East Bay Regional Parks District has sponsored this post.
To celebrate 90 years of East Bay Regional Park District excellence, ParkFest at Lake Chabot Regional Park invites you to enjoy live music, food, and family-friendly fun on Saturday, May 11, 2024.
Nature displays will invite park visitors to learn more about what’s inside our parks. Food trucks and sponsor Drake’s Brewing Co will be selling onsite to make your outdoor lunch easy!
The event will run from 10 am to 4 pm at Chabot Regional Park in Castro Valley. Parking and admission are both free.
Entertainment includes a Main Stage and a Kid Zone with music, bubbles, magic, and circus demonstrations.
Fun Facts about East Bay Regional Parks
For many people, East Bay Regional Parks have provided a lifetime of memories. Whether it’s taking a first hike, catching a first fish, or riding the steam train at Tilden, many of us have lasting memories and a deep appreciation of the Park District’s beautiful parks, shorelines, and trails.
- In the 1920s, civic leaders came together with a vision: preserve the land forever and balance environmental conservation with public enjoyment.
- In the heart of the Great Depression, a measure on the ballot established the Park District and taxed residents for land preservation. The measure passed by 71 percent – even during trying times and economic instability.
- On June 4, 1936, the District purchased land from the East Bay Municipal Utility District to create its first three parks – Upper Wildcat Canyon (Tilden), Temescal, and Roundtop (Sibley).
- Today, the East Bay Regional Park District includes 73 parks, 125,000 acres of open space, and 55 miles of shoreline.
Encompassing Alameda and Contra Costa counties, the East Bay Regional Park District provides residents with access to nature close to home. Wherever you live in the East Bay, there is a Regional Park close to you available for hiking, biking, swimming, horseback riding, boating, fishing, picnicking, camping, and nature discovery.
Thanks to EBRPD for sponsoring this post. Get more details about the ParkFest event here >
