KidsFest

There are family-friendly activities, live family shows, and family fun for everyone at the 2023 Summer Arts Festival’s KidsFest, presented ADMISSION-FREE by the Springfield Arts Council in partnership with our friends, businesses and organizations in the community! This year, KidsFest moves to Veterans Park Amphitheater, and includes:

Magician, Juggler and Ventriloquist Mike Hemmelgarn

12:00 Noon on the Big Stage, Veterans Park

Ohio Performing Arts Institute

1:00 PM on the East Terrace

Insect Fun with The Bugman

2:00 PM on the Big Stage

Sons of Thunder

3:00 PM on the East Terrace

You can also visit the musical instrument “petting zoo,” get your face painted, play games, gasp at the Amazing Giant stiltwalker, bounce into our bouncy house, and much more! Cold drinks and snacks will be on sale, or bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the day with family and friends!

Special thanks to our KidsFest partners Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Youth Arts Ambassadors, Ohio Performing Arts Institute, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield Youth Arts Coalition, and others who joined us after our print deadline.

ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation at this event provided courtesy of Community Health Foundation

Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 8:00 PM; Veterans Park Amphitheater