# Things to do with kids in Clearwater, FL

> 23 upcoming family events and 4 places and ongoing programs in Clearwater, FL (Pinellas County, FL), in the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater area. Listings whose address is in this town. Dates and times are Eastern Time. Today is Sat, Oct 24.

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## Events ahead

- [Community Family Fun Night at Buccaneer Field](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/community-family-fun-night-at-buccaneer-field--listing-9aa0adc94eb4034dbecd95bc) — Sat, Oct 24 · 4:00 PM – 9:30 PM · Buccaneer Field at Walter C. Campbell Park, Clearwater · All ages · Free · checked Oct 16. The Clearwater Urban Leadership Coalition presents Community Family Fun Night at Buccaneer Field in Walter C. Campbell Park on Saturday, October 24, from 4 to 9:30 PM. Planned…
- [Moccasin Lake Owl-O-Ween](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/moccasin-lake-owl-o-ween--listing-a8c52f8447f92ea35ac1a48b) — Sat, Oct 24 · 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM · Moccasin Lake Nature Park, Clearwater · From $2 · checked Oct 16. Moccasin Lake Nature Park holds Owl-O-Ween on Saturday, October 24, from 3 to 7 PM, a fall event with animal encounters, a pumpkin patch and costume contests. Admission is $2…
- [Pumpkin Plunge – Morningside Recreation Center](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/pumpkin-plunge-morningside-recreation-center--listing-bc72c9d6ef8532c25cbe05ee) — Sat, Oct 24 · 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Morningside Recreation Center, Clearwater · Paid · checked Oct 16. Morningside Recreation Center turns its activity pool into a floating pumpkin patch for the annual Pumpkin Plunge on Saturday, October 24, from noon to 3 PM. Kids swim to pick a…
- [Fall-O-Ween at Coachman Park](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/fall-o-ween-at-coachman-park--listing-d29fd6f4a6f10404c01bae60) — Fri, Oct 30 · 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM · Coachman Park, Clearwater · Free · checked Oct 16. Clearwater's Fall-O-Ween is a free evening of not-so-scary Halloween fun at Coachman Park on Friday, October 30, from 6 to 10 PM. Planned activities include a costume contest, a…
- [Halloween Spookquarium at Clearwater Marine Aquarium](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/halloween-spookquarium-at-clearwater-marine-aquarium--listing-58100f6f400a4e6ead9b9cd0) — Fri, Oct 30 · 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM · Clearwater Marine Aquarium · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 13. Family-friendly Halloween evening at Clearwater Marine Aquarium with trick-or-treat stations throughout the aquarium (included with general admission 3-7pm; bring a bag; CMA bags…
- [Howl-O-Ween Pup Pals: Read to Therapy Dogs at Clearwater Main Library](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/howl-o-ween-pup-pals-read-to-therapy-dogs-at-clearwater-main-library--listing-63146b3e29d87d4a98d65611) — Fri, Oct 30 · 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM · Clearwater Main Library · Free · checked Oct 24. Children and their families can read to and spend time with trained therapy dogs from Hearts of Gold at the Clearwater Main Library downtown, during a Halloween-week Friday…
- [Ross Norton Bootacular Trunk or Treat](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/ross-norton-bootacular-trunk-or-treat--listing-44c4de82d41890c3d512e33c) — Fri, Oct 30 · 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM · Ross Norton Recreation Center, Clearwater · Free · checked Oct 16. Ross Norton Recreation Center in Clearwater hosts a trunk or treat on Friday, October 30, from 5 to 7 PM. It is free and open to the public, and costumes are encouraged.
- [Clearwater Salutes Veterans and the U.S. Coast Guard (Family Picnic and Fun Run)](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/clearwater-salutes-veterans-and-the-u-s-coast-guard-family-picnic-and--listing-bf472d6208c2234f31ff1abe) — Sat, Nov 7 · 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM · Crest Lake Park, Clearwater · Free · checked Oct 16. On Saturday, November 7, from 9 AM to 1 PM, Crest Lake Park hosts a Veterans Day celebration that also marks 50 years of the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station in Clearwater. It…
- [A Charlie Brown Christmas - Live on Stage! at Ruth Eckerd Hall](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/a-charlie-brown-christmas-live-on-stage-at-ruth-eckerd-hall--listing-874e18c2495f106c8e11dddc) — Sun, Nov 15 · 7:00 PM · Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater · Paid · checked Oct 13. Touring stage production of Charles M. Schulz's holiday classic returns to Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater: Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the Peanuts gang put on their…
- [Festival of Trees at the Long Center (Clearwater)](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/festival-of-trees-at-the-long-center-clearwater--listing-1d0d877d1395d7026d0b2109) — Fri, Nov 20 (+2 more dates) · 10:00 AM · The Long Center, Clearwater · From $10 · checked Oct 16. The Arc Tampa Bay Foundation's Festival of Trees fills the Long Center in Clearwater with decorated Christmas trees that visitors can view and buy. The public days on November…
- [Funtastic Fridays Parents' Night Out – Countryside Recreation Center](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/funtastic-fridays-parents-night-out-countryside-recreation-center--listing-857368d3f0f2f5dbfb1c4b54) — Fri, Nov 20 (+1 more date) · 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM · Countryside Recreation Center, Clearwater · Paid · checked Oct 16. Countryside Recreation Center in Clearwater runs Funtastic Fridays, a monthly parents' night out: drop the kids off for an evening of pizza and games from 6 to 9 PM. Dates in the…
