8 Reasons Why LeBauer Park is the Ultimate Staycation Destination

Hint: it involves wine.

1. 10 FREE Fitness Classes a Week

It’s never too late to work on that summer bod with these free, open to the public exercise classes. Programs include bootcamps, yoga, dance classes and more! Check out the parks calendar for a full list of events.

2. Wine Wednesdays! 🍷💁

Get your wine on! Great for a date night or picnic with friends: Enjoy $1 OFF all wine cans and 1/2 OFF all full bottles every Wednesday at Ghassan's at LeBauer Park!

3. Woodstock. Thrice.

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This summer, Woodstock is coming to LeBauer Park with three outdoor concerts on the Great Lawn! All shows begin at 8:00pm, with pre-show activities kicking off at 6:00pm. The concerts are FREE and open to the public. Plenty of booze minus the psychedelics.

July 8: Mipso

August 12: Dark Water Rising

October 14: Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba

4. Free-creation

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LeBauer has a host of free games like foosball tables, ping-pong, and a putting green. Come by and get competitive with your friends (or start up a game with a friendly police officer!)

5. Free Ryan Gosling for All

Husbands beware! Ryan Gosling will be gracing the big screen in LeBauer Park, courtesy of UNCG. The first showing is Beauty and the Beast on July 21, and you can also look forward to titles like LaLaLand, Jurassic World and Zootopia. Movies will be on Fridays at dusk (8:15PM). Cost of Movie Ticket: $13. Cost of Movie in LeBauer: FREE. Yes, there will be wine.

6. Puppy Love Paradise🐶

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No need to Tinder on Sundays! LeBauer Park hosts Yappy Hour every Sunday from to 3 to 5pm: beer, wine, four-legged friends and downtown singles. LeBauer Park includes a designated dog park area in LeBauer where you can bring your pooch to play or sneak in to pet strangers’ dogs. Mix and mingle, scoop up some poop and pick up a date! #ruffruff

7. Affordable Disney World:

Your kids will never want to depart this wonderland! The kids’ area includes slides, rock-climbing, and an EPIC spin-around. Kids can also play in an interactive water feature that is more high-tech than your Apple Watch. So let your kids enjoy while you sit back, let the kiddos play and even splurge on some cold canned wine in this no-judgement zone 😁

Please drink responsibly **Jay Z voice**

8. Delicious, Authentic Food (and Booze!)

Longer days mean longer happy hours- make LeBauer Park a destination for your summer lituation! Grub on Vietnamese Banh Mi, Pho bowls and Boba tea. Chow down on steak and cheese, gyro and falafel bites. #ethnic Cool down on Homeland Dairy ice cream. #local

Bagged wine, canned wine and bottled cold wine. Craft beer. Imported beer. Freshly brewed beer. Foamy beer. Cold beer. Delicious, thirst-quenching beer. #youwantittheygotit