Sesame Street Nationwide Road Trip!

The Sesame Street gang is on an epic road trip across America. 

The multi-city tour kicked off July 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with Cookie Monster serving as the Grand Marshal at the NASCAR Brickyard 400.

Sesame Street is also teaming up with more than 30 local farms to create Muppet corn and sunflower mazes as well as both Major and Minor League baseball teams.

Some clubs will be hosting themed days with virtual character greetings, custom giveaways, seventh inning stretch activities, and in-stadium games.

Here's a list of the baseball stops:

July 25: Milwaukee Brewers
August 17: Fayetteville Woodpeckers
(North Carolina)
August 17: Fort Wayne TinCaps (Indiana)
August 24: Pittsburgh Pirates
August 24: Albuquerque Isotopes
(New Mexico)
August 27: New York Mets
August 31: Cleveland Guardians
                                                                            September 21: Sugar Land Space Cowboys                                                                                (Texas)

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There are scheduled events through October. To find an event near you, visit Sesame Street's Road Trip Across America website, where you can search by your state.

Sesame Workshop Announces Nationwide Road Trip to Celebrate Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary!

Sesame Workshop today announced that the Sesame Street Muppets will embark on a nationwide road trip to celebrate the iconic program’s 50th anniversary. 

The 10-city trip will bring together community partners, celebrities, elected officials, and families to highlight the many ways that Sesame Street—and the nonprofit organization behind it—helps kids everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder.

Stops on the road trip will unfold over three days, culminating in free Sesame Street festivals where families in each city can enjoy live performances and kid-friendly activities.  Sesame Street’s production crew will also travel to each city, filming a new segment that will capture what local kids love about their communities. The segment will be part of Sesame Street’s 50th season, premiering in November on HBO. While in town, Big Bird, Elmo, and friends will visit local landmarks and community organizations.

“This summer’s road trip will demonstrate the power of media to engage and teach – something Sesame Workshop has focused on from the very beginning,” said Steve Youngwood, Sesame Workshop’s President of Media and Education and Chief Operating Officer. “As we celebrate our decades of impact and look ahead to the next 50 years, Sesame Street’s timeless lessons remain the same: Everyone, no matter who they are or where they are from, is equally deserving of respect, opportunity, and joy.”

Fans and families can celebrate Sesame Street at community festivals in the following cities:

• New York, NY: Saturday, June 1st
• Washington, DC: Saturday, June 8th
• Pittsburgh, PA: Saturday, June 15th
• Detroit, MI: Saturday, June 22nd
• Chicago, IL: Saturday, June 29th
• Dallas, TX: Saturday, July 6th
• Kansas City, MO: Saturday, July 13th
• Denver, CO: Saturday, July 20th
• Seattle, WA: Saturday, July 27th
• Los Angeles, CA: Saturday, August 3rd

Sesame Workshop has even partnered with navigation app Waze to tell you how to get to each Sesame Street event!

Details about the events – including locations and participating local personalities – will be released throughout the spring.