Evening exercise: Fitness Under the Stars returns to Tom Lee Park
Each October, as the sun sets over the Mississippi River, Memphians gather under the Sunset Canopy at Tom Lee Park to dance, box or do Pilates in the dusk.
Fitness Under the Stars, founded in 2019, is a free community wellness program created by Courtney McNeal and inspired by her attending public yoga events Downtown. After securing an initial grant through Memphis River Parks Partnership’s Fourth Bluff program, McNeal launched the first multi-week series and has kept it going, even during the pandemic, when funding was scarce.