Kite Festival

Saturday March 18 at 1 p.m.

For kids of all ages, Bond Park’s Annual Kite Festival is a great way to spend the afternoon. Participate in a free kite flying contest and you’ll be eligible for certificates and special awards in a variety of kite flying categories intended for all ages and experience levels. The kite festival is free and open to the public. Participation in the contest isn’t necessary. There will be an expert kite flyer on hand to provide kite flying tips and assist with mending kites that need a little help. Enjoy music, concessions and kite flying fun.

Award Categories

• Quickest take-off (First above the tree-line)
• Best crash (2)
• Best Tangle (2)
• Oldest Flyer
• Youngest Flyer
• Most unique kite
• Best homemade kite
• Most generations flying a kite
• Most un-flyable kite
• Flyer from beyond
• Longest kite tail
• Largest kite
• Smallest kite
• Kite Farthest out

Related Information

Make your own kite!

Before the Kite Festival, children can make and decorate a kite in one of our Kite Making Classes then send it soaring at the Kite Festival. Register online or in person at any Town of Cary staffed facility.

Tie Dye Sled Kite (age K5-10 with caregiver)
Spend family time creating art and memories.  Each child with help from parent(s) or caregiver will learn a simple technique to create a kite from hand-dyed paper.
Location: Cary Arts Center
Instructor: Adrienne Drum-Fincher
Fees: $19 (R) $25 (N) (1 class)
100552 Sat Mar 4 9:30-11:30 a.m.
100549 Fri Mar 10 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Kite-Making Fun! (age 3-6 with a caregiver)
Celebrate the winds of March! You and your caregiver will decorate your kite with bright colors. You are invited to fly your new kite at the afternoon Kite Festival in Fred G. Bond Metro Park.
Location: Bond Park Community Center
Instructor: Kim Atkins
Fees: $14 (R) $18 (N) (1 class)
100602 Sat Mar 18  10-11:30 a.m.

Let’s Make a Kite! (age K5-11)
Celebrate the winds of March! Decorate a kite with colorful designs.  You and your caregiver are invited to fly your kite in the afternoon Kite Festival at Fred G. Bond Metro Park
Location: Bond Park Community Center
Instructor: Julie Jones
Fees: $14 (R) $18 (N) (1 class)
100603 Sat Mar 18  10-11:30 a.m.