- [Night at the Aquarium (Kids' Drop-Off Night) at Clearwater Marine Aquarium](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/night-at-the-aquarium-kids-drop-off-night-at-clearwater-marine-aquariu--listing-e320493c51075207ee924ba2) — Mon, Nov 23 (+1 more date) · 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM · Clearwater Marine Aquarium · Ages 5–10 · Paid · checked Oct 16. Clearwater Marine Aquarium's Night at the Aquarium is an after-hours drop-off program for children ages 5 through 10. Kids hear stories about ocean creatures, make ocean-themed…
- [Achieva Clearwater Turkey Trot 2026](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/achieva-clearwater-turkey-trot-2026--listing-d4da7df4de403735a01c3682) — Thu, Nov 26 · 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM · Clearwater High School area — race start on Keene Road · All ages · Paid · checked Oct 20. One of Tampa Bay's longest-running Thanksgiving traditions, the City of Clearwater and Achieva Credit Union's Turkey Trot brings thousands of runners, walkers and families to…
- [Clearwater's Bright and Beautiful Tree Lighting](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/clearwater-s-bright-and-beautiful-tree-lighting--listing-e1ef017b6369d89b6c396cac) — Sun, Nov 29 · 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM · Coachman Park, Clearwater · All ages · Free · checked Oct 13. The City of Clearwater's annual tree lighting in Coachman Park kicks off the holiday season with Christmas carolers, food trucks, a snow machine, inflatables, merchants and dance…
- [Gingerbread Beach Hut Workshop at Clearwater Beach Library](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/gingerbread-beach-hut-workshop-at-clearwater-beach-library--listing-a6fd076b8bbb63ce0cd8b8c2) — Fri, Dec 4 · 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM · Clearwater Beach Library and Recreation Center · Free · checked Oct 24. A Clearwater Beach holiday tradition: the Clearwater Beach Library and Recreation Center's annual Gingerbread Beach Hut Workshop, where families decorate a pre-built gingerbread…
- [Frosty Fiesta: Posada Party at Clearwater East Community Library](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/frosty-fiesta-posada-party-at-clearwater-east-community-library--listing-00f3648eb0ab1169eccbd094) — Sat, Dec 12 · 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM · Clearwater East Community Library (East Community @ SPC) · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. The Clearwater Public Library's annual Posada celebration brings the Mexican Christmas tradition of Las Posadas to the East Community Library, which shares a building with St…
- [Music of the Holidays with the Florida Suncoast Chorus at Countryside Library](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/music-of-the-holidays-with-the-florida-suncoast-chorus-at-countryside--listing-82bd02ca1f16d7ab7bda0039) — Sat, Dec 12 · 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Countryside Library, Clearwater · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. Barbershop-style quartets from the Florida Suncoast Chorus perform favorite holiday songs in a one-hour Saturday afternoon concert at Clearwater's Countryside Library. The…
- [Family Winter Craft Drop-In at Countryside Library](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/family-winter-craft-drop-in-at-countryside-library--listing-802ef34cbed4acdd3d803988) — Thu, Dec 17 · 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Countryside Library, Clearwater · Free · checked Oct 24. A low-key, one-hour drop-in craft afternoon at Clearwater's Countryside Library during the week before winter break, where families make a winter-themed craft together with all…
- [Cirque Musica: Holiday Wonderland at Ruth Eckerd Hall](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/cirque-musica-holiday-wonderland-at-ruth-eckerd-hall--listing-19bb1cc7b9502c6217f52315) — Fri, Dec 18 · 7:00 PM · Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater · Paid · checked Oct 16. Cirque Musica: Holiday Wonderland returns to Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater on Friday, December 18, with an all-new production that pairs circus acrobatics and aerial…
- [Interactive Movie Kids Edition: How the Grinch Stole Christmas — Clearwater](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/interactive-movie-kids-edition-how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-clearwat--listing-1d3f48175b824dc271fa805e) — Sat, Dec 19 · 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM · Clearwater East Community Library (East Community @ SPC) · Free · checked Oct 24. A holiday edition of the Clearwater library's Interactive Movie for Kids series, screening How the Grinch Stole Christmas at the East Community Library. Kids follow the mean…
- [Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol at Ruth Eckerd Hall](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/charles-dickens-a-christmas-carol-at-ruth-eckerd-hall--listing-8a66dcd038dbe1c60ca2cfd2) — Tue, Dec 22 · 7:00 PM · Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater · All ages · Paid · checked Oct 16. A touring stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol plays Ruth Eckerd Hall on Tuesday, December 22, at 7 PM (doors 6 PM). The production follows Ebenezer Scrooge…
- [Sunset to Sparkle: Clearwater Beach Family New Year's Eve](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/sunset-to-sparkle-clearwater-beach-family-new-year-s-eve--listing-773096077634eca6c5549220) — Thu, Dec 31 · 3:00 PM – 9:30 PM · Pier 60 Park, Clearwater · All ages · Free · checked Oct 16. Sunset to Sparkle is a new early New Year's Eve celebration at Pier 60 Park on Clearwater Beach, put on by the Sunsets at Pier 60 Festival with the city of Clearwater on…
- [Chalk the Bay Art & Music Festival](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/chalk-the-bay-art-and-music-festival--listing-2681bfed40be722bd6e1310b) — Fri, Jan 15 (+2 more dates) · 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM · Coachman Park, Clearwater · checked Oct 20. Clearwater's first Chalk the Bay festival turns the Coachman Park waterfront into an open-air studio for three days. More than 40 professional chalk artists from around the…

