Schedule of Events

Here’s our schedule of events for the next two months. If you prefer to plan ahead, check out our seasonal park hours and annual events.

May
Events		    
Spanish Storybook Box Launch Weekend!

May
4 & 5

 11am & 2pm & 4pm Puppet Show: Grandpa Bunny’s Egg-citing Day! Have you ever wondered where all the colored eggs come from that the bunnies like to hide? Here is a delightful tale about the seasons, and how poor Grandpa Bunny discovers that he can use the colors of nature to paint eggs for children. Just watch out for Frisky Puppy! Scenery by Annie Wong. Puppets and script by Randal Metz.
  12pm-2pm The Marilynn O'Hare Arts & Crafts Center is open with activities geared toward children and their families.
  1pm-1:20pm Animal of the Day! Come up close and learn about one of our animal friends. Which one of Fairyland's feathered, furry or wooly creatures will it be today? Find out at the Humpty Dumpty wall.
  1:15pm & 2:15pm Meet and get the autographs of the talented voices that helped create the new Spanish Storybook Box recordings.
  1:30pm & 2:30pm Join Cotton Candy Express and the storybook box talents as they sing & dance to celebrate the new Spanish Storybooks.

Children's Fairyland's Garden Weekend
May
11 & 12		 10pm-12pm Spend some time in our vegetable garden with Fairyland horticulturalist Jackie! There will be a plant giveaway to the first 150 people that participate in this garden activity (either a tomato or a flower). Moms and dads get a special opportunity to buy Fairyland-grown plants at super special prices!
  11am & 2pm & 4pm Puppet Show: Grandpa Bunny’s Egg-citing Day! Have you ever wondered where all the colored eggs come from that the bunnies like to hide? Here is a delightful tale about the seasons, and how poor Grandpa Bunny discovers that he can use the colors of nature to paint eggs for children. Just watch out for Frisky Puppy! Scenery by Annie Wong. Puppets and script by Randal Metz.
  12pm-2pm The Marilynn O'Hare Arts & Crafts Center is open with activities geared toward children and their families.
  1pm-1:20pm Animal of the Day! Come up close and learn about one of our animal friends. Which one of Fairyland's feathered, furry or wooly creatures will it be today? Find out at the Humpty Dumpty wall.
  1:30pm & 2:30pm Uncle Jer's Traveling Bee Show presents the intriguing society of bees in a most entertaining way!
May 18 only 12:30pm- 3:30 pm Sulphur Creek Nature Center will be in the park today with some very special guests. They’ll have some birds of prey, several different species of bats, amphibians, a skunk and many more! Sulphur Creek is a wildlife rehabilitation center and hospital committed to wildlife education, rehabilitation, release and conservation.
May
18 & 19		 11am & 2pm & 4pm Puppet Show: Grandpa Bunny’s Egg-citing Day! Have you ever wondered where all the colored eggs come from that the bunnies like to hide? Here is a delightful tale about the seasons, and how poor Grandpa Bunny discovers that he can use the colors of nature to paint eggs for children. Just watch out for Frisky Puppy! Scenery by Annie Wong. Puppets and script by Randal Metz.
  12pm-2pm The Marilynn O'Hare Arts & Crafts Center is open with activities geared toward children and their families.
  1pm-1:20pm Animal of the Day! Come up close and learn about one of our animal friends. Which one of Fairyland's feathered, furry or wooly creatures will it be today? Find out at the Humpty Dumpty wall.
  1:30pm & 2:30pm Jacquelyn Lynaugh as The Blue Fairy appears with her guitar, Prince Charming. She will be performing well known folk songs and helping children make wishes come true with her crystal wand and fairy dust.
May 25 only 12pm The after-school MUSE Orchestra of Oakland East Bay Symphony’s Music for Excellence (MUSE) program will perform their Spring Program with special guest emcee maestro Michael Morgan.
May
25 & 26		 11am & 2pm & 4pm

Puppet Show: The Elves & The Shoemaker. The shoemaker has a problem. Every time he leaves leather on his workbench to make shoes the next morning, someone beats him to it during the night. Who can be making these wonderful shoes? Join the Shoemaker, Cinderella, The Prince, Puss in Boots and the Witch of the North from Oz as they try to find out. Based on the popular Grimms’ tale. Puppets and scenery by Lewis Mahlmann & Patricia Platt. Script by David C. Jones.
  12pm-2pm The Marilynn O'Hare Arts & Crafts Center is open with activities geared toward children and their families.
  1pm-1:20pm Animal of the Day! Come up close and learn about one of our animal friends. Which one of Fairyland's feathered, furry or wooly creatures will it be today? Find out at the Humpty Dumpty wall.
  1:30pm & 2:30pm Dana Smith performs a show for all ages, with circus arts, comedy, improv and audience participation.
June
Events		    
First Annual Sheep Shearing Festival
June 1 only 11am Resident sheep Oatmeal and Raisin will be shorn by Russ Duguid who specializes in old New Zealand style method of shearing. Come join in the fun as we watch Oatmeal and Raisin get their first haircut!
  11am - 1pm Join us for demonstrations by professional wool spinners on an old fashioned spinning wheel. Experience firsthand the process from sheep to shawl with exhibits of raw wool, textiles and pure lanolin. There will be creative arts and crafts activities for the kids along with face painting.

1pm & 2:30pm Prescott Circus Theatre presents its newest production that will be sure to touch your heart and knock your socks off.  The show features the young stars from the Prescott Circus Performance Company in a dazzling display of juggling, acrobatic antics, unicycle wonders, stilt dancing, clowning and much more.  Ordinary Children Doing Extraordinary Things!

