Family Activities

We know that lots of people like to visit Long Division as a family, with young ones of various ages in tow. This is our dedicated guide to what you can do, where and when for anyone with U18s in tow. If you are yet to buy tickets, remember that tickets for U18s are just £1.

Everyone’s day starts at the wristband exchange at the Art House, open from 11:30am. This is a good place to hear about any last minute schedule changes, and get your first coffee of the day.

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Family Activities

Whether you have a paid ticket or not, the Walker Studio at Theatre Royal is full of family activities to keep everyone entertained. The activities will run from 11:30am - 3:30pm, so you can drop in and drop out throughout the day, here’s the list of everything we have planned:

Temporary Tattoos / Up to 5mins / Get a temporary tattoo of our mascot!

Add yourself to the Crowd design / 5-15 mins / Colouring & Drawing

Drop in Collage & Zine making / 10-30 mins / Assisted building of pictures / zines from recycled materials

Badge Making / 5-10 mins / Make and take away your own LD badge

+ More to be added

We recommend under 14s are accompanied by an adult.

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Live Music (Ticket Holders)

Here’s a list of our accessible venues for families + some of the key acts you may enjoy. The artists in these venues are not booked specifically with young people in mind, so some discretion may be required on an artist by artist basis. 

Venue 23 (14+): fully standing 700 cap venue. 

  • Bunkerpop (LCD Soundsystem if they were dads from Hull)
  • Luxury Goods (Powerful Sheffield alt-pop)
  • Sunflower Thieves (Best friends with perfect harmonies)
  • Loose Articles (chaotic feminist punk) *references to alcohol*

Theatre Royal (all ages): fully seated 499 cap venue

  • St. Gregory Orange (chill downbeat vibes)
  • Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly (legend of British indie folk)
  • The Research (Wakefield indie poppers return)
  • The Orielles (Halifax experimenters)

Box Theatre at Capa (all ages): spacious black box theatre space

  • Ellie Bleach (Nostalgic, tongue in cheek singer songwriter)
  • Vanity Fairy (an eccentric package of ABBA meets Kate Bush)

Mulberry Theatre at Capa (all ages): spacious black box theatre space, half seated. 

  • Spielmann (one man synth pop supershow)
  • Bug teeth (a powerhouse of shoegaze, post-rock, and deeply personal lyrics)
  • Van Houten (indie slackers maturing into an emotionally potent unit)
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Live Music (Open to all)

We always make sure some venues at Long Division are completely free entry. You can just turn up! Note, as with all venues, that they can get full, in which case it is one out, one in. 

The Hop (14+): Downstairs space of around 80 cap but with large open beer garden next to performance space. 

An assorted range of outrageous fun, including loads of Long Division #YoungTeam alumni

Lobby 1867 (14+): mainly seated venue of around 80 cap. 

Solo, acoustic acts of all types

The Red Shed, 1pm-5pm (all ages): 80 ish cap space. 

Punk all afternoon

All the venues are, at most a five minute (adult walking speed) apart and are in the city centre close to the usual city centre amenities.