The California Poppy Festival | Apr 25 | L.A. Parent

Toddler Sing-Along at the Skirball

3:00pm @ Skirball Cultural Center
Tribute Wednesdays at Festival of Arts

5:30pm @ Festival of Arts
Building Stronger Connections: Teen/Young Adult

6:30pm PDT @ Online
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Seaside Sessions

4:00pm @ Dana Point Harbor
Sunsets at LBMA

5:00pm @ Long Beach Museum of Art
Movies & Music: Despicable Me 4

6:30pm @ Westminister Civic Center
Storytime with Sue: "Who Am I"

9:30am PDT @ Online
Peaceful Parenting

6:30pm PDT @ Online
Storytime with Sue: "Who Am I"

6:30pm PDT @ Online
Summer Music Series at The Original Farmers Market

7:00pm @ The Original Farmers Market
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Splash in the Water

10:00am @ CSUN Aquatic Center at Castaic Lake Lower Lagoon
Communication: Speak So They’ll Listen

10:30am PDT @ Online
Open Clay Time

3:00pm @ Craft Contemporary
Somos NELA Night Market

6:00pm @ Somos NELA
Dinner with Elvis

6:00pm @ Catalina Museum for Art & History
Beach Movie Nights: Lilo and Stitch

8:00pm @ Dockweiler Youth Center
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5k and Family Fun Run

6:30am @ Discovery Cube Los Angeles
CatCon 2025

10:00am @ Pasadena Convention Center
North Hollywood Farmers Market

8:30am @ North Hollywood Farmers Market
Sibshops

10:00am @ Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center
Junior Coding Workshop - Ages 9-12

10:30am @ Del Aire Park
We Tell Stories: A Feast from the East

11:00am @ Sierra Madre Playhouse
Concerts on the Green at Festival of Arts

1:00pm @ Festival of Arts
Pickleball For Wishes

2:00pm @ The Tennis and Pickleball Club at Newport Beach
Garden Concerts for Kids: 123 Andrés

4:00pm @ The Getty Center
Gather and Grow: Rooted Together - Healing in Nature

4:00pm @ Christine Emerson Reed Park
KCRW Summer Nights

4:00pm @ Kidspace Children's Museum
The City of Santa Clarita's Concerts in the Park

5:00pm @ Central Park
Magic at the Biltmore with David Minkin

5:00pm @ The Biltmore Los Angeles
Tribute Saturdays at Festival of Arts

5:30pm @ Festival of Arts
Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles Summer Concert Series 2025

6:00pm @ Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles @ MacArthur Park
Movies in the Park: Kung Fu Panda

7:00pm @ Alhambra Park
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Discovery Cube Los Angeles Health Fair

11am-3pm @ Discovery Cube Los Angeles
Festival of the Chariots

10:00am @ Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Smorgasburg 2025 Ice Cream Alley

10:00am @ ROW DTLA
Family Fundays

10:30am @ Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
A Faery Hunt Enchanted Adventure

10:30am @ Crestwood Hills Park
FoLAR's 4th Annual Riverfest

2:00pm @ Los Angeles State Historic Park
Jagan Ramamoorthy

4:00pm @ Sierra Madre Playhouse
Warner Concert Series

5:30pm @ Warner Park
Soulful Sundays at Festival of Arts

5:30pm @ Festival of Arts
Agoura Hills Summer Concerts in the Park 2025: QUEEN NATION (Tribute to Queen)

6:00pm @ Chumash Park
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Summer of Smorgasburg

10:00am @ ROW DTLA
Alice and the Wonderful Tea Party

12:30pm @ Santa Monica Playhouse
Persona: Exploring Self Portraiture

Tuesday-Sunday, 10am-5pm @ Forest Lawn Museum
Bamboozled: An Unexpected Bamboo Adventure

All day @ South Coast Botanic Garden
Tea for Two: The Teapots of Gloria and Sonny Kamm

12:00-6:00pm Tues-Sat @ Craft in America Center
A Midsummer Night's Dream

All day @ Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
Titanic: A Voyage Through Time

All day @ Beverly Center
Rescue Exhibition

All day @ Discovery Cube Los Angeles
Rapunzilla, The Monster With The Golden Hair

10am-11:15am @ Occidental College
Summer Dine LA Restaurant Week

All day @ Los Angeles
Creative Minds: Italian American Inventors and Innovators

10:00am @ Italian American Museum of Los Angeles
Wired for Wonder: A Multisensory Maze

