Summer Puppetry Festival: Bob Baker Marionette Theater

Schedule

Fri Aug 22 2025 at 11:30 am to 12:15 pm

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Location

800 Alma St, Menlo Park, CA, United States, California 94025 | Menlo Park, CA

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Our 8th Annual Summer Puppetry Festival continues, with a special visit from a legendary puppetry institution! The famed Bob Baker Marionette Theater of Los Angeles is returning to Menlo Park Library.
Enjoy Bob Baker's Marionette Medley, a greatest-hits show full of endless magic. A vast array of colorful creatures enchant with song and dance ranging an opera-signing chicken to a tap-dancing frog. Our guest performer from Bob Baker Marionette Theater will bring over 60 years of Southern California marionette history to you, in a testament to the legacy of Bob Baker and the worlds of fantasy and imagination that he founded.
About the Summer Puppetry Festival:
We’re presenting our 8th Annual Summer Puppetry Festival! Menlo Park celebrates puppetry in its many forms, with a series of puppet shows and related events featuring beloved performers from throughout the Bay Area and beyond. Drop in for one event, or join us for the entire series.
Performances:
June 29 | The Puppet Company | Belle Haven Library
July 27 | Fratello Marionettes | Belle Haven Library
Aug. 10 | Steve Chaney & Corny Crow | Belle Haven Library
Aug. 22 | Bob Baker Marionette Theater | Menlo Park Library
Aug. 24 | Luce Puppet Company | Belle Haven Library
Other events:
June 9 | Author talk: A Century of California Puppetry | Menlo Park Library
June 24 | Documentary: I Am Big Bird | Menlo Park Library
July 22 | Mini-puppet workshop (Ages 4-7, with adult) | Belle Haven Library
This free program series received funding support from the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.
Friday, August 22, 2025 | 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Performance will be outside, on library lawn.
Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St., Menlo Park, CA, 94025
https://menlopark.gov/Government/Departments/Library-and-Community-Services/Events/Events-for-adults/20250822-Puppetry-Festival-Bob-Baker
More free events with Menlo Park Library:
https://menlopark.gov/Citywide-calendar
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