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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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Behind the Scenes & Food Truck Fest at Southern California Railway Museum in Perris
SATURDAY, APRIL 24: Go “Behind the Scenes” at the Museum and see what goes into maintaining the West’s largest collection of rail cars, enjoy exciting food truck cuisine, and end your day with a unique night photoshoot experience.
Parent & Me Bookmaking Class at Sherman Library & Gardens
SATURDAY, APRIL 24: In this family workshop you will create your own ‘Garden Book.’ Learn to make an accordion book with covers and a hidden page, then customize and decorate the inside of your book with colorful cut paper and drawings to create a bountiful garden.
Creative Communal Makers Market at 2nd & PCH
SUNDAY, APRIL 25: Come out and enjoy some fun and shop small from your local community. Pet-friendly, kid-friendly, live music, photo ops, and food.
Virtual Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival with Bowers Museum
SUNDAY, APRIL 25: Join Bowers Museum virtually to celebrate this traditional Japanese tradition with art, music and dance. Learn how to create a Bonsai tree, fold paper into an origami shape, and design an Ikebana Floral arrangement.
May 2021
Monthly Hike to the Redwoods with OC Parks
FIRST SATURDAYS: Join OC Parks' trained staff on the first Saturday of the month for an easy 1.1-mile early morning hike to the park's coastal redwood grove. You will use your five senses to engage with nature as you stroll to the redwoods.
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.
June 2021
Candlelight Open Air: Songs from Magical Movie Soundtracks in Huntington Beach
JUNE 1-3, JULY 6-8, and AUGUST 3-5: Enjoy some of the most magical songs like never before! Join musicians for an exclusive concert in an intimate open-air venue. With the expert performance of these classical musicians and the stunning atmosphere created by the gentle glow of candlelight, you'll enjoy all your favorites as if you were listening to them for the first time.