10:00am @ Kidspace Children's Museum
Diary of Flowers: Artists and Their Worlds

11:00am @ The Museum of Contemporary Art
Butterfly Pavilion

9:30am @ Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
From Los Angeles to Catalina: The Art of Sonia Romero

10:00am @ Catalina Museum for Art & History
Kidspace Campout

10:00am @ Kidspace Children's Museum
Fairytale CAMP

10:00am @ CAMP Los Angeles
World of the Terracotta Warriors: New Archaeological Discoveries in Shaanxi in the 21st Century

10:00am @ Bowers Museum
Sunset Series at South Coast Botanic Garden

5:00pm @ South Coast Botanic Garden
Kayak Harbor Tour

9:00am @ Ocean Institute
Grand Performances

6:00pm @ California Plaza
Guided Snorkel Tour

7:30am @ Ocean Institute
The World’s Biggest Boombox

10:00am @ Citadel Outlets
ANTARCTICA 3D

11:00am @ The California Science Center
Sunset Sail

4:30pm @ Ocean Institute
Tiny Tots

9:30am @ Ocean Institute
Bioluminescence Night Cruise

8:30pm @ Ocean Institute
59th Annual Sawdust Art Festival

11:00am @ Sawdust Art Festival
Youth Art Classes at Festival of Arts

12:30pm @ Festival of Arts
Teen and Adult Art Classes at Festival of Arts

3:00pm @ Festival of Arts
Paint and Sip Art Classes at Festival of Arts

8:30pm @ Festival of Arts
The Wind in the Willows

12:00pm @ Paul F. Carlson Memorial Park
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PCH Explorers Kids Club: Summer Edition

10:00am @ 2ND & PCH
Toddler Sing-Along at the Skirball

3:00pm @ Skirball Cultural Center
Moonlight Movies on the Beach

8:00pm @ Granada Beach
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PLAY at The Steps

10:00am @ The Culver Steps
Honest x Babylist Pop-Up Opening

12:00pm @ Babylist Beverly Hills Showroom
Toddler Sing-Along at the Skirball

3:00pm @ Skirball Cultural Center
Tribute Wednesdays at Festival of Arts

5:30pm @ Festival of Arts
Kids Club Summer Safari: Animal Adventures

6:00pm @ Plaza West Covina
Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival: Love’s Labour’s Lost

7:00pm @ Griffith Park
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Seaside Sessions

4:00pm @ Dana Point Harbor
Tulum Thursdays

6:00pm @ LouLou
Summer Music Series at The Original Farmers Market

7:00pm @ The Original Farmers Market
Cinema Botanica: Giants Rising

8:00pm @ California Botanic Garden
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Splash in the Water

10:00am @ CSUN Aquatic Center at Castaic Lake Lower Lagoon
Children’s Health Day

2:00pm @ Venice Family Clinic’s Maxine Waters Health and Dignity Center at York School
Open Clay Time

3:00pm @ Craft Contemporary
Apricot Lane Farms - Family Fridays

4:30pm @ Apricot Lane Farms
Sharks After Dark

5:30pm @ Ocean Institute
Somos NELA Night Market

6:00pm @ Somos NELA
The Murder Mystery Co’s Dinner Theater Show

7:00pm @ The Old Spaghetti Factory
Beach Movie Nights: The Garfield Movie

8:00pm @ Dockweiler Youth Center
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Mount of Angels Car Canvas

10:00am @ Petersen Automotive Museum
North Hollywood Farmers Market

8:30am @ North Hollywood Farmers Market
Sensory Friendly Saturdays

9:00am @ GRAMMY Museum
Summer Art Workshop

9:30am @ Dunsmore Park
Adventure Sails

10:00am @ Ocean Institute
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The California Poppy Festival

AV Fair & Event Center

$10

Fri, Apr 25 - 27

10:00am - 10:00pm

FULL DESCRIPTION

The California Poppy Festival™ is the City of Lancaster’s annual celebration of California’s state flower. From April 25-27, 2025, the event will honor the beauty of the poppy with live entertainment, amusement park rides, festival food, live animal exhibits, and countless activities for all ages at the AV Fair & Event Center.

Lancaster boasts one of California's most abundant crops of vibrant poppies, the California state flower. During poppy season, the City, in partnership with the AV Fair & Event Center, puts on an event to welcome and introduce visitors to the Lancaster area. The annual Festival plays host to the colorful poppies, which are an Antelope Valley springtime attraction.

AV Fair & Event Center

2551 W Avenue H, Lancaster, CA 93536, USA

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