Things to do with kids in Oakland

223 listings in Oakland: 25 events, 51 classes, 19 playgrounds, 7 pools, 17 libraries, 14 museums.

Events

• "Days of Christmas" at Temple Hill — Nov 28–Dec 31 (Oakland)
• Grand Chanukah Celebration on the Lake — Sun Dec 6, 2026, 4:30pm (Oakland)
• Drive-Through Nativity — St. John's Episcopal Church — prior edition Dec 22 (Oakland)
• OMCA First Sundays — Sun Oct 4 (also Nov 1, Dec 6) (Oakland)
• Glowfari — Nov 6, 2026–Jan 31, 2027 (Oakland)
• Oakland Turkey Trot (10th Annual 5K & Festival of Thanks) — Thu Nov 26, 8:30am (Oakland)
• OMCA First Sundays — Sun Dec 6 (Oakland)
• Fairy Winterland — Dec 12–13, 19–20, 26–27, 12–7pm (Oakland)
• Oakland Symphony: Let Us Break Bread Together — A Tribute to Quincy Jones — Sun Dec 13, 4pm (Oakland)
• The Henry J: Rockin' Holiday — Sun Dec 20, 2–5pm (Oakland)
• Grand Lake Farmers' Market — Saturdays 9am–1pm, year-round (Oakland)
• Temescal Farmers' Market — Sundays 9am–1pm, year-round (Oakland)
• Jack London Square Farmers Market — Sundays 11am–4pm (Oakland)
• Buddhist Church of Oakland Mochitsuki — Dec 13, 2026 (Oakland)
• Días de los Muertos: Arte de los Muertos @ Fairyland — Nov 1, 7 & 8, 2026 (Oakland)
• 24th Annual Montclair Village Holiday Stroll — Dec 10, 2026 (Oakland)
• Oakland Ballet: Graham Lustig's The Nutcracker — Dec 19 & 20, 1pm (Oakland)
• Chabot Space & Science Center New Year's Eve Balloon Drop — Thu Dec 31, 11am (Oakland)
• Geminid Meteor Shower Watch Party (Chabot Space & Science Center) — December '26 (date to be announced) (Oakland)
• Berkeley Ballet Theater: The Nutcracker Bird — Sat–Sun Dec 19–20 (Oakland)
• Jack London Square Tree Lighting — Date to be announced (please verify timing) (Oakland)
• 2026 Social Justice Children's Book Fair (10th Anniversary) — Sat Dec 5, 2026, 11am–3pm (Oakland)
• Patchwork Show: Modern Makers Festival — Oakland — Sat Dec 12, 2026, 11am–5pm (Oakland)
• Chabot Space & Science Center — Cosmic Camp-Ins — Date to be announced (Oakland)
• Countdown to Wonderland (Children's Fairyland) — Thu Dec 31, 2026, ball-drop celebrations 12pm & 3pm (please verify timing) (Oakland)

Classes and activities

• Oakland Parks, Recreation & Youth Development (OPRYD) — Ongoing -- see registration (Oakland)
• Downtown Oakland YMCA (YMCA of the East Bay) — Ongoing -- see registration (Oakland)
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland — Ongoing -- see registration (Oakland)
• Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA) — Ongoing -- see registration (Oakland)
• Junior Center of Art & Science — Ongoing -- see registration (Oakland)
• The Crucible — Ongoing -- see registration (Oakland)
• NOLL/SOLL — North & South Oakland Little League — Ongoing -- see registration (Oakland)
• Bay Island Gymnastics — Ongoing -- see registration (Oakland)
• Bay Area Wildcats Basketball — Ongoing -- see registration (Oakland)
• Spooky Astronomy at Chabot — Sat Oct 31 (evening) (Oakland)
• Cosmic Camp-In: Our Solar System — Sat Nov 7 (5:15pm) – Sun Nov 8 (8:30am) (Oakland)
• Oakland Ice Center — Ongoing — see hours on official site (Oakland)
• Middle Harbor Shoreline Park — Ongoing — see hours on official site (Oakland)
• Lake Temescal — Ongoing — see hours on official site (Oakland)
• Avid4 Adventure — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• KidzToPros Summer Camps — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park — Stream Trail — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• Pump It Up Oakland — Ongoing — see hours on official site (Oakland)
• DeFremery Skate Park — Ongoing — see hours on official site (Oakland)
• Oakland Zoo Summer Camps — Ongoing — see hours on official site (Oakland)
• OPRYD Town Experiences Summer Camp — Ongoing — see hours on official site (Oakland)
• Joaquin Miller Park — Ongoing — see hours on official site (Oakland)
• Jam Camp WEST — Summer camp season -- next summer's dates TBD (Oakland)
• QuantumCamp — Summer camp season -- next summer's dates TBD (Oakland)
• Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve — Ongoing — see hours on official site (Oakland)
• Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline — Ongoing — see hours on official site (Oakland)
• Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC) — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• Bananas — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• Expression Arts — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• Linda Dorsey School of the Arts — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• BlackBox Studios — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• East Bay Dance Center — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• Tutu School Oakland — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• Notes Music Academy — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• Musically Minded Academy — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• YouthBeat — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• Studio One Art Center — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• CodeFu — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• Oakland Strokes — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• East Oakland Youth Development Center Track Club — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• Oakland Diocese CYO Sports — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• First Tee Oakland — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• Kinetic Arts Center — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• Oakland Genesis Soccer Club — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• East Bay United Soccer Club — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• Oakland Soccer Club — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• Oakland Lacrosse Club — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• The Hills Swim & Tennis Club — Hurricanes Swim Team — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• The Hills Swim & Tennis Club — Junior Lifeguard Camp — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• Skyline Ranch Equestrian Center — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)
• The Game Parlour — Oakland — Ongoing — see registration (Oakland)

