Sacramento family events
30 upcoming. Family-friendly events in Sacramento, Roseville, Elk Grove and Folsom: libraries, museums, parks and festivals for young kids.
TomorrowSaturday, November 7
9am to 3pmFree
Maidu Museum & Historic Site, Roseville, CAA family-friendly outdoor fair where kids can meet Native artisans, see handmade jewelry, pottery and carvings, and explore the museum exhibits on Nisenan Maidu history and culture.
10am to 1pmFree
Discovery Park, Sacramento, CAA free festival at Discovery Park where the American and Sacramento rivers meet, with live music, cultural performances and kids activities celebrating clean water and the environment.
10 to 11am, every Saturday
Franklin Library, Elk Grove, CAA Saturday storytime for young children with songs, rhymes, movement activities and stories that support early learning skills.
10 to 11:30am, one of 2 dates
Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library, Sacramento, CAA Saturday storytime for young children with songs, rhymes, movement activities and picture-book stories that build early learning skills.
10 to 11:30am, through Nov 8
Historic Folsom Ice Rink, Folsom, CAOpening weekend of the outdoor Historic Folsom Ice Rink season, which runs November 7 to January 18. Families skate 90-minute sessions around the plaza Christmas tree, with fireside seating and s'mores kits available. The times listed are the first public session of the day; further sessions start every two hours.
10:30 to 11am, every Saturday
Colonial Heights Library, Sacramento, CAA half-hour storytime in Spanish and English with stories, songs, rhymes and movement for young children and their caregivers.
10:30 to 11am, every Saturday
Central Library, Kid's Place (Lower Level), Sacramento, CAA gentle half-hour for babies and caregivers with shared singing, movement, book sharing and bonding time in the Central Library children's area.
10:30 to 11:30am, every Saturday
North Natomas Library, Sacramento, CAA Saturday storytime for young children with songs, rhymes, movement activities and picture-book stories that build early learning skills.
11am to 3pmFree
Sacramento History Museum, Sacramento, CAA free family festival celebrating the opening of the Sacramento Japantown exhibit, with food, entertainment, cultural demonstrations, hands-on activities, community resources and a children's zone inside and outside the museum. Museum admission is free all day.
1 to 3pmFree
Mahany Fitness Center, Roseville, CAA dinosaur afternoon for kids with a dinosaur-themed magic show, a sand fossil dig, dinosaur crafts and a selfie with a T-Rex. Parent participation is required.
1 to 4pm
California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAA community celebration inside the railroad museum with a family craft activity and resource tables in the lobby from 1 to 4 pm, plus talks and a book signing about Biddy Mason's life for older family members.
1:30 to 2:30pm, through Nov 8
SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity (MOSAC), Design Lab, Sacramento, CAA one-hour beginner and family-friendly makerspace workshop where kids design, build and customize their own marble maze with simple tools and a laser cutter, then take the toy home. Tickets are available at the front desk on the day.
2 to 3:30pm
Rio Linda Library, Rio Linda, CAA Saturday afternoon of free building with LEGO bricks at the Rio Linda Library. The library provides the bricks and kids bring their creativity to build whatever they imagine.
2 to 3pm, every Saturday
Southgate Library, Sacramento, CAA Saturday session where kids explore hands-on STEAM activities and projects across science, technology, engineering, art and math in the Southgate Library meeting room.
5 to 6pm
Take Note Troupe Studio Theater, Roseville, CAA one-hour children's theater musical performed by elementary and junior high students, bringing the Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant and the Whos of Whoville to life with songs about imagination and standing up for others. Note: the organizer's URL slug says 11-6 but the page itself is the November 7, 5:00 pm show.
SundayNovember 8
10am to 3pmFree
Royer Park, Roseville, CAA free family-friendly outdoor celebration of the Chinook salmon spawning run, with guided walks to Dry Creek to see the salmon, conservation group booths and the grand opening of a large new mural showing the Dry Creek salmon life cycle.
ThursdayNovember 12
9:30am and 10:30amFree
Maidu Library, Roseville, CAA dinosaur-themed storytime for young children, followed by a close look at real fossils on loan from the Sierra College Natural History Museum, including fossilized algae, plants, coral, gastropods and shells.
SaturdayNovember 14
2 to 3pm
Rancho Cordova Library, Sacramento, CAA second-Saturday session where kids explore hands-on STEAM activities and projects across science, technology, engineering, art and math.
2 to 3pm
Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, Sacramento, CAAuthor Dr. JaNay Brown-Wood reads from her new book Acacia: A Rapunzel Tale, a modern retelling of the classic fairytale. Kids can create fairytale self-portraits and meet a real princess.
3 to 4:30pm
North Natomas Library, Sacramento, CAA second-Saturday drop-in LEGO building session where the library provides the bricks and kids provide the creativity, building whatever they imagine.
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