Two-year-old Levy Armiger plays the drums with his mom Romy at the Kidstock Music & Arts Festival at Pretend City Children’s Museum in Irvine, CA on Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Ameya Desai works the piano at the Kidstock Music & Arts Festival at Pretend City Children’s Museum in Irvine, CA on Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Ashton Titus with Backhaus Dance leads a creative movement exercise during the Kidstock Music & Arts Festival at Pretend City Children’s Museum in Irvine, CA on Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Kids and adults play during the Kidstock Music & Arts Festival at Pretend City Children’s Museum in Irvine, CA on Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Two-year-old Olivia Straker dances with her nanny Jimena Ojeda dance during a creative movement program at the Kidstock Music & Arts Festival at Pretend City Children’s Museum in Irvine, CA on Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Isla Brown plays the keyboard at the Kidstock Music & Arts Festival at Pretend City Children’s Museum in Irvine, CA on Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Kids dance during a creative movement program at the Kidstock Music & Arts Festival at Pretend City Children’s Museum in Irvine, CA on Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Kids and adults use the instruments during the Kidstock Music & Arts Festival at Pretend City Children’s Museum in Irvine, CA on Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Easton Newlin, 3, participates in a creative movement program at the Kidstock Music & Arts Festival at Pretend City Children’s Museum in Irvine, CA on Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
1 of 9
Two-year-old Levy Armiger plays the drums with his mom Romy at the Kidstock Music & Arts Festival at Pretend City Children’s Museum in Irvine, CA on Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
There are two performances planned a day during the festival, including a local dance troupe, a Ballet Folklorico group and the Philharmonic Society. Check online for the daily schedule of performers.
Between the performances, children can get creative with hands-on art experiences and there is even a paint yard set up with a real car to decorate.
If you go
When: April 18 and 19 and April 23-27; performances are 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., and the museum is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Pretend City, 29 Hubble, Irvine
Cost: Included with museum admission, which is $22 for general admission
A woman suspected of killing another driver in a hit-and-run in Irvine last year was arrested on Thursday, July 3. The collision occurred on May 9, 2024 around 4:30 p.m. near Culver Drive and Trabuco...
Irvine voters will almost certainly have a say in whether to replace the Oak Creek Golf Club with a residential community of 1,500 single-family houses and 1,600 apartment units, which is what the Irvine Company...
The public had a chance to weigh in on a potential hydrogen-blending pilot project on UC Irvine’s campus at hearings held on Tuesday, July 1, at the local high school. SoCalGas has been trying for...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s standoff with President Donald Trump on the issue of immigration raids seems to have boosted his favorability across the state, according to a new poll from UC Irvine’s School of Social...
