Keeping the children busy during the All Saints holidays around Brive

Published on October 8, 2024 by Cécile Lacour

Discover our suggestions for activities to do around Brive to keep your children busy during the All Saints' Day holidays, October 19 to November 03 2024

Do you want to celebrate Halloween on October 31?

Discover our article “Where to celebrate Halloween?” which will inform you about all the activities planned for that day. 

Halloween depiction with abandoned mansion and pumpkin.

Are you looking for outdoor activities?

During the fall holidays, the days are still beautiful and we want to enjoy the outdoors. Here are the good deals we offer you: 

At the Colette Gardens 

This year, the Jardins de Colette have once again concocted a monstrously recreational program for moments of sharing and laughter with friends or family. From October 26 to November 3, 2024, the activities will be staggered with the following on the program: special Halloween treasure hunts, family show "The Legend of Verbruntschneck" (October 27, 30 and 31 as well as November 1), Halloween pumpkin decoration, makeup workshop (October 26, 27 and 31 from 14 p.m. to 18 p.m. as well as November 1) ...
During school holidays, the Gardens are open every day from 10 a.m. to 18 p.m. Info: 05.55.86.75.35
Possibility of book online to avoid queues. 

Family disguised for Halloween at Jardins de colette

The Martel train Halloween party

The diesel train will run Thursday, October 31 at 15 p.m. and another on Friday November 1st at 15 p.m. on the theme of Halloween. For the occasion, free travel will be granted to all children under 12 in costume. And that's not all! Children will benefit from a distribution of sweets. 

Do you want to play detective?

Shivers at the Lighthouse

From October 19 to November 3: Will you dare to enter the lighthouse (Brive Tourist Office) transformed into a terrifying tower, invaded by shadows and mysteries? Only the bravest will be able to venture to the top, where Cruella, the witch of the Lighthouse, resides! Children will be able to go on an adventure with a game booklet full of puzzles and mysterious challenges. Their mission? Answer cultural questions, solve riddles and take on fun little challenges. And the bravest will get a reward! Tel.: 05 55 24 08 80.

Nocturne at the Colette Gardens  : Garden Halloween Party October 26

Thrills guaranteed during this evening event organized in partnership with the Gaillard Académie! From 18 p.m., you can come with your family to try to solve this escape game. Don't forget your flashlight! Slots available from 18 p.m. to 21 p.m. by reservation required by telephone: 05 55 86 75 35.

Escape Game: The Haunted Mansion in Allassac

The Land of Art and History Vézère Ardoise offers an escape game in Allassac. More than 100 years ago, when the Manoir des Tours was a school, a few thieving students played a strange trick on their teachers...They stole the gold slate, the school's treasure, and have hidden it in a secret location... you have 45 minutes to help the ghost teachers recover it and allow their souls to finally find rest!
October 31 at 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 13:30 p.m., 15 p.m. and 16:30 p.m. Registrations on 05 55 24 08 80.

Escape Game: The adventurers of the lost stick in Donzenac

The Land of Art and History offers this escape game from October 21 to 25 at 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 15 p.m., 16:30 p.m.. Meet in front of the 13th century house. Single price: €60 per game (3 to 8 players). From 10 years old. Under 14s must be accompanied. Registration at 05 55 24 08 80.

Murder Party at the Brive Media Library

It will take place on Friday October 25 at 19 p.m. From 6 years old. Bring your flashlight and pen. Register at 05 55 18 17 50. Free.

Giant Cluedo organized by the Vézère Ardoise Country of Art and History 

  • Wednesday October 23 in AYEN at 15 p.m. Meet in front of the church. 
  • Monday October 28 at USSAC at 15 p.m. Meet in front of the church

 

An escape game at Nature Park Evasion

From October 21st to November 3rd. This escape game will take you into a magical world populated by witches and spirits! Will you be able to take up the challenge and find the Antidote? Open during the holidays from 14:00 p.m. to 18:00 p.m. Info: 06.16.99.07.95

Gaillard Academy 

3 rooms and 3 atmospheres are available for you to solve a puzzle. In small groups, you have 60 minutes to complete the plot and thus be freed! More information on 05 55 74 98 18. 

Halloween at the Pompadour Castle

October 26 and 27 Children will be able to conduct investigations in the Parc du Château from 14 p.m. to 18 p.m. (Price: €7) Also make-up workshops (€3) from 13:30 p.m. to 17:45 p.m. and maping at 19 p.m. and 19:30 p.m. (€5 per child and accompanying adult)

Halloween at the Maison Forte in Reignac

Throughout the All Saints' Day holidays, The Fortified House of Reignac offers you riddles for children on paper and riddles for adults to download on site.

