Things to Do
- 2025 SBVPA Youth Scholarship Golf Outing
- 22nd Annual Mom Son Dance
- 24th Annual Daddy Daughter Dance
- 4th of July Celebration & Fireworks
- Adult Recess Field Day (21+)
- Adult Recess: The Great Egg Hunt (21+)
- Aqua Aerobics
- Arbor Day
- Athletic Opportunities in South Bend
- Black History Market
- Black History Skate Night
- Camp Awareness
- Career Fair
- Disc Golf
- Dog Parks
- Drool in the Pool
- Ecological Advocacy Committee Meeting
- Egg-cellent Easter Egg Hunt
- Fall Family Fun Fair
- Friday Night Life
- Golf Courses
- Gone Fishing
- Howard Holiday Market
- Howard Park Events
- Howard Park Summer Concert Series
- Hungry Hungry Hippos on Ice
- Kennedy Water Playground & Splash Pads
- Kids Triathlon
- Learn to Swim
- Leeper Park Tennis Camps
- Leeper Park Tennis Center
- Lifeguard Certification
- Low Sensory Night
- Made Art Showcase
- Mountain Biking
- My Little and Me Skate Night
- National Kids to Parks Day
- Nature Cat Day
- New Year’s Eve Drone Show
- O’Brien/YMCA Fitness Classes
- Open Recreation
- Pickleball
- Pinhook Painters
- PJ Fashionista “Pom Poms and Pleats”
- Play Tennis Midwest
- Police Athletic League
- Potawatomi Concert Series
- Rafting & Kayaking
- Ray Comer Pickleball Classic
- River City 3v3 Basketball League
- SB160: Celebrating 160 Years of South Bend
- SBVPA Adult Softball League
- Senior Programs
- Senior Spirit Week
- Shows & Events at our Venues
- South Bend Global Cup
- South Bend Sole Art Competition
- South Bend Youth Basketball League
- Stop, Pop & Roll
- Summer Job Fair
- Sunday Nature Hikes
- The Thought Leadership Conference 2025
- Trades Fest
- Volleyball
- Winter Open
- Winter Open Week
Places
- Boehm Park
- Boland Park
- Booth Tarkington Park
- Bowman Cemetery
- Century Center
- City Cemetery
- Coquillard Park
- East Race Waterway
- Elbel Park Golf Course
- Erskine Park Golf Course
- Fredrickson Prairie
- Fremont Park
- Gov. Joe Kernan Park
- Gwen Stiver Memorial Park & West Bank Trail
- Helman Park
- Howard Park
- Jon Hunt Plaza
- Keller Park
- Kelly Park
- Kennedy Park
- LaSalle Park
- Leeper Park
- Marshall Park
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Park
- Mayor Steven J Luecke Park & Coal Line Trail
- Morris Performing Arts Center
- Muessel Grove Park
- Niles Ave. Park
- Nokomis Park
- O’Brien Park
- Palais Royale
- Parkovash Park
- Phil St. Clair Park
- Pier Park
- Pinhook Park
- Plaza Park
- Ponader Park
- Potawatomi Conservatories
- Potawatomi Park
- Potawatomi Zoo
- Pulaski Park
- Randolph Park
- Ravina Park
- River Lights
- River Manor Park
- Rum Village Nature Center
- Rum Village Park
- Seitz Park
- Shetterley Park
- Sorin Park
- South Bend Cubs
- South Bend Museum of Art
- Southeast Park
- Studebaker Museum
- Studebaker Park Golf Course
- Veterans’ Memorial Park
- Voorde Park
- Walker Field Park
- Westhaven Park
- Woodlawn Park
Our Stories
- 10 Fun Things To Do This Fall & Winter in South Bend
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- A Bark in the Park
- A Changing Landscape
- A Four-Season City
- A Peek Behind the Curtain
- A Second Vision For South Bend’s First Park
- A Storied Past
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- Best. Week. Ever.
- Building the Future at Charles Black Recreation Center
- Celebrating Inclusivity Through Baseball
- Charles Black Center, Sr. Recreation Center Uses Creative Mentorship Opportunities to Impact Lives
- Charles Black Recreation Center Renovations
- Chill Out: How to Relax Amid a Stressful Season
- Closing the Digital Gap
- Coming Soon to South Bend – Boomer, a Mobile Experience
- Community Art Mural: A Deeper Look
- Cooking at Home with Martin’s & VPA
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- Facilities and Grounds: Thinking Outside the Box
- Happy Birthday, Morris
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- Introducing…SPARK!
- Life Over Violence
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreation Center Guides Youth with Life-Changing Program
- More Than Just a Game
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- Sam Centellas: Journey to Health
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- VPA Welcomes You to 2019
- Warm Summer Nights & a Movie in the Park
- We + You: A Call for Social Solidarity
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