All events are subject to change. Please confirm with the event organizer before attending.
Free Mobile Recess – City of Long Beach
NOW - FEBRUARY 22, 2022: City of Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine's Mobile Recess Program conducts supervised physical fitness, and arts and crafts activities for ages 5-14 along designated streets blocked off for safety.
January Events at Pretend City
SELECTED DATES IN JANUARY: Join Pretend City for Pajama Party, Coco the Chameleon Live Reading, Tu B'Shevat Celebration, Bubble Bath Day, Lohri, MLK Day Celebration, Winnie the Pooh Day, National Puzzle Day, Kids Inventors Day and lots more.
West Coast Customs presents Cruis’n the Park Car Show at Six Flags
FRIDAYS - SUNDAYS, FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 14: Cruise through the park from the comfort and safety of your own car for a drive-thru auto show experience where you will see more than 100 of the world’s best automotive displays, presented by world-famous West Coast Customs.
Family Matinees at the Academy Museum in LA
JANUARY 7, 14, 15, 21 & 22: The Academy Museum screens films for families of all ages. All films in this series are rated G or PG, unless otherwise noted. This month: Fantastic Mr. Fox, Fly Away & Paddington.
Lil’ Chef School January Events
JANUARY 28: Lil’ Chefs will be making Potato Cheese Soup, Homemade Baked Pretzels & Apple Bear Claws.
Jurassic Quest in San Diego
JANUARY 21-23, 2022: A unique indoor experience for the whole family including more than 100 life-like dinosaurs, dinosaur themed rides and attractions, live dinosaur shows, interactive science and art activities, a “Triceratots” soft play area for the littlest explorers, photo opportunities, and more.
U-Pick Wagon Rides at Tanaka Farm
WEEKENDS: Come on out to the farm for a U-Pick Wagon Ride that includes a wagon ride around the farm led by one of their tour guides. You will learn about Tanaka Farms and its history, farming methods, and the crops they grow. You will make a few stops in the fields to pick your own produce. After the wagon ride, visit the animals in the Barnyard Educational Exhibit!
Last Stop on Market Street at South Coast Repertory
SELECTED DATES, JANUARY 14-23: Come along on a musical joy ride! CJ is staying with his Nana in the city, where everything is different than home. The food, the people, the noise—it’s too much. He just wants to stay inside and watch videos, but Nana’s having none of that. So together they board the Number 5 bus for an adventure, and CJ learns to look past the surface and appreciate the good in others.
Beginning Archery Class at Mile Square Park
JANUARY 8 & 22, FEBRUARY 19, MARCH 5 & 19: Join OC Parks staff and OC Parks volunteers for a beginning archery course for first-time archers. This course will include safety instruction and provide you with an introduction to the sport of archery. All archery equipment will be provided. Registration is required. FREE!
Reptile Super Show at Pomona Fairplex
JANUARY 22-23, 2022: Over 100,000 square-feet of reptile, amphibians, turtles, supplies, cages, lights, supplements, educational workshops, and more. Reptile Super Show is a fun and educational environment for the reptile enthusiast in your family.
Aladdin Pajama Party at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JANUARY 22-23 & 29-30, 2022: Watch Aladdin (1992) in your favorite pajamas and enjoy breakfast in your seat! Breakfast includes a choice of cereal, yogurt, muffin, and juice or coffee.
Fairy School in Long Beach
SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 2022: A fairy fun-filled day full of dress-up, crafts, games, fairy snacks and more. Complete with a fairy diploma!
Topsy Turvy: A New Princess Parody Musical in Hollywood
SUNDAY, JANUARY 23 & 30, 2022: A modern children's musical fairytale for the whole family. Come along as your favorite well-known princesses use their magic to discover the power within all of us.
Year of the Tiger Display at South Coast Plaza
ENDS FEBRUARY 20, 2022: See the powerful Tiger leaping from above a waterfall over a realistic, high-definition digital pond. Guests are invited to walk across the pedestrian bridge for a fully immersive experience and make a wish by tossing a digital coin into the pond.
Lunar New Year at Cerritos Towne Center
SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2022: Bring the family to the Lunar New Year Celebration at Cerritos Towne Center. This free event will include Chinese Lion Dance performances, kids' crafts, photo opportunities and Lucky Red Envelope giveaway.
