Welcome to The Kids Area! Absolutely jam packed with workshops, activities and adventure from 10am-6pm… there’s always find something new to try. And best of all, everything except the funfair is free – there’s no charge for any workshops or activities so get stuck in and try everything! Here’s what’s going on, including with our special partners who’ve been with us since the very first Latitude.
Kids Welfare, Family Information & facilities for Latitude babies!
The Kids Area Info Caravan is at the entrance to the Kids Area; collect a free FAMILY WHAT’S ON GUIDE to help plan your visit. Kids Welfare are here too with ‘phone number’ wristbands. Families with kids under 16 can collect free wristbands for the Enchanted Garden (not needed if you already have a Family Campsite wristband).
Celebrating 20 years with Latitude, The Loft Baby & Toddler Tent are the very heart of the Kids Area. They’ve watched many of our festivals youngest attendees grow up over the two decades they’ve been with us – what a milestone! They cater for you and your youngest with soft play, baby changing & feeding…even baby bath-time. Meet other parents & take some time out. There are more activities and services for families with babies and toddlers in the Enchanted Garden.
In the Kids Area, our local Waveney Valley Greenpeace Supporters Group run a cafe offering hot and cold food, home-made cakes, soft & hot drinks from breakfast through till dinner, with all profits going to Greenpeace.
Kids Theatre Tent
The Kids Theatre Tent has a full programme of new live shows, song and dance workshops, comedy, drama and more, including:
It’s bin day…but what’s this? A dustbin that refuses rubbish. In Collection Day, Rhubarb Theatre use comedy, puppetry and mime to explore how ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure’.
Irene the Inventor is lost is space – can you help in her hour of need!? But watch out, thanks to The Time Machine, she might whisk you off to a Victorian school room, a Roman invasion or even the time of the dinosaurs! Family friendly theatre with Rhubarb Theatre
In 3 Suitcases, 3 quirky characters meet by chance at a train station…with slapstick and mime, they wait for their train, finding more playful and adventurous ways of passing the time!
Join us for a masterclass in abstract genius from actor and prop comedian Spencer Jones. It’s gonna be daft, it’s gonna be visual, it’s gonna be noisy and it will probably be weird, but it will also be family friendly!
Grab your cap, shades and chain and get ready for book bangers, epic rhymes and non-stop vibes with multi-award-winning rapping teacher and World Book Day ambassador, MC Grammar. STOP! It’s Grammar time!
Cillian O’Connor bring his world of magic to Latitude for the first time. See this Britain’s Got Talent finalist perform his critically acclaimed Cillian’s Magic, live in the Kids Theatre. Since BGT in 2023, he’s gone on to tour around the world, break Guinness World Records and scoop up countless awards…don’t miss this!
Folksy Theatre present a fast-paced musical comedy, Donut Holes In Orbit, full of music, puppetry and audience participation. Classic sing-along songs from musical theatre help create this wonderful world. In space no one can eat ice cream!
Multi Award-winning children’s author Stuart Reid has performed at over 3,000 book festivals, schools and libraries worldwide, and now he’s bringing his blend of boogers, books and bottom burps to Latitude! Described as like “Billy Connolly for kids!”, expect mayhem and madcap mischief from this energetic and engaging author.
Get as strong as an ant! Teach a bee how to buzz! Professor Slug makes bugs feel better at his Latitude debut! An interactive show packed full of colourful puppets and catchy songs.
Kelfx & Francis lead Breakdancing Workshop for children of all ages (under 16) and abilities, teaching the basics, showcasing skills and pulling everything together in a breakdance battle!
Learn the songs and choreography from hit West End musicals with professional West End performers from festival faves, Shine Performing Arts.
Outdoor Theatre
Gareth P Jones returns with The Ministry of Mini Musicals – a different show every day based on his classic fairytale retellings; Rabunzel, Snowy White, CinderGorilla – as well as his latest book, Chicken Vs Egg. Expect live music, daft jokes, ballads & storytelling for the whole family.
Tommy’s Entertainments presents Punch and Judy – a traditional family show with a modern twist. Tommy Bradshaw has been performing Punch and Judy since he was 5 years old and is well known across the country. Prepare to meet all the iconic characters, including Mr. Punch, Judy, the baby, the policeman, the crocodile, and more in this chaotic, iconic show!
Pair up your socks, dig out your delicates, it’s laundry time with the magnificent Soapsud Sisters. Rhubarb Theatre’s latest show will take you for a spin through a washing cycle like no other!
The fantastic Get Medieval team show off their armour and duelling skills in daily Armoured Combat Display! The knights have their squires to ensure everyone behaves and keep the audience at a safe distance. Be sure to visit them in the Enchanted Garden where they have a jam-packed daily programme of activities including Knight fighting, archery, manuscript making and more!
Tally ho and chocks away, it’s The Bombardiers, three courageous airmen returning from battle and caught in a freak storm…as they leap from their aircraft, who knows where they’ll land and if they’ll ever be reunited.
