The largest children's festival in the United States!

 



WOW!  What a great 2012 festival. 
No wonder it's #1 for family fun! 

The 2012 Houston Children's Festival, presented by Baker Hughes and benefiting Child Advocates, Inc., will go down in the record books as the very best EVER.  Over 50,000 families, friends, volunteers and sponsor partners gathered together March 31 & April 1 in beautiful downtown Houston for the unmatched excitement of the 24th annual event.  Take a look at the highlights below to see why the Houston Children's Festival reigns supreme as Number One for Family Fun.  

The 2012 Festival fun included the Sunday appearance of JAMES MASLOW, who stars as JAMES DIAMOND in Nickelodeon's BIG TIME RUSH and popular boy band by the same name.  And on Saturday Radio Disney presented RAINI RODRIQUEZ, who stars as TRISH on the Disney Channel's Original Series "AUSTIN & ALLY."  Both kids and adults enjoyed non-stop excitement on 6 stages of music & entertainment and 10 big Family Adventure Areas, including Baker Hughes Circustown, Apache Super Science World, H-E-B Healthy Kids Zone, Child Advocates Kid's Korral, SABIC Monster Math Zone, Green Mountain Energy Company Green Zone, McDonalds Family Fitness Zone,  Chobani Champions Bus Tour, Cumulus Radio Kid's Corner, and El Paso Energy Tile Painting Corner.

HoustonPBS was there with BUDDY, the T-Rex from DINOSAUR TRAIN, along with interactive games, crafts, CLIFFORD, THE BIG RED DOG, rides, furry friends, giveaways, inflatables, face painting, sports, magic...well, you get the idea.  It was a whole lotta fun.

To make a good thing even better, we have now raised over $4.5 million dollars for CHILD ADVOCATES and the abused and neglected children they serve in Harris County.  WooHoo.

And the good news is, we gonna do it again next year on April 6 & 7.  Which, by the way, will be the 25th Anniversary of the Houston Children's Festival.  So get ready for some big celebrating!

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ADMISSION TICKETS
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General admission ticket allows
entrance to the festival to enjoy entertainment on six stages & over 300 free activities.  Some games & rides require an additional fee ranging from $1.00 - $5.00. A variety of  family-friendly food & beverages are also available for purchase, ranging from $1.00 - $8.00.
CHILDREN 3 YEARS OLD & UNDER ARE FREE.

FOR TICKET PRICES & DISCOUNTS
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JAMES MASLOW Meet & Greet tickets on sell now.

SOLD OUT!
You can still catch James on the Apache Super Science World Stage
& at the public Meet & Greet. 
For details click here



Each Meet & Greet Package admits
ONE child & ONE adult backstage
to meet James Maslow.  It does NOT include festival admission.

To purchase your Meet & Greet tickets

CLICK HERE
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Houston Children's Festival 2011
A look back...

Click on the link below to check out the
2011 fun and to see what
our sponsors have to say. 
Enjoy!

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Over $4.4 million raised for Child Advocates 

Since its inception twenty four years ago, The Houston Children's Festival has benefited Child Advocates, Inc. and the abused and neglected children that it serves.   For more information about Child Advocates life-changing work and how you can help, please click Child Advocates.


Festival Trivia
What's in a name?

Did you know that the boy and girl in the festival logo are named Gilbert and Rachel, after the first two children served by Child Advocates in 1984?