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Volume 162 · Issue 59 | 99¢

Music and fun at Fairytale Town

Local performing artists will take to Fairytale Town’s Mother Goose Stage, 3901 Land Park Drive in Sacramento, for the Children’s Concerts Series this summer. The hour-long concerts start at 2 p.m.

Music Matt and the Whole 9 Yards will bring their high-energy, fun music to Fairytale Town on Saturday, July 28.

A trio of performers from the Sacramento Youth Symphony, founded in 1956, will perform on Sunday, July 29.

Ericka Davis and Kiss N Tell will perform energetic covers of today’s pop and rock hits on Saturday, Aug. 4.

The series wraps up with a day of carnival games, arts and crafts activities and music at Kids Day on Sunday, Aug. 5, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Musical Charis, the Freebadge Serenaders and Ricky Berger will perform.

The Children’s Concert Series and Kids Day are free with paid park admission. Weekend admission to Fairytale Town is $5 for adults and children ages 2 and older and free for children ages 1 and under.

For more information visit fairytaletown.org or call 916-808-7462.

The Children’s Concert Series is sponsored in part by the Loveall Foundation. Kids Day is sponsored in part by ScholarShare College Savings Plan and SAFE Credit Union.

Fairytale Town is a non-profit children’s park and educational center in Land Park whose mission is to promote the imagination, creativity and education of children. Established in 1959, Fairytale Town is home to 25 three-dimensional play sets based on favorite fairytales and nursery rhymes, a family of 22 rare and miniature breed animals, three interactive learning gardens and two performing arts stages.

From March through October, the park is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. From November through February, the park is open Thursday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., weather permitting.

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