The Downtown Hamilton BIA is excited to announce our new event: Park Crawl!
Park Crawl will activate both Gore Park and John Rebecca Park simultaneously on select days during the summer, designed to provide attendees with plenty of free and exciting family-friendly entertainment. The event will take place in both parks on June 13, July 11, August 8 and September 13 + 14.
During the months of June to August, John Rebecca Park will be used as a children’s entertainment hub while Gore Park will be used as an outdoor movie night. Attendees at John Rebecca Park can enjoy a variety of free family-friendly activities from 4 to 8 pm, including a StoryPop interactive art exhibit, entertainers, large-scale games and more. Gore Park will have a variety of pre-show entertainment running from 5 to 8:30 pm, before the movie starts at 9:30 pm. The schedule for the summer includes School of Rock, Jumanji (1995) and Footloose (1984), respectively. Limited seating will be provided, attendees are strongly encouraged to bring their own chairs.
September will then see the hours of operation in both parks expand to 12 to 7 p.m., with Gore Park being used as the new children’s entertainment hub, while John Rebecca Park will host an outdoor vendor market.
Throughout the event, attendees can enjoy life-size games including Connect 4, Jenga, ladder toss, cornhole and Chess, free popcorn and cotton candy, and more. Park Crawl will transform both of these public parks into exciting places for people of all ages to visit while in the downtown core for Art Crawl and Supercrawl. The event is rain-or-shine, apart from severe weather, and the BIA will notify people of any necessary cancellations as soon as possible through our social media channels.
C’mon down to Gore Park and John Rebecca Park to join us, we hope to see you there!