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.
- NEW! Zumba demos and performances by Zumba Kids with Tanecia & Tamerah!
- Watch a performance by Todd Rosenlieb Dance students and learn about the adaptive dance classes they offer!
- Go crazy with science at the Mad Science of Hampton Roads tent doing hands on experiments with chemical reactions, dry ice and electricity!
- The Brain Balance Center will stimulate brain development through fun creative movement stations.
- Pirates from the Defiant Crew! 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 with Pete the Cat, and the Bookmobile!
- Stop by WHRO Public Media’s PBS Kid’s Village to meet Super Why and Jet from Sid the Science Kid & have fun at their interactive environmental station!
- NEW! GEICO
- Join ODU Physicsand check out a hands-on interactive physics lab.
- Enjoy a wooden craft project with the Tidewater Council, Boy Scouts of America!
- NEW! VA 529
- Plant, tree or flower? Name that smell with the VCE Norfolk Master Gardeners!
- NEW! Learn about car set safety and participate in a raffle for a car seat with CHKD Trauma Services, Nursing Services & Therapy Services.
- NEW! JoinCHKD Respiratory Therapyfor asthma education and an interactive “Test your lung strength” game.
- NEW! Make your mermaid headband or pirate bandana at the Kids Art and Crafts Tent.
- NEW! Learn to cook with Now You’re Cooking Culinary Studio –offering culinary demonstrations all day long!
- Giant Lawn Games!
- NEW! Chalk the Walk! Draw a picture of your favorite sea creature on the walkways of Town Point Park help decorate the park with your spark!
Friendship Path
- Gear up for a family road trip withSouthern Auto Group!
- NEW! State Farm
- NEW! Visit the IBM booth where you canget a free tattoo and learn to code by turning your initials into a key ring!
- NEW! Let out your wild side with the Virginia Living Museum!
- NEW! Metro PCS
- 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 ($)
- NEW! Make your favorite balloon sea creature animal with Dilly Dally Clowns!
- Enjoy free sea-worthy face painting with Funny Faces by Julie!
- NEW! Storytime with Mermaid Bryn!
Yellow Brick Road
- NEW! Learn about how Optima Health can provide healthy lifestyle options for you and your family.
- NEW! Brush up on your biofacts and spin a prize wheel with the Virginia Zoo!
- NEW! Learn about hurricane preparedness and weather safety with JES.
- Go fishing for rubber duckies with CHIP of South Hampton Roads!
- Bubbles, bubbles, everywhere with the Children’s Museum of Virginia!
- Play a recycling drop game 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! Anthem
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!
TowneBankFountain Park
- NEW! Touch a Boat- Experience up close & personal views of all your favorite sea crafts!
- NEW! Let your energy SOAR in Inflatable Land!
Cultural Village
- Visit with the Confucious Center Institute at ODU and practice your calligraphy!
- NEW! Learn about oriental brush painting with Blue Heron Chapter, Sumi-e Society of America.
- Learn Chinese and enjoy performances with the Tidewater Chinese School!
- Brush up on your martial arts and learn about the traditional Chinese Dragon dance with JowGa Kung Fu.
- Enjoy performances on the International Stage by the Eastern Virginia Chinese American Association!
- NEW! Norwegian crafts, coloring pages and more with Sons of Norway!
- See and learn about traditional Chinese artifacts with First Chinese Baptist Church.
- Brush up on your Chinese calligraphy and art with the Organization of Chinese Americans-Eastern Virginia Chapter.
International Stage
10:30am New! Tidewater Chinese School Cucurbit Flute Performance
10:40am Tidewater Chinese School Band Performance
11:00am New! Er Hu by Tidewater Chinese School
11:15am New! Tidewater Chinese School Zither Ensemble
11:30am New! Tidewater Chinese School Zither Solo
11:45am New! Chinese Kungfu by Confucius Institute
12:00pm New! Vocal Solo by Confucius Institute
1:30pm Jow Ga Kung Fu Martial Arts Demo
2:00pm Jow Ga Kung Fu Chinese Lion Dance Performance
Discovery Zone
- Visit with the fairest Real Fairy Tale Party princesses in all the land.
