Your guide to the May Half Term in Swansea City Centre
May 22, 2018
Will it rain or will it shine?
That’s the big question on all parent’s minds in readiness for this May Half Term!
Whatever the weather, we have it covered with plenty of things going on in Swansea City Centre for the kids!
We’ve listed what is available every day during the half term, scroll further down for more details for each event!
Every day during the half term
- £5 tickets at Odeon Cinema, Parc Tawe
- Breakout Live Swansea, Kingsway
- Mad Hatters Tea Party at Footlight’s Cafe
- Waterpark, Boardrider, Play & Climbing Zone at LC Swansea
Saturday 26th May
- Cool Things to Make with a Balloon at National Waterfront Museum
- Peter Rabbit at Vue Cinema
Sunday 27th May
- Pokemon Trading Card Game at Gamers Emporium
- Kids Zone at Lazerzone
- Cool Things to Make with a Balloon at National Waterfront Museum
- Peter Rabbit at Vue Cinema
Monday 28th May
- Bowling & a Burger at Tenpin, Parc Tawe
- Cool Things to Make with a Balloon at National Waterfront Museum
- Peter Rabbit at Vue Cinema
Tuesday 29th May
- Bowling & a Burger at Tenpin, Parc Tawe
- Interactive Animal Shows at Plantasia, Parc Tawe
- Cool Things to Make with a Balloon at National Waterfront Museum
- Peter Rabbit at Vue Cinema
Wednesday 30th May
- Movie Makers at Quadrant Shopping Centre
- Art Fest at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
- Kids go FREE at Hot Pod Yoga
- Interactive Animal Shows at Plantasia, Parc Tawe
- Bowling & a Burger at Tenpin, Parc Tawe
- Cool Things to Make with a Balloon at National Waterfront Museum
- Peter Rabbit at Vue Cinema
Thursday 31st May
- Make a Decorated Pole at Swansea Museum
- Movie Makers at Quadrant Shopping Centre
- Interactive Animal Shows at Plantasia, Parc Tawe
- Bowling & a Burger at Tenpin, Parc Tawe
- Cool Things to Make with a Balloon at National Waterfront Museum
- Peter Rabbit at Vue Cinema
Friday 1st June
- Movie Makers at Quadrant Shopping Centre
- Bowling & a Burger at Tenpin, Parc Tawe
- Cool Things to Make with a Balloon at National Waterfront Museum
Saturday 2nd June
- Cool Things to Make with a Balloon at National Waterfront Museum
Sunday 3rd June
- Kids Zone at Lazerzone
- Pokemon Trading Card Game at Gamers Emporium
- COCO the film at Cinema & Co
- Cool Things to Make with a Balloon at National Waterfront Museum
Pokemon Trading Card Game at Gamers Emporium
8 High St, Swansea SA1 1LE
Dates: Every Sunday inc Sun 27th May & Sun 3rd June
Times: 11am to 1pm
Cost: £2.50pp
Join Gamers Emporium every Sunday from 11:00 – 13:00 to play the Pokemon Trading Card Game in a fun, casual environment with other young Trainers. (Ages 5-13 welcome. Parental supervision required)
Visit The Gamers Emporium Facebook Page
Cool Things to Make with a Balloon at National Waterfront Museum
Oystermouth Rd, Swansea SA1 3RD
- Date: Saturday 26th May to Sunday 3rd June 2018
- Cost: FREE
Stretch it, inflate it, pop it! –celebrate the humble balloon by making 3 cool crafts including a balloon rocket and a pom pom popper!
Click here to visit the website for more info
Movie Makers at Quadrant Shopping Centre
- Dates: Wednesday 30th May to Friday 1st June 2018
- Times: 11am to 3pm
- Cost: FREE
Visit the Quadrant Shopping Centre this May Half Term to make your own mini movie with the Quadrant film directors, free fun for all the family!
Visit the Quadrant Shopping Centre website for further information
Bowling & a Burger at Tenpin, Parc Tawe
Visit Tenpin this school holiday for this awesome special. 2 games of bowling and a Burger for just £8.70 per child (£11.20 per adult) Offer available Monday to Friday until 5pm.
Make sure you book online to get this special offer!
Planning on visiting after 5pm? Use your Big Heart of Swansea app to get BOGOF on games (available Tuesday to Thursday). See The Big Heart of Swansea Offer here
COCO the film at Cinema & Co
17 Castle St, Swansea SA1 1JF
Watch COCO at the Cinema & Co Weekly Kids Club. Visit the quirkiest cinema in town, chill out on a cushion filled pallet with the family, sit back, relax and enjoy the film!
- Date: Sunday 3rd June 2018
- Time: Doors open at 3.30pm 4pm – 7pm
- Cost: £12 per pallet (fits 2 adults and 1 child, or 1 adult and 2/3 children)
Click here to book your pallet
£5 tickets at Odeon Cinema, Parc Tawe
Don’t worry about limiting yourself to the family club this Half Term, watch any of your family favourites for just £5 per person (when booking at the cinema). Films showing at Odeon Cinema Swansea during the May Half Term: Sherlock Gnomes (U), Avengers: Infinity War (12A), Solo: A Star Wars Story (12A).
