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Do512 and Alamo Drafthouse are bringing Sound & Cinema back to the Long Center this summer! Get ready for free movies and music on the lawn, with the Austin skyline as the backdrop. All events are 100 percent free, 100 percent family-friendly and 100 percent AWESOME.
Austin’s newest tennis team, the Austin Aces, will hold a Family Tennis Festival on Saturday, June 14 from 10 am – 1 pm at the Hill Country Galleria Outdoor Amphitheater. This free event will be fun for all ages.
This weekend you can catch some Big Air at X Games, go swimming, see a free movie, check out The Boardwalk or play with tiny animals. Here are our Top 10 Austin Family Events!
Does eating bugs gross you out? Maybe you should reconsider. They are a plentiful, viable source of protein after all, and most of the world is totally cool with it. It’s just the folks from the ol’ US of A, Canada and Europe who hold a taboo against eating insects. The Slow Session & Bug Tasting with Little Herds event at Art.Science.Gallery. might change your mind. Check it out Saturday, June 7 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm.
The Boardwalk at Lady Bird Lake Grand Opening will be Saturday, June 7 at 10 am at Lakeshore Metro Park. Be one of the first to walk the trail and celebrate with performances and activities!
The Splash Bash is free and will be held at the JCC pool on Saturday, June 7, from 10 am – 2 pm. You will be able to enjoy swimming (so necessary!), free sno-cones, inflatables, prizes, and food for purchase.
Do512 Family editor, Jamie Jett, made it out to X Games Austin on Friday, June 6 with her 9-year-old son to celebrate the official start to summer in style. She wanted to share her tips on doing the games with your kids so you can have more fun enjoying the X Games and less time looking for things like water and free stuff.
Saturday morning: you’re in your footie pjs, a bowl of cereal in your lap and cartoons are on TV. Just a passing memory of your youth? Not anymore. Take your kids to the Stephen F. Austin Intercontinental Hotel on Saturday, June 7 from 8 – 10:30 am for the Best Morning Ever: Hasbro Studios Cartoon Breakfast.
KLRU and Alamo Drafthouse have teamed up to host two red carpet events to premiere 4 episodes of the new PBS show, Space Racers on Saturday, June 7, 10 am at Lakeline, and 9:30 am at Slaughter.
On Thursday, June 5, head down to the State Capital for a FREE BMX and Skateboard competition! The Vert ramp will be at 10th St. and Congress Ave. in front of the Texas State Capitol building.Tony Hawk & Friends will present a 30-minute demo followed by Skateboard and BMX Finals.
Do512 Family is all about what to do in Austin with kids. We love to be out and about in Austin and are always looking for fun things to do with the family.