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Meet Our PuppetPalooza Performers!

OUR EVENT PARTNERS Children’s Theatre of Charlotte

Full Schedule of Shows for PuppetPalooza 2024!

10:00-11:00 - Wells Fargo Theatre Center for Puppetry Arts’ International Puppetry Presentation Ages 5+

Join Us for PuppetPalooza 2024!

Join us at ImaginOn on Saturday, February 3, 2024 from 10:00am-4:30pm for our first puppetry festival! PuppetPalooza 2024 will be an all-day, non-stop, FREE, family-friendly event celebrating the joy and art of puppetry, and all ages are welcome. Participating puppetry troops include Center for Puppetry Arts, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Frontline Puppeteers, Children's Theatre of Charlotte, Ed's Dinosaurs Live, Grey Seal Puppets, Jeghetto Entertainment, The Lurnsters, Ms. Melanie Puppetry, and Sigmon Theatrical.

Summer Exhibit: “Framed: Step into Art”

Step inside the framework of famous paintings and experience art like never before in “Framed: Step into Art,” opening at ImaginOn: The Joe and Joan Martin Center on May 20 through Sept. 3. Children and adults can enjoy a robust noontime meal in Grant Wood’s “Dinner for Threshers,” climb into a tent and explore camping gear in John Singer Sargent’s “Camp at Lake O’Hara,” add corn husks to the flower tower in Diego Rivera’s “Corn Festival” and enter Clementine Hunter’s “Big Chicken” to get behind the reins of a giant rooster.

Terrific Tuesdays are back!

ImaginOn's annual Terrific Tuesday performance series returns in June 2021 in a new online format! Kick off your summer break with ImaginOn by enjoying free live shows from an amazing lineup of performers all from the comfort of your home! Explore stories, science, and interactive activities that will encourage your mind to be inspired and to imagine all the possibilities!