Wildwood’s annual Happy Birthday America event will take place Wednesday, July 3, 2024, on the grounds of the Wildwood Community Center, 6500 Powell Road.
Festivities kick off at 5:00 p.m. with vendors, food trucks, games, activities, and entertainment, including live music by Clark Barrios. A professional fireworks show tops off the night at 9:00 p.m.
“This is one of our biggest and best-attended events each year, and we have been working to make it better than ever before,” said Parks and Recreation Director Courtney Kellem. “We appreciate the feedback offered by the public in past years and have incorporated as many of the suggestions received as possible.”
The family-friendly event includes fun for all ages, from face painting, carnival games, inflatables, a free pie eating contest, and more to an adults-only beer garden serving those of legal drinking age with proper identification.
“We hope residents will join us for the celebration and encourage them to plan ahead,” Kellem said. “Allow extra time for traffic delays and consider carpooling or other transportation. By all means, do not drink and drive. We want everyone to have fun and then get home safely at the end of the night.”
Admission is free. To preregister for the pie eating contest, go to wildwood-fl.gov/parksrec or call 352-461-0134.
Join us as we celebrate both our nation and our park’s birthdays
Ongoing Old-Fashioned Games for Family Fun
Including: Corn hole toss, croquet, badminton, stilts, horseshoes and more.
Old-fashioned game competitions start at 5 p.m.
Pet Parade with prizes starts at 6 p.m.
Hand-cranked ice cream, food stand and music.
Event included with your park entrance fee of $3/vehicle (or Florida State Parks Annual Pass).
Join us on a Seminole and Soldier Living Historian-led guided walk/program on the Fort King Road.
Program included with park admission fee of $3/vehicle (or Florida State Parks Annual Pass).
Bring your instrument or just your voice and ice cream topping and join us for a music jam session and cranking out homemade ice cream.
Cost is $3/vehicle or Florida State Parks Annual Pass.
Join park staff and volunteers for a combined curriculum workshop which will include educational activities for both aquatic and terrestrial animals and their habitats.
A 1-day workshop for formal and non-formal educators! (18 years and older)
Workshop Features:
▪ Free hands-on, standards-based conservation education workshop
▪ Interactive simulations to teach wildlife conservation topics. Activity guides and support materials included!
The workshop is free to all but space is limited.
To register please contact the park at DadePrograms@FloridaDEP.gov or 352-793-4781.
Become a Project Learning Tree® (PLT) certified educator and receive the PLT Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide with 50 hands-on activities you can incorporate into your existing curriculum and implement right away!
This 1-day training for formal and non-formal educators features:
• Free, hands-on, standards-based environmental education resources
• Interactive activity modeling and demonstrations, activity guide and support materials included!
Join park staff and volunteers and make treasures out of yesterday’s trash.
Paper making, zipper art, card boxes, mandala shell art and more.
Cost is park entry at $3/vehicle or Florida State Parks Annual Pass plus $5/person activity fee.
Group size is limited to 30.
Pre-registration is required – call 352-793-4781 or email DadePrograms@FloridaDEP.gov.
What can you do to beat the central Florida heat? Come to a water-based family fun day! Water-slides, slip-and-slide kickball, water balloon toss, and water soakers. This event is open to all ages. Bring your friends!
Elementary school kids can interact and bond with nature, learn how to conserve our natural resources, and enjoy hands-on group and individual learning through this FREE international youth gardening program! Advance registration required.
Elementary school kids can interact and bond with nature, learn how to conserve our natural resources, and enjoy hands-on group and individual learning through this FREE international youth gardening program! Advance registration required.
