Looking for something to do this summer? The City’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities is sure to have an event or program to kick start your summer along with great activities for everyone in your family!
The department will
start the 59th Annual Festival Arts on Sunday, June 7 with a
Renaissance Fair at 4 p.m. at Dogwood Dell. The party atmosphere includes
magicians, stilt walkers, and jugglers, and this is a fair for all ages. At 8 p.m., the Henley Street Theatre will
present “Romeo and Juliet” on the
Dogwood Dell stage.Beginning on Saturday, June 13, all City pools will be open for City residents. Week day hours are 1 to 8 p.m. with free swim available from 1 to 4:30 p.m., family time from 5 to 7 p.m. and adult swim from 7 to 8 p.m. Weekend hours for the outdoor pools are noon to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
On Monday, June 15,
the USDA Summer Meals for Kids begins serving at more than 100 sites across the
City of Richmond. The Summer Meals for Kids Program provides children and teens
(through the age of 18) nutritious breakfasts and lunches during the summer
months.
On Friday, June 19, residents are invited to join the department for the
start of the 2015 Movies in the Park Series. The first movie in the series will
be shown at Byrd Park at 8 p.m. A full schedule of the movie series is
available at http://richmondvirginiaparks.blogspot.com/2015/05/movies-in-park-2015.html.
On Sunday, June 21, the Adventure Recreation division will host the “Summer Solstice Float” in starting from
the Huguenot Flatwater in James River Park. Participants are encouraged to
bring their bathing suits and preferred means of transportation by water such
as a canoe, raft, or kayak.
Monday, June 22 marks the beginning of the department’s youth summer
camps and the CarMax Summer League. Both the “All Aboard” summer camp, for ages 6 to 12, and “Generation Z” teen camp, for ages 13 to
15, are full day camps that operate from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. There are also specialty
camps such as soccer, tennis, computer coding, and Lego that are available as
half day camps. The CarMax Summer Basketball league games will be held at the Pine
Camp Community Center, 4901 Old Brook Road, with games being played Monday
through Thursday from 6 to 10 p.m.
For more information on these events and department sites and programs,
please call (804) 646-5733 or visit www.richmondgov.com/parks.