Blackbird Pie

Blackbird Pie Blackbird Pie is an entertaining and informative what's on magazine in Cornwall dedicated to familie

BlackbirdPie Magazine is now available as an on-line publication thanks to funding from ERDF Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (CIOS) Kickstart Grant Scheme. We hope to be able to distribute a printed version in future.

PK Porthcurno, Museum of Global Communications have an exciting programme of art and science-based summer workshops in t...
07/07/2025

PK Porthcurno, Museum of Global Communications have an exciting programme of art and science-based summer workshops in their Clore Learning Space. These are separate charged-for events (not free as we reported mistakenly in the summer issue). Limited spaces so book early www.pkporthcurno.com/bbpm/
Mondays 28 Jul & 11 Aug: create a Zine mini magazine using drawing, collage, & storytelling, and learn about communication in a playful and imaginative way, 10 to 11.45am, age 7+. £8 for Mae and Paul’s workshops
Mons 18 & 25 Aug: 10 to 11.30am, build a wooden Morse Code key to take home, complete a circuit, & make your key buzz! £8, age 5+.
Wednesdays 30 Jul, 6 & 13 Aug: Puppet Lab, 10 to 11.45am, fun, hands-on workshop exploring communication through puppetry led by puppet maker, Mae Voogd, create puppets using recycled craft materials, £8, age 7+.
Weds 20 & 27 Aug: Deciphering Codes and Cryptography interactive workshop, 10 to 11.30am, shape Morse Code trees & build mini enigma coding machines, £8, age 5+.
Thurs 28 Aug: meet Alasdair Hoswell, author of the children’s counting book - Cornwall, The Land You Can Count On - focus on Cornish traditions, language, & creativity, 10 to 11.30am, £6.50, age 3+.
PLUS!!! Visit the Museum and if you pay with gift aid you get in free for the rest of the year! Go underground and experience the top-secret bunker, enjoy the sights and sounds of the WW2 underground telegraph station, and above ground explore the spacious galleries with interactive exhibits and displays. Parking is free with museum entry too.

Out NOW the summer issue of BlackbirdPie and coming soon online. Have an enchanting summer!
07/07/2025

Out NOW the summer issue of BlackbirdPie and coming soon online. Have an enchanting summer!

🚀Reach for the Sky Festival is back – and it’s ready to take off!️ Saturday 5th July📍 Spaceport Cornwall, NewquayReach f...
25/06/2025

🚀Reach for the Sky Festival is back – and it’s ready to take off!

️ Saturday 5th July
📍 Spaceport Cornwall, Newquay
Reach for the Sky Festival offers a rare, hands-on peek into the world of aviation,
engineering, and space!
🌟 What’s waiting for you:
✈️ Real aircraft up close and a chance to meet the pilots & engineers
🎮 VR flying experiences, drone demos, and flight simulators
️ 20+ interactive stands from leading tech & aviation partners
🎤 Talks by amazing women in STEM, including Ruth Amos from Kids Invent Stuff
🧺 Runway-side picnic area to enjoy your lunch while watching planes soar overhead!
Backed by the UK Civil Aviation Authority and the Department for Transport, this event is
part of a movement to close the gender gap in aviation and tech 🚁
️ Tickets are limited! Book now at https://www.tecgirls.co.uk

🎪 'PERCY PENGELLY AND THE WIBBLE-WOBBLE' in Helston 5-20th April! 🎪Percy Pengelly first wibble-wobbled into our hearts a...
31/03/2025

🎪 'PERCY PENGELLY AND THE WIBBLE-WOBBLE' in Helston 5-20th April! 🎪
Percy Pengelly first wibble-wobbled into our hearts at Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens in 2023. Now Percy and the crew are bringing their more-than-marvellous show to Helston!
A beautiful circus big top has appeared like magic in Coronation Park and, like magic, the marvellous characters from Jenny Steele Scolding’s colourful book Percy Pengelly and the Wibble-Wobble will tumble from the pages onto the stage in Cousin Jack's vibrant, pacy show.
Roll up, roll up, roll up! !
"Witness Percy's magnificent mishaps as he tumbles from world-famous tightrope walker to super dooper pooper scooper, before reaching the dizzying heights of a Cornish fishing village rooftop!
"SPLANN!!!!! Stinkingly good!" ~ Audience comment
️www.cousinjacks.org or 01736 810181

