{"id":295416,"date":"2026-05-16T02:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T02:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/295416\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T02:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T02:09:07","slug":"el-paso-county-to-host-free-parks-after-sunset-events-at-parks-this-summer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/295416\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso County to host free &#8216;Parks After Sunset&#8217; events at parks this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Paso County is inviting families to spend summer evenings at the park with movies, splash pad activities and free pet microchipping as part of a new \u201cParks After Sunset\u201d series.<\/p>\n<p>El Paso County Parks and Recreation is partnering with the El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s Department and the county\u2019s Animal Welfare Department for the free events, scheduled at various county parks on Friday nights from June 5 through July 17. One showing, on June 18, will be held on a Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Each event is set to include splash pad activities beginning at 5:30 p.m., followed by a free pet microchipping station at 6 p.m. on a first-come, first-served basis. <\/p>\n<p>Movie screenings are scheduled to begin at approximately 8 p.m., with each event concluding afterward.<\/p>\n<p>The series begins Friday, June 5, with a screening of \u201cZootopia\u201d at Gallegos Park, 7361 Bosque Rd., Canutillo, TX 79835.<\/p>\n<p>The full schedule includes:<\/p>\n<p>June 5: \u201cZootopia,\u201d Gallegos Park, 7361 Bosque Rd., Canutillo, TX 79835.June 12: \u201cThe Bad Guys,\u201d Ruben Estrella Park, 14590 Greg Dr., El Paso, TX 79938.June 18: \u201cHow to Train Your Dragon (2025 Version),\u201d San Elizario Placita, 1521 San Elizario RD, TX 79849.June 26: \u201cMinecraft,\u201d Sparks Parks, 12899 Sparks Dr., El Paso, TX 79928.July 10: \u201cElio,\u201d Summer Sky Park, 13876 Garforth Avenue, El Paso Tx, 79928July 17: \u201cStitch Head,\u201d Ascarate Park, 6900 Delta Dr., El Paso, TX 79905.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"El Paso County to host free 'Parks After Sunset' events at parks this summer\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d8ff94e1-acce-43ec-918f-a8aa4322a95b-Image.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>El Paso County to host free &#8216;Parks After Sunset&#8217; events at parks this summer<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED:<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/movies-at-the-park-returns-to-el-paso-with-free-screenings-starting-may-29?SRC=LINK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> &#8216;Movies at the Park&#8217; returns to El Paso with free screenings starting May 29<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Paso County is inviting families to spend summer evenings at the park&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-295416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295416","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=295416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}