The year's parade features 14 marching bands from across the region, beautifully designed floats, huge, helium-filled character balloons, special performances throughout the parade and dozens of organizations representing our community and region.
Your family can learn how the Zoo cares for its awesome tigers and how you can help save tigers in the wild. Children will be able to have their faces painted like tigers, and the zoo keepers will have special enrichment activities for the Amur tigers.
Your summer is about to get buggier! Visit The Butterfly House after hours every Friday in July and August for family-friendly nature walks, games, great food, music and fun activities for all ages.
Head out to the World Bird Sanctuary for a special adventure with story teller Bob.
The Family Fun Festival in Ferguson is now in its 44th year.
The Summer Reading Road Trip is a reading festival for kids ages 0 to 12 and their families that includes author signings, crafts, and photo opps with your kids' favorite costume characters.
This slime-filled day of free summer fun will include Nick-themed games and activities including an inflatable obstacle course, a slime booth, Nick bowling, appearances by Spongebob, Patrick and other Nick costumed characters and lots more.
Take your family to watch birds of prey fly right over your head, meet the wonderful bird ambassadors of the World Bird Sanctuary up close and much more.
The Spirit of St. Louis Air Show and STEM Expo features amazing performers and captivating static displays that overtake the skies near Chesterfield Airport. Catch the U.S. Navy Blue Angels along with performers Matt Younkin and Skip Stewart and others as they pierce the sky and defy physics.
See the Zoo's California sea lions perform acrobatic and athletic feats, including Olympic-style dives on a high-diving platform, flipper walks, frisbee tosses and plenty of surprises. While on stage with the sea lions, the Zoo's trainers explain sea lion behavior and positive-reinforcement training, in addition to the need for conserving the sea lion's ocean habitat.
The Preschool Science Series is an open exploration learning lab for young scientists, ages 18 months to 5 years and their families. Activities are designed around research that shows children learn best through play, inquiry and shared experiences with their parents and caregivers.
See the Purina Incredible Dog Team perform extraordinary feats of athleticism and skill right here in St. Louis at Union Station this summer! Free performances are happening Thursdays through Sundays at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Union Station's Performance Plaza in front of the St. Louis Wheel.