Activities for All Ages

There is a lot going on between sets. Workshops, drum circles, an escape room, face painting, and a Lego table that never closes — most of it free, and all of it a short walk from the music.

Families and children hula hooping on the open field at Black Bear Music Fest, with the stage and autumn treeline behind

Day by Day

Times and locations are subject to change.

Friday

Mobile Escape Room
10AM–4PM
Face Painting
11AM–3PM
Busking
All Day!

Saturday

Morning Yoga
9AM–10AM
Grumbling Gryphons Interactive Theater
10:00AM–12:30PM
Mobile Escape Room
10AM–4PM
Lego Table
10AM–7PM
Percussion Playground
10AM–7PM
Face Painting
11AM–3PM
Hats by Jewels Hat Decorating Workshop
11AM–12PM
Umbrella Building Workshop
1–2PM
Busking
All Day!

Sunday

Morning Yoga
9AM–10AM
Mobile Escape Room
10AM–2PM
Lego Table
10AM–7PM
Percussion Playground
10AM–7PM
Danna Banana Kids' Musician
10AM–11AM
Busking
All Day!
Scenes from past festivals
A large drum circle at Black Bear Music Fest, with dozens of people seated in a ring playing hand drumsFestival-goers hula hooping on the grass beside a sign offering hoops free to borrowA child painting a Black Bear canvas at a long table during an art workshopA costumed performer with large monarch butterfly wings on the festival lawn as families watch

About Each Activity

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Grumbling Gryphons Interactive Theater

FREE

An interactive, educational traveling children's theater company. Kids don't just watch — the workshop pulls them into the story, and then they help perform it.

Saturday · 10:00AM–12:30PM
Workshop Stage

Mobile Escape Room

$10

A pop-up escape room: a series of logic puzzles and locks for a group of two to six people, against a twenty-minute clock.

All three days · from 10AM
Vendor Booth

Face Painting

Fee

Bears, tigers, butterflies, or whatever else you can talk the artist into. Find us in the Main Exhibit Tent.

Fri + Sat · 11AM–3PM
Main Exhibit Tent

Lego Table

FREE

An open table piled high with bricks. Drop in, build something, come back later and see what somebody else added to it.

Sat + Sun · 10AM–7PM
Kids Tent

Percussion Playground

FREE

Grab a drum and join in — an open circle of hand percussion that anyone can wander into. No experience required, no rhythm necessary.

Sat + Sun · 10AM–7PM
Location TBD

Umbrella Building Workshop

$25

Build and decorate your own umbrella at the Slambovian Umbrella Workshop, then carry it around all weekend. Space is limited, so get there early.

Saturday · 1–2PM
Kids Tent

Hats by Jewels Hat Decorating Workshop

Fee

A custom hat maker walks you through burning your own design into a hat using wood-burning tools. One hour, hands-on, and you leave wearing it.

Saturday · 11AM–12PM
Vendor Booth

Danna Banana Kids' Musician

Tips Welcome!

Music for kids that parents can actually stand — songs and craft-based entertainment aimed at the under-eight crowd. Bring a blanket.

Sunday · 10–11AM
Kids Tent Gazebo

Morning Yoga

FREE

Start the day slow with an all-levels flow before the first set. Bring your own mat.

Sat + Sun · 9–10AM
Location TBD

Busking

Tips Welcome!

Musicians set up wherever they find a good spot, all weekend long. Wander, listen, and tip the ones you love.

All three days · all day
Everywhere!