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09/09/2026

🌊 WORTH THE DRIVE: DILLON BEACH

Just over an hour from Napa and you’re here. 🌊

Dillon Beach is the kind of place that makes an ordinary day feel like a little vacation. Wide-open sand, big coastal views, plenty of room for the kids to run, dogs running free, and that unmistakable feeling of being away.

Grab your kites, snacks + sunscreen and make a day of it. 🪁☀️

And there’s more than just the beach:

☕️ Dillon Beach Resort General Store & Surf Shop with coffee, pastries, snacks, picnic supplies, beach essentials + surf rentals, and 🍦!!!

🍽️ Dillon Beach Coastal Kitchen is a beautiful spot for a meal with coastal views.

🏡 And if you’re feeling like a mini holiday, book a stay at Dillon Beach Resort. The bungalows are SO cute and beautiful, and being steps from the beach makes it feel like a dream escape. 🤍

💰 Parking is usually $15/day

This is definitely one to add to your Napa family day-trip list.

📍 Dillon Beach, CA

Save this for the next time your family needs a little change of scenery and follow Napa Kids for more places worth the drive from Napa Valley. 💛

THE SEPTEMBER EDIT IS HERE 🍅🍎September has officially arrived, and our latest Napa Kids newsletter is packed.🍅 What to d...
09/05/2026

THE SEPTEMBER EDIT IS HERE 🍅🍎

September has officially arrived, and our latest Napa Kids newsletter is packed.

🍅 What to do when your garden gives you approximately 47 million tomatoes
🎨 Teen & pre-teen programs
🏕 Holiday camps to start planning now
🎭 Events happening around Napa Valley & beyond
🌳 What’s happening with the Harvest Park Project
🚲 A look at Napa’s safer streets + ways to get involved
💛 Local businesses, community happenings & a few things we’re loving

It’s our monthly collection of what’s happening, what’s worth knowing, and what’s worth putting on your calendar.

Read the September Edition → link in bio

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☀️ 3 DAYS. SO MANY WAYS TO PLAY.Labor Day weekend is here, and we’ve rounded up a few of our favorite ways to squeeze ev...
09/04/2026

☀️ 3 DAYS. SO MANY WAYS TO PLAY.

Labor Day weekend is here, and we’ve rounded up a few of our favorite ways to squeeze every last bit of summer out of the weekend — from a 150th birthday celebration and sprint car racing to free museum days, gelato, swimming, biking and a few Napa finds you might not know about yet. 👀

🎉 DON’T MISS THIS — St. Helena turns 150!
Celebrate 150 years of St. Helena at the Community Block Party with live music, food trucks, a kids’ zone and a drone show to cap off the night. 🎆 City of St. Helena

🎨 FREE MUSEUM WEEKEND
Have a Bank of America card? Museums on Us gets you free general admission Sept. 5–6 at participating museums, including:
📍 The Napa Valley Museum of Art & Culture — St. Helena The MAC
📍 Napa Valley Museum — Yountville Napa Valley Museum Yountville
📍 Sonoma Valley Museum of Art — Sonoma Sonoma Valley Museum of Art
Bring your eligible card + photo ID. Restrictions apply.

🍷 FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY — Bottle, Banjo & Burritos
Head to RD Winery | Fifth Moon & Hundred Knot Wine for a laid-back wine country afternoon with bottles, banjo and burritos. 🌯🎶

🏎️ FOR THE KIDS — Sprint Car Racing
Louie Vermeil Classic at the Calistoga Speedway is bringing the speed to the Calistoga Fairgrounds. A pretty fun way to spend a Saturday night. 🏁

💛 FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY — Sundays on the Plaza
Pack a picnic, bring your favorite bottle of wine, let the kids play on the playground and find the ducks. Sonoma Sundays on the Plaza is an easy Sunday plan. Music In Place

☀️ ONE LAST DAY OF SUMMER
If Monday is your day to slow down, we have a few ideas!

🍸 FOR THE HARD-WORKING PARENTS
Need a night out after a very long summer?
MATRIX Napa Valley is open in downtown Napa and serving up Filipino food from Winston’s Napa.

