Play Me a Story
The Hat Seller and the Monkeys: African rhythms reinvent this familiar story of mischievous monkeys. Hold on to your hats!

The Itinerants
Shake your caboose to this Cajun and Celtic clamor.

One World
Join this joyous jamboree of giant Tibetan trumpets and percussion from around the planet.

Play Me a Story
The Magic Goldfish: This classic yarn gets a Caribbean spin. What a catch!

The Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra
Paleolithic lounge music that’s off its gourd

Phydeaux’s Flying Flea Circus of Fate
Tiny acrobats hit the big top

The Xylopholks
Brooklyn’s own furry ragtime band

Phydeaux’s Flying Flea Circus of Fate
Tiny acrobats hit the big top

Mettawee River Theater Company
Enjoy an old-time waltz with a woodland creature of your choice.

Phydeaux’s Flying Flea Circus of Fate
Tiny acrobats hit the big top

The Xylopholks
Brooklyn’s own furry ragtime band

Monocle, Mustache & Beard Booth
Get a turn-of-the-century makeover with your friends from Curious Jane.

Old-Spool Lace Making
The Textile Arts Center teaches you this olden-day way.

Egg Shaker Shack
Assemble a maraca to play in the parade.

Spooky Plants
Pot up a creepy coleus to take home.

Gourd Geeks
Presenting the preeminent professors of gourdology and their horde of gourds
The Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra

Victorian Toy Parlor
Quirky and quaint diversions and what-nots

Larger-than-Life Stilt Dancers
Watch as they promenade around the Esplanade.
Mortal Beasts & Deities

Pretend Petting Zoo
Come play with our imaginary menagerie.

Flamingo Croquet Club
Croquet? Whaddya say?

Leafy Literature on Loan
Explore a library of pumpkin pages and folios of foliage!
BBG Library

Carouse with a Pack of Giant Puppets
Strut your stuff with our giant puppet posse
Puppeteers' Cooperative

Children's Book Barn
Meet and greet your favorite authors and illustrators.

• Shana Corey
  Author of Here Come the Girl Scouts, You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer!, and Barack Obama: Out of Many, One
• Nina Crews
  Author and illustrator of Neighborhood Sing-Along, Neighborhood Mother Goose, and Jack and the Beanstalk
• Alison Ashley Formento
  Author of This Tree Counts, This Tree 1, 2, 3, and These Bees Count!
• Deborah Gregory
  Author of Catwalk
• Paul DuBois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender
  Authors of My Subway Ride, Abiyoyo Returns, and Fire Drill
• Diane Kredensor
  Author and illustrator of Ollie & Moon and Ollie & Moon: fuhgeddaboudit!
• Huy Voun Lee
  Author and illustrator of In the Leaves, Honk, Honk Goose!, and The Magic Brush
• Diane Muldrow
  Author of Where Do Giggles Come From?, We Planted a Tree, and Somewhere So Sleepy
• Johan Olander
  Author and illustrator of My Robots: The Robotic Genius of Lady Regina Bonquers III, A Field Guide to Aliens, and A Field Guide to Monsters
• Robert Kimmel Smith
  Author of Chocolate Fever, The War with Grandpa, and The Squeaky Wheel
• David Ezra Stein
  Author and illustrator of Because Amelia Smiled, Interrupting Chicken , and Leaves
• Javaka Steptoe
  Author and illustrator of Jimi: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix, Rain Play, and In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall
• Lauren Thompson
  Author of The Forgiveness Garden, Mouse’s First Halloween, and Apple Pie That Papa Baked
• Dimitrea Tokunbo
  Author and illustrator of Sidewalk Chalk: Poems of the City, The Sound of Kwanzaa, and Together
• Tim Young
  Author and illustrator of Shadows on My Wall, They’re Coming, and I’m Looking for a Monster!

Costume Parade & Drum Circle
Maracatu NY and giant stilt dancers lead our celebrated costume parade and drum circle like nobody’s business! Join in the fun and carry larger-than-life puppets and colorful banners, make raucous music, shake your bag o’ bones, or just show off your costume for all to see!.