Kids’ Activities for 2018

Includes a select number of free activities and exhibits on the Burlington Waterfront, including:

FREE—PIRATE PARK FOR KIDS!

Great Lawn at Waterfront Park | Saturday July 28 from 9am to 1pm.

Join us for our second annual Pirate Park Kids Day! Don your favorite pirate costume and enter the all-ages contest. You may win some booty! Judging takes place at 1pm. Stop by and say “Hi, Matey” and have your picture taken with Rockin’ Ron the Friendly Pirate and Mermaid Dalni.

Young Pirates will take an imaginary trip to the Seven Seas when The Big Blue Trunk arrives, ready to whisk them away to the land of Pirates. Captain Mike will bring his pirate ship and lead children on an exciting journey through a variety of kid-safe games and activities. Also, enjoy Bobber Bob, Champ, bouncy house and live music! The first 200 lucky pirates to attend will get Treasure Boxes!

Look for Rockin’ Ron the Friendly Pirate!  For more info: www.RockinRonTheFriendlyPirate.com
Look for Rockin’ Ron at the Festival on Saturday, July 28 with shows at 11 am, 12 pm and 1 pm!

Rockin’ Ron the Friendly Pirate has performed his entertaining and educational pirate act throughout Northeastern North America at schools. libraries, and events. His sing-along, move-along songs are full of nautical references and boatloads of wordplay that appeal to all ages. His third album The Flying Pirate Circus was one of 99 titles in consideration for a 2017 Children’s Album GRAMMY! In November, he released an illustrated children’s book, also called The Flying Pirate Circus.

Calamity and Crowe- handmade, artisan tie-dye tees, infused with good vibes and inspired by the music we love! We’re so excited to host the Second Lake Champlain Maritime Festival Kids’ tie-dye workshop on Saturday, July 28 from 11am-3pm. If you have a child aged 4-14 years old, register them at the special entry box at Advance Music in Burlington for their chance to win a free one-on-one tie-dye lesson from Calamity & Crowe. They get to keep their groovy creation! Thirty lucky little hippies will be chosen. One grand prize winner will be pulled from all entries collected and will receive a Calamity & Crowe’s Trading Post gift certificate (a $250 value) which will be good toward their own t-home kids’ tie-dye workshop! One entry per child; children must be 4-14 years of age. For more information, visit us on Facebook.

Junior Road Show is an audition based Smirkus Camp program for ten 12-16 year olds. This group creates and choreographs a themed 30 minute ground show during their short two weeks at camp. This show is then performed throughout the Vermont community to a variety of audiences. Check out this year’s Junior Road Show at Burlington’s Maritime Festival Sunday, July 29th at 12:15pm. Join us for a performance and an opportunity to learn some circus skills with these young performers and have a blast! To learn more about this program and other Smirkus Camp sessions please visit smirkus.org.

Music! SUPER SOUNDS DJ

BIG TINY LOVE: A FESTIVAL FOR KIDS
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
The Skinny Pancake will be bringing a family-friendly music festival to Burlington’s Waterfront Park.
Featuring:
Live music from Mister Chris And Friends, Linda Bassick and Joe Beaird of Ukelele Kids.
A performance from Circus Smirkus.
Family Friendly Yoga classes with Sangha Studio
Crepes and Beverages from The Skinny Pancake
A Shelburne Farms cheese tasting and bracelet making with Rooted in Vermont.
Proceeds from this event will be donated to The University of Vermont Medical Center‘s Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit. This event will coincide with the launch of Big Tiny Love: a compilation of children’s music performed by Vermont musicians. https://www.bigtinylove.com/

Ticketed ride area, courtesy of Good Guy Productions! More information to come! 

Purchase an all-day pass for unlimited rides, a three-day pass or a quick-pass for two rides on each inflatable attraction. Pricing to come!