College Park Day 2019: Free Fun for Everyone!

Pumpkin painting fun & more at College Park Day!

Mark your calendars: College Park Day is almost here! This fun, FREE, family-friendly festival is happening Saturday, October 5th from 12-6pm at the College Park Aviation Museum! Expect awesome activities for kids of all ages, live music, delicious food & drink (including Denizens Brewing Co. and Maryland Meadworks), exhibitors & more at this annual community event hosted by the City of College Park. All are invited!

Awesome Kids Activities

We go to College Park Day every year and always have a blast! From bounce houses and face painting for the toddler and preschooler kids to obstacle courses and a climb wall for school-age children, there’s so much to enjoy at this fun festival. No joke – we’ve easily spent the whole afternoon there!

Bounce House fun, y’all! Image source: College Park Day

Here’s a sneak peek of the kids activities for this year’s Festival:

Climb as high as you can at College Park Day!

Climb that wall, young’n!

Touch-a-Truck
Snow Plow Painting
Helicopter Fly-ins
Bounce Houses
Obstacle Courses
Climb Wall
Face Painting
Bubbles
Mandy the Clown

And these are just the highlights!

Live Music & Bands

Did somebody say “Funsho“?! That’s right! Funsho Adenugba (2018 contestant on NBC’s The Voice) will be bringing his R&B magic to College Park Day, performing his songs in both English and Yoruba. Fantasm, the 2019 Baltimore Sun’s Readers Choice for Maryland’s Best Party Band, will be bringing their Rolling Stones – Arctic Monkeys – Neon Trees-type cover songs to the festival. Crush Funk Brass Band and a 6-piece Cumbia band will keep us all movin’ to the beat!

Funsho's bringing his R&B magic to College Park Day!

Catch Funsho on the Main Stage!

Delicious Food

No way you’ll get hangry at this festival! Plenty of food and drink vendors will be on hand to whet that healthy appetite of yours & mine! Need to perk up? Pinkava Coffee will have just the thing. At the festival around lunch or dinner (or both!) time? You’ll have your pick of Potomac Pizza, Kodi’s Grill, Food by Sani, CB Chinese Grill, Amity Kitchen Thai Food, Maria’s Pupuseria and Heavenly Created Desserts and Dogs. Maryland Dairy and Mister Magic will also be serving up some dessert.

Helicopter Fly-ins at the festival!

And if your vision of dessert involves something with an ABV next to its name, rest assured that Denizens and Maryland Meadworks will have just the thing for your refined palette. 😉

Getting to College Park Day 2019

Plenty of ways to get to this popular festival! Walking or biking along the Trolley Trail / Northeast Branch Trail is certainly the scenic option! Heading to the festival by car? Free parking is available at the College Park – UMD Metro Station WMATA garage and at the Well Ice Rink / Linson Pool. More information and directions on ways to get to the festival here.

College Park Day Exhibitors including the College Park Lions Club!