
The musicians of Freedom Arts & Education Center will take visitors on a musical discovery of the underlying pulse of the civil rights movement at this free concert.
The Greater St. Louis Book Fair is one of the nation's oldest, largest and most popular charity book sales. For more than 60 years, book lovers and collectors have enjoyed bargain prices on a diverse and quality selection of new, gently-used and rare books.
Have some magical fun and meet your favorite princesses at the St. Louis Princess Ball! Princessses will sing songs, teach princess etiquette, lead dances and more. The Princess Ball also features crafts and face painting, photos and lots of hugs too.
Visit Willoughby Farm in Collinsville during its annual Spring Farm Day to celebrate Spring country style. There will be hayrides, games, food, music, crafts, live music, and all the fun of the farm, including petting the animals.
The Saint Louis Art Museum is offering family workshops for children ages six and up and their adult companions that includes admission to the Sunken Cities: Egypt's Lost Worlds exhibit.
Enjoy flying kites, riding bikes and a fishing derby at this community event at Lakeside Park in St. Peters. Free bike helmets will be available.
Join the Village of Godfrey and its fleet of big trucks at Big Truck Day in Glazebrook Park. Trucks and machines from the Godfrey Fire Production District and Godfrey Street Department and many more will be available for children to view, touch and explore.
Kids ages 3-6 can participate in fun, Olympic-style games at the library.
There will be many different activities for ages 0-5 focused on learning and reading. Free.
Preschoolers can taste, disect and create art as they explore the world of fruits.
Families can make their own custom designed decorations at this string art workshops for all ages.
The non-competitive event includes a quarter-mile bicycle/tricycle ride, a run and a jumbo-sized water slide.
Kids can celebrate National Dinosaur Day during this prehistoric play date featuring a visit from a real Rawr STL Dinosaur!
Enjoy live music and delicious food from some of the area's favorite food trucks.
Kids can learn about bike safety from a bike-certified park ranger, ride the safety course and pick up a free bike helmet.
The Kemper Center for Home Gardening at the Missouri Botanical Garden will give away Missouri native tree saplings on a first-come, first-served basis in honor of Arbor Day. (One per visitor.)
Kids will be amazed by a miniature hot air balloon, gravity defying water and shrinking chip bags while exploring everyday items.
Geckos, chamelions, horned lizards, gators and crocodiles slither and slide through these multicultural tales at this free story time presented by Sherry Norfolk.
Take your family to watch birds of prey fly right over your head, macaws speak the English language and much more at the WOW! Amazing Animal Show at the World Bird Sanctuary. Every program showcases different animals so each day is a new experience.
The nationally acclaimed Laumeier Sculpture Park Art Fair is a three-day, outdoor event held annually on Mother's Day weekend. It features local, regional and national artists, local food and beverage vendors, live music, and the Creation Location offering hands-on, creative art experiences for kids.
There are more than strawberries (but plenty of those too) at this festival! Kids can enjoy carnival rides, a petting farm, pony rides, the children's play area and lots 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.
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. Now open nightly through May 11!