what’s on for kids
The eating-together category: children’s cooking and baking workshops — a kookworkshop, on a Dutch poster — pancake and pizza mornings, community meals where a neighbourhood cooks for itself, and the parent socials where the point is as much the other adults as the food. It is the quietest corner of this calendar — these events are often organised late and announced a fortnight ahead — so it is worth checking back rather than assuming. If it is empty today, the festivals and community page usually has something with a food stall attached.
2 of 140 family events coming up
Children’s cooking and baking workshops, family pancake and pizza sessions, neighbourhood meals open to everyone, seasonal food days, and parent-and-baby coffee mornings. The common thread is a table rather than a stage. Anything that is mainly a festival with food at it is filed under Festivals & community instead, which is worth a look if this page is thin.
Cooking workshops usually set a minimum age — often around six, because of knives and ovens — while baking and decorating sessions go younger, and community meals take all ages by definition. Each listing carries the organiser’s own guidance. Parent socials are for the adults, with babies welcome and older children generally not the point.
Because this kind of event is genuinely less programmed than theatre or music: a neighbourhood dinner is announced three weeks out, not three months. This page fills and empties faster than the others. New events are added weekly as they are published, so it is worth a look again nearer the weekend rather than writing the category off.
49 events coming up
Theatre & Shows
Puppets, plays and films made for small audiences.
26 events coming up
Baby & Toddler
Sensory classes and groups for the under-fours.
19 events coming up
Music & Dance
Concerts, sound labs and dance for small bodies.
15 events coming up
Arts & Crafts
Making, painting and glueing — aprons on.
10 events coming up
Books & Storytelling
Storytime, voorlezen and book-shop mornings.
7 events coming up
Museums & Learning
Workshops, science and museum days for curious kids.
2 events coming up
Festivals & Community
Festivals, buurt days and big weekends out.
1 events coming up
Nature & Animals
Forests, city farms and being outdoors.
1 events coming up
Sports & Active
Football, rackets, trampolines — energy out.
Every town with something in this category has its own page. The number is what is listed there today.
