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Summer in Coastal Virginia brings to mind beautiful blue skies, sandy beach days, and lots of great local FESTIVALS in Hampton Roads!

Anyone love FREE Family Activities? We have some great ideas for FREE Local Family Fun in Hampton Roads!

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!

A fun FREE activity that combines a trolley ride and local history in Yorktown! The regular schedule resumes March 27, 2026.

Busch Gardens Williamsburg has opened limited registration of their FREE Preschool Pass (ages 3-5) while supplies last!

Lowe’s FREE Kids’ Workshops are back! Now known as DIY Kids’ Workshops (instead of Build and Grow) these workshops have some great new projects. Make sure to register as these events will fill up!

Historical fun in Portsmouth this weekend! A Post Such As Portsmouth is an enactment designed to entertain and educate the public of the occupation of Portsmouth, Virginia by the British forces in 1781. 

These are FREE, hands-on workshops for children ages 5-12. They take place at all Home Depot Stores.

The latest Virginia Food Bank’s Mobile Pantry in Hampton Roads (Southside). Please share the schedule with families who may need assistance.

For families in need of food assistance on the Virginia Peninsula, here is the posted Mobile Food Pantry Schedule for MARCH 2026.

Read Across America Day 2026 takes place on March 2, 2026, and there are lots of local ways to celebrate both reading, and the amazing Dr. Seuss!

It is always free to add your family-friendly local event to the MyActiveChild.com Hampton Roads calendar. Here is everything you need to know to make sure your event gets seen and makes it onto the correct breakout lists!

Younger kids love storytime and having books read to them. There are so many local storytimes in Hampton Roads they needed their own list – Here is our BIG LIST of upcoming Storytimes!

This post lists current discounts and ways to save money on local Museum admission, membership or tours in Hampton Roads, Virginia!

Kids can try Ice Hockey for FREE at several participating locations in Hampton Roads.

Spoken word artists, poets, rappers, writers and emcees are invited to enter to win a chance to represent the state of Virginia as the Hampton Roads Youth Poet Laureate.

For families on the Peninsula (or willing to drive), some Free Fun this year in Yorktown!

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum is gearing up for their 15th Annual Brick-By-Brick FREE LEGO Shipbuilding Event in Virginia Beach!

Reservations are required for this FREE event for ages 6-12! Come learn about American Girl McKenna Brooksi!

The Student Freedom Pass is now available for youth ages 13 to 17 and allows for FREE unlimited rides on Hampton Roads Transit (Bus, Light Rail & Ferry).

This Saturday! Save the date for this event – when you can enjoy FREE Admission to the Virginia Air & Space Science Center when you are one of the first 100 people to attend.

Norfolk Residents – You can #MakeADifference and have free fruit right in your backyard!

A FREE winter event full of family fun coming up in Newport News, don’t miss the Winter Carnival!

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 2026!