Southern Colorado Kids Fun Fest happens Saturday
SOUTHERN COLORADO KIDS FUN FEST
Over 5000 kids and families expected, 40+ vendors, and all day live-entertainment
June 5, 2013 – The Southern Colorado Kids Fun Fest is a family festival hosted by Rocky Mountain PBS. The Fun Fest is held at Acacia Park, Saturday, June 8 from 10am-2pm. Over 5,000 kids and families are expected to show at this year’s event, with over 40 different booths, live entertainment, and lot’s of activities. All free of cost to the participating families.
The following are various activities that can be enjoyed at the SC Kids Fun Fest: Meeting Curious George and Clifford the Big Red Dog, splashing in the Uncle Wilber Fountain, jumping in the bounce houses, enjoying the live entertainment, and engaging in the many different educational booths set up for the children to learn along side with their friends and families.
The live entertainment: 10am – Welcome from Millibo
10:05-10:35am – Wee Bee & The One Man Band
10:40-10:45am – Three Tigers Martial Arts
10:45-11am – Presentation and Character Countdown
11am – Fountain Open
11-11:20am – Zumba Dance Party with Trendz Fitness
11:20am-12:45pm – Incredible Circus Millibo
1-1:30pm- The Night the Moon Ate My Room with the Wee Bee’s
1:30-1:45pm – Grand Finale
Participants who are involved with the Southern Colorado Kids Fun Fest:
3 Tigers Martial Arts, Air Force Athletics, Al Kaly Shrinner, Bob Warren – Kids & Canines, Brunswick Zone XL Interquest, Care & Share Food Bank, Catamount Institute, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Chico Basin Ranch, City of Colorado Springs Stormwater, Classical 88.7 KCME-FM, Colorado Academy of Music & Dance, Colorado Springs Diversity Forum, Colorado Springs House of Bounce, Colorado Springs Pioneer Museum, Colorado Springs Police Department, Colorado Springs Sky Sox, Colorado Springs Utilities, Colorado Springs Water Partners, Colorado Youth Symphony Association, Comcast, Community Partnership for Child Development, COPPeR, CSU-Pueblo, Dion’s Pizza, Downtown Partnership, Early Connections Learning Centers, El Paso County Nature Centers, First Choice Emergency Room, Friends of North Cheyenne Canon, Garden of the Gods, Giggling Grounds, Girl Scouts of Colorado, Global Village Academy, Gymboree Play & Music, Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region, Imagination Celebration, Kawa Coffee, Key Bank, Learning RX, Little Monkey Bizness, Manitiou Art Theatre, Navy Federal Credit Union, North Powers Modern Dentistry, Project Health Colorado, Performing Arts for Youth, Pikes Peak Council of Boy Scouts, Pikes Peak Library District, Pikes Peak Music, Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo, Pikes Peak YMCA, Science Matters, Small Smiles Dental Centers of Colorado Springs, Smokerbrush, Soccer Buddies, Special Kids Special Families, Texas Roadhouse, We’re Dancing, Whole Foods, and more.
The Southern Colorado Kids Fun Fest Foundation is generously underwritten by Colorado Springs Utilities, The Gazette – Colorado Springs, Uncle Wilber Fountain, Wells Fargo, The Y, Marmalade at Smokebrush, First Choice Emergency Room, Navy Federal Credit Union, and Rocky Mountain PBS.
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About Rocky Mountain PBS
Rocky Mountain PBS provides Colorado with a television station where 900,000 people, weekly, discover provocative and inspiring local, national and international programming; find diverse viewpoints; score front row center seats to world-class performances; and experience lifelong learning opportunities. Rocky Mountain PBS is in its 55th year of operation. The network began in Denver in 1956 as Colorado’s first public television station. It is now Colorado’s only statewide television network, with stations in Denver (KRMA), Pueblo/Colorado Springs (KTSC), Steamboat Springs (KRMZ), Grand Junction (KRMJ) and Durango (KRMU)
About Southern Colorado Fun Fest
Annual festival held at Acacia Park in Colorado Springs. This event is hosted by Rocky Mountain PBS and is free to all children and families in the area who are interested in enjoying a day full of fun. The festivities are scheduled to run from 10 am – 2 pm, with over 40 educational booths, live entertainment, and many activities.
Media Contact:
Keanna Smith
Administration & Special Projects Manager
Tim Gill Center for Public Media/ KTSC-TV
Office: (719) 418-5851
Cell: (719) 352-6818
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