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A SPECIAL VISIT WITH CARING BUNNY

Southdale Center Edina, Minnesota

Bunny Photo Experience Caring Bunny® is a special, sensory-friendly experience - exclusively for children with special needs and their families. Sunday, March 17th from 9:00 am - 10:30 am Reservations are required for this private event. To reserve your spot, click the "Reserve your visit here!" link below or visit simon.com/caringbunny. The Bunny will be located […]

“Young Dance: Build-Your-Own Miniature Golf Gala” fund-raiser at Monster Lake Brewing, St. Paul

Monster Lake Brewing 550 Vandalia St. #160, St Paul, MN

Schedule and Tickets Learn more about Young Dance at https://youngdance.org. If you have any questions or accessibility needs, please reach out to info@youngdance.org or call 612-423-3064. info@youngdance.org Buy Tickets Join Young Dance in building and playing miniature golf at Lake Monster Brewing in St. Paul. This whimsical celebration of creativity shares the company's passion for […]

Spring Sensory-Friendly Concert with the Minnesota Orchestra

Minnesota Orchestra Minneapolis, Minnesota

Join the Minnesota Orchestra for an engaging and interactive concert experience in a relaxed environment where all audience members are welcome to be who they are while enjoying music with family and friends. This concert takes place in the Target Atrium at Orchestra Hall, where patrons can see and hear the instruments up close and […]

Alice in Wonderland at Children’s Theatre Company

Children's Theatre

Tickets: $15-$67. Ticket Office: 612-874-0400 or tickets@childrenstheatre.org. For more information about this sensory-friendly performance, go to https://childrenstheatre.org/plan-your-visit/accessibility/sensory-friendly-programming/. Story by Lewis Carroll; Adapted for the stage by Sharon Holland; Music by Victor Zupanc; Directed by Peter C. Brosius Take a tumble down the rabbit hole with Alice and you’ll land in a wonderfully wacky world of […]

Sensory Friendly Easter Egg Hunt

This free, indoor event is aimed at providing an opportunity for kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder an opportunity to participate in an egg hunt with their peers in a sensory friendly zone. Location: Apple Valley Municipal Center Pre-registration required by March 22. Pam Walter, Crime Prevention Specialist Apple Valley Police Department 7100 147th Street West […]

Babble Lab – sensory friendly

Children's Theatre

CARGILL STAGE Strap on your safety goggles and clean out your ears as a concoction of sneaky, sprightly L E T T E R S takes over a weird and wondrous science lab in this one-of-a-kind, gee-gaw-filled explosion of language. https://my.childrenstheatre.org/13485/14027    

“Relaxed Family Concert: Here, There, Everywhere” at Orchestra Hall

Join the Minnesota Orchestra as it flies around the world through music by composers from many different corners of the Earth. Starting at home in the United States, you will hear movements from James Price Johnson’s atmospheric Harlem Symphony. Then head to the Andes mountains in Peru with Gabriela Lena Frank’s Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout. And […]

Sensory Friendly Saturday, Bell Museum

Bell Museum St. Paul, Minnesota

Sensory Friendly Visits The quietest time to visit the museum is late afternoon, when we have fewer visitors and our space is generally uncrowded. Be sure to check out the items you can borrow at the museum below! Sensory friendly resources Visitors are welcome to check out additional resources like our quiet spaces. You can […]

$15

Sensory Friendly Open House, Minnetonka Fire Station #1

Minnetonka Fire Station #1 14550 Minnetonka Blvd, Minnetonka, MN

Minnetonka Fire offers a free sensory friendly open house every spring for those families with a member(s) with Austism or another sensory disorder. We turn down the lights and sirens for this event and aim to offer an atmosphere that is quieter than our fall open house. We offer free cookies to all who attend […]

The Lion King

Orpheum Theatre

Hennepin Theatre Trust is proud to offer a sensory-friendly performance of Disney's The Lion King. This performance is specifically designed for individuals with sensory differences, cognitive or developmental disabilities, and those who benefit from a relaxed theater environment along with their families and caregivers. With the partnership of Fraser, the show will be performed in […]

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