👀 A LITTLE NAPA SECRET

Hidden in an alley off Old Sonoma Road… something special is cooking.

AlleyWay Studio Napa
📍 207 S. Jefferson St.
Wednesday–Sunday • 12–6 PM

And if you know, you know. 🍔

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WHAT SHOULD HARVEST PARK BECOME? 🏊🏏🎭🧸🏀🛝If you’ve driven past the former Harvest Middle School site on Old Sonoma Road, y...
09/03/2026

WHAT SHOULD HARVEST PARK BECOME? 🏊🏏🎭🧸🏀🛝

If you’ve driven past the former Harvest Middle School site on Old Sonoma Road, you may have heard about the City’s plans for a future 26.6-acre public recreation campus — but the vision is still being shaped.

We attended this week’s Harvest Park Town Hall led by Napa Parks and Recreation, where Napa residents shared ideas, questions and concerns about what this space could mean for our community.

One of our favorite moments was watching a young Napa resident get up and share ideas for what the future community center should have. 💛

And that’s really what this process is about: hearing from the people who will actually use this space!

So we’re curious what YOU think Napa needs.

🏊 A large pool + affordable swim lessons?
🏏 A cricket field?
🧸 Affordable childcare?
🎭 An outdoor amphitheater?
💻 Community coworking/meeting space?
🎨 Art + maker spaces?
🔬 More STEM opportunities?
🏀 Indoor recreation?
🌳 Bigger, better outdoor play spaces?
🤙 Teen/Preteen space?

Or something completely different? Tell us in the comments!

MISSED THE MEETING?

You can still participate. The City is continuing to gather community input as it develops the future vision for Harvest Park, with initial design alternatives expected in early 2027.

🇪🇸 Spanish-speaking Napa residents: there is another town hall tonight, Thursday, September 3 at 6 PM at the Harvest Campus, 2447 Old Sonoma Road.

For project information, opportunities to participate and updates, visit the City’s Harvest Park Project page through the link in our bio.

This is a big opportunity for Napa! Let’s make sure families and kids are part of the conversation. 💛

08/31/2026

Napa Rail Arts District turned into an artsy street festival on Saturday as Napa’s creative community came together for Action Art Fest. 🎨 And the best part? Kids were at the ❤️ of the afternoon.

A few fun highlights:
🎨 Puppet making with
🏺 Ceramic sculptural masks with
🌿 Cyanotype art with
🪴 Experimental music from plants
🎶 Kazoo making with
🪑 Woodworking studio tour and yes we drooled at the Dior Phantom Console 🤩
🧵 Bracelet making with
📝 Poetry on demand with Napa County Poet Laureate , typed live on an old-fashioned typewriter

And then came the wonderfully unexpected finale from : costumed art pieces playing musical chairs. 🪑🎨 The winner walked away with gold-painted carrots. 🥕✨

Artsy, playful and completely unexpected — exactly the kind of community afternoon we love discovering for Napa families.

Our favorite part? Seeing kids not just seeing art, but make it, play with it and become part of it. 💛

If you missed Action Art Fest this year, keep an eye on and for what’s next!

☀️ WHAT ARE WE DOING THIS WEEKEND? ☀️ We found 8 worth getting out of the house for! From a giant Pokémon takeover in SF...
08/28/2026

☀️ WHAT ARE WE DOING THIS WEEKEND? ☀️

We found 8 worth getting out of the house for! From a giant Pokémon takeover in SF to free art in Napa, a book haul, reptiles, movies under the stars and a few very good reasons to shop local!

📚 Friends of the Napa Library Book Sale — Books, DVDs, CDs + 500+ cookbooks from a local Napa chef. The sale runs through Aug. 30, with special half-price, bag-sale and super-sale days coming up. Napa Friends of the Library video courtesy Chelsea (Brock) Gregory

🍿 Yountville Movies in the Park — Grab a blanket, snacks and the kids for a movie under the stars. Concessions + a food truck open at 6:30 PM.

