2025 Festival Public Events
Our public programme is now live. Bookable events are colour-coded in green and drop-in events are orange. We aim to update this page as ticketed events get fully booked and as new events are added to the programme.
Tuesday 11 February
The Whale Who Disappeared Reading and Activities at Nottingham Central Library
Booking essential
Ages Under 5
Tuesday 11 February
10am – 11am and 1.30pm – 2pm
Celebrate International Day for Women & Girls in STEM with a storytelling session with writer Emma Oldham and her book The Whale Who Disappeared.
Saturday 15 February
Science Fun Day at Nottingham Central Library
Drop-in
All Ages
Saturday 15 February
10am – 2pm
Come along to Nottingham Central library for a day of hands-on interactive activities!
Inflatable Planetarium at Nottingham Central Library
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
Ages 6+
Saturday 15 February
10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm
Discover what’s up there in the world above us through an immersive experience from University of Nottingham.
Stop-Motion Animation Workshops at Stapleford Library
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
Ages 6+
Saturday 15 February
10am, 11am
Come and learn how to make your on Stop-Motion Animations!
Supported by Shared Prosperity Funding from the UK Government.
Stop-Motion Animation Workshops at Hucknall Library
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
Ages 6+
Saturday 15 February
2pm, 3pm
Come and learn how to make your on Stop-Motion Animations!
It STEMs from Me at Penn Avenue
Drop-in
All ages
Saturday 15 February
10am – 1pm
Join the Angolan Women Voice’s Association at Penn Avenue (NG7 2LU) for hands-on activities all about black scientists and their inventions.
LEGO Build The Change Workshops at Wollaton Hall
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
Ages 6+
Saturday 15 February
11.15am, 12.15pm, 1.15pm, 2.15pm
Free hands-on activities with LEGO bricks. Today’s dinosaurs need your help, so join in the fun by putting your creativity and imagination to the test!
Secret Science Show at Wollaton Hall
Drop-in
All ages
Saturday 15 February
11am – 3.30pm
Come along to Wollaton Hall for a day of hands-on interactive activities in the Great Hall.
Sunday 16 February
LEGO Build The Change Workshops at Wollaton Hall
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
Ages 6+
Sunday 16 February
11.15am, 12.15pm, 1.15pm, 2.15pm
Free hands-on activities with LEGO bricks. Today’s dinosaurs need your help, so join in the fun by putting your creativity and imagination to the test!
Monday 17 February
Science Fun Day at Bulwell Riverside Library
Drop-in
All Ages
Monday 17 February
10am – 2pm
Come along to Bulwell Riverside library for a day of hands-on interactive activities from Rolls Royce, Catalent, British Geological Survey, University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University.
Maths Puzzle Playground at Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library
Booking essential
Ages 6+
Monday 17 February
10am, 11am, 12pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm
Immerse yourself in a mathematical wonderland at Maths Blast’s Puzzle Playground – a thrilling exploration of numbers, logic, and entertainment!
Memory & How Our Brain Works at Beeston Library
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
Ages 7+
Monday 17 February
11am, 12.30pm, 2pm
Hands-on activities all about neuroscience led by University of Nottingham students.
Supported by Shared Prosperity Funding from the UK Government.
Bath Bomb Making Workshop at Carlton Library
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
Ages 5+
Monday 17 February
11an, 11.30am, 12pm, 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.30pm
Meet the Lush team, get creative and make your own bath bombs in this fun, family workshop.
Supported by Shared Prosperity Funding from the UK Government.
Science Fun Day at Southwell Minster
Drop-in
All Ages
Monday 17 February
10.30am – 3pm
Come along to Southwell Minster for a day of hands-on interactive activities from Nottingham Trent University, Society for Experimental Biology and Southwell Minster volunteers.
Maker{Futures}: Build, invent & explore at Bassetlaw Museum
Drop-in
All Ages
Monday 17 February
10am – 12pm and 1pm – 3pm
Join the Maker{Futures} team to create, tinker, test and get hands-on with playful activities including circuits, robots, coding and construction.
LEGO Build The Change Workshops at Wollaton Hall
Booking essential
Ages 6+
Monday 16 February
11.15am, 12.15pm, 1.15pm, 2.15pm
Free hands-on activities with LEGO bricks. Today’s dinosaurs need your help, so join in the fun by putting your creativity and imagination to the test!
Tuesday 18 February
Science Fun Day at Bilborough Library
Drop-in
All ages
Tuesday 18 February
10am – 2pm
Come along to Bilborough library for a day of hands-on interactive activities from Catalent, Spaghetti Maths and University of Cambridge.
Atomic Energy Workshops at Worksop Library
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
Ages 7+
Tuesday 18 February
10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm
Join the UK Atomic Energy Authority team to take part in hands-on activities all about fusion energy.
Community Curiosity Drop-in at Harworth Town Hall
Drop-in
Ages 8+
Tuesday 18 February
10am – 12pm
Get hands-on building giant tetrahedrons, plus other interactive activities.
A Day in the Life of an Oak Tree at Keyworth Library
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
All Ages
Tuesday 18 February
10am, 11.30am, 1.30pm
Work with artist Ruth Lewis-Jones to explore oak trees as natural habitats and contribute your own images of creatures, insects, fungus to large oak tree frieze.
