Children

Do your holiday shopping at Tails! Shop new items at discounted prices. Holiday decor, kitchen items, bedding sets, toys, candles, pet essentials and more! New this year…Visit with Santa & Mrs. Claus. There will also be cookies and hot cocoa available with a donation. Don’t forget about the Early Bird Special: Come shop at 8am for a $10 donation. All proceeds go directly to helping the homeless pets at Tails Humane Society.

It’s the holiday season and a perfect time to build a gingerbread house with the family! Join us for our fifth annual STEM Gingerbread House Family Fun Science. We’ll have the supplies to build—graham crackers, frosting, and candy. Bring your creative ideas! At the end, we’ll have a friendly competition for Best House and the winner will get a $5 Target gift card. There is a limit of 30 children. This has become one of our most popular Family Fun Science events, so make sure to register online or by emailing Laura at [email protected]. For additional information or help with registration, please contact us at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

Get ready for Dad’s Downtown Day! Join Downtown DeKalb on Sunday, June 9th from 12-4pm for a mini-golf extravaganza in the heart of downtown DeKalb. Each participating business will design and host a unique mini-golf hole for families to enjoy! Don’t forget to turn in your completed scorecard for a chance to win raffle prizes!

Come out the second Friday of each month this summer for a FREE outdoor movie experience! Family-friendly movies are shown on a giant inflatable movie screen near the Hopkins Park Band Shell. The show starts when nature turns off the lights!

Come join the summertime fun at Family Fun Fest in Hopkins Park on Wednesday, July 17th! This free-to-attend event is packed with family-friendly activities, swag, and giveaways for everyone to enjoy. Tamales Los Girasoles (formerly Tinez Tacos) will also be on site for a bite to eat. Meet and connect with local businesses and organizations in a fun and engaging atmosphere while making summer memories with your family!

The Jersey Brothers perform music from Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, and their contemporaries, with historical notes from the groups popular and on-going career. Seasoned performers, Norm and Randy Murray have appeared on the same bill as The Four Seasons, Johnny Rivers, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Diamonds, and Bill Haleys Comets. This event is free and open to all. No registration is required. For additional information, please contact Samantha at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1701.

Turn up on August 18, 2024 for Uke Day! Join Illinois Ukulele Society/Wild Blue Ukulele Orchestra for their second year celebrating everything ukulele! The event will be held at Hopkins Park in DeKalb, in both the community room downstairs and the Terrace room. Doors open at noon until 5 p.m., in the lower-level community room at Hopkins Park. Admission is $5, and the first 40 people get a free lei. Admission includes three uke workshops, a concert with the Wild Blue Ukulele Orchestra, and a fantastic strum and sing. Maybe you need a new ukulele or want to take lessons? There will be local music shop vendors, including Ax-in Hand, Ukulele Station of America, and Aurora Music Company. Wild Carrot food truck will be at the event, and Wild Blue Ukulele Orchestra is bringing back swap and sell, awesome raffle items (ukuleles!), crafts and much more. Uke Day is sponsored by the Illinois Ukulele Society and Wild Blue Ukulele Orchestra. The ukulele is a popular instrument, with more than 1,700,000 ukuleles sold annually in the United States of America. Many people in our area own a ukulele, come and play, listen, learn, shop, and have a great time! The event is open to all.