Rescheduled and prepared for enjoyable, the free Bob Baker Day is coming proper up – NBC Los Angeles

A marionette earns all kinds of well-deserved plaudits and compliments, simply by being a marionette, however one assertion that’s significantly true?

These string-rocking superstars are extraordinarily versatile.

If you have ever admired a marionette dancing with the help of a number of strings, in addition to a proficient puppeteer standing above the motion, you recognize that these historical and cute storytellers transfer nicely, with complete ease, and may immediately fly to a brand new place.

Sometimes, that talent is required on a bigger scale.

When Bob Baker Day, the annual free celebration offered by the Bob Baker Marionettes, was as a consequence of be rained upon in April 2026, the marionettes and their human associates moved rapidly.

A brand new date was chosen with a watch on sunny September, which tends to be somewhat drier in Southern California than the damper springtime.

That date is now due, and the forecast not solely appears to be like excellent however even form of cool, or at the very least cooler for this time of 12 months.

It’s all frolicking Sept. 20, a Sunday, at Los Angeles State Historic Park, and whereas entry is certainly complimentary, you may wish to let the marionetters know you may be there by RSVPing on the Bob Baker web site.

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Over 35,000 folks attended in 2025 — pause for some exclamation factors: !!! — and whereas the park is spacious, and the Metro Chinatown station is close by, the folks behind the get together want to arrange for all of these fun-craving guests.

A fleet of meals vehicles is predicted Sept. 20, and a bevy of colourful and cute cubicles providing all kinds of arts-forward, kid-smart diversions

Puppets will carry out, too, and a slate of performers will strum, sing, and attraction audiences. King Kukulele, Cirque School, Holy Pepperoni, and Very Be Careful are all on the upbeat rundown, in addition to a bunch of jugglers, clowns, musical artists, and other people bringing sheer delight.

As for the Grand Marshal? Fans of the LA County Fair, the phrase is snout, er, out, so put together to really feel pure piggish pleasure: Thummer, the porcine mascot of the Pomona occasion, will convey his pigly pomp to the proceedings.

And we do imply “pomp”: This pig is never seen with out his good-looking waistcoat and necktie. You would possibly even say that Thummer is one among Southern California’s unsung vogue icons.

There’s a Dog Costume Contest, too, in case your furry pal desires to rock their very own fashionable appears to be like.

Launching the full of life day? It’s a parade at 10 a.m., with a bunch of panache-packing folks and characters. Shaun the Sheep, of the upcoming movie “Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom,” will put in a starry cameo on the spirited strut.

If you are not arriving by Metro and also you wish to assist the theater out, a troupe that’s “IN LA TO STAY,” there is a VIP cross that permits you shut parking on the fashionable occasion.

Explore costs for the cross, RSVPing, and everybody set to point out on the grin-making going-on, here.

Want to take pleasure in a Bob Baker Marionette Theater present? The Halloween-themed spectacular is taking part in on choose dates by early November on the troupe’s charming Highland Park theater.