Do you prefer sports?

Sports courses

For children and teenagers in Brive. (born between 2013 and 2019) from October 21 to 31. Children will be able to learn skating, different team games, pelota, circus, athletics....How to register  at the youth information service. Info: 05.55.23.43.80

The Vézère Sports and Leisure Base: 

Sports activities are available for children over 7 years old and their families. Price: €16. Reservations on 05 55 84 73 54. In the program : 

  • Monday October 21 and 28: Archery from 1430:16 p.m. to 30:XNUMX p.m.
  • Tuesday October 22 and 29: mountain biking from 14:30 p.m. to 16:30 p.m.
  • Wednesday October 23 and 30: climbing from 14:30 p.m. to 16:30 p.m.
  • Thursday October 24 and 31: orienteering from 14:30 p.m. to 16:30 p.m.
  • Friday October 25: Orientation hike for children (6 years minimum) and trail for adults (or over 16 years). From 14:30 p.m. to 16:30 p.m.

The Brive Swimming Pool

The swimming pool adapts its hours for the holidays and the inflatable play area returns (accessible from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 14:15 p.m. to 18 p.m.).
Swimming learning slots are also available. See leaflet.
Opening of the Swimming pool from Monday to Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 20:XNUMX p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: 10 a.m. to 00 p.m.

The Objat EcoPool

The Objat EcoPiscine offers swimming lessons for children during the holidays. Opening of the Swimming pool from Monday to Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 20:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 a.m. - 13:00 p.m. and 15:00 p.m. - 18:00 p.m.

Halloween at the Brive Ice Rink

It's the big comeback of the Halloween celebration at the skating rink Saturday November 2, from 14:15 p.m. to 22:45 p.m.! Come and shiver in a Halloween atmosphere with the local clubs who will also be there to accompany you during this exceptional event. Catering possible on site.

Le Big Bird : Thrills guaranteed!

The Big Bird is the highest aerial course in Europe, reaching a height of more than 22 meters.
Come with family or friends to complete more than 75 workshops (challenges) on 4 floors.
Open from 14 p.m. - 18 p.m. Last ticket sold at 17 p.m.
Info: 05 53 07 10 74

Jungle golf 

Jungle Golf is an 18-hole miniature golf course, ideal for family or friends. On more than 2000m2 among animals in lush vegetation.
Open from 14 p.m. - 18 p.m. Last ticket sold at 17 p.m. Info: 05 53 07 10 74

Do you prefer to direct? Play ? To paint ?

The Brive Cultural Center

A wide choice of introductory workshops is offered! If you are interested, just book your place at 05 55 74 20 51. Here is the program from Monday 21 to Thursday 31 October 2024:

  • Monday October 21 : Music introduction from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. From 6 years old. Price: €10
    Video montage from 14 p.m. to 17 p.m. (from 10 years old). Price: €15

  • Tuesday October 22 : Crochet workshop : from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 14 p.m. to 16 p.m. (duration: 4 hours). From 8 years old. Price: €20
  • Wednesday October 23 : Theater. From 10am to 17pm with performance at 17pm. From 9 years old. Price: €20.
  • Thursday 24 October: musical creation. From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 14 p.m. to 16 p.m. Starting from 7 years old. Price: €20.
  • Friday October 25: calligraphy and illumination : from 14 p.m. to 17 p.m. From 8 years old. Price: €15.
  • Monday October 28: Leather. From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. From 8 years old. Price: €20.
    Dinosaur Diorama (drawing, painting and cutting) from 14 p.m. to 17 p.m. From 6 years old. Price: €15
  • Tuesday October 29: African dance from 10am to 12pm. From 6 years old. Price: €10
    Floral creation from 14am to 16pm. From 8 years old. Price: €15
  • Wednesday October 30: Hip Hop. From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. From 8 years old. Price: €10.
    Creating a storybook from 14 p.m. to 17 p.m. From 8 years old. Free.
  • Thursday October 31 : Modeling from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 14 p.m. to 16 p.m. From 6 to 8 years old. Price: €20.

