Saturday, July 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Bring a plushy. Have a picnic! Grab your favorite stuffed animal and join us for food trucks, scavenger hunt, arts & crafts, story time with KQED, bubble play, cotton candy, popcorn, and special live performances. Teddy Bear Picnic Day is extra special family fun. We’ve got blankets and benches waiting for you!

Hosted by Oaklandish, Fairyland for Grownups is BACK on Friday, August 15. Tickets are on sale now! Fairyland opens its gates for the ultimate 21+ night out. Explore the park, catch live art, watch puppet shows, and vibe out to Seiji Oda, DJ Shellheart, and Heylove, all while grabbing eats and drinks from local vendors. It’s Oakland nostalgia reimagined, and it only happens this way once a year. Don’t sleep on this.

Celebrate Decades of Puppet Magic at Fairyland!

Saturday and Sunday, August 23 & 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A weekend of puppet shows by premier puppet companies turns Fairyland into a puppet-palooza for two full days of spectacular productions and puppetry magic. 

Saturday, September 20, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Bay Area’s most talented kid-lit authors, illustrators, publishers, booksellers, and creatives come together and fill Fairyland up with the magic of books, inspiring a lifelong love for literature in all who join.