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VNA Stroll for Hospice
May
4
12:00 PM12:00

VNA Stroll for Hospice

VNA Hospice of NWI’s Stroll for Hospice celebrates and supports the VNA Hospice program that has provided compassionate end of life care to over 15,000 patients and their families in our community. Every year hundreds of individuals participate in this memorial stroll through downtown Valparaiso to help ensure that the compassion and support of VNA Hospice is there for our families, friends and neighbors when they most need it, regardless of their financial situation.


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Hot Wheels Race of Champions & Food Truck Rally
Sep
5
4:30 PM16:30

Hot Wheels Race of Champions & Food Truck Rally

Valparaiso Events Presents

Pre-Popcorn Festival Event:

Hot Wheels Race of Champions & Food Truck Rally

Friday, September 5, 2025

William E Urschel Pavilion & Central Park Plaza

Registration 4:30 - 5:30

Races: 4:30 - 9:00


Start your engines for Popcorn Festival weekend at the Hot Wheels Race of Champions & Food Truck Rally!

Races will take place on a custom Hot Wheels track in the William E. Urschel Pavilion from 4:30 - 9:00. Get ready to wave your checkered flags, enjoy some delicious food at the Food Truck Rally on Lafayette St., and snap a photo at our Hot Wheels photo op as you get set for the most poppin’ weekend in Valpo!

  • Bring your own Hot Wheels Ride or purchase on-site for $2

  • Enter to race for $1 / car

  • All entry proceeds donated to charity.


 
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Valpo Parks Presents | Youth Theatre Audition Boot Camp
Jan
25
10:00 AM10:00

Valpo Parks Presents | Youth Theatre Audition Boot Camp

Interested in working on your audition skill set? Ready to take your skills to the next level? Come join us for Audition Bootcamp! Theatre professionals with a history of casting productions will work with you on singing audition prep, perfecting monologues, and learning dance calls with grace and attention to detail.

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Walk to End Alzheimer's | Presented by Alzheimer's Association
Oct
6
1:00 PM13:00

Walk to End Alzheimer's | Presented by Alzheimer's Association

At the Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s, we’re fighting for a different future. For families facing the disease today. For more time. For more treatments. We’re closer than ever to stopping Alzheimer’s, but to get there, we need you. Join us for the world’s largest fundraiser to fight the disease! Register today!

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Valpo Parks Foundation Presents | Block Party In The Park!
Jun
7
6:00 PM18:00

Valpo Parks Foundation Presents | Block Party In The Park!

Bring all your friends out to Central Park Plaza for the best party in the neighborhood!
Block Party in the Park has something for everyone.  Whether you're the life of the party or a wallflower, you won't want to miss this new variation of your favorite Valpo Parks Foundation fundraiser.  Kick back and relax with a cold beverage, chat with your friends and neighbors, play yard games, dance to the music, or keep to yourself and just take it all in!  


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Walk to End Alzheimer's | Presented by Alzheimer's Association
Oct
1
1:00 PM13:00

Walk to End Alzheimer's | Presented by Alzheimer's Association

Across the nation, the Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's® is full of flowers, each carried by someone committed to ending this disease. Because like flowers, our participants don't stop when something's in their way. They keep raising funds and awareness for a breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer's and all other dementia.

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Hot Wheels Race of Champions & Food Truck Rally
Sep
8
4:30 PM16:30

Hot Wheels Race of Champions & Food Truck Rally

Valparaiso Events Presents

The Hot Wheels Race of Champions & Food Truck Rally

Thursday, September 7, 2023

William E Urschel Pavilion & Central Park Plaza

Time: 4:30 - 9 PM | Registration begins at 4:30

  • Bring your own Hot Wheels Ride - or purchase on site for $ 1 per entry.

  • All entry proceeds donated to charity.

 
 

Thank you to our generous festival sponsors for their support:


 
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Valpo Parks Presents | Active Kids Day
Apr
23
12:00 PM12:00

Valpo Parks Presents | Active Kids Day

This FREE interactive vendor fair encourages kids to 'get involved and be active.' Local businesses and organizations will showcase the amazing opportunities they have available for kids of all ages. See demonstrations of kid-centric activities and even register on-site for youth sports, lessons, camps, clinics and more.  

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 1st Annual Backyard BBQ and Fish Fry with Home Team Valpo
Sep
29
5:00 PM17:00

1st Annual Backyard BBQ and Fish Fry with Home Team Valpo

Save the date! Tickets on sale May 6, 2022 at NOON!

Join us for the 1st Annual Backyard Bbq and Fish Fry with Home Team Valpo. Featured Chefs - McGowan & Sons Seafood Market, Garner Tullis and Our Greater Good Fish Fry, Smoked Meats & Craft Brews. Tunes provided by Angelo Cicco.

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Valpo Parks | Valparaiso BikeShare RE-Launch
Apr
22
to Apr 23

Valpo Parks | Valparaiso BikeShare RE-Launch

  • Central Park PLaza (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Grab your bike helmets, the Valparaiso BikeShare program is back!! Join us downtown at Central Park Plaza on Friday, April 22nd at 4:30pm for the official re-launch ribbon cutting and a first look at these awesome stations!

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