Kids Bowl Free is back for summer 2025!
If you’re looking for free fun for your kids this summer too, sign them up for FREE bowling at KidsBowlFree.com!
What is Kids Bowl Free?
Kids Bowl Free is a program designed by bowling centers to give back to the community and provide a safe, secure, and fun way for kids to spend time this summer. Select schools and bowling centers around the country participate each year, including dozens in Minnesota! Kids get 2 free games per day! There are over 1300 bowling centers on the list and more will be added so if yours is on the list but not yet accepting registration, be sure to pre-register! Here is a list of the participating centers in Minnesota so far:
- Andover – Andover Lanes
- Apple Valley– Bogart’s Entertainment Center
- Belle Plaine – Prairie Grill & Bowl
- Bemidji – Bemidji Bowl
- Big Lake – McPete’s Sports Bar & Lanes
- Blaine – Blainbrook Bowl
- Buffalo – Huikko’s Bowling Center
- Byron – Wildwood Sports Bar & Grill
- Cold Spring – Cold Spring Lanes
- Coon Rapids – Classic Bowl Lanes & Lounge
- Fairmont – Bowlmor Lanes
- Faribault – J-Mo’s Bowl
- Grand Rapids – Thunder Alley XL
- Ham Lake – Ham Lake Lanes
- Hopkins – Tuttle’s Eat Bowl Play
- Inver Grove Heights – Drkula’s Bowl
- Isle – Isle Bowl & Pizza
- Little Falls – Bennington’s Entertainment Center
- Mankato – Wow Zone Family Entertainment Center
- Medina – Medina Lanes
- Minneapolis – Elsie’s, Memory Lanes
- Monticello – River City Extreme
- Moorhead – Sunset Lanes
- Mounds View – Mermaid Lanes
- New Ulm – Concordia Lanes
- Oak Park Heights – Stillwater Bowl
- Oakdale – PINZ
- Owatonna – Sparetime Entertainment
- Pine Island – Trailhead Grill & Lanes
- Ramsey – Super Bowl
- Rochester – Bowlocity Entertainment Center, Colonial Lanes
- Sartell – Great River Bowl
- South St. Paul – Concord Lanes
- Saint Paul – Sun Ray Lanes
- St. Paul Park – Park Grove Bowl
- St. Cloud – Southway Bowl
- Tonka Bay – Country Club Lanes
- Tracy – Tracy Lanes
- Winona – Westgate Bowl
- Wyoming – Splitrocks Entertainment Center
Yes – this is a real deal! It’s simple – just register (for free) on their website by clicking on your state, then choose the bowling center that’s most convenient for your kids. Then you’ll fill out information and coupons will be emailed to your email address. Only parents can register kids, and only one bowling center can be chosen per account. Each bowling center has its own age limit for kids to be eligible.
Family Pass (& Discount!)
There is also a family pass you can purchase which has been available for as low as $39.95. The family pass covers 2 to 4 adult family members, so adults can bowl with their kids, too! 
Each Family Pass also adds a $.99 activation fee. So the 2 person Family Pass totals $40.94, and the 4 person Family Pass totals $45.94.
Tip: If you refuse the add-on once, they may discount it on the next screen so try that.
Are there additional costs? NOTE: In most cases, standard shoe rental fees apply. So you do need to plan for that expense.
Over 40 million kids have participated so far. Definitely worth signing up for some free fun for your kids this summer!
SIGN UP NOW!
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This post was originally published on Mar 3, 2025.