Annual children's wizarding-themed night with a sorting hat ceremony, owl encounters, virtual reality, animal handling, illustration and a magical market.
Children's Wizarding Night returns to Hull Central Library on Friday 23 October, running from 4pm to 7:30pm. It's an annual fixture for the library, and Hull Libraries are billing the 2026 edition as bigger and better than ever, with an evening of magical mayhem for young wizards, witches, warlocks and sorcerers.
The night is built around a sorting hat ceremony, with owl encounters and immersive virtual reality on the go. There's animal handling, illustration, curious crafting and magical market stalls to drift between, and photography on the night to capture it. It's open to children aged 4 to 16, though under-8s need to be accompanied by an adult, and adults can only attend when accompanying a child.
The session is part of the library's wider Wizarding Events 2026 collection. That also includes an Adults' Wizarding Afternoon Tea (16+) on the Saturday, and the Makerspace at Hull Central Library, where anyone can explore arts, science, technology and engineering. If you've got kids of different ages, you could do the children's night and the afternoon tea back-to-back over the weekend.
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Tickets are £3.50 per child and £6.50 per adult, and you can pay by cash or card. The night runs from 4pm to 7:30pm at Hull Central Library on Albion Street, HU1 3TF.
