This weekend you can see monster trucks, follow Robin Hood through the Sherwood Forest, play laser tag all night long, eat an insane amount of salsa and much, much more.
Here are our Top 10 Austin Family Events…
Get boutique items at clearance prices at the Le Garage Boutique Sale this weekend! Shop til you drop at the Palmer Events Center from 11 am – 6 pm on Saturday, Aug. 23, and noon – 5 pm on Sunday, Aug. 24.
Here we are, limping through another August that is simply way too hot. But that means it’s time for the annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival! Come down to Fiesta Gardens on Sunday, Aug. 24 from 11 am – 5 pm for one of the best free weekend events of the year.
Get your groove on at the Come Dance! event at Ballet Austin on Sunday, Aug. 24 and take advantage of free classes, refreshments, snacks, giveaways and special offerings.
Sound & Cinema continues on Wednesday, Aug. 20 at the Long Center with a free screening of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and a performance from The Octopus Project. The fun starts around 6 pm and will continue until about 10:30 pm.
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.
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.
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.
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.