Stay cool this July with popsicles in the park! Make a splash at one of our two splash pads and grab a sweet treat. Be sure to pick up a calendar of our upcoming FREE Parks & Recreation Month activities!
Date: July 1, 2023
Time: 10:15am-10:45am
Cost: Free
Location: Wilder Bluff Park
Date: July 1, 2023
Time: 11:00am-11:30am
Cost: Free
Location: Erfurt Park
Make a splash this 4th of July! Each pool will have concession specials and games every hour beginning at 1:00pm with our annual soda pop drop at 2:00pm!
Date: July 4, 2023
Time: 12:30pm-5:00pm
Cost: Free for season pass holders, 1/2 price admission with a canned food donation
Location: The Thomas A. Soetaert Aquatic Center and Splash Cove
Our favorite summer series is BACK! Bring your family and enjoy a trip back to 1929 with interactive day at our historic truck farm or recreated Shawnee downtown, every Tuesday and Thursday from June 13 to August 3. Enjoy fan favorite activities like farmstead laundry and grocery shopping along with NEW bonus activities and special guests featured each week! Each week features a new theme with different highlights, and kids can also pick up a scavenger hunt for added fun.
Life on a Truck Farm
It’s the busy season on the farm! Time to harvest and wash the vegetables, hang laundry, and make lunch in the farm kitchen.
Date: July 6, 2023
Time: 10:00am-2:00pm
Cost: Free
Location: Shawnee Town 1929
*Today’s program is sponsored by our “Healthier Because We Live Here” Community Wellness Hub. The hub offers a trusted gathering place that connects every member of the community to essential programs, services and spaces to the neighborhoods, schools, and our neighbors. For more information, visit cityofshawnee.org/wellnesshub.
Spread some cheer with a little chalk! Join us for a morning of art in the park. We'll provide the chalk, you bring the creativity! Draw your favorite character or spread messages of love and cheer.
Date: July 8, 2023
Time: 9:00am-10:00am
Cost: Free
Location: Listowel Park
Take the "work" out of workout with this calorie-burning dance fitness party in the park! Please a water bottle.
Date: July 12, 2023
Time: 7:00pm-8:00pm
Cost: Free
Location: Swarner Park
Join us for a FREE morning stretch in a beautiful park setting. This practice is great for beginners, and a nice "recovery" workout for athletes. Please bring a mat and water bottle.
Date: July 15, 2023
Time: 9:00am-9:45am
Cost: Free
Location: Erfurt Park
We are Healthier Because We Live Here! Join Shawnee Parks & Recreation and our Mobile Wellness Hub partners for a monthly Mobile Wellness Fair. These fairs are FREE and open to the public. Each fair will include food distribution from Harvesters, wellness screenings, fun and games with Shawnee's Wellness Hub, and special entertainment.
The Mobile Wellness Fair Food Pantry is available for anyone in the community. Each participant receives a healthy amount of meat, fruit, vegetables & other items. Distribution begins at 9:30am and goes till 11:30am or till the food has been distributed.
Mr. & Mrs. Claus will be making the trek down from the North Pole to share a story time with all our littles!
Date: July 15, 2023
Time: 9:30am-11:30am
Cost: Free
Location: Shawanoe Elementary School, 11230 W 75th St
Join your family, friends, and neighbors for a Dive-In Movie Night on Saturday, July 15th at the Soetaert Aquatic Center, 13805 Johnson Drive. The gates will open at 8:00 p.m. and the movie will start at dusk. Bring your own flotation device or use ours and get ready to watch Finding Nemo under the stars.
Date: July 15, 2023
Time: The gates open at 8:00pm and the movie begins at dusk
Cost: Free with a canned food donation
Location: The Thomas A. Soetaert Aquatic Center
Fire trucks and tractors and bobcats, oh my! Bring your little ones out to Shawnee Town 1929/Herman Laird Park on Wednesday, July 19th. Watch their eyes light up as they sit in the driver's seat of these big trucks and old rigs, we will have some of our 1920s vehicles on display as well!
Date: July 19, 2023
Time: 5:00pm-6:30pm
Cost: FREE
Location: Shawnee Town 1929/Herman Laird Park
Celebrate Parks & Recreation Month with Shawnee Parks & Recreation at West Flanders Park for a tour of the new rose garden! Johnson County Master Gardeners have been hard at work developing a beautiful and serene garden. Join them in the gardens to ask questions and learn more about the garden and their program.
Date: July 20, 2023
Time: 8:30-10:00am
Cost: Free
Location: West Flanders Park