Kidsville Family Walk logo with footprints on teal background

Saturday, February 14, 2026
11 AM - 1:00 PM

Rain or Shine: Free activities moved inside the Parthenon

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Active Play

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Arts & Crafts

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Dance

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Food Trucks

• Active Play • Arts & Crafts • Dance • Food Trucks

Join us for the second annual Kidsville Family Walk in Centennial Park. Families can enjoy nature, play games, and get creative with arts & crafts. And best of all, it's free!

Saturday, February 14
11 AM - 1:00 PM

FREE EVENT!

Illustrated map for a storybook walk around Lake Watauga featuring 'You Are a Garter Snake!' Follow numbered stations for pages of the story. Directions around the lake are marked with arrows.
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Children playing in a park event, jumping on colorful stepping stones. Trees in the background, sun setting. An adult holds a child's hand.

Play hopscotch, do jumping jacks, crab walk and other active exercises.

Movement Games

Children playing outdoors with a boombox on a sunny day.

Dance Party

Dancing People Nashville will host a kid-focused dance party at the finish line.

Book cover of 'You Are a Garter Snake!' showing an illustrated garter snake in a rural setting with a barn and pond.

Storybook Walk

Read a children’s book at multiple stations as you walk along the banks of Lake Watauga.

Assorted percussion instruments including tambourines, drum pads, triangles, and maracas on a green surface.

Instrument Petting Zoo

Experience the magic of music! Kids will get to explore a variety of musical instruments courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame®

Child holding a paper with a black and white illustration of a horse and rider, outdoors with people in the background.

Kids can enjoy arts and crafts activities and will earn a passport stamp at Community Partner booths. Kids will receive participant ribbons that offers free Parthenon admission the day of the festival.

Arts & Crafts

A man kneeling on grass feeds a young boy ice cream near a pink food truck. Other adults and children walk nearby.

Food & Beverages

Enjoy a variety of beverages and local food trucks including Roast & Brews, Roscoe's Smoked Bar-B-Que, and The Inka Trailer.

The Kidsville Family Walk presenting sponsor:

Primrose Schools logo with a rooster and text 'in Middle Tennessee'

Kidsville’s annual programs would not be possible without dedicated sponsors and supporters such as:

Advance Financial Foundation, Amazon, The ASCAP Foundation,
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Dettwiller Foundation,
HCA Healthcare Foundation, Jackson National Life Insurance Company,
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Primrose Schools, SafeSplash + SwimLabs Nashville West, Vanderbilt University, The Memorial Foundation,
National Endowment for the Arts, Tennessee Arts Commission,
Tennessee Titans ONE Community, and Vanderbilt University

See the 2025 Kidsville Sponsors