LEGO Printing at Lakeside Arts
Booking essential, £8 – FULLY BOOKED
Ages 8-10
Tuesday 18 February
10.30am – 12.30pm
Design and create a printed piece of art from Lego that is made by exploring the wonders of patterns, shapes and images made from them.
LEGO Build The Change Workshops at Wollaton Hall
Booking essential
Ages 6+
Tuesday 18 February
11.15am, 12.15pm, 1.15pm, 2.15pm
Free hands-on activities with LEGO bricks. Today’s dinosaurs need your help, so join in the fun by putting your creativity and imagination to the test!
Ozobots Workshop at Langold Library
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
All Ages
Tuesday 18 February
2pm, 3pm
Join this workshop coding tiny robots to follow different coloured lines!
Northern Lights Workshop at Forest Town Library
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
All Ages
Tuesday 18 February
10am, 11am
We will have a demonstration of the northern lights and how they work, and some experiments with electricity. There will be a few short talks about aurora, history of alien sightings, and why we know the Earth isn’t flat.
Celebrating Diversity through Simple Science Activities at Beechdale Community Centre
Drop-in
All Ages
Tuesday 18 February
11am – 3pm
(Please note the date has been changed from Friday 21 February)
Join Diversify Education CIC for a day full of interactive science activities celebrating diversity.
Wednesday 19 February
Science Fun Day at Dales Library
Drop-in
All Ages
Wednesday 19 February
10am – 2pm
Come along to Dales library for a day of hands-on interactive activities from Sygnature Discovery and Rolls Royce.
Robots Workshop at Mansfield Museum
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
Ages 7+
Wednesday 19 February
10am – 12pm and 1pm – 3pm
Join this workshop with University of Nottingham’s Cobot Lab to build your own robots.
Supported by Shared Prosperity Funding from the UK Government.
NeuroNation: The Brain Lab of Wonder Workshop at Arnold Library
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
Ages 6+
Wednesday 19 February
10am, 11am, 12pm
Join this workshop with Neuroscience students from University of Nottingham.
Supported by Shared Prosperity Funding from the UK Government.
Trelleborg Activities at Bassetlaw Museum
Drop-in
All Ages
Wednesday 19 February
10am – 12pm and 1pm – 3pm
Join the team from Trelleborg for lots of hands-on engineering activities.
Ozobots Workshop at the DH Lawrence Birthplace Museum
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
All Ages
Wednesday 19 February
10am , 11am, 12pm, 2pm and 3pmÂ
Join this workshop coding tiny robots to follow different coloured lines!
Supported by Shared Prosperity Funding from the UK Government.
Unlock Your Memory Workshop at Newark Library
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
Ages 6+
Wednesday 19 February
12pm, 1.30pm, 3pm
Join this workshop with Neuroscience students from University of Nottingham.
Shadow & Light Workshop at Lakeside Arts
Booking essential, £8
Ages 8 – 12
Wednesday 19 February
10.30am – 12.30pm
Get inspired by black holes! Explore the Cosmic Titans exhibition, then have fun creating art using shadow and light.Â
Sensing The Brain at Beeston Youth & Community Centre
Drop-in
All Ages
Wednesday 19 February
10am – 2pm
Experience interactive activities from University of Nottingham scientists using quantum centres to detect electrical activity in the brain.
Supported by Shared Prosperity Funding from the UK Government.
LEGO Build The Change Workshops at Wollaton Hall
Booking essential
Ages 6+
Wednesday 19 February
11.15am, 12.15pm, 1.15pm, 2.15pm
Free hands-on activities with LEGO bricks. Today’s dinosaurs need your help, so join in the fun by putting your creativity and imagination to the test!
Climate Change Workshop at Wollaton Library
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
Ages 6+
Wednesday 19 February
11am
Join this workshop from the Carbon Neutral Nottingham 2028 team to learn about greenhouse gases and their affect on our planet.
Star Makers 2 Film Screening at The Bridge Skills Hub
Booking essential
Ages 14+
Wednesday 19 February
4-6pm and 7-9pm
This captivating sequel, StarMakers 2, takes you behind-the-scenes at the Joint European Torus (JET) during its final year of groundbreaking scientific operations. Followed by a Q&A.
Thursday 20 February
Science Fun Day at Mansfield Central Library
Drop-in
All Ages
Thursday 20 February
10am – 2pm
Come along to Mansfield Central library for a day of hands-on interactive activities from Nottingham Trent University and Maths Blast.
Supported by Shared Prosperity Funding from the UK Government.
Inflatable Planetarium at Mansfield Central Library
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
All Ages
Thursday 20 February
10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm
Within the Nottingham Trent University inflatable digital planetarium we will explore together what’s up above at night. Fly with us to Jupiter, make your own constellations, and hear stories about heroes in the sky.
Supported by Shared Prosperity Funding from the UK Government.
Drumming Research Workshops at Mansfield Central Library
Booking essential
Ages 5+
Thursday 20 February
10am, 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1pm, 1.30pm
Learn how music can improve mental, emotional, and social wellbeing across all ages with the NTU Department of Psychology.
