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Shobou Con, the annual mini-con is back at Chesapeake Public Library! Design your own customizable Pokémon card, craft your perfect paper Bento Box, and more.

Virginia Beach Restaurant Week offers delicious flavors from around the world. Check out this week-long event happening January in Virginia Beach! 2025 is the 20th year – don’t miss the delicious celebration.

A Pizza Giveaway, and Promo Codes to save on your upcoming orders at Papa Johns Pizza of Hampton Roads!

Find out how your 4th grader (and the whole family) can enjoy FREE admission to our National Parks for a full year!

Applications are now being accepted for the Conservation Youth Team at the Virginia Zoo, open to rising/enrolled high school students ages 13 and up.

Does your Active Child LOVE acting and/or musical theater? Hampton Roads is full of fantastic programs to help bring out this talent in your child. Here is our list!

A place for kids to play when it is too hot, too cold, too rainy, or a day that is just too much of everything. Parents, get ready to take those deep, relaxing breaths, here is our list of local indoor playgrounds & play spaces in Hampton Roads!

The Winter Wildlife Festival is an annual event held each January in Virginia Beach, check out the upcoming schedule!

The Annual Lollipop Concert from Symphonicity is coming up this weekend and will offer the experience of live music paired with the beloved 1982 British animated TV classic, The Snowman.

How to get started – becoming a Foster Parent in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Another NEW, ACTIVE Giveaway! Enter our latest promotion to win a Family 4 Pack of Admission to MacArthur On Ice!

Here is our list of local events to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday in Hampton Roads this month!

There are so many great family entertainment options in Hampton Roads – we have ideas for rainy days, hot days, little kids and big kids.

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum is gearing up for their 14th Annual Brick-By-Brick FREE LEGO Shipbuilding Event in Virginia Beach!

Another incentive for the kids to read this winter… Hampton Roads Winter Reading Programs!

If you would like an EXTRA excuse to head out into the great outdoors you can enjoy FREE Entrance at all National Park locations on these dates in 2025!

Downtown dining for every palate! Ring in the new year by digging into great food with your friends.

Are you planning a BIRTHDAY PARTY for your Active Child? There are so many local options for venues, themes, entertainment and pampering…

The Harlem Globetrotters 2025 World Tour Presented by Jersey Mike’s Subs is coming to Chartway Arena on Saturday, March 15, 2025 as a part of their 2025 World Tour and there is a special discount on tickets!

Teacher workdays, single-day holidays, long weekends…. we now have a list to help you track down ideas for those single “out of school” days!

The Busch Gardens FREE Preschool Pass is BACK in 2025! Share with anyone you know who has a 3-5 year old!

Have you taken our end-of-the-year survey for 2024? Your answers to these brief questions give us great information about what you like, what you LOVE, and what ideas you have for improving MyActiveChild.com. We can’t wait to hear your ideas!

Newport News Restaurant Week is back for its 12th year! This two-week event is a time for participating restaurants across the city to offer set menus for a fixed, affordable price.

Is your Active Child into Basketball? Check out our list of local programs that offer teams, camps, clinics and more (broken down by city).

Interested in saving some money on local Museum memberships or tours in Hampton Roads? Here are current & upcoming local discounts for museum admission & memberships!