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So Unfair

Welcome to our interactive science demo – with a twist! We need YOU to take on some big challenges – and help us save the day.

How can we make things more fair? And what could go wrong if we don’t?

Help Daniel Bye change the world, in an unexpectedly ridiculous adventure involving engineering challenges, bad dad jokes, and an extraordinary quantity of molten chocolate.

Featuring engineers from across the UK Zooming in to help you save the day!

Children don’t just watch — they take part. From shouting out ideas to helping solve problems on stage, with support from our team in short bursts

Motherhood

“Making the decision to have a child – it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body” – American author, Elizabeth Stone …

Forever? Really?

Actress and writer Elli Mackenzie thinks so and in this moving and yet hilarious work of autobiographical theatre Elli, explores the highs and lows, the frustrations, the joy, the bizarre and downright unbelievable aspects of raising children whilst running a family business *.

Join Elli, her husband Andy, an orangutan and a giant woodlouse as Oddsocks presents an “amazing” and “refreshingly honest piece of theatre.”

A must for mothers or anyone who has a mother.

*You don’t have to join Elli forever; the show lasts one hour and fifteen minutes.”

Christmas Fun with The Boardroom Cafe

Relax over your family favourite boardgames, or take the challenge of something new. Perfect for families, friends and board-gamers of all ages.

Design Your Own Cinderella Slipper

Join us for a magical craft session where you’ll design and decorate your very own Cinderella shoe artwork.

Choose a template, colour it beautifully, add glitter and gems. Perfect for creative princes and princesses of all ages!

Christmas Keepsakes: Vintage Fairies and Stars

Create your own beautiful vintage-style fairy or star decoration in this fun, hands-on Christmas workshop.

Add a personal touch by bringing your own family or pet photos to use for the faces.

A perfect festive activity for families and friends who love crafting, creativity, and a touch of old-fashioned Christmas magic.

Festival of Remembrance 2025

The Mayor of the Borough of Telford & Wrekin is delighted to invite you to this year’s Festival of Remembrance service being held on Sunday 9 November 2025 at Telford Minster, Southwater Square, Telford, TF3 4HS.

Doors are from 7:00pm with the Service beginning at 7.30pm. Please note this is no longer a ticketed event, stewards will be onsite to direct you to your seats. Parking is available on either the Southwater Multi-Storey car park or the Cinema & Restaurants car park.

Wreath-Making Workshop

Make a festive ribbon wreath in the Christmas Yurt.

Ironbridge Poetry Slam

Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists return with their high-energy, highly entertaining poetry slam. Fifteen poets perform their work and compete against each other. Only one can win the prize of a paid gig in Ironbridge later this year. Who will it be? What poems will they share with us? How will the judges vote? And will you think the judges made the right decision?

Come to the Engine Shop at 2:30pm on Sunday 28th September and find out!

Refreshments will be available from the Furnace Cafe on site.

Due to the nature of the event individual poets are invited on to stage to share their poems. The subject mater is outside of the organisers’ control. Previous Poetry Slams have touched on adult subject matter and language. So it may not be suitable for young children.

The Brick People

Love LEGO®?

We’re delighted to be welcoming The Brick People to Telford Balloon Fiesta, who’ll be offering a wide range of LEGO® related activities.

The event consists of various LEGO® activity tables, some containing self-building activities including mosaic building and random brick building, along with tables featuring monitored activities such as a timed tower build and small model builds, where names of the challengers are written on a leaderboard for the day for all to see. There are also a selection of amazing official and unofficial LEGO® creations by The BRICK People and the wider LEGO® hobbyist community.

Come along to enjoy a series of free-flow workshops including:

SPEED BUILD – Think you’ve got good skills? Try the speed build challenge.
RACEWAY – Build a vehicle to race down our track made with LEGO® and make it to the bottom!
MOSAICS – Create a mosaic using LEGO® DOTS and add your design to the mosaic display
TIMED TOWER – How tall can you make a tower with LEGO® in just 1 minute?
YOUNG BUILDERS – LEGO® DUPLO® bricks to keep the youngest builders occupied!
EXHIBITOR DISPLAYS – The BRICK People are connected to a large network of LEGO® enthusiasts from all over the country and some of their most wonderful creations will be on display.

 

Book Launch: Diane Saxon

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