## Places and ongoing programs

- [Clearwater Marine Aquarium](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/clearwater-marine-aquarium--listing-16cdd8814acf7826615f904d) — Daily; today's hours 10am-5pm · Clearwater Marine Aquarium · From $32.95 · checked Oct 13. Marine life rescue center and aquarium on Clearwater's Island Estates, home to rescued dolphins, sea turtles and other animals; 100% of net proceeds support rescue…
- [Learn to Skate group classes – Clearwater Ice Arena](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/learn-to-skate-group-classes-clearwater-ice-arena--listing-f0d3e8fcc502d67536914da0) — Tuesday evening 5:00–6:15 pm and Saturday morning 10:00–11:15 am (all levels); sessions… · Clearwater Ice Arena · Paid · checked Oct 13. Tampa Bay Ice learn-to-skate group classes at Clearwater Ice Arena. Classes are grouped by age and/or ability and meet once weekly for a 30-minute lesson with an ISI certified…
- [Learn to Skate group classes – Tampa Bay Skating Academy Countryside (Clearwater)](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/learn-to-skate-group-classes-tampa-bay-skating-academy-countryside-cle--listing-d542d945e2773ff788a40216) — Monday and Wednesday evenings 5:30–7:00 pm; Saturday morning 10:00–11:30 am (all levels) · Tampa Bay Skating Academy - Countryside, Clearwater · Paid · checked Oct 13. Tampa Bay Ice learn-to-skate group classes at the Tampa Bay Skating Academy rink at Countryside Mall in Clearwater. Weekly 30-minute lessons with an ISI certified coach plus a…
- [Sunsets at Pier 60 nightly festival (Clearwater Beach)](https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/sunsets-at-pier-60-nightly-festival-clearwater-beach--listing-a19b10f777bed0ef4ea8d200) — Nightly, year-round, weather permitting, 2 hours before to 2 hours after sunset · Pier 60 Park, Clearwater Beach · All ages · Free · checked Oct 13. A free nightly festival held for over 29 years in Pier 60 Park on Clearwater Beach, showcasing local artisans and street performers (buskers) around the world-famous sunset. It…

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