Carolina Theatre's Family Saturday Series: music, storytelling, puppetry, more, for just $5 a ticket
Date: Sat, Aug 29, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM
Venue: Various Locations in Durham, Durham
Price: $5
Category: Music
Carolina Theatre, at 309 West Morgan Street, Durham, is presenting Family Saturday Series, with performances perfect for all ages. These music, storytelling, dance, and magic performances will introduce young audiences to the magic of live performances, but will also be enjoyable to the older members of the family. The Family Saturday Series will take place once a month (most months), at 11 a.m. Tickets are only $5, including fees and tax. Looking for stuff for your kids to do? Check out Triangle on the Cheap's big list of upcoming free and cheap kid-friendly events in the Triangle! Family Saturday Series Follow each link to learn more and purchase tickets. A Wild Goose Chase: Puppets and Poetry Saturday, August 22, 2026 11 a.m. Poetry springs hilariously to life as soon as shadow puppets hit the screen! A Wild Goose Chase is an interactive live performance that combines shadow puppetry with poetry. Young people will be entertained, engaged, and inspired to read and write poetry on their own! Pepito and the Trash Cans Saturday, September 12, 2026 11 a.m. Pepito and the Trash Cans is a bilingual musical story about a little boy in Bolivia who longs to play music, but scarcity and misfortune stand in the way of his dream. In the end, He and his siblings figure out how to make instruments with bottles, cans, and other repurposed materials. Heartland Marimba Saturday, October 3, 2026 11 a.m. Heartland Marimba brings an exciting program, drawing from the eclectic repertoire they’ve built over the last 10 years of touring. The program will include works by company artists Matthew Coley and Marco Schirripa from the “Dark Skies and Distant Worlds” production, which explores mysterious places on our planet and planets far away in a multi-media adventure. North Carolina Tap Ensemble: Shaping Sounds Saturday, November 7, 2026 11 a.m. The North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble (NCYTE) proudly presents Shaping Sounds, a dynamic performance celebrating the rich history of tap dance —
