{"id":270758,"date":"2026-04-16T13:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270758\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:32:08","slug":"mad-tea-party-turns-childrens-fairyland-into-a-grown-up-wonderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270758\/","title":{"rendered":"Mad Tea Party turns Children\u2019s Fairyland into a grown-up Wonderland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Children\u2019s Fairyland in Oakland is turning topsy-turvy\u00a0\u2014 at least for one night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The beloved children\u2019s amusement park at Lake Merritt is inviting grown-ups to tumble down the rabbit hole for a whimsical after-hours Mad Tea Party on Friday, April 24.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As dusk settles over the 10-acre campus, Fairyland will transform into a surreal playground centered around a proper tea party set up on Jack and Jill Hill, with teas and treats, music and \u201cAlice in Wonderland\u201d characters performing live cabaret and circus arts. Roaming artists throughout the evening will be from the women-led <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/live.loud.circus\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Live Loud Circus<\/a> ensemble.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Guests can roam through a maze, hop aboard the Jolly Trolly and hit a glowing black-light dance floor in the venue\u2019s Merry Meadow to enjoy live sets from Bay Area DJ HeyLove*. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Expect Wonderland inspired cocktails, mocktails, plus food trucks and pop-up activities throughout the park.<\/p>\n<p>A new tiered VIP lounge may be sold out this time around, but Fairyland\u2019s Happily After Hours series promises more adults-only evenings are in the cards.<\/p>\n<p>From subtle homage to full-on Wonderland extravagance, all levels of creative costumes are encouraged.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s Fairyland in Oakland is turning topsy-turvy\u00a0\u2014 at least for one night.\u00a0 The beloved children\u2019s amusement park at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[329,35717,332,143,145,144],"class_list":["post-270758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-arts-and-entertainment","tag-datebook-pick","tag-east-bay","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}