March is here and it’s full of amazing art programs, nature walks and festivals to do with your family around the Bay Area. Scroll down, mark your calendars and get ready another amazing weekend!

MANY EVENTS, PUBLIC LOCATIONS AND MUSEUMS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO OF COVID-19. PLEASE CHECK IN ADVANCE WITH EVENT ORGANIZERS.

Friday, March 6, 2020

First Friday Family Nights

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
CuriOdyssey, San Mateo (map)

Relax with live music and a cash bar while the kids meet animals and play with science! CuriOdyssey Members, celebrate March Member Madness and bring a friend for free to this event (one free admission per membership).

CANCELLED A Midsummer Night’s Dream With The San Francisco Ballet

8:00 PM- 10:00 PM
War Memorial Opera House, San Franciso (map)

Enter Shakespeare’s enchanted forest of whimsy, mistaken identity, and jest—where fairies rule and love (eventually) reigns supreme.

Saturday, March 7, 2020

Birding Walk

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Turtleback Trailhead China Camp State Park, San Rafael (map)

Join our ongoing beginning birding class with naturalist Jerry Coe. No birding experience needed!

Lamb Day

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Windrush Farm Fiber Arts, Petaluma (map)

Spend the morning learning about wool and meeting the animals on the farm.

Family Farm Day - Ocean Exploration

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Slide Ranch, Muir Beach (map)

Ocean Exploration Family Farm Day - Discover the wonder of the tidepools as we hike Slide Ranch’s magnificent coastal trail to the beach.

Junior Chef Class: Harry Potter Cookie Party

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Participating Williams Sonoma (map)

Celebrate the magic of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at our Harry Potter Cookie Party. We’ll bake sugar cookies shaped like Hedwig, Hogwarts Express, a Broomstick, a Sorting Hat, and more. Then, we’ll have fun decorating them (and eating them!)

Vallejo Book Festival

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum (map)

Free book per child (while supplies last), craft activities, art, live performances, an inflatable forest, and story telling !!! A must attend family event.

The Wizard Of Oz

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Presidio Theatre, San Francisco (map)

Musical theater for children presented at the new Presidio Theatre!

Noe Music Kids: Aizuri Quartet

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco (map)

Get inside the magic of the string quartet with this outstanding ensemble from NYC as they explore a range of music with interactive listening games and more.

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
BACT Berkeley Center (map)

Step through the magic wardrobe into a mythical land frozen in eternal winter under a powerful witch’s spell. Epic storytelling combines with movement and puppetry as two actors and four dancers create an entire world of fantastic creatures.

MakeArt Family Days

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco (map)

Join the Museum of Craft and Design for MakeArt Family Day. As always, we will be offering a number of exhibition related activities for visitors of all ages to enjoy.

Family Art Making

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
de Young museum (map)

Family Art Making offers a free, drop-in art project led by professional teaching artists.

Tinkering School

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Tinkering School, San Francisco (map)

Free, one-of-a-kind maker space experience for ages 7 and up and parents too! Tinkering School has been building with kids for 15 years and wants you to come see their new space near the Presidio in San Francisco.

CANCELLED Flower Bulb Day

1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Union Square, San Francisco (map)

Colorful display of more than 100,000 tulips will cover Union Square in San Francisco. And you are invited to visit the square and pick your own bunch of tulips!

Alice In Wonderland Tea Party

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Fairfax Women’s Club (map)

Make a Sunday afternoon date for tea with Alice, the March Hare, Door Mouse and Mad Hatter at a decidedly unique tea party complete with delicious tea sandwiches, a selection of organic teas, hot chocolate for kids and yummy desserts for all.

CANCELLED Chantey Sing At Hyde Street Pier

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (map)

A public sing-along of sea chanteys and sailor songs aboard a historic ship at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.

CANCELLED A Midsummer Night’s Dream With The San Francisco Ballet

2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
War Memorial Opera House, San Franciso (map)

Enter Shakespeare’s enchanted forest of whimsy, mistaken identity, and jest—where fairies rule and love (eventually) reigns supreme.

Sunday, March 8, 2020, Daylight Savings Time

Marine Science Sundays 2020: The Big, The Small And The Weird

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito (map)

Join us on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month for Marine Science Sunday - a FREE engaging ocean-inspired classroom series from our education experts. These interactive classroom programs are great for all ages!

Nature For Kids: Wet Weather Wonders

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
College of Marin Indian Valley Campus, Novato (map)

We’ll start the day learning about the frogs, toads, salamanders, and insects that live in the ponds at the upper end of the valley, and then we’ll walk up to the waterfall, which is a perfect place to enjoy lunch.

Stinky Tales At BADM

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito (map)

Children are introduced to a dragon that lands himself in sticky situations but finds a way through with the help of his puppet pals! This puppet show blends social-emotional learning with curious and silly situations.

Lamb Day

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Windrush Farm Fiber Arts, Petaluma (map)

Spend the morning learning about wool and meeting the animals on the farm.

Vallejo Book Festival

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum (map)

Free book per child (while supplies last), craft activities, art, live performances, an inflatable forest, and story telling !!! A must attend family event.

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
BACT Berkeley Center (map)

Santa Rosa Rosie Rally 2020

11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa (map)

Santa Rosa Rosie Rally 2020 is celebrating International Women's Day on Sunday, March 8th. Bring your "We Can Do It" Spirit, dress up as Rosie the Riveter ... all are welcome at this free community event - bring the whole family! Music, food, fun and more.

Sunday Special: Jacqueline And The Beanstalk Puppet Show

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Mill Valley Library (map)

Jelly Jam Time Puppets presents a paper pop-up puppet show of Jaquelyn and the Beanstalk.

CANCELLED Sunday Streets Mission & Season Premiere

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Mission, San Francisco (map)

On March 8, Sunday Streets kicks off a season of open streets – from Duboce Ave to 26th St, Valencia Street transforms into a car-free community space for all to enjoy. Join the international open streets movement to reclaim open space for public use!

"Peter And The Wolf" Family Concert

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium, San Rafael (map)

Join Maestro Alasdair Neale and your Marin Symphony for a concert of family-friendly fare, including Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf", perfect for newbies and veterans alike! Features a side-by-side with our own Marin Symphony Youth Orchestra.

CANCELLED A Midsummer Night’s Dream With The San Francisco Ballet

2:00 PM
War Memorial Opera House, San Franciso (map)

Enter Shakespeare’s enchanted forest of whimsy, mistaken identity, and jest—where fairies rule and love (eventually) reigns supreme.

PURIM CELEBRATIONS, MARCH 8

Purim Palooza, Join us for a Family Carnival! FREE, The Osher Marin JCC (map) CANCELLED

On Purim, With Love: A Family Celebration, Join other families in an open and welcoming environment to celebrate this joyful Jewish costume holiday, Jewish Community Center (map)

Drop-in Art Studio: Purim Denim Lab, On first and second Sundays and select holidays, drop by to create, play, and experiment with a teaching artist. Contemporary Jewish Museum (map)

Purim Family Festival, Throw on your favorite costume and party with us at our Purim festival for the whole family JCCSF (map)

Purim with Esther the Protester, Purim games, tarot Torah reading, face painting, hat making, hamentaschen eating, dancing, and communal storytelling, Chochmat HaLev (map)

Octopretzel Purim Extravaganza, In a show as exuberant as their whimsical name, Octopretzel comes to the JCCSF to celebrate Purim! Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (map)

Community Hamantash Bake, Make, roll, fill & pinch your very own hamantashen, Chabad Novato (map)