Austin’s newest tennis team, the Austin Aces, will hold a Family Tennis Festival on Saturday, June 14 from 10 am – 1 pm at the Hill Country Galleria Outdoor Amphitheater. This free event will be fun for all ages.
This weekend you can catch some Big Air at X Games, go swimming, see a free movie, check out The Boardwalk or play with tiny animals. Here are our Top 10 Austin Family Events!
Does eating bugs gross you out? Maybe you should reconsider. They are a plentiful, viable source of protein after all, and most of the world is totally cool with it. It’s just the folks from the ol’ US of A, Canada and Europe who hold a taboo against eating insects. The Slow Session & Bug Tasting with Little Herds event at Art.Science.Gallery. might change your mind. Check it out Saturday, June 7 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm.
The Boardwalk at Lady Bird Lake Grand Opening will be Saturday, June 7 at 10 am at Lakeshore Metro Park. Be one of the first to walk the trail and celebrate with performances and activities!
The Splash Bash is free and will be held at the JCC pool on Saturday, June 7, from 10 am – 2 pm. You will be able to enjoy swimming (so necessary!), free sno-cones, inflatables, prizes, and food for purchase.
Do512 Family editor, Jamie Jett, made it out to X Games Austin on Friday, June 6 with her 9-year-old son to celebrate the official start to summer in style. She wanted to share her tips on doing the games with your kids so you can have more fun enjoying the X Games and less time looking for things like water and free stuff.
Saturday morning: you’re in your footie pjs, a bowl of cereal in your lap and cartoons are on TV. Just a passing memory of your youth? Not anymore. Take your kids to the Stephen F. Austin Intercontinental Hotel on Saturday, June 7 from 8 – 10:30 am for the Best Morning Ever: Hasbro Studios Cartoon Breakfast.
The Round Rock Express season is in full swing and with 70+ home games stretched from now until late summer, there’s no reason to not make it out to a couple. Dell Diamond has everything! Enter our giveaway for a chance to win a Flex Plan (9 tickets) and a Jr. Sluggers membership (14 tickets + other perks)!
Everyone loves the long-shot kings and dribbling madmen of the Harlem Globetrotters, and every kid dreams of having their sweet B-ball skills. Kids will have the chance to give it their best shot this summer at the Harlem Globetrotters Summer Skills Clinics, happening June 12 – 16 at two 24 Hour Fitness locations: in Parmer and Pflugerville.
In honor of X Games coming to Austin this weekend (so rad!), Big Frog South Austin will be offering a Free T-Shirt if you swing by the store June 5 – 8. There will be two designs to choose from and if you love it, you can get another one for just $10.
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.