Grand 1984 Opera House Presents 21st ANNUAL GRAND KIDS FESTIVAL This April

Celebrate, Create and Perform! The 21st Annual Grand Kids Festival is a celebration of the arts like no other. Held on Postoffice Street from 20th - 23rd in Galveston's Historic Downtown Cultural Arts District, the Festival fills 3 city blocks with family fun on Saturday, April 2nd, 10am to 5pm. The Grand 1894 Opera House invites the entire community to come to its 21st Celebration of Family, Folk Arts, and Fun.

The Festival offers three outdoor stages, an indoor stage (at The Grand), a storytelling tent, over a dozen activity areas, over forty activity booths and an array of food and beverage booths.

This family-focused event is an interactive venue for children to perform, create, and be inspired by all they see. We want children to leave the Festival feeling the success of performing on stage, the thrill of creating a hands-on masterpiece and the experience of seeing performances that inspire them.

Visitors will enjoy live entertainment by professional artists like Cajun author and song siren Johnette Downing and will be mesmerized by Cirque Mechanics artists. Who will transport the audience to the world of Pedal Punk, a Steampunk inspired place where cycling is the way to escape the technology-obsessed society. In addition, there will be stunt bikes, bungee trampolines, a balloon artist, a giant inflatable zipline, a stop motion photography artist, an origami artist, a glass blowing artist, interaction with live animals at the petting zoo, pony rides and much more.

As one of the festivals highlights Missoula Children's Theatre will conduct a week-long residency for a production of Little Red Riding Hood. The residency will begin with an open audition for students Kindergarten through High School on Monday March 28th at 4:30pm at The Grand. The Missoula team will select a cast of fifty area children who participate in a week of rehearsals in preparation for their two performances onstage as part of The Grand Kids Festival.

The Grand Kids Festival is the largest FREE art focused children's event on the Gulf Coast. The Festival grounds will be Free to the public as well as inflatables, petting zoo, and Zippy Pets. A fee will be charged for some activities and booths, such as food and face painting. Come enjoy the fun!

For more information about The Grand Kids Festival, please visit www.grandkidsfestival.com or call 800.821.1894, 409.765.1894. The Grand 1894 Opera House, located at 2020 Postoffice Street in Galveston's Downtown Cultural Arts District is recognized as "The Official Opera House of the State of Texas. "

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