{"id":2950,"date":"2025-10-14T14:37:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/2950\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T14:37:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:37:31","slug":"free-events-will-transform-plano-into-a-tropical-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/2950\/","title":{"rendered":"Free events will transform Plano into a tropical destination"},"content":{"rendered":"

A tropical transformation is afoot in the historic downtown plaza in Plano as the Collin County city readies for four days of Tropics on the Tracks.<\/p>\n

From July 17 through July 20, visitors can find multiple free events at McCall Plaza celebrating the season with an island twist.<\/p>\n

The fun kicks off at 5 p.m. on Thursday with DJ-hosted games designed to get attendees moving. The interactive games will be followed by live music featuring Jon Sebastian at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

On Friday, events resume at 9:30 a.m. with a free yoga class with Shala Loft. It will be followed by DJ-hosted games and live music in the evening.<\/p>\n

Saturday morning will include another free yoga class with Shala Loft. The same evening, there will be a performance by the Plano Senior High School PanCats Steel Drum Band, in addition to a silent disco.<\/p>\n

The last day of Tropics on the Tracks includes a kids archaeology dig at 1 p.m., plus more DJ-hosted games. A performance by Jimmy Buffett cover band Lost Shaker of Salt will end the festivities.<\/p>\n

Details<\/a>: July 17 through July 20 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at McCall Plaza, 998 E 15th St., Plano. Free.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Go See DFW<\/a> calendar is a partnership between KERA and The Dallas Morning News.<\/p>\n

Arts Access is an arts journalism collaboration powered by The Dallas Morning News and KERA.<\/p>\n

This community-funded journalism initiative is funded by the Better Together Fund, Carol & Don Glendenning, City of Dallas OAC, The University of Texas at Dallas, Communities Foundation of Texas, The Dallas Foundation, Eugene McDermott Foundation, James & Gayle Halperin Foundation, Jennifer & Peter Altabef and The Meadows Foundation. The News and KERA retain full editorial control of Arts Access\u2019 journalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A tropical transformation is afoot in the historic downtown plaza in Plano as the Collin County city readies…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-2950","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-plano","9":"tag-plano-headlines","10":"tag-plano-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}