June
1 & 2

 11am & 2pm & 4pm Puppet Show: The Elves & The Shoemaker. The shoemaker has a problem. Every time he leaves leather on his workbench to make shoes the next morning, someone beats him to it during the night. Who can be making these wonderful shoes? Join the Shoemaker, Cinderella, The Prince, Puss in Boots and the Witch of the North from Oz as they try to find out. Based on the popular Grimms’ tale. Puppets and scenery by Lewis Mahlmann & Patricia Platt. Script by David C. Jones.
  12pm-2pm The Marilynn O'Hare Arts & Crafts Center is open with activities geared toward children and their families.
  1pm-1:20pm Animal of the Day! Come up close and learn about one of our animal friends. Which one of Fairyland's feathered, furry or wooly creatures will it be today? Find out at the Humpty Dumpty wall.
  1:30pm & 2:30pm Magician Mike Della Penna creates wonder and laughter with his amazing and playful magic performances.
June
8 & 9		 11am & 2pm & 4pm Puppet Show: The Elves & The Shoemaker. The shoemaker has a problem. Every time he leaves leather on his workbench to make shoes the next morning, someone beats him to it during the night. Who can be making these wonderful shoes? Join the Shoemaker, Cinderella, The Prince, Puss in Boots and the Witch of the North from Oz as they try to find out. Based on the popular Grimms’ tale. Puppets and scenery by Lewis Mahlmann & Patricia Platt. Script by David C. Jones.
  12pm-2pm The Marilynn O'Hare Arts & Crafts Center is open with activities geared toward children and their families.
  1pm-1:20pm Animal of the Day! Come up close and learn about one of our animal friends. Which one of Fairyland's feathered, furry or wooly creatures will it be today? Find out at the Humpty Dumpty wall.
  1:30pm & 2:30pm Owen Baker Flynn with his "World Premiere", a lively show featuring juggling, fire eating and a multitude of surprises.
June 15 only 12:30pm Presentation Day: Meet this year's Children's Fairyland Personalities at an inaugural ceremony & costume premiere performance.
June
15 & 16		 11am & 2pm & 4pm Puppet Show: The Elves & The Shoemaker. The shoemaker has a problem. Every time he leaves leather on his workbench to make shoes the next morning, someone beats him to it during the night. Who can be making these wonderful shoes? Join the Shoemaker, Cinderella, The Prince, Puss in Boots and the Witch of the North from Oz as they try to find out. Based on the popular Grimms’ tale. Puppets and scenery by Lewis Mahlmann & Patricia Platt. Script by David C. Jones.
  12pm-2pm The Marilynn O'Hare Arts & Crafts Center is open with activities geared toward children and their families.
  1pm-1:20pm Animal of the Day! Come up close and learn about one of our animal friends. Which one of Fairyland's feathered, furry or wooly creatures will it be today? Find out at the Humpty Dumpty wall.
  1:30pm & 2:30pm Ready to have some fun?! Then you don't want to miss Goofball, the Bay Area's funniest, silliest, and wackiest magician. Prepare yourself for some serious laughter. Who knows? You might even be the star of the show!
June
22 & 23		 11am & 2pm & 4pm Puppet Show: The Elves & The Shoemaker. The shoemaker has a problem. Every time he leaves leather on his workbench to make shoes the next morning, someone beats him to it during the night. Who can be making these wonderful shoes? Join the Shoemaker, Cinderella, The Prince, Puss in Boots and the Witch of the North from Oz as they try to find out. Based on the popular Grimms’ tale. Puppets and scenery by Lewis Mahlmann & Patricia Platt. Script by David C. Jones.
  12:30pm & 3pm Children's Theatre Presents: The Dragon in the Cloth. When an orphan boy brings a fish home to keep for good luck, he gets way more than he bargained for. The fish is a dragon princess who leads him on a journey below the waves and up to the moon and back. Will he learn to be happy with his lot, or will an old toad’s advice lead him astray? Come let our young performers stitch your family into the cloth of this Hmong fairytale!
  12pm-2pm The Marilynn O'Hare Arts & Crafts Center is open with activities geared toward children and their families.
  1pm-1:20pm Animal of the Day! Come up close and learn about one of our animal friends. Which one of Fairyland's feathered, furry or wooly creatures will it be today? Find out at the Humpty Dumpty wall.
  1:30pm & 2:30pm Award-winning Storyteller John Weaver will entertain with his lively, humor-filled stories for children of all ages.
June
29 & 30		 11am & 2pm & 4pm Puppet Show: The Elves & The Shoemaker. The shoemaker has a problem. Every time he leaves leather on his workbench to make shoes the next morning, someone beats him to it during the night. Who can be making these wonderful shoes? Join the Shoemaker, Cinderella, The Prince, Puss in Boots and the Witch of the North from Oz as they try to find out. Based on the popular Grimms’ tale. Puppets and scenery by Lewis Mahlmann & Patricia Platt. Script by David C. Jones.
  12:30pm & 3pm Children's Theatre Presents: Nesruddin’s Donkey. From Turkey to China to Africa to America, people tell stories of the Mullah Nesruddin, or Nesruddin Hoja, as he is commonly known. A wise fool who triumphantly bumbles his way through life, Nesruddin stands with other tricky heroes from Anansi to Coyote to the Baal Shem Tov. In our story, he has all sorts of adventures and misadventures on his way to the market, and his donkey more often than not has the last laugh.
  12pm-2pm The Marilynn O'Hare Arts & Crafts Center is open with activities geared toward children and their families.
  1pm-1:20pm Animal of the Day! Come up close and learn about one of our animal friends. Which one of Fairyland's feathered, furry or wooly creatures will it be today? Find out at the Humpty Dumpty wall.
  1:30pm & 2:30pm Jacquelyn Lynaugh as Mother Goose, will entertain both adults and children with her music and stories.