{"id":701707,"date":"2026-05-29T14:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/701707\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T14:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:24:15","slug":"free-two-day-soccer-fest-in-dallas-ahead-of-the-fifa-world-cup-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/701707\/","title":{"rendered":"Free two-day soccer fest in Dallas ahead of the FIFA World Cup \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harold Simmons Park, in the City of Dallas, is going to host one of the biggest, free soccer celebrations in North Texas ahead of the FIFA World Cup this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day Dallas Soccer Kick-Off Fest is Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31 at the Ron Kirk Bridge and Felix Lozada Gateway.<\/p>\n<p>Presented by Harold Simmons Park and community partners, the festival brings together sports, culture, live music, food, art, and neighborhood pride.<\/p>\n<p>People attending can expect to see 3v3 soccer challenge games, live DJs and dance crew performances, food trucks, art vendors, muralists and cultural performances.<\/p>\n<p>While admission is free, there will be food, merchandise and more for purchase. Organizers say they are also giving away tickets to a World Cup match at the event.<\/p>\n<p>Parking information and more can be <a href=\"https:\/\/haroldsimmonspark.com\/SOCCERFEST\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">found here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harold Simmons Park, in the City of Dallas, is going to host one of the biggest, free soccer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,7236,561,82],"class_list":["post-701707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dallas","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}