Education Station

• Make your own tiara, visit the costumed dancers’ dance shoe petting zoo, and enjoy performances with Ballet Virginia International.
• Performances by Evelyn Ott School of Dance.
• Enjoy performances by BellA Dance.
• Go crazy with science at the Mad Science of Hampton Roads tent doing hands on experiments with chemical reactions, dry ice and electricity!
• Watch a performance by Todd Rosenlieb Dance students and learn about the adaptive dance classes they offer!
• Enjoy demonstrations by Tidewater Fencing Club.
• The Brain Balance Center will stimulate brain development through fun create movement stations.
• Pirates from the Moody Crewe! Learn about a pirates’ life at their School for Pirates!
• Stay up to date with the The Virginian-Pilot, the #1 news source for Hampton Roads.
• The Norfolk Public Library is back by popular demand … crafts, costume meet and greets from Clifford the Big Red Dog, and the Bookmobile!
• Stop by WHRO’s PBS Kid’s Village to meet Nature Cat and Jet from Ready Jet Go! & have fun at their interactive environmental station!
• NEW! Walmart—offering you convenience on a busy schedule, from toys, video games to school supplies!
• Join ODU Physics and check out a hands-on interactive physics lab.
• NEW! Make a pinwheel and color away with the Tidewater Council, Boy Scouts of America!
• NEW! Add color to your life and learn about becoming a foster parent with Bair Foundation.
• Plant, tree or flower? Name that smell with the VCE Norfolk Master Gardeners!
• NEW! Make a bookmark and meet Myron Campbell, local children’s book author of The Adventures of Melvin Walker.
• Create your own modern art treasures with the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art.
• NEW! Make your own birthday party hat at the Kids Art and Crafts Tent.
• Learn about bike safety with CHDK-Unit 7C & CHKD Trauma Services.
• NEW! Giant Lawn Games!
• NEW! Chalk the Walk! Write your birthday wishes for the Virginia Children’s Festival on the walkways of Town Point Park help decorate the park with your spark!

Friendship Path

• Gear up for a family road trip with Southern Auto Group!
• Learn all about flying high with iFLY Virginia Beach!
• NEW! IBM—developing advances in technology to ensure a better future for our children.
• Learn about healthy living at Holistic Family Practice.
• NEW! AAA—the history and evolution of transportation presented by the Tidewater Automobile Association of Virginia.
• NEW! Learn about how Newport News Shipbuilding is doing its part to keep the US Navy afloat.
• NEW! Stop by and meet your favorite mascot, Salty, and try on hockey gear with the Norfolk Admirals!
• Town Point Train Depot… CHOO CHOO!! Take a ride on the Town Point Express ($)

Yellow Brick Road  

• Enjoy free birthday face painting with Funny Faces by Julie!
• “Party like Kroc Star!” with Salvation Army Kroc Center of Hampton Roads.
• Learn about hurricane preparedness and weather safety with JES.
• Go fishing for rubber duckies with CHIP of South Hampton Roads!
• Trains & Tracks! Lay out your track design and line up the trains with the Children’s Museum of Virginia.
• NEW! Play and learn about recycling with Hampton Roads Recycling Perks.
• Check out the sound of now with 94.9, The Point Radio Station.
• NEW!You work hard for your money, let ABNB Federal Credit Union teach you how to save and invest!
• NEW! Explore Dominion Energy’s vision of clean and sustainable energy for the next century.

Toddler Town

• Toys and tikes galore in a gated area for our younger festival guests! Climb, jump, run & skip in this festival playground in the Festival Baby Ball Pits! To enter, toddlers must be 3ft tall or shorter. Here you will find Gymboree.
• NEW!Stop in for a hot slice with Pizza Hut!
• NEW! Enjoy random acts of freshness with Food Lion!

NEW! TowneBankFountain Park

• Touch a Truck- Experience up close & personal views of all your favorite trucks!
• NEW! Let your energy SOAR in Inflatable Land!

NEW! Cultural Village  

• NEW! Enjoy crafts, music and a potato patch with Irish in Virginia!
• NEW! Learn about Norway and make a craft with Sons of Norway Hampton Roads.
• NEW! Learn Chinese with the Tidewater Chinese School!
• NEW! Examine authentic Chinese tri-colored glazed pottery with the Old Dominion University Chinese Association.
• NEW! Explore traditional Bahamian Rake N’ Scrape instruments with the Rhythm N’ Youth performance group!
• NEW! Enjoy performances on the International Stage by the Eastern Virginia Chinese American Association!
• NEW! See and learn about traditional Chinese artifacts with First Chinese Baptist Church.
• NEW! Brush up on your Chinese calligraphy and art with the Organization of Chinese Americans-Easter Virginia Chapter.
• NEW! Enjoy a cultural performance by the Norfolk Chinese Baptist Church.

NEW! International Stage

10:30am            New!  Rhythm N’ Youth
11:15am            New!  OVA-EVC Chinese Fashion Qipao Show
11:30am            New!  Tidewater Chinese School Youth Orchestra
11:45am            New!  Tidewater Chinese School Guzheng Performance
12:15am            New!  Tidewater Chinese School Mother & Children Dance Teams
12:40pm            New!  Eastern Virginia Chinese American Association    
1:00pm              New!  Rhythm of Ireland
1:30pm              New!  Jow Ga Kung Fu Chinese Dragon Performance
1:45pm              New!  Rhythm N’ Youth