Between the Tides Festival

Between the Tides Festival Free festival for children, young people & families. Sat 23 & Sun 24 Aug 2025 A new annual free festival for children, young people & families in Redcar.
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Sat 26 & Sun 27 Aug 2023. Programmed, produced and funded by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. With support from Arts Council England and Without Walls.

We're looking forward to welcoming The Wild Beasts Of Silly to this year's Between the Tides on Saturday 22 and Sunday 2...
23/05/2026

We're looking forward to welcoming The Wild Beasts Of Silly to this year's Between the Tides on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 August. A chaotically captivating walkabout act armed with squeaking chickens and a pocket full of stupidity, these beasts welcome all into their wonderful world of silly call and response mantras, dumb meditations and ridiculous dances.

Prepare to be transported!

🌊🌞 Between the Tides
📆 22 & 23 August
📍 Kirkleatham, Redar
📍 Free festival for children and families

Arts Council England

A heads up that our Relaxed Hours for Architects of Air Luminarium installation on Thursday 20 August and Saturday 22 Au...
21/05/2026

A heads up that our Relaxed Hours for Architects of Air Luminarium installation on Thursday 20 August and Saturday 22 August are now full.
We do still have tickets left for Friday 21 August and Sunday 23 August at 10am & 10.30am for families with autism or sensory processing differences who would benefit from a quieter environment.
Tickets start at ÂŁ3.75 (carers tickets free) and can be purchased here https://www.ticketsource.com/redcar-and-cleveland-borough-council
Do please tag anyone who might be interested so they can take advantage of this quiet hour. And of course remember that there is accessible provision throughout the wider festival with non-verbal relaxed performances, BSL interpretation and quiet areas.

✨Luminarium is back! ✨ The incredible inflatable installation by Architects of Air invites visitors to wander through a ...
13/05/2026

✨Luminarium is back! ✨
The incredible inflatable installation by Architects of Air invites visitors to wander through a spectacular series of colour drenched domes and tunnels as part of this year’s Between the Tides Festival.
Located in the beautiful grounds of Kirkleatham Museum from Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 August, tickets are on sale now for this hugely popular attraction. This is a different Luminarium from previous years so repeat visitors can expect a different -but no less magical experience. Named TIMISIEN, this year’s structure takes its name from the Romanian city of Timișoara.
Like previous years, the first hour is a relaxed hour with a reduced number of tickets on sale for those who benefit from a quieter environment. These sessions are extremely popular so we do recommend buying early.
Luminarium is wheelchair friendly but buggies and prams must be left in the buggy park at the entrance.
Tickets are £3.75 for adults from Redcar & Cleveland and all children over the age of 1. Adults from outside Redcar & Cleveland are £6 and children under the age of 1 are free. Carer’s tickets are free.
Times for Luminarium are:
Thursday 20 August: 10am & 10:30am relaxed sessions then 11am – 7pm (last entry 6:30pm)
Friday 21 August 10am & 10:30am relaxed sessions then 11am – 6:30pm (last entry 6pm)
Sat 22 & Sun 23 August 10am & 10:30am relaxed sessions the 11am – 5pm (last entry 4:30pm)

For more information and to book tickets click here https://www.ticketsource.com/redcar-and-cleveland-borough-council/e-jzpdvd

There will also be relaxed workshops, performances and BSL interpretated shows for the main festival Between the Tides Festival at Kirkleatham during this relaxed hour 10-11am. These are all free.

If you could design your own festival, what would you include? That’s the question our team have been asking in our con...
02/05/2026

If you could design your own festival, what would you include? That’s the question our team have been asking in our consultation sessions with local schools and groups.
We love the ideas that the pupils of Coatham School, South Bank Primary and Brotton Brownies have come up with ❤️

Want to get involved in our award-winning festival? We are looking for volunteers to help out at this year's Between th...
26/04/2026

Want to get involved in our award-winning festival? We are looking for volunteers to help out at this year's Between the Tides on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 August.

Benefits include:
✅A family ticket to our outdoor theatre show Peter Rabbit at Kirkleatham this summer
✅Two free tickets for the amazing Luminarium installation
✅Transport costs reimbursed
✅Food voucher for Between the Tides street food market

If you would like to help bring the magic to 20,000 visitors then please just drop an email to [email protected]

Sometimes it is the simplest things that bring the most joy. Our amazing Chalk Walk is back this year at Between the Ti...
25/04/2026

Sometimes it is the simplest things that bring the most joy. Our amazing Chalk Walk is back this year at Between the Tides. Jump, hop and skip your way along 🦘

✨Between the Tides
✨Free festival for children and families
✨Sat 22 & Sun 23 August
✨Kirkleatham Redcar

20/04/2026

Back to school blues? You need something to look forward to. Between the Tides, Redcar's free festival for children and families, is back at Kirkleatham for another fabulous weekend on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 August. Get the dates in your diary!

Hands up who loved CBeebies' Mr Bloom? Then you will adore Vegetable Nannies, a show created by the team behind this ...
16/04/2026

Hands up who loved CBeebies' Mr Bloom? Then you will adore Vegetable Nannies, a show created by the team behind this much loved TV programme.

The Vegetable Nannies are bringing a pram stuffed full of adorable baby fruits and vegetables - and they need your help to look after them. Don't worry if you've never rocked an adventurous baby watermelon to sleep or fed an aspiring beauty queen sweet potato - the Vegetable Nannies are on hand to guide you through the bizarre and beautiful baby fruit and vegetable personalities.

And make sure to stock up on googly eyes because this is a show that you'll recreate time and time again at home!

✨Between the Tides
📅 Sat 22 & Sun 23 August
📍Kirkleatham, Redcar

Get ready to look up! 👀 Autin Dance Theatre are bringing Up in the Sky to this year's Between the Tides Festival. Set a...
13/04/2026

Get ready to look up! 👀
Autin Dance Theatre are bringing Up in the Sky to this year's Between the Tides Festival. Set around a giant 7-metre circular structure, this is an awe inspiring aerial adventure filled with flying performers, magical moments, and heart-warming surprises.
6 incredible performers leap, spin, and soar through the air in a thrilling story about getting lost, finding each other, and discovering where we truly belong. Commissioned by Between the Tides in association with TeesDance, expect breath-taking aerial choreography, playful visuals, and plenty of "wow" moments — all
co-created with young people.

✨ Between the Tides
🆓Free festival for children & families
📅 Sat 22 & Sun 23 August
📍 Kirkleatham, Redcar

07/04/2026

Redcar’s award winning, free outdoor festival for children and young people is back at Kirkleatham this summer on Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 August ✨

We did it!! Delighted and incredibly proud to have been awarded Best Event or Exhibition at last night’s North East Cu...
28/11/2025

We did it!! Delighted and incredibly proud to have been awarded Best Event or Exhibition at last night’s North East Culture Awards

This is a phenomenal achievement for such a small team and we’d like to thank every single person who has been involved in our journey.

A huge thank you to all the artists, performers and creatives who have been so instrumental in helping us create a little bit of magic. And more than anything, thanks to our gorgeous audiences - children, young people and their grown ups - who have brought the energy, the joy and the enchantment to Between the Tides.

Can’t wait to welcome you all again next year 😊

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