Family festivals offer a day of celebration and discovery inspired by exhibitions at the Getty Villa. Each unique festival features performances by local dance and music groups, storytelling, art-making workshops, and gallery activities.

Bring your family's entire cast of characters along to celebrate The Art of Ancient Greek Theater during this day long festival of learning, crafts, and performance. Children and adults can fashion their own Greek theater masks, costume themselves as ancient actors, and applaud or join in pint-sized versions of classical Greek comedies onstage.

Family Festival Celebrating The Aztec Pantheon
May 22, 2010
Aztec art was at the heart of this family festival that explored the rich cultural traditions of Aztec and pre-Columbian Mexico. Performances included Aztec music and dance by In Tlanextli Tlacopan, sounds of ancient Mexico by Mexika, folk tales and songs from Veracruz by Conjunto Jardin and Aztec folk tales brought to life by the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum. Art-making workshops offered children a chance to create masks, wings and headdresses inspired by the exhibition The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire.

Family Festival Exploring Archaeology and Conservation
May 31, 2009
A special day of hands-on activities and performances throughout Villa's celebrated gardens and grounds, inspired by the Villa exhibitions Reconstructing Identity, The Getty Commodus, and Fragment to Vase. Performances included Greek music and dance, Musicantica's Italian folk traditions, Fishtank's eclectic melodies from southeastern Europe, and Hercules' exploits reimagined by We Tell Stories.