Celebrate 150 years of Forest Park with your Forest Park Passport.

Twilight in the Trees at the Jewel Box

Join the Young Friends of Forest Park Forever on Thursday, October 1 for a celebratory evening in support of your favorite park.  

Enjoy live music, small bites, special cocktails and mocktails at the Jewel Box.  Experience the magic of mingling with friends in this iconic space while hearing the latest updates from Forest Park Forever staff. 

 Celebrate 150 years of Forest Park with 150 of your closest friends! Purchase tickets or become a Young Friends Member.

Imagine The Glade with us

For 150 years, Forest Park has been an integral part of St. Louis.

By the end of 2026, The Glade will become its newest destination, designed by the community for the community.

The Glade will be a year-round destination for all of us. Forest Park Forever and the City of St. Louis are proud to partner on this community-driven project to transform Steinberg and its surrounding 22.5 acres for activity in all seasons.

Imagine with us and experience what The Glade will be!

150 Years. 150 Adventures. One Extraordinary Park

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of our beloved Park, we present the Forest Park Passport ”…for the enjoyment of yourselves, your children and your children's children…”

The Passport is an activity-based map of Forest Park with 150 things to do, seasonal challenges and prizes! Pick up a physical copy at these locations inside Forest Park.

Our urban oasis opened to "the people of St. Louis” on June 24, 1876. We are grateful to the community partners and creators who are commemorating Forest Park’s 150th anniversary while supporting our work.

Something for everyone in September

Whether you call it the end of summer, almost fall, back-to-school time or the beginning of spooky season, September is an energizing month of activity and transition. Forest Park hosts some of St. Louis’ signature annual events, but it’s also the setting for exciting new experiences this year!

Check out our blog—click here for happenings in September and beyond.

Tuesday Night Basketball at “The Nick”

Join Forest Park Forever at the Nicholas J. Booker Basketball Courts (“The Nick”) for weekly basketball.

Made possible by the Centene Foundation, we’ll also have lawn games, complimentary snacks and sports drinks.

Our friends at Big Game Officials will referee open play and help players build skills, and DJ Gwiz will bring the music on September 29 and October 27.

Local Artist Brings New Art to Forest Park

Joseph Mueller, a St. Louis-based artist, is painting an public art piece on all four exterior walls of Forest Park's racquetball courts. Work is under way!

Community members requested public art during planning for the basketball courts in 2024. Responding to this input, a committee was convened in 2025 and the process to install a mural in Forest Park is underway.

Five Years of Learning in the Nature Playscape

On June 2, 2021, the Anne O’C. Albrecht Nature Playscape opened to the delight of Forest Park explorers and nature enthusiasts of all ages. Five years later, tens of thousands of native perennials and hundreds of trees thrive, filling the area with vibrant color, providing habitat for dozens of native species and captivating visitors.

What started as a vision to encourage children to get outside and play has become that and so much more: a space for educators and students to explore, for wildlife and native plants to flourish and for all Park visitors to enjoy varied environments across all seasons.