Bay Area Family Fun

This week's lineup offers hands-on fun for all ages in San Jose and Menlo Park.

• Farm Day Family Winery dinner class on July 24 features seasonal...

East Bay Hands-On Museum

• Habitot Children's Museum: Habitot Children's Museum at 1569 Solano Ave, Berkeley offers hands-on exhibits for ages...

San Jose's Little Portugal offers family-friendly Holy Ghost festas with communal sopas meals and processions that welcome all generations.

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Habitot Children's Museum in Berkeley offers hands-on exhibits designed for kids ages eight months to seven years. The popular waterworks station is where families lose track of time through interactive play.

Summer Nights at Filoli offers evening garden access from 5-8 PM on July 22-23 at Filoli Historic House & Garden, featured as a family-friendly outdoor event on the Peninsula.

San Francisco's expanded SF Live Arts platform now includes museums and galleries, giving Bay Area families easy access to interactive event maps,...

The Open Sauce Festival at San Mateo County Event Center is drawing tens of thousands for a giant, interactive science fair where families can touch...

Movies on the Square turns Courthouse Square into a free open-air cinema every Thursday starting June 4 for 14 weeks, making it an ideal multigenerational Bay Area summer outing. Shows begin at 8:00PM and welcome all ages.

World Cup watch parties energized downtown San Jose, raising the question of how the city can sustain that community momentum for families and ongoing local activities.

New Family Events

• 🔥 Touch A Truck: South San Francisco hosts a free all-ages event with fire engines, emergency vehicles, and city trucks plus...

San Jose skips big one-off festivals for a reliable weekly loop that families can build around all summer.

• Thursday Japantown: Gordon Biersch Night...

Gather your family for an out-of-this-world STEM adventure at Chabot Space Center's Space Week Festival on August 1, featuring direct chats with...

This weekend offers plenty of multigenerational fun across the region.

• Kids Bowl Free gives families two free games daily through early August at...

Kids Bowl Free offers 2 free games daily at select alleys this summer.

• Locations span Antioch, Castro Valley, Concord, Daly City, Dublin, Livermore,...

South San Francisco families can let young kids climb and explore real fire engines and city vehicles for free at Touch A Truck this Saturday. The...

The first Aloha Music & Arts Festival lands at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds July 31-Aug. 1, offering free family fun with live Hawaiian music,...

The Bug Lady brings live insects for a hands-on educational session on July 23, letting kids and adults see, touch, and learn why bugs are amazing and important. This community event runs 10 a.m.-12 p.m. as part of the July calendar.

San Jose's Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum stands out with over 4,000 artifacts, one of North America's largest Egyptian collections.

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Family Festivals

• Pistahan Parade and Festival: The 33rd Annual Pistahan Parade and Festival returns to Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco on...

Measure C has distributed $53 million in emergency grants to providers serving over 15,000 children, plus $10M for family caregivers and $12M for...