The Hive
Visit our geodome and its wildlife garden, bursting with flowering plants and herbs – a perfect little space for workshops and play, the programme includes:
Ever wondered how your favourite family animation is made? Join our friends from Magic Light Pictures, for a Behind the Scenes animation & storyboarding workshop, where you can hear all about the making of Tiddler or Scarecrows Wedding, featuring storyboards, animatics voice recording and animation, for curious young creatives and their care givers.
Learn about incredible earthworms on our daily Wild Earthworm Talk & Walk with Dr David Jones from the Natural History Museum (a genuine earthworm expert!) – together you’ll explore these fascinating creatures and learn why they’re essential for human survival! Or join his Minibeast Safari to find and learn about beetles, woodlice, centipedes, spiders and more in the Latitude undergrowth. Perfect for curious kids (and grown-ups too). Meet David at The Hive then go on the guided walk with him nearby.
Children’s author, illustrator, poet, and ukulele player, Kev Payne presents two lively workshops:
‘Is That My Hat?’ – Struggling to find the perfect hat, Mole ends up creating the perfect hat for himself. In this workshop, Kev tells the story with the help of the audience and a whole lot of hats! Children can then unleash their own creativity to create hats of their own.
‘B is for Blobfish’ -Think you know your A, B, Cs? Think again! Kev explores a whole alphabet of creatures you may have never heard of. Featuring a host of animals that are unusual or unloved, our mini professors can also make new creatures of their own. What do they eat? Where do they live? You decide!
Miraiker is a well-known and a nationally renowned puppet carver and performer; her shows are full of audience participation and in her workshops, she brings enough puppets and props for for everyone to have a go!
Authors and Illustrators from Magic Cat Publishing will be running workshops that include readings, activities and fun interaction based around a range of beautiful new children’s books.
Join Janeen Hayat, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, for Discovering our Family Stories, a workshop where children and young people will uncover what’s fascinating about their families, learn more about what we all have in common and how we’re all more connected than we think.
Wild Science & Wildlife Adventure
This year the SAW Trust Wild Science Tent becomes a Microbe Zoo…an invisible world inhabited by bacteria, fungi, viruses and algae! Dr Jenni Rant from the SAW Trust and Dr Sam Rowe from the Centre for Microbial Interactions plus their team of ‘zookeeper’ scientists from Norwich Research Park will guide you through the different habitats, as you discover what these tiny creatures do, and how they keep plants, people, and the planet healthy. With interactive games, soundscapes and videos, even a mock ‘café and ‘gift shop’!
Join us in welcoming RSPB Minsmere to Latitude! Staff from one of Suffolk’s most iconic nature reserves will be running costumed interactive storytelling of An Avocet’s Journey, creating artwork to display at their Discovery Centre and running craft activities to celebrate the conservation success of the avocet and its close ties to the Suffolk coast.
The Woodcraft Folk Woodland Base includes a mud kitchen, blind trails, knot skills, rope bridges, fire lighting and cooking, tin can lanterns, printed flags, bead and mask making, campfire singing in the woods and simple ukulele.
Creative Crafters & Busy Bookworms
Our Green Crafts area offers workshops including leatherwork, carving, whittling, model making and more!
Stained Glass Mosaics: Create your own unique glass mosaic using recycled stained-glass fragments, nuts and washers. Play with original design layout and explore abstract creative skills. This fun workshop is suitable for all ages and abilities!
Jump on board the Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior, so we can set sail together to help save the planet! Come and learn, build and play. A team of Greenpeace volunteers will help you build the Rainbow Warrior Ship, with our tool shed full of hammers, saws, nails, wood, and bunting. We encourage kids to learn how to use tools, so would like guardians present at all times, please.
Celebrating 20 years at Latitude, our wonderful team from local Woodcraft Folk are back again- don’t forget to congratulate them! Crafting kids can try dozens of workshops in their busy tent including wet felting, lino printing, wind chimes, paper beads jewellery, seed bombs, boat making and bug hotels. Don’t miss their woodland base, with a whole host of bushcraft activities in the forest opposite their craft tent.
OKIDO art and science kids’ magazine geodome is a hive of crafts activity and you might even meet Messy himself!
Suffolk Recycling create original crafts from sock monsters to suncatchers all using recycled scrap. Easy to find – look for their giant recycled art octopus!
Suffolk Archives will be bringing a taste of project Constable 250 celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of renowned Suffolk artist John Constable. Find out who Constable was, discover his connections to Suffolk, and explore some of his famous paintings. With family friendly crafts, badge making and more!
Join us at the Waterstones popup bookshop in the Kids Areal! Browse the shelves for the latest bestsellers, beloved classics and new favourites. We’ll be hosting fun activities and events, and you can come along to meet some of your favourite authors for book signings.
Bookworms assemble at the Suffolk Community & Lowestoft Library tent, for creative activities with a storyteller in residence, roving events, chill out space and more. They’ve been at Latitude since the show began so join them to celebrate this milestone!
