{"id":363525,"date":"2025-08-22T02:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T02:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/363525\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T02:14:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T02:14:14","slug":"the-storybarn-marks-10-years-with-a-big-end-of-summer-family-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/363525\/","title":{"rendered":"The Storybarn marks 10 years with a big end of summer family festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Reader is throwing a birthday party with a difference this August as The Storybarn celebrates its 10th anniversary with a free family festival in Calderstones Park.<\/p>\n<p>Taking place at The Reader on Sunday 31 August from 10am to 4pm, Storybarn Fest will bring stories to life with a packed day of activities, music and family fun.<\/p>\n<p>The day will include live performances from Futureyard\u2019s Mosh Tots Band at 11am and 3pm, drop-in storytelling and rhyme sessions every half hour, birthday crafts, face painting, outdoor play, a barbecue, photo booth, and even a special birthday ice cream flavour created by Cheshire Farm.<\/p>\n<p>Singing Mamas and Holistic Harmonies will also join the line-up, with families invited to help sing Happy Birthday to The Storybarn.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" data-id=\"224738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Reader-a-mum-and-baby-daughter-attending-one-of-The-Storybarns-Tiny-Acorns-sessions-.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-224738\"  \/>Credit: The Reader<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" data-id=\"224736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Storybarn-Fest-2024-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-224736\"  \/>Credit: The Reader<\/p>\n<p>Since opening in 2015, the unique play-and-storytelling space has welcomed more than 93,000 family visits and become a much-loved spot for reading, crafts and imagination-fuelled fun in the heart of Calderstones Park.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Storybarn Manager Natalia Rojas said: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re so excited to celebrate 10 years with an even bigger Storybarn Fest. From music and stories to crafts and cake, it\u2019s set to be a brilliant day for families to round off the summer holidays together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Entry is free and no booking is required.<\/p>\n<p>For more details about Storybarn Fest and The Reader\u2019s work across Liverpool and beyond, visit The Reader\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thereader.org.uk\/visit-calderstones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website.<\/a><br \/>\nThe Reader promises murder, monsters and magical moments at Calderstones Park this autumn \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/theguideliverpool.com\/the-reader-promises-murder-monsters-and-magical-moments-at-calderstones-park-this-autumn\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check it out!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out what\u2019s good up North on our new platform, The Northern Guide.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From the best hotels, beauty spots, days out, food and more up North \u2013 visit<a href=\"https:\/\/thenorthernguide.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0thenorthernguide.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow The Northern Guide on Instagram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thenorthernguideuk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Reader is throwing a birthday party with a difference this August as The Storybarn celebrates its 10th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,920,390,4884,179,127465,127466,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-363525","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-events","11":"tag-family","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-the-reader","15":"tag-the-storybarn","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115070008624322350","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}