Summer fun Oak House. Events and Activities at Oak House

Information on visiting Oak House and general opening times

Regular Activities

Grounds Open Days: Every Wednesday in February and March. 1:00-4:00pm
Explore the grounds and enjoy our snowdrops and other winter flowers starting to emerge. Warm up with a hot drink in our tearoom. Please note that the house will not be open. Free entry, no need to book.

Craft Club: Every Wednesday 10:00-12.30pm (excluding school half terms and holidays). Bring your knitting and crochet projects or anything else you may be working on! We will have jigsaws and games available and throughout the coming months in some of the sessions we will explore different natural arts and activities to help with feelings of calmness and creativity! Open to all ages, everyone welcome. £1.00. No need to book.

Little Acorns Breastfeeding Network infant feeding drop-in support session. Every Wednesday 12.30pm – 2pm (excluding half terms). Drop-in support group creating a free, safe space for parents to meet other parents, ask questions and access evidence-based information on all aspects of breastfeeding/chest feeding and infant feeding for babies of all ages. Contact 07505 775377 for more information. Free Entry.

Ideal For All Coffee Mornings: Every Wednesday 11:00-1:00pm. Ideal For All support the independence of disabled people living in Sandwell. These groups are an opportunity to have some social time with others in a similar situation to yourself. We run a coffee morning every week at Oak House for anyone who would like to catch up with old friends and make new ones. A friendly atmosphere where you will be welcomed with tea/coffee, biscuits and a smile. Free Entry.

Early summer fun 

Nature Makers: Suitable for early years and home school children up to 10 years old, 25 June, 16 July, 20 Aug. Nature Makers go through the seasons learning about nature and the environment through fun nature art, craft, stories, outdoor play and exploring. Materials are always plastic-free, natural, eco-friendly and vegan where possible. Our sessions in the beautiful Oak House grounds and Old Barn develop not only creativity and wellbeing but also to support sensory processing skills and other skills. 

The House and grounds are open from 11am-4pm on Wednesdays so you can bring a picnic and stay for longer, enjoy our house and grounds and our sandpit and playground. Entrance to the site is free. There will be a cost to join in the nature maker's session. Booking at Walsall and Sandwell | Nature Makers

What our parents have said...

"Absolutely love that the class is so eco conscious and responsible, it's absolutely the sort of thing I want to instil in my little boy!" 

 "...such an invaluable and memorable experience...the benefits have been immense...so glad we found you..."

Please note, bookings close 48 hours before each session.  More details will be sent out in a post booking email.

Birmingham Jazz and Blues festival at Oak House and other museum sites. 

Join us as we are part of Birmingham Jazz and Blues festiaval once again this year. Come along for some FREE live music at our museums. Information regarding artists to follow. 

Friday 18th –  Bromwich Hall – 19:30pm – Slide Boy Roy.  Slide Boy Roy is a blues and a roots rock n roll band, free just turn up (tea and coffee being served only you are welcome to bring your own picnic) 
                        
Saturday 19th – Bromwich Hall – 12:00 – The Shufflepack. Five guys who set out to play swinging R&B and shuffling blues. That’s proper R&B kids, not RnB, that funny new stuff they do now. What you get is a taste of 1950s Chicago, with a bit of 1940s here and there. Free just turn up. (tea and coffee being served at the bar only, you are welcome to bring your own picnic), Free Just turn up
                            
Sunday 20th – Oak House – 12:00 – The Good Stuff TBC - The Good Stuff is an immersive live gospel-soul act featuring a 14-piece live band of singers and musicians performing a wide variety of reworked gospel, neo soul, RnB and pop anthems - sit in the grounds and birng your picnic, Free just turn up

Friday 25th – Wednesbury Museum & Art Gallery – 19:00 –Vee-Jay King and his Dukes serve up a glorious mix of West Coast Rhythm and Blues and the Swamp Blues of Louisiana. (tea and coffee being served, you are welcome to bring your own picnic to enjoy at your table) Free, just turn up

Saturday 26th – Wednesbury Museum & Art Gallery – 12:00 – Alan Barnes & Dave Newton. Alan Barnes and David Newton have been playing duets together for over 40 years. These multi award-winners cover a vast repertoire from Louis Armstrong to Chick Corea and play with an empathy that can only come with long experience. The emphasis, as always, is on swinging, accessibility and interplay (tea and coffee available, you are welcome to bring a posh picnic to enjoy at your table. Free, just turn up
                            

Sunday 27th – Haden Hill House – 14:00 – Chickenbone John & Harmonica Dave King of the three string (and sometimes only 2 or 4) cigar box guitar. Chickenbone John’s guitars are hand made in Smethwick by John himself. Bring a picnic and picnic blanket or chair and sit on the grass and enjoy. Free just tuen up.
                         
 

Summer holiday fun with Oak House, House and grounds open 11am-4pm

Archaeology Week: 11am-3pm. Tues 22 July Join us for Archaeological fun and games with Go Play Sandwell
Archaeology week: 11am-3pm. Weds 23 July. Join us for Archaolgical fun and games
Archaeology week: 11am-3pm Thursday 24

Archaeology week continued: Tues 29 July. 11am-3pmJoin us for archaeological themes crafts and trails and play games with Go-Play Sandwell 
Archaeology week continued: Weds 30 July. 11am-3pmJoin us for arcaological thmed crafts and trails

 Go Play: Tues 5 August. 11am-4pm, Join us for crafts and trails and games with Go Play Sandwell
 Summer crafts and trails: Weds
 

Seaside Fun Day: Tues 12 August. 11am-3pm. Bring a picnic and enjoy our seaside themed fun, make a kit to play with on the beach and the fly it on our meadow, see the Punch and Judy shows and enjoy games with Go-Play Sandwell

Make a Kite, fly your kits: Weds 13 August. 11am-3pm. Join us and make a kite then fly it on our meadow. Also enjoy our trail around the site
 

Go Play Sandwell: Tuesday 19 August. 11am-4pm, Enjoy games with Go Play, crafts and trails

Nature Fun: Wednesday 20 August. Join nature makers for a fantastic session get inspired by our lovely grounds and then create some great nature art. Small charge to join in, pre-booking essential at https://www.nature-makers.co.uk/schools-and-nurseries. Sandwell naturalists will also be here for you to join in their bioblits to see what wildlife we can spot in our grounds. You can also enjoy our wildife trail. 

Crafty Creatures: Tuesday 26, and Wednesday 27 August 11.30am-3pm, drop in and use our boxes and crafty bits and bobs to create your own garden creatures and insects to take home.