Can you feel it? The change in the weather, the sun setting later, and the flowers beginning to bloom everywhere...Spring is here! Spring symbolizes new beginnings and the hope they bring. To say we all need a dose of that after this past year is an understatement.
While restrictions loosen up and businesses start to slowly open, there are so many more events and activities to choose from. No matter what your comfort level this weekend there is something here for you. From take-home activities, drive-thru events, or outdoor/indoor adventures - it's all here. Grab your favorite beverage, sit back, and sift through the round-up of Easter/Spring weekend events happening in and around Upland, Claremont & La Verne
- Click on the event title for more information.
- Most (but not all) of the events are happening throughout the whole weekend.
- Many of these events require advanced tickets or reservations.
- Make sure you check the websites before heading out to verify the latest times/availability and COVID guidelines.
🐇Claremont Village Easter Egg Hunt
Now - Friday, April 2nd
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Claremont Village
Hop along to your favorite Claremont Village businesses for an Easter egg hunt and a chance to win one of three gift baskets! The hunt will take place from March 29 through April 2. You can pick up a punch card at Studio C. between 10-6 pm or Bert & Rocky's between 12-9 pm.
Each business will have a basket of Easter Eggs filled with surprise goodies like treats or discounts! Be sure to get your card stamped/punched and then drop off your card with your name, email and phone number at Studio C. anytime between 10-6 - where you will be entered into a raffle to win a gift basket. Winners will be drawn at 6 pm.
⛪ Stations Of Cross Multi-Site Pilgrimage (Claremont/Upland)
Now - Saturday, April 3rd
8:00 am -10:00 pm -Self Guided Event - Go on your own time
Various Churches in Claremont & Upland
Stations of the Cross is a multi-site Guided Pilgrimage taking place in the Claremont-Upland area from now until Saturday, April 3.
Use your mobile phone, www.lastations.org visit this website from now until April 3rd and you will be guided to multiple sites in and around Claremont and Upland. These sites represent the stations of the cross, a journey that follows Jesus' experience from conviction, through crucifixion, to burial. When you arrive, click on the 'I've arrived' button to access the 2-minute recording that accompanies each station. The recording offers a commentary, scripture reading, and prayer for that station.
🚘⛪The Easter Experience -Drive-thru Event
Saturday, April 3
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
First Presbyterian Church of Upland
THE EASTER EXPERIENCE - Drive-Thru Event
All are invited to come to experience the story of Palm Sunday, Holy Week and The Resurrection in a unique Drive-Thru event for Families. Experience diorama scenes depicting Bible events with Live Actors -- and a Real Donkey! Each child will also receive a FREE Easter Gift Bag with Easter egg candy and activities.
🐰Claremont Spring EGGstravaganza
Saturday, April 3
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Alexander Hughes Community Center, Claremont
In lieu of the annual Spring Celebration event, the Human Services Department is excited to announce a Drive-Through Egg Giveaway at the Alexander Hughes Community Center! Mr. & Mrs. Bunny will be distributing goodie bags with candy-filled eggs to residents. Select participants will also have an opportunity to find a “Golden Egg” in their goodie bag and win a special prize! The goodie bags will be available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.
⛪Easter Celebration With Grace Alive Church
Sunday, April 4
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Victoria Arbors Park, Rancho Cucamonga
A Day of Celebration
Easter Service, 10 am
Egg Hunt Walk at 12 pm
Food Truck at 11:30 am
🦋 SOAR - Tropical Butterflies @ South Coast Botanic Garden
Now - Saturday, July 31
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
South Coast Botanic Garden, Palos Verdes
SOAR features tropical butterflies in the built pavilion. Your SOAR ticket allows you to enter the pavilion, but the experience begins outside with the new garden area featuring a portion of our spring superbloom, butterfly-attracting flowers, and other pollinators. Throughout the experience, you’ll see butterflies in every stage of the life cycle. Once inside the pavilion, you’ll have the opportunity to watch them in their natural habitat, and, if you’re lucky, have a personal encounter with one! Most important, every step of the way you can learn all about these beautiful insects while having an experience to remember.
🐰 Schedule Your Visit With The Easter Bunny At Montclair Plaza
Now - Saturday, April 3
12:30 pm- 5:00 pm
Montclair Plaza, Montclair
Hop on over to Montclair Place to see the Easter Bunny!
