This weekend you can see some amazing art, enjoy holiday cheer at a light show, meet Star Wars characters at a toy & comic show, bounce on trampolines as you listen to a free concert from Joe McDermott, fill your bowls with soup to help fight hunger in Austin, ride the rails aboard the Austin Steam Train — and much much more!

 

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Here are our Top Austin Family Events…

— Check out an awesome art installation at the Long Center! Architects of Air is back in Austin with their latest amazing luminarium design: Pentalum. You and the kids will get to walk through an inflated structure with domes and tunnels and geometric features reminiscent of a kaleidoscope. Admission to this luminarium is $12 for ages 18 & up, $8 for ages 3-17 and free for kids 2 & under. It opens today but you can check it out through Sunday, Nov. 29 (except Thanksgiving day.) Hours are weekdays from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. and weekends from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

— Get into the spirit of the season by with a hot cup of cocoa and the amazing Christmas Light Show at Mozart’s Coffee Roasters! Music and lights are choreographed in a most entertaining display. Shows last about 15 minutes, start at 6 p.m. and run every hour on the hour until midnight. Free to watch!

 

— Check out the annual Austin’s Toy & Comic Show at the Norris Conference Center from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Meet Star Wars characters and Texas Power Rangers. See the Batmobile and Herbie the Love Bug. Come swap, buy & sell vintage toys, comic books, lunchboxes and other collectibles. Tickets are $5 for ages 13 & up, which you can buy at the door. Kids ages 12 & under are free with an adult. Plus, you can click here for a coupon for a FREE comic book!

— Looking for some indoor fun? Take the kids over to Pinballz Arcade where they’ll be celebrating their 5th birthday with a Rock ‘N’ Roll Birthday Bash. They are hosting a KISS pinball tournament starting at 1 p.m. and ending with birthday cake and free beer (for ages 21+) at 7 p.m. And when you click here to RSVP for the party, you can get $5 worth of tokens free when you buy $20.

— Stop by the Grand Opening Party of Springfree Trampoline at The Domain from 1- 4 p.m. where you can let the kids test out some trampolines and enjoy a free children’s concert from Joe McDermott at 2 p.m. Refreshments will also be provided.

— Have a uniquely Texican experience at the Three Amigos Quote-Along from the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at The Salt Lick. Lone Star beer, Salt Lick Barbeque, and mariachi music make this a really fun time in Driftwood. You can choose to buy tickets that include food or just the movie and music. Click here to view your ticket options. Food is served at 5:30 p.m. with music starting at 6:30 p.m. and the movie commencing at 7:30 p.m.

— Enjoy a stroll along Waller Creek between 5th St. & 8th St. to check out the closing night of the free Creek Show in which Waller Creek transforms into a walkable community space from 6-10 p.m. featuring five illuminating works of art. Staff from the Thinkery will be on-site tonight with free hands-on activities for kids until 8 p.m.!