ALL WEEKEND

Fiesta La Ballona - Culver City
The fun is in Veteran's Park this weekend, for the annual Fiesta La Ballona, featuring outdoor concerts, carnival rides, a petting zoo, K-9 demonstrations, and pony rides all weekend long

Lowes Build and Grow - Multiple Locations
This weekend is the last of Lowe's Dreamworks-themed projects; kids can make an onion carriage in which Shrek and Fiona can ride off into the sunset.  

Free Shows: Dorothy's Adventures in Oz - Santa Monica
This weekend you can trek down the yellow brick road for free!

The Tempest (The Star Wars Edition) - Culver City
This is the last weekend to catch the Actors Gang's Shakespearian tale from a galaxy far, far away (in Media Park).

Family Amphitheater Performances - West LA
The family-friendly performances at the Skirball this weekend include youth Mariachi ensemble Mariachi Tesoro de San Fernando (Saturday)  and the upbeat Latin/African Music of Masanga Marimba (Sunday).

SATURDAY AUGUST 25

Big!World!Fun! The Dustbowl Revival - Hollywood
The Dustbowl Revival brings the music of the 1930s to the Ford Amphitheatre, merging old-school bluegrass, gospel, jug-band and swamp blues with hot swing. Pre-show activities include making sand paintings and digging for dinos .

Malipalooza 2012 - Malibu
Grease is the word in Malibu this weekend. Malipalooza starts with live music, bounce houses and a Velcro wall, a 1950s costume contest, and games and interactive activities. Grease screening begins at dusk.

25 Cent Family Flicks - Hollywood
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? And for under a buck, too!  It’s the Spongebob Squarepants movie at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

Grand Re-Opening of The Pier & Summer Celebration - Redondo Beach
There’s face painting and balloon art for the kids,then everyone can sit back and enjoy the concert celebrating Redondo Pier’s re-opening.

Celebrate Us Weekly's Hollywood Moms Issue - The Grove
Baby, you’re a star! Moms and their families get a free photo shoot with beauty touch-ups, kids activities, treats, and giveaways.

SUNDAY AUGUST 26

Randy Kaplan - Topanga
Kids are so busy rocking out to Randy Kaplan’s tunes they don’t notice their parents doing the same.

Gentle Barn 13th Anniversary Party - Santa Clarita
Gentle Barn, a haven for abused animals, celebrates its 13th anniversary with music, vegan food, and lots of opportunity to interact with the animals.

Auntie Angelica Root's Fairy Garden - Studio City
This is your last chance to hunt for faeries this summer at the Whitefire Theatre - but fret not, for the indoor hunt resumes in the winter, (and there are plenty of outdoor hunts to sustain you til then).

Target Free Sunday at MOLAA - Long Beach
Bonus! The Museum of Latin American Art offers up another free day for families.

Family Jam: Musical Membranes: World Percussion with Rhein Group -  Westwood
Kids can feel the beat at the Fowler Museum. The Rhein Group explores world music rhythms, mixing music from different cultures. Kids can make their own percussion instruments and get a hands-on feel for some of the complex rhythms they play.

LevittLA Summer Concert Series - Children's Concerts - Downtown
Clap your hands and stomp your feet for Antic Performance, a creative multi-media urban and hip hop dance production that mixes breakdancing, spoken word, theater, and film into hand clapping, foot-stomping performances.

Manhattan Beach Summer Concerts in the Park - Manhattan Beach
Are you going to Polliwog Park Amphitheater to hear Fantastic Diamond, the Neil Diamond Tribute Band? I am, I said.

Sunday Movie Nights - Beverly Hills
Mirror, Mirror on the wall, what’s the free movie playing under the stars at Beverly Canons Garden? Why, Mirror Mirror of course, the 2012 feature starring Lily Collins and Julia Roberts.

As always, there are many more activities listed on our daily events calendar. Whatever you choose to do, we hope you have a summer-worthy weekend!

* For real, we're looking at highs in the 70s this weekend. Consider investing in snow boots.