Family Fun Zone at Santa Anita Park
SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2022: Experience a day at the races! Enjoy inflatable jumpers, pony rides, baby goats, crafts, face painting, and mini carnival games.
Lunar New Year Celebration at SteelCraft Garden Grove
SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2022: Celebrate Lunar New Year with a traditional lion dance, firecrackers, pop-up market, and lantern-making crafts.
Lunar New Year Celebration at Citadel Outlets
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JANUARY 29-30, 2022: Watch exciting lion dances, traditionally used to bring good luck and fortune, taking place throughout the center and in Center Court hourly from noon to 2pm.
Lunar New Year at Westfield Santa Anita
SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2022: Performances include Lion Dance, YaYa Dance, Chinese Zither, Hip Hop, and Mask Changing Dance. Enjoy activities including live calligraphy, tiger stripe airbrush hair, memory card game, and zodiac coloring sheets.
A Mad Hatter Evening Tea Party in Long Beach
SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2022: Join Dream Come True Tea & Party Room down the rabbit hole for an Alice in Wonderland themed tea party. Enjoy a magic show, craft, games, costume contest, soup, sandwiches, tea, and more.
Lunar New Year at Diamond Jamboree in Irvine
SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2022: Celebrate Lunary New Year with a dance performance at 6pm and lion dance at 7pm.
Lunar New Year at Rodeo 39 in Stanton
SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 2022: Rodeo 39 Public Market will celebrate the Year of the Tiger with entertainment including a contortionist and roaming stilt walker, along with a lion dance performance beginning at 6:30pm.
Disney’s Descendants: The Musical at Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center
FEBRUARY 4-6, 2022: Step into the magical world of Disney’s Descendants: The Musical featuring the beloved characters and hit songs from the Disney Channel Original films.
San Diego Tết Festival
FRIDAY - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4-6, 2022: The 3-day celebration attracts more than 25,000 people every year! It features attractions, activities, games, food, and live entertainment including Vietnamese singers and performers, lion dancing, firecrackers, and more!
Super Bowl Experience in LA
FEBRUARY 5-6 and 10-12, 2022: Fans of all ages will have the opportunity to get autographs from current NFL players and legends, participate in games and attractions, create arts and crafts, try on NFL gear, see trophies on display, and more! Free for kids 12 and under.
Hercules Pajama Party at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5-6, 2022: Watch Hercules in your favorite pajamas and enjoy breakfast in your seat! Breakfast includes a choice of cereal, yogurt, muffin, and juice or coffee.
Little Saigon Tết Parade in Westminster
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2022: Little Saigon Tết Parade is one of the largest and most watched event in the Vietnamese communities worldwide. See marching bands, floats, lion dances, color guards, organizations, martial arts, multi-cultural attires, and more.
Orange County Black History Parade in Anaheim
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2022: The parade features more than 50 marching bands, unique vehicles, horseback riders, churches, sororities, and youth and social groups. A unity festival following the parade will offer health and youth villages, college fair, vendors, music, food trucks, and a custom car and motorcycle show.
Valentine’s Fun Inclusive Play Date in North Hollywood
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2022: This interactive day gives children with and without disabilities the opportunity to discover common ground. Enjoy activities, themed crafts and tattoos, and more! Event is free. RSVP online.
Lunar New Year at The District at Tustin Legacy
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2022: The District at Tustin Legacy will be ushering in the Year of the Tiger with lucky red envelope giveaways, kids crafts, lion dancing, culinary delights and festive photo backdrops.
Lunar New Year Celebration at Casa Romantica in San Clemente
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2022: Enjoy free admission to Casa Romantica with a scavenger hunt, crafts, and activities celebrating the traditions of Lunar New Year. Lucky red envelopes will be given out to the first 100 attendees. Special lion dance performance at 11am.
Charlotte’s Web at The La Habra Depot
FEBRUARY 11-27, 2022: See the beloved story come to life onstage with all of your favorite characters.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears with Storybook Theatre in Los Angeles
SATURDAYS, FEBRUARY 12 - JUNE 4: Watch the classic story come to life with Storybook Theatre of Los Angeles at Theatre West. Storybook Theatre presents non-threatening, interactive musicals with a message for children 3-9 years old.
