Chocolate festivals, World Book Day, ballet for kids and the brand new Mums Show Live — what’s not to love about March in London?
We’ve handpicked our favourite family activities and things to do with kids around town this month. Here’s what’s hot:
Madagascar Live at Wembley Arena, Engineers Way, HA9 (Mar 1-3)
Tiger Tracks at St Pancras International, N1 (Mar 1-21)
World Book Day 2013 (Mar 7)
The Big Write at Discover Children’s Story Centre, 383-387 High St, Stratford, E15 (March 7-17)
OZ The Great & Powerful in Imax 3D (from Mar 8)
Singing in the Rain with Live Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 (Mar 8-9)
WOW Women of the World Festival at Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 (Mar 8-10)
Florimania at Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey, Surrey, KT8 (Mar 8-10)
Mother’s Day (Mar 10)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, WC2 (Mar 15-Apr 13)
HMS Belfast Celebrates 75th Birthday, at HMS Belfast, off Tooley St, SE1 (Mar 16-17)
St Patrick’s Day Parade, Trafalgar Square, WC2 (Mar 17)
Not so Silent Movies at King’s Place, York Way, N1 (Mar 17)
Mwalimu Express: African Family Culture Club at Rich Mix, Bethnal Green Rd, E1 (Mar 17)
Global Kids Fashion Week at Freemasons Hall, Covent Garden, WC2 (Mar 18-20)
Chocolate Festival at Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 (Mar 22-24)
The Big Egg Hunt, Covent Garden, WC2 (Mar 22-Apr 1)
My First Cinderella at Sadler’s Wells, Peacock Theatre, WC1 (Mar 27-Apr 7)
Family Weekend: Rapunzel at Sadler’s Wells, Rosebery Ave, EC1 (Mar 29-30)
The Passion of Jesus, Trafalgar Square, WC2 (Mar 29)
Clapham Common Easter Funfair, SW4 (Mar 29-Apr 14)
Easter Events at Kew Garden, Richmond, TW8 (Mar 29-Apr 14)
Oxford & Cambridge Goat Race at Spitalfields City Farm, Buxton St, E1 (Mar 31)
Wallace & Gromit’s Musical Marvels at Hammersmith Apollo, W6 (Mar 31-Apr 1)
Look out for our Easter Holiday Guide and our Top 10 Easter Egg Hunts. Here’s last year’s Easter egg treasure trove
Ongoing
Manet: Portraying Life at Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly, W1 (until Apr 14)
Journey to Space at Discover Story Centre, Stratford (until Nov 3)
The Making of Harry Potter Studio Tour at Warner Brothers Studios, Leavesden, WD25 7LR (ongoing)
Calendar Cutie
This month’s cover girl is the amazing Adasu, only 28 months old and already a revolutionary. Here she is at the One Billion Rising flash mob event in Parliament Square on Feb 14, 2013. We love her cheeky style and rebel spirit. Go Adasu!
Send in your favourite photos of your babes (ages 5 and under) for a chance to be our next Calendar Cutie and be entered into a prize draw! Email photos and a short description to editor@babesabouttown.com
Photo credit: Joanna Catterall