- Explore the world of plants with the Norfolk Botanical Garden
- Learn about your future as a Monarch at odu.edu, and be on the lookout for Old Dominion University’s Big Blue!
- Get moving with The Little Gym! Performances at the Ready, Set, GO! Stage.
- Play Doh Island Imagination Station!
- Legoland! Put your creative thinking cap on and build a structure with thousands of Legos.
- Play a plinko game and make a friend with the Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast.
- NEW! Stop by the Under the Sea Coloring Station where you can meet Hurrah Player’s sea creatures, color a life-size mermaid, and learn the baby shark dance!
- Grab a seat, meet a mermaid and hear a story read at the Back Bay Mermaid Book Nook!
- Teddy Bear Birthday Tea – Have a picnic in the park with your favorite teddy!
- Set up camp, dress up, and imagine at the Little Soldiers tent.
- Dress up like royalty in the Princess Pavilion.
- NEW! The Mount
Fun Zone
- Quench your thirst and learn about doing something sweet from your friends at the Foundation for Community Betterment. Listen to stories at the Lemonade Ripple Book Nook.
- Super Market Sweep! Shop forbreakfast lunch and dinner at the play grocery store.
- Check out Hot 100, Virginia’s hit music channel.
- NEW! Craft away with LemonDrop Makery!
- NEW! Listen to music that makes you feel good from today and back in the day with Movin 107.7.
- Meet a professional dancer and make your own nutcracker craft with the Richmond Ballet!
- NEW! Make and take a bookmark atREACHand enjoy story time with Children’s author Florenza Lee!
Costume Characters
Pirates from the Defiant Crew
Super Why
Sid the Science Kid
Pete the Cat
Ariel
Moana
Cinderella
Rapunzel
WHRO’s Mr. Steve
Pirates from the Defiant Crew
Cast of The Little Mermaid
Back Bay Mermaid
Star Wars Storm Troopers
Sandy the Sea Turtle
Andy the Octopus
Bryn the Mermaid
WHRO Public Media's Lights! Camera! Action! Stage (Main Stage)
10:15am NEW! Hurrah Players present The Little Mermaid
11:00am NEW! WHRO Public Media presents GreenBeats with Skye Zentz and Steve Songs
11:50am Baby Shark Dance!
12:00am NEW! Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats
12:45pm NEW! Hurrah Players present The Little Mermaid
1:30pm NEW! WHRO Public Media Presents Steve Songs with special guest Skye Zentz
2:15pm Baby Shark Dance!
2:30pm NEW! Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats
Ready, Set, GO! Stage
10:10am AOM Suzuki Strings Program
10:40am Ballet Virginia International
11:10am Todd Rosenlieb Dance
12:10pm Little Gym Jets
12:40pm Evelyn Ott School of Dance
1:10pm NEW! Zumba Kids with Tanecia & Tamerah
1:45pm BellA Dance
2:15pm Mad Science of Hampton Roads - Interactive Science Show
Pirate’s Den School for Pirates with Moody Crewe
11:00am, 12:00pm, 1:00pm, 2:00pm
Back Bay Mermaid Book Nook:
10:45am, 11:45am, 12:45pm, 2:00pm
Lemonade Ripple Book Nook
10:00am, 11:15am, 11:45am, 12:30pm, 1:45pm
Adventure Book Nook with Author Myron Campbell
10:15am, 11:30am, 12:45pm, 1:15pm, 2:30pm
NEW! REACH Book Nook with Florenza Lee:
11:30am, 1:00pm, 2:30pm
NEW! Storytime with Mermaid Bryn:
10:15am, 11:15am, 12:15am, 1:30pm
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