Art, Performance, and Stories Celebrating Feline & Canine Companions!
In partnership with the Palo Alto Humane Society
Activities and Performances:
• Moshow the Cat Rapper (Amphitheater)
• Facepainting – Learn techniques on how to transform your face into your favorite animal ! (Facepaint Room)
• Film Screening of “It’s A Dog’s Day” (Indoor Theatre)
• Rhea & Shannon (Indoor Theatre) Learn how to care for a dog and how to be kind to animals. Meet Shannon, the sweetest Golden Retriever ever!
• Adoptables Art Pop-up Slideshow (Art Loft)
• Palo Alto Humane Society Information Table
• Silicon Valley & San Jose Community Resource Table on Animal Adoption & Advocacy
• Paint an Animal! (LeRoy Neiman Art Studio)
Join us for a worldwide celebration of music! Make Music San José is a free, outdoor day of music held on the summer solstice with performance and music-making events. Enjoy live Zydeco music, make your own DIY ankle bells, and dance for peace in the outdoor amphitheater of the Children’s Discovery Museum. Does not require admission to participate.
Performers:
– Andre Thierry, Zydeco for Kids
– Sharat Lin, The Dance of Peace
Activities:
– Make Your Own DIY Ankle Bells
– Instrument Petting Zoo
Join Latizmo Hip Hop Productions as we travel into a magical land where the dreams that exist in the hearts of the people are kept alive through dance. But the Queen has sensed that someone’s heart has become as cold as ice and must find out who…and why!
Latizmo Hip Hop Productions feature differently-abled dancers in a variety of choreographies that allow them to shine! Learn more and get involved at www.latizmohiphop.com.
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Cadence Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays and Saturdays throughout the summer!
Amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter.
Meet Moshow, the Internet’s premiere Cat Rapper! He is on a mission to inspire the world, sharing through his music the lessons he has learned: don’t give up on yourself and follow your dreams, no matter where they take you! And he does love cats, as Black $avage, Sushi, Tali, Mega Mam, and Ravioli assure us!
Co-sponsored by Palo Alto Humane Society
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!
The amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter. This event is included with Museum admission.
Hip Music for Kids — and everyone else — with a toe-tapping sound and smart lyrics that will have you singing along and dancing in the aisles!
Their album “The Hipwaders” won a Parents Choice Award, and “Educated Kid” was in the “Fids and Kamily” top 5. They are one of TimeOut New York Kids’ 25 Best Bands for Kids, and were chosen for a NAPPA Silver Award.
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Cadence Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays and Saturdays throughout the summer!
Amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter. This event is included with Museum admission.
Rock out with Twinkle and Friends! Don’t miss this colorful, high energy, educational, bilingual, pop concert for kids starring Peruvian-American Twinkle!
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays and Saturdays throughout the summer!
The amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter. This event is included with Museum admission.
By age 12, Andre Thierry had created his first Zydeco band, and has since become “a master of pumping out fast, funky rhythms on an instrument not usually associated with earthy syncopation,” according to the Washington Post. Don’t miss this chance to become acquainted with this amazing French-Creole music form played on Andre’s blazing accordion!
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!
The amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter. This event is included with Museum admission.
The Peninsula Banjo Band, known worldwide as one of North America’s premier banjo jazz groups, is dedicated to preserving the musical legacy of the four-string banjo. “We play the best music there is,” they tell us. Here’s your chance to see if you agree!
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!
The amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter. This event is included with Museum admission.
The Raytones combine fun lyrics with energetic blues, R&B, funk, and Rock and Roll. Cool kids can listen, clap their hands, stomp their shoes, sing and dance! And meet Ray the Rhino!
Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!
The amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter. This event is included with Museum admission.
We are excited to partner with SoCal Moms for a special Great Big Family Play Day Bay Area in Discovery Meadow on Sunday, September 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Festival will feature all day live entertainment on the outdoor stage, interactive experiences for kids of all ages, rides and games, the best of everything local for families, plus food, products, samples, prize drawings and more!
Ticket Information:
General admission tickets give access to festival activities hosted in Discovery Meadow Park, Children’s Discovery Museum, and live concerts on the Main Stage between 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m..
Early access tickets include access to general admission areas, as well as exclusive access between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to the Festival, Children’s Discovery Museum, and live concerts on the Main Stage before they open to the public at 11:30 a.m. Early access tickets include gift bags, ride and prize drawing tickets to get your family started on a fun-filled day. These tickets need to be purchased in advance online and are $20 per person (babies under 1 year are free).
CDM Member Hour is cancelled on this day due to this event. However, CDM members can access the festival at a special member rate of $5 per person between 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. by showing their yellow CDM wristband at the festival entrance.
• Unique Dinosaur Exhibit and interactive area
• Obstacle Courses, Slides and Bounce Houses
• STEM focused activities with Stratford Schools
• Reading Lounge with maker stations focused on reading + literacy
• Brain Games Lounge with Brainiac Kids and Osmo
• Family Wellness Lounge with Childlife Essentials
• Fall crafts + pumpkin decorating
• A toddler soft play area + sensory stations
• Princess Meet + Greets with the Princess Party Co
• Imagination Block Building Zone
• New Family Pavilion with Gear, Products + Resources specifically for young families from companies including Uppa Baby, Keenz, Sinkboss, Dare-U-Go, Fitz Frames, Travel Tray and more!
• Come EARLY for Main Gate giveaways from Osmo, Peatos, Happy Hollow Park + SoCalMoms!
• BIG games and BIG giveaways
• And tons of organics products, snacks, samples, kids entertainment and family fun!
• Don’t miss special performances from The Beat Buds, Dino Encounters T-Rex Show, Andy Z, and Ricky Roo!
The Discovery Youth Showcase features artwork and special projects created by Discovery Youth program participants in 6th – 12th grade. Every week, students develop skills in media arts and civic engagement through photography, filmmaking, and volunteerism.
Discovery Youth, a Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose program, supports youth voices and interests through opportunities in leadership, creative projects, and collaboration with peers. The Museum offers this program free of charge to local San Jose students.
In Up in the Air: the art of birds, Abilities United artists explore their favorite feathered friends. From the tiniest hummingbird to a giant ostrich, birds from around the world are reinterpreted and reimagined through materials such as aluminum foil, repurposed materials and acrylic paint.
Exhibiting Artists: Michael Broadhurst, Jazthri, Matthaus, Ian Douglas, Xenia Rohlfs, Judy Wachner, Alice Chen, Gabi Dedek, Chelsey Fineberg, Nick Golick
Come enjoy the Sid the Science Kid: The Super-Duper Exhibit! after-hours at the Museum on June 8, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. This exciting new traveling exhibit brings the award-winning PBS KIDS TV series Sid the Science Kid to life. Through fun, hands-on activities, kids will use scientific tools and thinking to learn about simple machines, the laws of motion, magnetism, airpower and the five senses.
MEET SID! Sid the Science Kid will be here to say hello and meet visitors. Don’t miss this fun family event!
Come enjoy the Sid the Science Kid: The Super-Duper Exhibit! This exciting new traveling exhibit brings the award-winning PBS KIDS TV series Sid the Science Kid to life. Through fun, hands-on activities, kids will use scientific tools and thinking to learn about simple machines, the laws of motion, magnetism, airpower and the five senses.
It’s sure to be a super-duper-ooper-schmooper good time!
Sid the Science Kid: The Super-Duper Exhibit! was created by The Magic House® in collaboration with The Jim Henson Company. The exhibit is sponsored locally by CEFCU.
