Are you looking for free fun with your kids? There are tons of fun FREE Ann Arbor Events for Kids ranging from story times to crafts to outdoor events.
In addition to the calendar events, remember that local playgrounds are free. (Our Playground Profiles only include parks with no admission fee).
Check out the following Free Ann Arbor Events for Kids & Families.
Upcoming Events
| Date/Time | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 🆓 | May 17, 2025
7:00am-3:00pm |
Ann Arbor Farmers Market
at Ann Arbor Farmers Market, Ann Arbor MI |
| 🆓 | May 17, 2025
8:00am-1:00pm |
Chelsea Farmers Market
at Palmer Commons, Chelsea Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 17, 2025
8:00am-1:00pm |
Dexter Farmers Market
at Dexter Farmers Market, Dexter Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 17, 2025
8:00am-12:00pm |
Saline Famers Market
at Downtown Saline, Saline Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 17, 2025
9:00am-2:00pm |
White Lotus Farms Farmers Market
at White Lotus Farms, Ann Arbor MI |
| 🆓 | May 17, 2025
9:00am-1:00pm |
Ypsilanti Farmers Market
at Ypsilanti Farmers Market – Depot Town, Ypsilanti Michian |
| 🆓 | May 17, 2025
10:30am |
Play the Kerrytown Chime
at Kerrytown Market & Shops, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 17, 2025
11:00am-1:00pm |
Fire & Police Open House
at Ann Arbor Fire Station 1, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓🎟 | May 17, 2025
11:00am-2:00pm |
Free Grocery Distribution
at Berea City of Hope, Ypsilanti Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 17, 2025
11:00am-12:00pm |
Little Ones Play - Nature Sensory
at Ypsilanti District Library – Michigan Ave Branch, Ypsilanti Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 17, 2025
11:00am-12:00pm |
Preschool Makerspace
at Dexter District Library, Dexter Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 17, 2025
11:00am-11:45am |
Young Scientists!
at Westgate Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 17, 2025
12:00pm-3:00pm |
Kids Grand Prix Day
at IHA Child Health West Arbor, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓🎟 | May 17, 2025
1:00pm-3:30pm |
Freeman Spring Environmental Festival
at Freeman Environmental Center, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 17, 2025
1:00pm-3:00pm |
Mahjong Open Play
at Traverwood Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 17, 2025
1:00pm-2:30pm |
Make (Almost) Anything Into a Keychain
at Downtown Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 17, 2025
1:00pm-2:00pm |
Pop Art Pet and Animal Portraits
at Dexter District Library, Dexter Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 17, 2025
1:00pm-2:00pm |
The Art & Sounds of Australia: Didgeridoo and You
at Downtown Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 17, 2025
2:00pm-3:00pm |
DIY Stamps
at Pittsfield Branch Library, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 17, 2025
2:00pm-4:00pm |
Intergenerational Chess Club
at Ypsilanti District Library – Michigan Ave Branch, Ypsilanti Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 17, 2025
3:00pm-5:00pm |
Dexter Cooperative Preschool Family Fun Day!
