We are thrilled to have you and your family join us at Venue Cymru for the annual take pART event, celebrating arts, literature, and science! To ensure a seamless and enjoyable experience, here is all the essential information you need before attending with your children.

Full schedule available here.

Important Information:

Dates: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th January

Times: Doors open to the public at 9.45am / Workshops  running between 10am - 4pm, with a Grand Finale at 4.00pm in the Arena.

Some workshops can be booked in advance for a small fee.

1. Workshop Sign-ups:

For the workshops that require participants to ‘sign up on the day’, this can be done from 9.45am. Sign up will be on a first come, first served basis. The sign-up sheets will be located on the door of the workshop (please refer to the map on the schedule) The maximum capacity of a workshop is very strict. If a named participant doesn’t arrive for the start time, the place will be opened up to someone else after 5 minutes of the start time.

Other workshops and activities will be ‘drop in’ and you can just turn up and take pART on the day.

2. Event Schedule:

Timings and locations of each event will be included in our take pART schedule, which will be available from the foyer. You can also find a copy online here.
*Correct at time of printing, but can be subject to change. 

3. Supervision:

Parents are kindly requested to stay with their children at all times during the event. Please make your children aware that all of our staff will be wearing Bright Yellow Jumpers, and will always be happy to help.

Any lost children will be escorted to our main reception. Bracelets will be available for you to write your phone number on and attach to your child at our Reception.

4. Facilities:

Take pART attracts over 10000 people over the weekend, so please be mindful of this when parking, pay attention to tariffs and parking restrictions, as well as leaving yourself plenty of time.

Conveniently located toilets can be found throughout the venue, on all floors. There are 3 baby changing areas, one to the left of the arena entrance, one in the accessible toilet on the ground floor and one on the first floor. 

If you are visiting our Variety Show or Cyw this weekend, please be aware there will be NO prams or car seats allowed in the auditorium, and we have nowhere to store these. Please leave your prams in the car wherever possible.

The event is very busy, and so we recommend baby carriers wherever possible

5. Refreshments:

We will have multiple catering facilities, selling snacks, sandwiches and drinks all day. Hot food such as  Hot Dogs and Chips will be available from just £3 between 12pm – 2pm.

6. Photography:

Please note that photography and videography will be taking place throughout the weekend for Venue Cymru’s future promotion. If you or your child prefer not to be filmed or photographed, please visit reception to collect a badge so our photographers are aware.

We hope you’ll enjoy yourself, and if you do that you would consider donating to the Conwy Arts Trust, without whom we would not be able to run take pART!