox pixel art. Blend and shape light to create colourful shadows and wall-sized pixel art. With @sidefestltd

AND


๐Ÿ”Get delicious lunch and refreshments from @grays_lcbdepot special family menu

๐ŸŽจ LOADS more family activities at venues across the Cultural Quarter as part of @cqearlies



FREE Rickshaws between venues from @rideleicester


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Activities are FREE but if you can book a free ticket via the link below so we’ve got an idea of numbers that would be great


Cultural Quarter Earlies are free drop-in activities for toddlers to ten year olds (and their grown ups) across Leicester’s Cultural Quarter on the 2nd Saturday of every month at Phoenix, Two Queens, Leicester Print Workshop, LCB Depot, Curve + and Central Library


Follow @cqearlies to keep up to date and signup for the mailing list at https://linktr.ee/culturalquarterearlies