Celebrate Kids Day is an annual event held on the last Sunday in September! Designed for kids of all ages, we have various activities, games, food and entertainment to celebrate and encourage the children in our community. Local agencies and businesses join in the fun providing additional games for the kids.
Save the Date! September 27, 2026
Kids of all ages are welcome to attend our annual Celebrate Kids Day! For the last several years, the event has been held at the Health & Human Services Complex on W 15th Street, in the gym, parking area, and side field. It usually features inflatable rides (such as a moon bounce, slides, football toss, climbing wall), a petting zoo, face painting, pumpkin painting (free pumpkins while supplies last), a train, games, fun activities, pony rides, a DJ, the Pitch Burst, and much, much more! Children of all ages provide various forms of entertainment/demonstrations of singing, dancing, and cheerleading!
View the story about Celebrate Kids Day 2025!
Cost is $1 per child and an additional $1 for the cake and sports walks.
Each year, volunteers raise funds to earn the “honor” of sitting in the pitch burst during Celebrate Kids Day. These funds support the various children’s programs provided by the Warren Coalition. Though every participant is asked to raise at least $500, there is also a friendly competition to see who can raise the most. To contribute to a campaign or see who is in the lead for 2026, visit our Pitch Burst page.
Community Involvement
We could not host this event without the involvement of our local community. You can get involved in several ways:
- Sponsorships ranging from $150 to $1500 are available. Sponsor the DJ, pumpkins, face painting, games & prizes, ponies, petting zoo, inflatables, and more.
- Entertainment: We welcome kids’ groups to perform throughout the event!
- Vendor spaces are free to local agencies that serve children and to non-profits. Paid spaces are available but limited.
- Pitch Burst volunteers are people who agree to raise $500 each for the “honor” of sitting in the pitch burst during Celebrate Kids Day. (One of the perks, besides making children laugh, may be having a free vendor space at the event! Contact us for more info.)
- Event volunteers: We need approximately 70 volunteers to help with everything from supervising games and inflatables to staffing the gates and assisting in the concession stand.
If you are interested in any of these opportunities for 2026, contact Celeste Brooks at celeste@warrencoalition.org.
Thank you to our 2026 sponsors:
- Giles B. Cook American Legion Post 53 (Inflatables & Pumpkins)
- City National Bank (Petting Zoo)
- Front Royal Dental Care (Event)
- Rotary Club of Warren County (Train)
- Northwestern Community Services Board (Inflatables & Promotions)
- Kiwanis Club of Front Royal (DJ)
- Front Royal/Warren County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #33 (Smile Maker)
- Warren County VA Sheriff’s Office Foundation (Smile Maker)
Also, thank you to:
Warren County Parks & Recreation and Warren County Public Schools for partnering with us on this event.
Click the links below to check out additional past events: