Dining Outdoors: Food vendors, DJ & lawn games at Volunteer Park in Plantation
If you're thinking about going out for dinner, perhaps you'll venture to a park. Food truck fare is featured at Volunteer Park in Plantation. Food trucks are at the park 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, and the events usually include live entertainment or a DJ, activities and games for youngsters and local artisan vendors if you'd like to do some shopping.
Sit and relax. Or groove to the tunes. Occasionally at 7 p.m., line dancing is featured.
Select fare from your favorite vendor, or mix & match. Fees apply for food and beverages, and beer and wine are among the offerings. Sometimes, events are postponed due to rainy weather.
Volunteer Park is at 12050 W. Sunrise Blvd., Plantation. Parking is free.
Other amenities at Volunteer Park
While at Volunteer Park, perhaps you'll want to work up an appetite using other park amenities.
- Playground, fenced with Everglades theme and seven play areas
- Wetlands trail
- Basketball courts, tennis courts
For information about vendors and to verify the event is on the day you want to attend, tap the Facebook events page.
Other events at Volunteer Park
Volunteer Park features Plantation farmers market, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays at Volunteer Park, 12050 W. Sunrise Blvd., Plantation, 954-452-2558, website. Lots of other farmers markets and vendor markets are in the region.
Other Food Truck events
- Free Latin Fest in Oakland Park
- Free concerts in Wellington with food & finds
- Free Hispanic Heritage month concert, Royal Palm Beach, Sept. 18
- Fall Festival in Wellington, Saturday, Oct. 17
- Free concert: First Friday @ 5, Boynton Beach
- Free Sounds at Sundown live music in Margate
- Dining Outdoors: Food vendors, DJ & lawn games at Volunteer Park in Plantation
- Food trucks in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach
- Food trucks & live band at Parkland Eats 'N' Beats with free entry
- Free Old Town Untapped with entertainment and food vendors in Pompano Beach
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Volunteer Park Plantation
12050 W. Sunrise Blvd.
Plantation , FL 33324
954--452-2558
