The family-friendly Lenexa Spinach Festival is packed with food, entertainment, crafts and activities. And it’s FREE to join the fun!
This annual fall festival will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 12, at Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park.
Admission is FREE.
There will be food options, vendors, music, and more!
Why Spinach?
The Lenexa Spinach Festival celebrates Lenexa’s history as the Spinach Capital of the World during the 1930s.
Lenexa Spinach Festival Schedule
All-day Activities
- Art and craft booths
- Food court
- Live music
Live Music
- 9 to 10:30 a.m. Chill Phil steel drums
- 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Rick McClellan
- 12:30 to 2 p.m. Dave Panico saxaphone
- 2:15 to 3:45 p.m. Sisters and Strings Infusion
Swee’Pea children’s and family activities
- 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Cane pole fishing, pedal boat rides
- 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Craft activity, inflatables, face painting, balloon twisting, Hi-Striker, pedicab rides
- 11:15 a.m. Swee’Pea Baby Crawling Contest (check-in at 10:45 a.m.; crawling babies only)
- 2 p.m. Rock skipping contest
Special activities
- 10 a.m. History Talk-Historic Trails (125th Shelter)
- 10 a.m. World’s Largest Spinach Salad served (Lenexa Historical Society at Food Court)
- 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Popeye & Olive Oyl (various locations throughout the park)
- 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (while supplies last): Spinach Dip Showdown, with dip tasting and voting (Grand Pavilion)
- 11 a.m. History Talk on the Jefferson Highway (125th Shelter)
- Noon: History Talk on the Interurban Railroad (125th Shelter)
- Noon to 1 p.m. Spinach Recipe Contest entries due (Lions Memorial Shelter)
- 1:30 p.m. Spinach Recipe Contest judging (Lions Memorial Shelter; free samples available after awards announced, approximately 3:30 p.m.)
Lenexa Spinach Festival Location & Parking
Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park is located at 87th Street and Lackman Road. The exact address is 8801 Greenway Ln., Lenexa, KS, 66215.
Spots are limited at the park. Free satellite parking is available at:
- Lenexa Place Business Park, southeast corner of 95th Street and Lackman Road.
Free shuttles run from these lots approximately every 10 minutes from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Limited handicapped parking is available in the Sar-Ko-Par Aquatic Center lot, 8801 Greenway Ln.
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