Upcoming Special Events
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Types of Events
Movies in the park
VLPRA offers free movies in our parks and public places in Valdosta & Lowndes County throughout the year. Movies are usually family friendly features with G and PG ratings and we often show big name blockbusters from Disney and Pixar. We sometimes offer a PG-13 film for an older audience. We show the movies on our massive inflatable 20-foot screen starting at dusk. Please check above for individual dates.
INDEPENDENCE DAY FIREWORKS
VLPRA is proud to offer the largest public fireworks display in South Georgia. Our fireworks are always on July 4th and start between 9:15 PM - 9:30 PM. The location is TBD.
Stocked Cart Race
Runners, start your engines for the wackiest, most fun event of the year! Our annual Stocked Cart Race is basically a 50-yard dash where runners push decorated shopping carts. Businesses, schools, churches, families, and groups of friends enter as teams. Teams are given one shopping cart each to decorate and race. We have a double elimination bracket and race head to head until we have a fastest cart.
The most important part of the event: the entry fee is food for Hungry at Home. Each team must bring at least $25 of food (no money, please). The more food, the better as we hand out awards for most food raised, best decorated cart, and fastest cart. Hungry at Home is a local non-profit that sends food home on Fridays with kids who don't have enough to eat on the weekends. All donated food must be kid-friendly and not require a can opener or stove. Think: pop top Chef Boyardee meals, granola bars, oatmeal packets, pop top tuna kits, vienna sausages, raisins, etc. Find out more about Hungry at Home at their website: www.hungryathome.org.
Father/Son Campout
Go camping in the outfield! Boys ages four and up can spend the night on the South Lowndes Ball Field with their father or adult male family member at this overnight event. Activities include a cookout, games, s'mores, night baseball, and a movie on the backstop. Dinner is provided Friday night and breakfast is provided Saturday morning. Bring your own tent and bag chairs; tent set up begins at 6:00 PM Friday. Space is limited. Event typically happens in the fall. Fees are TBD.