Welcome to Akron-Canton Jellystone Park’s exciting 2025 events calendar! We’re thrilled to invite families, friends, and Yogi Bear™ enthusiasts to a year packed with fun, adventure, and memorable experiences. Whether it’s waking up Yogi Bear™ from his hibernation, splashing into summer with superhero-themed activities, or getting creative with out of this world activities, there’s something for everyone. Each weekend offers a new adventure, from color fun to farm escapades, water wars, and festive celebrations like Christmas in July and Boo Boo’s spooky Halloween bash. Our events culminate with a cozy pajama party to bid Yogi Bear™ goodnight as he prepares for winter hibernation. Join us for these fantastic, fun-filled weekends at Jellystone Park™, where laughter and joy are always part of the adventure!
May 9 – May 11: Wake Up Yogi Bear™ Weekend (Opening)
Cinco De May! The bears are finally done hibernating! Help us wake up Yogi Bear™ with a parade down to the Bear’s Den. Bring your noisemakers, pots, pans, and anything else! Spend your weekend enjoying our camper’s favorite Jellystone Park™ crafts and games with Yogi Bear and Friends!
May 16 – May 18: Bringing Stories To Life
Using props and costumes we’ll be bringing stories to life! Join in the fun with games, crafts and activities!
May 23 – May 26: Memorial Day – Superhero Weekend
Splash into summer at the opening weekend of the Clearwater Park Pool! Celebrate the holiday with a patriotic parade, red, white and blue crafts, superhero training, games, activities and edible sparklers. Bring your favorite superhero costume for our super fun celebration!
May 30 – June 1: Jurassic Jellystone
What’s hiding in the soil here at Jellystone Park? Join us for fossil digging, gem mining, and dino themed games and crafts with Yogi Bear™ and Friends!
June 6 – June 8: Dancing Through The Decades
Let’s boogie! With a dance party and the DJ spinning through the decades it’s going to be so much fun! Games and activities top off the party!
June 13 – June 15: Pirates & Princesses Weekend
Ahoy Matey! See what kind of magical treasure awaits for the weekend. Come aboard for a wild weekend of fun! Enjoy a variety of pirate and princess crafts and games, including pirate training!
June 20 – June 22: Snack Attack
Anybody hungry? Yogi Bear™ and Boo Boo™ won’t just be worried about picnic baskets this weekend! Enjoy a variety of food games and events including eating contests, an extreme ice cream sundae social, and a campfire cooking competition.
June 27 – June 29: Buggin’ Out
Hope you’re not scared of creepy crawly’s! Featuring spider and bug themed games, crafts and activities!
July 4 – July 7: 4th of July – Red, White and Boo BooTM
Spend your holiday weekend making red, white and blue crafts and doing fun filled activities! We’ll also have a ton of fun with balloons.
July 11 – July 13: Water Wars – Under the Sea!
Dive under the sea with us! Enjoy under the sea crafts and games with Yogi Bear™ and friends, maybe even meet a mermaid! Bring your water guns for our Wet n Wild Wagon Ride around the campground.
July 18 – July 20: Mega Games
We’ll have a MEGA amount of games, crafts and activities for a super mega fun filled weekend!
July 25 – July 27: Christmas in July
It may be July, but you’ll feel merry and bright as soon as you see our Christmas décor throughout the park. Enjoy Christmas movies, cookie decorating, hot (and cold) cocoa, ornament making, and the annual Christmas Site Decorating Contest! Yogi Bear™ will be out and about dressed like Santa spreading Christmas Cheer!
August 1 – August 3: Color Crazy
Let’s get colorful! Make colorful arts and crafts then wind down the evening with a magical colored campfire with Yogi Bear™ and Friends.
August 8 – August 10: Tailgate Party
Let’s kickoff pro football season with some awesome crafts to help cheer on your team! There will also be some opportunities to showoff your own skills!
August 15 – August 18: Carnival
Watch as our park transform into a classic all-American carnival. Join us for carnival game stations! Enjoy tasty carnival treats like cotton candy and popcorn with Yogi Bear™ and Friends!
August 22 – August 24: Rainforest Weekend
Things are about to get WILD! Who’s ready to explore more about the rainforest? With plenty of fun games, crafts and activities it’s sure to be a great adventure!
August 29 – September 1: Labor Day – Stars n’ Stripes
Enjoy the last weekend in the season at Clearwater Park Pool. Celebrate the holiday with a patriotic parade, Red White and Blue Crafts, and classic yard games. Come decked out in your favorite patriotic attire!
September 5 – September 7: Out of this World
Become a real life astronaut this weekend with all sorts of space themed crafts and games, an alien scavenger hunt, and even make your own rocket! These once in a lifetime activities will truly be out of this world!
September 12 – September 14: Fabulous Fairytale
Step into a fabulous fairytale weekend! Full of games, activities and crafts. Dress up as your favorite fairytale character!
September 19 – September 21: Let’s Get Messy
Let’s get messy! Leave your good clothes in the camper because we’ll have a ton of fun filled messy games and activities! The kids won’t leave clean!
September 26 – September 28: Back to the Basics
Take a step back from the rustle and bustle of all our crazy summer activities! This weekend we are taking it back to the basics of camping with obstacle courses, paper boat races, charades, campfires and smores with Yogi BearTM, fishing, fire building contests, scavenger hunts and lots of crafts.
October 3 – October 5: Fun on the Farm
Help us kick off our fall season with all of our fun farm activities! Don’t miss out on our magic pumpkin patch, pigpen chase, pin the tail on the donkey, potato sack races and lots of other crafts and activities. Remember your halloween costumes for our first trick or treating of the 2025 season!
October 10 – October 12: Magic and Mystery
Tis the season for magic and mystery! Start off your weekend with our magic pumpkin patch, magicians hat toss, spin the wand, pumpkin mysteries, End your weekend with a costume contest with Yogi BearTM and his friends and trick or treating around the campground!
October 17 – October 19: Boo-Boo’sTM Halloween Bash
Help Boo BooTM celebrate one of his favorite holidays of the year! We will be playing lots of fun games like monster march pumpkin bowling, tournament of terror, candy bar bingo and lots of Halloween themed crafts. We will also be visiting our magic pumpkin patch! Make sure you have your costumes for our costume contest and trick or treating around the campground.
