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<\/a><\/p>\nNew Events & Interactive Festival Map!<\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Here\u2019s our latest Festival Map! We\u2019ll be bringing you 5,000 events this Autumn half-term. What\u2019s happening near you?<\/p>\n Like comics? We\u2019ve recently announced and a wealth of animation events<\/a> including the chance to createyour own unique design with a professional artist. Interested in Science? We\u2019ve combined science and theatre in this selection of explosive family shows<\/a>. Is music more your thing? We highly recommend the Lullaby Concert series, perfect for ages 2-7 and their families. To find the right event for you use our Festival search<\/a> to narrow things down by art-form, age, and location.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A World Premiere<\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n OperaUpClose make their d\u00e9but at the striking arts centre Kings Place as part of this year\u2019s Get Creative Family Arts Festival, with the world premiere of their fun, feisty, family-friendly Ulla\u2019s Odyssey<\/i><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n The show is inspired by Homer’s Odyssey, includes live music and puppetry, and is recommended for children aged 7+, families and any adult with a sense of fun and wonder. These guys have also won a prestigious Olivier Award too!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Eye-Boggling Family Portrait App<\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Have you done your eye-boggling family portrait yet? Download the family portrait app to your Apple<\/a> or Android<\/a> phone or tablet, then simply take a picture (or use one from your library) and add our fun festival items: red noses, hats, scarfs, and of course our famous googly eyes. You can see our favourites so far in our Festival Gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0Join the rest of the UK and\u00a0Get Creative<\/i><\/a><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n The Festival is part of BBC Arts\u2019 year-long Get Creative project! To help you get creative, they\u2019ve put together handy guides<\/a> on the major art forms, to get you inspired to pick up a paint brush, a pen or a piccolo. And when you\u2019ve found your perfect art form, head to the Festival website to find an event<\/a> that\u2019s right for you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Your child can gain an Arts Award qualification<\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Would your little-one like to gain an award whilst experiencing the arts? Arts Award develops creativity, leadership, and communication skills and depending on which Level is chosen, can be completed in as little as one visit. You can find out more about how to take part here<\/a>, and then use the Festival search<\/a> to find your perfect event at which to complete the Award.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fancy winning a Family Ticket to a Family Arts Festival event of your choice? Click here to enter!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Family Arts Festival 2015, taking place between 9th October – 1st November, is the first UK-wide festival of art events, designed with families in mind and LittleBird are proud Festival partners this year. With over 5,000 events planned across the UK, there will be something for everyone, everywhere plus the festival includes half term so … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiring-families","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1815"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5599,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815\/revisions\/5599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"1\"](\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1.jpg\")
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\nFrom\u00a0Magic and Monsters<\/a>\u00a0family classical concerts in Glasgow to\u00a0walking dance stories<\/a>\u00a0across London parks;Ratatouille live in concert<\/a>\u00a0at the Royal Albert Hall performed by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, and\u00a0Bleu!<\/a>family theatre in\u00a0Derby<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Nottingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n