What Happens When A Town Builds Community In A Park

We share a fast, practical Waynesville update focused on summer events at Roubidoux Park and how to get more involved with what’s happening in town. We also highlight Route 66 centennial celebrations, major June car events, and a schedule change for trash pickup due to Juneteenth. 

• thanking the community for Kids to Park Day and the teams who plan it 
• ways to volunteer through the Waynesville city park board and when meetings happen 
• Music in the Park on June 13 at Roubidoux with free live music for families 
• how the Chamber of Commerce and local businesses partner to keep concerts free 
• vendor opportunities for food and beverages during park events 
• July 4 concert plans that end with fireworks in the park 
• The Great Race stop in Waynesville on June 21 with classic cars downtown 
• Cave State Cruisers car, truck, and motorcycle show June 27 to 28 at Ruby Doo Park 
• trash pickup shifting one day earlier next week for Juneteenth 
So bring your lawn chairs out, bring your family, bring your Route 66 Pride as we celebrate 100 years of the Mother Road right here in Waynesville.

Transcript

June 7 Weekly Update Kickoff

SPEAKER_00 0:00

Good morning, this is Sean Wilson with your weekly update for June 7th, 2026. First, I would like to say thank you to everyone that came out to the Kids to Park Day that took place this last weekend. It really took the whole community to come together to put such a great event on. We want to thank our park board and the team who plan this event and they plan it every year. So if you're looking for a volunteer opportunity and want to contribute next year, this is certainly the certainly the place to go and connect is at with our city park board that is led by Dave Neely. Our park board meets every second Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Every second Thursday at 5 30 p.m. at the Waynesville City Hall. And you are more than welcome to attend.

Free Music In Ruby Doo Park

SPEAKER_00 0:52

June is really a busy month for us in Waynesville and the Waynesville Ruby Doo Park. I want to tell you that there will be music in the park at the stage this Saturday, June 13th. The Cruising 66 Centennial Summer Concert Series kick off the summer in the RubyDoo Park. That's right, right there in the Ruby Doo Park. And it is going to be absolutely free for the entire family. So we want you to come out at 6 30. And it's going to go from 6 30 from to 9 p.m. in the evening with live music from Vic, Vaughn, and Sold Out. And Haley Powers opening up that night. So bring your lawn chairs out, bring your family, bring your Route 66 Pride as we celebrate 100 years of the Mother Road right here in Waynesville. This is the first concert of the summer with more dates all season long. Ruby Doo Park on this Saturday. We'll see you there. And since we're talking about this topic, this right here is a program that was put together by the Waynesville St. Robert Chamber of Commerce, and they wanted to maximize the usage of the park by bringing talent within our community, which we think is a great idea. So the city of Waynesville, along with many other businesses, have joined forces to make this possible and free. Not only that, we do have opportunities for vendors to sell food items and beverages for those who will be in attendance. And we want to encourage everyone to come out and let's just make this connection in the park and show our appreciation for all of the hard work, commitment, and dedication for the businesses that have donated to uh make it possible and to come out to the to the park and just enjoy this time.

July 4 Concert And Fireworks

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Just to give you a little bit of lead, um, July 4th, we will also have another concert, but the concert will will culminate at the end with fireworks in the park on the 4th of July. Yes, that that's right. We got fireworks that's gonna be happening right here in the Waynesville Ruby Doo Park. We're gonna have a concert. We're gonna come out, we're gonna celebrate together, and I'm just extending this out. I want to encourage everyone to come out and support these activities. We've heard the community speak about wanting to do more things here in the park and keep people here local. Hey, this is an awesome opportunity for you to come out and enjoy yourself in a safe environment right here in your own home.

Route 66 Car Events Downtown

SPEAKER_00 3:18

A couple of more events I want to share with you is we have the great race that's gonna be taking place here in the city of Waynesville. We are a host city for the Great Race. This is gonna take place on June 21st, and it's gonna kick off about 11:45. We'll have an opening ceremony, and there'll be cars glore downtown Waynesville. This is gonna be on a Sunday afternoon. We'll encourage you to come out. This is a legendary rally that celebrates the Route 66 Centennial running all the way from Springfield, Illinois to Santa Monica, California along the Mother Road. The public is invited to come out and watch and meet the drivers and get an up-close look at these incredible classic automobiles. It's free, it's for the family, and we want to encourage you to um just come out and participate and support um these uh groups as they come through. And we certainly want them to come back and visit and and also, of course, to shop local and experience what Waynesville has to offer. This will take place on the historic Route 66 Waynesville City Square on Sunday, June 21st. Don't miss it. We have the 30 way 38th annual K State Cruisers car show that will be taking place also in the city of Waynesville. This is gonna take place from June 21st to the 28th. So um get your families together, come out to the park, and this is always a wonderful event. Great cars, great way to come together. Again, another opportunity to come down to the Rubydo Park. All right, so June 27th and the 28th, the 38th annual Cave State Cruisers car, truck, and motorcycle show rolls into the Rubidoo park from 8 in the morning into 3 in the afternoon. This year, the show celebrates the 100th year anniversary of Route 66 with food, trucks, special events, the cash giveaways. It's a free event for spectators, and there is something for every generation to enjoy. So there's vehicle owners, registration is required to show your ride, but there's gonna be two days of Chrome Classics and community in a heart of Waynesville. So Ruby Doo Park again, June 27th and the 28th. I hope you just I hope to see you down there.

Juneteenth Trash Pickup Schedule Change

SPEAKER_00 5:43

Also, I want to make mention that we will have some updates for trash pickup. Thursday trash routes will run Wednesday, June 17th on next week. Thursday trash routes will run June 17th on Wednesday next week. Friday trash routes will run Thursday, June 18th on next week. And this is all in observance of Juneteenth, which will be that Friday. So please share this information with your neighbors that next week's the trash day will shift one day to the left. Thursday moving to Wednesday, and Friday moving to Thursday, all in observance of Juneteenth event. With that said, thank you for making Waynesville a place to live, grow, and thrive. And I look forward to seeing you on the mile.