Things to Do in Austin with Kids — Family Events & Weekend Planner
49 family events from official Austin library, park, and museum calendars, plus 1495 kid-friendly spots and ready-made weekend plans.
FamHop tracks 1495 kid-friendly spots and 49 upcoming family events across 12 Austin cities and towns. Most events come straight from official library, parks, and museum calendars like Round Rock Public Library, Zilker Botanical Garden, Cedar Park Public Library — real dates, times, and official links, refreshed every week. Biggest coverage: Austin (1036 spots · 10 events), Round Rock (121 spots · 98 events), Cedar Park (99 spots · 7 events). Pick a few stops, build a 3-stop weekend plan, and share a link so co-parents and friends can vote.
Sweet Berry Farm Pumpkin Patch — September, Sweet Berry Farm. Sweet Berry Farm on FM 1980 in Marble Falls runs a fall season with pumpkins and gourds priced by the pound and sold by variety. Activities are paid one at a time: hayrides around the property, pumpkin painting, scarecrow stuffing, sand art, flower picking, the Sweet Berry Express barrel train, a bounce inflatable, and goat racers. Three mazes run through the season — the Candy Corn Kid Maze, the Barnyard Maze, and the larger Texas Maze — and the Pumpkin Grill serves food on October weekends.
Zilker Trail of Lights — December, Zilker Metropolitan Park. Austin's famous holiday light trail through Zilker Park features millions of lights, the iconic Zilker tree, live music, and family activities.
Peppermint Parkway — December, Circuit of The Americas. COTA's holiday light experience in Austin features millions of lights, a train ride, Santa photos, and family holiday activities.
Brick Rodeo — July, Kalahari Resorts. The Texas LEGO fan convention: hundreds of custom builds and displays from fan builders, with public exhibition days for families.
Round Rock Frontier Days — July, Old Settlers Park. Round Rock's July 4th festival at Old Settlers Park: live music at the Lakeview Stage and Pavilion, food vendors, and family activities capped by the city fireworks show.
Georgetown 4th of July Celebration — July, San Gabriel Park. Georgetown's family Independence Day celebration at San Gabriel Park — an evening of food, music, and family activities finishing with the city's fireworks display.
Cedar Park Sparktacular — July, Milburn Park. Cedar Park's free July 4th festival at Milburn Park: kids' activities, live music, and food trucks through the evening, capped by the city fireworks show.
Zilker Summer Musical — July–August, Zilker Hillside Theater. Austin's free outdoor summer musical tradition since 1959: a full Broadway-style production on the Zilker Hillside Theater lawn, Thursday through Sunday nights all summer. Bring a blanket and picnic.
Bat Fest — August or September, Congress Avenue Bridge. Austin shuts down the Congress Avenue Bridge for an afternoon and evening built around the nightly emergence of the world's largest urban bat colony. Live music on multiple stages, food and craft vendors, children's activities and a bat costume contest, all timed so the crowd is on the bridge when 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats stream out at dusk.
Recurring & returning programs in Austin
Cedar Park Sparktacular — Milburn Park, last held July 2026. Cedar Park's free July 4th festival at Milburn Park: kids' activities, live music, and food trucks through the evening, capped by the city fireworks show.
Round Rock Frontier Days — Old Settlers Park, last held July 2026. Round Rock's July 4th festival at Old Settlers Park: a day of live music at the Lakeview Stage and Pavilion, food vendors, and family activities capped by the city fireworks show.
Georgetown 4th of July Celebration — San Gabriel Park, last held July 2026. Georgetown's family Independence Day celebration at San Gabriel Park — an evening of food, music, and family activities finishing with the city's fireworks display.
Science Show with Mad Science — Cedar Park Public Library, last held July 2026. A hands-on science demonstration show by Mad Science, presented at the Cedar Park Public Library.
Modern Dinosaurs: Raptors and Ravens in Flight — Round Rock Public Library, last held July 2026. Wildlife Revealed brings live ravens, falcons, and owls to the Round Rock Public Library for a program on the modern dinosaurs living among us — raptors and ravens in flight.