A Very Wild Valentines Event at Forever Wild Exotic Animal Sanctuary
FEBRARY 12: Come visit the Sanctuary on February 12th for games and valentines crafts. $8 admission.
Parent & Me Classes at Sherman Gardens
FEBRUARY 12 & 26: Enjoy Parent & Me Painting: Tulip Collage on the 12th and Worm Composting on the 26th. Reserve tickets early as these sell out.
Love & Taco Festival at Heritage Museum in Santa Ana
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2022: Love & Taco Festival presented by Gente Market is celebrating Valentine's Day with vendors, live entertainment, kids face painting, kids zone with valentine crafts and gaming, carnival ride, photo ops, and more.
Family Valentine Night Hike: The Birds & The Bees at LA County Arboretum
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2022: On this fun, family-friendly adventure, guests will explore the love affair between plants and their pollinators while discovering the botanic biology that makes it all possible.
Parents’ Night Out at Scholars Collective in Long Beach
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2022: Kids can enjoy fun, educational STEAM activities at Scholars Collective followed by a movie and relax time. Older scholars will be given access to a computer lab for gaming.
Origami Day at Japanese Garden in CSULB
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 2022: Enjoy the garden for a few and make some Origami before the big game!
Queen of Your Hearts Tea Party at Play & Parties in Orange
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2022: Alice and her friends invite you to a wonderful and silly mad tea party. Come dressed up and ready to have fun with Alice, The Red Queen, and The White Rabbit. Make Queen of Hearts Valentines and enjoy fun wonderland games and snacks.
Valentine’s Day Pizza Party & Skateboarding Clinic with Skatedogs in Long Beach
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2022: Enjoy a day of skateboarding lessons, games, prizes and pizza.
Royal Tea Party at SteelCraft Long Beach
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2022: Put on your fanciest dress and grab your pearls! Enjoy tea, a tasty treat, Valentine's Day crafts, and story time with Princess Belle at SteelCraft Long Beach.
Rainforest Rangers Exhibit Opens at Children’s Museum at La Habra
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022: Enjoy opening day of the Children's Museum at La Habra's newest exhibit, Rainforest Rangers. The first 10 families in the doors will receive one huggable plush frog per family. Enjoy a funny frog rainforest craft and visiting reptile presentation at 11am.
Centennial Farm Discovery Day in Costa Mesa
SELECT DATES, NOW - JUNE 2022: Tour the farm at your own pace and experience radish planting, chick education, oxen demonstrations and our variety of plants and livestock on display.
Valentine’s Day with Minnie Mouse at Pacific City in Huntington Beach
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022: Celebrate Valentine's with Minnie and make a valentine's craft.
Toddler Treks: The Unlovables at Irvine Regional Park
FEBRUARY 15: Lots of fluffy cute animals typically get all the love and cuddles, but what about the slimy, scaly and stinky animals? Let’s learn about the "unlovables" in nature and send them some Valentine’s Day love! This fun program is for ages 2 – 6 years. Program is free but space is limited.
Pacific Symphony’s Superheroes! at Segerstrom
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2022: Music from The Incredibles, Superman, and heroic classical favorites such as Rossini's dashing "William Tell Overture". Concert is designed especially for children ages 5-11.
The Composer is Dead – Toyota Symphonies for Youth at Walt Disney Concert Hall
FEBRUARY 19, 2022: With music by Nathaniel Stookey and words by Lemony Snicket, The Composer Is Dead introduces instruments of the orchestra through a whimsical, whodunit mystery.
Alice: An Immersive Adventure at The Muckenthaler in Fullerton
FEBRUARY 19-21, 2022: Tumble down the rabbit hole in an interactive theatrical adventure like no other! Stroll the grounds of the Muckenthaler Cultural Center to meet some of Wonderland's most famous and curious inhabitants.
Play a Board Game, Build a World at The Huntington Gardens
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2022: Enjoy a free family drop-in program filled with games and map-making inspired by the exhibition “Mapping Fiction.” Play map-based board games with friends and family, and have fun creating map prints of your own fictional universe.
Disclaimer: The Kidsguide team does their best to keep event details accurate at the time of posting, but information can change without notice! Be sure to double-check with the event organizer before heading out. Kidsguide is not responsible for any errors, omissions, or changes on our calendar—we’re just here to help you find the fun!
