What’s on in York: York Easter Family Festival from tomorrow (Thursday)

Mar _29EasterCitywide : Thu 29 Mar – Mon 2 Apr :

10.00am – 5.00pm  :

Free

Don’t miss the brand new Easter Panto ‘The Hunt for the Magical Chocolatey Chick’ organised by Little Vikings. York’s Chocolate Festival returns as part of the celebrations with a chocolate market, demonstration marquee plus the Food Factory where you can become a food producer yourself. There’s also a carousel, petting farm and further sweet treats available at the Shambles Food Court. Fun and entertainment guaranteed!

Explore York’s historic streets to discover the hidden Easter Bunnies. Find the letters at each bunny location on the map, complete the form for a chance to win a family trip for four to Disneyland Paris!  If you find all 26 bunny posters you can collect a chocolate prize from the Visit York information centre – a map of the bunny search can be collected there too.

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What’s on in York: Easter Family Festival

Parliament Street (fully accessible)

Fri 14 Apr – Mon 17 April

All day

Free

Visit York Easter Family Festival LogoThere’ll be free children’s activities galore at the York Easter Family Festival!

York’s Chocolate Festival will be returning too for the full four days as part of York’s Easter celebrations with a chocolate market, demonstrations and workshops.

In Parliament Street you’ll find the Little Vikings Easter Activity Tent, with face painting, Easter crafts, drama classes, storytelling, dance classes, forest school classes and computer coding. New inside the tent this year, is a sand art activity, running all day from Friday to Sunday. For two weeks from Friday 7 to 24 April, Parliament Street will come alive with a children’s funfair and Sunday will see the Shambles market transformed with a fun bunny trail, where families can enjoy street food in the new Shambles Food Court.

Families can also follow a new Chocolate Easter Trail, to support the Lord Mayor’s charities. All you need to do is buy a trail card for £3 at the Visit York Information Centre, follow the map to locations across the city and solve puzzles along the way. Each participant will receive a chocolatey treat, generously donated by York Cocoa House and one lucky winner will take home a scrumptious York Cocoa House chocolate egg.

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