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"Ring" In the New Year at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach

Celebrate some more New Year fun with JRR Tolkien's books and mythology. Carnival games and pinball machines are of course ready to go.

Join us as Playland throws a birthday party for Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien! (He’d be 123 this year.) Brave Playland’s Middle-Earth Museum of Fun to find hidden hobbits, Golem, Gandalf and The One Ring itself. Remember – “even the smallest person can change the course of the future.” Only $15 per adult and $10 per child and senior. Open 10:00am-5:00pm.

$15 for general admission ($10 for children and seniors). Open Friday-Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm. Playland is a Museum of Old-Fashioned Fun chock-full with over 30 pinball machines set on FREE play, penny arcade games and a carousel carnival (where you can win prizes), miniature circus, magic shows, and interactive displays honoring America’s Bygone Amusements.

10979 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530

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