Glassblowing Workshop-Boutique The Alchemist (Uzerche)

  • From October 24 to 26 and from October 29 to November 2 inclusive: Mini-courses on blown flowers or balls : come and pull the petals of your molten flower or enclose your breath in a bubble. Also open to children from 6-8 years old. Price: €35/person. Duration: 15 min. Flower or sphere to be collected the next day after gradual cooling. Opening hours: 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 15:30 p.m., 16:30 p.m., 17:30 p.m. Registration at 06 50 32 33 68.

  • On the same dates, the shop is free to enter and 20-minute guided demonstrations are available at 10am, 11am, 12pm, 15pm, 16pm and 17pm. Price: €2

Do you like learning?

The Edmond-Michelet Museum

The Resistance Museum will be open during the holidays, from Monday to Saturday from 13:00 p.m. to 18:00 p.m. You can also enjoy a “In the shoes of an artist” workshop on October 30 at 15 p.m. Free upon reservation at 05 55 74 06 08.

The Labenche Museum 

The Labenche Museum offers additional activities during the holidays. On the program:

  • Wednesday, October 23: fun tour of the Face(s) à face(s) exhibition with games and interactive workshop. At 15 p.m. Children from 5 years old accompanied by an adult. Registration at 05 55 18 17 70. Price: €5 - free for the accompanying adult
  • Thursday, October 31: Halloween at the Museum from 14 p.m. to 17 p.m. Games in the museum, snacks, some candy to pick up. Come in costume!

La Roque-Saint-Christophe

  • Demonstrations of lifting equipment and guided tours at 11:15 a.m. and 15:15 p.m. except Saturdays.
  • Music of the Origins: the times will be communicated to you soon
  • Investigation-games and workshops: Every day except weekends and 25/10, from 14 p.m. to 17 p.m.

The Manor of the Hall

October 30 and 31 : The Dungeon, Manor and Garden of the Hall are transformed into a place of terror for the occasion! Pumpkins, spider webs, skulls, insects and other bats sneak everywhere on the site… To the delight of children who delve with delight into the curious world of death. Come and take free visits in the place decorated for the occasion, with always the discovery of the Dungeon and the pretty Manor with its miscellaneous objects, the herbalist's shop and the attic with fantastic animals

Pauline Jardinacoach

  • Mondays October 21 and 31 and Saturday November 2 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.: Botanical walk at Parc des Perrières in Brive. Discover the edible wild plants of autumn! What are they? How to recognize them? This walk will be an opportunity to learn more about the wild plants that surround you every day, their culinary or medicinal uses. Remember to take bags to harvest because autumn is an abundant season! Price: €10.
  • October 23 (from 18:30 p.m. to 20 p.m.), October 26 (from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.) and October 29 from 14 p.m. to 15 p.m.: discover edible plants on the greenway from Brive. Meet in front of the Rosiers church. Price: €10.
  • October 23 and 30 from 14 p.m. to 16 p.m. : Digiflore, the digital workshop to learn about edible wild plants via mobile applications. Price: €14. 
  • Wednesday, October 30 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.: Successfully compost as a family : Are you tired of throwing your compost waste in the city's brown bin and would you like to learn how to compost on your balcony or in your garden with your family. Have you already tried it but the results were deplorable? This introductory composting workshop will allow you to learn the right, easy steps to use your compost in the garden! Price: €15. Meet at the Grotte de Saint-Antoine.

    For all these activities, register by email: pauline.jardina@gmail.com

You are greedy ?

Bovetti Chocolate Museum

  • By visiting the Bovetti chocolate museum, in Terrasson, you will discover the history of cocoa, the work in the plantations and the stages of transformation... from the cocoa bean to the artisanal production of chocolate that you witness. And at the end of the visits, children (up to 12 years old) will make a mold to take away with its reusable mold. The visit ends with the long-awaited moment of tasting where a whole range of delicacies signed Bovetti is offered to you. Museum open from Monday to Saturday (from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 14 p.m. to 17 p.m.). Prices for adults: €4.90 and children: €4.50 (with mold). Visits by reservation on 05 53 51 81 53. You can also taste the Halloween hot chocolate (€3.50).
  • Halloween Drawing Contest: After visiting the museum, create your best drawing on the theme "Your favorite Halloween chocolate product" and try to win a chocolate surprise. Draw at the end of the school holidays. 3 prizes to be won: an assortment of chocolate worth €35, €25 and €15.
  • Halloween animation on October 31 from 10am to 17pm: The Witch's Potion. The witch Trinitaria, at the height of her 258 years, is starting to lose her mind... She can no longer find her old book of disgusting recipes that made her famous. Unfortunately, in her famous grimoire was written the list of ingredients that make up her famous magic potion, which transforms spiders into butterflies and slugs into cute kittens... In short, the potion that makes life happier and brighter! Our witch will therefore entrust you with the perilous mission of finding, in the darkness of her attic, in well-hidden jars, the ingredients as disgusting as they are terrifying that go into her magic recipe. Prices: €6.50. Duration: 1 hour.

