Have the perfect family weekend with the best Bay Area roundup including great performances, fun festivals and nature programs.

Friday, April 5, 2019

6th Annual Holi Festival Celebration

• 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

• San Ramon (map)

The Holi Festival (Colorful Festival) is expected to attract more than 1,500 attendees this year and it is FREE to attend!

You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Revised

• 8:00 PM - 2:00 PM

• Novato Theater Company (map)

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Revised, takes us through Charlie’s ordinary day with all his friends.  From the Baseball Game to Valentine’s Day, they experience friendship, frustration and the joys of being a kid!  The all-adult cast brings all of Charles Shultz’s fun and comical characters to life in their challenging journey through childhood.

Saturday, April 6, 2019

Introduction To Birding 2 

• 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

• China Camp State Park, Turtleback Trailhead (map)

Learn how to identify common birds in the field and how to effectively use binoculars and bird identification guides. We will explore birds of the oak woodland habitat and marsh, seeing  raptors, bushtits, wrens, and much more!

Olompali State Historic Park Bird Walk

• 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

• Olompali State Historic Park (map)

Beginning and experienced birders are invited to join leaders Janet Bodle and Rich Cimino ofYellowbilled Tours to view Olompali’s diverse avian residents as we walk the old ranch road to the park's reservoir. 

Coffee With A Ranger

• 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

• Mount Burdell Preserve, Novato (map)

Ever wonder what it’s like to be a Park Ranger? Want to get expert hiking or biking tips? Curious about coyotes and other wildlife in our preserves? Get answers to these questions and more when you stop by and meet your local park rangers. 

Fun Family Fitness Class

• 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

• Mill Valley Recreation (map)

Join Coach Tilda for a fun workout for the entire family! 

Flour Craft First Anniversary Party!

• 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

• Mill Valley (map)

Enjoy live music from local band Festival Speed Bluegrass, activities for kids and adults, and plenty of cake.

Headlands History Hike

• 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

• Point Bonita YMCA (map)

Join us as we participate in the global movement of Healthy Parks Healthy People to inspire healthy and active fun while taking care of our parks!

Expanding Your Horizons

• 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

• Santa Rosa Junior College (map)

Expanding Your Horizons is an event to increase the awareness of young women and their parents of the importance of adequate preparation in math and science. 

Tartan Day Scottish Faire

• 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

• Ardenwood Historic Farm (map)

Throw on your kilt and celebrate Tartan Day with music, Scottish dancing, bagpipes, handmade crafts, historical re-enactments, and Highland athletics. Local Scottish clans and societies will share their rich culture and colorful heritage.

Family Farm Days

• 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

• Slide Ranch (map)

Family Farm Days are exciting four-hour programs from 10:00am - 2:00pm featuring a variety of nature exploration, craft, farm and cooking activities related to the day's theme. Discover Slide Ranch's feathered, furry and wooly friends with your whole family.

Press Here, The Musical

• 10:30 AM, 1:30 PM  & 4:00 PM

• BACT Berkeley Center (map)

Colorful dots cavort and juggle onstage, while audience members take an ever-changing, magical journey with the actors in this original production of Press Here the Musical, inspired by Hervé Tullet's award-winning picture book, Press Here, about the power of imagination and interactivity.

2019 Touch A Truck

• 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

• San Francisco Presidio Civil War Lawn (map)

Family friendly San Francisco event for kids to explore climb and touch trucks and vehicles.

Berkeley Bay Festival 

• 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

• Shoreline Park (map)

Enjoy hands-on educational activities and learn about organizations helping to protect the Bay and its wildlife.

Rock Balancing Gathering San Francisco 12th Edition

• 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

• San Francisco (map)

Free to the public --- All welcome --- Instruction provided.

Mark Foehringer’s Alice In Wonderland

• 11:00 AM & 2:00 PM

• Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center (map)

Enjoy this 50 minute dance theater version of Alice in Wonderland with colorful sets, costumes and puppets. 

