Lanterns 2025
Thursday, April 10 – Sunday, April 13
Lanterns is west Little Rock’s most popular outdoor festival! Each year, we celebrate the food, music, crafts, and performing arts of a new combination of world cultures, fantasy lands, and one US city. Come explore the beautiful outdoor lights along our woodland trails! You can even light your own lantern and float it onto our lake for good luck!
Lanterns is also the major annual fundraising event for Wildwood Park for the Arts.
Your ticket and concessions purchases help us:
- Preserve the natural beauty of our trails and gardens
- Provide nature, arts, and music education classes to children and adults
- Bring you more concerts, stage shows, and community festivals
- Keep the park free to the public year-round
Your evening of entertainment preserves our 105 acres of green space in west Little Rock and nurtures the next generation of artists in Arkansas!
Triple Threat Summer Camp
July 7-25, 2025 (Monday-Friday)
Experience the JOY of musical theater here in WEST LITTLE ROCK! Two of Arkansas’ premier arts education providers are partnering to host the Triple Threat Summer Academy.
Join Rock City Dance Center and Wildwood Park for the Arts in Summer 2025!
The Triple Threat Summer Academy provides professional acting, vocal and dance training to rising 1st through 12th graders who are passionate about musical theater. The intensive will be separated by age groups and feature focused workshops designed to challenge young performers and expand their skills.
At the Triple Threat Summer Academy, in just 3 short weeks we will create two stunning feature performances from the ground up! The training program will end with a spectacular showcase and a full length production of Disney’s Descendants: The Musical.
The Ann Chotard Memorial Scholarship
Established in memory of former Wildwood Director Ann Chotard, donations to this fund provides needs-based and merit-based scholarships to students participating in Wildwood’s summer educational programming and support the work of the singing artists that teach, mentor, and perform at Wildwood Park for the Arts.
Ann’s incredible determination and commitment to fostering the arts and young artists in Arkansas changed lives, and remains foundational to Wildwood’s mission. The Ann Chotard Memorial Scholarship is dedicated to her memory, and funds donated to this scholarship serve to continue her legacy in our community.
Office Hours
Monday – Saturday: 8:30-5:00
Sunday – 1:00-5:00
Park Hours
Monday – Saturday: 8:30 a.m. – 15 minutes before dusk
Sunday – 1:00 p.m. – 15 minutes before dusk
These classes, along with private lessons in voice, piano, violin, and more, are being offered as part of our new education initiative!
A welcomed addition to the West Little Rock community, the West Little Rock Performing Arts Academy strives to become a leader in the development of arts-based programs that serves the families of our community. Our Mission is to make a difference in the lives of our students, audience, and our community through the power and beauty of the Arts.
The WLR Performing Arts Academy, under the leadership of professional musicians and artists, will provide a definitive standard of excellence in curriculum design, assessment, performance training, and arts-based social programs.
Providing one-on-one studio instruction, ample opportunities for solo and ensemble performances, and small group instruction in choral music, dance, fitness, and a host of discipline-specific subjects, the WLR Performing Arts Academy seeks to support and enhance the artistic lives of our closest neighbors and the wider arts community of which we are privileged to be a part.
To register, contact Kira Keating, kira@wildwoodpark.org.
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