Gates Open at 12:30 p.m.

“The Vaudeville Follies” is a marionette variety show presented in the spirit of the old-time music hall. Our puppeteers perform in full view of the audience. Each performance is designed to engage and enthrall: an opera singer, a trapeze artist, Pierrot and his balloon, a trained dog, and a ballet dancing chicken are just a few of the acts you might see.

45 minutes All Ages
Tickets: $5.00
Gates open at 12:30 p.m.

Using traditional music, intricate costumes, and dramatic staging, we present this magical tale adapted from “The 1,001 Arabian Nights” as it has never been seen before. Friendship and kindness triumph over evil as Aladdin discovers the magical lamp, frees and befriends the powerful genie, thwarts the evil sorcerer, and saves the kingdom.

45 minutes All Ages
Tickets: $5.00

Gates Open at 10:00 a.m.

The Nimbus Arts team will be rolling up in the Nim-Bus Mobile Art Studio with plenty of socks, doo-dads, eyeballs, felt, feathers, yarn, and other assorted materials needed to create a one-of-a-kind sock puppet. This is a “hands-on” workshop for the whole family.

Tickets: available on day of event
Gates open at 10:00 a.m.

Open a door to your imagination! Explore how simple finger puppets are made and create your own character.

We have all the fixings for encouraging your finger puppet creative play- some simple easy designs for little hands and some finger puppets a little more complicated for those with more dexterity. Felt, faux fur, googly eyes, sparkly jewels, pompoms, crystals, pipe cleaners and much, much more. You can create a character from your favorite book, or a butterfly, or a furry, fuzzy monster! The sky’s the limit.

Tickets: available on day of event

The Puppet Man, Magical Moonshine Theatre’s Michael Nelson creates his own version of traditional European street theatre. The performances are colorful, lively, spontaneous and ever-changing. In this selection of skits and bits selected from years of performing in the “strolling puppet stage” audiences, puppeteer and puppets respond to each other to create the play together in this uniquely exciting theatrical experience: The Puppet Show!

30 minutes+ All ages
Free Admission

Artists will be bringing their giant creations to our festival and some folks are busy creating brand/grand new ones especially for our event. Get a chance to interact with the artists and try your hand at a little…GIANT puppeteering!

Three pigs set out to seek their fortunes with a bit of house building. Things don't go as planned in this creative retelling of the traditional story; houses collapse, pigs and wolves play together and audience members help the story along with lots of live music, singing, construction and laughter. Presented with traditional Bohemian style marionettes on a tabletop stage.

40 minutes Ages 3+
Tickets: $5.00

Forbidden Puppet Cabaret gathers eclectic, eccentric puppet artists from around the Bay Area to present short works of unbridled theater.

60 minutes+ *Adults Only
Tickets: $25.00

This event is sponsored in part by a generous grant from the Puppet Slam network.