Gincandescence Lego Workshops

28/10/2023

One of the made this wonderfully detailed shop this morning.

28/10/2023

The final batch of photos from the builders at yesterday's session

28/10/2023

More of the brilliant builds from yesterday's sessions

27/10/2023

Today we are exploring space & time at Weston Super Mare museum. We have had some remarkable builds & lots of fun.
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06/10/2023

I had the BEST time at the Celebrating Age event today, met some lovely people and found out that the over-50's like building scary scenes as much as kids do! Mine was the 'Attack of the Sea Slug'.

16/09/2023

We're at Easton Community Centre with loads of Lego this morning. It's a monthly free family event open from 10am until midday. Come along!

14/08/2023

A new thing for us today as Rosie from Imayla balanced a Lego tower on her nose at the holiday club!

09/08/2023

The second and third sessions at today with the Colston plinth, the Dower House, Ashton Court, balloons and more.

09/08/2023

We're back at the building in today. Here's the first group's work.

02/08/2023

Last of the day at . We'll be back again on 9 August - book your free tickets on the M Shed website.

02/08/2023

We're building at the today. Here's the result from the first group.

31/07/2023

We're at Bristol M-Shed on Wednesday 2 and 9 August - book your slots via the link

Unleash your creativity with our FREE Building Bristol in Lego workshops this summer. Can you copy City hall, Cabot Tower or Pero's Bridge?

29/05/2023

We're back from a wonderful weekend at Bearded Theory festival and getting ready for the Brick Express next weekend. Lego and steam trains, what could be better?

This week at the Avon Valley Railway:

We've got steam trains running on Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. 🚂
The weekend also sees the return of our popular Brick Express event.

The Buffet will be open daily from 9am serving a range of hot & cold food, drink and snacks and ice creams. ☕🍴🍦

On Friday evening, we've got our wine festival 6-9pm featuring a variety of wines from various vineyards. 🍷

You can buy tickets for any of our running days at: quaytickets.com/avonvalleyrailway

23/05/2023

We said last year that we couldn't wait to do it again - well we will be, on 3 and 4 June! Tickets are available from Avon Valley Railway Official. Not only is there Lego on a Train, but Gertlug - A LEGO User Group will be displaying some amazing builds again. It's a great day out!

23/05/2023

We're off to Bearded Theory Festival 2023 tomorrow to set up the Lego Tent for the first time this season! We can't wait! Later on this year we'll be at Beautiful Days Festival as usual too.

15/04/2023

The Bristol Brick show team are holding a smaller event on Sat 22nd April - it'll be well worth a visit for Lego lovers!

30/03/2023

It's a quiet time of year so we thought we'd give you a special offer. You can have a freebuilding birthday party session for up to 30 children for just £90 (plus travel) if you book during April and hold the party before July 31st!

25/03/2023

Second party of the day - Minifigure Fling catapult challenge and time for some Freebuilding for Will and friends.

25/03/2023

Some of the brilliant builds from our first party today

11/02/2023

We've had such a good day today! I (Ginny) was at Incredible Kids where the wonderfully friendly and lovely staff made me as welcome as always and I met some brilliant kids and their families. At the same time new 'Lego Lad' Mike was at Weston Museum with equally lovely staff and children. What a great start to half-term!

10/02/2023

We're at Weston Museum tomorrow with our HUGE Lego collection! There's still a few tickets available. Children get to play while adults can have a chat over tea and cakes - what's not to like?

Tickets are now available for LEGO Workshop at Weston Museum, Weston-super-Mare on Saturday 11th February 2023. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

07/02/2023

We'll be working with the Incredible Kids team again on Saturday and it's looking like it will be a great day out!

We're diving into Lego and trains this Saturday! Come and build a world with us at a play session dedicated to young people with additional needs and their families. There's still spaces available at sessions:

🛤️11:45 am - 1:15 pm
🚂1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
🌲3:15 pm - 4:45 pm

Our train sets have been kindly donated by WSP and Lego experts Gincandescence Lego Workshops will be joining us!