Schedule time for your kids to visit with the Easter Bunny and have photos taken - Appointment required
🐰🐥Spring Egg Hunt Adventure (Upland)
Saturday, April 3
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Various parks in the City of Upland
Visit City of Upland's various parks to hunt eggs during the Upland Recreation and Community Services Spring Egg Hunt Adventure! At each stop, read clues for additional stops at other parks, and collect Spring Bunny Slips along the way (hint: look for foot-long decorated wooden eggs). Approximately ten Spring eggs will be hidden throughout various Upland parks. Find a minimum of four Spring eggs, collect the Spring Bunny Slips, then visit Magnolia Park and the Spring Bunny as the last stop. At Magnolia Park, your Spring Bunny Slips will be handed to the Spring Bunny (on a drive-through basis) in exchange for a prize basket, the chance to win a golden egg, and an additional prize for each golden egg. Two-hundred baskets will be available, on a first-come, first-serve basis. As a special treat, the Spring Bunny will be available for socially distanced photos!
🐰Drive-Thru Easter Eggstravaganza Event (Montclair)
Saturday, April 3
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Montclair Community Center, Montclair
Come and see the Easter Bunny 
& receive free candy-filled Easter eggs 
, treats 
, and a chance to win prize eggs and a large Easter basket! (children 12 years old and under who are present at the event, while supplies last).
🎨 Order Your Easter Activity Pack From Sawdust Factory
Now - Until supplies last
11:00 am
Sawdust Factory, Upland
The perfect for a family Easter activity to bring a little creativity and cheer to your day
Each Kit Includes:
- 2 Handmade Wood Easter Ornaments
- Assorted Paint Colors
- Paintbrush
- Candy filled egg
- Color-Me-In Easter Card
Friday, April 2 - Sunday April 4
Various Times
Castle Park, Riverside
Join us for an EGGcellent time. Golf, games, food, and even a socially distanced Easter egg hunt!
🐰🐣 EGGstravaganza- The Worlds Largest Easter Egg Hunt by Your City Safari
Saturday, April 3
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
In the City of Glendora
The largest Easter Egg Hunt in the Nation
Download the map and head out in your car to begin your journey
🐰Get Slimy Easter Workshop And Egg Hunt
Saturday, April 3
Various Time Slots: 11:00 am, 12:00 pm, 2:00 pm & 3:00pm
Redhill Park, Rancho Cucamonga
Get Slimy Easter Workshop and Easter Egg Hunt
Positive Pep Talk
Arts & Crafts - Create Your Easter Egg
Easter Slime with Accessories
Now - Sunday, April 11
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Underwood Family Farm (Moorpark)
Come celebrate with Underwood Family Farms at our Springtime Easter on the Farm in Moorpark from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm daily. Baby animals, pick your own strawberries, tractor & horse-drawn wagon rides and numerous spring & Easter photo ops will fill the farm.
Included with admission:
Distanced visits with the Easter Bunny
Giant Easter Egg Basket
Animal Center
Tractor-drawn wagon rides
Trike Trail Maze
Giant Eggs & Numerous Photo Opps
Hay Pyramids
Combine Slide
Cotton Harvester Slide
Access to Springtime site & Pick Your Own Fields (pickings in addition)
🐇Bunny Visits At Ontario Mills
Now - Until Saturday, April 3
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Reservations suggested
Ontario Mills, Ontario
Make an appointment to visit the Easter bunny
Walk up visits are available as space allows
🍔🍕🍖Fair Foodie Fest at Toyota Arena
Saturday, April 3 - April 25 (Select Days, see website for details)
12:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Toyota Arena, Ontario
Come experience the First EVER FREE IN-PERSON FAIR @ TOYOTA ARENA
Get excited for 20 carnival rides, all your favorite carnival games like Ring Toss, all your favorite fair food and more! We can't wait to welcome you back to a safe in-person fair experience at Toyota Arena in Ontario! Plus Easter Bunny family photos on Easter Sunday and😀 even deep-fried Cadbury eggs!
Get a free admission ticket and receive a FREE mini powdered sugar funnel cake (limit 1 per person, while supplies last). Once inside, all of your favorite carnival rides, games, and crave-able fair food are available for purchase, like:
-GIANT TURKEY LEGS
-DEEP FRIED COOKIE DOUGH
-MAPLE BACON FUNNEL CAKE
-FUNNEL CAKE CHEESEBURGERS
-KRISPY KREME DONUT CHEESEBURGERS
-FUNNEL CAKES
-DEEP FRIED OREOS, SNICKERS, KOOL AID, BUTTER
-COTTON CANDY, KETTLE CORN AND LEMONADES
-HAWAIIAN CHICKEN TERIYAKI PINEAPPLE BOWLS
-Brand new BBQ ZONE featuring BBQ RIBS, BBQ CHICKEN, PULLED PORK SANDWICHES, & MORE
-MEXICAN CURLY FRIES with JALAPENOS
-CHEESE BACON CURLY FRIES
-COLOSSAL ONION RINGS served with a dunk-able side of RANCH
-AND SO MUCH MORE!!!
