The giant LEGO expo, LEGO KidsFest, is on the road for its fifth year and may be stopping in your area in 2013. I’m so excited that there will be one fairly close to me so my family and I can attend this time around! The dates and locations schedule on the tour are as follows:
- Richmond, Virginia: February 15 – 17
- Louisville, Kentucky: April 5 – 7
- Houston, Texas: May 17 – 19
- Phoenix, Arizona: July 12 – 14
- San Jose, California: August 30 – September 1
- Portland, Oregon: October 11 – 13
- Hartford, Connecticut: December 6 – 8
So what is this all about?
Ready your building skills! The LEGO KidsFest, a nationally-traveling giant LEGO expo, is coming to a city near you! This interactive LEGO extravaganza brings all of the creative hands-on, minds-on fun of LEGO building and experiences together in an activity- and entertainment-packed family event for children of all ages and builders of all skills and interests.
Among the many LEGO attractions, families will find:
- LEGO Model Gallery: dozens of life-sized models made entirely from LEGO bricks
- LEGO Master Builders: live demonstrations and activities from the crew who get paid to play
- Creation Nation: build your own creation to add to a custom map of the U.S.
- Race Ramps: build your own custom car, then race it down the ramp against friends and family
- LEGO Games Arena: roll the dice to play LEGO board games
- Construction Zones: creative free build, play and display areas
- LEGO DUPLO®: younger visitors can explore imagination through building
- LEGO Retail and KidsFest Marketplace: purchase LEGO and official KidsFest tour merchandise
- Brick Pile: a gigantic pile full of LEGO bricks for creative play and enjoyment
- Monochromatic Builds: bricks of a single color to foster group creativity
- Brickscapes: fantastic displays that combine lots of LEGO and DUPLO sets
- And much more, covering over 150,000+ square feet of space
- On tour since 2009, nearly 400,000 have attended a LEGO KidsFest. Previous tour stops include Minneapolis, Boston, Austin, Cincinnati, Denver, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Raleigh. Tickets for many cities have sold out with 25,000 to 30,000 visitors in attendance at each venue.
Based on sell-out attendance in previous markets, advance ticket purchase is strongly encouraged. Tickets for all 2013 tour stops are on sale at www.LEGOkidsfest.com.
Five sessions – all identical – are available for the each tour stop. For full details, visit the website at www.LEGOKidsFest.com.
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So cool! They’re going to be in PDX and my son will be old enough then to enjoy it.
Yay! It’s always a bummer when you JUST miss an event with them being either too young or too old at the time.
My kids love legos! We get Star Wars ones… and they play with it for a little bit a is. But then Hunter takes them apart and builds his own ships. It’s nice to see him being so creative! 🙂
I haven’t tried those yet but I’m sure it just fuels their ideas. I always remember staring at them and thinking, “Okay, I build that. Now what?”
My kids are really getting into Legos now. They love the DC superheros and star wars. I kind of like the harry potter ones myself.
I love that they have kits to jump start imagination!
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