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We had an awesome time at our Flounders & Friends Skatepark watching our Youth Skateboarding Lessons! ๐Ÿ›น Don't forget you...
06/02/2026

We had an awesome time at our Flounders & Friends Skatepark watching our Youth Skateboarding Lessons! ๐Ÿ›น Don't forget you can still sign up for upcoming sessions on our programs website: https://valpoparks.org/698/Skateboarding-Lessons

Valparaiso is coming together to celebrate America's 250th in Star-Spangled Style! This weeklong celebration is shaping ...
05/29/2026

Valparaiso is coming together to celebrate America's 250th in Star-Spangled Style! This weeklong celebration is shaping up to be a red, white and blue spectacular ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐ŸŽ‡๐Ÿงจ

๐Ÿ”ต TUESDAY, JUNE 30
๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž with Valparaiso Events

Gather under the summer sky for a special screening of National Treasure! Bring your chairs and blankets and enjoy a blockbuster evening in Central Park Plaza, home to the 1st Source Bank Amphitheater.

๐Ÿ”ด WEDNESDAY, JULY 1
๐‹๐ž๐ญ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐€ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐‹๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก & ๐‚๐š๐›๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ญ with Memorial Opera House

Join us for a patriotic summer afternoon filled with music, community, and gratitude. Guests will enjoy a complimentary lunch featuring hot dogs, chips, and classic summertime favorites then take in beloved songs from the Great American Songbook and the Broadway stage.

๐Ÿ”ต THURSDAY, JULY 2
Classic Cars & BBQ with Valpo Parks at Central Park Plaza

An evening filled with classic cars, delicious BBQ, live music, and summer fun! Stroll through a lineup of classic cars while enjoying mouth-watering BBQ from a variety of food trucks, each serving up their own unique flavors and specialties.

๐Ÿ”ด FRIDAY, JULY 3
๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ with Valparaiso Events

Enjoy an outdoor concert at Central Park Plaza, Home to the 1st Source Bank Amphitheater featuring Jonny James, a Nashville recording artist with Northwest Indiana roots, bringing American country entertainment to the celebration.

๐Ÿ”ต SATURDAY, JULY 4
City of Valparaiso 4th of July Celebration with Valpo Parks

Join us at Urschel Field on Saturday, July 4th for an evening packed with incredible food, live country music from Nashville Electric Company, and an awe-inspiring fireworks experience. This yearโ€™s enhanced fireworks show is something truly special โ€” an action-packed, dazzling display designed exclusively for this milestone anniversary. Bring a chair or blanket and make a night of it!

Visit bit.ly/Valparaiso250America for more event details.

05/27/2026

Time for another counselor feature! This time, Birdie returns for her third summer with us and tells us about her favorite all-camp event, SoccerFest โšฝ๏ธ๐Ÿƒ

Want to get to know this year's counselors face-to-face? Don't miss Meet the Counselor night tomorrow, Thursday May 28 at 5:30pm!

Our parks staff just dropped their debut album. 200 saplings deep at Rogers Lakewood Park. Critics are calling it "groun...
05/22/2026

Our parks staff just dropped their debut album. 200 saplings deep at Rogers Lakewood Park. Critics are calling it "grounded," "deeply rooted," and "will probably be a banger in 40 years."

Big thanks to the crew that got their hands dirty adding a little more green to an already beautiful park ๐ŸŒฑ

05/21/2026

The Horticulture Greenhouse is always full of so much color this time of year! Be on the lookout for these beauties around the city in the upcoming weeks ๐Ÿฅฐ

05/21/2026

Goldfish is returning for her fifth year as a Discovery Day Camp counselor! Tune in to hear about her favorite camp tradition and what makes camp so special โ˜€

Registration for the first week of camp closes in just a few days and the remaining weeks will fill up fast! Don't miss your chanceโ€”find info and register at https://www.valpoparks.org/271/Discovery-Day-Camp

05/17/2026

We had a BLAST (of color!) at the Color Fun Run last Friday โ˜€๐ŸŒˆ Thank you to the Mayor's Youth Council, our staff, and everyone who came out and made the event a great one!

Our Discovery Cottage Pre-K graduates are officially Kindergarten-bound! ๐ŸŽ‰ To our incredible teachers who made the magi...
05/15/2026

Our Discovery Cottage Pre-K graduates are officially Kindergarten-bound! ๐ŸŽ‰ To our incredible teachers who made the magic happen, thank you for everything. Congratulations to every graduate. Your best adventures are just beginning! โœจ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ“

As a proud supporter of early childhood education and community impact, weโ€™re celebrating Hilltopโ€™s 30th anniversary by ...
05/15/2026

As a proud supporter of early childhood education and community impact, weโ€™re celebrating Hilltopโ€™s 30th anniversary by featuring their new book, ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’„ ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’–๐’”๐’† ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’๐’ by Kelly Anthony and Lynn Thoma, in our Foundation Meadows StoryWalkยฉ!

Enjoy the warmer weather and learn all about Hilltop Neighborhood House โ€”the pictures are based on the real folks at Hilltop, so maybe youโ€™ll see someone you know!

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด, ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

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3210 Campbell Street
Valparaiso, IN
46385

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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