# Things to do with kids in Fremont, CA

> 20 upcoming family events and 2 places and ongoing programs in Fremont, CA (Alameda County, CA), in the San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont area. Listings whose address is in this town. Dates and times are Pacific Time. Today is Sat, Oct 24.

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## Events ahead

- [Centerville Library's Halloween Carnival](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/centerville-library-s-halloween-carnival--listing-b36519f5c631a564cd420de3) — Sat, Oct 24 · 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM · Alameda County Library – Centerville Library, Fremont · checked Oct 13. Tricks, treats and carnival games in the Centerville Library backyard in Fremont. Come in costume and join the costume parade at 3pm. All are welcome and no registration is…
- [Dig Deep Farms Pumpkin Patch at Ardenwood](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/dig-deep-farms-pumpkin-patch-at-ardenwood--listing-b4f4f5fda51d6249eca1a22c) — Sat, Oct 24 (+2 more dates) · 10:00 AM · Ardenwood Historic Farm, Fremont · All ages · From $2 · checked Oct 13. Dig Deep Farms hosts its annual pumpkin patch inside Ardenwood Historic Farm on five fall days: Saturdays and Sundays October 17, 18, 24, 25 and Saturday October 31, 2026, from…
- [Haunted Train at Ardenwood](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/haunted-train-at-ardenwood--listing-402d34a314d0b35fb4c591d6) — Sat, Oct 24 (+1 more date) · 7:00 PM · Ardenwood Historic Farm, Fremont · All ages · From $16 · checked Oct 13. A nighttime train ride through Ardenwood's 'haunted forest' run by the Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources (Ardenwood's Railroad Museum) with EBRPD. The…
- [Halloween Farm Games at Ardenwood](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/halloween-farm-games-at-ardenwood--listing-96fca0ecb3dcf997470b51e0) — Sun, Oct 25 (+1 more date) · 1:30 PM · Ardenwood Historic Farm, Fremont · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 13. Celebrate Halloween in the Ardenwood farmyard with festive farm games and 'pumpkin playtime', a drop-in program on Sunday October 25 and Saturday October 31, 2026 at 1:30 PM. No…
- [Monster Marsh: Halloween costume parade at Coyote Hills](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/monster-marsh-halloween-costume-parade-at-coyote-hills--listing-9b5a96010a4bfa3dc7ef9cc1) — Sat, Oct 31 · 10:30 AM · Coyote Hills Regional Park Visitor Center, Fremont · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 13. Celebrate Halloween with a costume parade and dance party in front of the Coyote Hills Visitor Center in Fremont. Show off your costume and dance moves for a special treat. All…
- [Apple Cider Pressing at Ardenwood Historic Farm](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/apple-cider-pressing-at-ardenwood-historic-farm--listing-bf81076f0dfdaaa42873adea) — Sat, Nov 7 · 1:30 PM · Ardenwood Historic Farm, Fremont · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 16. At Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont, park naturalists invite visitors to take a turn at an old-fashioned cider press and squeeze the juice out of fresh apples. Children help…
- [Quarry Lakes 25th Anniversary Celebration](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/quarry-lakes-25th-anniversary-celebration--listing-9b3a3cbcaeebe127da0691f2) — Sat, Nov 7 · 10:00 AM · Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area – Ensenada Parking Area, Fremont · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 16. Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area in Fremont turns 25, and the Park District is marking it with a free drop-in celebration at the Ensenada parking area. Children can try…
- [Owl Pellets: Bones, Beaks & Breakfast at Coyote Hills](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/owl-pellets-bones-beaks-and-breakfast-at-coyote-hills--listing-654421a39ede11c76ad6a37a) — Sun, Nov 8 · 10:00 AM · Coyote Hills Regional Park Visitor Center, Fremont · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 16. At the Coyote Hills Visitor Center, children pick apart a real owl pellet to find the tiny bones and fur of what an owl ate, then match the bones to the animals they came from…
- [Birding Basics for Kids at Coyote Hills](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/birding-basics-for-kids-at-coyote-hills--listing-944057e7ea932b6023a8c272) — Sat, Nov 14 · 11:00 AM · Coyote Hills Regional Park Visitor Center, Fremont · Ages 5+ · With admission · checked Oct 16. A kid-focused introduction to bird identification at the Coyote Hills Regional Park Visitor Center in Fremont. Naturalists use games to teach young birders how to tell species…
- [Tiny Dancer Prom for Babies and Toddlers (Fremont Main Library)](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/tiny-dancer-prom-for-babies-and-toddlers-fremont-main-library--listing-b1e227a6f9e762b56b3a0fd8) — Thu, Nov 19 · 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM · Alameda County Library – Fremont Main Library · Free · checked Oct 16. A dance party for babies and toddlers up to 36 months old at the Fremont Main Library. Little ones come in their fanciest or favorite outfits for music, bubbles, dancing with…
- [Train of Lights on the Niles Canyon Railway](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/train-of-lights-on-the-niles-canyon-railway--listing-a2e3abbc10b3fbc7eec64f84) — Fri, Nov 20 (+23 more dates) · 4:30 PM · Niles Canyon Railway – Niles Station, Fremont · From $40 · sold out when last checked · checked Oct 16. The Niles Canyon Railway's holiday Train of Lights is a 1.5-hour round trip through Niles Canyon at night aboard antique coaches and open cars decorated with holiday lights…
