LEGO KidsFest coming to Milwaukee this summer

Published Feb. 8, 2012 at 10:16 a.m.

In tandem with yesterday's news of a new LEGO store at Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa, basic event information is now available for LEGO KidsFest, a three-day event coming to the Frontier Airlines Center, June 15-17, 2012.

Milwaukee, for now, is one of only five cities on the LEGO KidsFest tour.

The event is "filled with interactive, creative and educational activities for the whole family." It includes "LEGO & DUPLO Construction Zones, dozens of large-scale and miniature LEGO models and displays," games, group builds, LEGO Master Builders and much more."

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