Enjoy an old-fashioned community festival at Eureka Days. This annual event includes lots of children's activities, a Kid's Korner, carnival rides, an Upper Limits rock wall, parade, vendors, live music, bounce houses, fireworks on Saturday at 9 p.m. and lots more.
The parade is set for 11 am. on Saturday, October 4 on Central Avenue.
Hours for the carnival rides are Friday, 5 to 11 p.m., Saturday, noon to 11 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m.
A full schedule, advance ride tickets and parking shuttle information are available at eurekadays.com
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.
It's the food truck event that started them all! Local food trucks gather for an evening of friends, fun, live music and plenty of great food at Sauce Food Truck Fridays. St. Louis' favorite mobile restaurants will be dishing out fresh fare and local brews in Tower Grove Park.
Kids can work on existing gym skills, learn new skills or just play around during Open Gym at Miss Kelly's Gym in Creve Coeur.
Kids Art Night Out at Yucandu Art Studio features a new creative project each month, ranging from mosaics, to collage, printmaking, glitter, clay and more.
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.