Philadelphia Children's Festival

May 3-5, 2026

Our annual Philadelphia Children's Festival features an exciting array of professional performances for the whole family. Plus, enjoy the outdoor PLAYground with hands-on activities, performers and more. The Children's Festival is rain or shine.

Weekend performances and school-day matinees available!

Performances

	Bill Blagg Family Magic May 3 @ 2 PM Get Tickets
	TheatreWorksUSA The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System May 3 @ 4 PM May 4 @ 10 AM and 12 PM Get Tickets
	Tim Kubart and the Space Cadets FREE Outdoor Concert May 3 @ 3 PM Learn More
	Bill Blagg The Science of Magic May 4 @ 10 AM and 12 PM May 5 @ 10 AM and 12 PM Get Tickets
	Literature to Life I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter May 4 @ 10 AM May 5 @ 10 AM Get Tickets
	Hangin' with the Giants JazzReach May 5 @ 10 AM and 12 PM Get Tickets

Tickets

Individual Tickets
Tickets are sold by individual performance and include all PLAYground activities.

West Philly Welcome
$15 tickets for West Philly residents, available beginning the week before. » More details

Groups
Discounts are available for schools and groups of 10+. For more information and to order group tickets, contact Anne-Marie Mulgrew at 215.462.7720 or amulgrew@upenn.edu.

Children's Festival PLAYground

Visit the Children's Festival's outdoor PLAYground to enjoy free performances and hands-on activities with arts partners from across the city.

May 3:

• Face painting and balloon creations by Taffy Fun
• Entertainment by Tim Kubart and the Space Cadets (3 PM) and DJ Scott
• Hands-on activities with Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture, Artists & Musicians of Latin America (AMLA), The Clay Studio, Free Library of Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art, Linda Dubin Garfield Arts, Penn Museum, Philly Girls Jump, Platt Student Performing Arts House and Rebel Arts Movement
• Food will be available for purchase from Puyero Venezuelan Flavor

May 4:

• Face painting and balloon creations by Taffy Fun
• Entertainment by DJ Scott
• Hands-on activities with Artists & Musicians of Latin America (AMLA), The Clay Studio, Fleisher Art Memorial, Free Library of Philadelphia, Linda Dubin Garfield Arts, Philadelphia Union and Wagner Free Institute of Science

May 5:

• Face painting and balloon creations by Taffy Fun
• Entertainment by DJ Scott
• Hands-on activities with Fairmount Water Works, Fleisher Art Memorial, Free Library of Philadelphia, Linda Dubin Garfield Arts, Penn Common Press, Philadelphia Union and Wagner Free Institute of Science.

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The 2026 Philadelphia Children’s Festival was made possible in part by the support of the following: the Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation, the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation, Aramark and the Virginia C. Mulconroy Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation.