NEC Lakeside In partnership with London Northwestern Railway
Your best free summer day out is right here
In partnership with London Northwestern Railway, we are excited to share our FREE outdoor cinema listings for the summer holidays NEC Lakeside is a brand new free outdoor space at the heart of the NEC Campus, open every day from 9:30am until the end of August. Think outdoor cinema, children's activity trail, play area, garden games and great street food — all completely free, no tickets, no booking, just turn up. Part of the biggest summer the NEC has ever had, alongside Peppa Pig Space Adventure, Titanic, Gladiators Experience, Tutankhamun and more. One campus, one incredible summer. Free. Open daily from 9:30am. Located next to Peppa Pig Space Adventure
Activity Trail
What's on this week
The Big Screen
Short intro plus a cinema listing showing the full schedule below. CBeebies runs all day Pull up a picnic blanket. The NEC Lakeside Big Screen is on all day, every day, completely free.
CBeebies runs from 9:30am, with a featured film screening at 2pm on selected days. From Paddington and Frozen 2 to Minecraft Movie, Coco and more — there's always something worth staying for.
No booking. No tickets. Just show up. day. Film screenings are in addition to this. Everything is FREE and we want that front and centre.
July
Fri 17 Flushed Away
Sat 18 Little Mermaid (original)
Sun 19 Finding Nemo
Fri 24 Kung Fu Panda
Sat 25 The Incredibles
Sun 26 Monsters, Inc.
Fri 31 Beauty and the Beast
August
Sat 1 The Secret Life of Pets
Sun 2 Tangled
Thu 6 Wreckit Ralph
Fri 7 The Lego Batman Movie
Sat 8 Minecraft Movie
Sun 9 Coco
Thu 13 Angry Birds
Fri 14 Inside Out
Sat 15 Frozen2
Sun 16 Lego Movie
Fri 21 Madagascar
Sat 22 Lion King
Sun 23 Zootopia
Fri 28 Ratatouille
Sat 29 Cars
Sun 30 Trolls
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
You're Invited: Mission to the Moon with Peppa Pig!
On Thursday 30th July, Peppa Pig is going to space – for real! And we're inviting you, your friends and family with little ones to be among the first to see her journey.
We're launching Peppa on her first-ever real-life galactic mission, sending her more than 100,000 feet above Earth and capturing every moment on film. On Thursday 30 July, we'll be premiering the footage live for the very first time at the NEC Lakeside Cinema – and we'd love for your friends and family to join us.
Mission to the Moon | Peppa Pig's First-Ever Real-Life Galactic Mission
📍 NEC Lakeside Cinema, NEC Birmingham
📆 Thursday 30 July
🎟️ Free to attend
✨ What's Happening on the Day?
9:30am – Event Start
Creation Station Crafting session
Astronaut training with the Peppa Pig Space Adventure storytellers
Leicester Space Station demonstration
Exclusive screenings of brand-new Peppa Pig music videos
11:00am – BLAST OFF!
Watch the world premiere of Peppa's real-life space mission live on the big screen
11:15am - Welcome Peppa back to Earth
Wave hello to Peppa Pig
12:00pm - Film Screening
Wall-E family film screening
No need to book, bring a picnic blanket and enjoy a full family day out.
We hope to see lots of faces (big and small!) as we help Peppa reach for the stars. ⭐🐷🚀