PortFest 2024 | Redwood City

October 5, 2024 @ 10:00 am 3:00 pm

Redwood City Portfest

Spend the day enjoying the recreational opportunities and working waterfront at the Port of Redwood City–food & beverage booths, musical entertainment, kids activities, arts & crafts booths, informational booths, tours, etc. Admission and parking are free!

Port Fest is an annual event and is one of the anchor events for  Bay Day with events all over the San Francisco Bay area.  For more information about events at Bay Day click here.

2024 Redwood City Port Fest Highlights

Plan your day at PortFest! Families, children, adults, and all will enjoy learning about the Port through a fun day full of activities! Enjoy activities like:

Kid zone:​​​

  • Face Painting
    • Get your face painted with fun designs like pirates, mermaids and sea creatures.
    • Face painting is available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Redwood City Library
    • Marine-themed story time and crafts
      • Enjoy hourly story time sessions with sea-themed stories, followed by ocean-inspired crafts.
      • Story time starts at 11 a.m. and runs every hour until 2 p.m.
  • Inflatable Slides
  • Frisbee Spin Art
    • Create your own unique frisbee designs using vibrant spin art.
  • Fishing Pool
    • Test your fishing skills in the kiddie fishing pool near Spinnaker Sailing. Catch fish and win a marine animal-themed building set.
  • Touch-A-Truck
    • Explore real-life vehicles like a fire engine, police car and construction trucks from Cemex.
    • Complete the Touch-A-Truck Passport to win a vehicle-themed building set.
  • Video Game Truck
    • Kids can hang out and play fun video games in the Kids’ Cool Game Truck
  • Visit from S.J. Sharkie, the official mascot of the San Jose Sharks at 11 a.m. 

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Please double-check the event information on the event website as sometimes events are canceled or details changed after they are added to CelebrateFamily.us. Let us know about any changes at events@celebrate-family.com

Image credit/image courtesy of PortFest Redwood City

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675 Seaport Boulevard
Redwood City, CA 94603 United States
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(650) 306-4150
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675 Seaport Boulevard
Redwood City, CA 94603 United States
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(650) 306-4150
View Venue Website

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