Things to do with kids in San Jose

351 listings in San Jose: 39 events, 81 classes, 17 playgrounds, 1 pools, 25 libraries, 17 museums.

Events

• Diwali: Festival of Lights — Sat Nov 7, 10:00am–2:00pm (San Jose)
• San José Roots — Sat Nov 7, 12–4pm (San Jose)
• San Jose Veterans Day Parade & Ceremony — Wed Nov 11 (ceremony 11am, parade noon) (San Jose)
• Harvest Festival Original Art & Craft Show — Nov 13–15, 2026 (please verify timing) (San Jose)
• Matilda the Musical — Nov 13–22 (San Jose)
• Sharks Anime Night — Sat Nov 21 (San Jose)
• Applied Materials Silicon Valley Turkey Trot — Thu Nov 26, 8:30am (San Jose)
• Christmas in the Park (opening) — Nov 27–Jan 1 (opening night Sat Nov 28, 6–7pm) (San Jose)
• Sharks Youth Hockey Appreciation — Fri Nov 27, 1pm (San Jose)
• Menorahs & Miracles — Sun Dec 6, 10am–2pm (San Jose)
• San José Winter Wonder Market 2026 — Dec 12–13, 2026, 11am–6pm (San Jose)
• Symphony San Jose Holiday Spectacular — Sat Dec 12 (2:30 & 7:30pm); Sun Dec 13 (2:30pm) (San Jose)
• Willow Glen Farmers Market — Saturdays 9am–1pm, year-round, rain or shine (San Jose)
• Princeton Plaza CHAMP Farmers Market — Wednesdays & Sundays 9am–1pm, year-round (San Jose)
• Leigh High School CHAMP Farmers Market — Saturdays 9am–1pm (San Jose)
• Blossom Hill Farmers Market (Oakridge) — Sundays 9am–1pm, year-round (San Jose)
• "Jammies & Jingles" at Children's Discovery Museum — Dec 4, 2026 (San Jose)
• "Noon Year's Eve" at Children's Discovery Museum — Dec 31, 2026 (San Jose)
• Fiddler on the Roof — Opera San José — Nov 15–29, 2026 (San Jose)
• Silicon Valley Santa Run (15th Annual) — Dec 13, 2026: 5K Run/Walk ; Kids Reindeer Dash (San Jose)
• Symphony San Jose Merry Mozart — Sat Dec 5 & Sun Dec 6, 2026 (San Jose)
• Once Upon A Nutcracker — San Jose Dance Theatre — Fri Dec 11, 2026, 10am & 1pm (San Jose)
• 57th Annual Nutcracker (full) — San Jose Dance Theatre — Sat Dec 12 & Sun Dec 13 , 2026 (San Jose)
• The San Jose Nutcracker — New Ballet + Symphony San Jose — Sat Dec 19, Sun Dec 20, Tue Dec 22, Wed Dec 23, Sat Dec 26, Sun Dec 27 (San Jose)
• My Very First Nutcracker — Dec 20, 22, 23, 27, 2026 (San Jose)
• San Jose Holiday Lights (DOCA Festival) — Nov 13, 2026–Jan 1, 2027 (San Jose)
• Brunch with Santa at Santana Row — Sun Dec 6, 11am–2pm (San Jose)
• Family Fun: Fall Festival — Date to be announced (please verify timing) (San Jose)
• Grimm's Hollow: Grimm Manor — Date to be announced (weekends through Halloween 2026) (San Jose)
• A Magical Cirque Christmas — Wed Dec 16 & Thu Dec 17, 2026 (San Jose)
• The Hip Hop Nutcracker — Dec 2–3, 2026 (San Jose)
• Shen Yun Performing Arts — Sat Dec 26, 2026 7:30pm; Sun Dec 27 2pm; Mon Dec 28 2pm (San Jose)
• Tarantula Trek (Youth Science Institute) — October '26 (date to be announced) (San Jose)
• Wonders of a Watershed Storytime — Don Edwards NWR — Sat Nov 7, 2026, 10:30–11:30am (San Jose)
• Junior Rangers at the Refuge: Delightful Ducks! — Don Edwards NWR — Sun Nov 15, 2026, 10:30am–12:00pm (San Jose)
• King Tides Walk & Litter Clean-up at the EEC — Don Edwards NWR — Sun Nov 22, 2026, 9:30am–12:00pm (San Jose)
• Children's Discovery Museum of San José — Summer of Service (Teens) — Date to be announced (San Jose)
• CAMP at The Tech Interactive — March '26 (date to be announced) (San Jose)
• Camp San José (City of San Jose PRNS) — Nov 23–25, 2026, 8am–6pm (San Jose)