Happy Easter! The new issue of Blackbird Pie magazine is out and about, and a digital version will be on the website ver...
31/03/2025

Happy Easter! The new issue of Blackbird Pie magazine is out and about, and a digital version will be on the website very soon.... https://blackbirdpie.co.uk
It is stuffed with family activities across Cornwall, from indoor and outdoor adventures, thrilling family theatre shows, and lots of egg-citing Easter Egg Hunts!
There are plenty of free activities, vouchers, and offers too.
Have an egg-cellent holiday!

The May/June issue of Blackbird Pie magazine is out, with a FREE digital version on https://blackbirdpie.co.uk Stuffed ...
17/05/2024

The May/June issue of Blackbird Pie magazine is out, with a FREE digital version on https://blackbirdpie.co.uk
Stuffed with outdoor & indoor adventures, theatre, community fun, literary festivals, and TEC girls’ Future of Flight festival at Culdrose.
Vouchers, offers and free activities can be found throughout Blackbird Pie, including annual passes for locals which make repeat visits free. Just visit www.blackbirdpie.co.uk

Finding local food and visiting farms is fun! The Food Barn between Mylor and Flushing, on Saturday mornings is a great ...
09/04/2024

Finding local food and visiting farms is fun!
The Food Barn between Mylor and Flushing, on Saturday mornings is a great place to meet friends and family, enjoy buying local and sustainable food, and sit down to enjoy coffee and brunch together. The barn is filled with freshly baked bread and cakes, organic, locally-grown fruit and veg, locally-reared meat, locally-sourced milk, butter and cheese, and lots of yummy takeaway food (Bien Manger’s croque monsieur - c’est formidable!) With free parking, dogs welcome and splendid walks. facebook: The Food Barn -Tregew instagram foodbarn.tregew
This holiday, follow Lowenna the Lamb’s trail at the glorious Lost Gardens of Heligan and visit Lobb’s Farm excellent shop in the Heligan carpark, St Ewe, near St Austell. https://www.heligan.com/
Trevaskis Farm, Connor Downs, Hayle – wander around the orchards and watch the frisky Spring lambs and piglets; have a yummy lunch or seriously good homemade cake for tea and visit the excellent farm shop with lots of homegrown and home-reared produce - fruit and vegetables, butchery, fishmongers, deli, dairy and bakery. Open from 8am daily and free to visit. https://www.trevaskisfarm.co.uk/
Strawberry Fields, Lifton has veg straight from the fields and meat fresh from the farm, fresh bread, pies, pasties, quiches, picnic pieces, are made in store daily. The new interactive BIG Spring Trail runs daily until 14 April 10am - 4pm,collect your map, scan QR codes for hints, play games, solve puzzles and meet animals along the way 🦙🐴 Then bounce in the farm barn with GIANT ball pit, super straw pit and new bouncy castle mega slide! 🚜 Tickets from https://strawberryfieldslifton.co.uk/.../the-big-spring...

The brilliant Terry Prachett invented a miserable long-distance lorry driver who didn’t realise he was a Rain God. His 2...
04/04/2024

