Best Local Family Entertainment

These Local Family Entertainment venues and performers are the 2025 winners of Best of Bay Area Parent reader poll. Read the full list of winners here.

East Bay

Gold: Childrens Fairyland. This whimsical storybook park allows families with young children to explore magical playsets, meet friendly animals, watch puppet shows and enjoy rides. Oakland. fairyland.org.

Silver: Grand Lake Theater. Oakland. renaissancerialto.com.

Bronze: Pacific Pinball Museum. Alameda. pacificpinball.org.

Peninsula

Gold: Ricky Roo & Friends Puppet Shows. This kids’ entertainer offers puppet shows with themes of sharing, kindness and courage. rickyrooandfriends.com.

Silver: San Carlos Children’s Theater. San Carlos. sancarloschildrenstheater.com.

Bronze:  LaserMaxx San Carlos. San Carlos. lasermaxxsancarlos.com.

San Francisco/Marin

Gold:  Lamplighters Music Theatre. Founded in 1952, this nonprofit theater company is renowned for producing Gilbert & Sullivan operettas and similar works. San Francisco. lamplighters.org.

Silver: San Francisco Zoo & Gardens. San Francisco. sfzoo.org.

Bronze:  San Francisco Symphony. San Francisco. sanfranciscosymphony.org.

 

 

 

 

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