at Dexter Cooperative Preschool, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 17, 2025
6:30pm-7:30pm |
Author Event | Chasten Buttigieg: Papa's Coming Home
at Downtown Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 18, 2025
10:30am-11:15am |
Dancing Babies with Momo Kajiwara
at Downtown Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 18, 2025
11:00am-12:00pm |
Baby and Toddler Gear Swap
at Downtown Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 18, 2025
11:00am-4:00pm |
Sunday Artisan Market
at Ann Arbor Farmers Market, Ann Arbor MI |
| 💙🆓 | May 18, 2025
12:00pm-1:00pm |
Galaxy Sensory Bottles
at Malletts Creek Branch Library, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 18, 2025
12:00pm-4:00pm |
Healthy Kids Day
at YMCA Camp Birkett, Pinckney Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 18, 2025
12:00pm-4:00pm |
Healthy Kids Day
at Fireman’s Park, Ypsilanti Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 18, 2025
12:00pm-4:00pm |
Huron River Day 2025
at Gallup Park, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 18, 2025
12:00pm-6:00pm |
Picnic Pops
at Pioneer High School, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 18, 2025
4:00pm-5:30pm |
Culinary Historians | “A Single Spoonful will Excoriate the Mouth”: Pepper Pot Stew and Black Female Street Peddlers in Antebellum Philadelphia
at Downtown Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 19, 2025
10:30am-11:30am |
Baby Playgroup
at Malletts Creek Branch Library, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 19, 2025
10:30am-11:00am |
Preschool Storytimes
at Pittsfield Branch Library, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓🎟 | May 19, 2025
2:30pm-4:00pm |
Beat Production
at Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓🎟 | May 19, 2025
4:00pm-6:00pm |
Visual Arts Council
at Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 19, 2025
5:30pm-7:30pm |
Introductory Woodcarving Lab: Thumb Page Holder
at Downtown Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 19, 2025
6:00pm-7:30pm |
Handmade Felt Food: Banana
at Malletts Creek Branch Library, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 19, 2025
6:30pm-7:45pm |
Emerging Writers Monthly Meetup
at Westgate Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 20, 2025
9:00am |
Groundbreaking Ceremony - New Ann Arbor Fire Station
at Scheffler Park, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 20, 2025
10:30am-11:15am |
Babytime
at Chelsea District Library, Chelsea Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 20, 2025
11:00am-12:00pm |
Baby Playgroup
at Traverwood Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 20, 2025
11:00am-11:30am |
Preschool Storytimes
at Malletts Creek Branch Library, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 20, 2025
11:00am-11:30am |
Preschool Storytimes
at Downtown Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 20, 2025
2:00pm-3:15pm |
Art History in the Afternoon: Gustave Caillebotte
at Traverwood Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓🎟 | May 20, 2025
2:30pm-4:00pm |
Vocal Techniques
at Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 20, 2025
3:30pm-5:00pm |
Chess Clinics with Chase
at Chelsea District Library, Chelsea Michigan |
| 🆓🎟 | May 20, 2025
4:00pm-6:00pm |
Poetry
at Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓🎟 | May 20, 2025
4:00pm-6:00pm |
Youth Now Climate Action
at Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓🎟 | May 20, 2025
4:00pm-6:00pm |
Youth Owned Record Label
at Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓🎟 | May 20, 2025
4:30pm-6:30pm |
Fighting Food Insecurity One Bowl of Ramen at a Time
at Growing Hope Urban Farm, Ypsilanti Michigan |
| 🆓🎟 | May 20, 2025
4:30pm-5:30pm |
Teen Great Stories Club
at Ypsilanti District Library – Michigan Ave Branch, Ypsilanti Michigan |
| 🆓🎟 | May 20, 2025
4:30pm-5:30pm |
Tween Book Club
at Dexter District Library, Dexter Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 20, 2025
5:00pm-6:00pm |
Afterschool STEM
at Ypsilanti District Library – Michigan Ave Branch, Ypsilanti Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 20, 2025
5:30pm-7:30pm |
3D Printed Text Keychains
at Downtown Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 21, 2025
7:00am-3:00pm |
Ann Arbor Farmers Market
at Ann Arbor Farmers Market, Ann Arbor MI |
| 🆓 | May 21, 2025
10:00am-3:00pm |
Chelsea Farmers Market
at Chelsea State Bank, Chelsea Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 21, 2025
10:30am-11:30am |
Baby Playgroup
at Westgate Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 21, 2025
10:30am-11:15am |
Preschool Storytime
at Chelsea District Library, Chelsea Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 21, 2025
10:30am-11:00am |
Preschool Storytimes
at Malletts Creek Branch Library, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 21, 2025
11:00am-2:00pm |
AADL @ the Ann Arbor Farmers Market
at Ann Arbor Farmers Market, Ann Arbor MI |
| 🆓 | May 21, 2025
11:00am-11:30am |
Sprouts Story Time
at Northfield Township Area Library, Whitmore Lake Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 21, 2025
