Festival Opening

Dallas Campbell

Dallas Campbell, presenter of BBC Bang Goes the Theory, opens the Gravity Fields Festival. Come and celebrate the start of the festival week at this free event.

White Light

Deadgood

A lightwork, reflecting Newton's experiments splitting white light through a prism. The colours of the rainbow will light up the spire of St Wulfram's.

Free Festival Opening Concert

The Lincoln Pro-Musica and St Wulfram’s Choir

An evening of celestial sounds with Lincolnshire musicians and singers.

Visualise:Reloaded

Science made simple ltd

A mischievous mix of physical theatre and live science demonstrations from an award-winning company with a passion for science, engineering and maths.

Stardome

National Space Centre at St Wulfram's Church

Escape into a mobile planetarium recreating a dark night sky with hundreds of brilliant points of light splashed across the inside of the dome. 6+.

Family Science: Whizz Bang Workshop

Kesteven and Grantham Girls School

Show times at 10am and 11.15am. We have an exciting opportunity for you to attend a fun session of science experiments. 11.15am show - SOLD OUT.

Family Science Day

Workshops, heritage and science activities in and around the George Centre. Visit the apothecary shop and the Alchemy Lab.

The Bubble Show SORRY SOLD OUT

The Science Museum

11am show now SOLD OUT, additional show now at 1pm. Be a Bubbleologist with the biggest bubbles you will ever see! Bubbles of all sizes going up, down, this and that way, with help from the audience! 3 to 11 years.

Newton's Instruments

Dr Jonathan Hare

Beautiful recreations of seventeenth century scientific apparatus demonstrated by Dr Jonathan Hare. Age 10+. SOLD OUT

Voice on a Light Beam

Dr Jonathan Hare

This workshop explores what light is, how it is made, how it appears in nature, light you can’t see ... and much more. We will create exciting experiments, and amazingly, send our voice on a beam of light! Age 10+. SOLD OUT

Planets, Stars, Life and the Cosmos

Professor Martin Rees

An illustrated talk by the Astronomer Royal and former President of the Royal Society, describes the cosmos revealed by modern astronomy. He unveils a panorama of planets, stars and galaxies. 12+. SOLD OUT.

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: A Story told with Gravity

Dr Marty Jopson

Join Dr Marty Jopson, the BBC One Show's resident scientist, for a family science show, as he delves into the story of how Newton came up with his ideas on gravity. 7+

The Bubble Show

The Science Museum

Be a Bubbleologist with the biggest bubbles you will ever see! Bubbles of all sizes going up, down, this and that way, with help from the audience! At Stamford Arts Centre. 3 to 11 years

Family Mass Boomerang Making Day

Dr Hugh Hunt

"My boomerang will come back", Sessions through the day to build your own boomerang with the help of expert boomerang maker from the University of Cambridge, Australian born, Dr Hugh Hunt, and his students. Age 8+

Rural Crafts Day

National Trust

Visit Isaac Newton’s Woolsthorpe birthplace, step back in time as the National Trust present a rural skills day with costumed guides and learn the crafts you would need to live on a 17th farm. 5+

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: A Story told with Gravity

Dr Marty Jopson

Join Dr Marty Jopson, the BBC One Show's resident scientist, for a family science show, as he delves into the story of how Newton came up with his ideas on gravity. 7+.

Ask the Astronomer & Moongaze

Dr Chris Lintott

Ask Chris anything astronomical and see if he can draw inspiration from Isaac Newton’s childhood home and the famous apple tree. Join him and local astronomers afterwards to look at the night sky over Woolsthorpe Manor. 8+.

Transformation of the Town

Grantham - as you have never seen it! The town centre comes alive with Newton-themed processions, spectacle, professional and community performers.