Family Day Take Part 2026

Bring your friends and family for a day of joy and connection with workshops, performances, global cuisine and more!

All events and times subject to change

Brighton Dome Foyer

• 11am–3pm Hidden Sussex Writing & Art (drop-in workshop)
• 11am–4pm Ndebele Clay Making with Phati
• 11am–4pm Children’s Mask-Making Craft workshop with Sade
• 12pm–3pm Henna Creations with Huda and Alisha
• 2–3pm Caricatures with Maggie

Brighton Dome Founders Room

• 11.30am–12pm Yoga with Yan Ke (bring your own mat)
• 12.15–12.45pm Real-I-Sing with Banyan Tree Theatre Group – Uplifting soulful music for wellbeing (age 10+)
• 1–1.45pm Shake the Dust with Hannah Flow State (workshop)
• 2.30–3pm UK African Acrobats (workshop)
• 3.15–4pm Active Hands (K-pop dance workshop)

Brighton Dome Corn Exchange

• 11.20–11.45am Steel Tribe (steel-pan band performance) (starts in the Foyer)
• 12–12.30pm FunkFit with JP Omari (dance workshop)
• 12.30–1pm Dunia Flamenco (performance)
• 1.30–2pm UK African Acrobats (performance)
• 2.30–3pm Gnawa Blues (performance)
• 3.05–3.10pm Remembering Maureen Harkess, Community Leader
• 3.15–3.45pm Delta Boy (performance)
• 3.45–4.30pm Bollywood Dance (Hangleton and Knoll Project Multi-cultural women’s group) (performance)
• 4.45–5.30pm Politico Boogaloo (performance)
• 5.30–6pm DJ Shxyo: Global Grooves

Brighton Dome Studio Theatre  

• 11.30am–12pm Drumming with Emz Productions (workshop)
• 12.15–12.45pm Hoops with Genny (Hula Hoop workshop)
• 1.15–1.45pm Ruth Eyobe & Hagere Yetemegne Ethiopian Cultural Dance (audience participatory performance)
• 2.15–3.15pm Mayukh: Indian Sarod & Tabla Recital (performance)
• 3.15–3.45pm Djembe Drumming with Ali Bangoura (workshop)
• 4–4.30pm Bashir Al Gamar – Sudanese traditional music (performance)

Brighton Dome Gallery Bar

1–4pm  

• Barbering with Chris Cuts
• Hair braiding with Kay’s Hair
• Colourful head wrapping with Adel Shahin

Brighton Dome Anita’s Room  

• 12–1pm Sound Bath with Rose Agyeman (16+, limited places, no entry after 12.05pm)
• 2–4pm Sensory workshop drop-in with Tandi

Brighton Museum Lab (access via Brighton Dome foyer)

• 11–11.45am Species Stories (reading and screening)
• 12–12.45pm Covert Literary Magazine Issue 6 launch
• 1–1.45pm Newbooks: Rupinder Kaur Waraich, Zita Holbourne & Roy McFarlane
• 2–4pm Collective Memory Through Food Writing: Sensory Approaches to Memoir and Life Writing with Zoe Adjonyoh (workshop)

Jubilee Library Conference 1

• 10.30am–12.30pm The Weight of Care: Stories of Broken Attachments with King Simpson

Also

• 12–3pm Jump on board the Thomas Highflyer Brighton & Hove Bus (parked outside Brighton Dome)
• 11am–6pm Chill zone and Prayer room available throughout the day. Ask any steward for directions.