The brilliant Terry Prachett invented a miserable long-distance lorry driver who didn’t realise he was a Rain God. His 231 different rain types included lashing rain, lightpricking drizzle and blatter blattering. He must be in Cornwall this week! Luckily there are wonderful things to do even if it is lashing it down: our Top 10.
🤩Join the Cornish Caretakers for a hilarious show at the marvellous National Maritime Museum Cornwall, daily at 11am, 1pm & 3pm.
😉Half-price entry (see https://www.blackbirdpie.co.uk/) at the fascinating Museum of Communication PK Porthcurno, immerse yourself in hands-on interactives, games, and play with clay with artist Mae Voogd on 5, 10 & 12 April. www.pkporthcurno.com
😇Hayle Heritage Centre, free entry and 9 & 10 April free drop-in children’s art sessions. New under 5s exploration area and Hayle Herstory exhibition hayleheritagecentre.org.uk
🫠👍Adrenalin-burning indoor play at Jungle Jack’s in Newquay (£1 off voucher page 5 see https://www.blackbirdpie.co.uk/) and at Raze the Roof in Penryn.
🙂Have an egg-citing Easter egg hunt around each quirky turn of Bodmin’s historic Keep; 6 & 7 Apr: friendly Home Front Kitchen Girls, Pam & Laura, spill-the-beans about Easter 'on the ration', 9 Apr: craft sessions, both free with entry. bodminkeep.org.uk
🐣Explore Pendennis Castle’s wonderful winding stone staircases, turrets and tunnels & between showers take a cracking adventure quest in the grounds; 15%off www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/pendennis-castle
✍️Free Saturday Arty Afternoons workshops and lots to explore during the week at Penzance’s Penlee House and Gallery.
😄Free admission & family trails at The Box, Plymouth’s fabulous award-winning museum & art gallery. 9 to 11 April free drop-in creative sessions inspired by our amazing oceans. www.theboxplymouth.com
🤓At the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, create door hangers and decorations inspired by the interactive whimsical show - The Marvellous Mechanical Museum of Automata.
👀Visit your local library – free entry, free borrowing, no fines, fab things on, comfy places to hang out and free audiobooks to enjoy at home – PERFECT!!

Another winner at the National Maritime Museum
04/04/2024

Another winner at the National Maritime Museum

Wasson this Spring!Join the Cornish Caretakers for The Chest of Cornishness! A hilarious and informative show at the mar...
29/03/2024

Wasson this Spring!
Join the Cornish Caretakers for The Chest of Cornishness! A hilarious and informative show at the marvellous National Maritime Museum Cornwall, daily at 11am, 1pm & 3pm.
Present your money-off voucher on Blackbird Pie page 4, when you visit Wheal Martyn Clay Works. Until 28 April follow Hettie Hedgehog’s Great Adventure Trail and explore the nature trail and woodlands.
Roll up! Roll up! Circus Camp at Chyan, near Penryn, on 2 to 7 April with circus workshops, a big top, camping, & acrobatics, juggling, clown & mime & unicycle, tight wire, and stilts! Book on www.ticketsource.co.uk/swamp-circus.
Half-price entry at the fascinating, award-winning Museum of Communication PK Porthcurno, immerse yourself in hands-on interactives, fun games, and play with clay with resident artist Mae Voogd on 3, 5, 10 & 12 April. www.pkporthcurno.com
Holiday clubs at The Writers' Block, 2 to 4 Clinton Road, Redruth,10am-3pm, £20 (bursaries available). 4 Apr: The Story Adventurers for 6-8s, let a well-known story run loose in different directions with making, crafting, reading, & writing. 11 Apr: Drama Workshop for 9-11s, play drama games & learn performance techniques with actress and director Connie Crosby. https://thelittleboxoffice.com/thewritersblock/event
Hayle Heritage Centre celebrates its new exhibition Hayle Herstory; untold women's stories at the heart of a Cornish town, with free drop-in children’s art sessions on the 9 & 10 April & a new under 5s exploration area. hayleheritagecentre.org.uk

Easter Weekend of Fun for the whole family at Lappa Valley!free Duck Races across the lake, find hidden Easter Eggs and...
28/03/2024

Easter Weekend of Fun for the whole family at Lappa Valley!
free Duck Races across the lake, find hidden Easter Eggs and even sit inside a real steam train! For more details see https://blackbirdpie.co.uk

Near Penzance? Cornwall Heritage Trust Bunnies on the Beacon nature trail on 5 April is just £1 per trail! Penlee House ...
27/03/2024

Near Penzance? Cornwall Heritage Trust Bunnies on the Beacon nature trail on 5 April is just £1 per trail! Penlee House has fab free Arty Afternoons on Saturdays, and just 25 mins away by car or 45 mins by bus is the brilliant PK Porthcurno with half price entry for families when you scan the back cover of Blackbird Pie https://blackbirdpie.co.uk

Address

Falmouth

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Blackbird Pie posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Blackbird Pie:

Shortcuts

Share

Category