🎉 Notables 🎉
🕹️ Pop-Up Parcade Opens Friday, Jun 26 | Runs Fridays through Sundays through August 9; 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Red Morton Park (next to the Armory), 939 Valota Rd, Redwood City | 👨👩👧👦 All Ages | 💵 $0.25/credit (2–4 credit minimum) | Info
Classic arcade fun with video games, skeeball, and plenty of chances to beat your best score!
Saturday, June 27
🚴 Smart Cycling Part 1 | 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM | San Mateo Public Library (Oak Room), San Mateo | 👨👩👧👦 All Ages | 💵 Free | 📋 Registration Required | Info
Learn proper bike and helmet fitting, how to check your bike's safety, the rules of the road, and practical riding techniques. It's like driver's ed, but for bikes!
🌻 Garden Party Family Storytime! | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | Atherton Library, Atherton | 🧒 Ages 0–11 | 💵 Free | Info
Celebrate the opening of the new Children's Garden! Stories, songs, and movement for the first 30 minutes, followed by outdoor Stay and Play in the new garden for practicing sharing and socializing.
🦋 Very Hungry Butterfly Hike | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Russian Ridge Parking Area, Skyline Ridge Preserve | 👨👩👧👦 All Ages | 💵 Free | Info
A leisurely, family-friendly hike along the Ipiwa Trail searching for butterflies that may have metamorphosed from the caterpillars spotted in February. Bring a light snack for the trail!
🚗 🌷 Gabby's Dollhouse Fairylandia Tour | 9:30 AM – 4:15 PM | San Francisco Botanical Garden, San Francisco | 🧒 Ages 2–8 (all welcome) | 💵 Garden Admission (Free for kids 4 & under) | 📋 Free RSVP required for meet & greet | Info
Meet Gabby in her Fairylandia attire, make a Kitty Fairy crown and terrarium, and enjoy Fairy Primrose and Her Magic Flower puppet shows at 10 AM & 12 PM. On Saturday, catch Harmonic Drift, a rolling interactive percussion playground!
🦜 Happy Birds at Hiller Aviation Museum | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Hiller Aviation Museum, 601 Skyway Rd, San Carlos | 👨👩👧👦 All Ages | 💵 Museum Admission (Members Free) | Info
An elite team of parrots, macaws, and cockatoos takes wing for a dazzling performance of wild and trained behaviors! These avian stars have appeared on The Tonight Show, Pet Star, and The Ellen Show — watch them sing opera, cry like a baby, and perform "Clementine." Arrive early for best seating.
🤸 Nikki Borodi and The Muscle | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Downtown Library, Redwood City | 👨👩👧👦 All Ages | 💵 Free | Info
Amazing acrobatic storytelling — Nikki Borodi plays the ukulele, performs a balancing act, and sings, all at the same time!
🌊 Seaside Story Hour with Marine Science Institute | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Redwood Shores Branch Library, Redwood City | 🧒 Grades K–5 | 💵 Free | Info
This month's theme: Sharks! Learn all about ocean life with the Marine Science Institute. Limited to 30 children.
🥁 Unique Derique: Comedy, Juggling & Hambone Show | 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM | Atherton Library, Atherton | 👨👩👧👦 All Ages | 💵 Free | Info
Celebrate Juneteenth with the legendary Unique Derique! A brief Hambone Body Percussion history lesson followed by a high-energy comedy juggling show with audience participation.
🍦 Ice Cream Social and Free Book Exchange | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Atherton Library, Atherton | 👨👩👧👦 All Ages | 💵 Free | Info
A sweet afternoon of stories and scoops on the patio! Enjoy free ice cream while browsing and swapping gently used books. Bring a book, take a book — that simple.
🎨 Free Art Project at Magical Bridge Playground | 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Magical Bridge Playground, Redwood City | 👨👩👧👦 All Abilities | 💵 Free | Info
Drop-in art projects in the Kindness Corner, first come first served. Child-minded projects welcoming all abilities. Weather permitting.
📚 Summerween! | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM | San Mateo Main Library , San Mateo | 👨👩👧👦 All Ages | 💵 Free | Info
Summer Halloween! Watch the Summerween episode, hear winning scary stories from the Summer Scary Story Contest, do a scavenger hunt, and create Mad Science in the Makerspace. Costumes strongly encouraged!
