The family-oriented Lenexa Spinach Festival is packed with food, music, entertainment, hands-on activities, and craft vendors. Experience the World’s Largest Spinach Salad, learn about our history, or submit your favorite dish to our recipe contest. There’s plenty to do for everyone in the family!

Free admission to event.
Free satellite parking and free shuttle to and from event.

Schedule:

All-day activities:

- Art and craft vendors
- Food court
- Live music

Swee'Pea children’s activities:

9:00am - 3:30pm: Rock painting, inflatables, pedicab rides (pending volunteer driver availability)
9:00am - 4:00pm: Face painting, balloon twisting
2:00pm: Rock skipping contest

Special activities:

9:00am - Noon: Spinach cooking demonstration  (Grand Pavilion)
11:00am: World’s Largest Spinach Salad served (Lenexa Historical Society at Food Court)
12:30pm - 1:30pm: Spinach Recipe Contest entries due (Lions Memorial Shelter)
2:00pm: Spinach Recipe Contest judging (Lions Memorial Shelter)
Samples available after judging (typically between 3-3:30 p.m.)

Spinach Recipe Contest:

We invite you to show off your culinary talents in the 2022 Spinach Recipe Contest. Our judges will award cash prizes for the tastiest spinach treats in four categories:

- Appetizer
- Salad
- Entrée
- Dessert

How to enter: Prepare your best spinach recipe and turn it in at the Lion's Shelter at Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. on the day of the festival. Please make sure to plan enough time for parking and to arrive at the turn-in location.

Be sure to bring:

- Your fully prepared spinach item
- A copy of your recipe
- Spinach Recipe Contest application form (PDF)

Judging: Judging begins at 2 p.m., and we will announce winners at the event once judging is complete. The top winner in each of the four categories will be awarded $100. You can sample others’ entries following judging.

Date: September 10, 2022

Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm

Venue: Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park, 87th Street Parkway and Lackman Road,Lenexa, KS, 66215.

Cost: Free

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