Come and lay with Halle 2025

The Come and Play concerts present a variety of music which enables collaboration between the world-class musicians of the Hallé and young instrumentalists at the start of their musical journey. This concert features musicians and singers from schools within Cheshire East.

Come and Play with the Hallé is a unique event. More than 1,400 children perform with the orchestra but, for obvious reasons, they don't all fit on the stage! The seating for the school groups is in the seating that would normally be occupied by the audience on the Stalls, Choir Circle and Circle levels. This means that from the Gallery, where parents and families sit to watch the concert, it can be difficult to see all of the children all of the time.