Check out these great opportunities for family fun this weekend. Enjoy art activities, family concerts, cultural celebrations, and nature adventures throughout the Bay Area!
Friday, May 3
First Friday Nights at CuriOdyssey ~ San Mateo
Swing into the weekend with live music, a food truck, animals and fun! On the first Friday of every month, from 5 PM until 8 PM, parents and kids celebrate together at CuriOdyssey.
The Crimson Pirate by Fantasy Forum – Walnut Creek
Free Telescope Viewing – Oakland
Friday Nights at OMCA – Oakland
Historic Days at Ardenwood – Fremont
Saturday, May 4
Bay Area Book Festival Family Day ~ Berkeley
Celebrating “Star Wars: May the 4th be With You” and “National Free Comic Book Day” with youth-oriented author talks, family reading activities, arts, crafts, and STEAM activities, and free book giveaway.
Japantown Children’s Day Festival ~ San Francisco
Bring out the kids and friends to enjoy fun games, craft activities, face painting, bounce houses, and cultural and live stage performances for the community to enjoy. Admission is free and open to the public.
de Youngsters Day Out – San Francisco
Free Community Day at SFMOMA – San Francisco
Habitot Saturday Puppet Shows – Emeryville
Fun on the Farm – San Ramon
May Fete Parade and Fair – Palo Alto
Planetarium Shows at DeAnza College – Cupertino
Birding at Vasona – Los Gatos
Sunday, May 5
El Cerrito Hillside Festival ~ El Cerrito
The El Cerrito Trail Trekkers are proud to host the tenth annual El Cerrito Hillside Festival in El Cerrito’s 100-acre gem, the Hillside Natural Area. There’s something for everyone at the festival, including guided, informative hikes about the geology, trees, edible and medicinal plants, birds, lichen, and El Cerrito history. Family-friendly events include a nature scavenger hunt, crafting from nature, art in the trees, and the ever-popular insect hike. People of all ages can learn how to use apps to identify flora and fauna or enter a haiku contest and hear the winners recite their poetry on a haiku hike. See the full schedule at www.ectrailtrekkers.org
The Boy Who Cried Wolf – Santa Rosa
Music and Movement Sundays – Emeryville
Finding Nemo – Palo Alto
Pippin – San Jose