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Special Events

July 21 August 9
Kids, Water, Bugs, Fish at Lakeside Nature Center Feast of Fountains:
A Food Truck Fest at the Northland Fountain
Family Fun & Fit Day at The Grove
August 11
July 22 Sly’s Rock the Block at Union Station
Kansas City’s Big Picnic and Quick Paint Contest
in Theis Park August 17-19
39th Annual Ethnic Enrichment Festival in
July 26 Swope Park
History @ Monument in Ilus Davis Park
July 30
Construction Kickoff for Haff Fountain August 18

August 3-5
Annual Bonspiel at Line Creek Community Center Sam Lacey Recognition
Ice Arena
August 4 Plaque Unveiling
1st Saturday at Shoal Creek Living History Museum
August 18
Run For the Raptors 2018 at Lakeside Nature Center What’s Out At Night? at Lakeside Nature Center
August 23
History @ Monument in Ilus Davis Park
August 9 August 25-October28
Gillham Sprayground Open Spaces KC

Opening August 31-September 2
Kansas City Irish Festival in Washington Square
Park/Grand Blvd.
September 1
1st Saturday at Shoal Creek Living History Museum

The Gillham Sprayground opened with lots of happy
faces and colorful beach balls! Located south of the
Gillham Park playground, Midtown’s newest sprayground
features a combination of sprayers, bubblers and
custom water elements, a shade structure, synthetic turf
berm, benches and tables.

24 KC PARK & REC 2018 year in review