Look for big crowds and mucho excitement as Burnett Park formally reopens this week.
The reopening of Burnett Park in downtown Fort Worth will be celebrated this week with free lunchtime concerts and a children's play day. Activities are planned from morning to night beginning Tuesday.
All activities are free, including morning fitness classes. Organizers want to showcase new user-friendly features at the park, which is known for its crisscrossing granite walkways and tall Briefcase Man sculpture.
A $1 million redesign unveiled last week includes the removal of perimeter shrubs and the addition of a "great lawn," two children's play structures and new tables and chairs. Funding for the redesign came primarily from the Burnett Foundation.
This week's activities "shows how flexible the park now is," said Megan Henderson of Downtown Fort Worth Inc., which manages the park. For more information, visit www.dfwi.org or call 817-870-1692.
Tuesday-Friday
6 a.m.-10 a.m.: Morning fitness classes, including yoga, kickboxing and Pilates
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: Lunchtime concerts
Tuesday: Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Quartet
Wednesday: Trey & the Tritones swing band
Thursday: Fort Worth Opera
Friday: Beatles tribute band Me & My Monkey
Concerts begin at noon. Lunches are available to buy, or you can bring your own.
Friday
8:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m.: A free showing of Ferris Bueller's Day Off on a big screen
Saturday
10 a.m.- 4 p.m.: Kids' Party in the Park
Free family activities includes roving entertainers; theatrical performances by Kids Who Care; music by Texas Boys Choir, Youth Orchestra of Greater Fort Worth, Ballet Folklorico de Fort Worth and others; interactive educational games; story time; family fitness boot camp; kids book giveaways; and animal exhibits.
6:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m.: Ricki Derek Big Band plays a Tribute to Frank Sinatra
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