Hampton Roads Events

Hampton Roads Area Events & Kid Fun

2012 Summer Fun for Kids

JANUARY

6^th-8^th  2012 Hampton Roads International Auto Show See website for tickets and times VIRGINIA BEACH

20^th-22^nd  The Virginia Flower and Garden Expo $10 per person Kids 12 and under free VIRGINIA BEACH

25^th  Clifford the Big Red Dog-Live Price: $10 – $25 VB

FEBRUARY

3^rd-4^th 20^th Annual Polar Plunge Festival VB

4^TH  Annual Storytelling Festival 10:00 am The Mariners’ Museum Newport News

23^rd  Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival 12:00p.m. Hampton Coliseum

MARCH

16^TH-18^TH  Spring Craft ShowVB  Friday & Saturday 10:00 – 6:00, Sunday 10:00-5:00 $6 for adults (children    under 12 free) Receive 50¢ off admission by bringing a canned food donation for the Food Bank of Southeastern Virginia.

APRIL

1^st  Cherry Blossom Festival  Red Wing Park Virginia Beach

7^th  Chesapeake Eggstravaganza  10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

12^TH  Ringling Bros And Barnum & Bailey Circus  NORFOLK

17^th-20^th  Chesapeake Jubilee  Friday 5 PM – 11 PM, Saturday 10 AM – 11 PM, Sunday – 12 PM – 7 PM

21^st  12th Annual International Children’s Festival  10:00a.m. Mill Point Park HAMPTON

19^th  Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus  HAMPTON

MAY

4^th Cinco De Mayo  Town Point Park Norfolk

5^th  Childrens Festival of Friends 10:00 a.m. Newport News

11^th-13^th  Charles Barker Toyota Scion Monsters on the Beach  Virginia Beach

26^th-28^th Memorial Day Beach Volleyball Festival Buckroe Beach and Park Hampton

26^th-27^th  Pungo Strawberry Festival  Virginia Beach

JUNE

1^st 13th Annual Blackbeard Pirate Festival  HAMPTON

1^st-3^rd  Patriotic Festival VB   http://www.patrioticfestival.com/

1^st-12   OpSail 2012 Virginia

2^nd-3^rd   16th Annual American Indian Festival  Chesapeake

8^th-10^th  36th Annual Norfolk Harborfest®

22^nd-24^th  23rd Annual AT&T Bayou Boogaloo & Cajun Food Festival

JULY

3^rd  Independence Day Concert/Fireworks @ the Bagley  7:30 p.m. Chesapeake

4^th  4th of July Celebration at Lakeside Park  Chesapeake 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

4^th  30th Annual AT&T Fourth of July Great American Picnic  Norfolk Town Point Park

4^th  Stars & Stripes Explosion  Virginia Beach

4^th  Independence Day Fireworks Portsmouth

4^th  Stars in the Sky Fireworks Celebration Newport News

AUGUST

10^th  Crab Pickin’ at the Point TGIFNorfolk

SEPTEMBER

Neptune Festival(Last weekend in September) Virginia Beach

22^nd  Town Point Ribfest  Norfolk

OCTOBER

3^rd  Great American Food Fest  Chesapeake  3:00 PM – 7:15 PM

3^rd-28^th  Spooky Acres Haunted House  Chesapeake 7 PM – 10 PM

4^th-7^th  35th Annual Suffolk Peanut Fest  www.suffolkfest.org/

6^th  24th Annual AT&T Virginia Children’s Festival  Norfolk

7^th  Bark In The Park  Chesapeake 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

20^th  4th Annual AutumnFest 2012 Chesapeake Noon – 4 PM

NOVEMBER

16^th  Holiday Lights at the Beach VB  Nov16-Jan1

17^th-18^th Indian River Christmas Craft Show  Chesapeake Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm, Sunday 12:00pm-4:00pm

22^nd  Celebration in Lights Newport News  Nov.22-Jan1

30^th HollyDazzle Oyster Point, Newport News

DECEMBER

1^st  TowneBank Holiday Parade at the Beach  Virginia Beach

Lowe’s:   “Build and Grow” kid’s clinics at 10am every Saturday.  Bring the kids into any Lowe’s store and build a FREE wooden project. Each participant also receives a free apron, goggles, a project themed patch, and a certification of merit upon completion of their project.  Three simple steps to register.  Saturday, 1/14, the project is a castle.

Home Depot:  FREE Kids Workshop from 9am -12pm every Saturday designed for children ages 5 – 12.  All kids get to keep their craft and receive a FREE Kids Workshop Apron, commemorative pin and certificate of achievement.  Starting this coming Saturday, 1/7, they’ll build a Savings Shed.

 2012 Summer Fun for Kids

 

REGAL CINEMAS Summer Movie Express: TBA

Cinemark’s Summer Movie Clubhouse:  TBA

2011 Summer Fun for Kids

Kids Bowl Free – Select areas
Regal Summer Movie Express-Regal Cinema’s: 10am Tues and Wed starting in June
Cinemark’s Summer Movie Clubhouse– Cinemark Cinema’s: check your local schedule
Summer Reading Imaginations Destination Program-Barnes and Noble Book Store
Double-Dog Dare Reading Program-Border’s Book Store
H-E-Buddy 2011 Summer Reading Program – via mail from H-E-B Stores
Busch Gardens-Kids 5 and Under FREE – Register for the Sesame Street Forest of Fun Preschool Pass
Blue Star Museum Program – Free Admission for Active-Duty Military 05/30-09/05
Kraft Singles Tuesday Night Tickets Promotion – Norfolk Tides

 *Photo from MamaRucci