12:00pm |
Play the Kerrytown Chime
at Kerrytown Market & Shops, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓🎟 | May 21, 2025
4:00pm-6:00pm |
DJ Program
at Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓🎟 | May 21, 2025
4:00pm-6:00pm |
Little Jams
at Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 21, 2025
6:00pm-7:00pm |
Alcohol Ink Doodles
at Downtown Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 21, 2025
6:00pm-7:00pm |
Harvest Y5 & K Building Walkthrough
at Harvest Elementary School, Saline Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 21, 2025
6:30pm-7:30pm |
Kids Book Club (Grades 3-5)
at Ypsilanti District Library – Whittaker Rd, Ypsilanti Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 21, 2025
6:30pm-7:30pm |
Wrapped in Love Boobie Club - Breastfeeding Support
at Ypsilanti District Library – Superior, Ypsilanti Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 22, 2025
10:30am-11:15am |
Toddlertime
at Chelsea District Library, Chelsea Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 22, 2025
11:00am-11:30am |
Preschool Storytimes
at Pittsfield Branch Library, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓🎟 | May 22, 2025
2:30pm-4:00pm |
Beat Production
at Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 22, 2025
3:00pm-5:00pm |
Washtenaw Community College: Advance Ypsi Program
at Ypsilanti District Library – Whittaker Rd, Ypsilanti Michigan |
| 🆓🎟 | May 22, 2025
4:00pm-6:00pm |
Podcasting - That's What You Missed
at Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 22, 2025
4:30pm-5:30pm |
Makerspace
at Dexter District Library, Dexter Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 22, 2025
5:00pm-7:00pm |
Riso Lab
at Downtown Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 22, 2025
5:30pm-7:30pm |
Famous Painting Embroidery
at Westgate Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓🎟 | May 22, 2025
5:30pm-7:30pm |
Read to Moon the Library Dog
at Ypsilanti District Library – Michigan Ave Branch, Ypsilanti Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 22, 2025
6:30pm-7:30pm |
Author Event | Satsuki Ina: The Poet and the Silk Girl: A Memoir of Love, Imprisonment, and Protest
at Downtown Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 23, 2025
10:30am-11:30am |
Baby Playgroup
at Downtown Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 23, 2025
12:00pm |
Play the Kerrytown Chime
at Kerrytown Market & Shops, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 23, 2025
1:00pm-1:30pm |
Preschool Storytime
at Westgate Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 23, 2025
3:00pm-6:00pm |
Dixboro Farmers Market
at Dixboro Farmers Market, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓🎟 | May 23, 2025
4:00pm-6:00pm |
Game On
at Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 🆓🎟 | May 23, 2025
4:00pm-6:00pm |
Riot Youth
at Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 23, 2025 - May 24, 2025
5:00pm-10:00am |
Family Campout
at Mill Pond Park, Saline Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 23, 2025
5:30pm-7:30pm |
KYLYN Festival | Writing for Our Lives, with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
at Downtown Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 23, 2025
6:30pm-11:00pm |
Movie in the Park: Moana 2
at Mill Pond Park, Saline Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 24, 2025
7:00am-3:00pm |
Ann Arbor Farmers Market
at Ann Arbor Farmers Market, Ann Arbor MI |
| 🆓 | May 24, 2025
8:00am-1:00pm |
Chelsea Farmers Market
at Palmer Commons, Chelsea Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 24, 2025
8:00am-1:00pm |
Dexter Farmers Market
at Dexter Farmers Market, Dexter Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 24, 2025
8:00am-12:00pm |
Saline Famers Market
at Downtown Saline, Saline Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 24, 2025
9:00am-2:00pm |
White Lotus Farms Farmers Market
at White Lotus Farms, Ann Arbor MI |
| 🆓 | May 24, 2025
9:00am-1:00pm |
Ypsilanti Farmers Market
at Ypsilanti Farmers Market – Depot Town, Ypsilanti Michian |
| 💙🆓 | May 24, 2025
10:30am-12:30pm |
Dungeons & Dragons Drop in for Teens
at Ypsilanti District Library – Michigan Ave Branch, Ypsilanti Michigan |
| 🆓 | May 24, 2025
10:30am |
Play the Kerrytown Chime
at Kerrytown Market & Shops, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 24, 2025
11:00am-12:00pm |
ASL-Friendly Sensory Storytime
at Ypsilanti District Library – Superior, Ypsilanti Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 24, 2025
11:00am-11:30am |
Spanish Storytime with Raquel
at Pittsfield Branch Library, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 24, 2025
12:00pm-1:00pm |
Amy Sherald Paper Dolls
at Westgate Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 24, 2025
12:00pm-1:00pm |
Lilo and Stitch Coloring!
at Traverwood Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
| 💙🆓 | May 24, 2025
1:00pm-4:00pm |
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament
at Downtown Branch of AADL, Ann Arbor Michigan |