🐰🐥Springtime U-Pick Wagon Rides & Visit With The Bunny
Now - Sunday, April 4
9:30 am - 4:30 pm - Book your spot online
Tanaka Farms, Irvine
Come on out to the farm for a U-Pick Wagon Ride adventure that includes a wagon ride around the farm. You will learn about Tanaka Farms and its history, farming methods, and the crops we grow. You will make a few stops in the fields to pick your own produce! (Produce picked varies and is dependent on crop availability. If we do not have enough Strawberries, we will substitute picking two different veggies.) Then, take a walk through the Barnyard Educational Exhibit, and finally…meet and get a (socially distant!) photo with the Easter Bunny!
Saturday, April 3
10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Skypark @ Santa's Village, Skyforest
Spring has sprung at SkyPark and we are hopping with joy over the return of Easter Saturday!
SkyPark at Santa’s Village will be hosting an Easter celebration with Spring–themed activities for guests of all ages. Be sure to get here early, because the first 100 kids through the door will receive a FREE Easter basket! Guests also have the chance to win a FREE Annual Pass.
Cookie Decorating
Easter Egg Hunt
We’ll be offering two separate hunts for different age levels. (See below)
Easter baskets will be provided for the first 100 kids through the door, but you’re also welcome to bring in your own.
We know older kids enjoy more of a challenge, so the Chocolate Bunny Chase is designed just for them!
Kids age 9+ are invited to find one of three tiny ornaments that will be hiding around the park. If you find one, you’ll receive a chocolate bunny from Santa! This event will go on from 10:00am-3:00pm, or until the last chocolate bunny is claimed!
🎢 Six Flags Magic Mountain Reopening
Reopening starting Saturday, April 3
Park opens at 10:00 am but reservations required
The Thrill is Calling you to the Thrill Capital of the World! Six Flags Magic Mountain is safely reopening and California residents can join us starting April 3.
Now - Saturday, May 8
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Carlsbad, California
For over sixty years, Mother Nature has transformed North San Diego County's rolling hills into one of the most spectacular and coordinated displays of natural color and beauty anywhere in the world. The nearly fifty acres of Giant Tecolote Ranunculus flowers that make up The Flower Fields at Carlsbad❤ Ranch in Carlsbad, California, are in bloom for 10-weeks - from early March through early May- literally bringing the famous fields back to life. This annual burst of color, which has become part of the area's local heritage, also is one of nature's official ways of announcing the arrival of spring here in Southern California.
Take an antique tractor tour around the fields
See the American Flag of Flowers
Visit The Artist Gardens
See the Historic Poinsetta Display
Visit our Cymbidium Orchid Greenhouse
New this year: Exciting, new 2-Acre U-Pick Blueberry Patch that can be experienced in two ways…as part of your Flower Fields visit, or if you just want to come to pick blueberries you can access the Blueberry Patch from the brand-new parking area off Cannon Road!
🦖🐰Easter At The Cabazon Dinosaurs
Now - Thursday, April 15
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Cabazon Dinosaurs, Cabazon
The Cabazon Dinosaurs have long been regarded as one of the most iconic roadside attractions. Featured in cult classics such asPee Wee Herman’s Big Adventure and The Wizard, the dinosaurs have staked their place in pop culture. And now they are being celebrated with amazing themed paint-suits!
Mr. Rex aka Bunny-Saurus has arrived! You don't want to miss a family photo op in our amazing dinosaur-sized Easter Basket featuring super cute baby dinosaurs and eggs. Our Easter Basket photo op is running now, and continues through mid-April. ($10 digital photo only with admission). Ms. Dinny is still donning her pretty-in-pink LOVE paint-suit and our LOVE photo op is still available.
The Wafflesaurus Truck will be at the Cabazon Dinosaurs serving delicious dinosaur-themed ice cream treats on Saturday and Sunday.
🚆🐰Irvine Park Railroad Easter Eggstravaganza
Now - Saturday, April 3
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Irvine Park , Irvine
Hop on over with family and friends to enjoy this fun and exciting Springtime event. Children can meet and have their photos taken with the Easter Bunny as well as participate in several activities that are located throughout the area.
To practice proper social distancing during this year’s Easter Eggstravaganza, Visitors will sit on a bench 6 feet in front of the Easter Bunny. Visitors will not be allowed to sit on the Easter Bunny’s lap.