Parks and playgrounds

• Children's Fairyland (Oakland)
• Joaquin Miller Park Playground (Oakland)
• Allendale Recreation Center (Oakland)
• Arroyo Viejo Recreation Center (Oakland)
• Brookdale Recreation Center (Oakland)
• Bushrod Recreation Center (Oakland)
• Dimond Recreation Center (Oakland)
• FM Smith Recreation Center (Oakland)
• Franklin Recreation Center (Oakland)
• Manzanita Recreation Center (Oakland)
• Montclair Recreation Center (Oakland)
• Mosswood Recreation Center (Oakland)
• Rainbow Recreation Center (Oakland)
• Redwood Heights Recreation Center (Oakland)
• San Antonio Park (Oakland)
• Roberts Regional Recreation Area (Oakland)
• Bay Play (Oakland)
• HaPPi Hands (Oakland)
• Willie Keyes (Poplar) Recreation Center (Oakland)

Pools

• Larry E. Reid Sports Center (Oakland)
• Temescal Pool (Oakland)
• Lions Pool (Dimond Park) (Oakland)
• DeFremery Pool (Oakland)
• Fremont Pool (Oakland)
• Roberts Pool (Oakland)
• Trefethen Aquatic Center (Oakland)

Libraries and museums

• Oakland Public Library — Main (Oakland)
• Oakland Public Library — 81st Avenue (Oakland)
• Oakland Public Library — Asian (Oakland)
• Oakland Public Library — Brookfield (Oakland)
• Oakland Public Library — Fruitvale (Oakland)
• Oakland Public Library — Dimond (Oakland)
• Oakland Public Library — Eastmont (Oakland)
• Oakland Public Library — Elmhurst (Oakland)
• Oakland Public Library — Golden Gate (Oakland)
• Oakland Public Library — Lakeview (Oakland)
• Oakland Public Library — Martin Luther King Jr. (Oakland)
• Oakland Public Library — Melrose (Oakland)
• Oakland Public Library — Montclair (Oakland)
• Oakland Public Library — Piedmont Avenue (Oakland)
• Oakland Public Library — Rockridge (Oakland)
• Oakland Public Library — Temescal (Oakland)
• Oakland Public Library — West Oakland (Oakland)
• Oakland Zoo (Oakland)
• Chabot Space & Science Center (Oakland)
• Oakland Museum of California (Oakland)
• Children's Fairyland (Oakland)
• Junior Center of Art & Science (Oakland)
• Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA) (Oakland)
• Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment (MADE) (Oakland)
• Oakland Aviation Museum (Oakland)
• Pardee Home Museum (Oakland)
• USS Potomac (Oakland)
• Dunsmuir Hellman Historic Estate (Oakland)
• African American Museum and Library at Oakland (Oakland)
• Rotary Nature Center (Oakland)
• Cohen Bray House (Oakland)

Schools and daycares

• ACORN Woodland Elementary (Oakland)
• Allendale Elementary (Oakland)
• Bella Vista Elementary (Oakland)
• Bridges Academy at Melrose (Oakland)
• Brookfield Elementary (Oakland)
• Burckhalter Elementary (Oakland)
• Carl B. Munck Elementary (Oakland)
• Chabot Elementary (Oakland)
• Community United Elementary (Oakland)
• Crocker Highlands Elementary (Oakland)
• East Oakland Pride Elementary (Oakland)
• Emerson Elementary (Oakland)
• EnCompass Academy (Oakland)
• Esperanza Elementary (Oakland)
• Franklin Elementary (Oakland)
• Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy (Oakland)
• Fruitvale Elementary (Oakland)
• Futures Elementary (Oakland)
• Glenview Elementary (Oakland)
• Global Family School (Oakland)
• Grass Valley Elementary (Oakland)
• Greenleaf Elementary (Oakland)
• Hoover Elementary (Oakland)
• Horace Mann Elementary (Oakland)
• International Community School (Oakland)
• Joaquin Miller Elementary (Oakland)
• La Escuelita Elementary (Oakland)
• Laurel Elementary (Oakland)
• Lincoln Elementary (Oakland)
• Lockwood STEAM Academy (Oakland)
• Madison Park Academy Primary (Oakland)
• Manzanita Community School (Oakland)
• Manzanita SEED (Oakland)
• Markham Elementary (Oakland)
• Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary (Oakland)
• Melrose Leadership Academy (Oakland)
• Montclair Elementary (Oakland)
• Oakland Academy of Knowledge (Oakland)
• Peralta Elementary (Oakland)
• Piedmont Avenue Elementary (Oakland)
• Prescott School (Oakland)
• Reach Academy (Oakland)
• Redwood Heights Elementary (Oakland)
• Rise Community School (Oakland)
• Sankofa United Elementary (Oakland)
• Sequoia Elementary (Oakland)
• Think College Now (Oakland)
• Thornhill Elementary (Oakland)
• Highland Community School (Oakland)
• Aurora School (Oakland)
• Bentley School (Lower School) (Oakland)
• Head-Royce School (Lower School) (Oakland)
• Northern Light School (Oakland)
• Redwood Day School (Oakland)
• The Renaissance School (Oakland)
• Achieve Academy (Oakland)
• AIMS K-12 College Prep Charter (AIPCS II elementary campus) (Oakland)
• ASCEND (Oakland)
• Aspire College Academy (Oakland)
• Aspire Monarch Academy (Oakland)