Family events in Austin, TX

Level up your next visit to The Original Pinballz Arcade with a simple deal on every pinball machine. Enjoy 25 percent off your games with no promo code or sign up required. Walk in, choose any table, and dive into discounted play while chasing high scores and piling up points. Start on a favorite machine, switch to another, then keep the streak going with another round.

An adrenaline-charged laser tag tournament at Pinballz Lake Creek invites Austin competitors into an all-against-all arena where strategy and quick reflexes rule. Players can form brief alliances or go head-to-head as they race to rack up the highest score and claim bragging rights as champion. The top three finishers receive Pinballz-themed prizes. Registration is required at $8 per player, capacity is limited, and participants must be 12 or older.

The Original Pinballz Arcade is offering 25% off all arcade video games. Walk in, pick any eligible machine, and enjoy the discount with no code or sign-up required. Play your way through nostalgic classics and modern hits while you save.

Presented by BookPeople, this ticketed event at Central Presbyterian Church Austin features Raina Telgemeier and Gale Galligan celebrating The Baby-Sitters Club: Super Special #1, Baby-Sitters on Board. The New York Times bestselling creators team up to both adapt and illustrate this graphic novel, revisiting Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, Stacey, Dawn, Mallory, and Jessi. The friends jet to Florida, cruise to the Bahamas on a lavish ship, then return to Florida for three days at a big amusement park. Along the way, there are plenty of adventures, and they still find time for the babysitting they love. Raina Telgemeier is the number one New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award winning creator of Smile, Sisters, and Guts, as well as Drama and Ghosts. She adapted and illustrated the first four Baby-sitters Club graphic novels and co-created The Cartoonists Club with Scott McCloud. Gale Galligan is a New York Times bestselling, award winning creator of Freestyle and Fresh Start, and the adapter of four Baby-sitters Club graphic novels. They are a founding member of the Comics Advocacy Group, a nonprofit focused on making careers in comics more accessible and sustainable. Purchasing books through BookPeople supports a local independent bookstore and helps demonstrate to publishers the value of continuing to send authors to BookPeople.

Relive the golden age of gaming at The Original Pinballz Arcade with retro classics priced at just 50 cents per play. There are no signups and no catch, only wall to wall arcade fun at a throwback price. Visitors can choose any eligible classic arcade game and play for 50 cents each, making it easy to chase high scores without breaking the bank.

H-E-B Free Fourth Sunday offers complimentary museum admission for all ages at the Texas Science & Natural History Museum. Visitors can explore Texas natural history, from the planet's beginnings and the age of dinosaurs to the wildlife that lives here today. Highlights include fossils of dinosaurs and other ancient creatures, exhibits featuring Texas wildlife, the chance to touch real meteorites, and a walk beneath a pterosaur with a 33 foot wingspan beside a towering tyrannosaur. New for visitors, Epic Encounters presents a refreshed paleontology gallery that combines scientific discovery with immersive design and interactive experiences. No tickets are required. Information about directions, parking, accessibility, and strollers is available on the museum website.