All events are subject to change. Please confirm with the event organizer before attending.
March 2021
The Flower Fields in Carlsbad
MARCH 1 - MAY 9: Discover North San Diego's world-renowned spring experience for the past 40 years. Stroll through 50 acres of giant, colorful ranunculus flowers. New this year, is their 2 acre U-Pick Blueberry Patch. Take an antique tractor tour around the fields, visit the gardens, maze and more.
Nature Detectives Spring Camp at El Dorado Nature Center in Long Beach
MARCH 16 - APRIL 15: Is your child up for the challenge to solve a Nature Center mystery? The City of Long Beach is offering an after school camp program called Nature Detectives, at El Dorado Nature Center for Kindergarten-5th Grade. As detectives, kids will use their observational skills, conduct research, and make new discoveries while exploring the trails.
Eggstravaganza at Downtown Disney District
MARCH 15 - APRIL 18: Recruit your peeps for the ultimate springtime tradition—a family-friendly "egg" hunt held at Downtown Disney. Pick up a game board and stickers for $7.99, hunt for hidden "eggs", then return your game board to redeem one of 6 collectible eggs.
Springtime on Underwood Farms in Moorpark
MARCH 20 - APRIL 11: Celebrate Springtime on the Farm with more than 50 acres to visit and numerous activities. Enjoy distanced visits with the Easter Bunny, tractor-drawn wagon rides, trike trail, giant eggs and numerous photo opps, hay pyramids, spacious Egg Hunt, baby animal feeding and petting, trains, egg dying, and lots more!
Knott’s Egg-citing Easter Hunt
THROUGH MAY 2: Participate in Knott's Egg-citing Easter Hunt during Knott's Taste of Boysenberry Festival. This park-wide challenge will send you on a quest to help the Easter Bunny. Can you find all of the missing Easter goodies around the park? Also, visit the Easter Bunny at the Charles M. Schulz Theatre and catch Snoopy Bunny in Camp Snoopy. Ask for the Easter Hunt card upon entry.
Experience Spring at Roger’s Gardens in Corona del Mar
MARCH 19 - MAY 9: Celebrate the Spring season at Roger's Gardens! Discover the world of nature, gardening and home décor inspirations. Bring nature and beauty into your garden and home.
Mission: Spring Adventure at San Diego Zoo
MARCH 27 - APRIL 11: Join the San Diego Zoo for Mission: Spring Adventure. It's a mission to explore the world of wildlife, a mission to learn about conservation, and a mission to enjoy some well-earned, safe family time!
April 2021
SOAR: Tropical Butterflies at South Coast Botanic Garden
APRIL 1 - JULY 31: Visit South Coast Botanic Garden for this new exhibit featuring an immersive butterfly pavilion, an emergence chamber with caterpillars and pupae, and new garden plantings of tulips, pollinators, and other butterfly-attracting flowers.
Earth Day Scavenger Hunt at MainPlace Mall
APRIL 1-25: Visit MainPlace Mall for their Earth Day Scavenger Hunt! Enter to win a tote bag filled with goodies and a $500 gift card to a mall retailer of your choice.
Sugar Rush: Open-Air, Walk-Through Family Adventure
APRIL 2 - MAY 2: Enjoy a 50,000+ square foot oasis flooded with colorfully sweet installations, oversized props, art displays, custom parade floats, whimsical sets, countless photo ops, performances, immersive tunnels, geodesic domes, and multiple candy-powered interactions.
Los Alamitos Spring Camp
APRIL 5-9: Camp for children (ages 5-12) has games, crafts, snacks, and fun activities
Neptune’s Mysteries Spring-Break Camp at Ocean Institute
APRIL 5-9: Ages 5-7 become scientific investigators to unravel the mysteries of the ecosystems in Dana Point!
Butterfly Pavilion at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles
MARCH 11 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2021: Butterflies are taking flight at the museum! Walk among beautiful butterflies in our seasonal Butterfly Pavilion. This springtime exhibition features hundreds of butterflies, colorful native plants, and plenty of natural light to help you see these creatures shimmer.
Seven Seas Food Festival at SeaWorld San Diego
SELECT DATES, MARCH 5 - MAY 2: Sip and sample your way around the world of international flavors, craft beers and wines, and enjoy live musical performances along the way. Enjoy over 125 food and drink options from around the world.
Taste of Boysenberry Festival – Knott’s Berry Farm
SELECT DATES, MARCH 5 - MAY 2: While the theme park remains closed, the food and merchandise-focused outdoor event offers over 80 boysenberry-infused food and drink items. You'll also find handmade and personalized gifts from over 20 artisan local crafters offering unique boysenberry items.
