Bay Area KidFest is at Concord Pavilion May 24 & 25 | Toyota Pavilion at Concord
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KidFest is the Bay Area's longest-running family festival. Memorial Day Weekend May 24 and 25 in Concord with entertainment, rides and more.
Bay Area KidFest 2026 is again at the world-famous TOYOTA PAVILION at CONCORD on May 24 & 25.
Enjoy the 35th edition of KidFest, a Memorial Day Weekend tradition for the entire family, with 2 days of jam-packed entertainment, rides, activities, food and fun at the Pavilion. KidFest opens at 10am both days. We're opened until 8pm on Sunday and 6pm on Memorial Day Monday.
For a limited time, we have a
Special Discount Package
of 1 All-Day Ride Wristband and 2 admission tickets. Remember, babies under 24 months and Seniors 65 & older are FREE.
There are
3 free shows daily
with
Wild About Monkeys, BMX Pros Stunt Team
and
Python Ron's Reptile Kingdom,
plus
free non-stop entertainment
on the Main Stage.
Meet and greet
Super Mario
and his friends
P
rincess Peach, Yoshi
and
Luigi
plus
Olaf from
Frozen
in the
KidFest Marketplace Pavilion
.
Unfortunately,
Bluey
isn't able to be at KidFest but she promises to come to Concord next year!
All day, children can experience another popular annual KidFest attraction
Kid's Town America
.
There are dozens of free kid’s activities including balloon hats and animals, spin art, slides, crawls and much more
included in the low admission price
.
There are 2 eclectic Food Courts, arts and crafts and exhibitor booths in the
KidFest Marketplace.
On Sunday
there is a special
Family Dance Party
from 5-8pm during extended KidFest hours.
DJ Dave and FUNKMODE
will perform and lead the audience of all ages with music from
Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars,
Michael Jackson,
Pitbull, Rolling Stones, Journey and more
.
A special $25 Family Ticket (for up to 4 admissions) goes on sale at 5pm Sunday.
For the 15th year, KidFest presents a
special Memorial Day ceremony at noon Monday, May 25
,
Mt. Diablo High School Jr. ROTC color guard
and songs honoring America's service people past and present with vocalist
Elizabeth Martinié
.
Advance sale admission tickets are available now online.
Admission tickets, ride wristbands and ride tickets go on sale each day of KidFest starting at 9:45am. Admission is just $9 with a donation of canned food to the Monument Crisis Center or $10 without can donation.
On Sunday, May 24, we celebrate our collaboration for food donations through Monument Crisis Center with DOUBLE CAN DAY.
A person donating 2 canned goods on Sunday gets $2 off their admission.
A family of 4 bringing 8 cans will save a total of $8 off their admission ticket purchase.
Babies under 24 months and seniors 65+ are always free.
KidFest offers an
all-day, all-rides wristband to be used on 20 thrilling children's rides
for kids of all ages, including Waterballerz, Dragon Wagon roller coaster, Euro Bungy Jump, Ferris wheel, giant slide, petting zoo, pony rides, Fun Express train, jeeps, Spider Mountain and more. Ride Wristbands are $40 and are sold in the KidFest grounds.
We also have 3 different discounted Ride Ticket packages (20, 50 and 100 tickets) on sale all day at KidFest.
Proceeds from Bay Area KidFest benefit local educational, health and sports groups, which have received over $125,000 in cash donations from producer Bay Area Festivals since 2010.
The
first 500 families through the Pavilion gate each morning at KidFest receive a free KidFest Goody Bag
.
Tickets for admission and rides are always available at the door during KidFest!
KidFest is open 10 am - 8pm on Sunday and 10am - 6pm on Memorial Day Monday. KidFest is held at Toyota Pavilion at Concord, 2000 Kirker Pass Rd.
On-site vehicle parking is $10.
For more information visit
www.KidFestConcord.com
.
Information Source: Bay Area Festivals | eventbrite