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.
This weekend, Save Our Springs Alliance hosts a full day of fun at Austin’s beloved Barton Springs at the 2nd Annual Barton Springs Fest. Come and celebrate the day in 1992 when the City Council adopted the citizen-initiated Save Our Springs Ordinance with eco-tours, poetry, kids activities, live music, and – of course – a dip in the sweet, cool waters of the springs.
On Saturday, August 9 from 1 – 3 pm, swing by Learning Express Toys of Bee Cave for a special Meet and Greet with Elsa from the hit movie, “Frozen”.
Get ready for the upcoming school year with The Little Gym’s Community Night. Friday, August 8, from 4:30 – 6 pm. Take this chance to check out everything The Little Gym South Austin has to offer for free, plus play games and take advantage of discounts.
Come out to Central Texas Speedway to experience the best in extreme side-by-side racing at The Affordable 250 Races and Budweiser Music Series on Saturday, Aug. 9 at 3 pm.
Pop Quiz:
Our favorite 80’s cartoon was …
a. Original My Little Pony
b. He-Man
c. Jem and the Holograms
d. How can we pick one when they were all so excellent?
Celebrate them all at the new art exhibit from Guzu Gallery – Children of the 80’s: An Art Exhibition Celebrating Cartoons and Toys from the Raddest Decade Ever.
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.