Skatedogs: Skateboarding Spring Break Camp in Irvine & Long Beach
APRIL 5-9: Whether you are just learning or ready to learn advanced tricks, this camp is right for you. Make new friends, play games, win prizes, advance your skills and most importantly, have fun in their private skatepark.
Build ‘N Play Days at LEGOLAND
SELECT DATES, MARCH 5 - MAY 2: Enjoy LEGOLAND's most popular outdoor playgrounds, including Hideaways in Castle Hill and DUPLO Playtown. Young builders can take part in special building activities, design their own LEGO minifigure cut out, or test their luck in the I-Spy Miniland U.S.A. Scavenger Hunt.
Taste of Universal at Universal Studios Hollywood
APRIL 1 and 8-9: Come enjoy Taste of Universal, an all-new separately ticketed, limited-time event that serves up a day of shopping and outdoor dining throughout the Upper Lot of Universal Studios Hollywood. Savor the flavors of exceptional food from the restaurants of some of your favorite lands.
STEM Fun with Shared Science at Rancho Los Cerritos
FRIDAY, APRIL 9: Shared Science will be onsite at Rancho Los Cerritos for Optical Illusions STEM fun! Students will learn about stereoscopes, thaumatropes, and create their own stop-action films using iPads. This activity is designed for grades Kindergarten through 5th grade.
Neon Jump Night at Rockin’ Jump OC in Santa Ana
EVERY FRIDAY & SATURDAY: Visit Rockin' Jump OC for Neon Jump Night featuring special strobes, black lights, and music. Wear white or glow-in-the-dark outfits to stand out. Pricer per jumper is $21 for 2 hours.
Whole Family Yoga – LA County Arboretum
SATURDAYS, JANUARY 16 - MAY 1: This gentle, all-levels yoga series explores a nature-based theme each week with a correlating technique. Bring your own mats and blankets.
Flying Miz Daisy Outdoor Vintage Market at OC Fair & Event Center
SATURDAY, ARPIL 10: Shop Orange County’s premier Outdoor Vintage Market featuring more than 150 vendors offering vintage, antique, repurposed, European, farmhouse, industrial and hand-crafted artisan goods.
Kayak Harbor Tour with Ocean Institute
SATURDAY, APRIL 10 & 24: Join the Ocean Institute for a 2-hour interactive kayak tour around the Dana Point harbor. Learn about the history of the harbor and its unique ecosystem from one of their expert Naturalists.
Kids Art Lesson, Contest, & Free Whale Watching with Dana Wharf Whale Watching
SATURDAYS, JANUARY 23 - APRIL 24: Kids receive an art lesson (via video feed) from renowned environmental artist, Wyland, and a free 2-hour whale watching adventure!
Winter WonderSLAMMED Car Show at Southern California Railway Museum in Perries
SUNDAY, APRIL 10: We Play Loud will be hosting a crime fighting-themed event with some very special guests. Enjoy a scavenger hunt, snacks, and an exciting playground to climb and slide on! Costumes encouraged!
Spooksieboo at The GardenWalk
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 17, and 24: Enjoy Halloween-themed pop-up shops, artwork, and food trucks in themed sections: Halloween Town, Artist Alley, and Fantasyland Art Gallery.
Weekend Scenic Train Excursions – Fillmore & Western Railway
SATURDAYS, FEBRUARY 13 - MARCH 27: Enjoy a 4-hour, round-trip vintage train ride adventure!Ride on historic train cars used in several well known movies, TV shows and commercials. Includes two fun stops to explore along the route.
“Aladdin” – Movie Night at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa
SATURDAY, APRIL 10: Join Segerstrom Center for the Arts on the Argyros Plaza for a movie night featuring Aladdin (2019). Each viewing area will be separated by 6 feet of space from neighboring viewing areas.
Drive-In Movie: Incredibles 2 at Anaheim Town Square
SUNDAY, APRIL 11: Enjoy a drive-in movie screening of Incredibles 2. Space is limited, RSVP to reserve a parking spot. Event parking opens at 4:30 p.m. and is on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Robo-Tech Fest in Long Beach with Shared Science
SUNDAY, APRIL 11: Robo-Tech Fest is a unique Long Beach Science-Tech-Engineering-Mathematics event held annually that invites school-aged youth, pre-K to high schoolers, and their families to experience exciting hands-on STEM workshops and activities.
Family Sundays at Casa Romantica Cultural Center & Gardens in San Clemente
APRIL 11 & MAY 2: Enjoy free admission to the Casa with creative activities and performances based thematically on Casa Romantica's programming.
Cooking Classes at Chef Tech Cooking School in Long Beach
SELECT DATES, APRIL 7-22: Join Chef Tech for hands-on or virtual classes to learn about Dumplings Around the World! Explore dumplings from around the world—every country has their own unique versions.
