ALL WEEKEND
EndeavourFest - Exposition Park
Can you believe it’s been a year since Endeavour flew over our heads and into our hearts? Time for a celebration, with the fine folks from NASA sharing some serious space knowledge at the California Science Center.

Antique Tractor Weekend at Underwood Farms - Moorpark
The Fall Festival continues at Underwood Family Farms. This weekend antique tractors are the stars of the show.
 
Seaside Highland Games - Ventura
Once in the Highlands, the Highlands of …Ventura?  Families can play the Scottish way, with Highland dancing, sheep herding, warrior re-enactments, a Children's Glen (complete with bonny wee calves to pet), bagpipes, and big men in kilts throwing things.

Opening Weekend: Cirque du Soleil - Totem at Port of Los Angeles - San Pedro
The latest edition of Cirque du Soleil traces the origin of the human species (fitting since Cirque represents the next stage in the evolution of the Circus!).
 
Camp Spooky - Buena Park
Knott's Berry Farm’s daytime celebration is great for the younger Halloween enthusiasts. Come in costume to enjoy Peanuts themed rides and shows (and get your picture taken with a mummy named Peppermint Patty!) and try holding a big, glow-in-the-dark scorpion.

The Little Mermaid (G) - Hollywood
Last chance to see Ariel win Prince Eric’s heart; next week Jack Skellington takes over El Capitan.

Absolutely Halloween - Santa Monica
The Santa Monica Playhouse’s seasonal production features a girl named Candy who must save Halloween (with a little help from the audience!).

Pumpkinliner - Fillmore
All aboard! A vintage train takes you to the pumpkin patch where Jolly Jumps, a carousel, crafts, and the perfect pumpkin await.

Bob Baker’s Halloween Hoop-Dee-Do - Downtown
Halloween season marks the return of Bob Baker’s Halloween Hoop-Dee-Do, featuring a fantastical cast of more than 100 Halloween themed puppets, from the Purple People Eater and the Invisible Man to a gaggle of dancing Roaring 20s skeletons.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 12

Aquarium Kids Fun Run - Long Beach
Who needs a marathon? Kids can get moving at this one-mile run starting at the Aquarium of the Pacific. (Runners get free entry into the Aquarium, too!)
 
National Fossil Day - Mid-Wilshire
Come seen the skeletal remains of ancient creatures, but don’t be afraid. It’s not a Halloween horror; it’s National Fossil Day at the Page Museum.

LA Parent Magazine Shooting Stars 2013 Cover Kids Contest - Century City
You oughta be in pictures!  Or at least your kid should. Photogenic young’uns can enter to be on the cover of LA Parent Magazine.
 
Bubblemania - West LA
Pop, pop, pop on over to Children's Book World for a free bubble show.
 
Target Free Family Saturday: Zap! Pow! Bam! - Downtown
Want to be a superhero to your kids? Take them to the comics-themed free festival at the Japanese American National Museum.  

Public Star Party - Griffith Park
Head on over to the Griffith Observatory to look at the sky. (Just to make sure it’s not falling.)

International Observe the Moon Night - Downey
Let’s hear it for the moon!  The Columbia Memorial Space Center pays tribute to our nearest and dearest celestial neighbor.
 
Electric Dusk Drive-In - Downtown
The Mel Brooks classic Young Frankenstein (PG) gets movie-goers with older kids in a Halloween mood.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 13
 
Discover Marina del Rey Day - Marina del Rey
The Marina provides a beautiful backdrop to this annual kid-centric festival at Burton Chace Park.
 
Kids in the Courtyard: Fowler at Fifty Opening Day - Westwood
Woo hoo! The Fowler Museum is turning 50! But it’s still a kid at heart; families can celebrate with a free afternoon of music and art-making.

Premiere Screening of “Ruby's Studio: The Safety Show” - Santa Monica
The charming Ruby teaches kids about safety in a free screening of her newest show. Ruby leads a free craft project and storytime at Barnes & Noble later in the day.

Lego Day: A Celebration of Building and Architecture - West LA
If you build with them, kids will come. The Skirball celebrates LEGOs.

Velveteen Rabbit - Topanga
Creative Playground explores what it means to be “really real,” in a stage version of The Velveteen Rabbit at Theatricum Botanicum.
 
Children's Garden Workshops - Irvine
Kids can be garden detectives in the free monthly workshop at the Orange County Great Park.
 
Free Day at OCMA - Newport Beach
Come in costume for the Orange County Museum of Art’s Day of the Dead celebration.
 
Jambo - Santa Monica
Jambo takes families on a musical journey to the roots of American music, at McCabe's Guitar Shop’s biweekly kids’ concert.

Heidi Swedberg & The Sukey Jump Band - Los Feliz
Heidi Swedberg & the Sukey Jump Band invites people to embrace the music they have inside, at this free concert at Dragonfly DuLou.

Make Your Mark in the Park - Downtown
The recently-turned-one Grand Park celebrates Big Draw LA with a dozen participatory drawing activities. Families can “make their mark on the park,”  (though hopefully not with permanent marker).

Interactive Concert For Individuals With Autism And Their Families  - Sherman Oaks
People with autism and their families can enjoy a free concert  at the Help Group Autism Center Theatre.

Second Sunday Concert Series - Mid-Wilshire
The Beat Buds entertain at the Zimmer Children's Museum.

As always, there are many more activities listed on our daily events calendar. Whatever you choose to do this weekend, we hope you have marvelous time!