Classes and activities

• San José Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services — Ongoing -- see registration (San Jose)
• South Valley Family YMCA (YMCA of Silicon Valley) — Ongoing -- see registration (San Jose)
• Children's Art Classes San Jose — Ongoing -- see registration (San Jose)
• Petroglyph Ceramic Lounge (Willow Glen) — Ongoing -- see registration (San Jose)
• San Jose Youth Symphony — Ongoing -- see registration (San Jose)
• CMT San Jose — Ongoing -- see registration (San Jose)
• Bay Area Acting — Ongoing -- see registration (San Jose)
• AYSO Region 64 (West San Jose) — Ongoing -- see registration (San Jose)
• San Jose CYS Basketball — Ongoing -- see registration (San Jose)
• Waterworks Aquatics — Ongoing -- see registration (San Jose)
• SafeSplash Swim School — Ongoing -- see registration (San Jose)
• ATA Gymnastics — Ongoing -- see registration (San Jose)
• Exceed Martial Arts Center — Ongoing -- see registration (San Jose)
• Sharks Ice at San Jose — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• 4th Street Bowl — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• Emerald Hills Golfland — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• LaserMaxx San Jose — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• Round1 San Jose (Eastridge) — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• Urban Putt San Jose — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• Lucky Strike San Jose — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• Playful People Productions — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• Starting Arts — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• ComedySportz San Jose — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• Lake Cunningham Action Sports Park — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• Mayfair Skate Park — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• Plata Arroyo Skatepark — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• Martial Cottle Park — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Coyote Creek Parkway — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Happy Hollow Park & Zoo — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• The Little Gym of Evergreen — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• Hellyer County Park Splash Pad — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• Roosevelt Skatepark — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• Happy Hollow Park & Zoo Camps — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• Almaden Quicksilver County Park — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• Skate Under the Palms — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve — Ongoing — see hours on official site (San Jose)
• AVAC Swim School — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• AnT Swim School — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Las Madres Neighborhood Playgroups — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Girl Scouts of Northern California — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Clay Play & Arts — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Colibri Pottery Studio — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Cucina Bambini — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Food Explorers Club — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• My Little Conservatory — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Capitol Dance Company — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Dance Force Kids — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Dancyn Studio — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• West Valley Dance Company — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Bhangra Empire — Bhangra Classes — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Nor Cal Dance Arts — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Center Stage Dance Company — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Achieve Dance Arts Academy (ADAA) — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Almaden Academy of Music — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Camp Fashionista — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• South Bay Musical Theatre – Youth Education Program — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Allstars United Robotics — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Bald Eagle Sports Camps — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Skyhawks Sports Academy South Bay — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)
• Bay to Bay Volleyball Club — Ongoing — see registration (San Jose)

Parks and playgrounds

• Rotary PlayGarden (San Jose)
• Emma Prusch Farm Park All-Inclusive Playground (San Jose)
• Almaden Lake Regional Park All-Inclusive Playground (San Jose)
• Luv 2 Play (San Jose)
• Lost Worlds Funtropolous (San Jose)
• Whirlygig (San Jose)
• Pump It Up (San Jose)
• Sky Zone Trampoline Park (San Jose)
• Kiddiebeans Indoor Party Center (San Jose)
• St. James Park — San Jose (San Jose)
• Lake Cunningham Regional Park (San Jose)
• Hellyer County Park Playground — Santa Clara County (San Jose)
• Jolly Roger Land (San Jose) (San Jose)
• FUNBOX San Jose (San Jose)
• The Studio Climbing (Touchstone) (San Jose)
• Monopoly in the Park (San Jose)
• Lost Worlds Funtropolous (San Jose)

Pools

• City of San José pools (San Jose)