Click here for all films at Odeon Swansea
Read more about the £5 Odeon Ticket Offer
Peter Rabbit at Vue Cinema
York St, Swansea SA1 3LZ
Mini Mornings at Vue Cinema are every Saturday, Sunday and throughout the school holidays. This May half term, visit with the family to see Peter Rabbit the Movie
- Dates: Saturday 26th May – Thursday 31st May
- Cost: £2.49pp
Breakout Live Swansea, Kingsway
31 The Kingsway, Swansea SA1 5LE
How does locking your teenagers away for an hour sound? Get them and their friends booked into Breakout Live, Wales’s first Escape game. In this real-life experience, you have 60 minutes to escape out of a locked room? In teams of 2-6, you must find the clues, solve the puzzles and work together to escape.
Recommended for ages 10 upwards
From £14pp
Visit the Breakout Live Swansea website for full details, pricing and how to book
Interactive Animal Shows at Plantasia, Parc Tawe
Animal Zone: Beast Creator
- Dates: Tuesday 29th May – Thursday 31st May 2018
- Times: 4 shows a day: 10.30am, 12.00pm, 2.00pm & 3.15pm
- Cost: Child £4.95 (Children under 3 free)| Adult £5.95 (Pre-booking essential )
Don’t miss your chance to meet some of nature’s pest controllers and problem solvers including cockroaches, millipedes, scorpions, vinegaroons, tarantulas, geckos, skinks, snakes and a monitor lizard at Plantasia this half term in these exciting and educational animal shows.
Book your Plantasia Interactive Animal Show Tickets here
Art Fest at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
Alexandra Rd, Swansea SA1 5DZ
- Date: Wednesday 30th May 2018
- Times: 11am to 3pm
- Cost: FREE
Glynn Vivian invites you to a day of creative fun for all the family. This half-term they are coming together to celebrate our differences with a series of workshops that allow you to speak up and say: I am me!
Including: Giant Consequence Drawings, Future Self-Portraits, I am Clay and Free-style Graffiti on our new 16ft long drawing wall!
Click here for all upcoming events at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
Mad Hatters Tea Party at Footlight’s Cafe
Swansea Grand Theatre, Singleton Street
Cost: Under 11’s £10.95pp (Adults £15.95pp)
Kids Zone at Lazerzone
Castle Buildings, 46 Worcester Pl, Swansea SA1 1JQ
- Dates: Every Sunday inc Sun 27th May & Sun 3rd June
- Time: 10.30am – 12pm
- Cost: £8.50 (includes 3 games & a drink)
Every Sunday Lazerzone turns into Kidzone from 10:30AM – 12noon and is only for under 16s (minimum recommended age 8yrs)! Let the children explore the dark adventure of Lazerzone! Pre-booking is essential
Waterpark, Boardrider, Climb & Play at LC Swansea
There is always plenty to choose from at LC Swansea during the school holidays! In fact, too much to mention everything on here, so visit their website for details of extended opening times for the half term and prices.
Click here for Opening Times & Prices at LC Swansea
Fancy getting a good deal? Tesco Clubcard vouchers are accepted for the Waterpark. £2.50 Clubcard Vouchers gets you £10 to spend at the LC Waterpark!
Click here for details of Tesco Clubcard Vouchers at LC Swansea
Make a Decorated Pole at Swansea Museum
- Date: Thursday 31st May
- Time: 10am to 1pm (Drop-in)
- Cost: FREE
- Ages: Suitable for children aged 4 and over
This May Half Term, Swansea Museum are hosting a FREE workshop. To prepare for their forthcoming exhibition on the Suffrage movement in Swansea they will be making poles similar to those women made for going on marches. They will be used to decorate the museum. These are poles which have floating ribbons tied at the top. Suffrage campaigners tied objects/emblems to poles to represent their group. These can be objects which relate to things you like.
Visit the Swansea Museum Facebook event
Kids go FREE at Hot Pod Yoga
Places to Shop & Eat
Swansea City Centre has so many great shops and places to eat. Why not do some discovering and trying a few places you’ve never been to before? And don’t forget there are dozens of discounts you can benefit from when using your Swansea Loyalty Card!
Don’t have a card? No problem! Download our app from Apple App Store or Google Play!
The information provided in this blog is gathered from third-party sites and was correct at the time of posting. We (Swansea BID and Big Heart of Swansea) cannot be held responsible for any misinformation and/or cancelling of events. We advise that you contact any third parties for clarification of information (including terms & conditions, opening times, dietary requirements, general business information etc.) to avoid any confusion. The above information does not form an affiliation with these businesses nor does it form a recommendation for services and/or products.
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