So Many Fun Things to Do in Cathedral City!
Families enjoy unique inviting space outside the City’s Civic Center and Mary Pickford Theatre, so reminiscent of a quintessential town square, plays host to a growing list of festivals that includes the vividly colorful Cathedral City Hot Air Balloon Festival, Taste of Jalisco, Cathedral City LGBT Days, a portion of the Palm Springs International Film Festival, Halloween Spooktacular and Easter Kidapalooza. During the Holidays, families also enjoy the North Pole Village at Snow Fest and the delightful “Candy Cane Lane”, the annual display of seasonal lights mounted by residents of Minerva Road in the Panorama neighborhood. Tourists from around the world come to view the unique “Fountain of Life” interactive water sculpture situated right in the heart of downtown.
Eight community parks lie within Cathedral City’s boundaries. Sports and health enthusiasts take particular delight in Dennis Keat Soccer Park, home to the community’s popular AYSO soccer program and Desert Healthcare District’s fitness track and exercise stations. Baseball fans gravitate to Big League Dreams Sports Park while ice skaters and hockey players, both amateurs and Olympians, cherish Desert Ice Castle for its high quality sports venue.
Those seeking leisure time fun find plenty at Boomers! Family Entertainment Center where offerings include miniature golf, go-karts, bumper boats, climbing wall and a video-game arcade. Film buffs flock to D'Place Entertainment's Mary Pickford Theatre to enjoy a film in Plush Recliners or D-Box Motion Chairs and Coachella Valley Repetory for LIVE theatre and music. The CVRep Playhouse serves as one of four anchors to Cathedral City’s Arts and Entertainment District. Other anchors include the Mary Pickford Theatre, the Cathedral City Community Amphitheater and the Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City.
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Family Fun Centers
Theaters
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Mary Pickford Theatre
(14 Stadium Seating with Pure Digital Cinema - also designed for film festivals)
Regency Cathedral City 10
(Theater complex with multiple screens, all-stadium seating & self-service ticketing kiosks.)
LIVE
Coachella Valley Repertory
(One of America’s premier regional Actors’ Equity playhouses)
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First Friday Art Walk Season in Cathedral City Kicks off Oct. 7, 2022, Free to the Public
First Friday Art Walk, a free art experience in Cathedral City, opens for the season on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, in the Perez Road Art District. This self-guided tour meanders down the street where 15 artists work in their studios. Perez Road Art District offers the public a view into the artists creative process. Unlike... Continue reading→
Cathedral City’s Ocotillo Park Featured in Parks California’s ‘Parks for Everyone’ Campaign
More than ten years ago, a community in Cathedral City, California, began to envision a local park – an outdoor space where everyone was welcome. Now, Ocotillo Park in Cathedral City, CA brings neighbors together over basketball courts, jungle gyms, skateparks, covered awnings, and more. Ocotillo Park is just one park that has received grant... Continue reading→
Information on November Parks and Recreation Improvement Measure for Cathedral City
At their meeting on August 3, 2022, the City Council of Cathedral City voted to place a local funding measure (Measure K) for parks and recreation on the November 2022 ballot. If approved by voters, this measure would cost property owners 15-cents per building square foot annually on single-family residential units to allow Cathedral City... Continue reading→
‘Fountain of Life’ Outside Cathedral City Civic Center Temporarily Closed for Repairs
The Mayor Gregory S. Pettis Fountain of Life, located in Downtown outside the Civic Center, will be temporarily closed due to the soft surface being vandalized. The city is unable to run the fountain while repairs are made because water could cause considerably more damage. In addition, this could become a trip hazard and safety... Continue reading→
FUN-O-RAMA Coming to Octotillo Park on Saturday, October 2nd
Councilmember Nancy Ross, Volunteer of the Year Sue Townsley, City’s Environmental Conservation Division, SCRAP Gallery, the Cathedral City Boys and Girls Club, Cathedral City Arts Commissioners, the Cathedral City Parks and Community Events Commission, and the Desert Recreation District have teamed up to provide a family fun day event at Ocotillo Park on Saturday, October... Continue reading→
Jax Bar & Dining Opens in Cathedral City
For more than a decade, the restaurant at the Cathedral Canyon Country Club has been shuttered. However, Cathedral City is seeing a massive resurgence across the board. In collaboration of a dozen neighbors, the Welk Resort, and a restaurant entrepreneur with multiple restaurants in Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage – Jax Bar and Dining has... Continue reading→