Caerphilly Castle will be the first venue to host Cadw’s new Kids’ History Festival, taking place from August 1.
Targeted at children aged between four and 16, the festival will officially open at Caerphilly Castle on Thursday, August 1, and Friday, August 2 and will offer everything from Lego castle building workshops to feminist history lectures and even medieval character sketching lessons.
Although no prior booking is required, general admission fees will apply to the opening two days.
The ‘Grand Opening’ weekend at the castle will offer a huge range of different activities, experiences and workshops for families to enjoy across the first two days of August, including: medieval character sketching lessons, Lego castle building workshops, a medieval games emporium, medieval entertainment from Fiery Jack the Jester, sword school, face-painting and musical performances — medieval style.
Festival-goers in Caerphilly can also step into a giant arts-and-crafts tent, where they’ll have the opportunity to paint a huge cardboard castle, take part in the creation of an enormous dragon mural and make their very own medieval shield, sword or crown using recycled waste.
Meanwhile, visitors will also have the chance to take part in regular interactive story-telling sessions with children’s author, Mike Church, and listen to an inspirational talk about women in Welsh history with Cadw Archaeologist, Erin Lloyd Jones — at 1pm inside the Castle’s Great Hall.