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See creative experts in action, find a new hobby that piques your interest, and learn about the places in St. Louis where you can foster your new hobby into a lifetime passion at the Bright Ideas Expo.

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.

In addition to plenty of fresh, local peaches and other fresh produce, there will be food trucks, a sidewalk sale, a peach tasting contest, live music from the Maple Jam Band, and food samples from Farmers Market vendors. 

Really Big Coloring Books is celebrating 30 years with a fun, free, family event with lots of giveaways, musical entertainment and activities for kids, drawings, and prizes, including lots of coloring books!

Jeanie Bryan's Celia and Little Celia show is a one-of a kind musical puppetry experience featuring singalong favorites plus new, original music that delights all ages. 

Experience free concerts and performances all across the St. Louis metro area on Make Music Day St. Louis.

Watch as the Missouri Historical Society's Teens Make History Players bring a photograph from Panoramas of the City to life in this 35-minute play. 

The community is invited to help mark the milestone occasion, enjoy lunch and take a look at COCA's new renovated spaces. 

Your family can take a journey out of the Central Park Zoo and onto an enchanted desert isle with your favorite crack-a-lackin' friends from the DreamWorks blockbuster film, Madagascar! STAGES St. Louis presents this family favorite live on stage in a performance to entertain all ages.

At Marvelous Moon, preschoolers will learn about this familiar object in the sky and its features. Then they'll create an artistic model of the moon to take home.
 

At Life Underground, kids will dig deep and discover plants, animals, and a few surprises that can be found underground.

Bring your lawn chairs or a blanket and enjoy a free, family film in the Schroeder Park in Manchester. 

Celebrate the opening of the new exhibit at the Missouri History Museum, Muny Memories: 100 Seasons Onstage, with an afternoon of fun.

Be entertained and inspired as students read their published historical family stories and share insights into their story illustrations.