Open Cockpit weekends at the Pacific Coast Air Museum are your chance to get up close to selected aircraft and look inside. We raise the canopies and open the doors to give you an unobstructed view so you can see what a genuine fighter plane, attack plane, transport, helicopter, or other type is like from the inside!
Save the Date: the 2019 Cherry Blossom Festival will be held on April 13-14 and 20-21! 🌸🌸🌸
Watch as two Tall Ships, the Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain, simulate battle by firing authentic cannons at each other!
Bring Your Own Big Wheel in SF!
Storytime for kids. Coffee & pastries for parents.
Indie Alley has partnered with Play-Well on a special free demo of their Spring class, Girl Powered Engineering using LEGO.
50th Anniversary of Snoopy’s Home Ice Celebration!
Bait, tackle, and rods are provided to each participant in addition to educational displays and instructional mini-workshops on fishing fundamentals.
The STEAM Discovery Festival (formerly known as Solano County Mini Maker Faire or Benicia Mini Maker Faire) will be held at Benicia Middle School on Saturday, April 27th, 2019 from 10am to 4pm. We are excited to be bringing this event back to Benicia this year for its fifth year with a new name and lots of great exhibits and activities for the whole Bay Area.
Proof School students and faculty are hosting a math festival that will delight curious kids.
Spring Fling is one of our biggest fundraising events of the year. We hope you'll join us for a festive Spring Fling celebration in this glorious green pasture and wild flower season on the coast.
Petaluma’s Butter & Eggs Parade and Celebration is in its 38th year and is one of the most beloved traditions in Downtown Petaluma. It celebrates the region’s rich agricultural history as one of the premier dairy regions in the country.
Come join the largest celebration of Arab culture in Northern California.
DogFest is a celebration of dogs and kids benefitting SFUSD McKinley Elementary School, a K-5 public school at Castro and 14th Streets. The festival offers something for dogs, kids, and parents of all breeds.
We have a fun-filled day in store for you with two stages of great local music, lots of food, food crafts, garden goods, an auction, beer, wine, cocktails, baked goods and more! Mark your calendars for April 27th to come support your Community Center, eat, dance and enjoy your community!
Create history with the young people in your life at Children’s Day at the Mission.
Come join us for SF King's Day in Golden Gate Park at the MURPHY WINDMILL to celebrate Dutch culture and traditions, including traditional Dutch games, flea market, Dutch food, beer, music & more!
Get ready for a world of wonder at the Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show, a uniquely spectacular showcase of motorized mechanical marvels from throughout the 20th and 21st centuries at Half Moon Bay Airport.
Want to go on a scenic mountain bike ride with a ranger? Come join Ranger Krista Hanoff for a morning ride along the marsh at Rush Creek Preserve.
Opening Day on the Bay is an annual celebration of the maritime community on the San Francisco Bay.
Join us for an afternoon dedicated to bringing families together and fostering mental health and well-being in our community.
Young imaginations take flight in this award-winning, interactive program. A professional singer from the San Francisco Opera will engage children in the musical telling of “Hansel and Gretel,” magically unveiling props and costumes for audience members to help act out the opera and sing excerpts.
Opening Day on the Bay is the annual celebration of the maritime community on the San Francisco Bay.
Storytime for kids. Coffee & pastries for parents.
Unlock your child’s inner superhero and let their powers shine at our annual family festival!
Join us to celebrate the 2018 Asian Pacific Heritage Month in Marin County, California @ the Marin YMCA
Deep in the forest of Lumbini, Queen Maya reaches for a tree branch. Her dream of a white elephant prepared her for this special moment.
Make the day yours with fun, free exhibits and activities and five Activity Hubs.
Storytime for kids. Coffee & pastries for parents.
Come join the YMCA in the Marin Headlands for a weekend of family activities and fun. Our program will begin with a Friday evening check-in and dinner and end with lunch on Sunday. All meals from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch, as well as dorm accommodations for the entire family of up to 5 people, are included.
Honor Mother Earth and all mothers, as we celebrate Mother's Day weekend, appreciating the gift of life and nature’s wonders. Celebrate this Mother’s Day weekend camping out together as a family at Slide Ranch.
Come join us for our May Day Festival at the Alameda County Fairgrounds. Enjoy the music, culture, and food of Hawaii with your family and friends.
Downtown San Rafael will be rocking to tunes from the 50’s. Join in the fun with our dancing in the street.
Storytime for kids. Coffee & pastries for parents.
Get to know the Presidio during this two hour, in-depth experience.
The Maker Movement embraces innovation, creativity, and learning to improve our communities and create a better future. Tinkerers, educators, parents, and professionals are included, because we are all Makers. That includes you. What will you make?
Open Cockpit weekends at the Pacific Coast Air Museum are your chance to get up close to selected aircraft and look inside. We raise the canopies and open the doors to give you an unobstructed view so you can see what a genuine fighter plane, attack plane, transport, helicopter, or other type is like from the inside!
