Event Calendar

The purpose of Child Health Day is to help raise an awareness and a commitment to teaching children and parents the benefits of good health. This event is annually celebrated on the first Monday of October. The day was proclaimed in 1928 by Calvin Coolidge to increase awareness of health issues facing the children in the U.S. including health issues, healthy eating, fitness, child's development, immunizations, preventing injuries, and more.

The 39th annual Great Lenexa Chili Challenge welcomes the public for a Friday evening in Old Town Lenexa. The event includes live music, face painting, balloon art, and vendors, with food and beverages available for purchase. Admission is free, making it an accessible way to take in a community festival atmosphere and the listed entertainment. Visit the official event website for current admission and event information.

Enchanted Forest brings Halloween entertainment to Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park with hayrides, pumpkin decorating, performances, and limited sponsor-provided candy. This free event is centered on seasonal entertainment rather than a traditional trick-or-treat format. The organizer notes that the event will be canceled rather than rescheduled if weather prevents it, so visitors should confirm plans before attending. Visit the official event website for current event information and updates.

Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses" and carving jack-o-lanterns. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is celebrated in several parts of the Western world, most commonly in Ireland, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom and occasionally in parts of Australia and New Zealand.