Join us on Sunday 6th December for a free, family-friendly afternoon celebrating Romanian and Roma culture, creativity and festive traditions!
We’re teaming up with Europia to bring a very special community celebration to Levenshulme Old Library this Christmas, inspired by Moș Nicolae (AKA Saint Nicholas), an important part of Romanian festive traditions.
Taking place from 2pm to 4pm on Sunday 6th December, we’re inviting families from across Levenshulme to share food, stories and creative activities and to learn a little more about the traditions celebrated by some of our neighbours.
In Romania, children traditionally leave their shoes out on the evening of 5th December, hoping that Moș Nicolae will visit overnight and fill them with sweets and small gifts. We’re bringing a little of that magic to the Old Library, alongside plenty of opportunities to get creative!
What’s happening?
There’ll be a load of free activities for families to enjoy, including:
- Bauble making – create your own festive decoration to take home.
- Biscuit decorating – decorate some festive treats.
- Bilingual storytelling – discover the story of Moș Nicolae and Romanian festive traditions.
- Mini story trail – follow our little mice around the Old Library.
- Moș Nicolae goody bags – a special festive gift to take home.
- Free food and drink – including traditional Romanian food to try.
All free and everyone is welcome!
A celebration for everyone
This event is part of Roma Create Together our ongoing partnership with Europia, bringing people together through creative activities and opportunities to share different cultures and traditions.
Levenshulme is home to people from many different backgrounds and events like this are a chance to celebrate the traditions that make up our community, discover something new and spend time together.
Whether you celebrate Moș Nicolae every year or have never heard of him before, everyone is welcome!
Sunday 6 December 2026
2pm – 4pm
Levenshulme Old Library, Cromwell Grove, Levenshulme, M19 3QE
FREE – all families welcome
Want to lend a hand? We’re looking for a few friendly volunteers to help make the day a success – whether that means welcoming families, helping with creative activities or keeping things running smoothly, we’d love to have you involved. If you can spare an hour or two, please get in touch.
This event is part of our Roma Create Together programme – free creative activities and cultural celebrations delivered by Levenshulme Old Library and Europia, bringing local Roma families together and helping build connections across Levenshulme’s communities. Find out more about the project here.
We’re very grateful to Europia for their work on the wider project, and to the Allen Lane Foundation, the Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund and Manchester City Council for all of their support on Roma Create Together this year.