🎨 Summer Henna Magic | 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | North Fair Oaks Library, North Fair Oaks | 👨👩👧👦 All Ages | 💵 Free | Info
Local artist Swati applies beautiful henna designs! First-come, first-served.
🎵 Farmer Arann Music | 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Palo Alto Downtown Library, Palo Alto | 🧒 Best for ages 10 & under | 💵 Free | Info
Music, movement, and farm rhythms in an engaging sing-a-long with shakers, guitar, and Farmer Arann's signature Big Green Drum.
🎸 Twilight Concert Series: Heartless (Heart Tribute Band) | 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM (approx.) | Mitchell Park, Palo Alto | 👨👩👧👦 All Ages | 💵 Free | Info
California's premier Heart Tribute Band takes you on a musical journey from the 1970s to today! Food truck fare provided by El Amanecer Taqueria.
🎻 Redwood Symphony — Classical on the Square | 7:00 PM | Courthouse Square, Redwood City | 👨👩👧👦 All Ages | 💵 Free | Info
Redwood Symphony's 41st season continues with classical masterpieces and contemporary pieces. Bring lawn chairs and enjoy a beautiful outdoor introduction to classical music for the whole family!
🗓️ Want more options? Find the full list of recurring events here, like open sewing time, free art projects, various story times, and much more.
Sunday, June 28
🪀 Cave Adventures with CaveSim | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Brisbane Community Park, Brisbane | 👨👩👧👦 Ages 3+ | 💵 Free | Info
60+ feet of realistic cave tunnels, a 12-foot caving tower, cave rescue practice, and bat biology games — held outdoors this time! Best for ages 5+; ages 3–4 may explore with an adult.
🫧 Bubble Bonanza at Hiller Aviation Museum | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos | 👨👩👧👦 All Ages | 💵 Museum Admission (Members Free) | Info
Explore the science of surface tension at hands-on outdoor bubble stations — experiment with bubble shapes, sizes, and colors. Included with museum admission.
♻️ RethinkWaste Summer Swap 2026 | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM | RethinkWaste Administrative Office, San Carlos | 👨👩👧👦 All Ages | 💵 Free | Info
Donate, swap, or pick up gently used summer gear — beach chairs, kites, coolers, sports balls, and more. No registration needed, wheelchair accessible, rain or shine.
🎭 Pop and Go Puppets: Wildspaces! | 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Menlo Park Library, Menlo Park | 🧒 Ages 0–11 | 💵 Free | Info
The 9th Annual Menlo Park Puppetry Festival kicks off! Scamper Squirrel's tree is about to be torn down by bulldozers in this forest farce full of shady characters — the audience's help is needed to save the day.
🪴 Apricot STEM Fair | 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM | Los Altos History Museum, 51 So. San Antonio Road, Los Altos | 👨👩👧👦 All Ages | 💵 Free | Info
Meet an orchardist, extract DNA from apricots and strawberries, see a robotics demo, learn about bee dances and see a live hive, and chat with ham radio operators.
🎷 Dr. David Hart and the Zookeepers — Jazz for Kids | 11:00 AM | Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University | 👨👩👧👦 All Ages | 💵 $20 Adult / $12 Child (Members $12/$4) | Info
An interactive jazz experience for kids and families! Sing, clap, and groove while exploring instruments and rhythm with acclaimed trumpet player Dr. David Hart, who has performed alongside jazz legends and at major festivals nationwide.
🎸 Courthouse Square Watch Party | 12:00 PM | Courthouse Square, Redwood City | 👨👩👧👦 All Ages | 💵 Free (Fan Zone add-ons available) | Info
Watch the match live on the big screen! Choose from Match Viewing only, Fan Zone Match Day (beer & wine sales, cornhole, inflatable play), or the full Fan Zone + Youth Interactive Zone with climbing walls, lawn games, and slacklines.
🎶 Belmont Summer Concert Series — Dennis Johnson and the Revelators | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Twin Pines Park, Belmont | 👨👩👧👦 All Ages | 💵 Free | Info
Rockin' Roots & Blues! Bring blankets or lawn chairs — BBQ, snacks, and drinks available for purchase (cash only). Part of a 7-week Sunday concert series running through early August.
🗓️ Want more options? Find the full list of recurring events here, like LEGO robotics, coding club, Michael’s store crafts, storytimes, and more!
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