Join the garden pizza party and celebrate farm-to-table cooking and eating! We will fire up the cob oven, harvest vegetables and herbs, make farm cheese, and eat pizza together as part of a very special family camping weekend.
Join the Children’s Creativity Museum’s 20th Anniversary for an awesome, interactive, family-friendly musical adventure, guided by the Grammy Award-nominated Alphabet Rockers and Latin percussionists Ka-Hon.
Let's have a family fun day filled with biking, kayaking & meeting new friends!
Join rangers to learn how to fish on the San Pablo Bay.
Storytime for kids. Coffee & pastries for parents.
Enjoy milking a goat, holding a warm, freshly-laid chicken egg, and hearing the baa of our sheep, as we use all of our senses to explore the farm during this family-friendly farm day.
Come celebrate with us at the 41st annual Carnaval San Francisco!
Storytime for kids. Coffee & pastries for parents.
Grab your best friend and join us downtown for Tiburon's First Annual Best in Show!
On Sunday, June 2, join us at The Walt Disney Family Museum for a screening of select TAFI 2019 films created by young animators from all across the globe!
Our program aims to help children cultivate attention, empathy, and understanding and utilizes attunement to seasonal rhythms to foster well-being. A Youth & Family Program Practice Guide is available in our bookstore and includes many ideas for practicing at home as a family.
Storytime for kids. Coffee & pastries for parents.
What’s in that box, you ask? In the hands of Ka-Hon, a gentle spring shower, a flamenco troupe, a galloping stallion and a rumba circle.
Sunday Street’s longest route runs through the Outer Sunset and parts of Golden Gate Park, following the city’s western edge along the super-scenic Great Highway, providing car-free open streets and fun, free activities for all.
Storytime for kids. Coffee & pastries for parents.
Silliness is very serious business for the Pi Clowns.
Samuel P. Taylor State Park is located in beautiful Marin County, just past the town of Fairfax. The park offers shady walks along Lagunitas Creek, invigorating hikes to the top of Barnabe Peak and a network of fire roads for biking!
Open Cockpit weekends at the Pacific Coast Air Museum are your chance to get up close to selected aircraft and look inside. We raise the canopies and open the doors to give you an unobstructed view so you can see what a genuine fighter plane, attack plane, transport, helicopter, or other type is like from the inside!
Storytime for kids. Coffee & pastries for parents.
Circus Bella delights in the totally unexpected, with circus feats, ringleader surprises and aerial splendor, and as always, the Circus Bella All-Star Band!
Storytime for kids. Coffee & pastries for parents.
A beloved Bay Area institution, the Unique Derique is a prince among clowns, an internationally esteemed performer who has honed a singular blend of physical comedy and hambone body percussion.
Our program aims to help children cultivate attention, empathy, and understanding and utilizes attunement to seasonal rhythms to foster well-being. A Youth & Family Program Practice Guide is available in our bookstore and includes many ideas for practicing at home as a family.
Led by New Orleans-native Michelle Jacques, a soul-steeped vocalist with a big, bold voice, Chelle! & Friends bring to the Gardens a family-friendly taste of the Crescent City, the cradle of so much essential American music.
In a neighborhood with a high concentration of children and families, Sunday Streets provides much-needed open space for kids to run, bike and play.
Open Cockpit weekends at the Pacific Coast Air Museum are your chance to get up close to selected aircraft and look inside. We raise the canopies and open the doors to give you an unobstructed view so you can see what a genuine fighter plane, attack plane, transport, helicopter, or other type is like from the inside!
Reserve your camping site on Friends Field and participate in fun activities, games, arts & crafts, campfire program, s'mores, educational activities, emergency preparedness, and more.
Over the past decade, the Alphabet Rockers have honed a supremely engaging hip-hop act designed for children and families.
The founder and artistic director of Berkeley’s Māhea Uchiyama Center for International Dance, Māhealani Uchiyama is an award-winning dancer, musician, composer, choreographer, recording artist, and teacher.
Our program aims to help children cultivate attention, empathy, and understanding and utilizes attunement to seasonal rhythms to foster well-being. A Youth & Family Program Practice Guide is available in our bookstore and includes many ideas for practicing at home as a family.
Sunday Streets is excited to return to its newest route in SoMa this August, spanning Folsom Street from Essex to 10th Street to and creating 1.3 miles of temporary open space for the community to enjoy.
Joe Leon’s Caterpillar Puppets don’t just entertain kids and parents. His eccentric menagerie draws audiences of all ages into seemingly familiar stories that take unexpected turns.
Combining exceptional athletic skills, traditional Chinese music, and a fast-paced show sure to amaze viewers of all ages, the Red Panda Acrobats bring the ancient art of Chinese acrobatics into the 21st century with jaw-dropping displays of strength, balance and dexterity.
Our program aims to help children cultivate attention, empathy, and understanding and utilizes attunement to seasonal rhythms to foster well-being. A Youth & Family Program Practice Guide is available in our bookstore and includes many ideas for practicing at home as a family.
In a neighborhood with low car ownership that is often dominated by auto traffic, Sunday Streets transforms roadways into accessible, open space for the whole community.
