Family Activities

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: Some Assembly Required

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is excited to announce the return of summer exhibits to ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center located in Uptown Charlotte at 300 East 7th Street. Some Assembly Required, created in partnership with Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc., kicks off Saturday, May 28, 2022 and will run through Saturday September 3, 2022. It is important to note this is NOT a Build-A-Bear workshop and no custom bears will be made.