Book your £4 family ticket 👉https://bit.ly/3A0JMPt

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17/01/2023

Half-term Lego fun with Weston Museum! We're bringing the Lego, they have a great cafe - what's not to like? https://westonmuseum.org/event/lego-workshop-2/

17/01/2023

We're working with Emersons Green Village Hall to bring you some half-term Lego building! Tickets are available from their page at https://www.egvh.org.uk/event-details/lego-10-00am-12-00pm

22/12/2022

Lego day at

07/12/2022

We've been nominated for the Favourite Family Activity Provider at festivals - it would be great if those of you who've seen us in action could give us a vote.

Voting is now open!

Vote in our Festival Kidz Awards - full details here: https://www.festivalkidz.com/blog/vote-festival-kidz-awards-2022/

You must fill in the voting form - comments under this post will not count as a vote!

Final nominations are (in alphabetical order):

Favourite Family Festival (Under 5s)
Just So Festival, Into The Trees, Timber Festival

Favourite Family Festival (Ages 5-12)
Altitude Festival, Devon, Bearded Theory, Bluedot Festival, Camp Bestival Dorset, Camp Bestival Shropshire, Deer Shed Festival, Elderflower Fields, Fairyland Trust Fairy Fair, Green Gathering, Maui Waui, Shambala Festival, Towersey Festival

Favourite Family Festival (Teens)
Beautiful Days Festival, Green Man Festival, In It Together, Shindig, Valley Fest, Victorious, WOMAD Festival

Favourite Family Activity Provider
The Festival School at Bearded Theory, Bigtopmania, Gincandescence Lego Workshops, Jitterbug Circus, Junkfish, Organised Kaos, Tic Tac Skate School, Woodland Tribe, Wye Circus

Favourite Family Music
Beans on Toast, Big Fish Little Fish, Jason Singh, Johnny and the Raindrops, Junior Jungle, Nick Cope, SK Shlomo

Favourite Family Entertainer
Dan the Hat, Elmo Panic, Lucas Jet, Mr Pineapple Head, PFS Entertainment UK, Rainbow Gecko, Rhubarb Theatre, Rimski's Yard, The Flying Seagull Project

Favourite Child-friendly Food Stall
Anna Mae's, Earthworm Kitchen, Great British Fish and Chips bus, Ice Green, Happy Herefords, Hot Chip, Om burger, Pizza and puppets, PizzaLove, The Fritter Shack

Favourite Family Festival Shop
Bubble Inc, Fairylove, Oxfam, Rainbow Dragon

Voting closes 23:59 on 13th January. We will announce the winners in January. Good luck to all our nominees!

26/11/2022

Come and play with lots of Lego at Hillfields Library today 2pm until 4pm

05/11/2022

Some of the fantastic models built at Easton Community Centre today. I'm looking forwards to seeing you all there again next month! (Ginny).

05/11/2022

We're at Easton Community Centre this morning, it's busy but there's always room for more!

22/10/2022

Today we had Lego and crafts at Clara's party.

21/10/2022

21/10/2022

Excellent work from all of the year groups -even nursery - at Fairfield School today.

16/10/2022

November is almost completely booked up with Lego parties and events. If you are thinking of having a Lego session for a birthday party in December or January please contact us soon to reserve a date. Prices start from just £100 plus travel for a session for up to 30 children - great for an affordable whole class party!

19/09/2022

Bridge building challenges! Edward's party guests worked together to make strong, beautiful and long bridges.

14/09/2022

This is a great day out - a train museum and a Lego show, all in one place?

TICKETS FOR THE SHOWOn the doorSpecial admission prices apply for this event at the museum.Tickets for the 1-2 October 2022 show are available to purchase now. Numbers are limited and we cannot guarantee tickets will be available to purchase on the door. In order to provide a more comfortable visito...

06/09/2022

Are you involved with Cubs, Brownies or similar groups? We run low-cost community group sessions for volunteer led organisations, get in touch if you'd like to know more. We have sessions that are suitable for ages 4 - 16+.

31/08/2022

We're getting well booked for parties this autumn. If you would like a Lego birthday party session in the next couple of months get in touch soon! Prices start at £100 plus travel for up to around 30 children making a whole class party affordable. Contact us for more information!

28/08/2022

Watchet Music Festival