This weekend you can dive into a special event at Barton Springs, see Winnie the Pooh and friends on stage at ZACH Theatre, take a ride with Thomas the Tank Engine, get hands-on at free animation and coding workshops, cheer on the Texas Longhorns, enjoy FREE admission & special events at over 35 cultural institutions during Austin Museum Day — and much more!
Other stuff:
Here are our Top Austin Family Events…
— Jump into a day of outdoor learning at Barton Springs Pool in Zilker Park from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.! Barton Springs University is an annual event that features lectures, hands-on learning activities, snorkeling tours and live music. The event is free, and pool entry will be free until 2 p.m.! Click here for a full schedule of events & to learn more.
— Join the Austin Art in Public Places Program for the celebration of a new sculpture called Geode at 6:30 p.m. in Mueller’s Northwest Greenway (near the intersection of James Wheat and Robert Browning Street). The Austin Gem and Mineral Society will host free activities for kids including fossil rubbings & examples of geodes from around the world!
— Take the kids to see their favorite willy nilly silly old bear on stage at ZACH Theatre! Winnie the Pooh is ZACH’s latest musical production for families that begins tonight at 6:30 p.m.! (The show runs through December 12. Click here for a full schedule.) Tickets are $15 for youth and $20 for adults. You can click here to purchase tickets online or call the box office at 512-476-0541 x1.
— Enjoy a Day Out with Thomas: The Celebration Tour 2015 at the Burnet Community Center today (and tomorrow)! Kids can take a ride on a real train pulled by Thomas the Tank Engine, meet Sir Topham Hatt, listen to live music, see magic shows and more! Tickets range in price from $14 – 20, however, you can no longer order tickets online. Walk-up tickets go on sale at 7 a.m. When walk-up tickets are sold out, they will have a limited number of standby tickets available each day. Please click here for more info.
— Google Fiber invites your whole family to give coding a try at the Ruiz Branch of the Austin Public Library today from 1-4 p.m.! This free Made with Code event offers kid-friendly coding and virtual reality activities, including basic projects such as working with animated figures and mixing music.
— Learn how to make a stop-motion animation of a robot destroying Austin! You can attend this free animation workshop (presented by Eric Power and The Austin School of Film) during the Austin Music Video Festival at 12 p.m. at The North Door.
— Going to the Longhorns football game this Saturday? Ticket holders can attend the Texas Football Fan Fest at 2:30 p.m. in the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Beginning four hours before kickoff, families can enjoy interactive games, live music from School of Rock, and food from local vendors like Austin’s Pizza, Torchy’s Tacos and Pluckers.
— It’s the 18th Annual Austin Museum Day! Over 35 museums will participate in this city-wide celebration of art, culture, history, music, nature and science. We’ve been sorting through all of the special event listings to provide you with a list of really awesome Museum Day events for families. Check out our Top Picks for Kid-Friendly Fun on Austin Museum Day.
— You can take the whole family — including your dogs — to a very cute fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. BarkHappy is hosting Austin’s first ever Charity Doggy Ice Cream Social at Fair Market. The family friendly event is organized in partnership with Amy’s Ice Creams who will be providing free dog ice cream, and this party for pups will benefit Austin Pets Alive! and Service Dogs, Inc. Tickets for this charity event start at a $10 per person or you can choose a $40 family donation package. Click here to see all of the ticket options.
— Cirque du Soleil is wowing audiences with their big top production, KOOZA, at Circuit of The Americas with shows today at 1:30 p.m. & 5 p.m. KOOZA is set in an zany world full of surprises, thrills and chills with high wire and trapeze acts, contortion and amazing acrobatics. Tickets start at $30 and up with family discounts and can be purchased online here. Read our review of the show here.
Have a fun weekend!
