Imagination Square

We are excited to announce that IMAGINATION! Square returns in 2022, powered by Tanager Place! With the 2022 parade returning to downtown Cedar Rapids, we’ll be taking over Green Square for all the fun following the parade!

This event provides FREE family-friendly, educational interactive booths, hands-on activities, fan favorites like a bouncy house, face painting, the Freedom Festival trackless train rides, boy scouts pinewood derby track, and freebies from area businesses and organizations!

And back by popular demand, the Jr. Firefighter Challenge returns to Imagination Square by Tanager Place, courtesy of the Cedar Rapids Fire Department! Activities are all FREE and will end at 2 PM.

BUT we invite you to stick around for the VOLTA Youth Music and Arts Festival, presented by the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy! Music and Art in the Park will take place from 2 – 8 PM, free with Freedom Festival button (available for purchase at the door)! Kids 8 and under are always free!