Kids Weekend returns to Burlington for its 39th year. Here's what they have in store

Sydney P. Hakes, Burlington Free Press
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Burlington Kids Weekend is back for another year of fun for the entire family.

The 39th annual Kids Weekend will take place Friday, May 17, at Roosevelt Park from 4 to 7 p.m., and Saturday, May 18, at Waterfront Park from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Hosted by Burlington Parks, Recreation & Waterfront, the free two-day event will host a variety of kid-friendly activities to get families outside and active.

The event is sponsored by Seven Days, Price Chopper, Market 32, ABC 22 and FOX 44.

Oliver Alimasi, 15, right, and Kong Say, 15, both of Burlington, play with individual soccer balls they brought to Roosevelt Park in Burlington on Thursday, April 2, 2020.
Oliver Alimasi, 15, right, and Kong Say, 15, both of Burlington, play with individual soccer balls they brought to Roosevelt Park in Burlington on Thursday, April 2, 2020.

What to expect

In the heart of the Old North End sits Roosevelt Park, with its basketball courts, baseball mound, soccer field and playground. Those fields will be used for a variety of games and sports. There will be free pizza and ice cream, courtesy of Leonardos and Odd Otter.

Other organizations you can expect to see on Friday include the Fletcher Free Library, the nonprofit tennis group Kids on the Ball and the Big Blue Trunk that provides a variety of activities like airbrush tattoos, balloon twisting and a giant moving train.

Saturday will welcome a new group of participants, so there will be something new to do and see if families want to attend both days. The first 300 people will get free Folino's Pizza and Ben & Jerry's ice cream. There will be like music by Emma Cook and A2VT.

Kids on the Ball and the Big Blue Trunk will be attending Saturday as well. Whoa Nellie Kettle Corn and Little Artsy Faces will be there as well, serving up popcorn and face paints. Other activities include a bounce house, caricature art by Joe Ferris, Troy Wunderle's Big Top Adventures, Dan's Fried Dough, a potentially meeting with Miss Vermont 2024 Meara Seery and even a chance to meet Champ.

Local nonprofits Lund, Four Winds Nature Institute, Burlington Wildways and the Girl Scouts will have events of their own.

Sydney P. Hakes is the Burlington city reporter. Contact her at SHakes@gannett.com.

This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Kids Weekend will fill Roosevelt and Waterfront Parks May 17 and 18