Happy 3-day weekend and 4th of July, y’all! This weekend you can see plenty of fireworks, play with tiny animals, take a train ride through Hill Country or see a live-action graphic novel. Here are our Top 10 Austin Family events…
Sound & Cinema continues on Wednesday, July 2 at the Long Center with a free screening of “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure” and a performance from The Urban Achievers Brass Band. The fun starts around 6 pm and will continue until about 10:30 pm.
This weekend you can have early July 4th celebrations, see rescue animals, catch an amusing musical, get weird and shop for local produce. Here are our top 10 Austin family events for the weekend…
Weirdos, get ready to celebrate your weird and revel in everyone else’s because it’s time for the Keep Austin Weird Fest & 5K, happening Saturday, June 28 at the Long Center. The fest will start at 2 pm and the 5K is set for 7 pm.
The Hill Country Galleria will host its annual Independence Day Festival on Saturday, June 28 from 4 pm – midnight. Celebrate America with music, food, arts and crafts vendors, rides ,games, fireworks and more. Free admission and free parking!
Summer Film Camp, presented by Austin Film Festival’s Young Filmmakers Program, still has space available in its amazing summer camp full of screenwriting, filmmaking and claymation workshops for ages 9 – 18. Camp will be held at St. Austin Catholic School, with sessions available through August 1.
Families can sign up for the Compressed Air Rocket Workshop at TechShop Round Rock on Saturday, June 21 from 1 – 4 pm and make their own rocket and launcher!
The Cedar Park Rodeo returns to the Cedar Park Center Friday – Sunday June 20 – 22. There will be two days of professional rodeo action on June 20 – 21, and the weekend will finish out with the Professional Bull Riders Touring (PBR) Pro Division on June 22.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center will be hosting Nature Nights every Thursday from 5 – 8 pm (except July 3) until July 24. Nature Nights are fun and interactive explorations of nature at one of the most lovely and kid-friendly places in the city. This program is great fun and makes for an awesome learning experience for kids of all ages. This week celebrates Fossils!
For a whopping 50 cents per child families can expereince local musicians, storytellers, dancers, magicians, mimes and craftspeople. Kids can try their hands at art projects under the Art Tent, experience Ballet Folklorico and Latin Jazz, talk to members of the symphony, and hear them play their instruments.
For a whopping 50 cents per child families can expereince local musicians, storytellers, dancers, magicians, mimes and craftspeople. 50 cents? What year is it anyway? Kids can try their hands at art projects under the Art Tent, experience Ballet Folklorico and Latin Jazz, talk to members of the symphony, and hear them play their instruments.
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.