Spring Break Camp – Environmental Nature Center in Newport Beach
APRIL 12-16: Spring Break Nature Camp will provide a learning experience while also giving campers the opportunity to get outside for fresh air, physical activity, and a chance to hang out socially with their peers.
Spring Break Camp at Newport Sea Base
APRIL 12-16: Campers, ages 7-15, get hands-on with Robot Builder experiments in the morning, and sailing adventures and aquatics in the afternoon.
Surf City Nights in Huntington Beach
TUESDAYS: Nearly 50 vendors will be spread across the first three blocks of Main Street and including sections of Walnut and Olive streets. Unique crafters, local farmers and specialty packaged foods will provide a welcome range of products and services designed to attract all ages.
PCH Movies & Moonlight – 2nd & PCH in Long Beach
FRIDAY, APRIL 16: Enjoy 2ND & PCH's socially distanced movie within the street featuring Aquaman. Movies are complimentary to the community, self-seating is available on a first come first serve basis.
Tomatomania Show at Underwood Family Farms
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, APRIL 17-18: The world's largest traveling seedling tomato sale returns to the farm! Tomato plant varieties including cherry, grape and heirloom, vegetable and herb, will be available daily & continually restocked until they are gone!
Free Admission for First Responders to Children’s Museum at La Habra
SATURDAY, APRIL 17: As a thank you, first responders and their immediate family are invited to a Free Family Day at Children's Museum at La Habra. Reservations required.
Dino Train & STEAM Festival at Southern California Railway Museum
APRIL 17-18: Southern California Railway Museum is excited to host the Dino Train STEAM Festival, a unique, outdoor, socially-distanced, interactive experience created in partnership with PBS. Buddy the Dinosaur has been invited to the Museum to meet with his fans and highlight his favorite topics of Paleontology, Science, Technology,Engineering, Art, and Math.
Girls in Ocean Science Conference with Ocean Institute
APRIL 17 & 18: Join like-minded peers who are passionate about the ocean. Conduct research with leading scientists in our lab and at sea aboard the R/V Sea Explorer. Gain an understanding of the education and career pathways in ocean science.
Earth Day at the Bay at Upper Newport Bay
SATURDAY, APRIL 17L: Join the Newport Bay Conservancy for three family-friendly scavenger hunts. Pick up your Earth Day Adventure Pack and go on your choice of three different scavenger hunts (.35-mile, 3-mile, and 11-mile loop around the entire bay).
Parent & Me Painting: Simple Succulents at Sherman Library & Gardens
SATURDAY, APRIL 17: Create a pretty painting of a succulent. You will work together to observe the colors and qualities of a beautiful succulent from the Sherman garden and use simple step by step watercolor techniques to create your own botanical portrait.
Sawdust Spring Fling in Laguna Beach
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, APRIL 17-18:Join Sawdust Art Festival for their first Sawdust Spring Fling, a weekend pop-up art show with live music and food. Shop handcrafted art by 48 Laguna Beach artists and enjoy a spring day in the grove.
Special Dog Walking Hours – South Coast Botanic Garden
EVERY THIRD SUNDAY: Grab your leash and your fur babies and head to the Garden! During special dog walking hours, you’re invited to bring your four-legged friends to the 87 acres of the Garden.
Earth Day Bugs at Bella Terra Huntington Beach
MONDAY, APRIL 19: Join Bella Terra Kids Club on The Green for a fun, interactive story time, informative bug show, and take-home Earth Day craft.
Earth Day Celebration with Pacific City PC Grommets Kids Club
TUESDAY, APRIL 20: Join PC Grommets Kids Club for an outdoor storytime and informative live animal show about local wildlife, learn what we can do to save the environment, and create a fun craft using recycled items. Registration required.
The Rose Outdoors Concert Series – Cinderella, & The Music Man
MARCH 26-27 & APRIL 23-24: The Rose Outdoors is a one-hour concert series presented outside and under the stars in accordance with health and safety guidelines. Enjoy highlights and iconic songs from hit musicals.
Garden Sprites Preschool Dance Class at Sherman Library & Gardens
FRIDAY, APRIL 23: A creative dance class in the garden inspired by butterflies, birds and flowers. Children will move, dance, and go on a creative journey through the garden.
Family Aquatics & STEM Adventure Day in Newport Beach
SATURDAY, APRIL 24: Enjoy kayaking, dissection art lab, and plankton microscope lab. Bring the entire family and enjoy the outdoors safely.
Drive-Through Cherry Blossom Festival in West Covina
SATURDAY, APRIL 24: This year, the West Covina Cherry Blossom Festival will be a socially-distanced, contactless, drive-through event by appointment only in 30-minute time slots. Food and craft items available for pre-order only.