Dine with animal royalty at Grant's Farm at Animal All-Star Lunch and Meet & Greets! Kids and the young-at-heart will cherish this opportunity to spend time with some of the most popular animals at Grant's Farm.
SING CENTER STAGE is a unique 5-day intensive for high school-aged singers offering morning and afternoon group sessions to help you make your dreams come true as a singer, performer, and all-around vocal talent. On the final night, each singer performs two solo songs in a professionally produced evening for the public at Jazz St. Louis! 2025 Faculty includes Christine Andreas (two-time Tony nominee), Anita Jackson (Broadway debut in Annie Warbucks, sung with Bette Midler and Mariah Carey) and Sing Center Stage creator and St. Louis Arts Award Winner Tim Schall, along with two professional accompanists.
Past Sing Center Stage students have performed on Broadway, toured major US concert venues as soloists, made the top 50 of American Idol, and been accepted to top university musical theater and vocal performance programs. Students are mentored daily by the renowned Broadway-level faculty, focusing on stage presence, lyric interpretation, song choice, vocal technique and personal connection to the song and the audience. This training benefits singers across all genres: musical theater, jazz, pop, singer-songwriters, show choirs and any young singers wishing to become more confident performers & people. Camp dates are June 1-5, 2025.
Dive into an underwater egg hunt where kids ages 8-14 can win awesome prizes, swim and listen to their favorite tunes. Pre-registration is required.
Join popular storytelling Bobby Norfolk at this special events at the St. Louis County Library. Norfolk will share stories from many continents to show us that we share a common humanity. No matter how different we may seem to be, we are identical within.
Kaleidoscope Crown, written by playwright Ashleigh Akilah Rucker, tells the inspiring story of a young girl who awakens to a shocking new ability: with every new emotion, her hair transforms into vibrant, multicolor tresses. This extraordinary change disrupts the uniformity and peace of her small traditional village, prompting both her and those around her to confront their perceptions of beauty and individuality. This live performance at COCA is for ages 6 and up.
Enjoy live music, performance art, local food. a climbing wall, and hands-on activities for the whole family, as well as artists, aerial performers, educational exhibitors, diverse cuisine featuring local, organic, vegetarian and vegan options and more. Please bring your own bag to collect vendor information.
Join in the fun at this community festival that includes live music, a carnival, a children's area, local vendors, food trucks and more.
March brings a very special kind of tropical madness to the Butterfly House in Faust Park! Thousands of breathtaking Blue Morpho butterflies take up residence to welcome spring.
See the amazing sea lions at the Saint Louis Zoo perform for the crowd and cheer them on from the bleachers as the popular Sea Lion Spring Training Shows return. You'll see these beautiful animals perform flipper walks, ball balancing, Olympic-style dives on a high-diving platform, lots of splashing and even more surprises!
Families are invited to the Saint Louis Art Museum on Sunday afternoon to participate in free hands-on art activities with fun themes and to explore the galleries. Each Family Sunday focuses on a different family-friendly theme.
Explore the Saint Louis Zoo in the evenings at the Chinese lantern festival Animals Aglow! Animals Aglow returns to illuminate the Saint Louis Zoo for the second year with dozens of new, towering lanterns and light displays.
Hop into story time with Peter Rabbit at The Magic House! This Peter Rabbit-themed story time is interactive and includes a surprise appearance by Peter Rabbit himself.