Family Art Making

• 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

• de Young museum (map)

Family Art Making offers a free, drop-in art project led by professional teaching artists. 

Mad Hatter Tea Party

• 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

• Falkirk Cultural Center (map)

Make a date for tea with Alice, the March Hare, Door Mouse and Mad Hatter for a decidedly unique and unorthodox tea party complete with tea sandwiches, hot chocolate, and desserts. 

Kids’ Paint & Grow Garden Box

• 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

• McNears Beach Park (map)

Kids will have fun decorating and personalizing their own garden box and will learn the skills to earn their own “green thumb”. 

Wag Hotels' 10th Annual Easter Egg Hunt For Dogs-Oakland

• 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

• Shoreline Park, Alameda (map)

Bring your furry friend and join us for our 10th Annual Easter Egg Hunt for Dogs to benefit Humane Society Silicon Valley! 

Frozen Sing-Along

• 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM

• Castro Theatre (map)

Warm up your vocal chords, Frozen-atics. It’s time to get ready for Frozen 2 by joining Anna & Elsa in song and “Let It Go” with your kindred spirits.

North Bay Mobile Drive-In: Spider-Man (2002)

• 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

• Old Hamilton Theater Building (map)

We're back and better than ever. Welcome to the 1st show of the 2019 season. Come join us for the excellent 2002 version of Spider-Man directed by Sam Raimi and starring Toby Maguire and Kirsten Dunst

Sunday, April 7, 2019

Learn To Ride

• 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

• Stafford Lake Bike Park (map)

Learn to ride pump tracks and rollers with a ranger at the Stafford Lake Bike Park. A limited amount of bicycles and helmets will be available on a first come, first-served basis.

Stinky Tales - Featuring Doug Zesiger

• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

• Sweetwater Music Hall (map)

Stinky Tales with Doug Zesiger: "Storytelling bringing big laughs while teaching empathy and confidence to 3-6 year olds."

Press Here, The Musical

• 10:30 AM, 11:00 AM  & 2:00 PM

• BACT Berkeley Center (map)

Colorful dots cavort and juggle onstage, while audience members take an ever-changing, magical journey with the actors in this original production of Press Here the Musical, inspired by Hervé Tullet's award-winning picture book, Press Here, about the power of imagination and interactivity.

Gold: The Midas Musical

• 11:00 AM  & 2:00 PM

• BACT Berkeley Center (map)

A modern musical re-telling of the Greek legend of King Midas who learns a valuable lesson about family when the gods grant him the power to turn everything into gold.

Mark Foehringer’s Alice In Wonderland

• 11:00 AM & 2:00 PM

• Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center (map)

Enjoy this 50 minute dance theater version of Alice in Wonderland with colorful sets, costumes and puppets. 

YBike Learn To Ride Program

• 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

• Presidio (map)

Get your kids riding on two wheels with free, safe, and friendly instruction from the Presidio Community Y. Bikes and equipment are provided. All ages are welcome; no reservations required. Co-sponsored by the Presidio Trust.

Presidio Picnic

• 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

• Main Parade Ground (map)

Multi-cultural community celebration unveils new mobile food creators and cultural dance groups at San Francisco’s Presidio National Park.

Nature Hike

• 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

• Vallejo Home Parking Lot (map)

Get out for an early spring hike along the lower Montini Preserve Trail.

Mad Hatter Tea Party

• 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

• Falkirk Cultural Center (map)

Make a date for tea with Alice, the March Hare, Door Mouse and Mad Hatter for a decidedly unique and unorthodox tea party complete with tea sandwiches, hot chocolate, and desserts. 

Berkeley: Eggster Egghunt & Learning Festival

• 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

• Campanile Esplanade (Sather Tower), UC Berkeley (map)

Egg Hunts are constantly running within the duration of the event as long as we have volunteers to staff them to ensure everything runs smoothly. 

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