⚡ PokémonXP + Pokémon Drone Shows — PokémonXP takes over Moscone Center Aug. 28–30, plus three FREE Pokémon drone shows lighting up the San Francisco sky Friday–Sunday. ⚡ Pokémon Play! Pokémon

🛍️ Juniper Station Summer Sale — 40% off 100+ items all weekend as they make room for their fall collection. Juniper Station

🎨 RAD Action Art Fest — FREE family-friendly art festival in Napa with live mural painting, hands-on art, music, performances, food and more. Rail Arts District Napa

🌼 Monarchs & Marigolds — Celebrate the cultural significance of monarchs and marigolds with crafts. Perfect for a family outing! California State Parks

🐍 Scales Expo — Reptiles, amphibians and all things scaly take over the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa this weekend. Scales Reptile Expo

✨ Sunday Series Juniper Station — Laura Michels of Little House Play Studio hosts, with pop-ups from Lark & Finch, Suzanne’s Aprons and Star Crossed Bonded Jewelry.

And yes… there’s even more happening than we could fit in this carousel. 😉

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☀️ Your weekend plans, sorted!Whether you’re easing into the school-year routine, squeezing in a little more summer, or ...
08/21/2026

☀️ Your weekend plans, sorted!
Whether you’re easing into the school-year routine, squeezing in a little more summer, or looking for somewhere new to explore, we’ve rounded up a few things worth getting out of the house for this weekend. 💛

🤠 Back to School Community Celebration — A FREE evening in Calistoga with dinner, live music, games, activities and 40+ community organizations. UpValley Family Centers Calistoga Joint Unified

🎭 Mamma Mia! — ABBA hits, Broadway-caliber performers and a Sonoma sunset. Running through August 30.

🎭 Shakespeare Napa Valley — An outdoor performance di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art that’s especially family-friendly. Through August 23. NVC Performing Arts

🌸 Napa Flower Stand — Fresh, organically grown flowers, plus a complimentary seed packet this weekend. Jules Botanicals by Julie | Flower Farmer + Plant Starts

📚 Friends of the Napa Library Book Sale — Books, cookbooks, CDs and DVDs, with the multi-day sale kicking off Saturday. Napa Friends of the Library

🍩 Johnny Doughnuts Napa — The countdown to their Napa grand opening is officially on! Johnny Doughnuts

🍦 Kolohe Creamery Grand Opening — Real fruit ice cream, blended to order with fresh fruit, coming Napa Yard & Beer Garden Sunday. Kolohe Creamery 

🌺 Guelaguetza St. Helena — Celebrate Oaxacan culture with traditional dance, live music, authentic food, artisan vendors and family fun with . FREE! City of St. Helena

Which one are you adding to your weekend? 👇
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08/20/2026

A new kind of classroom is being created beyond the walls right here in Napa Valley. 🌿

We got a first look at the Napa River Ecology Center in American Canyon during its first construction open house, and it was exciting to see the vision beginning to take shape.

When complete, this 3-acre site along the Napa River Wetlands will become a place where kids can learn about watershed science, explore nature, create through art and simply have space to play outside.

The center will include indoor and outdoor learning spaces, a covered outdoor classroom, learning garden, accessible Wetlands Discovery Path, nature-based play area and a wildlife viewing deck overlooking the wetlands.

School groups and field trips will be welcome, along with family and community programs, wildlife festivals and more.

But what we love most is the idea behind it: the landscape isn’t just the backdrop … it becomes part of the classroom.

Construction is underway now, with the Napa River Ecology Center expected to open in 2027.

📍 205 Wetlands Edge Road | American Canyon
🚧 Opening Summer 2027

Follow Napa River Ecology Center and Parks Foundation to follow along.

Rendered image courtesy of Napa River Ecology Center

YOUR AUGUST GUIDE IS HERE 💌✨Our August newsletter is officially out and if you’re looking for ways to make the most of N...
08/19/2026

YOUR AUGUST GUIDE IS HERE 💌✨

Our August newsletter is officially out and if you’re looking for ways to make the most of Napa Valley with your kids, you’ll want this one.

Inside: family-friendly things to do, local gems, upcoming events, and a few ideas to help you enjoy the rest of summer. ☀️🍇

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