Oak Ridge Parks

10/16/2026

🎉 Help Us Welcome Our New Teen Advisors! 🎉

The Town of Oak Ridge's Parks & Recreation Advisory Board is excited to welcome new Teen Advisors, Akshaya Orugunti and Isabella Shepherd (pictured left to right)! 🙌

The Board is thrilled to have them involved and look forward to hearing their ideas, encouraging their leadership, and working together to make Oak Ridge Parks an even better place for our community to enjoy! 💚🌳

10/15/2026

10/12/2026

OCTOBER 12, 2026

UPDATE: All athletic fields at Oak Ridge Town Park and Heritage Farm Park have reopened.

Send a message to learn more

10/12/2026

Oak Ridge Youth Association will be hosting a Terror Trail on October 16, 17, 23, & 24 from 7-10 p.m. at Oak Ridge Town Park.

Come join the spooky fun!

🎃👻💀

ORYA Teen Leadership presents the 2026 Terror Trail at Oak Ridge Town Park. For entry please bring 3 cans of food for donation, or $5 per person. Onsite payment and waivers will be made available, along with online registration.

Thank you to the ORYA Teen Leadership committee for organizing this event and food drive. Thank you to the NW Key Club, Guilford Backpack Ministry, and Oak Ridge Town Park for their participation and help.

10/10/2026

OCTOBER 10, 2026

All athletic fields at Oak Ridge Town Park and Heritage Farm Park will be closed today and tomorrow, Oct. 10 and 11. Field conditions will be reassessed on Monday, Oct. 12.

10/07/2026

‼️Updated Information- Due to forecasted inclement weather, this event has been canceled.

Sunny's Market is back in Oak Ridge for October with a Trick-or-Treat theme!

Join them for a FREE, family-friendly pop-up market packed with local vendors, food trucks, live music, and fall/Halloween fun.

📆 Saturday, October 10, 2026
📍 8326 Linville Road, Oak Ridge, NC 27310 (Oak Ridge Town Park)
🕙 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Shop local, support small businesses, and bring the whole family out for trick-or-treating and a great day in the park!

RSVP & vendor info: https://thetentpole.com/events/sunnys-market-oak-ridge

📍 Sunny's Market Oak Ridge is THIS SATURDAY, Oct 10th! ☀️

Trick or treat, local vendors are the treat! 🎃

Come in costume and shop local, 10am-3pm at Oak Ridge Town Park.

10/05/2026

✨🎄 LIGHT UP THE NIGHT SPONSORSHIPS! 🎄✨

Help us make this holiday season shine brighter than ever!

🌟 We are now accepting limited sponsorships for Light Up the Night!

🤝Help make this free, family-friendly event shine—and promote your business at the same time!

🎁Three $500 sponsorships available: Your name and logo will appear on the event banner and flyers, and you’ll receive a complimentary table at the event. The banner will be displayed at Oak Ridge Town Park for about 30 days.

🎅Three $200 sponsorships available: Your name will appear on the event banner and flyers in smaller text (no logo), and you’ll receive a complimentary table at the event. The banner will be displayed at the park for about 30 days.

🌟Light Up the Night is a free family event held at Oak Ridge Town Park on Saturday, November 21, from 1:30-6:30 p.m. with craft and food vendors, performances, a visit from Santa, and the lighting of the Town tree and more than 1,400 luminaries! The luminaries will glow in the park every night throughout the holiday season, keeping the magic alive.

📣 Sponsorship opportunities are available now!
📨Contact Special Events Vice Chair Patti Dmuchowski at [email protected] to reserve your spot.

Let’s come together and Light Up the Night! ✨🎄💫

09/30/2026

09/29/2026

Shared Radiance Performing Arts Co. presents
🎭 SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK 🎭

Sunday, October 4, 2026
6:00 p.m.
at the Farmhouse Community Center Back Deck
8300 Linville Road
Oak Ridge

Hear ye! Hear ye! Shakespeare has returned to Oak Ridge Town Park!

Escape to the Forest of Arden for
🌹 AS YOU LIKE IT 🌹
William Shakespeare's delightful tale of love, mistaken identities, adventure, and laughs. Experience Shakespeare's delightful pastoral comedy framed with elements of America’s Gilded Age. When Rosalind flees the conventions of the court and society, the audience is in for a ride of romance and adventure into a world of impressionistic freedom. Come share this romp as this merry band of players explore love, identity, transformation, and civilization vs. nature.

Bring a chair or blanket to enjoy this outdoor performance.

In the event of inclement weather, the performance will be held inside of the Farmhouse Community Center.

Tickets are available at www.sharedradiance.org/tickets
For more information on Shared Radiance: visit https://www.facebook.com/SharedRadiance/

09/29/2026

🧁🏆 Heritage Day Muffin Contest Winners! 🏆🧁

A big THANK YOU to everyone who baked, entered, tasted, and voted in our Heritage Day Muffin Contest! We had some delicious competition, and choosing the winners was no easy task! 😋

🎉 Congratulations to our winners! 🎉

🥇 1st Place: Sandra Johnson – Carrot
🥈 2nd Place: Dawn Williamson – Blueberry Streusel
🥉 3rd Place: Savannah Rossario – Key Lime Blueberry

Your creativity and baking skills helped make Heritage Day even sweeter! 🧁❤️

Thank you to everyone who participated and helped make this year’s contest such a delicious success.

The Special Events Committee sponsored this contest.
📸 to Amy Carrickhoff