- [Niles Festival of Lights Parade (Fremont)](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/niles-festival-of-lights-parade-fremont--listing-17c06f46dfc775a8ef8bd490) — Fri, Nov 27 · Historic Niles District parade route, Fremont · checked Oct 13. The Niles Main Street Association presents the Niles Festival of Lights Parade along a half-mile route through the tree-lined streets of Fremont's Historic Niles District, always…
- [Quarry Turkey Thanksgiving Weekend Race and Little Turkeys Kids Race (Quarry Lakes)](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/quarry-turkey-thanksgiving-weekend-race-and-little-turkeys-kids-race-q--listing-29c97732861a5c362b0ab8c8) — Sat, Nov 28 · 7:40 AM · Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area, Fremont · With admission · checked Oct 20. Brazen Racing brings its Quarry Turkey race to Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area in Fremont on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The day offers a half marathon, a 10K and a…
- [Winter Wonderland Crafting (Fremont Main Library)](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/winter-wonderland-crafting-fremont-main-library--listing-bfe621b64d3384c93e414099) — Sat, Nov 28 · 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Alameda County Library – Fremont Main Library · checked Oct 16. Children help turn the Fremont Main Library's children's section into a winter wonderland by making decorations that will hang in the library. Drop in any time during the…
- [Old-Fashioned Christmas at the Patterson House (Ardenwood)](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/old-fashioned-christmas-at-the-patterson-house-ardenwood--listing-9832569090c82f1749eb925e) — Fri, Dec 4 (+8 more dates) · 11:00 AM · Patterson House, Ardenwood Historic Farm, Fremont · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 13. Celebrate a turn-of-the-20th-century holiday in the restored Queen Anne mansion at Ardenwood Historic Farm. Costumed docents lead tours of 14 rooms decorated with Victorian-style…
- [Twilight Time Holiday Open House at the Patterson House](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/twilight-time-holiday-open-house-at-the-patterson-house--listing-994a5095218f3d3792761402) — Sun, Dec 13 · 4:30 PM · Patterson House, Ardenwood Historic Farm, Fremont · Ages 1+ · From $9 · checked Oct 13. An after-hours City of Fremont holiday open house at Ardenwood's Patterson House on Sunday, December 13, 2026, with live music and refreshments in the decorated Victorian…
- [Creative Reuse with LEAF: Crafty Christmas Cards (Fremont Main Library)](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/creative-reuse-with-leaf-crafty-christmas-cards-fremont-main-library--listing-4741d242b454a54501dcfcae) — Tue, Dec 15 · 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM · Alameda County Library – Fremont Main Library · Ages 6+ · Free · checked Oct 20. The local educational nonprofit LEAF runs its last creative-reuse craft of the year at the Fremont Main Library: children make Christmas or other holiday cards from salvaged…
- [Rainbow Walk at Coyote Hills](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/rainbow-walk-at-coyote-hills--listing-e2ae1842e55bcb49111f998a) — Sat, Dec 19 · 10:30 AM · Coyote Hills Regional Park Visitor Center, Fremont · Ages 5–12 · With admission · checked Oct 16. A half-mile color hunt for young explorers on Coyote Hills' Quail Trail. Each child draws a random paint-color sample from a bag and then searches the plants, rocks, sky, water…
- [STEM + Minecraft using LEGO Materials full-day winter camp (Dec 21–23) – Play-Well TEKnologies at Centerville Community Center](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/stem-minecraft-using-lego-materials-full-day-winter-camp-dec-21-23-pla--listing-895aa0b19b091b89fd45fcb6) — Mon, Dec 21 (+2 more dates) · 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM · Centerville Community Center, Fremont · Ages 5–8 · Paid · checked Oct 13. Three-day full-day LEGO engineering camp run by Play-Well TEKnologies through Fremont Recreation at Centerville Community Center, Monday–Wednesday December 21–23, 2026…
- [Winter Solstice Celebration at Coyote Hills](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/winter-solstice-celebration-at-coyote-hills--listing-a48ec8c106a8c17c81d256f5) — Mon, Dec 21 · 4:00 PM · Coyote Hills Regional Park Visitor Center, Fremont · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 13. Celebrate the longest night of the year at the Coyote Hills Visitor Center: warm up by the campfire with stories, music, hot drinks and s'mores, make a solstice-themed craft, or…

## Places and ongoing programs

- [Ardenwood Historic Farm](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/ardenwood-historic-farm--listing-15789497291149f8cf30b467) — Tue–Sun 10am–4pm; closed Mondays, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day · Ardenwood Historic Farm, Fremont · All ages · From $2 · checked Oct 13. A working 19th-century farm and park in Fremont run by the East Bay Regional Park District, with farm animals, crops, the Victorian Patterson House, a narrow-gauge railroad…
- [Toddler Time at Ardenwood Historic Farm](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/toddler-time-at-ardenwood-historic-farm--listing-8cbada8ad3fdc32e8a84e390) — Listed Wednesdays: Oct 14 and Nov 18, 2026, 10:30 AM · Ardenwood Historic Farm, Fremont · With admission · checked Oct 13. A drop-in morning at the farm for toddlers: hear a story, do some chores and meet some farm friends, with activities little ones can enjoy at their own pace. Held rain or shine…

## Recently ended

- [Tule Boats Float (Ohlone tule boat building) at Coyote Hills](https://grassyknees.com/san-francisco/activities/tule-boats-float-ohlone-tule-boat-building-at-coyote-hills--listing-3932a368b996ddbc654bea72) — ended Sun, Oct 18

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