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National Night Out is Tuesday

Aug. 3, 2026 5p

(WGTD)---An annual initiative that's designed to make communities safer by bringing neighbors together will take place Tuesday.

National Night Out events are scheduled throughout the WGTD listening area.

In Kenosha County, six events will take place between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Kenosha County Gang Prevention is hosting an event in front of the county's new, soon-to-open Human Services Building at 3500 52nd St. The locations of other events in Kenosha County include Lincoln Park, the Shalom Center on 39th Ave., the Prairie Springs Park Ballfield pavilion, First United Methodist Church on 60th St. and St. Paul's Lutheran Church on 37th Ave. 

Racine Neighborhood Watch will host a formal kickoff ceremony at 5 p.m. on Monument Square. Neighborhood celebrations will take place throughout the afternoon and evening at 16 sites spanning the City of Racine and the Village of Mt. Pleasant, including 'COP' houses, community centers, faith communities and other neighborhood gathering spaces.

(Here's the full list: Dr. John Bryant Community Center, 601 21st St.; Living Faith Lutheran Church, 2915 Wright Ave.; Anthony Lane COP, 2437 Anthony Lane; HALO, 2000 Dekoven Ave.; Douglas Park, 2221 Douglas Ave.; Geneva St. COP, 1140 Geneva St.; Gold Medal Lofts, 1701 Packard Ave.; George Bray YMCA, 924 Center St.; Tyler Domer Community Center, 2301 12th St.; Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 322 Ohio St.; Mt. Pleasant COP, 2237 Mead St.; Safe Haven, 1030 Washington Ave.; Sixth St. COP, 1552 W. 6th St.; Villa St. COP, 1146 Villa St. and Mobile on Spring, 3700 Spring St.) 

The Walworth County celebration is centralized at the Walworth County Fairgrounds in Elkhorn from 4:30 to 8:30.

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