You like the cinema ? Theater ?

Cinema snacks at the Rex

  • Wednesday October 30 and Saturday November 2 at 16 p.m.: special Halloween movie snack “My Little Halloween”: costume contest, photos, reading and tales of horror. A film + a snack + an animation for 5€. 

Anim’Halloween in Allassac

  • Halloween is coming a little early in Allassac and will be celebrated on Wednesday October 23 with: 
    - a free cinema screening of “Onward” (Disney/Pixar, 2020) at the cultural hall at 14 p.m.
    - a candy hunt at 16 p.m. in the shops of the city center (under the supervision of an adult)
    - a contest for the best costumes with 2 categories: under 6 and 6/12 years old. Participants will be evaluated before the screening of the film and the results will be announced on October 24 at 12 p.m. on the Facebook page "City of Allassac"

Are you interested in prehistory?

The prehistoric labyrinth

From October 19 to November 3, from 11 a.m. to 17 p.m., come and take an expedition through the Halloween-themed maze. You'll encounter life-size mechanical prehistoric animals and terrifying people... but for the whole family.

Also dive into the ultimate horror during 4 special evenings (prohibited to children under 10) from 18 p.m. to midnight: The Labyrinth of Very Very Fear! October 24 and 30 and November 31 and 1.
Dear brave souls and thrill-seekers, prepare yourself for a terrifying experience that will mark your Halloween! From 19 p.m. to midnight, come and face creatures of darkness. Screams of fear and chills guaranteed. Terrifying costumes highly recommended!
It's your chance to test your bravery and have a memorable Halloween experience with your friends and family! 

Do you like animals?

Mexican Halloween at theBlack Périgord Aquarium

Du October 19 to November 3 : Dive into the colorful and festive world of the Mexican-style Day of the Dead! El Dias de los Muertos! Halloween hunt, costume contest with a big surprise, pumpkin/skull weighing, mystery boxes. From 11 a.m. to 18 p.m.
Children coming in costume on October 31 will have their place offered (before noon), during the day they will have a vampire crepe

Gramat animal park

  • Wednesday, October 23: Board game day at 15 p.m. Nature Challenge Championship and Giant Kahoot Quiz
  • Saturday, October 26: Eat with the Bears. At 19 p.m. Reservation required online. An unforgettable gourmet dinner at the bears' table!
  • Wednesday October 30: Stories about animals at 15 p.m. with Clément Bouscarel.
  • Thursday, October 31: Big Halloween day from 10 a.m. to 18:30 p.m. FREE FOR CHILDREN IN DISGUISE. Treasure hunt, haunted lair, face painting, sweet surprises... Animal Photography Competition awards ceremony
  • During all school holidays, Feeding activities are offered to the public. 

The City of Insects in Nedde

  • October 23  from 15 p.m. to 17 p.m.: entertainment "Insects to the rescue of the planet"". You will know everything about the fascinating, insignificant, repulsive, fearsome insects which are above all omnipresent and indispensable with insect tasting!
  • October 29 15 a.m. to 17 p.m .: "The sentinel bee of the environment"This activity will end with a honey tasting and the making of a beeswax candle!
  • October 31, from 15 p.m. to 18 p.m., the Nedde Insect City offers a cHalloween Creature Hunt with Insect Tasting and other weird stuff and gifts for everyone! In the Celtic way, come and celebrate autumn, which was their end of the year, with the Halloween party with family or friends. This Celtic celebration is a day outside of time that allowed the living to meet the dead. Come dressed up to better participate in the hunt for the ugliest creatures! Museum, vivarium and garden will be your playground! Everyone will be rewarded for their participation in our Halloween party, but one family, the best disguised, will have a special reward! And of course, it's impossible to end a day like this without a little tasting of insects and other treats! You can also stock up on insects to eat for your aperitifs. More information at: 05 55 04 02 55.
  • This City is also open every day during the holidays from 10:30 a.m. to 19:00 p.m.

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