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FRISCO, Texas (Nov. 1, 2024) -- Kaleidoscope Park, the 5.7-acre signature park in Frisco, has welcomed thousands of visitors since its  October Grand Opening. The beautiful space is perfectly designed to showcase family fun, arts activities and more, and  recently announced a wealth of activities which will run through the month of November, including the park’s first holiday tree lighting ceremony.

Each Saturday morning, the popular Frisco Rotary Farmers Market will bring local makers, farmers and more to the park from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

 

Also on Saturdays, Kaleidoscope Park will host SaturYay! in the Park from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Each day will begin with yoga at 9 a.m. sponsored by Baylor Scott & White Health and led by Hunni Duo. From 10 a.m. to noon on Nov. 9 and 16, families will enjoy Window to the Wild on the Performance Lawn. The group will showcase a display with up to six wild birds at a time and will offer a one-hour educational program that begins at 11 a.m. Clowning Around DFW will offer free airbrush art from 10 a.m. to noon on the Performance Lawn. An array of food trucks will serve from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Live music will be featured on the Community Stage from 2 to 4 p.m., including:

  • Nov. 9 – Ariana Ortiz and Mark Lafon
  • Nov. 16 – David Archibald
  • Nov. 23 – Rebekah Prim
  • Nov. 30 – Emmeline Miles

Additional Saturday entertainment includes a Holiday Market presented by The Boho Market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30.

On select Thursday nights in November, guests can visit “Live After 5.” Come to Kaleidoscope Park to listen to live music and nosh on bites from food trucks on Nov. 7, 14 and 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. Performers include:

  • Nov. 7 – David Archibald
  • Nov. 14 – Ariana Ortiz and Mark Lafon
  • Nov. 21 – Tyler Hook

The holidays will begin at Kaleidoscope Park on Friday, Nov. 22, when Kaleidoscope Park hosts its first Tree Lighting Ceremony. The park will be full of family activities from 7 to 9 p.m. The evening kicks off with the lighting of the massive 50-foot holiday tree adorned with more than 42,000 twinkling lights which appear to dance to music.

For a full list of upcoming events and activities, visitors should check out the Kaleidoscope Park website.

 

ABOUT KALEIDOSCOPE PARK

Kaleidoscope Park is a dynamic, innovative arts and culture destination for North Texas that celebrated its Grand Opening in October 2024. The Park is home to free, year-round public programming, including markets, diverse musical and dance performances, and a variety of health and recreational activities. The Park features monumental works of public art, architecture, and gardens set among a children’s play area, dog park, performance lawn, outdoor workspaces, and shaded promenades and plazas. Learn more at kaleidoscopepark.org.

 

ABOUT THE KALEIDOSCOPE PARK FOUNDATION

Kaleidoscope Park Foundation is a nonprofit public-private partnership between Communities Foundation of Texas and the City of Frisco. The Foundation’s mission is to thoughtfully engage the diverse and rapidly growing communities of North Texas through free public arts and culture programming that is genuine, inclusive, and accessible. Operating as a Foundation supported by private donations, financial support for development, operations, and programming is always welcome.

 

ABOUT COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS

The mission of Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT) is to improve the lives of all people in our community by investing in their health, wealth, living, and learning. CFT works to accomplish this by growing community giving, expanding community impact, and advancing community equity. With a vision of building thriving communities for all, CFT works locally and across the state with many individuals, families, companies, foundations, and nonprofits through a variety of charitable funds and strategic grantmaking initiatives. CFT professionally manages more than 1,300 charitable funds and has awarded more than $2.5 billion in grants since its founding in 1953.

CFT is committed to serving and understanding donor needs, expertly handling complex gifts, wisely managing charitable funds, and leveraging its community knowledge to increase charitable impact, in addition to powering several initiatives including the W. W. Caruth, Jr. Fund at CFT, CFT for Business, Educate Texas at CFT, Emerging Leaders in Philanthropy at CFT, GiveWisely, and CFT’s North Texas Giving Day. CFT’s North Texas Giving Day raised $64 million on a single day in 2023 to help over 3,250 North Texas nonprofits. Learn more at www.CFTexas.org.

 

ABOUT HALL PARK

A pioneering development in Frisco since the mid-1990s, HALL Park today encompasses 2.2 million square feet of office and retail space throughout 15 buildings. One-third of the park is dedicated to green space and includes three miles of walking trails, over 200 works of art including the Texas Sculpture Garden, the largest private collection of contemporary Texas sculpture made available to the public. In October 2021, its developer, HALL Group, commenced construction on the first phase of its new masterplan development that will evolve HALL Park into a dynamic mixed-use community. Upon completion, the full masterplan–anticipated to span 15-20 years of development–will encompass approximately 9.5 million square feet of usable mixed-use space, including residential, with a projected value of around $7 billion. Learn more at hallpark.com