{"id":142645,"date":"2025-05-21T05:29:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T09:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=142645"},"modified":"2025-05-21T05:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T09:29:15","slug":"allentown-2025-pool-season-kicks-off-memorial-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=142645","title":{"rendered":"Allentown 2025 Pool Season Kicks Off Memorial Day Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Irving-Pool-Block-Party-r.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-142647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Irving-Pool-Block-Party-r-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Irving-Pool-Block-Party-r-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Irving-Pool-Block-Party-r-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Irving-Pool-Block-Party-r-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Irving-Pool-Block-Party-r-300x388.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Irving-Pool-Block-Party-r.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>May 20, 2025 \u2014 The 2025 pool season begins this Memorial Day weekend in the City of Allentown, offering residents and visitors a full summer of recreational opportunities at municipal pools and spray parks.<\/p>\n<p>To mark the opening of the season, the City will host the Irving Pool Block Party on Friday, May 23 at Irving Pool (802 N. Irving Street). The event will begin at 3:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Festivities will include music, food, games, and entertainment for all ages. Free pool admission will be offered as capacity allows, and the evening will conclude with an outdoor screening of Disney\u2019s\u00a0<em>Inside Out 2<\/em>\u00a0at dusk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-Pool-Dates-r.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-142646 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-Pool-Dates-r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-Pool-Dates-r.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-Pool-Dates-r-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-Pool-Dates-r-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-Pool-Dates-r-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-Pool-Dates-r-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>2025 Pool Season Details<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Season Passes for Allentown Residents\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>Non-residents pay higher rates; children under 3 are free<\/em>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Individual (ages 4\u201359): $75<\/li>\n<li>Senior (60+): $25<\/li>\n<li>Veteran \/ Military: $25<\/li>\n<li>Family Pass (4 people): $200<\/li>\n<li>Each Additional Family Member: $25<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pool Schedules<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Cedar Beach Pool<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 24 \u2013 June 6: Weekends 12\u20137 p.m.; Weekdays 4\u20137 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>June 7 \u2013 September 1: Open daily, 12\u20137 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Irving Pool<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 23 \u2013 June 6: Weekends only, 12\u20137 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>June 7 \u2013 August 10: Open daily, 12\u20137 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>August 11 \u2013 September 1: Weekends only, 12\u20137 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Mack Pool<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>June 14 \u2013 August 15: Open daily, 12\u20137 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><em>Closed June 27\u201329 for maintenance<\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The City also operates three spray parks, which are open daily at no cost from May 24 to September 1, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at\u00a0<em>Old Fairgrounds<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Valania Park<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Bucky Boyle Park<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Community Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Movies at the Pool<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 A spin-off of our popular\u00a0<em>Movies in the Park<\/em>\u00a0series, this is a family-friendly outdoor movie experience hosted at community pools. Admission is free. Each event includes pre-movie activities at 6:30 p.m., followed by the movie at sunset.\n<ul>\n<li>Friday, May 23 \u2013 Inside Out 2 at Irving Pool<\/li>\n<li>Friday, June 20 \u2013 Mufasa: The Lion King at Cedar Beach Pool (Rain Date: Saturday June 21)<\/li>\n<li>Friday, July 11 \u2013 Moana 2 at Mack Pool (Rain Date: Saturday, July 12)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>Doggie Dip Days at Mack Pool<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Let your dogs cool off in the pool before the season ends.\n<ul>\n<li>August 16 &amp; 17 from 12-7 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information about season passes, pool rules, and weather-related updates, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allentownpa.gov\/pools\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.allentownpa.gov\/pools&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1747845747318000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1C8HzuUjuydsd_x0xJphB0\">www.allentownpa.gov\/pools<\/a>\u00a0or contact the Department of Parks and Recreation at (610) 437-7750.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nGenesis Ortega<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov\">http:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 20, 2025 \u2014 The 2025 pool season begins this Memorial Day weekend in the City of Allentown, offering residents and visitors a full summer of recreational opportunities at municipal &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=142645\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Allentown 2025 Pool Season Kicks Off Memorial Day Weekend<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5716,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allentown","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Allentown-pool-swim.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142645"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/107535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}