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.
On Sturday, August 16, from 11:30 am to 4:30 pm, celebrate all things bookie at BookPeople’s National Bookstore Day. This celebration is less about all bookstores in the country and totally, just only about Book People.
Sound & Cinema continues on Wednesday, Aug. 13 at the Long Center with a free screening of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (the 1963 version) and a performance from The Golden Dawn Arkestra. The fun starts around 6 pm and will continue until about 10:30 pm.
Turn your home and garden dreams into a reality and attend the 19th Annual Austin Home and Garden Show, taking place at the Austin Convention Center from Friday, Aug. 15 – Sunday, Aug. 17. You’ll find tons of exhibits in everything from decks, pools, spas, plants, landscape displays and materials, kitchenware and much more, and the kids will have plenty to do in the Kid’s Zone (plus, kids are FREE)!
This weekend you can see a variety of children’s plays, give wakeboarding a go, swing dance, eat tons of ice cream or have a day at the races!
Here are our Top 10 Austin Family events…
“It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.” Celebrate swing music at the American Swing session of Planet Music on Friday, Aug. 8 from 7 – 9 pm at the Dougherty Arts Center. Learn a dance routine and listen to a great band – all for free!
It’s Family Saturday at Laguna Gloria this weekend, Aug. 9 from 11 am – 3 pm. Swing by for family-friendly performances, and a chance to meet local artists and create art to take home.
Get pumped for Shark Week, Aug. 10 – 17 at Terra Toys where you can have a BITING good time, ever day from 9 am – 8 pm.
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.