Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/13/2026
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: Free

Location
Tates Creek High School

Categories

• Age Range
• Babies
• Elementary
• Free
• Outdoor Activity
• Parents
• Preschoolers
• Special Needs/Sensory Friendly
• Teens
• Toddlers

Truck-a-Palooza, the city’s annual touch-a-truck event, is back and will be held on Saturday, June 13, 2026, between 9 a.m. and 12:30 pm at Tates Creek High School. This event is open to all ages and is free to the public.

June 13 | 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (sensory/quiet time is 9 – 10:30 a.m.)
Tates Creek High School | 1111 Centre Parkway, Lexington, KY 40517

Attendees will have the rare opportunity to view more than 20 city trucks, including units from the Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works and the Fire Department.

• Sit in the driver’s seat of a garbage truck.
• Learn how the bucket trucks is used for tree care.
• See how Water Quality uses camera trucks to inspect our sewers!
• Come check out the view from the driver’s seat of a Waste Management truck and learn how the department uses a bucket truck.
• Drivers will be on hand to answer questions, and some will be performing live “road-eo” demonstrations.

In addition to the trucks, Truck-a-Palooza will feature activities, games and more. (2024)

Event Website

Event Website:https://www.lexingtonky.gov/government/departments-programs/environmental-quality-public-works/environmental-services/live-green-lexington/truck-palooza

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