Fleet Week is the Bay Area’s opportunity to pay tribute to the men and women of our Nation’s armed forces.
Our program aims to help children cultivate attention, empathy, and understanding and utilizes attunement to seasonal rhythms to foster well-being. A Youth & Family Program Practice Guide is available in our bookstore and includes many ideas for practicing at home as a family.
Savor delicious brews, see amazing bikes, hear incredible live music featuring The Pulsators, enjoy family activities and connect with over 60 bike exhibitors all while taking in the gorgeous Marin October weather. There is something for everyone at Biketoberfest Marin!
Sunday Streets returns to the Excelsior district to close out the 2019 season, carrying on the tradition of the popular Excelsior Arts & Music Festival.
Halloween Hoopla
Our program aims to help children cultivate attention, empathy, and understanding and utilizes attunement to seasonal rhythms to foster well-being. A Youth & Family Program Practice Guide is available in our bookstore and includes many ideas for practicing at home as a family.
Our program aims to help children cultivate attention, empathy, and understanding and utilizes attunement to seasonal rhythms to foster well-being. A Youth & Family Program Practice Guide is available in our bookstore and includes many ideas for practicing at home as a family.
It is springtime and our monthly campfire program is blooming!
Featuring youth mountain bike skills courses, bike-themed games, and beginner trail rides.
Our program aims to help children cultivate attention, empathy, and understanding and utilizes attunement to seasonal rhythms to foster well-being. A Youth & Family Program Practice Guide is available in our bookstore and includes many ideas for practicing at home as a family.
There will be a slime hunt, contest games, prizes & raffle to win the best slimes.
Join us at McInnis Park where rangers will teach tips and tricks of the trade of freshwater fishing at the park’s pond.
Get to know the Presidio during this two hour, in-depth experience.
We'll bring our huge collection of LEGOs and Magna-Tiles. We have Duplos and blocks in the Children’s Room for kids under 3.
Storytime for kids. Coffee & pastries for parents.
The SF Amateur Astronomers bring their giant telescopes and help people of all ages see the night sky’s most interesting astronomical beauties up close.
Open House provides a once-a-season opportunity to roam the various buildings of our campus, meet current artists, view works in progress, and attend screenings, performances, and readings.
With car-free streets, free activities and plenty of chances to meet your neighbors, Sunday Streets most urban route celebrates the centrally-located and densely-populated Tenderloin, one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods.
Monster Jam® is adrenaline-charged family entertainment providing jaw-dropping displays and gravity-defying feats that promises to always leave fans entertained. Save 25% on tickets to any performance with code INF1
Save the Date: the 2019 Cherry Blossom Festival will be held on April 13-14 and 20-21! 🌸🌸🌸
Mark your calendars to participate in our great summer savings event on Saturday, April 13, 11-5pm!
Bring your gently-used toy(s) to swap and stay to play and enjoy music with Grandpa Clyde.
A dog rescue area, vendors, music, food, beverages, games, demonstrations and the best dog gone dog show ever.
Ever wonder what it’s like to be a Park Ranger? Want to get expert hiking or biking tips? Curious about coyotes and other wildlife in our preserves? Get answers to these questions and more when you stop by and meet your local park rangers.
Create your own path as you join the next generation of engaged thinkers at #CalDay on Saturday, April 13, 2019 from 9 am - 4 pm. Our annual open house welcomes prospective students, current students, kids and families and the community to explore our beautiful campus and enjoy hundreds of exciting free events.
Come join the YMCA in the Marin Headlands for a weekend of family activities and fun. Our program will begin with a Friday evening check-in and dinner and end with lunch on Sunday. All meals from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch, as well as dorm accommodations for the entire family of up to 5 people, are included.
Come compete in an epic hour of games! Each team will have one minute to complete a different challenge! Teams will be assigned at the event. For kids grades 2nd-5th. Sign-up required.
Roll the dice, spin the spinner, or pick a card! Play board games, cards, or work a puzzle. Fun for the whole family!
Storytime for kids. Coffee & pastries for parents.
Make a date for tea with Alice, the March Hare, Door Mouse and Mad Hatter for a decidedly unique and unorthodox tea party complete with tea sandwiches, hot chocolate, and desserts.
Stinky Tales with Doug Zesiger: "Storytelling bringing big laughs while teaching empathy and confidence to 3-6 year olds."
Kids will have fun decorating and personalizing their own garden box and will learn the skills to earn their own “green thumb”.
Make a date for tea with Alice, the March Hare, Door Mouse and Mad Hatter for a decidedly unique and unorthodox tea party complete with tea sandwiches, hot chocolate, and desserts.
Enjoy hands-on educational activities and learn about organizations helping to protect the Bay and its wildlife.
Free to the public --- All welcome --- Instruction provided
This year we are celebrating Earth Day this year with "Peace, Love & Planet" focusing on zero waste.
Family friendly San Francisco event for kids to explore climb and touch trucks and vehicles.
Ronnie's Awesome List, The Ultimate Kids Events Round-Up In Marin And Beyond.
