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Events This Week
July 15, 2018 - July 22, 2018
This Week Navigation
July 15 @ 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
The Big Bounce America
July 15 @ 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Create an experience of a lifetime by bringing your family to the world’s biggest bounce house. This magical, candy-colored inflatable castle is 10,000 square feet of fun, games and laughter. It happens all weekend long at Victory Park Ohio in North Ridgeville.
July 15 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Christmas in July
July 15 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Castle Noel is celebrating Christmas in July when Santa will be on the mountain to greet guests in his summer attire.
July 15 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Movie Night - Coco
July 15 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Beachwood Outdoor Movie Night: Bring your blankets, lawn chairs, and dinner picnic basket to the parking lot of the Beachwood Community Center to enjoy a fun, family friendly film under the stars!
July 15 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Watermelon Magic
July 15 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
A feel-good film about a young girl who learns to grow and part with one of nature’s most loved summer fruits – the watermelon.
July 16 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Watermelon Magic
July 16 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
A feel-good film about a young girl who learns to grow and part with one of nature’s most loved summer fruits – the watermelon.
July 16 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Summer Kids Movies
July 16 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
7/2 Early Man, 7/9 Smurfs, The Lost Village, 7/16 The Emoji Movie, 7/23 Kung Fu Panda 3, 7/30 Elf.
July 16 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Summer Kids Movies
July 16 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
7/2 Early Man, 7/9 Smurfs, The Lost Village, 7/16 The Emoji Movie, 7/23 Kung Fu Panda 3, 7/30 Elf.
July 7 @ 11:00 am - July 29 @ 9:00 pm
Christmas with the Aliens
July 7 @ 11:00 am - July 29 @ 9:00 pm
Alien Vacation Mini Golf is an interactive, black light, indoor mini golf in Freaky 3D.
July 14 @ 11:00 am - August 19 @ 7:00 pm
Great Lakes Medieval Faire
July 14 @ 11:00 am - August 19 @ 7:00 pm
Beginning this Saturday and running on weekends through August 19, the Great Lakes Medieval Faire is a shaded, 13th century family fun theme park filled with continuous entertainment, juried crafts and artisans, rides and interactive games, and foods fit for a king.
July 17 @ 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Jungle Terry Animal Show
July 17 @ 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Trainer Jungle Terry will present many exotic animals and interesting facts that will amaze children of all ages.
July 17 @ 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Jungle Terry Animal Show
July 17 @ 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Trainer Jungle Terry will present many exotic animals and interesting facts that will amaze children of all ages.
July 17 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Eton Explorers 2018 - Super Heroes & Princesses
July 17 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Eton Explorers - Super Heroes & Princesses
Join us for the second event in the Eton Explorers Summer Event Series presented by The Lillian and Betty Ratner School and Northeast Ohio Parent magazine!
July 17 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Watermelon Magic
July 17 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
A feel-good film about a young girl who learns to grow and part with one of nature’s most loved summer fruits – the watermelon.
July 7 @ 11:00 am - July 29 @ 9:00 pm
Christmas with the Aliens
July 7 @ 11:00 am - July 29 @ 9:00 pm
Alien Vacation Mini Golf is an interactive, black light, indoor mini golf in Freaky 3D.
July 18 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Watermelon Magic
July 18 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
A feel-good film about a young girl who learns to grow and part with one of nature’s most loved summer fruits – the watermelon.
July 7 @ 11:00 am - July 29 @ 9:00 pm
Christmas with the Aliens
July 7 @ 11:00 am - July 29 @ 9:00 pm
Alien Vacation Mini Golf is an interactive, black light, indoor mini golf in Freaky 3D.
July 14 @ 11:00 am - August 19 @ 7:00 pm
Great Lakes Medieval Faire
July 14 @ 11:00 am - August 19 @ 7:00 pm
Beginning this Saturday and running on weekends through August 19, the Great Lakes Medieval Faire is a shaded, 13th century family fun theme park filled with continuous entertainment, juried crafts and artisans, rides and interactive games, and foods fit for a king.
July 18
Gypsy
July 18
The musical follows an overbearing stage mother, Mama Rose, and her two daughters across the country during the 1920s.
July 18
Lionel Bart’s Oliver
July 18
Sold from the only life he’s ever known, the orphaned and hapless Oliver escapes to find someplace he truly belongs.
July 19 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Watermelon Magic
July 19 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
A feel-good film about a young girl who learns to grow and part with one of nature’s most loved summer fruits – the watermelon.
July 7 @ 11:00 am - July 29 @ 9:00 pm
Christmas with the Aliens
July 7 @ 11:00 am - July 29 @ 9:00 pm
Alien Vacation Mini Golf is an interactive, black light, indoor mini golf in Freaky 3D.
July 14 @ 11:00 am - August 19 @ 7:00 pm
Great Lakes Medieval Faire
July 14 @ 11:00 am - August 19 @ 7:00 pm
Beginning this Saturday and running on weekends through August 19, the Great Lakes Medieval Faire is a shaded, 13th century family fun theme park filled with continuous entertainment, juried crafts and artisans, rides and interactive games, and foods fit for a king.
July 19 - July 22
July 20 - July 22
July 20 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Watermelon Magic
July 20 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
A feel-good film about a young girl who learns to grow and part with one of nature’s most loved summer fruits – the watermelon.
July 20
Front Porch Concert Series
July 20
June 22 @ 7:00 pm - August 31 @ 7:00 pm
Free
“It’s not only music.
July 7 @ 11:00 am - July 29 @ 9:00 pm
Christmas with the Aliens
July 7 @ 11:00 am - July 29 @ 9:00 pm
Alien Vacation Mini Golf is an interactive, black light, indoor mini golf in Freaky 3D.
July 14 @ 11:00 am - August 19 @ 7:00 pm
Great Lakes Medieval Faire
July 14 @ 11:00 am - August 19 @ 7:00 pm
Beginning this Saturday and running on weekends through August 19, the Great Lakes Medieval Faire is a shaded, 13th century family fun theme park filled with continuous entertainment, juried crafts and artisans, rides and interactive games, and foods fit for a king.
July 20 - July 22
July 21 @ 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Headlands Beachfest
July 21 @ 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Family-friendly celebration of wind, water and sand.
July 21 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Christmas in July
July 21 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Castle Noel is celebrating Christmas in July when Santa will be on the mountain to greet guests in his summer attire.
July 21
Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs
July 21
Not dinosaurs, birds or bats, pterosaurs were flying reptiles that lived in the world of dinosaurs 220 to 66 million years ago.
July 21 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Ice Cream Weekends
July 21 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Celebrate National Ice Cream Month and find out how ice cream is made.
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