June 2017
Swedish Midsommar Festival
Swedish heritage comes alive for three days in June with Stromsburg’s Swedish Midsommar Festival. Residents don costumes of yellow and blue – the colors of the Swedish flag – and welcome thousands of visitors to town. Local residents really get into it. Leather vests, chainmail armor and steel helmets of the Skaldborg Vikings are not uncommon… neither are sword battles on town square. The Swedish Tractor Pull is a hoot to watch, as teams of four people race (if you…
Find out more »July 2017
Camp Creek Antique Machinery & Threshing Show
Located on 75-acre showgrounds in Waverly, 12 miles northeast of Lincoln, this annual threshing bee and antique farm implement event demonstrates steam power, saw milling, corn shelling, bailing, draft horses, threshing and much more.
Find out more »September 2017
Plattsmouth Harvest Festival
Corn is king at this annual festival in Plattsmouth each September. There is a corn-eating contest, quilt show, carnival, photo contest, karaoke, food, music and much more. The corn royalty coronation has been popular since 1935 when Harrison Gayer and Lois Troop Bester were crowned Corn King and Corn Queen.
Find out more »Steele City Flea Market and Antique Farm Machinery Show
Thousands of visitors descend on Steele City, population 60, each year on the third weekend in September for the Steele City Flea Market and Antique Farm Machinery Show. Tractors and treasures are in abundance, and many fun activities provide the entertainment. If you’re still miffed that you never had a pedal tractor as a kid, you can enter the pedal tractor pull on an adult-size version. There’s a pull for children, too. A beer garden and street dance, tractor parade…
Find out more »Norfolk Oktoberfest
At Norfolk's Oktoberfest, Big Wheel races, food vendors, a bucket pong tournament and other activities bring out the Deutsch in you, even if you're not German. What is masskrugstemmen? Fill a mug and find out. Oktoberfest is held in conjunction with the Riverpoint Arts Festival in Johnson Park at 101 E. Nebraska Ave., and the Lion's Club Parade.
Find out more »November 2017
Sheldon’s Artisan Showcase
Local artists display their best works just in time for the busy holiday shopping season. A cash bar and hors d’oeuvres add a festive feel to this annual extravaganza at Lincoln’s Sheldon Museum of Art.
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July 2018
Washington County Fair
This Arlington event features live music nightly, mud volleyball, a mud run, monster trucks, tractor pulls, a demolition derby and more.
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Heritage Day
At Henderson Mennonite Heritage Park enjoy apple prieshka, raisin shnetya and other ethnic foods during this daylong cultural festival. Participate in old-time activities like apple cider making, break baking in an outdoor oven, hay baling, rope making and more.
Find out more »October 2018
Washington County Heritage Days
Fort Calhoun and Fort Atkinson State Historical Park celebrate pioneer traditions and local history with children's activities, crafters, vendors and more.
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