Free Play

Free Play • Passive • Drop-in • Informal • Play

What Is the Free Play Program and Who Can Play?

Free Play is field time set aside for the community to enjoy passive, drop-in, and informal play outdoors. Free Play space is intended to be welcoming and to safely benefit multiple community members from a variety of households/neighborhoods at the same time. The Program is perfect for personal, casual, spontaneous use, like a mom and son tossing a ball, friends playing Ultimate Frisbee, or a family enjoying kickball.

Free Play Schedule

• The program is offered from March through October for natural grass, and year-round for synthetic turf. 
• No Free Play on holidays. (December 25, 2026 and January 1, 2027)

*This schedule is subject to change when necessary to accommodate new City programs.

Are Any Activities Not Allowed During Free Play?

Certain categories of uses are not allowed and instead require a Facility Use Permit or a contract with the City to use a park. Examples include:

• Business uses, like instructors serving clients for payment or for free (i.e., dog trainers, personal trainers), and league/team use (i.e., one on one coaching, team players practicing with or without a coach, etc.). 
• Groups/clubs which are organized, and/or repetitive, and/or large (i.e., running clubs, Ultimate Frisbee or Soccer groups, etc.)
• Unsafe, high-risk, damaging activities (i.e., golf, archery, remote control activities, laser tag, Bubble Soccer, using stakes that may penetrate irrigation, marking paint, etc.).  
• Dogs, metal cleats, glass, seeds, stakes, and gum are not allowed on synthetic turf fields.

Questions?

• Please email or call eparks@kirklandwa.gov or 425-587-3330.
• Looking to rent an athletic field? Visit the Athletic Field Rental page.

We appreciate your cooperation to make this program a success and hope you enjoy this opportunity to get outdoors and be active!