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Special Events at Fairyland!
Fairyland’s Annual Gala
May 21
Event Description
Join us for our 75th Anniversary gala fundraiser, on May 21, 2025, and find your place in something bigger. Our theme—Infinite Imagination—speaks to the possibilities, magic, and beauty of childhood and our role in supporting future generations of kids who look up at the night sky and dare to dream.
Spring Break Spirit Week
Monday, March 31 to Friday, April 4
Event Description
Get ready for five days of family fun. School’s closed, the Fairy Gates are open! Every single day brings a new theme party, arts and crafts, games, and over the top Fairyland fun.
Space Day • Sports Day w/Oakland Roots • Western Day • Ren Faire • Pirates
Mad Tea Party
Saturday, April 12
Event Description
Happily After Hours–Fairyland’s evening events for grownups–proudly presents “Mad Tea Party,” an immersive Alice in Wonderland experience for the young at heart. Journey down the rabbit hole into a magical world of costumes, dancing, spirited elixirs, circus performers, food, and yes indeed, a proper tea party!
Fairyland Adventure Passport
Available at the Ticket Window on March 21
Event Description
Pick up the brand new Fairyland Adventure Passport to explore the park in a whole new way and win prizes all year round! Complete super fun activities and collect stamps to win prizes big and small!
Bunny Weekend
April 19 and 20
Event Description
Fairyland’s annual Bunny Weekend returns for two egg-ceptional days of festive family fun full of arts and crafts, a new twist on the traditional egg hunt, a fantastic Flower Find, scrumptious cookie decorating, and so much more!
Spring Break Spirit Week (Mar 31 – Apr 4)
Five Days. Five Themes. Endless Fun! Make the most of Spring Break with five days of costumes, educational activities, arts and crafts, movement, games, prizes, stories, and nonstop Fairyland magic. Each day brings a new theme, making this the ultimate week for kids who love to play, explore, and dress up. Join us for all five or pick your favorite—every day is packed with adventure! Days and Details Monday is Space Day: Blast off into an out-of-this-world adventure! The Lawrence Hall of Science brings space-themed activities to Fairyland, sparking curiosity about the cosmos. Kids can launch stomp rockets, craft rocket ships, and explore engineering, aerodynamics, and cause and effect through interactive experiments. Tuesday is Sports Day: The Oakland Roots SC comes to Fairyland with sports activations and giveaways from 12-2 p.m. Get in the game with mini sports setups, basketball origami, and a three-legged obstacle course. Wednesday is Western Day: Giddyup, giddy kiddies! It’s time to play horseshoes, do the cactus limbo, make unicorns + horses arts and crafts, and go gold panning for fairy gems. Dress up, y’all, it’s a wild, wild west around these parts. Thursday is Ren Faire Day: Enter the Renaissance time capsule through ye Olde […]
Head Start Day: Community Fair & Family Entertainment
Head Start Day at Children’s Fairyland is a special day when the Fairy Gates open to welcome children and families of Oakland’s Head Start preschool programs with free admission! Head Start families enjoy complimentary tickets to the park on April 11, and the Fairy Gates will also be open to the public for general admission. The park will be bustling with a community resource fair, a live DJ spinning family-friendly tunes, and a storytime performance for any and all to attend! Location: Teddy Bear Picnic Area Activity time: 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Mad Tea Party
Tea, Beats, and Wonderland Treats It’s time for a tea party… a Mad Tea Party! For one fantastical evening, Fairyland invites you to an adults-only Alice in Wonderland immersive experience. Journey down the rabbit hole into a magical world of costumes, dancing, spirited elixirs, food, circus performers, and yes indeed, a proper tea party. NEW This Year: Circus Performances & Curated Potions We’re elevating with acrobatics and mixologists. Women-run Bay Area performance troupe Live Out Loud Circus brings variety and circus acts to a wildly entertaining Tea Party. Catch their mesmerizing magic brewing while you sit and sip. With our brand new extensive signature cocktails and mocktails menu for the evening, there’s a perfectly poured potion for everyone. NA peeps, we got you! Enchantment Awaits Mad Tea Party at Jack and Jill Hill: Taste the teas. Have a nosh. Catch a show. Black Light Dance Floor: Get it in under the Fairyland stars. Queen’s Court Lawn Games: Play with friends. Make new friends. Don’t be late for this very important date! Get ready to paint The Town and the roses red! Tickets: Members: $35 per person (includes two drinks!) General Admission: $40 per person (includes two drinks!) Buy Tickets
Bunny Weekend (Apr 19th – Apr 20th)
Saturday, April 19 and Sunday, April 20 Join us for our annual Bunny Weekend, an egg-ceptional two days of festive Fairyland fun for everyone! We’re springing into sunlit play and celebrating the season of new beginnings. Hare’s what’s happening: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.: Fairyland Eggs-change 12:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.: Arts & Crafts 12:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Fairyland Flower Find 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Cookie Decorating 1:30 p.m. & 2:30 p.m.: Mother Goose performances Eggs-Change Your little ones will be egg-static as they search for 3 wooden eggs of the same color to then “eggs-change” those treasures for an even bigger score: the ultimate egg prize! Arts & Crafts: Flower Crown Come create a spring-tastic flower crown in the Old West. Fairyland Flower Find Look and learn in a scavenger hunt where the fun is found identifying flowers by sight and name. Win a packet of wildflower seeds to start your own gardens at home! Cookie Decorating Sugar cookies + frosting +sprinkles = delicious creativity. Come to the Humpty Dumpty Wall while supplies last! Performances By: Mother Goose at the Emerald City Stage We can’t wait to bunny it up with you all weekend long! This egg-stravaganza […]
Oakland’s Magic Kitchen
Aesop's Playhouse at Children's Fairyland 699 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland, CA, United StatesA Series of Family-Friendly Cooking Shows Back for its third season, Oakland’s Magic Kitchen brings the heart of Oakland’s food scene to Aesop’s Playhouse—live, family-friendly, and full of flavor. And this year's lineup? It's bringing the heat! Created especially for kids and their grownups, this playful cooking show invites top local chefs to prepare delicious, easy-to-make dishes on stage with some help from everyone’s favorite furry friend, Quercus. Throughout each show, chefs guide the audience through a step-by-step recipe while Quercus keeps the littlest foodies engaged with fun questions, an ingredient-spotting activity, and plenty of silly antics. Expect laughter, learning, and lots of creative, delicious, nutritious fare. Stirring up fun! A live, interactive cooking show at Aesop’s Playhouse Kid-friendly dishes made by top Oakland chefs Thoughtful conversations around food, culture, and basic cooking skills Call-and-response moments and simple movement to keep kids engaged Big energy and silly moments with Quercus on stage Meet and greet with Chef and Quercus Tasty samples for the audience to try Take-home recipe cards so you can cook together at home Bon appétit!, it’s time to meet, greet, and eat! 2025 Chef Lineup: Saturday, April 26 – Chef/Owner Janice Dulce from FOB Kitchen Saturday, June […]
Once Upon a Time at Fairyland: Annual Gala
For information on Fairyland's annual gala, please click here.