The Memphis Ice Cream Festival is coming back on Sunday, June 7, and this year it has a whole new home. Co-hosted by Sugar Ghost and Kaye’s Pints and Scoops at Overton Park, the festival is setting up on the Greensward, and that means more room, more shade, more room to roam, and nine local ice cream makers all in one place.
If you need a reason to get outside this Sunday, this is it.
What’s Happening
The festival runs from 2 to 5 p.m. on the Greensward in Overton Park (Old Forest Lane, Midtown). Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for kids, with a limited number available at the door, so grab them online ahead of time.
This is not a corporate ice cream situation. Every vendor here is local, small-batch, and the kind of operation built on craft and community. The Memphis food scene has always had depth, and the ice cream makers coming out for this are proof of it.
The Lineup
Nine of Memphis’s best local creameries are scooping:
- Sugar Ghost
- Kaye’s Pints and Scoops
- Zio Matto Gelato
- DeSoto Snow and Creamery
- Stella’s Ice Cream
- Quintessential Sweets
- Margie’s 901 Homemade Ice Cream and Cakes
- Wonky’s Not So Famous Treats
- Sweet Noshings
That’s basically the whole Memphis ice cream scene assembled in one afternoon. Come hungry and plan to try more than you think you will.
Food trucks will be on site for when you need something salty between scoops.
More Than Ice Cream
DJ sets by End of All Music run from 2 to 3 p.m. and again from 4 to 5 p.m. There are also splash slides (it’s June, it’s Memphis, it makes sense), yard games, face painting, and crafts. The Brooks Museum of Art and the soon-to-open Metal Museum will have activities on the Greensward too, so even the kids who claim they don’t like ice cream will have something to do.
At its core, this is a festival built around what Memphis does best: community, local makers, and showing out in the summer sun. It’s an excuse to be outside and touch grass, eat something made with care by someone in your city, and remember why living here is actually pretty great. Swing by the Overton Park Conservancy booth for a first look at proposals for the park’s future, including new designs for Rainbow Lake.
The Details
🗓️ Sunday, June 7, 2026 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
📍 Overton Park Greensward, Old Forest Lane, Memphis, TN 38104
💵 $15 adults / $10 kids
🎟️ Tickets: simpletix.com/e/memphis-ice-cream-festival-tickets-270549
🚗 Street parking throughout the park; bike, walk, or carpool if you can.
Overton Park Conservancy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection, restoration, and activation of Overton Park for all Memphians. Under a management agreement with the City of Memphis, the conservancy provides daily maintenance and landscaping, capital improvements and renovations, trail upkeep, forest management, community programming, and environmental education for Overton Park. In 2026, Overton Park celebrates its 125th anniversary.
