The headline free family event in Las Vegas this weekend is the 18th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival, Saturday, November 7, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Clark County Library. East Las Vegas Library's Día de Muertos celebration fills Saturday evening, and Henderson's Indigenous American Heritage Celebration takes over Water Street Plaza on Sunday. Each event below was checked on its organizer's own page on Thursday, October 29, 2026, and the museum picks on Friday, October 30. Times are Pacific.
Friday, November 6
Las Vegas
DiNovember Dig, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road. Kids 6 and up dig for dinosaur bones. Get there on time: the listing says no one is let in 15 minutes after the start.
Video Game Day, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Whitney Library, 5175 E. Tropicana Ave. (listing).
LEGO Club, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., East Las Vegas Library, 2851 E. Bonanza Road (listing).
Kids Cafe, the Library District's free after school meal for ages 3 to 18 with food from Three Square, runs Friday from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Clark County Library, and kids must be there and eat inside (listing).
Saturday, November 7
Las Vegas
Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road. Artist Alley, a vendor market, panels, cosplay, and a 60th anniversary screening of the 1966 Batman movie. The library calls it "FREE," and asks cosplayers to leave weapons at home (listing). Kids can get face painting in the theater courtyard and crafts in the Kids Courtyard off the West Artist Alley, 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., or head to the third floor Youth Services department for masks and a scavenger hunt. Lightsaber drills for younger kids, led by a local Star Wars costuming group, start at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 1:30 p.m. Spider slime for ages 6 and up is at 3:00 p.m., and parents must stay (kids listing). Questions: 702 507 3459.
Día de Muertos at East Las Vegas Library, 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., 2851 E. Bonanza Road. The library's sixth annual celebration has a community ofrenda, a giant alebrije, a projection show, crafts, face painting, and complimentary pan dulce, hot chocolate, and tacos while supplies last. Ballet Folklórico Sol Huasteco opens at 4:00 p.m., the Little Skulls Parade steps off at 5:45 p.m., and Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea headline at 7:00 p.m. (listing).
Día de los Muertos Family Storytime, 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Enterprise Library, 8310 S. Las Vegas Blvd. Bilingual stories and songs for ages 0 to 11. Tickets are handed out at 10:30 a.m. at the information desk (listing).
Native Voices Children's Story Hour, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Centennial Hills Library, for ages 3 to 12, with books by Native authors for Native American Heritage Month. Free tickets go out at the Multiservices Desk half an hour before (listing).
Tails and Tales, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Whitney Library. Kids in fifth grade and younger read to a therapy dog (listing).
Southeast valley and Henderson
Fall O Ween, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Silverado Ranch Community Center, 9855 Gilespie St. Clark County Parks and Recreation's free afternoon has inflatables, music, cookie decorating, and booths handing out candy. Local vendors sell food. Bring an outgrown Halloween costume to donate and you get a raffle ticket (county listing). Phone: 702 455 6811.
Full STEAM Ahead, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Clark County Museum Train Depot Building, 1830 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson. The Library District sets up a build a recycled city project inside the museum's historic setting, and its listing says "Admission is free!" (listing).
Feeder Watch, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Clark County Wetlands Park Nature Center, 7050 Wetlands Park Lane. Count winter birds from the Exhibit Gallery with volunteer birders. Free, walk in, all ages, and it repeats Sunday, per the park's November program brochure. Park phone: 702 455 7522.
Henderson Veterans Day Ceremony, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Water Street Plaza Amphitheater, 240 S. Water St., Henderson. New names on the Henderson Veterans Memorial Wall are presented, with music from the Henderson Symphony Orchestra Brass Band. Free, per the city's listing on the Nevada Arts Council calendar.
Sunday, November 8
Henderson
Indigenous American Heritage Celebration, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Water Street Plaza, 240 S. Water St. The City of Henderson and Nuwu Art put on live music, dance, storytelling, crafts, demonstrations, Native artisan vendors, and food trucks. Admission is free, according to the city's listing on the Nevada Arts Council calendar, which names the city as organizer. The event is entirely outdoors and may change for weather, per Vegas PBS. If the weather looks iffy Sunday morning, check the city's listing on that calendar or email arthenderson@cityofhenderson.com before you head out.
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Brass Band: A Salute to Our Veterans, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road. A free Veterans Day concert of patriotic music, with seats first come, first served (listing).
Get a Clue, 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Enterprise Library, 8310 S. Las Vegas Blvd. Kids 3 to 10 solve a mystery, with games, songs, and a craft. Tickets are handed out at 1:30 p.m. (listing).
Sunday Family Crafts, 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Rainbow Library, 3150 N. Buffalo Drive, while supplies last (listing).
Tabletop with a park naturalist, 10:00 a.m. to noon, Clark County Wetlands Park, on how Indigenous people used native plants. Free, walk in, all ages. Feeder Watch runs again from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (brochure).
Worth the admission: three museum picks
Everything above is free. These three charge admission, but each is a special weekend program confirmed on the museum's own page, and each is indoors.
Big Day of Play, DISCOVERY Children's Museum, 360 Promenade Place, downtown. Saturday, November 7, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday, November 8, noon to 5:00 p.m. The event page lists friendship bracelets, a hunt for hidden play pals, a read aloud and a coding program called Let's Go Code for kids 5 and younger at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., science bench demos on bones and electricity, and a 4:00 p.m. puppet show, The Pirate, The Princess, and Playing Nice, in the Riseman Family Theatre. A Slime Workshop is an extra add on. Museum admission applies, and the museum's visit page says parking is free if you validate your ticket inside. Phone: 702 382 3445.
Discovery Saturday: Día de Muertos, Nevada State Museum, 309 S. Valley View Blvd., at the Springs Preserve. Saturday, November 7, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., a Día de Muertos craft in the Education Room, no registration needed, per the museum's event page. Non members pay admission through the Springs Preserve; the museum site lists Nevada residents at $9.95 for adults and $4.95 for children 3 to 17. This is a quieter, daytime option next to the big East Las Vegas Library celebration that evening. Phone: 702 486 5205.
Early Explorers: Raven Storytime, Las Vegas Natural History Museum, 900 Las Vegas Blvd. N. Sunday, November 8, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., a reading of Gerald McDermott's Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest, recommended for ages 3 to 8 and included with admission, first come, first served, per the event page. The museum's visit page lists admission at $14 for adults, $12 for seniors, military, and students, $7 for children, and free for kids 2 and younger, with $1 off for Nevada residents with ID. Parking behind the museum is free.
Planning around next week
CCSD students are off Wednesday, November 11, for Veterans Day. Our Veterans Day guide covers the downtown parade. For weekday library clubs the rest of the month, see our November indoor outings guide.
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