Libraries and museums

• Almaden Branch Library (San Jose)
• Alviso Branch Library (San Jose)
• Bascom Branch Library (San Jose)
• Berryessa Branch Library (San Jose)
• Biblioteca Latinoamericana (San Jose)
• Calabazas Branch Library (San Jose)
• Cambrian Branch Library (San Jose)
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library (San Jose)
• Dr. Roberto Cruz Alum Rock Branch Library (San Jose)
• East San José Carnegie Branch Library (San Jose)
• Edenvale Branch Library (San Jose)
• Educational Park Branch Library (San Jose)
• Evergreen Branch Library (San Jose)
• Hillview Branch Library (San Jose)
• Joyce Ellington Branch Library (San Jose)
• Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library (Bridge Branch) (San Jose)
• Pearl Avenue Branch Library (San Jose)
• Rose Garden Branch Library (San Jose)
• Santa Teresa Branch Library (San Jose)
• Seven Trees Branch Library (San Jose)
• Tully Community Branch Library (San Jose)
• Village Square Branch Library (San Jose)
• Vineland Branch Library (San Jose)
• West Valley Branch Library (San Jose)
• Willow Glen Branch Library (San Jose)
• Children's Discovery Museum of San José (San Jose)
• The Tech Interactive (San Jose)
• Happy Hollow Park & Zoo (San Jose)
• Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum (San Jose)
• San José Museum of Art (San Jose)
• History Park (History San José) (San Jose)
• San Jose Fire Museum (San Jose)
• Winchester Mystery House (San Jose)
• Japanese American Museum of San Jose (San Jose)
• MACLA / Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (San Jose)
• San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles (San Jose)
• ICA San José (Institute of Contemporary Art) (San Jose)
• Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum (San Jose)
• Viet Museum (San Jose)
• Peralta Adobe & Fallon House (San Jose)
• Municipal Rose Garden (San Jose)
• Japanese Friendship Garden (San Jose)

Schools and daycares

• Challenger School — Strawberry Park (San Jose)
• Adelante Dual Language Academy (San Jose)
• Abram Agnew Elementary School (San Jose)
• Adelante II Dual Language Academy (San Jose)
• Alex Anderson Elementary School (San Jose)
• Allen at Steinbeck School (San Jose)
• Almaden Elementary School (San Jose)
• Anne Darling Elementary School (San Jose)
• Aptitud Community Academy at Goss (San Jose)
• Bachrodt Elementary School (San Jose)
• Bagby Elementary School (San Jose)
• Ben Painter Elementary School (San Jose)
• Bertha Taylor Elementary School (San Jose)
• Blackford Elementary School (San Jose)
• Booksin Elementary School (San Jose)
• Brooktree Elementary School (San Jose)
• Cadwallader Elementary School (San Jose)
• Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary School (San Jose)
• Carlton Elementary School (San Jose)
• Carolyn Clark Elementary School (San Jose)
• Carson Elementary School (San Jose)
• Cedar Grove Elementary School (San Jose)
• Cherrywood Elementary School (San Jose)
• Christopher Elementary School (San Jose)
• Cupertino Language Immersion Program (CLIP) at Muir (San Jose)
• Del Roble Elementary School (San Jose)
• Dove Hill Elementary School (San Jose)
• Earl Frost Elementary School (San Jose)
• Easterbrook Discovery School (San Jose)
• Edenvale Elementary School (San Jose)
• Ernesto Galarza Elementary School (San Jose)
• Evergreen Elementary School (San Jose)
• Fammatre Elementary School (San Jose)
• Farnham Charter Elementary School (San Jose)
• Forest Hill Elementary School (San Jose)
• Franklin Elementary School (San Jose)
• G. W. Hellyer Elementary School (San Jose)
• George C. Payne Elementary School (San Jose)
• George Mayne Elementary School (San Jose)
• George Shirakawa Sr. Elementary School (San Jose)
• Grant Elementary School (San Jose)
• Graystone Elementary School (San Jose)
• Gussie M. Baker Elementary School (San Jose)
• Hacienda Environmental Science Magnet School (San Jose)
• Hammer Montessori at Gardner (San Jose)
• Hayes Elementary School (San Jose)
• Holly Oak Elementary School (San Jose)
• Horace Mann Elementary School (San Jose)
• Hubbard Media Arts Academy (San Jose)
• Ida Jew Academy (San Jose)
• Indigo Program (San Jose)
• James Franklin Smith Elementary School (San Jose)
• Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary School (San Jose)
• John J. Montgomery Elementary School (San Jose)
• Julia Baldwin Elementary School (San Jose)
• Katherine R. Smith Elementary School (San Jose)
• Lairon College Preparatory Academy (San Jose)
• Laneview Elementary School (San Jose)
• Latimer School (San Jose)
• Laurelwood Elementary School (Evergreen) (San Jose)