The Little Robot at Harworth & Bircotes Library
Booking essential
All Ages
Thursday 20 February
10am, 11.30am, 1.30pm, 3pm
Join us as we learn the story about a little robot who gets sent to Boulby Underground Laboratory for testing, in its journey to eventually travel to Mars!
Stop-Motion Animation Workshops at Bingham Library
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
All Ages
Thursday 20 February
10am, 11.45am, 1.30pm
Come and learn how to make your on Stop-Motion Animations!
Science Fun Day at Hyson Green Library
Drop-in
All Ages
Thursday 20 February
10am – 2pm
Come along to Hyson Green library for a day of hands-on interactive activities from Upperton, University of Nottingham, Nottz Garden Project and Co(l)laboratory.
Science Fun Day (SEND) at Nottingham CathedralÂ
Drop-in
All Ages
Thursday 20 February
10am – 5pm
Come along to Nottingham Cathedral for a day of hands-on interactive activities from University of Nottingham
This event is specifically tailored for families with children with special educational needs and disabilities.
Inflatable Planetarium (SEND) at Nottingham Cathedral
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
All Ages
Thursday 20 February
10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm
Discover what’s up there in the world above us through an immersive experience from University of Nottingham. These sessions are specifically tailored for families with children with special educational needs and disabilities.
Deep Space Lecture at Lakeside Arts
Booking essential, £5
Ages 7+
Thursday 20 February
1pm
Bring your family and friends to our captivating lecture on galaxies and space, where curiosity meets discovery. Accompanied by engaging hands-on activities, linked to the Cosmic Titans exhibition.
Curious Tots at Killisick Family Hub
Drop-in
Under 4s
Thursday 20 February
1pm – 2.30pm
Join us at Killisick Family Hub for activities to develop and nurture the curiosity of little ones.
Supported by Shared Prosperity Funding from the UK Government.
Sensing The Brain at Beeston Youth & Community Centre
Drop-in
All Ages
Thursday 20 February
10am – 2pm
Experience interactive activities from University of Nottingham scientists using quantum centres to detect electrical activity in the brain.
Supported by Shared Prosperity Funding from the UK Government.
Friday 21 February
Science Fun Day at Clifton Library
Drop-in
All Ages
Friday 21 February
10am – 2pm
Come along to Clifton library for a day of hands-on interactive activities from Nottingham Trent University.
Science Fun Day at Nottingham Cathedral
Drop-in
All Ages
Friday 21 February
10am – 2pm
Come along to Nottingham Cathedral for a day of hands-on interactive activities from Nottingham Trent University, University of Nottingham and Rolls Royce.
The Little Robot at Sutton-in-Ashfield Library
Booking essential
All Ages
Friday 21 February
10am, 11.30am, 1.30pm, 3pm
Join us as we learn the story about a little robot who gets sent to Boulby Underground Laboratory for testing, in its journey to eventually travel to Mars!
Science Fun Day at Worksop Bridge Skills Hub
Drop-in
All Ages
Friday 21 February
10am – 2pm
Come along to the Bridge Skills Hub in Worksop for a day of hands-on interactive activities from University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University, University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University, University of Huddersfield, AtkinsRéalis, North Notts College and GXO.
Stories in the Stars Planetarium Show at Worksop Bridge Skills Hub
Drop-in
All Ages
Friday 21 February
10am, 11am, 1pm and 2pm
Entangled Enigmas Workshop at Ollerton LibraryÂ
Booking essential
All Ages
Friday 21 February
10am, 11am, 12pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm
Join Maths Blast for an workshop that blends the intriguing art of escapology, and the creative world of slime making.
Let’s Talk Vaccines Workshop at Bilsthorpe Library
Booking essential
All Ages
Friday 21 February
1.30pm-2.45pm, 3pm-4.15pm
Take part in a range of activities from University of Leeds scientists including storyboarding, clay modelling, LEGO activities, VR, and an interactive quiz.
LEGO Day at Bassetlaw Museum
Drop-in
All Ages
Friday 21 February
10am – 12pm and 1pm – 3pm
Lots of LEGO for you to create with at Bassetlaw Museum.
Ecology Workshops at Kimberley Library
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
All Ages
Friday 21 February
10am, 11am, 1.15pm
Join University of Nottingham researchers for hands-on activities all about ecology. Learn about using insects to find the health of rivers and using pollen to work out what our environment used to look like.
Supported by Shared Prosperity Funding from the UK Government.
Stargazing Party at Green’s Windmill & Science Centre
Booking essential – FULLY BOOKED
All Ages
Friday 21 February
6 – 8pm
Join us at Green’s Windmill for activities from University of Nottingham Physics Society. Refreshments available.Â
Saturday 22 February
Egg Drop Challenge at Bennerley Viaduct
Booking advised
All Ages
Saturday 22 February
11am – 2pm
Bennerley Viaduct stands 20 meters above the beautiful Erewash Valley. But would an egg survive the drop? Only one way to find out! Flex your scientific skills and create the best parachute to save your egg! With help from real engineers from the STEM Ambassadors Team.
