At the 2024 UF Bike Rodeo Safety and Health Fair, UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital, UFPD and other community partners will teach you how to help your child stay safe and healthy this summer. Kids can do a bicycle obstacle course, interactive games and other activities!
At Party for the Planet, you can explore the zoo and participate in fun activities such as games, crafts, training demonstrations, keeper talks, animal encounters, and more! There will be food trucks. Tickets purchased on the day of the event.
At Living History Days, travel back in time to feel what it was like to live on a farm in the 1870s. Experience a rooster waking you up instead of an iPhone alarm and enjoy nature alongside a few farm animals.
At the UF Vet Med Open House, people of all ages can have fun while learning about the UF Vet School. There will be hospital tours and demonstrations, law enforcement equine and K9 units, games and prizes for kids, a teddy bear clinic and food trucks! Learn more here.
Visit the Cade Museum every Saturday for its Maker Workshop Series! This is an innovative program for kids ages 9 and up to participate in hands-on "maker sessions" to build and create using different materials, electronics and coding platforms. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.
The Annual Spring Arts Festival in Cedar Key April 6 & 7, 2024 is a juried Fine Arts event which has been named one of the Top Small Town Art Fairs in America. The venue welcomes only 100 fine artists and craftsmen to keep the focus on art and allow for plenty of room for
At this 35th Annual Fantasy Event: Masquerade Ball, dress up for a night full of cocktails, music, dance and a silent auction! Come have fun and make a change in children’s lives and a difference in childhood cancer research!
One Decanting Evening: A Tasting Experience supports the Ronald McDonald House Charities of North Central Florida. You will be able to taste and enjoy a variety of wines while raising money for families with critically ill children. This event will be filled with good wine, good food, and great company while supporting those in need.
At Sweetwater Wetlands Park Wednesday Bird Walks, tour Sweetwater Wetlands Park for 2 to 3 hours to view a variety of birds and wetland species. Because of the park’s open prairie and cypress domes, viewers can expect rare birds that migrate for the Winter and Spring months.
With Barnyard Buddies at the Living History Farm, visitors interact with farm animals and help staff feed them apples, sweet potatoes and melons, all of which can be donated.
