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Celebrate our Mexican free-tailed bat colony at the 10th Annual Bat Fest on Saturday, Aug. 23 from 4 pm – midnight on the Congress Ave. Bridge. Dress up your little bats for a costume contest, hear live music, check out arts and crafts, eat awesome food and enjoy children’s activities.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey present Built to Amaze!, coming to the Frank Erwin Center Aug. 20 – 24, and we have 4 tickets to give away!
This weekend you can take a free family yoga class, see dogs perform magical tricks and circus feats, ice skate in a shark costume, play retro video games, get crafty or join Robin Hood and his pranksters. Here are our Top 10 Austin Family Events.
Celebrate the biggest RETRO video game convention in Texas at Classic Game Fest Saturday, Aug. 16 and Sunday, Aug. 17! The Palmer Event Center will be full of classic old school games and systems so the family can play the day away. Save your quarters, because arcade games and systems will be on free-play!
Sunday, Aug. 17, head to Woodridge Square Park at 9:30 am for some Free Family Yoga with the lovely instructors from The Little Yoga House.
Rejoice, movie fans. The Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar and The Highball will both re-open their doors to the public this Saturday, August 16! Located in the newly coined “Lamar Union” complex in South Austin, the theater will be open in time to host Fantastic Fest 2014 and the Austin opening of director Michel Gondry’s highly anticipated new film, Mood Indigo.
It’s Back to School time, and while you’re running around trying to get everything taken care of for the littles in your life, it’s oh-so-easy to forget about yourself. Well, we didn’t forget about you!
Take the night off and leave the kiddos at The Little Yoga House from 5 – 9 pm for Kids Night Out on Friday, Aug. 15.
It’s Shark Week! Celebrate the beast of the sea at the Shark Week Skating Party at Chaparral Ice Centers on Friday, Aug. 15 from 6:30 – 9:30 pm.
If you’ve been down to Ladybird Lake in the morning, you may have seen a lot of people on stand up paddleboards. It’s officially a “thing” to do this summer. And this weekend, historic Bastrop is hosting the SUP (Stand Up Paddleboard) Cup, a whole weekend of water races and activities from Friday August 15 to Sunday August 17.
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.