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Top 20 Weekend Event Picks (November 8-10)

20 things to do in and around Brooklyn with kids over the weekend

By Meredith Kurnov, Editor & Publisher of Macaroni Kid Brooklyn NW November 7, 2024

Time to plan your weekend! Forecast: Friday ๐ŸŒฅ๏ธ 46-69°, 5% chance of rain | Saturday โ˜€๏ธ 43-57°, 0% chance of rain | Sunday ๐ŸŒฅ๏ธ 57-62°, 46% chance of rain. 

See below for 20 weekend event highlights in and around Brooklyn. There are more events listed in the calendar. Click on pink links below for full event details. Events are subject to sell out, change, or cancellation; please confirm events before attending.


  1. ๐Ÿ›๏ธ The Minis Market Pop-Up Shop for Families at Invisible Dog Art Center in Cobble Hill
    Friday-Sunday 10am-7pm | FREE entry
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  2. ๐ŸŽ‰ Kid's Night Out Dropoffs: Discovery Kids in PLG, Code Ninjas Gowanus, CREA Industry City,PLAY Greenpoint, The Tiny Scientist in Park Slope, Brooklyn Game Lab in Park Slope
    Friday 5:30-8pm, 6-9pm, 6-8:30pm, 6-8:30pm, 6:30-8:30pm, Saturday 5:30-10pm | $35, $50, $75, $42, $40, $99 | For ages 3-6, 5+, 3-12, 4-8, 4+, 6-12
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  3. ๐ŸŽถ Annual Brooklyn Folk Festival at St. Ann's Church in Brooklyn Heights
    Friday 7pm, Saturday 12pm & 7pm, Sunday 2pm & 6pm | Adults $35, Kids (6-16) $17.50
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  4. ๐Ÿคน Opening weekend: Big Apple Circus Hometown Playground at Lincoln Center
    Friday 7pm, Saturday 11am, 3pm, 7pm, Sunday 12pm, 4pm | $44.50+ tickets
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  5. ๐ŸŒณ Prospect Park Veterans Day Tour
    Saturday 10am-12:30pm | Adults $25, Kids $12.50
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  6. ๐Ÿซถ Family Volunteering at Brooklyn Book Bodega in Brooklyn Navy Yard
    Saturday 10am-12pm | FREE | For ages 10+
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  7. ๐ŸŽ„ Rockefeller Center Tree Arrival Family Festivities in Midtown
    Saturday 10am-1pm | FREE
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  8. โ›ธ๏ธ ArtRink Opening Weekend + Frozen Sing-Along at Brooklyn Children's Museum
    Saturday & Sunday 10am-5pm | 10:30am & 2:30pm movies | $14-15 admission, $5 skating
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  9. ๐ŸŽถ Divinity Roxx Kids: World Wide Playdate! Live at ShapeShifter Lab in Park Slope
    Saturday 10:30am-12pm | $15, 4 tix for $45, FREE for kids 0-1
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  10. ๐Ÿ“š Storytime w/ Patrick Hulse: At Our Table at Books Are Magic in Brooklyn Heights
    Saturday 11-11:30am | FREE | For ages 0-3
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  11. ๐ŸŽฅ Family-Friendly Movie: March of the Penguins at Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park
    Saturday and Sunday 11am | $15 
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  12. ๐ŸŽฅ Best of BAMkids Film Festival at BAM Rose Cinemas in Fort Greene
    Saturday 11am | $9-14 | For ages 3-5
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  13. ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿป‍๐Ÿผ Dadurdays Gathering + Crafts Table at Wild East Brewing in Gowanus
    Saturday 11am | FREE entry
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  14. ๐ŸŽ„ Winter Wonderland at Green Meadows Farm in Marine Park
    Saturday and Sunday 11am-5pm | $14 per person, Free for under 2
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  15. ๐Ÿซถ Veterans Day Planting at Cadman Plaza Park in Brooklyn Heights
    Sunday 10am-12pm | FREE
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  16. ๐ŸŽƒ The Great Pumpkin Smash at McGolrick Park in Greenpoint
    Sunday 11am | FREE
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  17. ๐ŸŽธ Rock & Roll Playhouse Plays the Music of Rihanna for Kids at Brooklyn Bowl
    Sunday 11am-1pm | $23, free for children under 1
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  18. ๐Ÿ“– 18th Annual Children's Book Fair at Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Heights
    Sunday 11am-3:30pm | FREE admission | For ages 3-13

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  19. ๐Ÿง‘‍๐Ÿณ Outdoor Skills: Colonial Cooking at The Old Stone House in Park Slope
    Sunday 12-1:30pm | FREE
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  20. โœ๏ธ Weekend Art: Sunday Art Hang at Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Heights
    Sunday 1-4pm | FREE with Museum admission


There's more in the calendar – check it out, and have a great weekend! 







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