Meet the Easter Bunny
Easter Egg Hunt
Train Rides
Paint Party
Egg Basket Toss
Carnival Games
Bunny Round Up & MORE
🍭Sugar Rush - an immersive, open-air experience
Saturday, April 2 - Sunday, May 2
Times Vary - Purchase tickets online
Woodland Hills
You’ve been along for the car-ride as we journeyed through HAUNTOWEEN and WONDERLAND, but now comes the time to join us join us on-foot for SUGAR RUSH! An immersive open-air experience your family and friends will not soon forget! Always with your safety in mind, we will be limiting capacity and ensuring social distance between groups so that you can enjoy over 40,000 square feet of pure Candytropolis! There will be no shortage of photo-ops as your walk will include vibrant colorful installations, one-of-a-kind art displays, live performances, custom parade floats, and candy-powered interactions.
Now - Monday, September 6
11:20 am- 5:20 pm
Natural History Museum, Los Angeles
Butterflies are taking flight at the museum! Walk among beautiful butterflies in our seasonal Butterfly Pavilion. This springtime exhibition features hundreds of butterflies, colorful native plants, and plenty of natural light to help you see these creatures shimmer. With lots of flight space and a variety of resting spots, come get one of the best views in Los Angeles of these amazing insects.
ALONG THE WAY, YOU'LL:
- Watch butterflies use their tubular mouthparts to obtain nectar.
- See caterpillars feeding on leaves.
- Count up to 30 different species, including California natives like the mourning cloak and buckeye.
- Chat with museum educators and live animals keepers to find out what makes these animals so special.
🧱The Art of the Brick @ The California Science Center
Open Now
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
California Science Center, Los Angeles
Experience The Art of the Brick, the world’s largest display of LEGO® art! Discover over one million LEGO bricks transformed into more than 100 sculptures by artist Nathan Sawaya.
Featuring intriguing works of art made exclusively from one of the most recognizable toys in the world, The Art of the Brick will inspire visitors of all ages. This critically acclaimed collection includes Sawaya's original sculptures as well as re-imagined versions of some of the world’s most famous art masterpieces, such as Michelangelo’s David, Van Gogh’s Starry Night, and Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Other highlights include a 20-foot Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, a seven-foot-tall Easter Island Moai statue, and an innovative, multimedia collection of LEGO brick-infused photography produced in tandem with award-winning photographer Dean West.
🐟Seven Seas Food Festival @ Sea World
Now - Sunday, May 2
12:00 pm - 8:00pm
Sea Wold, San Diego
Sip and sample your way around the world of international flavors, craft beers and wines, and enjoy live musical performances along the way. Oceans of flavor and fun are waiting at SeaWorld. From foodies to families, everyone will find tasty delights among more than 125 distinct (and mostly new this year!) offerings. It’s the most we’ve ever had, and it makes Seven Seas the biggest theme park food festival in San Diego.
Explore more than 25 unique recipes from around the world (plus a new vegan-only station) to pair with over 75 craft beers and over 25 cocktail and wine selections. Revitalize your taste buds as you share this welcoming, open-air experience select dates, March 5 – May 2. Add a taste of live acoustic guitar or jazz shows, and enjoy exciting sights and sounds at our new Polynesian dance presentations.
With exquisite flavors to top off educational animal presentations and extraordinary exhibits, our Seven Seas Food Festival is a voyage to stir the soul—and warm the belly!
🍴 Knott's Taste of Boysenberry Festival
Now - Sunday, May 2
12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Knotts Berry Farm, Buena Park
Guests can catch a taste of the popular springtime Boysenberry Festival, with the all-new Knott’s Taste of Boysenberry Festival. The retail and food event will offer boysenberry-inspired savory bites, sweet treats, and refreshing drinks that can’t be found anywhere else. While the theme park remains closed, the food and merchandise-focused outdoor event offers over 65 boysenberry-infused food and drink items which are included on the event tasting card.
Guests can also shop from a wide variety of boysenberry-inspired merchandise including event apparel, kitchenware, and pre-packaged take-home sweets. In addition, you will find handmade and personalized gifts from over 20 artisan local crafters offering unique boysenberry items.
Saturday, April 3
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Ravensview Ranch, Los Angeles
Looking for something fun to do this Easter?! Get out in nature and bring the Kiddos to RAVENS VIEW RANCH !!
The perfect activity for animal lovers!!
PONY RIDES. MEET OUR BUNNIES, GOATS AND CHICKENS, TOUR AND LEARN ABOUT LIFE AT THE RANCH, EASTER EGG HUNT, EASTER ACTIVITY.
