Pueblo Parks and Recreation

06/12/2026

😎 Waddle you waiting for? Adopt a duck, support our kiddos, and cheer on your quacker at the Rubber Duck Race at SCARF on Saturday, June 27! 🦆🦆

💦🦆The ducks will start at the Burkhardt Crossing Bridge at Waterworks Park and float about 1300' downriver. Come watch at Waterworks Park and along the Arkansas River Trail as your duck floats down the Arkansas River starting at 5pm!

🦆Each adopted duck will go to help raise funds for Pueblo Parks and Recreation's youth scholarship/financial aid program! 🫶 The first 5 adopted ducks that cross the finish line at the end, win a prize!

👀For more information or to adopt a duck please visit https://secure.rec1.com/CO/pueblo-co/catalog

06/12/2026

This FLASHBACK FRIDAY with smiles for miles, is jumping back to 2010 and also giving a friendly reminder that....
📣The Rides at City Park are open for the 2026 season!

Come visit us this summer:
🎠 Thursday 5pm - 9pm
🚂 Friday 5pm - 9pm
🎡 Saturday 2pm - 9pm
🚀 Sunday 2pm - 9pm

🎟Tickets are still only 25¢ each! 🎟
⚡️Daily unlimited ride wristband $5 each!⚡️

https://www.pueblo.us/337/The-Rides-at-City-Park

06/12/2026

🎶🎷Sun City Band 🥁🎺🎵
For more details or to register please visit https://www.pueblo.us/2769/Sun-City-Band

JOIN THE SUN CITY BAND - If your student is heading into grades 6th–8th and has at least one year of band experience, now is the time to register for this incredible summer music opportunity!

https://www.pueblo.us/2769/Sun-City-Band

06/12/2026

👀Football season is right around the corner!🏈
🚨Don't forget to register your kiddo now for the Gridiron Heroes Youth Flag Football season that starts at the end of summer!

🏈Gridiron Heroes Youth Flag Football is a fun way to get kids started in the sport of football. All divisions are coed, non-competitive and are intended for learning the fundamentals and for FUN! 🏈 We offer coed age divisions for 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 and 10-11 year olds! 🙌

👉For more information or to register online, please visit https://www.pueblo.us/607/Flag-Football or call 719-553-2790.

06/11/2026

👀 It's a bird 🦅...it's a plane ✈️... it's SUPERHERO NIGHT at The Rides at City Park!!! 🦸‍♂️

🦸🦸‍♀️ Come dressed as your favorite Superhero Friday, June 19 from 5-9pm at The Rides at City Park.

🎟Tickets are still only 25¢ each! 🎟
⚡️Daily unlimited ride wristbands $5 each!⚡️

https://www.pueblo.us/1842/Special-Events

06/11/2026

Lend your spirit, your hands, and your heart. Help us bring the Steel City Arkansas River Festival to life this year. 💙

We are still looking for awesome folks to volunteer for gate attendants, clean up and helping with rounding up the rubber ducks.

Follow the link below for more information!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4DA9AC29A3F9C16-63301138-steel #/

06/10/2026

El Centro del Quinto Sol is offering another creative writing class this summer! ✍️📝

Partnering with the Brink Literacy Project, this is a 2️⃣ day class is geared towards students ages 11-17 and is FREE, all you need to do is pre-register!

All supplies will be provided, we just need YOU! 🫵

You can register your young ones for this free class one of the following ways:
👉In person at El Centro del Quinto Sol or at the Pueblo Parks and Recreation's Administration Office at 800 Goodnight Ave.
👉By phone 719-553-2790
👉Online at https://secure.rec1.com/CO/pueblo-co/catalog

06/10/2026

😎 Come beat the heat this Friday, June 12 at El Centro del Quinto Sol with a FREE Movie Matinee starting at 2pm!

Free movie 🎥
Free popcorn 🍿
Annnnnnd Free AC! 😜❄
The concession stand will also be open for treats and drinks - nothing costs over $1!! 🍿 🍫🥤

👉For movie details please call 719-553-2950 👈

See you at El Centro del Quinto Sol, Friday, June 12!!

06/09/2026

When we say... the Steel City Arkansas River Festival has something for the whole family... we really do mean it! 🤩

🌿 Check out the schedule for SCARF's Adventure Alley! 😎

Our wonderful partners with Generation Wild Community of Pueblo will kick off Adventure Alley with a breakfast at 10am with the Pueblo Food Project!

🦅🔭 The fun doesn't stop there... from birds and binos to shelter building, Adventure Alley will be a place for youth and their families to discover what is right in their backyard! ✨🌳

Visit pueblo.us/SCARF for more info!
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¡Cuando decimos que Festival Rio Arkansas De Steel City tiene algo para toda la familia, lo decimos en serio! 🎉👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

🌿 ¡Descubre Callejón de la Aventura de SCARF! 😎

Comenzaremos la mañana con un delicioso desayuno a las 10:00 a. m., gracias a nuestros increíbles socios de Generation Wild Community of Pueblo y Pueblo Food Project.

🦅🔭 Desde la observación de aves y el uso de binoculares hasta actividades prácticas como la construcción de refugios, Adventure Alley estará lleno de diversión, aprendizaje y aventuras para niños y adultos por igual.

✨ Ven a explorar, descubrir y conectar con la naturaleza que nos rodea. ¡Hay algo para todos en Callejón de la Aventura! 🌳

más información pueblo.us/SCARF

Nature & Wildlife Discovery Center · Boys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County · CSU Extension Pueblo County Ag and Range · Pueblo Zoo · Palmer Land Conservancy · Southern Colorado Greenback Trout Unlimited Chapter 509 · Pueblo Food Project · D.Vine Connections Pueblo,CO · Arkansas Valley Audubon Society · Generation Wild Colorado · Pueblo City-County Library District · Fountain Creek Watershed District · Pueblo County Parks & Rec · Pueblo Tailwater Renegades

06/08/2026

💦SUMMER WATER FITNESS💦

😎💦 Lap Swim & Water Aerobics schedule for the summer!💦😎

🏊‍♀️Lap Swim
📅Monday, June 15-Friday, August 14
⏰MORNING 8:30-11am · Monday-Friday
⏰EVENING 6-8pm · Monday-Thursday
📍 Mineral Palace Park Pool · 1602 N. Santa Fe Ave., 81003

🏋️‍♀️🏊‍♂️Water Aerobics
📅Tuesday, June 9-Thursday, August 6
⏰MORNING 10:30-11:30am · Tuesday & Thursday
📍Ray Aguilera Park Pool · 715 McCulley Ave., 81004

🏋️‍♀️🏊‍♂️Water Aerobics
📅Monday, June 8-Friday, September 4
⏰EVENING 6-7pm · Monday-Friday
📍City Park Pool · 221 S Parkside Ln., 81005

Only $3 per session, cash or punch card. Purchase a punch card at the Pueblo Parks and Recreation's Administration Office or at the pool locations. Each punch card is good for 25 punches, never expire, and you and your family can utilize them for lap swim, water aerobics, family swim and open swim sessions all for only $60.

https://www.pueblo.us/331/Aquatics